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· DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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YAHOO: TOP SEARCHES · DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Yahoo has revealed their top searches of 2006 and ofcause Mariah made some lists:
USA
2006: Top 10 Celebrity Searches
10. Mariah Carey
France
2006: Top 20 Oversall Searches
16. Mariah Carey
2006: Top 20 People Searches
7. Mariah Carey
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· DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Carrie Underwood’s album Some Hearts has come out on top on this year’s U.S album Soundscan sales, which tracks sales that took place during the official Billboard chart year. The chart year began in November 2005 and ended a few weeks ago:
1. SOME HEARTS - CARRIE UNDERWOOD - 3,721,762
2. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK - 3,252,743
3. ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK - 3,043,246
4. ME & MY GANG - RASCAL FLATTS - 2,761,915
5. THE BREAKTHROUGH - MARY J BLIGE - 2,636,062
6. CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - EMINEM - 2,576,365
7. BACK TO BEDLAM - JAMES BLUNT - 2,231,085
8. THE ROAD AND THE RADIO - KENNY CHESNEY - 2,100,744
9. THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH - JOHNNY CASH - 2,004,003
10. BREAKAWAY - KELLY CLARKSON - 1,980,967
11. THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI - MARIAH CAREY - 1,968,531
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BILLBOARD AWARDS UPDATE · DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Mariah did not attend this years’ Billboard Music Awards Ceremony and failed to pick up the award for Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Mariah Carey
Winner: Mary J. Blige
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CHART STAKER · DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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ITUNES DOWNLOADS
Mariah's original holiday song, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" remains steady at #7 on iTunes' Top Songs chart. Below, find Mariah's current chart standings at iTunes.
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #7
Top Holiday Songs - #1
Merry Christmas
Top Albums (overall) - #16 (last update: #18, +2)
Top Holiday Albums - #7 (last update: #8, +1)
ITUNES UK
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #7 & #47 (last update: #10/#55, +3/+8)
Top Pop Songs - #4
Top Holiday Songs - #2
Merry Christmas
Top Pop Albums - #37 (last update: #40, +3)
Mediabase Airplay
Week ending 12/04/06 - 38.213M audience impressions, 3,172 spins.
OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART
"Merry Christmas" starts to pick up steam on UK Charts:
Official UK Budget Artist Albums Chart
7. Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey (up 1)
Official UK R&B Albums Chart
31. Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey (new entry)
Woolworths have now got "Merry Christmas" priced at £3.97 at majority of their stores across mainland UK.
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MARIAH, FILTHY RICH CELEBRITY MOGUL · DECEMBER 5TH, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAH JOURNAL |
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The Fabulous Life Presents: "Filthy Rich Celebrity Moguls" premiered last night on VH1. One of the featured celebrities was Mariah Carey.
VH1: Filthy Rich Celebrity Moguls
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Size: 38.2 MB
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We all know the stats: most successful female artist in music history, 85 million albums sold, 17 number one singles, $80 million record contract. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But these days, Mariah has proven she doesn't have to sing a single note to make a pile of bank notes. How? She's undertaking a startling number of high-heeled business schemes including one surprising venture - in the vineyard.
Andy Serwer, Fortune Magazine: "Mariah Carey's got kind of a different little business angle going on and it involves fine wine. She found this bottle of wine called Mariah in this vineyard in Northern California and tasted it and liked it."
Michelle Lee, In Touch Weekly: "She actually decided to contact them and they're now in talks to possibly create their own authentic Mariah Carey wine."
And vino is just one of the new businesses Mariah's been diving into this past year because in 2006, the Carey co-branding machine kicked into high gear.
Michelle Lee, In Touch Weekly: "For the first 16 years of Mariah's career she really did not get involved in any businesses besides her music career. In 2004, she hired Benny Medina who is the genius business manager behind J.Lo's huge empire. Flash forward to 2006 and she started to brand herself everywhere."
Everywhere indeed. Mariah's got a signature jewelry and accessories line for teens called Glamorized that could net her an estimated $5 million annually. And a hotly anticipated brand of intimate apparel called Mariah Kiss Kiss. Based on similar lines, it could one day be worth more than $75 million. Plus she's got a forthcoming fragrance from cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden that could mean big money for years to come. And in the '06, she's putting her name on one product that is undeniably Mariah - the first ever tanning cream made with 24-carat gold. Finally.
