New Voicemail from Mariah

Mariah always does her best to check in with her lambs. Visit the Voicemail section now to check out her most recent message!

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Mariah and Nick's Roller-Coaster Romance

Still no word of a honeymoon, but newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are planning a big blowout tonight.

A source tells E! News that the two lovebirds are renting all of Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park for a private party.

All the roller coasters you can ride until you throw up...sounds romantic! Guess these two really are "eternally 12 years old" after all.

And this is just one stop on their busy schedule: Last Saturday, they were at Ellen DeGeneres' 50th birthday bash and then hit Villa on Monday night for some drinks and dancing.

Coming up, Nick's jet-setting back to New York City to deejay at the Stoli Hotel soiree Friday.

No word on whether Mimi will join her man that night, but the way they've been attached at the hip lately, it wouldn't surprise us.
Source: E! Online

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Cause Chaos at Restaurant

Mariah Carey stepped out with her new hubby Nick Cannon last night to grab some sushi at Gyu-Kaku restaurant in Beverly Hills. The newlyweds caused so much chaos, they had to have a police escort back to their car. We're still having trouble swallowing the fact that they're a married couple.

Source:Hollyscoop

Mariah on cover OK magazine

THIS week we've got some fantastic pictures of Mariah Carey's wedding to Nick Cannon and a world exclusive interview. Grab your copy today!

Source: OK

Mariah Gets Ellen On Board Love Train

Dancing talk show host Ellen DeGeneres just hitched a ride on the Mariah Carey love train, which made a pit stop on her show today.

Carey, 38, who was recently swept off her feet by actor Nick Cannon, 27, who she secretly wed during a romantic ceremony on the beach, has been gushing about her wedding, her enormous rock and the possibility of having babies in the future.

Carey spread the love to DeGeneres when she surprised her with sexy lingerie for her birthday.

DeGeneres indulged Carey and her audience by trying it on over her clothes, which spiced things up for daytime TV and needless to say made for a good laugh since the quirky talk show host is usually very casually dressed.

During the interview, DeGeneres pointed out Mariah’s eye-catching wedding ring.

“Let’s talk about the ring first. Show this ring. Look at that ring! That is gorgeous and his ring is pretty amazing too,” DeGeneres raved.

“I like his ring a lot,” Carey said. “We designed each other’s rings.”

Cannon worked closely with Jacob Arabo of Jacob & Co. to create the one-of-a-kind ring, the company said in a statement.

The ring, which is valued at $2.5 million, is crafted from platinum and features a square emerald cut fancy light pink diamond as the center stone surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds and two half moon diamonds on each side. The center stone alone weighs 10 carats, and the total carat weight of the ring is 17 carats.

To avoid hordes of media bombarding the wedding, Carey said that she and Cannon were telling everyone it was a video shoot.

“He pretty much did the secretive stuff that I wasn’t aware of…but I did say (to the media) we are doing a video shoot, figuring that we might end up doing that (getting married), ” Carey said.

According to Mariah, there weren’t a lot guests in attendance at the wedding, but they managed to lure a few friends to the island.

“Mainly it was people there to do my hair and help me with the dress, Carey said. “And, then three of my friends and he had three people with him, so it wasn’t a lot of people because we wanted to be on the beach and we didn’t want other people taking pictures.”

“We both experienced the Hoopla of trying to make something a publicity stunt, which is what everybody thinks, and will think anyway, but we don’t really care about that. Instead of trying to be like, ‘you’re invited, but, shhh, don’t tell anybody’ we’re just going to have another one (wedding) next year,” Carey revealed.

There will be more wedding bells in the future for Carey - every year for that matter.

Since money is no object for the pop diva, the happy couple can afford to do just that.

“His plan is to have one every year,” Carey said.

When DeGeneres asked who proposed to whom, Carey was quick to dismiss the idea that she would do the proposing.

“He proposed to me. I would never propose to someone,” said Carey, who was previously married to music mogul Tommy Mottola from 1993 to 1998.

Cannon was also previously engaged to Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks for a few months in 2007.

DeGeneres inquired about the possibility of the couple having children.

“I always said … if I found the right person who I felt would be on the same page as me in term of raising kids and having the same belief system and not having one parent going ‘don’t do this’ and the other’s going ‘this is the best,’” Carey said. “I’ve always had a weird thing about it because my parents divorced when I was three and I didn’t have many examples of what was the ‘norm.’ ”

“Most us didn’t I think … ,” DeGeneres said.

Source: CBS News

Mariah and Nick Celebrate Ellen's Birthday

Newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were among the high-profile guests at Ellen DeGeneres's 50th birthday bash in Southern California over the weekend.

The party, held on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank (where DeGeneres is now taping her show, after having moved from the nearby NBC studios), was set up like a carnival - complete with 10-ft. elephant topiaries, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, carousel, dunk tank and stilt-walkers.

Others who helped the talk-show host celebrate her landmark - which was actually back on Jan. 26 – included the Jonas Brothers, Paris Hilton and Benji Madden, David and Courtney Cox Arquette, T.R. Knight, and Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson.

For entertainment, Pink sang several of her hits, the dance crew ACDC performed and DJ Samantha Ronson spun tunes as guests hit the dance floor.

Snacks included red velvet cupcakes, Pinkberry yogurt, sushi and a dim sum buffet.

