Update by Danielle
January 31st, 2002 (10:30 pm EST)

ADORABLE NEW PICS!!!

Mariah looks soo adorable! Look at M w/ a football! AWWW! LOL

Thanx to Will (Melt Away) and Stephanie (Mariah's Web) for these pics, which came from the picture section of Yahoo.com

2 New Wallpapers
A very talented lamb from Israel, Rebecca, sent me 2 more BEAUTIFUL wallpapers, which I added to the Calendar Wallpapers section :)

Go check them out, they're awesome!

Update by Danielle
January 31st, 2002 (8:00 pm EST)

More New Pics

You can have the privilege of viewing these GORGEOUS pics by going to Gallery 2!!

Mariah Animation

Please let her know what an AMAZING job she did, cuz she's an AMAZING person and a great lamb :) She's done many awesome animations for Miss Mariah, one of which was featured on Cribs... The picture of Mariah in the bed w/ the lambs around her that says "Get Well Soon Mariah". To let Nic know how great she is, please e-mail her at mariahbuzz@hotmail.com

Rainbow Princess Chat Sunday
My lamb Matte from Mariah Carey UK holds a chat at the yahoo club, Rainbow Princess on the 1st Sunday of every month and there will be a chat for everyone this Sunday at 3pm est, 2pm central. I go to the chat every month and it's soo much fun! Don't Miss it!!

Mystery Voice Sings "Sweetheart"
We got this info from Jason:

I just wanted to let you guys know that last night on 103.5 KTU (NY station), there was someone singing Sweetheart and it wasn't Mariah. I wasn't sure if anyone knew who this person was. I was thinking maybe Brenda K. Starr but she sounded a little younger. I remember in an interview where Mariah said Brenda was in the talks about doing some of Mariah's songs. I just wanted to let you know that.

I think it might have been the original singer of Sweetheart, Rainy Davis, because it's a remake from the 80's. Anyone else heard it?

If We Big Club Hit In Texas
I got this info from Vince:

Im from El Paso Texas where surprisingly we have a huge hip hop scene, there's a very familiar track being played here in some of our clubs and that track is "IF WE". Now its obvious that none of the other tracks on Glitter are going to hit # 1, and the only reason there not going to hit #1 is because people are not giving her album a chance because of the bad media. But a group of DJ's here in our city strongly feel IF WE is a definite #1 hit, Besides, everything Ja Rule touches turns to gold, and with Nate on the track its even better. All I ask is that you begin promoting this track and ask the MC fans in the U.S to begin requesting it on their local radio stations! Come on Regina, lets give Mariah at least 1 #1 before the Glitter era fades out.

Glitta On CD Now's List of Top Sellers
Nathan sent us this info:

Just letting you know that "glitter" is # 19 on CDNow's musical top sellers. At least she's on the countdown but I must say this movie is way-underated.

19. Glitter
DVD $25.16
VHS $93.59

How To Vote For M's MoviePhone Award
Aramis told us that to make Mariah's vote count for the MoviePhone awards you have to go through all 7 categories to successfully nominate her for the final 5, or it will not work.

Superbowl Article
Super-Sized Music Stars for Super Bowl
January 31, 2002
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN

Britney Spears will be there to pitch for Pepsi, and Danny DeVito -- in animated puppet form -- also will be around to sell Lipton tea. But the real stars of the Feb. 3 Super Bowl XXXVI (musically speaking, that is) make up a lineup so star-studded that even the New England Patriots and the St. Louis Rams will probably be tapping their cleated feet. According to the Associated Press, the National Football League is claiming that this will be the most entertainment-packed Bowl ever, with performances by U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Marc Anthony and others.

So jam-packed is the bill that the musical interludes won't just take place during the game, but all weekend long. Patriotism also will be spotlighted. "With the events of Sept. 11, we've redefined and refocused the game presentation, and the theme is celebration of the human spirit and the values of freedom, and also to everyday heroes," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told reporters Wednesday in New Orleans. "And with that in mind, we sought out the entertainment community.

They sought us out as well." Among the highlights: McCartney is due to sing his Sept. 11-inspired song, "Freedom," during the pre-game show, which also will feature Barry Manilow performing "Let Freedom Ring" with Patti LaBelle, Wynonna and others. Blige and Anthony will sing "America the Beautiful," backed by the Boston Pops, and Carey will deliver the national anthem. At halftime, U2 will sing three songs, including the inspirational "Walk On."

Source: People.com

Another Superbowl Article
Super Bowl weekend packs in performances by music stars to lure a bigger audience
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Music Writer
01-31-2002

NEW YORK (AP) _ The lineup of musical acts at this year's Super Bowl is so long that you might think the football game was the sideshow.

