Mariah at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Gets The Remix Treatment

In very technical terms, the Christmas season doesn’t begin until this Sunday, December 6, because it marks the first day of Advent on the Christian calendar. But the lights are already hung, the trees are going up and the sales are already in full swing, which means that we are in the thick of Christmas already. It’s a time of togetherness, a time of giving, a time of sharing and healing, but it’s also a time of some truly terrible songs. No other holiday invites so much truly awful music into existence. All Christmas carols are shrill and boring, and there are only a handful of Christmas-related pop songs that don’t make everybody want to stab hot pokers into their ears. The few exceptions are as follows: The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” (perhaps the best Christmas song ever written), the Flaming Lips’ “Christmas at the Zoo” (because it contains the lyric “The snakes and seals could all get out/ But they refused to leave”) and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You,” which just got re-released in remix form on iTunes.

The original version of “All I Want for Christmas is You” is a majestic anthem full of chimes, sleigh bells, doo-wop flourishes, sweeping strings and one of the most dynamic and clean vocal performances of Carey’s career. The remix doesn’t do much to improve on the song (it’s difficult to improve on perfection, after all), but it does dress up the song in a disco thump that should make your office Christmas party 28 percent funkier than it was last year.

Carey holds a lot of records (she has more #1 singles than any other solo artist in history and is the only artist to have seen her first five singles top the chart), but the fact that she is responsible for such a charming, catchy and listenable Christmas song should secure her place in the pop star hall of fame.

Source: MTV News

Mariah Carey To Re-Release Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel

Mariah Carey is expected to release a remixed edition of her album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel in February, following the disappointing sales of the original. The album will reportedly be available for an exclusive purchase through Target stores.

According to Rap-Up.com, her manager, Chris Lighty, tweeted the news about the album, which was originally released in September. He wrote, “Listen Memoirs remix LP February … no date set working on Target exclusive.” The Web site further reports that the album will feature collaborations with Swizz Beatz and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, as well as Trey Songz, R. Kelly, T-Pain, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman.

“There’s gonna be remixes to everything,” Stewart recently told Rap-Up. “I’m actually doing some remixing myself currently ’cause some of these records were so much fun to make. It’s easy to go in and do a remix.”

The producer said that there’s one track he really wants to get his hands on. “I’m gonna do a remix to ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ myself,” he said. “I’mma raise the tempo up. I’mma try to make it into something else. … Once I get the beat and if it calls for the right person, I can get anybody on the phone I want to right now, so I will be using my Rolodex for that.”

Songz also dished to the Web site about collaborating with Carey, saying that he worked with her on the song “Inseparable.” “I actually only had a day to do it. I did it on my day off. [They were] very professional, very adamant on wanting to get it done,” Songz explained. “They made sure we had all we needed. I just went in and got it done.”

Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” is available across the globe! If you haven’t already buy the release from any of these outlets!

Source: MTV News

Mariah stuffing her turkey

Source:jasmine's twitter

"If You're Black, Get Back?"

It may have been an angel-themed party, but Jasmine's fiery side was unleashed when she learned of racist treatment towards black guests at Mariah's London soiree

So Mariah recently touched down in the UK for a promo run and she also threw a massive angel-themed party in London. On the night of the event, I was preparing to get myself dressed and ready, except I couldn't because suddenly, my phone started blowing up with calls and texts.

There seemed to be mass confusion at the nightclub Jalouse, where many of the people on my guest list were having difficulty getting in. From the start, this party had too many cooks. There were five guest lists, an argument over the style of DJs, and a promoter that really didn't fill me with confidence. Still, I know when not to interfere so I held my tongue. But I shouldn't have.

It suddenly struck me that all my guests that were having difficulties getting in just happened to be black and male. I then received reports from the door that the door staff were being extremely and unnecessarily rude and even racist to many of them.

A number of my guests told me that they were snubbed at the door, and told things like, "Not tonight son, you're not suitably attired," etc. Well, I was spitting with fury.