DeGeneres, who was accompanied by girlfriend Portia de Rossi, will share clips of the celebration on her TV show set to air Friday, May 16.
Source: People

Jasmine's Juice: MC+NC=Perfect Pair

So the world's press have been falling over themselves recently, coming up with all sorts of completely fabricated stories about Mariah- and calling all of us who love her for a quote. So here goes:

Congratulations to my New York cousin who has become a wife, and her new husband, Nick Cannon. MC is still an MC, as she's now Mrs Mariah Carey-Cannon!

Before we get into the real talk, let's cut the silly stories dead:

MC didn't buy her own ring and she wasn't given a second hand ring. In fact, I'm reliably informed that the ring Nick once offered someone else isn't even in the same league as the one MC is sporting. MC's is 10 times bigger.

MC's ring is the most beautiful ring ever with "pink yet lavender" diamonds surrounding the centre.

Next: The flowers didn't come from the island of Eleuthera. They were flown in from Miami. Also, with regards to all the pre-nup rumours; all you need to know is they're both independent with their own thing going on and have both their respective heads screwed firmly on!

MC has been friends with Nick since 2005 when he presented her with a Billboard Music Award. They kept in touch and let their friendship develop and the most beautiful thing is: Nick always used to say he was in love with MC and that one day he was going to marry her. It seems he spoke it into existence!!

Nick went on to propose to MC- twice! Firstly on the Empire State Building, which she had just lit up publicly in pink- yet lavender- lights.

Nick hid the ring in a candy wrapper amongst lollipops and lunchboxes, and then he re-proposed after whisking her off on a helicopter ride around New York so she could see her "pink and lavender Empire State Building."

Think that's beautiful? They've further cemented their love for each other with tattoos. Neither of them have ever had a tattoo in their lives but now MC is sporting a "Mrs Cannon" tattoo while Nick has "Mariah" across his back.

I can say that of all the men I've seen MC with in the past, I've never seen her like this. I'm not sure she's ever truly been in love until now. And even better still, all of us who love her, love him, coz he constantly reminds us: "I am madly in love with my wife and it's my life duty to make her happy."

I toast you Mr and Mrs Cannon!

Source: Jasmine Dotiwala - The Voice

Mariah to attend Ellen's Birthday Party?

Happy Birthday, Ellen!

Yep, she’s 50!

Ellen DeGeneres is celebrating the big 5-0 with a star-studded blowout carnival and casino-themed bash tonight on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.

I’m told that the 600 or so on the guest list includes newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Tom Hanks, Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton and Clive Davis.

Pink will perform and Samantha Ronson will deejay.

DeGeneres turned 50 on Jan. 26, but postponed her party plans because of the writers strike.

Source: E! Online

Mr. and Mrs. Cannon Fire Up Manhattan

Call it the emancipation of the Cannons.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon stepped out publicly for the first time as husband and wife Thursday night in New York, making an appearance at the party for Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

The newlyweds arrived at the bash, held at Lincoln Center, around 9:30 p.m. and eschewed the red carpet press, instead making their way inside to allow Mimi adequate prep time for her 10:30 p.m. performance.

Cannon, 27, and Carey, 38, showed off their blingtastic wedding rings, which the Grammy winner matched with her extremely formfitting, short ‘n’ shimmery dress.

The duo stuck around long enough to pose alongside Oprah BFF Gayle King, music producer Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, before continuing on to a postparty pit stop at eatery du jour the Waverly Inn.

Next week will bring yet another first for Carey, namely her first televised appearance as a married woman. Well, a twice-married woman.

She’s set to tape an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday. The episode will air on Tuesday.

Source: E! Online

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Step Out For Time 100

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon make their first public appearance together as a newly married couple at Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday.

Mariah performed at the event, which celebrated the most influential people on the planet, as selected by the the mag. Afterwards, Mariah and Nick posed alongside songwriter/music producer L.A. Reid, CEO of Time Warner Richard Parsons and editor-at-large for O Magazine Gayle King.

Mariah, 38, and Nick, 27, tied the knot last week in the Bahamas. Ms. Carey will soon make her first TV appearance since marrying rapper Nick Cannon on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show will tape Monday and air on Tuesday.

When asked by people how it feels to be married, Nick said, “It feels amazing. My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I’ve been smiling for days.”

Mariah added: It’s comforting–and something I’ve never felt before. Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn’t trying to do anything but make me happy. It’s wonderful.”

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Newlyweds Mariah & Nick Cannon Chose Waverly Inn For First Public Appearance

Newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon made their first public appearance as a married couple last night. On a warm evening, the air was notably full of amore and smiles as the happy couple beamed with obvious delight while departing the Waverly Inn in NYC.

In a cute strapless black dress, Mariah looked a fraction of her 38 years, and her dazzling wedding ring certainly added an extra shine to the diva too! Nick Cannon appeared to be an equally loved up groom, as he clung to Mariah's toned waist and hand.

The duo married last week in the Bahamas, reportedly with a dozen or so guests. It was a whirlwind romance that grew after the soul singer cast Nick in her latest video "Bye Bye". Lets just hope this ones to last and Mariah wont be saying goodbye to her new man anytime soon.

Mariah on Ellen?

