Mariah Carey is known for her confounding vocal abilities that she shifts to her signature squeak effortlessly,  which is known as melisma. Her proficiency of melisma draws a likeness to her love of butterflies, whose fluttering notes feature in songs like, Honey, and of course, Butterfly.
            Carey's love of butterflies is a staple in her everyday wardrobe but has extended to things like her Van Cleef diamond ring that she theatrically waves around.
            According to eonline.com, she jokingly tossed it across the room after she mentioned that it was missing a diamond.
             Back when Carey and Nick Cannon were still together, they both had tattoos of each other's names. Carey's lower back tattoo trademarks a pink-and-orange butterfly, whose body was once composed of her ex-husband's name. However, it has since been altered into twisted black lines, according to photos posted on dailymail.com.       
              Her love of butterflies has long been compared to her resilient ability to soar in the face of adversity.
               According to aceshowbiz.com, Mariah Carey was born to an Irish-American mother Patricia Hickey and an African-American/Venezuelan father Alfred Roy Carey.
               Their multiracial family bore the brunt of racial insult and violence from their neighbors. For instance, crosses were burnt on their lawn, their dogs were poisoned, their car was blown up, and a shot was fired through their kitchen window during mealtime. This all lead to Carey's parents' divorce and increased tension within the family.
                Consequently, Carey lived away from her father and had little contact with him. In Long Island, she lived with her mother, a mezzo-soprano New York City opera singer and a freelance vocal coach,  who heard three-year-old Carey imitating her while she was rehearsing her role of Maddalena in Verdi's Opera Rigoletto.
                Hickey nurtured her daughter's budding singing abilities by coaching her at home. With her mother's encouragement, she started singing for her friends and performing in talent shows at the age of six.
                Carey attended Harborfield High where she earned the nickname "Mirage" because she rarely showed up for class. When she wasn't in class, she was travelling from Long Island to Manhatten in order to study music.
                Upon graduating high school, she landed a job as a backup singer for Brenda K. Star. This all lead to her meeting the head of Columbia Records, Tommy Mottola, to whom she passed her tape. Mottola then offered her a record deal with  CBS Columbia.
                  Mottola and Carey married in 1993 and divorced in 1997. According to datalounge.com, he emotionally abused her in that she couldn't collaborate with whoever she wanted, and she was forced to do albums she didn't want to do. He even moved them to a New York home in the suburbs, which she nicknamed "Sing Sing." The reason is that the home felt like a prison where all she did was sing.
                  Thus, Honey chronicles her failed marriage with Mottola. According to est1997.com, Mottola didn't allow her to wear what she wanted, and so she was often seen wearing a black dress early in her career. However, in the music video, she symbolically shreds her black dress, to later materialize in a bikini. Never before had she been free to sing so sensually, or dress so provocatively.
                   Her emancipation from Mottola has led to her ascension to number one 18 times on Billboard's charts. Her song Vision of Love stayed at the top of the charts for four weeks and was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. According to top40.com, Carey even took home a trophy as third nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Artist.
                    As stated on billboard.com, starting March 15, Carey commences her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour in the United Kingdom but ends in South Africa in early May. Additionally, her made-for-TV Christmas movie A Christmas Melody aired on December, 19.

Honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3KOowB4k_k

Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcdNj0SANw



             
                 ( Van Cleef butterfly ring.)