After informing Mariah of this saga, she threatened not to go unless it was sorted immediately, so many calls and heated discussions were had. The PR company that were trying to control the door also informed me that the club seemed to have a colour-influenced door policy and when the PR girls questioned this seemingly prejudice policy, they were thrown out by security!

Readers, I was getting ready to go down there and knock someone out. I was so furious with the less than able half wit promoter who was the most ignorant, unhelpful, unprofessional person I have ever worked with. I organise events and parties for superstars regularly and never had I seen such malfunction.

The club was supposed to be giving all our guests wristbands to ensure their free beverages all evening, but our guests got nothing and were forced to pay extortionate bar prices. Meanwhile, the club charged their guests a lot of cash to pay to come and meet Mariah, so the club was mostly packed with people whom none of us had invited. It was a farce.

Even though a lot of celebrities like Sir Philip Green, Louis Walsh, Westlife, Geri Halliwell, Kanya King, Brenda Emanus, Alan Carr, Pixie Lott and Rupert Everett were inside, a lot of others – like Sway, Bashy and Lemar – were apparently treated very badly.

We finally arrived to a ridiculous fanfare and then people started frantically pushing, squeezing and flashing their cameras. This is how you know it wasn't our guest list but the club's crazy guests. Our guests come to all our events and never act the fool. They are made up of the likes of BBC 1Xtra DJs, Choice FM DJs, Kiss FM DJs, journalists from music magazines, online sites and so on. It was an absolute nightmare.

The DJ tried his best but the club had killed people's party vibe and now it was just full of drunk nobody's spilling champers all over everyone. The club staff had made our guests feel so bad that people were looking despondent or leaving. We hated it. It was horrible. We made small talk and smiled and greeted people but it was a wrap. We weren't in there for more than an hour and had to escape.

Outside we heard yet more horrible stories of the club staff verbally abusing our guests. Video director Jake Nava was told to tuck his shirt in and Chipmunk was so vex he bounced after 10 minutes.

It's pointless a club spending loads of money on PR, a publicity branded board, pink cupcakes and angel dressed bar staff, when the treatment of attending guests is going to be so bad.

The next day, after I finished apologising to my guests and reassuring them that this wasn't typical of my events or what Mariah would've wanted, I did some research. Many industry people said the club had an awful reputation. I was saddened and surprised.

Maybe it's naive of me but I truly didn't think things in London were this bad. My DJ mates and industry people laughed at me, telling me I was silly to be shocked because in many West End clubs, apparently this is the norm!

I don't understand why this has gone unchallenged for so long. But luckily, a friend of friend pointed me in the right direction and now I've been told that undercover government investigators will be making trips to clubs to see which are breaking the law, and those clubs may have their licenses revoked.

The bottom line: never go and spend your hard earned cash in clubs like Jalouse. They don't respect or want you. Spread the word. We don't advocate racism. Down with the Jalouses of this world.

Source: The Voice

"Forever" TV Ad

Memoirs Remix Album Out in February

Mariah's manager, Chris Lighty, revealed that Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel REMIX album will be out in February 2010. In a Twitter message earlier today, he wrote:

Chris Lighty: Listen Memoirs remix lp february...no date set working on target exclusive.

Source:twitter/mariahdaily

Mariah & Nick Vow Renewal In The Maldives

Meet & Greet with Mariah in Germany

The German charity Ein Herz für Kinder (Heart for Children) is auctioning off two tickets for a Meet & Greet with Mariah. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the organization which supports impoverished and underprivileged kids in Germany. Bidding is open until Tuesday, December 1st.

Transportation to and from Bremen, where the Meet & Greet will take place during Mariah's stay there for her performance at Wetten das..?! on December 5 are included as well as hotel accommodation.

Source: Ein Herz für Kinder

unofficial remix of The Impossible (Kris Di Angelis & Ben Dobie 'Pooldisco' Remix).

Kris Di Angelis made an unofficial remix of "The Impossible" called The Impossible (Kris Di Angelis & Ben Dobie 'Pooldisco' Remix). He would love to share his amazing remix with the lambs ( Mariah's uk label allowed him to pump it out to a few places).