There are some rumours on the net that mariah is to make her first TV appearance since marrying Nick Cannon, on Ellen.

The show will tape 5/12 to air 5/13.

Scans: People Magazine Exclusive

With just a few friends on hand (and four boxes of Maine lobster), surprise couple Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon tie the knot at a sunset ceremony on the beach in the Bahamas

They hadn't even gone public with their relationship--in fact, they had only recently begun seeing each other--when Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon decided to take the plunge. "We got tattoos!" says Carey. "His is on one shoulder to the other and it says 'Mariah.'" And hers? "It's on my lower back and it says 'Mrs. Cannon,'" she says. Only after that did they ink a marriage license--and pull off the surprise wedding of the year. Carey and singer-actor Cannon first met in 2005 at the Teen Choice Awards but only started dating in late March. Just weeks later, to the shock of a lot of their friends and family, they whisked off to Carey's Bahamian estate and wed in a sunset, ocean-side ceremony April 30. While still on their honeymoon, the giddy newlyweds spoke exclusively to People's Liz McNeil about their whirlwind courtship, Cannon's candy-themed proposal and--yep--having kids.

So, how does it feel to be married?
Mariah: [Laughing] Who wants to go first? You go first.
Nick: It feels amazing. My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I've been smiling for days.
Mariah: It's comforting--and something I've never felt before. Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn't trying to do anything but make me happy. It's wonderful.

It happened pretty fast, didn't it?
Nick: In our minds, it was a love-at-first-sight thing. Since we've been together, we've been inseparable.
Mariah: I don't think anyone realized what we already know--that we were going to get married.

When did you first know that?
Nick: I'd always admired Mariah from afar, but once we connected I felt it was destined: This has to be my wife.
Mariah: I definitely knew. Of course, everyone is running the photo from the 2005 Teen Choice Awards...
Nick: From then on, I thought, "I have to get closer to her and express my true feelings." I was praying I'd have the chance to share them with her.
Mariah: People were very skeptical and told him, "You can never get past her people." I only knew that he'd say nice things about me. So I thanked him when [I saw him again].
Nick: I said, "I meant every single word. Hopefully I can express more to you." She was down-to-earth. From that point, we built a friendship.

In late March, Carey flew to Antigua to shoot a music video for "Bye Bye," from her new album, E=MC². She cast Cannon, 27--star of MTV's Wild'N Out, and an entertainment minimogul with his own record label and clothing line--as the romantic lead.

Mariah: I told people, "I like him and want him to do it." The song was a love story. It was perfect for us.
Nick: From the first time we sat down to discuss the video at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we connected. We had so much in common spiritually, and we laugh at the same things. I didn't have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years old.
Mariah: [Laughing] We were having a such a good time on the shoot.
Nick: I brought her little pieces of candy. I'd write little third-grade notes instead of being over-the-top.
Mariah: He wrote the note, "Will you be my girlfriend?" with boxes for yes or no. In the video, we're boyfriend and girlfriend. It seemed very natural.

Were all your friends surprised by your marriage?
Mariah: Some were, but some weren't. One thing [few people] knew was we got tattoos a few weeks earlier. So anyone who saw my [Mrs. Cannon] tattoo wasn't surprised.
Nick: To me rings are special and exciting, but tattoos mean more than anything. They're forever and ever. They professed our love.
Mariah: And they hurt!
Nick: A lot.

Why did you keep your engagement and wedding plans a secret?
Mariah: We only told people who had to know. [To everyone else] we said we were [going to the Bahamas] for the video. If we brought a million people with us, it would've been obvious we weren't shooting a video.

The week of the wedding, Nick and Mariah traveled to her estate on the Bahamian island of Windermere on a Gulfstream jet. They also flew in boxes of live Maine lobsters, fine china and Dom Perignon champagne. Just a dozen guests attended, including BFFs like rapper Da Brat.

Mariah: Only about four people know we were going down there to get married. Once we were there, they gave me a bachelorette party. Everyone calls me Mary Poppins. No matter how provocatively I might dress, I'm very pruddish. So they did everything they could to shock me. They had a grab bag full of silly things they think a bachelorette wants. They were so happy they got to embarrass me.

Describe your wedding dress.
Mariah: It was a simple, slim-cut dress [by Nile Cmylo] in an off-white that turns into a very pale pink to match the sand. And [Christian] Louboutins--I can wear high heels with Nick because he's tall. Flats are not in my repertoire. Nick looked beautiful in his tux.
Nick: I think it was Balenciaga.

How was the ceremony?
Mariah: We got married at sunset on the beach. We were trying to get the really golden light. It was late--of course I was late, it's just in my DNA. We had a white carpet on the sand that went to the water's edge. My pastor Clarence Keaton flew in from New York. The whole wedding was really beautiful and sweet. Being there with loved ones under the sky... it was a spiritual moment.

What were you thinking then?
Mariah: When I walked down the aisle, I was thinking, "My veil is blowing all over the place!" It was really windy. I was nervous. We didn't know if they would make us speak.
Nick: I haven't been shy in years, but I was speechless. I was elated, but I was thinking, "Don't pass out." What the pastor did was really cool. He said, "The eyes are the window to the soul," then gave us an entire minute to stare into each other's eyes. So I was saying, "Don't cry."
Mariah: With the sun setting on the turquoise water, we kissed.
Nick: We had our passionate wedding kiss. Then I swooped her off her feet.
Mariah: He carried me to the water.