Michelle Lee, In Touch Weekly: "Every night for Mariah's show, she insists that somebody spray her with the special sunless tanning lotion that has this 24-carat gold flux in it so she has a special glow with her when she's on the stage. So now Mariah has taken that into her own business and she's actually gonna market this to the public."
Ryan Schinman, CEO, Platinum Rye Ent.: "With this 24-carat gold tanning line, she's what it's about. She's about glitter. She's about gold. It's not just about ponies and rainbows with her. She's about bling."
But Mariah's sweetest partnership in the past year? In the Fall of 2006, she inked a deal with razor giant Gillette to lend her famous gams to their massive Venus Legs of a Goddess ad campaign.
Alle Fister, Shopbop.com: "It is not disclosed how much the deal was for but apparently it's an estimate if you wanna take out a $1 billion insurance policy on her legs."
Gold tan cream, razor ads, vino - what's it all add up to? A whole lot of extra spending money for Miss Carey. Mariah's recent branding deals have helped push her fortune to an estimated $300 million.
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SITE UPDATE · DECEMBER 4TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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The gallery is now open! It contains over 4,500 images there are many rare and exclusive pictures, plus many high quality images scattered throughout.
I hope you enjoy it  .
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DOWNLOAD: FLY LIKE A BIRD REMIX · DECEMBER 4TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Officially there has been no release of "Fly Like A Bird" remixes to download. Today the David Harnass Remix leaked:
Fly Like A Bird [David Harnass Remix]
Format: MP3
Size: 6.65 MB
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MARIAH MENTIONS · DECEMBER 4TH, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Lexington Herald-Leader: Brandy Lynn Hawkins is currently preparing to play Carmen in the UK Opera Theatre’s production of Georges Bizet’s classic...
That voice has made Hawkins, 24, a singer to watch since she arrived at UK last fall. She grew up in Baton Rouge, La., with a mom who sang gospel music. But young Brandy was attracted to divas of the pop variety, including Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.
New York Post: Up to now, Anguilla has been known as the playground of entertainment world titans, such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion - which could also be the attraction.
TheDay.Com: Music from the WBMW-FM106.5 van got the crowd dancing by playing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
El Paso Times: Of course, we need to take into account body type, height and weight. What looks good on one person, may be totally wrong for another. Office parties are not the time to dress up like Mariah Carey.
Fort Worth Star Telegram: "Diva" might be the most misunderstood word in the music world. The term, which literally means "goddess," has been sullied to describe the likes of Cher, Beyonce and Mariah Carey. Divas are commonly thought to be egocentric sirens, singers more concerned with getting a bigger dressing room than giving their listening public musical thrills and goose bumps.
The Sunday People: Mark, who works full-time with the finalists on the ITV1 talent show, said Leona’s ability still falls short of her superstar idols including Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
The Sunday Herald: Even assuming that last night Britain had the sense to dump awful Ray Quinn (a tiny KD Lang crossed with a crotch-thrusting Eddie Munster) and keep the MacDonalds in the running, it still seems unlikely. The final takes place on December 16 and most people expect that it will be a battle between Ben Mills, who sings like a hungover howler monkey undergoing a tracheotomy, and Leona Lewis, who sounds like Mariah Carey and may well be an android.
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TOP 10 CONCERT TOURS IN NORTH AMERICA · DECEMBER 4TH, 2006 SOURCE: THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD |
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The list ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America:
• 1. Elton John; $1,873,646; $111.85.
• 2. Cirque Du Soleil-"Delirium"; $1,362,051; $84.32.
• 3. Eric Clapton; $1,135,060; $86.04.
• 4. Shakira; $1,111,779; $71.89.
• 5. Dixie Chicks; $1,016146; $68.23.
• 6. Red Hot Chili Peppers; $973,018; $57.29.
• 7. Aerosmith/Mötley Crüe; $956,884; $63.45.
• 8. Mariah Carey; $909,984; $79.09.
• 9. Tool; $712,719; $50.79.
• 10. Toby Keith; $691,129; $45.59.
