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MARIAH TOPS MSDN'S 2006 CELEBRITY IMAGE SEARCHES · DECEMBER 28TH, 2006 SOURCE: MSDN |
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Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) has put together its lists of top searches for 2006. These lists are the result of studying their anonymous logs for the most searched queries in all the countries and regions their users search from. In the category, Celebrity Images, Mariah tops the MSDN list!
Top Celebrity Image Searches
1 - Mariah Carey
2 - Britney Spears
3 - Christina Aguilera
4 - Jennifer López
5 - Lindsay Lohan
6 - Jessica Simpson
7 - Janet Jackson
8 - Angelina Jolie
9 - Pamela Anderson
10 - Jessica Alba
MSDN's top searches in news, products, travel, etc. can be viewed here.
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MARIAH IN ASPEN THIS WEEK · DECEMBER 28TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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VIDEO DOWNLOAD: MARIAH'S MERRY ASPEN HOLIDAY ON ET · DECEMBER 28TH, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAH JOURNAL |
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MARIAH-OH-METER: SNOW LOOK · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: PEOPLE MAGAZINE |
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 In pure Mariah style, the singer braved the snowiest night in Aspen Wednesday to party with friends and family. Carey kept warm in a very tight leather jacket, second-skin black pants, high heels and dark oversized shades. (So what if it was at nighttime -- and snowing?!). We love how delicately she carries her glass of champagne through the flurries. What a trooper! On a scale of One being Congresswoman conservative, and Ten being ready for her video vixen close-up, we’d give this look a Six. Afterall, she’s gonna get a serious draft unless she zips up more!
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HQ PHOTOS: MARIAH IN ASPEN, DECEMBER 2006 · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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BILLBOARD YEAR-END CHARTS
Below you will some of the year-end Billboard charts Mariah is featured on:
BILLBOARD’S TOP ARTISTS OF 2006
26. Mariah Carey
BILLBOARD’S TOP FEMALE ARTISTS OF 2006
8. Mariah Carey
TOP 200 BILLBOARD ARTISTS OF 2006
10. Mariah Carey
TOP 200 BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTISTS OF 2006
4. Mariah Carey
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 ARTISTS OF 2006
30. Mariah Carey
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 FEMALE ARTISTS OF 2006
10. Mariah Carey
BILLBOARD’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2006 CHART
11. The Emancipation of Mimi
BILLBOARD’S TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS OF 2006 CHART
7. The Emancipation of Mimi
BILLBOARD’S 2006 CLUB PLAY CHART
3. Don’t Forget About Us
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 CHART OF 2006
50. Don’t Forget About Us
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 AIRPLAY CHART OF 2006
14. Don’t Forget About Us
BILLBOARD’S R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS CHART OF 2006
21. Don’t Forget About Us
BILLBOARD’S HOT ADULT R&B SONGS CHART OF 2006
4. Fly Like A Bird
BILLBOARD’S YEAR-END TOP 25 TOUR CHART (USA)
Mariah makes the 2006 Billboard Year-End Tour Chart:
Position: No.25
Artist: Mariah Carey
Total Gross: $26,389,048
Total Attendance: 341,104
Total Capacity: 362,248
Number of Shows: 28
Number of Sellouts: 7
OFFICIAL ITALIAN ALBUMS CHART
Last week "Merry Christmas" was a re-entry on the Official Italian Albums Chart Top 100 at No.75; this week saw the classic holiday album rocket fifteen places to No.60.
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SURVEILLANCE · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
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Mariah Carey, who’s in Aspen now to host a party for Aspen Peak magazine, is getting in some fun before starting production next month on "Tennessee." She plays a country-and-Western singer. Producer Lee Daniels tells us, "I think she could have a country crossover career. I’m hoping she’ll write a couple of songs for the movie."
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PAPARAZZI TANGLE IN ASPEN · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: ASPEN DAILY NEWS |
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Ginsburg said he feels he’s an established member of the paparazzi in Aspen and Del Palacio and his group are part of a disturbing trend here.
"I’ve been coming here for five years and I’ve got good relationships with Jack Nicholson and Mariah Carey and her bodyguards and we make sure to respect these people," he said.
"But now we’ve got these people running around with cameras who have no respect, and what’s going to happen is Aspen’s going to turn into L.A. You’re going to have 45 people running down the street with cameras."