And afterward?
Mariah: The cake came out. Everybody stumbled over their toasts. They didn't know what to say. They thought they were coming to a shoot!

What about a honeymoon?
Mariah: That was being here [in the Bahamas] after the wedding. Some friends stayed, too, but it was really time for Nick and I to be together.

Have you thought about kids yet?
Mariah: It's part of the whole purpose of getting married. I'd just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could.

So you have thought about kids?
Mariah: Yes.
Nick: Absolutely.

What do you love about each other?
Nick: She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside. She is such a giving, nurturing spirit. Someone who has spent their entire life making others happy.
Mariah: We really do feel we are soulmates. I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me. I was always so career-oriented. I would hope and pray for my friends to find love, but I never did that for myself. And then? Everything just fell into place!

The Proposal
On April 25 Cannon took Carey to the roof of her N.Y.C. apartment to see the Empire State Building, lit pink and lavender to honor her album E=MC². As he often did, he gave her a Ring Pop--candy shaped like a big jewel. But inside the wrapper was a 17-carat pink-diamond ring created by Jacob & Co.'s Jacob Arabo. Her reaction? "He had ribbons around it, so I said, 'I think mine's broken,'" says Carey. When he dropped to one knee, "she ran away and got all shy." he says. Finally, she said yes--twice. Cannon, who filmed it all, proposed again to get a perfect take, this time on a helicopter. "That," says Carey, "was beautiful."

Source: MariahCarey.com / People / Text: MariahDailyJournal

Mariah’s first interview after the wedding on Showbiz Tonight

The real story of Mariah Carey’s secret wedding! The very first pictures and the very first interview with Mariah about what really happened! The unbelievable story on TV’s most provocative entertainment news show.
Tonight, 11 ET &PT on CNN
Source: CNN

Dubai Concert Postponed

Midas Promotions along with Blue Giraffe Entertainment and On Golden Pond Pictures regret to announce the "Divas in Dubai" concert event is being rescheduled to a later date in the Fall 2008.

"Mariah and Fergie are disappointed that they won't be able to perform," commented a Producer for the first time ever, back to back event. "They had scheduled this one special event in their calendars and were looking forward to performing for the Dubai fans."

Mel Tyler, of Midas Promotions, stated that "the extremely compressed time frame along with unforeseen logistical complications compelled us to move the event later in the year to ensure a show commensurate with the level of success of these world class Artists and the people of Dubai."

For customers who have already purchased, the ticket value will be refunded to your credit card within 10-21 working days.

Source: Showbizme

Mariah on Cover Dutch Aktueel

Source:Aktueel

Mariah Back From Bahamas and Ready to Warble

Hollywood's hottest newlyweds are home.

A week after their under-the-radar Bahamas wedding, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have returned to the States and are primed to resume work.

Nick's 18-year-old brother, Reuben Cannon, says his newly hitched brother is currently in Los Angeles.

"He's here, and he is really happy," Reuben, an L.A.-based professional singer and dancer, exclusively tells E! News.

"I've never seen him so happy."

Reuben declined to comment on the whereabouts of his new sister-in-law, but a source says Carey was in the City of Angels as of Tuesday.

She's not staying long, though.

A rep for Time magazine's Time 100 gala, set for Thursday night in New York, confirms to E! News that the bash will be headlined by the new Mrs. Cannon.

Source: E! Online

It’s Official! Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon Wedding Photo, Comments Are Released

If there was any doubt remaining that pop diva Mariah Carey and actor Nick Cannon were married on April 30 in the Bahamas, it was dispelled on Wednesday morning (May 7), when People.com published a wedding photo and quotes from the newlyweds.

In the photo, Carey is shown wearing a white dress, and is all smiles while locked in an embrace with Cannon, who rocked an all-white suite.

The couple also made their first — albeit brief — public comments on the marriage. “We really do feel we are soulmates,” Carey said. “I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me.” Cannon added that Carey is “beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside.”

Perhaps not coincidentally, Carey’s long-delayed video for “Bye Bye” surfaced earlier this week. It features the singer conspicuously cuddling with Cannon, along with footage of her greeting fans and, rather incongruously, photos of her with a number of deceased friends, including family members, Luther Vandross and her longtime dog Jack.

Not only did Carey and Cannon take the plunge, they even marked the occasion with permanent ink. “We got tattoos,” Carey told People. “His is on one shoulder to the other and it says ‘Mariah.’ [Mine is] on my lower back and it says ‘Mrs. Cannon.’ ”

In describing the couple’s whirlwind six-week romance, Cannon said the two connected on an intimate level almost immediately. “In our minds, it was a love-at-first-sight thing,” Cannon said. “Since we’ve been together, we’ve been inseparable.” Carey added, “I don’t think anyone realized what we already knew — that we were going to get married.”

The development follows on the heels of last week’s reports that the couple had secured a marriage license in Eleuthera, which is located next to the island of Windermere, where Carey reportedly owns a home.

In the absence of official comment on the wedding from Carey’s or Cannon’s camps, several people close to the couple confirmed it over the past few days. On May 2, People reported that Bishop Clifford Petty of the National Church of God in Governor’s Harbour in Eleuthera confirmed he presided over the proceedings, but provided no further details beyond saying he did not give a sermon during the ceremony.

