 2020 English hardcover edition | |
| Author | Mariah Carey Michaela Angela Davis |
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| Audio read by | Mariah Carey |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Memoir |
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Publication date | September 29, 2020 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) Digital Audiobook |
| Pages | 368 (hardcover) 352 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-1-250-16468-1 |
| OCLC | 1157767321 |
| 782.42164092 | |
| LC Class | ML420.C2555 A3 2020 |
The Meaning of Mariah Carey is a memoir by Mariah Carey, released on September 29, 2020. It was written with Michaela Angela Davis, and was published by Andy Cohen Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, as well as in an audiobook format read by Carey herself on Audible. The book navigates the complex racial, social, cultural and familial tensions associated with Carey's upbringing as a biracial woman in Long Island, New York. This is framed alongside first-hand descriptions of the singer's personal and professional triumphs and struggles, and is interspersed with fragments of Carey's songwriting output.
The memoir was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, becoming a number-one New York Times Best Seller after its first week of release. To promote the memoir, Carey made a series of public appearances on a range of talk shows, including an interview with Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Conversation.