Check it out here

Source:Kris Di Angelis by mail

Get the Mariah Carey-oke

Mariah Carey-oke "LyrIQ" is the 1st speech detection game for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Prove your knowledge of Mariah's lyrics and test your vocal abilities as you score points singing four of her hottest songs. There are four levels to pass through as you master the rhymes and train your voice to sound just like Mariah. Purchase the Mariah Carey-oke "LyrIQ" app today at iTunes!

Source:mariahcarey.com

Mariah on GMTV

Mariah Carey & Legacy Recordings Celebrate 2009 Holiday Season With New Dance Mix of ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’

Mariah’s New Mix of Perennial Holiday Classic Available Through All Major Digital Service Providers on November 23, 2009.

New Dance Mix of #1 Best-Selling Holiday Ringtone Available Tuesday, November 24.

Mariah Carey and Legacy Recordings are celebrating the 15th anniversary of Mariah’s contemporary yuletide classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” with the digital release of brand new dance mixes of the track, executive produced by Mariah Carey and remixed by Low Sunday (Ron Haney, Bart Schoudel and Joey Arbagey), available through all major digital music providers on November 23, 2009.

New holiday ringtones of Mariah’s Dance Mix of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” will be available on Tuesday, November 24, 2009.

“All I Want For Christmas Is You,” has been America’s #1 holiday ringtone for the past three consecutive holiday seasons (2006, 2007, 2008), reaching cumulative sales of more than 1.6 million copies. The top-selling seasonal ringtone of all-time, Mariah’s holiday gem became the very first seasonal Mastertone to be awarded an RIAA certification in 2006 and was awarded an RIAA platinum certification in 2007. The song has hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Recurrents chart every year from 2005 - 2008.

A perennial radio and record chart-topper each holiday season since its original release in 1994, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was written by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. Sasha Frere-Jones, writing in The New Yorker (April 3, 2006), heralded the song as “…one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon….”

“All I Want For Christmas Is You” was first heard as a key track on Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas album. Originally released in 1994, Merry Christmas has gone on to become one of the top-selling holiday collections of all time, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide while earning 5x platinum certification from the RIAA.

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mix)
* All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mix) - 4:58
* All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mix Radio Edit) - 3:35
* All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mix Extended Version) - 6:42

Source: PRNewswire

Get Mariah's 2009 All I Want For Christmas today

"All I Want For Christmas is You" was the leading single from Mariah's 1994 Merry Christmas album, selling 11 million copies worldwide on it's way to becoming one of the best selling Christmas album of all time! In December of 2007, it became the first ringtone to be certified platinum with sales over 1 million, and will top 2 million this year. Written by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff, it's the only original holiday song written by a contemporary artist to be considered a "classic," and continues to top radio play and sales charts ever year during the Holidays.

Upon the fifteen year anniversary, we thought it was time to put a new twist on this Mariah Holiday Classic, with a BRAND NEW DANCE REMIX. Mariah's New Dance Mix of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was produced and overseen by Mariah herself, and re-mixed by Joey Arbagey, and you can hear it on AOL's PopEater!

You can get Mariah's "All I Want For Christmas is You" 2009 Dance Remix and ringtone, starting today:

The song is available as a digital download on iTunes.

Get the ringtone here:
Text MARIAH2 to 26000

Source:Mariahcarey.com

Emma Bunton interviews Mariah

Get $3 Free Credit on MP3s on Amazon USA

Amazon USA has got into the seasonal spirit & are giving away $3.00 credit for free to use on MP3 downloads.

So why not log in and use it on Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” remixes &/or “H.A.T.E.U.”

Coupon: MP34FREE

Read how to use the code HERE!

Source: Mariah Connection

Mariah Nominated for NRJ Music Award

Mariah has received a nomination for "Artiste Féminine Internationale De L'année" ("International Female Artist of the Year") at the French NRJ Music Awards 2010.

International Female Artist of the Year
Mariah Carey
Alicia Keys
Lily Allen
Rihanna
Shakira

Log on to the official NRJ Music Awards website and VOTE (as many times as you can!) for Mariah now!