Cannon himself squirmed when asked a battery of questions by MTV News about engagement rumors on the Monday before the ceremony.

Earlier, a relative of Cannon’s, Linda Cannon (her relationship to the singer was not detailed), reportedly told E! News that the couple were, indeed, husband and wife. “He called us and told us all about it,” she said. “We are happy for him. If that is what he wants then we are happy for him. I’m not going to give you any details, but we are happy for him.”

Source: MTV News

Mariah's secret wedding

Yep, they did it! If there was any doubt Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's wedding was the real deal, they answer the question once and for all in this week's issue of PEOPLE, speaking for the first time about their surprise nuptials – and showing off exclusive photos from their April 30 ceremony.
"We really do feel we are soulmates," Carey tells PEOPLE, following their sunset ceremony at the pop star's Bahamian estate. "I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me.

Cannon adds: "She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside." For more on Mariah & Nick's whirlwind romance – including photos of their new tattoos, details on Nick's candy-themed proposal, and their plans for kids (!) – pick up the latest PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

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Newlywed Mariah Carey is “over the moon” with happiness about her recent marriage to Nick Cannon, according to her friend, Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley. “She is very happy,” he told PEOPLE at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala in New York on Monday. “I’ve spoken with her and she is superb. She is over the moon.” In his latest communication from the singer, he said she sounds like a woman in love. “I received an email from her [Monday] and she is so happy. She really sounds like someone on her honeymoon.” Talley also had words of praise for the songbird’s new husband. “I love Nick Cannon for Mariah,” he said. “For Mariah, this is poetry.” As for her wedding fashion, Talley said the nuptials happened so quickly that “I didn’t have the time to offer her any style tips!”

(click her to watch Oprah talking about the wedding)

Source:People

Mariah in Bahamas

Just days after surprising us all by eloping to the Bahamas with Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey was spotted on her way to catch some rays on the island over the weekend. Her new husband was nowhere to be seen — waiting inside for his new bride to return? We also can’t get a good look at that much talked about rock on her finger, but I’m sure she’ll be back to showing it off soon enough. Mariah canceled her appearance on The View this morning (to enjoy her honeymoon perhaps?), but the newlyweds can’t stay hiding forever. You all seem pretty skeptical that these two will last so hopefully we’ll still get a glimpse of that post-wedding glow.

Source: PopSugar

Mariah Gives Us the Skinny…Sort Of

Yes, Mariah Carey looks sexy on the cover of Vibe. But the mag may as well be promoting her debut album from 1990.

The June issue’s blow-by-blow account of all the preparations leading up to the “Touch My Body” songbird’s 38th birthday off the coast of Antigua would have been at least mildly interesting to us a few weeks ago—that is, before her impromptu wedding to Nick Cannon (who is mentioned in the article as a “recent acquaintance”).

But now, reading about how “fuchsia feather boas drip from arms of every chair” seems so passé.

Still, we appreciate the photos, Vibe. Really, we do.

They’ll give us something to stare at till somebody else comes along with the info we really care about.

Source: E! Online

Bye Bye video

Or check the video in better qaulity here

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Vibe Editor's Letter

VIBE and Mariah do go back like babies and pacifiers. There was a Mariah cover in April 1996, around the time of Daydream. That excellent story was written by Elysa Gardner (now of USA Today). In 2003, around the time of Charmbracelet, Lola Ogunnaike (now of CNN's American Morning) wrote another fantastic cover piece.

As for myself, in 1998, when I was editor-in-chief the first time, I flew to San Francisco (on Mariah time, you have to be ready to get up and go anywhere at a moment's notice) and then rode north to hilly Sonoma County, in Northern California's wine country. Carey and I drank red wine until late into the night. She'd just left her marriage. I think she was releasing a greatest hits package (#1's). She was in a good, if tough, space. That space from which good art and new beauty is sometimes born. She was fun. And open. Soon after, she went through some well-documented rough times. But she's been back for a while, and the new album is an homage to Einstein's theory of relativity, first introduced in a 1905 paper called, "Does The Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" I thought you knew.

People forget, because Mariah is so pretty and so about hair and boobs and antics, that she is a songwriter who will go down in history as one of the best, one of the most prolific, and one of the most successful. The sales and radio records she's breaking are mammoth, and crucial too—because with every one she topples, it's clearer that Miss Carey is the true People's Choice. She writes and sings music that people sing to themselves, music that we move our bodies to. She is redefining—in these complicated cultural times, times in which niches are nich-ier than ever, times in which even the sale of creative content is in question—what it is to be popular (believed, embraced, or perpetuated by ordinary people). She's buttah fly, for sure.

The staff (Robyn Forest, Memsor Kamarake, and Shanel Odum) and I got on Mariah Time, this time during the last week of March. First the shoot wasn't happening. Then we were going to Paris. Then the shoot was going to be in Manhattan. Then we got on a plane to the West Indies, bound for a pearl of a private island off the coast of the exquisite isle of Antigua. Odum describes Jumby Bay beautifully in her second cover story (she wrote abut Mary. J Blige for the February issue), but be clear: Over and above the grass tennis courts, crystalline waters, the Cavalier Rum– glazed prawns, and the flawless, breezy-sunny climate, it's the people of Antigua and Jumby Bay—Thelma, Lissue, Elaine, Glenroy, and everyone else—who make the place. They keep a staff blog, too. It's as cool as they are.