The National Football League says it will be the most entertainment-packed Super Bowl ever, with performances by U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Marc Anthony and others _ not just on Super Bowl Sunday, but throughout the weekend.

Part of the reason for the celebrity overflow is a patriotic theme after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which caused the Super Bowl to be pushed back a week.

"With the events of September 11th, we've redefined and refocused the game presentation, and the theme is celebration of the human spirit and the values of freedom, and also to everyday heroes,'' said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.

"And with that in mind, we sought out the entertainment community. They sought us out as well.''

McCartney is expected to sing his Sept. 11-inspired song "Freedom'' during the pre-game show, which will also feature Barry Manilow singing "Let Freedom Ring'' with Patti LaBelle, Wynonna and others. Carey will sing the national anthem and Blige and Anthony will sing "America the Beautiful,'' all of them backed by the Boston Pops. U2 is to provide the halftime entertainment, singing three songs, including the inspirational "Walk On.''

"Can you imagine what it feels like to be Irish and be at the most American of occasions? It's most overwhelming,'' said Bono, U2's lead singer, at a news conference in New Orleans on Wednesday.

We've had an incredible year in America,'' he said. "And post September 11th, to have our album mean so much to people who are not U2 fans is very special to me.''

Besides patriotism, the strong star presence also reflects a growing trend at major sporting events toward partnering music with sports to boost the ratings and broaden the audience of both.

Last year's Super Bowl halftime show featured Aerosmith, 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Nelly and Blige in an MTV-produced extravaganza. At the NBA Finals last year, Destiny's Child, U2 and Sugar Ray performed during halftime.

"Musical acts, including those that we have this year, do help hold the audience during the pregame and also during halftime,'' McCarthy said.

Gregg Winik, executive vice president of NBA entertainment, said tying chart-topping performers to the games helps bring in fringe fans.

As they did last year, Super Bowl musical performances this weekend will actually kick off on Friday, with No Doubt, Ja Rule, Martina McBride and others performing on a CBS special. No Doubt and the Barenaked Ladies are also performing on a Fox tail-gate special before the pre-game show.

Elton John is to perform at the NBA All-Star game on Feb. 10. That weekend will also include performances by Britney Spears, Sean "P. Diddy'' Combs and Alicia Keys.

Entertainment has always been part of the Super Bowl. In its early decades, in the 1960s, '70s and even '80s, that mainly meant performers such as Up With People, cartoon characters or the Rockettes.

It wasn't until Michael Jackson's ratings-grabbing performance at the 1993 halftime show that A-list performers started taking notice.

"That was the turning point in securing major entertainment stars to perform,'' McCarthy said, adding that the potentially huge audience was a powerful lure to musicians. The Super Bowl is generally seen by an average of 90 million viewers in the United States.

"It was a very easy pitch to U2's management,'' he said.

Although Blige is a platinum-selling artist, she sounded almost grateful to be involved in the Super Bowl for a second year.

"There's a lot of people who don't know who Mary J. Blige is, and that's why I'm so thankful,'' she said. "They're helping me to be introduced into another world, another group of people.''

Source: The News Times

Site URL Change
Danilo, webmaster of Glittering Mariah and Aaron both had sites called Glittering Mariah, but Aaron has changed the title of his site to Mariah's Reflection, to avoid any confusion.

I removed the old link to Aaron's site from the Links Page, and added the new one under the title "Mariah's Reflection"

Mariah TV Interview
I got this info from Jae:

They announced on Fox 11 (Los Angeles) that they will be interviewing Mariah tomorrow night regarding the Super Bowl. The news begins at 10:00 p.m. pacific.

Glitter Day In France
I got this info from a member of France's Mariahfanclub.com:

Glitter will only be released in 6 or 7 theaters in France on February 6th. Then, at Mariahfanclub.com, we are doing our best to promote it and we have declared February 6th the Glitter Day. Indeed, if it turned into a success in these theaters, some other theaters will ask for it.

To do so, we are collaborating with Columbia Tristar who distributes the movie. There is some merchandising for all the French lambs who will promote the film, by being an ambassador in their area. Actually, we plan to meet a lot of lambs around the theaters where Glitter is released.

We have launched a big contest where the lamb who will get the most Glitter tickets will win a special prize. A TV crew from the French channel M6 will be there to shoot the fans promoting the movie by convincing people around to go and see the movie. There will be banners, Glitter posters, T-shirts... At the end of the day, everybody will gather in a restaurant where they could talk about the movie and compete for other gifts. We want this movie to have the opportunity to show what it's worth!

