Before Paloma Cuevas (51) and before Aracely Arámbula there was Mariah Carey. Luis Miguel (53 years old), who has spent his whole life understanding her as if she were a passionate ranchera, was obsessed with one of the singers with the greatest vocal prodigy. They seemed made for each other! They shared careers, ambitions and talent. What could go wrong in their love story? Absolutely everything.
It is said that the love story between two of music’s biggest egos, Luis Miguel and Mariah Carey, began with an offer. A an exorbitant amount of money The Sol de México only offered this to attract the attention of the diva. And he got it. After that bluff, everything else came. Kisses, poses, smiles, anger, lightning, bodyguards, yachts, envy, jealousy and the end. Three intense years in which the American was completely destroyed and had to be admitted to a psychiatric clinic.
Mariah Carey, unattainable for Luis Miguel
But let’s rewind and go back in time. Luis Miguel has been causing a stir for years. He knew what fame was since he was very small. That’s what defines his character: determined, courageous and, yes, in a certain way capricious. He noticed her, the great diva of the 90s, the one with the highest heights, and his heart stopped at that E that was impossible to reach. He plans to do everything in his power to make her fall in love with him, but he is aware of his situation. In 1998, Mariah Carey had just gotten out of a complicated marriage Tommy Motola, one of the “popes” of the music industry. Their relationship was full of toxic moments and she needs a breath of fresh air in her life. Still, she’s fragile and doesn’t know if she’s ready to fall for someone again. Luis Miguel will appear as the ray of sunshine he likes to feel compared to.
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Mariah Carey herself stated in a 1998 interview with Oprah that she was in “Aspen, Colorado; During Christmas.” Although the artist was initially shy and didn’t want to talk about her budding romance with the Mexican, she was encouraged and eventually told everything. “They told him that I wanted to meet him and I didn’t even know that he did too spends the holidays there!” She points out that it was the people who rented their houses who made the contact and “acted as cupids.”
Afterwards there was a dinner in New York where both of them were nervous and drank to relax a little. As they talked, they realized that they had everything in common: both had successful careers, had similar experiences, very similar viewpoints… and they loved love. Love as a concept, as a vital approach. A perspective on life that they both embraced with passion.
Luis Miguel knew about it expensive taste and extravagant things from his girlfriend, so he was full of gifts. A grand piano, jewelry, flowers… Mexicans love to give flowers. When Paloma Cuevas turned 51, he sent her more than 500 red roses home to Madrid. Their lives consisted of an impossible display of romantic gestures to tell everyone how in love they were. He even dedicated an album to him, “Amarte es un Pleasure,” which features some of his most iconic songs like this one. “Or yours or anyone.”
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In 1999, Mariah Carey was truly happy. Aside from how good she felt, her relationship with Luis Miguel served another purpose: to show her ex how well she was doing without him. Then Tommy Mottola started dating one of his ex-wife’s sworn enemies, Jennifer Lopez, to whom he gave songs that were once intended for Mariah. His anger towards the two of them was boundless and in a way it was part of his revenge to show himself cheering next to the Mexican.
Why did Mariah Carey and Luis Miguel break up?
“I’m with someone who supports me and understands what I do as a singer,” Mariah Carey said at the time. What she didn’t know is that the success and destruction of the relationship were implicit in that statement.
They were both very conscious of their careers, both wanted the best for themselves; because if love was important, then self-love was even more important. So both wanted to shine. When the project of a possible collaboration between Luis Miguel and Mariah Carey was on the table, it seemed like a luxurious opportunity for the two to combine their talents, but that wasn’t the case. The song was “After Tonight” and everyone had to record their part individually and then Mariah’s producer put them together. The American was happy with the result, the route was perfect! The Mexican didn’t think the same. Paloma Cuevas’ current boyfriend did not like the arrangements made to her voice at all and felt that the subject affected her abilities; So ultimately the song didn’t see the light of day. At least not on the Luismi label, because “Abgang” was released, but only with Mariah’s voice and on her album “Rainbow”.
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Her career was weighing heavily on her, but rumors of infidelity were also weighing on her. Then it was said that Mariah Carey was dating musician Eric Benet, who would later marry Halle Berry, another icon of the early 2000s.
The final phase of their relationship was marked by disagreements and opposing viewpoints: she wanted children, he didn’t… and their careers. Her career always challenges her and puts her in direct competition. In her memoir, Mariah Carey spoke about the end between them. “Luis Miguel had been through a lot… I did everything I could to support him emotionally, but I was going through my own situation and there came a point where I couldn’t handle it all anymore. When we were good, Luis was generous, spontaneous and passionate. When we were bad, scared and unpredictable. “A dark cloud tormented him.” And for Mariah, that storm took a terrible toll, so much so that she almost drowned.