As ever,

Danyel Smith

Mariah on cover of Vibe

Singing superstar Mariah Carey has been dogged for most of her career for her up-and-down weight, but there's nothing bad you can say about the Mimi that graces the the cover of VIBE Magazine's June 2008 issue, which hits newsstands Tuesday. The steamy photos were shot on-location on Eagle's Landing, a private Caribbean island off the coast of Antigua where VIBE joined Mariah for her lavish 38th birthday celebration, only weeks before her surprise wedding to 27-year-old actor and comedian Nick Cannon.

In fact, during the accompanying article, which details the diva's deluxe birthday preparations, Nick, who at the time was just seen as a friendly acquaintance, occasionally floats in and out of the scene, as "hairstylists, fashion assistants, photographers, and makeup artists race around the open-air bungalow each on their own mission to please." To check out the entire shoot and story, pick up the new issue of VIBE when it hits stands tomorrow.

Source:Vibe / OK magazine

Mariah 2 perform at 5th annual time 100 gala???

Mariah Carey will entertain the VIP crowd at the fifth annual Time 100 gala on Thursday, May 8th along with jazz legend Herbie Hancock, and "SNL" stars Amy Poehler and Seth Myers.

Source: New York Post

billboard review bye bye

One "Touch" was enough to convince the masses that at 38, Mariah Carey is as much a chart tigress as anyone half her age. Sure enough, "E=MC2" launch single "Touch My Body" became her 18th No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single. That playful romp is followed by a reminder that Mimi is as capable of putting a weighty message in front without sacrificing melodic juice. "Bye Bye" offers comfort for anyone suffering loss: "This is for my peoples who just lost somebody, your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady/Lift your head to the sky, cos we will never say bye." A tinkly piano-driven groove escorts the lyrical embrace, with oozy synths, a flush of R&B via male shout-outs of "Eh!" and a vocal that builds to a fitting tour-de-force crescendo, though pushed down in the mix to maintain decorum. "Bye" seems poised to have Carey greet the top of the pops for a 19th time.

Source: Billboard

Never before seen Mariah Carey footage!

Mariah invited Comcast into her studio to capture her behind the microphone as she recorded the tracks from her latest album. Check out the video in the Multimedia section now! Click the arrow in the Comcast player to watch. At the end of the video, you can click in the media box for more footage.

Source: MariahCarey.Com

JD & Mariah in the studio

JD posted a new video of him and mariah in the studio, check it out..

Mariah… You’re on fire On cover of I-D magazine

Mariah Carey is a goddess and self proclaimed diva, known as much for her hair, her body, her boobies, her butterflies, her breakdowns, tears and tantrums as she is for being The BIGGEST SELLING FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL TIME! Currently riding high on the crest of her 18th American Number 1 with Touch My Body, she secured the double whammy by going top of the Billboard 100 with new long player E=MC2, which sold 155,000 units on the first day of release.

Source:I-D Magazine

There's a New Queen of Pop!

Mariah Beats Madonna

The war is over and there’s a new queen of pop: Miss Mariah Carey.

How do we know?

Hitsdailydouble.com is reporting that estimated first week sales for Madonna’s Hard Candy album will range between 275,000-300,000.

Mariah’s “E=MC2” sold 475,000 in its first week and was Carey’s biggest debut ever.

In addition to that, Madonna’s numbers are a slide downwards from her last album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor," which 350,000 copies its first week out and went on to sell 1.7 million copies in the U.S. That was three years ago.

So what happened? Kabbalah and Malawi didn’t help, neither did dependence on Justin Timberlake singing like Michael Jackson on the debut single, “4 Minutes to Save the World.”

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Source:Foxnews

Mariah to wed

April 30, 2008 -- MARIAH Carey's keeping mum about that ginormous diamond ring she started wearing on her ring finger last week, but a source tells us it's definitely from her new beau, Nick Cannon - and that the duo are now engaged. Cannon bought the bauble for $2.5 million at Jacob & Co. on East 57th Street, where he was spotted again yesterday. "Maybe he's making payments on it," laughed our witness, who overheard Cannon telling Jacob Arabo they are set to marry. Carey's new bling is 17 carats, with a whopping 10-carat center stone, and made of rare pink and purple diamonds. Cannon was also once engaged to Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks.

Source:NYpost

Mariah To Guest On The View

Mariah will be joining the ladies of The View on Monday, May 5 and the official Mariah Carey fan club, Honey B. Fly is giving one lucky member and a guest a chance to attend the show. Mariah will be performing new music from her # 1 album E=MC², so don't miss this opportunity for a chance to see her live! Log on to MariahCarey.com for contest details.

Source:Mariahcarey.com

Mariah's MC = #1

It's yet another win called Mariah for the Island/IDJ diva, whose E=MC² Careys her to a second straight week on top, relatively speaking, with 176k sold, for a two week-total over 650k.

That was more than enough for her to top challenger Leona Lewis, whose J Records/Syco Music debut, Spirit, remains at #2 with 98k, up 9% thanks to her appearance on American Idol. Ashlee Simpson's Geffen album Bittersweet World debuts at #3 with 50k.