Wow what a great idea!! I wish I lived in France! LOL

Mariah On Extra
Tomorrow on Extra they will be interviewing Mariah about the Superbowl, so everyone watch for that, and get your VCR's ready!!

Thanx MUCH to Rudy for this info :)

Mariah At Pre-Show
I got this EXCLUSIVE news from Gilles:

I was surfing on the Super Bowl official site to try to find some news about Mariah and I saw there was a Media Conference about the Pre-Show and the National Anthem, I record it hoping that Mariah would maybe be there and I just heard Mariah's press conference at the Pre-Show and National Anthem Media Conference of the Super Bow XXXVI.

She was there from 21h47 to 21h55 CET (3:47 to 3:55pm EST) 7 great minutes. She talks about the importance this patriotic Super Bowl had for her and she was very honoured to sing the American National Anthem. She talks also about us Mariah fans, she said "my loyal and incredible fans" if it's not there tomorrow in several articles, I will try to make a transcript.

I'll be posting the transcript in my update tomorrow, so everyone check back for that!

Mariah Gets Pretty
Jaime sent me this article from the Arizona paper "Arizona Republic"

Carey Regroups In Ariz. After Company Dumps Her
Mariah Carey, who was dropped with a $28 million parachute by her record company last week,spent a few days after that at an arizona spa getting beautiful and rested. Carey's spokeman; Cindi Berger said that she was getting rehabbed in some way were bunk.

After finishing at the spa, Carey was off to the caribbean to soak up the sun for a few days in pursuit of just the right rosy glow for singing "The Star-Spangled Bannner" accompanied by the Boston Pops at the Super Bowl.

Mariah Gets Props
I got this info from "Bubblesnow", webmaster of Mariah Crybaby

Wendy Williams rooting for Mariah
I was listening to the greatest afternoon radio show on WBLS (107.5) and Wendy Williams mentioned the fact that World Entertainment News reported Glitter only sold 200 copies in the US and less than 200 in the UK. (She also said that Glitter was pulled from UK movie theatres after only 3 weeks) Wendy said she doesn't believe that and it's just bad press being spread around; she said she hopes Mariah will come to her show soon and that her upcoming movie, "Wise Guys" (she got the title wrong) will do well in theatres.

Update by Regina
January 30th, 2002 (5:30 pm EST)

Address For Birthday Package

Boston Pops Director Rooting for Pats
BOSTON (AP) - Keith Lockhart says he's a lapsed football fan, but on Super Bowl Sunday, the Boston Pops conductor plans to root for the New England Patriots.

Lockhart will lead the orchestra when it performs a selection of American classics at the Super Bowl pre-game show.

``Who could have known that the Patriots would have ended up as AFC champions?'' Lockhart said Tuesday. ``We're glad we're not the only team from Boston there.''

Lockhart spoke from Salt Lake City, where he's scheduled to conduct the Pops during opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics.

The 15-minute program at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans will feature Mariah Carey singing ``The Star-Spangled Banner,'' accompanied by the Pops.

The orchestra also will perform ``America the Beautiful,'' and two selections by composer Aaron Copland, ``Fanfare for the Common Man,'' and the ``Lincoln Portrait,'' which will feature four former presidents narrating - Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, and Bill Clinton.

The Super Bowl is expected to draw 130 million viewers in the United States and 800 million worldwide. U2 will perform during halftime.

Source:
The Associated Press.

Fans Buy Glitter Again
This was sent to me...
To whom it may concern:
We all know that much has been said about the flop of glitter, and that Mariah is going through a tough time. With the current deadened state of the charts, mariah's superbowl performance in the near future, and glitter just recently released to video, what would be better than to prove we love MC by rereleasing Glitter-yes again. The first time was a poor choice of timing, just as holiday sales become inflated, and thus preventing glitter back on the charts, despite an increase. Glitter did manage to increase it's units sold last week but only by 160 copies to something like 3,600 copies sold, so think about how much it could increase if all us lambs pulled together to buy the album yet again. I know it's a lot to ask since many of us have bought the album several times already... but please. We all know what MC has been through, and she needs our help. What better way to prove Virgin's stupidity than by having Glitter make a triumphant return to the Billboard 200. And this time it would be far easier since most CDs in the top 100 alone are barely topping 10,000. Towards the bottom of the BB 200 sales get closer to 5,000 or less... if we all pulled together we could do it. I know that your website has a lot of influence over MC fans, and I would really appreciate it if you might present my idea. Thank you.
Michael

Greatest Hits in Portugal
Ricardo informed me that the Greatest Hits cd is #7 tyhis week in Protugal, making it Gold. It's great news since Mariah hasn't had a Top 10 there since 1995.

