Mariah Carey back at #1 with “Oh Santa!”
Nov 10th
Mariah Carey has another reason to celebrate other than her pregnancy. The diva’s new Christmas album, ”Merry Christmas II You“, is set to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 150,000 units sold, giving her her 16th top 10 debut on the tally. And that’s right “Oh Santa!” worked it’s way up to #1! I guess this proves to everyone Mariah Carey is back on top of her game. The video is surely a more age embracing look for Mariah and work really well! But in true Mariah Carey she had to squeeze in her own endorsement! (you never let us down do you MiMi!).
Only Barbra Streisand and Madonna have more top 10 premieres with 30 and 19 entries respectively. Carey’s first Holiday album, ”Merry Christmas“, was released in 1994 and entered the chart #30 with 45k copies in sales. ‘Merry Christmas II You’ has the distinction of having one of the highest debut rankings of any seasonal album of the last 10 years.
Another notable entry this week is N.E.R.D’s Nothing LP which comes in at #24 with 18,559 units sold. However, there is no stopping Taylor Swift’s Speak Now which managed to remain in the #1 spot with an impressive 327,493 copies sold in its second week on the charts. These numbers and placements may change when the official Billboard 200 chart is tallied later this week. – And when the album is released to the rest of the world next week “Merry Christmas II You” is expected to have increasing sales right up until the festive season really begins! (That’s not during November!) Read the rest of this entry »
Mariah Carey “…you’ll be seeing more of me”
Nov 5th
Don’t expect to see less of Mariah Carey now that she’s pregnant. ”Actually, I suppose that you’ll be seeing more of me — when you see me,” Carey tells us!
The singer laughs easily, shortly after confirming what had long been rumored: that she is, at 40, expecting her first child. Mariah Carey and her husband of 2 ½ years, America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon, 30, broke the news in an interview that aired this week.
Though it has been reported that she is about four months along, all Carey will say is that she’s expecting in the spring. ‘We don’t know the sex yet,” she adds. “I guess we should find out. But people didn’t used to find out, you know.”
Mariah Carey does allow that she already was pregnant while working on Merry Christmas II You, which she delivers soon to the UK. It’s her second holiday album and features a new version of “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” her smash hit from 1994′s Merry Christmas. The original version is No. 2 on Billboard’s holiday chart, while the similarly bubbly new single Oh Santa – one of four new tunes on Merry Christmas II You– is at No. 1.
“I was recording up to the last minute it was due” – the album, that is. “It was down to the wire,” she says. Make sure you grab your copy of her new #1 Holiday album Merry Christmas II You which hit UK stores in the coming weeks Read the rest of this entry »
Mariah is either putting on a heck of a lot of weight or she is now definitely pregnant!
Aug 22nd
You all know I’m a huge Mariah Carey fan! But who are you trying to fool Mariah? So never the less Mariah Carey, who may or may not have a bun in the oven, received a royal welcome in Brazil. The curvaceous diva headlined the Festa Do Peão de Boiadeiros (Cowboy Festival) in Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday (Aug. 21), performing a 15-song set that included “Dreamlover,” “My All,” “Obsessed,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is,” which was No. 1 in the country for a record-breaking 27 weeks. She changed multiple times from a black princess-like dress with matching tiara to a leather jacket and T-shirt that read, “If you like fun, you’ll love me.” – Typical of Mariah Carey.
A grateful Mimi thanked her Brazilian fans for their support following the show, fueling pregnancy rumors with her comment. “Thank you SO much 2 everybody in Brazil @ the show 2nite! So many familiar faces-Brazil you always show me love &I am so GRATEFUL!” she tweeted. “Seriously,I really do love it here, beautiful people inside and out! Tonite was tuff 4 me 4 personal reasons,but U got me thru!L4L.”- Indeed Mariah Carey fans rushed to in their millions to begin the campaign to find out what is going out! With Mariah Carey working of several projects for the end of the year and the begging of the next year who knows what MiMi is going to do!? Read the rest of this entry »
Alicia Keys “Put It In A Love Song” has been cancelled!
Aug 6th
Yes, with Alicia Keys due any time during December and being in no fit state to continue with the planned re-release promotion of “The Element of Freedom” album and not forgetting “The Greatest Hits” LP, it’s now becoming even more clear that these projects will not see the light of day.
With Alicia Keys recently parting with management, which is most likely now to be replaced by new husband and hit producer Swizz Beatz. Be side all the dramas around her, it was confirmed today that the single “Put It In A Love Song” has been cancelled for any further promotion and release. SME (Sony Music Entertainment) stated that “the record was now far overdue, and would not place among those records out now. It would not get what it deserves in the current market” – In all fairness, the hype around the track has been killed and true to the point that “Put It In A Love Song” would epically fall out of any chart if released tomorrow.
As for the much awaited video featuring Beyonce, it will be available to download only through purchase however will then not be placed on youtube…huh? If you ask me, they waited too long for people to get excited about the project, people waited and waited – waited so long we forgot what we was waiting for!
Alicia Keys is currently on honeymoon and expects herself to be back in the studio as soon as her baby is born! Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Cannon: “Mariah’s not pregnant!”
Jul 18th
Nick Cannon has shut down all rumours that his wife and diva Mariah Carey are expecting their first child. For months there has been increased murmurings regarding whether Mariah Carey is with child. Though pregnancy speculation has long followed the 41 year old diva, it intensified after Carey abruptly pulled out of Tyler Perry’s star-studded movie ‘For Coloured Girls…’ days before filming was to commence – citing “medical reasons”.
Now, Carey’s husband of two years, Nick Cannon, appears to be shutting down such talk. Nick Cannon said “Mariah is not pregnant. The timing has to be right. But I can’t wait to be a dad!” – I’m sure this pretty disappointing news, after Mariah Carey has been trying to get pregnant for along time now, every since the release of her album “Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel” it was clear that MiMi was ready to become a mother! Although this must be sad news for the couple, Mariah Carey is currently working on her new album which is still scheduled for a lead single release this November.
It must be said, though; the media obsession with whether such and such is pregnant is rather insensitive at times. Granted baring children at a certain point in one’s life (particularly after marriage) is society’s “norm”, often ignored it seems is the possibility of it being potentially difficult for the Mariah Carey‘s this world to conceive in the first instance. Worse still, what of the stars bombarded with pregnancy questions who may physically be unable to bare children? Read the rest of this entry »
Alicia Keys has unborn baby blessed
Jun 22nd
Yes! You herd right! Fresh from her performance at the World Cup opening ceremony, Alicia Keys got her unborn baby blessed in a traditional Zulu ceremony in South Africa. The couple were spotted after the “closed” ceremony was leaked out to the surrounding press. Both Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz looked very happy despite the huge and unexpected media turn out!
She was chosen to recieve the blessing after doing charity work for Bobbi Bear, which receives donations from the “Empire State Of Mind” singer. A spokesperson for the charity, which runs a weekly HIV clinic, told the Daily Mail: ”Alicia has been made part of the tribal family because she really reached out to the people here.” Sources went on to say ”‘Two female priests who practise a mix of Christianity and tribal customs chose new names for her and the unborn child, as a mark of respect. The names were kept between them, but were chosen to reflect Alicia’s character.”
I’m really happy that Alicia Keys has finally put everything on hold and has started to enjoy this time with her new to be husband Swizz Beatz, they are set to have their bundle of joy around December 2010! Not too long now! For more pictures of the ceremony scroll over here! Read the rest of this entry »