Source: NRJ Music Awards 2010

Palm Springs Fetes Mariah Carey

The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Mariah Carey with the Breakthrough Performance Award for her performance in Lee Daniels' "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire." The Awards Gala will take place Tuesday, January 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by "Entertainment Tonight's" Mary Hart. The Festival runs January 5-18, 2010.

Festival chairman Harold Matzner commented, "We're delighted to be able to present the Breakthrough Performance Award to the extraordinary, very beautiful and versatile Mariah Carey, who, in a critically acclaimed role, completely transformed herself from a glamorous music icon to a forthright social worker for the role of Ms. Weiss in Precious."

Past recipients of the Breakthrough Performance Award include Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Hudson, Felicity Huffman and Freida Pinto. Mariah Carey will join previously announced honorees Morgan Freeman and Anna Kendrick at the event.

Source: indieWIRE

Mariah Carey performs I wanna know what love is on X Factor UK

Mariah on the cover of Boyz

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Gossip: Mariah Carey plans huge champagne party for winner

MARIAH Carey has arranged a £10,000 champagne party for this year’s winner.

A source revealed: “She’s been really impressed by everyone on the show and thinks whoever wins deserves to feel like a superstar.

“Her favourite brand costs around £1,000 a bottle so not everyone can get their hands on it that easily!

“The X Factor champ will feel they’re on the A-list already.”

Singing star Mariah splashed out £50,000 on the Angel bubbly at a party for celeb pals while she was in London last week.

The upmarket hooch comes in hand-finished silver bottles which accounts for part of the price.

Our source added: “She wants the winner to feel extra special and this champagne is certainly one way of making sure that comes true.”

Source: Daily Star Sunday

Mariah Carey spends four days in London… and £750,000

Mariah Carey’s four-night trip to London last week is said to have cost £750,000 – lavish even by her standards.

The bill included first-class flights for the 40-year-old singer, £200,000 for bedrooms on the entire top floor of The Dorchester and £12,000 to hire a Rolls-Royce and a Bentley.

Topping it all was a bash at Jalouse nightclub in Mayfair on Thursday to promote her new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel.

Guests drank £1,200-a-bottle champagne while watching her music videos on a big screen.

Source: Daily Mail

Mariah and Nick Ringing in 2010 With The People

Live the high life and celebrate New Year’s Eve 2010 at the Grandest, Most Decadent Mega-Club New York City has ever seen-M2 Ultra Lounge hosted by Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon.

This will be without a doubt the hottest #1 party in NYC. If you missed them hosting during Halloween, you’re not going to want to miss this.

General Admission is $75
After 12:30 is $50
Dress code: Dress to impress. Cocktail/Semi Formal. New Year’s Eve festive
Age: 21+

Source: NYE Central

More Jealouse pixs

Mariah to Team Up with Westlife Again

Megastar Mariah Carey is teaming up with Westlife again for an exclusive single. She told me the secret after I was the only journalist to be given an XS All Areas pass when the world's biggest selling female singer arrived in town this week.

In our eXSclusive chat she revealed she can't wait to work with Kian, Nicky, Mark and Shane again. Mariah said: "They're very exciting artists and I love them."

She last worked with the lads in 2000, and Against All Odds topped the charts. But this time the record will only be released in Britain. "I want it to be the next single here and different to the rest of the world," she said. "I can't wait to do it."

Mariah, 39, was in London to switch on the Christmas lights at the Westfield Shopping Centre. She invited me backstage for a chat, and I can tell you the 20 white kittens and 100 white doves that she'd been rumoured to have demanded were nowhere to be seen.

In fact, the diva's area was quite modest - she even had to use a portaloo while she signed autographs for hours (though it was a luxury one with pink walls and a heater).

"This diva tag is never going to go away but it doesn't bother me anymore," Mariah said. And setting the record straight she added: "I didn't ask for anything."

Mariah performs new single I Want To Know What Love Is on tonight's X Factor from new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.
Source: Dan Wootton - News Of The World UK

"All I Want for Christmas" (Mariah's New Dance Mixes) available for download this monday

The new "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah's New Dance Mixes) EP single will be available for digital download starting on Monday, Nov. 23 and is now listed on Amazon.com. Be sure to check the Amazon link to get your copy come Monday! Below is the track list.

1. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah's New Dance Mix 2009)
2. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah's New Dance Mix Edit 2009)
3. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah's New Dance Mix Edit Extended 2009)

Source:Amazon

Forever Mariah Carey & Z100 Jingle Ball Tickets!

Forever Mariah Carey is the sole fragrance sponsor of this year’s Z100 Jingle Ball!

The tickets are sold out but Forever Mariah Carey is giving away tickets for you at 2 exclusive NY events!

November 20th (this Friday) at Macy’s Herald Square starting 5pm

November 21st (this Saturday) at Macy’s Roosevelt Field starting 12 noon

At both events, be one of the first 25 people to purchase the Forever Mariah Carey fragrance set for $ 93 and you will receive two Z100 Jingle Ball Tickets! Plus, enter for the chance to win the grand prize and be our Forever VIP! The Forever VIP will receive Z100 Jingle Ball tickets in the first 10 rows, backstage passes and a $ 1000 Amex Shopping Card!

Source: MariahCareyBeauty.Com

Angelic Mariah parties through the night

The most expensive bubbly in the world, topless male models drenched in glitter and gazillions of fans packed into London’s most elite night spot. It was just another low-key bash for multi-million dollar Godmother of bling Mariah Carey.

A sizzling guest list including Geri Halliwell, 37, Rupert Everett, 50, Pixie Lott, 18, Alan Carr, 33, and Kelly Brook 29, turned up to Jalouse nightclub to celebrate the launch of Mariah’s new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel.

Lavished with the UK’s entire stock of Mariah’s £850-a-bottle Angel champagne and 2,000 cupcakes, guests waited with bated breath for the queen of slinky R ’n B to arrive. For three hours.

After switching on the lights at Westfield shopping centre in London, the puppy-loving legend refused to go anywhere before having some R and R at the Dorchester. But cruising up in her cus­tomised £300,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom with ice-white leather inter­ior, her 1am entrance did not disappoint her admirers.

To the sound of her hit record Fantasy, the big-walleted warbler, 40, sashayed past hundreds of fans, straight into the VIP area.

The singer cheeped: “I am a diva! So friggin’ what? Who cares?”

So after wowing the crowds with her behemoth entourage, which included a personal candle lighter, where did the lady herself spend the majority of the evening? On the toilet, of course. The most expensive toilet in London. Crafted from onyx and crystal, the VIP lav comes with a personal masseuse and hair stylist.

Mariah spent 40 minutes preening before nipping back to her private pen on the opp­osite side of the club to the celeb VIP area.

After moving heaven and earth to make sure her star pals were looked after, you’d think Maz would want to mingle. But the picky popster only allowed a sel­ect few into her box, including X Factor judge Louis Walsh, 57.

She left at 2.30am saying she was “unwell”. We hope it wasn’t all that Angel champagne. Hiccup.

Source: Daily Star

Mariah Carey’s angel-themed album launch party rocks

After the divine Mariah Carey invited us to her angel-themed party we can safely say we have seen heaven - and it rocks!

The lavish bash at London club Jalouse on Thursday was to celebrate the launch of her fab new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.

And we were invited into Mariah’s V-VIP area with Louis Walsh, Westlife, Kelly Brook, Geri Halliwell, Sir Philip Green, Pixie Lott and Lemar.

Joking with us while sipping her own Angel branded champagne (it came in a deluxe ice bucket encrusted with 85,000 diamonds) Mariah giggled: “Mariah’s on fire? No, you girls are on fire. Now let’s dance.”

Although her hubby Nick Cannon couldn’t make it, Mariah, 40, wasn’t short of dance partners.

Rupert Everett and Kenny Goss were more than happy to whisk her around the floor.

Also throwing some shapes and having a giddy time were funnymen Alan Carr and James Corden.

Alan even serenaded Mariah with her song Obsessed. Then he unbuttoned his shirt. Talk about knowing how to impress the ladies - not!