Supremes on Mariah
Jose informed me that Mary Wilson, one of the original Supremes, was on a local T.V. News program yesterday in Los Angeles and they were interviewing her live and she mention that one of her favorite singers was Mariah Carey. She said she loves the song Hero and started singing a part of it. 

Check This Site Out
Nathan wants you all to check out his new site, There For Me.

New Singer On M
Janel, from Mariah's Lambs, informed me that Lindsey Pagano, a new singer, talked about Mariah in the January 27th issue of the New York Post...

"I sang "Hero" by Mariah Carey. When I was finished, I closed my eyes, because I didnt want to see anyone's reaction. And  the whole place went nuts." 

Update by Danielle
January 30th, 2002 (3:30 pm EST)

Mariah In Magazines

Hello Magazine
Just one flop was enough to seal Mariah Carey's fate. Her record label, EMI, has opted to pay out $28 million to cancel her contract. The singer, who has sold more records in the last decade than any other female artist, has fallen casualty to a situation where the music industry needs instant hits to compensate for one of the worst periods in its history. Britney Spears, Nsync and Backstreet Boys are today's hot stars, shifting five million units. It remains to be seen how they will age.

Thirty-one-year-old Mariah (that's right, 31!) fell when she was unable to sustain the interest of record-buyers. Glitter, her last album, was released on the less-than-auspicious date of September 11, and has barely sold two million copies. The eponymously-titled film in which she starred – the hackneyed tale of a musical Cinderella – was cruelly slated and survived just weeks on the cinema screens.

EMI, which last April paid Mariah between $80 and $100 million, if rumours are to be believed, for a five-album contract, has decided not to run the risk of their second record failing.

To read about Mariah´s EMI payoff in more detail, check out this week´s HELLO! magazine, on sale now.

Source: HelloMagazine.com

Rosh 1
(Thanx to Rebecca for this info)
In the article the title is: "Take herself in hands"
"Mariah Carey suffered with terrible reviews about her movie Glitter, the audience didn't show up to the box office and the visitors gave her a deadly review. And the soundtrack didn't succed in sales.

But Mariah didn't gave up. Soon her new movie Wise Girls is about to run in the box office and she promise this time to disregard from the reviews."

She said: "I'm a fighter I don't have the intent to hide from them (the visitors), I always was a fighter. If I wasn't, then I never be able to be where I'm today."

And what it's related with the reviews? (A question) Then Mariah said: "you can always wrap fish with it". :-)

New Voice Message!
Honey and Kate (Butterflies Are Free) sent us the transcript from Miss Mariah's ADORABLE new voice message on the Official site, and you can read it below. Thanx girls!!

Mariah: Hello! Hey lambz! I'm callin to say hi, I'm hoping that the last message I sent, uhm, didn't go but I have a feeling that it did and it was quite a bunch of nonsense as usual. But anyway, just wanted to say hi, let you know that i'm thinking about you, love ya, appreciate ya and enjoy ya and we're having a good time. You know. Mary Ann wants to say hi and that's, that's tots, tatum-tots, hold on

Mary Ann: Yeah, i'm just hangin out, you know hangin out wit ma girlfriend

Mariah (laughing) oh God and, big nasty over here, Trey Lorenz wants to say hi, his new name is big nasty (laughs) Trey: They call me big nasty coz i'm big and I'm nasty (everyone laughing)

Mariah: Okay, baah-bye!

M On TV
This weekend they will show the "behind the scences of Glitter in Israel and they also show on other channel in Israel a special on Mariah an hour with all her Hit's, this will feature Never too far/hero from "United we stand"

* please check your tv listings for channels and times Thanks to Orin and Ashes for this info!

Update by Danielle
January 29th, 2002 (12:30 am EST)

ADORABLE New Mariah Animation!

At this particular moment the site is down, but will be opening on February 3rd (Superbowl day, RAH!!) so in the meantime you can check out an absolutely ADORABLE animated Mariah movie on the site's Intro page!! There are some surprise characters in it and scenes that are sooo funny. It's too cute!

To check it out, just go to either Mariah Connection, or HERE if that one doesn't show up due to Tahi changing her host address. Don't miss this one lambs, it's the cutest thing in the world!! (Mariah, you GOTTA see this!!!)

Update by Regina
January 29th, 2002 (10:00 pm EST)

New Pics

Mariah on TRL
Jimmy informed me that Mariah was mentioned on TRL today. They showed an interview taken from the Sundance Film Festival and had a lot of footage from the Wisegirls movie.