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TOUCH OF CLASS · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: THE MIRROR |
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Songbird Mariah Carey adds her own touch of class to a skiing trip to Aspen, Colorado.
The 36-year-old beauty could hardly walk in the slippery snow but while she had one hand on her minder, the other was neatly wrapped around a glass of champagne. Quality.
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DIM SHADY · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: THE SUN |
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Spoilt diva Mariah Carey today joins my Dim Shady club after going out in her huge sunnies in the dark.
The temperamental tunesmith is snapped clutching a glass of champers on her annual skiing trip to Aspen, Colorado.
It`s no wonder she needs people to guide her to her car - because she surely can§t see where she§s going in those daft specs.
Get a life, Mariah.
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MARIAH’S ON A ROLL · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: DAILY RECORD |
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ALL Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is a warm coat and a scarf, by the looks of things.
The diva relaxed with a glass of champagne in Aspen, Colorado, as she posed for paparazzi.
She was on her way to a barbecue restaurant with her bodyguard and niece.
And the diva looked happy to be on holiday.
Mariah, who has been holidaying in the resort for the last nine years, says she intends to roll naked in the snow on December 25 - after a hot bath, of course!
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DON’T XPECT TOO MUCH · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: THE MIRROR |
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A WORD of warning to everyone being sucked into the latest X-Factor hype. Last year Shayne Ward, left, was talked of as the next Justin Timberlake.
A year on, he’s more likely to be just in Timberland. Asking if any Christmas jobs are going.
This year Leona Lewis is being tipped as a future Mariah Carey, when she’s most likely to become a future ex-girlfriend of David Walliams.
Still as long as they both enjoyed their "amazing journey," that’s all that matters, eh.
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SONGS THAT MAKE CHRISTMAS · DECEMBER 23RD, 2006 SOURCE: THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH |
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The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear - but what’s your favourite - and least love - song? Judith Cole asks the celebrities:
Siobhan McGarry, UTV reporter
I love this time of year and I’m a real fan of Christmas songs. I have two favourites - All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey and Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl.
Even the introduction to All I Want says Christmas to me. It’s just a wonderfully warm song which evokes everything that’s great about the festive season.
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NEW PHOTOS: MARIAH IN ASPEN · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: SPLASH NEWS |
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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BILLBOARD CHART UPDATE
Mariah’s "Fly Like A Bird" continues to maintain a foothold on the R&B Top 50:
BILLBOARD R&B 100 CHART
41. Fly Like A Bird (down 1)
BILLBOARD’S TOP POP CATALOGUE CHART
"Merry Christmas" slips five places from #12 to #17 on Billboard’s Pop Catalogue Chart. Sales stats are as follows:
Sales Last Week: 23,461 units (down 8%)
Sales To Date: 4,772,786 units
BILLBOARD’S HOT DIGITAL SONGS
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" moves up one place to #7 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs Chart. Sales stats are as follows:
Sales Last Week: 46,033 downloads (down 6%)
Sales To Date: 502,578 downloads
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DVD NEWS · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: THE GLITTERING FORUM |
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Ila and Dan got the following from their Universal Italy source about Mariah’s Tour DVD:
"It will consist of a live concert event from Anaheim California... Mariah performing all of her stellar hits with prestigious guest stars... Deluxe 2 disc package, disc one features the concert & the bonus disc featuring behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, 4 karaoke songs, and more...The DVD is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of next year..."
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GIA FARRELL · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: BILLBOARD |
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I've always wanted to be a household name," gushes 17-year-old Gia Farrell to Billboard.com when asked about her goals for the future. And judging by the way things are going, that’s exactly what she will be -- perhaps sooner than anyone expected.
Farrell’s record label intended her debut single "Hit Me Up" to be, in the words of Atlantic’s senior VP of marketing Livia Tortella, a "low-key introduction" of the up-and-comer to the market. But Farrell has the makings of a breakthrough song on her hands, entering Radio & Records’ CHR/Top 40 chart at No. 40 with the effervescent cut, which appears on the soundtrack to the Warner Brothers animated feature film "Happy Feet."
Farrell, however, doesn’t seem to be feeling any of the stress that might come with breaking big at radio. "I just want to show the whole world I can do it. I’m very excited," declares the bubbly, happy-go-lucky teen. "I know it’s going to get a lot busier, but I’ve been waiting for this my whole life."