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 4TH, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAH JOURNAL |
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ITUNES DOWNLOADS
Mariah's original holiday song, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" climbs 3 places to take the #7 spot on iTunes' Top 10! Below, find Mariah's current chart standings at iTunes.
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #7 (last update: #10, +3)
Top Holiday Songs - #1
Merry Christmas
Top Albums (overall) - #18 (last update: #28, +10)
Top Holiday Albums - #8 (last update: #9, +1)
ITUNES UK
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #10 & #55 (last update: #11/#61, +1/+6)
Top Pop Songs - #4
Top Holiday Songs - #2
Merry Christmas
Top Pop Albums - #40 (last update: #41, +1)
Mediabase Airplay
Week ending 12/03/06 - 38.291M audience impressions, 3,206 spins.
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 3RD, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY |
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Chances of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" charting in the Official UK Download Chart Top 40 this week are getting better every day. Therefore we thought that we would check and see how the track was doing on iTunes:
Top 100 Downloaded Songs of the Day
11. All I Want For Christmas Is You (up 20 from last update)
68. All I Want For Christmas Is You (people downloading Christmas Hits Album)
Top 100 Holiday Songs of the Day
2. All I Want For Christmas Is You (up 3 from last update)
Top 100 Pop Songs of the Day
4. All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top 100 Pop Albums of the Day
52. Merry Christmas
Official UK Downloads Sites are listed to your left.
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MARIAH MENTION · DECEMBER 3RD, 2006 SOURCE: THE SUNDAY HERALD |
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Even assuming that last night Britain had the sense to dump awful Ray Quinn (a tiny KD Lang crossed with a crotch-thrusting Eddie Munster) and keep the MacDonalds in the running, it still seems unlikely. The final takes place on December 16 and most people expect that it will be a battle between Ben Mills, who sings like a hungover howler monkey undergoing a tracheotomy, and Leona Lewis, who sounds like Mariah Carey and may well be an android.
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X FACTOR: WHAT THE JUDGES SAID · DECEMBER 3RD, 2006 SOURCE: DIGITAL SPY UK |
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The X Factor top four took to the stage again tonight to compete for a place in next week’s semi-final.
Here’s what the judges had to say about their performances:
Leona - "Without You" (Mariah Carey)
Sharon: "Just so beautifully sung, with great emotion. You sang from your soul, Leona."
Louis: "After that performance I think the UK has found itself the new Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, something we haven’t seen for a long time. You’re going to be a big star."
Simon: "It’s very easy to assume, especially after that performance, that you’re going to get a load of votes. Please pick up the phone and vote. It is astonishing that you still don’t know how good you are. That was just an incredible performance, Leona."
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MARIAH TO PERFORM AT BILLBOARD AWARDS? · DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 SOURCE: MARKET WIRE |
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WaterBank of America (USA) Inc. will showcase its premium ICEROCKS ice cubes backstage at the 2006 Billboard Awards. Live from the legendary Las Vegas Strip, the December 4th award show will air live on FOX and will feature exciting performances and appearances by the year’s chart-topping artists, including Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, and Sean "Puffy" Combs.
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 SOURCE: MARIAH JOURNAL |
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ITUNES DOWNLOADS
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Holiday Songs - #1 (last update: #1)
Top Songs (overall) - #11 (last update: #11)
Merry Christmas
Top Holiday Albums - #9 (last update: #9)
Top Albums (overall) - #28 (last update: #27, -1)
ITUNES UK
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #11 (last update: #16, +5)
Top Pop Songs - #4 (last update: #5, +1)
Top Holiday Songs - #2
Merry Christmas
Top Pop Albums - #58
Mediabase Airplay
Week ending 12/01/06 - 39.156M audience impressions, 3,299 spins.
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MOST PLAYED XMAS SONGS · DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 SOURCE: NY POST |
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In New York, the most played holiday song in the last week is José Feliciano’s "Feliz Navidad," followed by Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas is You" and "Last Christmas," by "Wham!"
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DOUBLE TEAMED · DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 SOURCE: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2007 |
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Akon has secured his first No. 1 hit on The Billboard Hot 100, but it’s not "Smack That," the single that remains No. 2 for the fifth consecutive week. Instead, "I Wanna Love You" (SRC/Up Front/Konvict) has rocketed 17-1, giving Akon the top two spots on the Hot 100. He is the first artist to occupy the first two positions since Mariah Carey’s "We Belong Together" and "Shake It Off" were Nos. 1 and 2 the week of Sept. 10, 2005.