Source: Hits Daily Double

E=MC² sold 175,899 units

Chart predictor site, Hits Daily Double, have updated predicted sales stats:

1. E=MC² - Mariah Carey - Sales Projection: 175,899 units

Source: Hits Daily Double

Bigger Than Elvis

Why the haters are wrong about Mariah Carey.

King, meet Queen. This month, Mariah Carey eclipsed Elvis Presley's record for the most Billboard No. 1 hits by a solo artist with her 18th chart-topper "Touch My Body," the first single from her strong new album, E=MC²--whose first-week sales of 463,000 were the highest of Carey's career and the most by any artist so far this year. Now only the Beatles have more No. 1s, and Carey will surely pass them soon--although, to be fair, the Beatles racked up their 20 big hits in a span of just seven years, a batting average likely never to be bested.

The news of Carey's triumph has been greeted in many quarters with hue and cry. The Presley estate got technical, arguing that Billboard had fouled up its numbers--that Mariah had merely tied Elvis' record. In a Huffington Post blog entry titled "Mariah Carey Is Destroying the World," Ken Levine wrote: "For the sake of this country and--oh let's just say it--mankind, Mariah Carey has to retire. ... She can always host a VH-1 reality show or learn a trade at the DeVry Institute." Editorialists soberly pointed out the obvious: Whatever the hit count, Carey had not matched Presley's and the Beatles' "seismic" cultural influence, a line echoed by Mariah herself. "I'm just feeling really happy and grateful," she told the Associated Press. "I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world."

Humility doesn't come naturally to Carey, so let's commend her for the gesture. (You can practically hear the table-saw buzz of her grinding teeth as she pushes the words out: never... put ... myself ... in ... the ... category ...) But need she be so modest? Sure, Carey is not as important as Elvis or the Beatles, nor are any other musicians of the past 50 years, with the possible exceptions of James Brown and Bob Dylan. She is nonetheless hugely significant, and not just because, as Elvis once put it, 50 million fans--or if we go by Mariah's total album sales, 61.5 million fans--can't be wrong.

Mariah's accomplishment begins, of course, with her voice, or, rather, The Voice--that cyclonic force capable of hurtling unnumbered octaves, shattering crystal ware, and inducing musicogenic epileptic seizures in Japanese women. Carey is the most influential vocal stylist of the last two decades, the person who made rococo melismatic singing--the trick of embroidering syllables with multiple no-o-o-o-o-o-tes--the ubiquitous pop style. Exhibit A is American Idol, which has often played out as a clash of melisma-mad Mariah wannabes. And, today, nearly 20 years after Carey's debut, major labels continue to bet the farm on young stars such as the winner of Britain's Pop Idol show, Leona Lewis, with her Generation Next gloss on Mariah's big voice and big hair.

The rampant use of melisma has generated considerable criticism. (I myself railed against it several years ago in a New York Times article--whose haughty tone and slighting references to Carey, I now regret.) It's certainly true that overuse of the device, particularly by mediocre vocalists, can be annoying. It is also true that many performers, in the thrall of Carey hits like "Vision of Love"--which New Yorker critic Sasha Frere-Jones rightly called "the Magna Carta of melisma"--have seemed to lose all interest in melody and lyrics and meaning, packing songs with dozens, hundreds, of gratuitous notes.

But it is unfair to damn Carey for the sins of her lesser imitators or to judge her based on a set of musical values that she explicitly rejects. Emotion is not really the point of Carey's songs--not even when she's singing "Emotions." Her music is first and foremost an expression of power and technical prowess. There is a place in pop for bombast, especially when it's coupled with virtuosity. I have learned to cherish Carey's singing for its brute force, blinding technique, and, yes, showboatiness--to place Mariah's vocal "runs" in the tradition of John Coltrane's "sheets of sound," the pummeling drumming of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, and Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" (aka the Magna Carta of shredding 1980s guitar solos). Listen to the piercing final notes Carey sings in this clip from her 1992 MTV Unplugged performance of "Someday." Mariah's poodle head isn't the only thing about her that's heavy metal.

Carey may not have had the "seismic" impact of Presley, but there's a whole lot of zeitgeist up in her big, maudlin ballad hits of the 1990s. A cultural historian might detect the complacent feel-good vibes of the post-Cold War Clinton era, or maybe a musical gigantism akin to baseball's literal gigantism in those peak steroids years. What I hear most clearly, even in inspirational dreck like "Hero," is hip-hop: a lite-FM analogue to the feisty egotism of the rappers who conquered '90s pop culture. After all, Carey was engaged in a rivalry nearly as fierce as Biggie and Tupac's: a yearslong cutting contest with Whitney Houston, whom she matched melisma for melisma, bromide for bromide.

We all know who won that battle. The truth is that Houston, in her prime, was the more talented singer, but Carey was always a more versatile and interesting recording artist. She co-wrote her own material from the beginning, and when not blasting out ballads, showed a knack for midtempo songs with a classic pop feel: "Dreamlover" (1993) and "Always Be My Baby" (1996) could sit comfortably on a mix tape alongside the great mid-'60s Motown hits. With her 1995 album, Daydream, Carey made a major shift, indulging her love of hip-hop for the first time. She worked with producer Jermaine Dupri--to this day, her key collaborator--and dueted with rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard on an ebullient remix of the No. 1 single "Fantasy."