Sadly, guest of honour Simon Cowell failed to materialise - he wanted to focus on his X Factor acts after losing Jamie Afro last weekend.

No expense was spared for the bash. The room was dressed with white roses, gold balloons and - our favourite bit - a cashmere white carpet to dance on.

And there were buff, semi-clad waiters wearing angel wings and serving champagne and Hummingbird cupcakes.

Earlier Mariah had showed up in a customised Rolls-Royce Phantom - she’d even sorted out her own facilities at the club. Yes, Jalouse had a lavish marble lav set aside, just for her.

Well, even a pop queen needs her own throne.

CARR FLASH!

CARR CRASH!

Source: Daily Mirror

The Mariah Show hits Jalouse nightclub

Aahh… Mariah Carey, the diva of all divas. Fresh from her kitten-free Christmas Light switch-on, the Mariah Show well and truly hit town yesterday and a guestlist crammed with celebs was there to witness it.

Pixie Lott, Rupert Everett, Alan Carr and James Corden, Kelly Brook and Geri Halliwell all headed down to the elite London night spot, Jalouse, to help Mariah celebrate the launch of her album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (actually we’re quite surprised she included the Imperfect bit).

The UK’s entire stock of Mariah’s £850-a-throw bubbly, Angel, was on hand to keep the celebs amused.

But as all true divas should, Mariah made them wait… for three hours in fact. Apparently after all the stress of turning on the lights at the Westfield shopping centre, Ms Carey insisted on getting her rest back at the Dorchester.

Eventually though Mariah, arrived in a customised £300,000 Rolls Royce Phanton with her own face emblazoned across the sides, at 1am.

Her hit record Fantasy played as she strode into the VIP area and, according to the Daily Star, announced: “I am a diva! So friggin’ what? Who cares?”

But by the time her gigantic entourage (reportedly including a personal candle lighter) had managed to squeeze through the door, Mariah was headed straight for the toilet.

Not just any old toilet though, folks. No, this VIP ladies’ room included a personal masseuse and hair stylist.

After 40 minutes of people no doubt lavishing continuous compliments on her, Mariah made it back to her own party but insisted only a few of the invited celebs could join her in the VIP area.

Sadly by 2.30am, Carey left declaring that she was “unwell”.

Source: Eleven - The Celebrity Channel

Mariah Turns On Westfield London Lights

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Mariah's new remix Premiere at AOL's PopEater

"All I Want For Christmas is You" was the leading single from Mariah's 1994 Merry Christmas album, selling 11 million copies worldwide on it's way to becoming one of the best selling Christmas album of all time! In December of 2007, it became the first ringtone to be certified platinum with sales over 1 million, and will top 2 million this year. Written by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff, it's the only original holiday song written by a contemporary artist to be considered a "classic," and continues to top radio play and sales charts ever year during the Holidays.

Upon the fifteen year anniversary, we thought it was time to put a new twist on this Mariah Holiday Classic, with a BRAND NEW DANCE REMIX. Mariah's New Dance Mix of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was produced and overseen by Mariah herself, and re-mixed by Joey Arbagey, and you are hearing it FIRST here on AOL's PopEater!

The digital single and ringtone will be available everywhere starting November 23.

Souce:Mariahcarey.com

Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Turned Into Dance Remix

When you think of Christmas, chances are Mariah Carey's hit 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' pops into your head.

The modern day Holiday classic has been remixed by Joey Arbagey for its 15th anniversary. And you can it hear it on PopEater first.

The song was the first single of Carey's 1994 album, 'Merry Christmas.' Listen to the New Version here

Source:Popeater

Mariah Carey pulls out of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing for rival ITV’s X Factor

MARIAH Carey has been involved in an almighty behind-the-scenes tug of war between Britain’s two biggest television stations.

ITV has beaten the BBC to persuade Carey, who is promoting her album Memoirs of an imperfect Angel, which has failed to sell in the US, to appear on their flagship entertainment shows.

The American singer pulled out of Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing at short notice to the fury of BBC chiefs and will now be seen exclusively on The X Factor next Sunday (Monday AEST).