If 17 years doesn’t seem like too long a wait, it’s worth noting that the New York native got started early — very early. "I was singing before I was talking," Farrell shares. As a youngster, she was crooning along to "real singers" such as "Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and, growing up a little more, Christina Aguilera" and by the tender age of 13 had appeared on "Star Search" and "Showtime at the Apollo" — experiences which Farrell feels helped prepare her for what she’s doing today: performing non-stop. "I’ve had to fly every single day for the last five weeks, but I love going to all the different cities and the different radio stations. Performing is what it’s all about for me."
When asked, Farrell says, "Mariah Carey is the vocalist I most look up to," and Tortella compares her young songster to the superstar: "She’s got a lot in common with Mariah Carey in terms of her scope. She makes such a strong impression just walking into a room and singing with no back-up, with no production. She’s a natural talent."
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CHRISTMAS TRACKS TAKE OVER DOWNLOAD CHARTS · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: CBBC |
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Christmas tunes are taking over the download chart this week with loads of festive songs trying to battle their way to the top spot.
Although Take That are still number one with Patience, Mariah Carey is hot on their heels at number two with All I Want For Christmas Is You.
And at number three are the 1980s band the Pogues with their classic festive tune Fairytale of New York.
Up 12 to number nine is another old band called Wham with Last Christmas.
New entries include I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard at 26. And old rocker Shakin’ Stevens was new at 29 with Merry Christmas Everyone.
Other tunes to keep an eye on are this week’s highest new entry A Great Big Sled by Killers. And Matt Willis went in at 39 with Don’t Let It Go To Waste.
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TUNDE: I’D SAY NO TO MARIAH · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: THE SUN |
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I can’t imagine there’s many red-blooded males who would turn down the chance to get up close and personal with MARIAH CAREY.
As well as being stunningly good-looking, Mariah is also one of the biggest-selling artists of all time.
However the idea sends shivers through the spine of former Lighthouse Family star TUNDE BAIYEWU.
The talented singer - who is going solo on his first tour for four years in January - says he can think of nothing worse than working with the notorious diva.
In an exclusive interview, Tunde - most famous for 1995 smash hit single Lifted - said: "I’d have to say no to Mariah if she asked me to do a duet with her. I mean, we’d just want different things."
"She’d want to sing love songs and I wouldn’t. We just wouldn’t have anything in common."
He added: "I’d rather sing with someone who is not really big and famous."
"Having said that, she might help me sell lots of records!"
After parting ways with Lighthouse Family due to a `heavy promotional schedule’ in 2003, Tunde started work on his self-entitled solo album.
He said: "After the second Lighthouse Family record, I thought that we were treading water. I was happy in the group but always felt I wanted to express myself more."
"I spent a lot of time working on my first solo record. The songs reflect a lot of the stuff I’ve been through over the past four years, plus my Nigerian heritage is in there too. "
"The lyrics are very personal. I think I’m doing things with my voice now that people won’t have heard before; it’s more expressive.”
Key songs on Tunde’s album include Our History - in which he sings about his feelings towards Nigeria, the country of his father’s birth and where he was brought up for most of his childhood - and the moving Anaesthetic, an extremely personal song written after the death of his mother some four years ago.
Tunde said: "That was the most difficult song I have ever written."
"It actually took me about two years before I could even go there lyrically."
"There’s a line in the song, in Nigerian, where I say `Oluwa Shanu-Mi’, which means `Lord have mercy on me’."
"That was what my mother was screaming in the hospital as she died. Very harrowing."
But while the star is enjoying his time alone, there is one person Tunde wouldn’t mind working with again - his Lighthouse Family buddy PAUL TUCKER.
He said: "We haven’t spoken for a while but I’d definitley be interested in reforming with Paul. Hopefully it will happen one day.
"There have been so many bands who have reformed this year.
"Take That have done well but a lot of the others have failed. I think some of the groups got back together just to sell records and that’s not good."
"If you’re going to get back together you should do things for the right reason."
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2005 DAVID LACHAPPELLE PHOTOSHOOT · DECEMBER 21ST, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAH JOURNAL |
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"WE BELONG TOGETHER" LIVE AT CBS UPFRONT · DECEMBER 20TH, 2006 SOURCE: MOONEY & FUNKYGH |
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 20TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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OFFICIAL KOREAN MONTHLY ALBUM CHART
The dual disc re-issue of "Merry Christmas" impacted the Official Korean Pop Album Monthly Chart in November:
Chart Position: #7 (new peak)
Release Date: 15 November, 2005
CD Sales: 4,031
Music Cassette: 0
Total Sales for Month: 4,031
Total Sales To Date: 11,546
Sales of the original version at the end of December 2004 stand at 521,606 units in South Korea.
OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART
"Merry Christmas" continues to shine on UK Charts:
Official UK Budget Artist Albums Chart
5. Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey (no change)
Official UK R&B Albums Chart
28. Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey (up 2)
38. The Greatest Hits - Mariah Carey (up 2)
Woolworths have now got "Merry Christmas" priced at £3.97 at majority of their stores across mainland UK.
UK CHART STATS
Some interesting facts about last weeks download sales of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in the UK:
If the track was allowed to chart on the Official UK Singles Chart, the single would have rocketed in at #9.
The track was the most downloaded/purchased Xmas track in the UK last week.
The track finished in on the same peak position it did last year on the Official UK Download Chart.
The track was downloaded 11,963 (up 28%) times in the UK last week.
The UK gold single, with shipment of over 400,000 units in 1994, to date has sold 384,196 units since records began in 1995.
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SEARCHING FOR MUSIC THIS CHRISTMAS? · DECEMBER 20TH, 2006 SOURCE: WEBPRONEWS |
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What is your favorite Christmas song? Are you a fan of the traditional hymns like Silent Night or do you prefer the more contemporary songs like Jingle Bell Rock? Do you know all of the 12 Days of Christmas? Are you waiting patiently for your Winter Wonderland to arrive?
If so, then the Yahoo Buzz blog has a list for you. Seeing how it’s that time of year for all things festive, they decided to put one of those endless mountains of data to good use to let us know what the most popular Christmas songs are... at least from the Yahoo Search perspective.
The list, which is forthcoming, doesn’t really hold any surprises, save for the fact that Run-DMC’s Christmas in Hollis is noticeably absent. The list is a good mix of the traditional staples like Silent Night and Jingle Bells with a dash of the new breed like Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas.
I was, however, surprised by the most searched song - Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. One has to believe the Rudolph television event perpetuates the song’s popularity. Anyway, without further adieu, here’s Yahoo’s list of the most popular Christmas songs:
1. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
2. 12 Days of Christmas (16th century)
3. Nutcracker (Suite) (1891)
4. All I Want for Christmas is You (1994)
5. Frosty the Snowman (1950)
6. Jingle Bells (1857)
7. Silent Night (1816)
8. Baby It’s Cold Outside (1948)
9. O Holy Night (1847)
10. Deck the Halls (19th century)
11. Winter Wonderland (1934)
12. White Christmas (1940)
13. Santa Baby (1953)
14. Jingle Bell Rock (1957)
15. Feliz Navidad (1970)
16. All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (1944)
17. Mary, Did You Know (1984)
18. Last Christmas (1984)
19. Where Are You Christmas (2000)
20. Let it Snow (1945)
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XMAS SONG POLL · DECEMBER 20TH, 2006 SOURCE: BBC NEWS |
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BBC News are asking visitors on their online site to vote for their favourite Christmas song!
You can select one of the following songs:
* White Christmas - Bing Crosby
* Merry Christmas Everyone - Slade
* I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizard
* Winter Wonderland - The Andrews Sisters
* Last Christmas - Wham
* Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Diana Ross
* All I Want for Christmas - Mariah Carey
* Fairytale of New York - Kirsty McColl and The Pogues
* Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
* Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid
[Vote Now]
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NEW VIDEOS TO DOWNLOAD · DECEMBER 19TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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NEW VIDEO POSTED IN VIRTUAL TICKET! · DECEMBER 19TH, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAHCAREY.COM |
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Honey B. Fly had the opportunity to sit down with Mariah in her dressing room after the Sacramento stop on her Emancipation of Mimi tour.
In their first video clip Mariah discusses performing with her special guests such as Jay-Z, P. Diddy and Sean Paul.
[Check It Out!]
For those of you who aren't members of Honey B. Fly, here's a transcript of the interview:
Sean Paul - "It was so good to have Sean Paul on the tour. He was very, very festive. The crowd really enjoyed him."
Busta Rhymes - "Busta is amazing. I was nervous in the beginning because Busta is very... he's excited. I can't come out with a 'I came to have a party...' after what he tells people what to do and say on stage. He's a little intense. But I do the best I can with what I got."