It was a change that risked alienating those millions of Carey's fans who knew her as the reigning sovereign of adult contemporary radio, liked her that way, and couldn't fathom why she was palling around with a shark-toothed rapper who rhymed "Mariah" with "pacifier." But it was a smart, prescient career move. The hybridized mix of pop, R&B, and hip-hop that dominates today's top 40 was an inevitability that Carey saw earlier than others, and she hurried that future along.

Today, Carey is unambiguously a "hip-hop soul" star, in touch with her inner thug, singing over jittery digital beats about her designer luggage and hot tubs and videotaped sexploits. Some critics have complained that Carey's act is ungenuine, but to me it feels far less forced than her erstwhile cooing about butterflies and rainbows. Indeed, while Carey's musical shift is definitely good for business--she had to keep up with the Beyonces and Rihannas or risk irrelevance--it is also manifestly personal. She called her blockbuster 2005 comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi, and the emancipation in question was musical; the central drama of Carey's career was her marriage to, and subsequent divorce from, Columbia Records President Tommy Mottola, who reportedly did all he could to tamp down Carey's hip-hop impulses.

A squabble over repertoire isn't exactly the stuff of a sexy tragic-diva back story. Let's face it: Next to her rival pop starlets, Mariah is pretty dull. She can't really dance. Her videoes are a snooze. Her offstage life, rumored mental breakdowns and all, fails to excite gossip mongers. Her racial ambiguity is mildly interesting: As the daughter of an Irish-Catholic mother and an Afro-Venezuelan father, Mariah was confounding Americans with her biracial identity back when Barack Obama was still cramming for his Torts exam at Harvard Law. But Mariah remains far more compelling as a musician than as a pop persona. She's the muso's diva.

The most striking thing about Carey's post-Mimi transformation is how completely she's switched up her singing, mastering the speedy, syncopated, rap-influenced style pioneered by Beyonce, R. Kelly, et al. E=MC² is a modern R&B album through and through, tilting heavily towards mid- and up-tempo club music, with far fewer ballads than her past releases. Most of the songs swing back and forth between just a couple of chords--a showcase for Carey's rhythm and phrasing, not her famous vocal range.

The album's most shocking track is the opener, "Migrate." Over a bristling beat by Timbaland protege Nate "Danja" Hills, Mariah duets with Mr. Robo-voice, T-Pain, and even T-Pains herself--and distorts her Hall of Fame voice with that autotune sci-fi effect, an act of vocal self-sabotage that once would have been unthinkable. Of course, Mariah hasn't totally abandoned her old habits. "Migrate" is nudged along by a sour, flutelike keyboard loop, but the first time you hear the figure, at the very beginning of the song, it's not a keyboard but Mariah herself, trilling, chickadeelike, in that fiendish uppermost part of her range. I suppose she wanted to begin her album with a reminder--to fans, to rivals, to Tommy Mottola, to the ghost of Elvis--that, lo, these many years later, she's still got it. The phrase that springs to mind is queenly prerogative.

Source: Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine

Nick Cannon Talks About Mariah Rumors

Nick Cannon Squirms When Asked About Mariah Carey Engagement Rumors, Says She's A 'Good Friend'

Is Mariah Carey wearing actor Nick Cannon's engagement ring?

Well, based on sightings of the two holding hands - and photos of Carey wearing a big ring Saturday night during a New York afterparty for her new film, "Tennessee" - various media reports, including one that appeared on People.com Monday (April 28), suggest that she may be.

So, when Cannon stopped by the MTV News offices Monday to promote his film "Ball Don't Lie," we just had to ask him about his relationship with the pop diva.

First, the actor danced around our questions about the Carey rumors, saying that the singer's "a great person."

When pressed for more, he positively squirmed, adding, "I can't even know what to say. She's probably the most festive, remarkable person I've ever met. Good friend." When pressed further about the rumors, he said, "Rumors happen. They do."

Carey has long been rumored to be dating executive Mark Sudack, a member of her management team, but buzz about her and Cannon gained momentum on April 15, when People.com ran a piece entitled "Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Night Out in Vegas." The article claimed that the two flew into Sin City on a private jet and were later spotted at a nightclub, getting "cozy" at one of the VIP tables.

Then, on Monday, People.com added more fuel to the fire, claiming that Carey was seen sporting a "humongous, gleaming ring" at the afterparty. The report further claims the two held hands for most of the soiree, and that they barely left each other's sides all evening.

Whether or not it's all a bunch of hoo-hah, when asked by MTV News about a possible engagement, spokespeople for both Cannon and Carey had no comment.

Source: MTV News

Mariah not a diva, say Tennessee co-stars

Mariah Carey is not a diva, according to the co-stars in her new film.

Starring newcomers Adam Rothenberg and Ethan Reddick, Tennessee is about two brothers who embark on a journey to find their estranged father. On the way, they meet Mariah, a waitress running away from her abusive husband.

"She was great, and a hard worker," Ethan Peck told us at the film's world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

Director Aaron Woodley was also struck by the singer.

"Directing Mariah was wonderful. She was a joy to work with," he said.

"Being in a film wit