She had been “provisionally booked” to perform on Strictly but dropped out when X Factor supremo Simon Cowell told her representatives she could not be on both networks.

Sources said last night that BBC executives felt it was “completely unprofessional” for Carey to pull out of the provisional booking, The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK reported.

Carey recorded her X Factor performance yesterday - and lived up to her reputation as the queen of divas when she left her hotel late after a disagreement over her limousine.

A Mercedes Benz limo was replaced by an even more exclusive $448,000 Mercedes-Maybach, but that was also rejected in favour of a $448,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom provided free by the London Motor Museum.

White butterfly silhouettes were stuck on the doors in a reference to her 1997 album Butterfly - then removed because her management were unhappy that they included the museum’s name.

Ninety minutes later than planned Carey left the Dorchester Hotel in London for the X Factor studio to record a performance of her new single I Want To Know What Love Is which will be seen on next week’s show.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Mariah Carey Swamped by Fans & Press

Source:Mariahconnection

Mariah and Nick Slumberparty pic

Thanxs to Jasmine

Preview Mariah on David Letterman "horror"

Spend Three Days With Mariah…

What are you doing at 10am this Sunday 14 November? May we suggest you shake off our hangover/ Sunday blues by checking out T4’s quite incredible Mariah Carey documentary.

Given Access All Areas - down to the outdoor jacuzzi and on the private jet - this is a fascinating insight into the life of Mariah. The back-to-back interviews, the make-up retouches, the 48 hour days, behind the scenes at Oprah, walking the red carpet at Precious, in the limo and, in one of her most revealing interviews yet, MC talks to Rick Edwards about her hubby Nick Cannon, as well as the highs and lows of her career. The first crew to get so close, the T4 team spend three days with Mimi ahead of the release of her album, dropping next week.

Make sure you tune in!

Source: RWD Magazine

My mate Mariah Carey: An unknown from Southall and her unlikely friendship with pop's ultimate diva

The elderly Asian proprietor of a corner shop in the West London suburb of Southall is stacking shelves when events take a surreal turn.

A limousine pulls up and out leaps a bodyguard. From the back seat emerges a glamorous woman in a figure-hugging dress and skyscraper Christian Louboutin heels. She is not from Southall; she inhabits a starrier stratosphere.
Yet she walks into the shop, picks up a wire basket and wafts along the aisles on a cloud of costly fragrance.

Bosom buddies: Mariah Carey and Southall's Jasmine Dotiwala - pictured here in the star's ranch - met 12 years ago
At the check-out, the proprietor, slack-jawed with amazement, puts her shopping in a box. It is a prosaic selection; there are no luxury items for sale in this shop.
Then the woman and the bodyguard carrying the box of groceries get back into the waiting limo and are whisked away as quickly as they came. The mirage fades as suddenly as it appeared, but the shopkeeper will remember the woman for years to come.
His unexpected customer was the American singer Mariah Carey, the most successful female recording artist in history. What was she doing in this unglamorous corner of London? She had come to visit me.
Knowing I was sick and languishing on the sofa at my mother's house with a searing temperature, she had come straight from filming the Graham Norton TV show with the intention of cheering me up.
I have half-a-dozen close friends and Mariah is among the dearest. I flatter myself that the relationship is reciprocal: Mariah and I share a strong, sisterly friendship. She signs off all her letters to me with the affectionate endearment: 'Your sis, M.'
Though she is stupendously rich and I am relatively poor, it is a friendship of equals. She visits me in my small home; I am a frequent guest at her various mansions and holiday villas all over the world.
And it was a typically impromptu gesture of friendship that brought her to my mother's modest two-bedroom house to see me that day.
Actually, at the time I was feeling less than hospitable. Dressed in a grubby old dressing gown and almost delirious with a fever, my hair lank and my face bereft of make-up, I looked like death and felt dreadful.
And I felt acutely uncomfortable that my stupendously wealthy friend had swooped into my childhood home without warning, like some migrating exotic bird.
I'm not remotely ashamed of my origins and I knew my Indian-born mother, Roshan, would not accord Mariah any special treatment - she is not remotely fazed by celebrity - but I did feel awkward.

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