Da Brat - "When she comes out on Heartbreaker, it's just incredible. It's so much better than when it's just the screen to have Brat there. She's so full of excitement."
Mike Jones - "We were in Houston and Mike Jones came out and I wanted to watch him like, 'why can't I watch his part.' I was so mad 'cause I didn't know if he was gonna come out or not. But that was completely an amazing moment."
Jermaine Dupri - "When we did ATL, when Jermaine came out and was like 'A-T-L!' and then everybody was really screaming wild. But he was like, 'A-T-L!' Hello! scream a little louder. It was really funny."
Sean 'Puffy' Combs - "It was just nice to have Puff come out 'cause he's very much a star no matter where he is."
Jay-Z - "I didn't know whether Jay was gonna come out on Heartbreaker or not so I'm sitting there kind of waiting, 'is he coming out, is he not coming out?' And Jay came out. It was so loud like the noise was so deafening when he came out. That was a real, real treat.
Note: MariahCarey.com is getting a brand new look! All areas of the site will not be available on Wednesday, Dec. 20 while they prepare to launch MC.com with a brand new look and a ton of hot new features.
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MIMI’S ASPEN ADVENTURE · DECEMBER 14TH, 2006 SOURCE: DENVER POST |
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Mariah Carey is on the cover of Aspen Peak magazine, so no wonder she’s going to be in town Boxing Day (Dec. 26) for a launch party at the Hotel Jerome for the issue.
Her people say she’ll mingle, talk about an upcoming movie and her new perfume and tell who she’s gonna kiss on New Year’s Eve.
"I love the vibe of Aspen," she tells Aspen Peak. "Not necessarily the whole paparazzi-celebrity thing, which is cool, but I do stuff like going on sleigh rides with friends. Being out in Aspen is always so amazing and picturesque."
Asked where she’s going to stay in Aspen, Carey says, "I don’t know yet, but it has to have a hot tub. ... It’s a tradition for us to have Santa Claus-looking bikinis, jump out of the hot tub, and roll in the fresh snow." Ho daddy!
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 14TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Mariah’s "Fly Like A Bird" continues to maintain a foothold on the R&B Top 50:
BILLBOARD R&B 100 CHART
40. Fly Like A Bird (down 3)
BILLBOARD BITS
Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has become the first Mastertone to achieve gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 units. The track was originally released on Carey’s 1994 album "Merry Christmas," which has sold 4.7 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
As for "All I Want for Christmas Is You," the song recently reappeared on the Billboard charts; it is No. 9 this week on Billboard’s Hot Digital Tracks chart.
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MARIAH’S MOVES · DECEMBER 14TH, 2006 SOURCE: THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS |
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If you’re hitting the slopes in Aspen or Snowmass on Christmas Day, you might want to watch out for singer Mariah Carey picking her way down the hill.
Carey, who gorgeously graces the cover of Aspen Peak magazine’s holiday issue, confesses to being "not a great skier."
During her Glamour Gulch holiday this year, the Grammy-winning singer plans to try snowboarding. "I haven’t gotten past the `fall on your buttocks stage yet,’ " she tells Aspen Peak, "so I’m waiting for that to happen."
Carey says she’s been coming to Aspen during Christmas since 1997, and would like to build a place of her own on the outskirts of town. Carey plans to host an invite-only Boxing Day party at the Hotel Jerome on Dec. 26 to talk about her new CD and part in the movie Tennessee.
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Yuletide Classic Becomes First & Only Seasonal Mastertone To Achieve RIAA Certification.
America’s cell phones are ringing with the seasonal sounds of Mariah Carey’s holiday classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," the first and only seasonal Mastertone to achieve an RIAA certification. The Mastertone has been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 units.
"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 one to become one of the top-selling holiday collections of all time, selling more than 11 million copies worldwide while earning 5x platinum certification from the RIAA. The album is currently #24 on the SoundScan Digital Albums chart and #13 on the Top Catalog Albums chart.
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" is currently #9 on the SoundScan Top 200 Hot Digital Tracks chart while another Mariah holiday standard, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," has just entered that chart at #171.
To hear Mariah’s "All I Want For Christmas Is You" ringtone, please visit http://www.sonymusicbox.com and find out how to purchase it for your cellphone.
Cingular is offering Mariah Carey’s "All I Want For Christmas Is You" as a free "answertone" to its customers until December 27, 2006.
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