Most US Number 1 singles by a female artist: Mariah Carey (USA) has had a record 17 different singles reach No. 1 in the US charts up to the end of 2005.
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CHART STALKER · DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 SOURCE: FEBRUARY SKY, MARIAH JOURNAL |
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BILLBOARD’S URBAN AC AIRPLAY CHART
In week thirty-eight, "Fly Like A Bird" rises one place to #4 on Billboard’s Urban AC Airplay Chart.
BILLBOARD’S HOT DIGITAL TRACK CHART
21. All I Want For Christmas Is You (re-entry)
BILLBOARD’S HOT SINGLES RECURRENT CHART
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You (up 15)
BILLBOARD’S TOP HOLIDAY ALBUMS CHART
24. Merry Christmas (up 8)
BILLBOARD’S TOP POP CATALOGUE CHART
19. Merry Christmas (up 11)
BILLBOARD CHART UPDATE
The Billboard Hot 200 chart basically contains all the latest releases that have not fallen out of the Top 200 since release (and not re-entered within the year); while the below chart is a list of the biggest selling albums in any given week:
BILLBOARD’S COMPREHENSIVE ALBUMS CHART
105. Merry Christmas
CANADIAN CHART UPDATE
Three weeks ago Merry Christmas re-entered the Official Canadian R&B Chart at No.40 and then rocketed up to No.27 last week. This week the album continued its rise & up another five places to finish the week at No.22.
ITUNES DOWNLOADS
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Holiday Songs - #1 (last update: #1)
Top Songs (overall) - #11 (last update: #12, +1)
Merry Christmas
Top Holiday Albums - #9 (last update: #9)
Top Albums (overall) - #27 (last update: #30, +3)
ITUNES UK
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Top Songs (overall) - #16
Top Pop Songs - #5
Mediabase Airplay
Week ending 11/30/06 - 40.692M audience impressions, 3,458 spins.
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MERRY XMAS WITH MARIAH? · DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 SOURCE: ABC, HEROES OF MARIAH |
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During Christmas week, many ABC radio affiliates will air Merry Christmas from Walt Disney World. Check your local radio affiliates beginning December 18th for this special holiday programming.
Merry Christmas from Walt Disney World is a three-hour family special originating from the “merriest place on earth” and is hosted by Desperate Housewives’ star Teri Hatcher. This unique radio program will be packed with contemporary holiday music and cherished yuletide memories from celebrity guests. Hatcher will share the spotlight with Disney friends Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Together, they’ll bring the festive sights and sounds of Disney World to life for millions of radio listeners across the country
Scheduled to appear are Luke Wilson, Tim McGraw, Hugh Grant, Chris Rock, Beyonce, John Travolta, Mariah Carey, Tim Allen, Angelina Jolie, Evangeline Lilly, Disney Channel stars Miley Cyrus, cast members of High School Musical and a special correspondent from the Disneyland Resort in California, Desperate Housewives’ James Denton.
The show will be packed with contemporary holiday music & cherished Christmas memories from celebrity guests.
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EMOTIONAL TRANSPARENCY · DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 SOURCE: THE INDEPENDANT |
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The novelty of blogging gives such emotional transparency a modern sheen, but the phenomenon has been around much longer. Mariah Carey is the most renowned star to leave cries for help on her site. In 2000, the R&B diva was named the best-selling female artist of all time at the World Music Awards, though soon after her career was to hit the buffers. Having separated from her husband and label, Carey was under pressure to perform at Virgin.
The first her fans knew that this was taking its toll was in a message on her site. Carey complained, "I don’t know what’s going on with life... I just want you to know that I’m trying to understand things in life right now... I just can’t trust anybody anymore right now because I don’t understand what’s going on." Not long after she was in hospital and refusing to make public appearances.
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DJ Clue has posted a new and unseen video of the Desert Storm Remix to Mariah's 17th number one song, "Don't Forget About Us" featuring Fabolous and Styles P. Watch it here or visit his 