Cool News
Gilles, from HeroesofMariah.com, sent in a Tribute to Mariah to try and get it published in the Superstars: A Tribute To Heroes Big and Small book back in November 2001. The text was accepted and a copy of the book will be given to Mariah. Here are the questions and answers...
Who is your favorite band or performer?
"Carey, Mariah"
What makes this band/performer so special?
"One day, I heard a voice… the most beautiful voice that I ever heard, this day, in 1993, I understood why God gave me two ears.  It was to listen to Mariah Carey.  Step by step, song after song, I discovered that behind this voice, which goes from deep notes that touch the heart, to high notes that touch the senses, yes I discovered that behind this voice, there was above all a great person.  Mariah can make me laugh with her wacky sense of humor, which inspired me, but she can make me cry as well with the meaning of a lot of her songs.  I try to follow her advice: "Always follow your dreams, never give up and don't listen to people who try to discourage you."  When I'm sad, I listen to Mariah and I feel so much better.
The difference between a fan and a Mariah fan is precisely Mariah.  Being a Mariah fan is a way of life, it's being aware of the others, being straight, sensitive, being human. And in my craziest dreams, I imagine that one day when people will meet someone who is nice, funny, dreamer, honest and tolerant, they will say: "It's surely a Mariah fan"."
In your opinion what is their greatest contribution to music?
"If one singer serves the music, it's surely Mariah Carey.  She contributes to make popular different styles of music, like R&B, Soul, Gospel, Hip-Hop, Rap.  Thanks to Mariah Carey, many people in the world discover these genres of music.  Mariah is one of the first singers who sang with rappers, this fact gave the opportunity to new artists to have success, now, in the charts.  Mariah Carey is an example of a complete artist who can adjust her voice and her talent to almost every style."
Nominate the greatest quote/line from a band something that inspires you or means a lot.
"I'm not Cinderella
My life has not been a fairy tale
Forget the image
Forget the ensembles
Forget the rumors
Forget the short skirts
Big hair, whatever
I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you
Mariah Carey at the Billboard Awards 2000"

Chat With Lambs
Felipe sent me the following message...
...I´m sending you this mai asking for support. Recently I´ve been in a program that includes chat and that allows trading of files between lambs. Lambs here help each others and its great. We need to have more support and more people to come in. They´ll have a great time if they want to enter to
http://www.melt-away.com/interact/chat.html 

Vote For Mariah
QuickSilver6902 informed me that RollingStone.com is having a poll. It's Mariah vs. $28 million and right now Mariah is not winning. PLEASE go vote for Mariah and show your support...Click Here.

Tidbits...
Jagert is responsible for the whole new design of Mariah Daily, which will most likely be premiering this Friday if everything goes well. You can see a sneak peak on the right and he really did an AMAZING job with the overall look. Plus, Dean from Mariah Sweetheart is looking for a co-webmaster and asked that I post this on MD...

HELP WANTED
i am looking for a Co-webmaster for my site Mariah Sweetheart, to do news updates during the day while i am @ school. Cause the only update i will be able to do at school is during lunch time in the computer room. And i do not want to stress about news getting to my site.. If anyone is interest please email me...mcareyglitters@aol.com

Update by Regina
January 28th, 2002 (8:10 pm EST)

The Birthday Project

Mariahs NEW TV Moment Special
D wrote to me and told me that according to the VH1 website, there is a going to be a brand new Mariah TV Moments special that will premiere February 5th on VH1. We all know last year they had the special with Mariah but check out the description on the new special...

About: (#004) Mariah Carey Mariah Carey's Greatest TV Moments puts the viewer in the front row to witness perhaps the most successful decade ever enjoyed by a recording artist. The show traces Mariah's domination of the '90s-and continued success in the new milennium-through her most memorable, highest profile TV appearances. Early small screen moments include her national TV debut at the 1990 NBA Finals, her first Grammy victory (two awards in 1991) and her crucial MTV Unplugged performance that proved to critics she wasn't afraid to put her pipes to the test on the live stage. Following Mariah through the last half of the decade, the show features her 1996 Grammy-opening duet with Boyz II Men, her rousing performance on VH1's Divas Live and her supposed "diva showdown" with Whitney Houston at the 1999 Oscars. Whether delivering a touching acceptance speech at the Soul Train Awards, cracking David Letterman up in her first appearance on Late Night, or shooting the breeze with Barbara Walters and the girls on The View, Mariah Carey has captured the eyes and ears of America through the powerful medium of television. Viewers can relive it all with Mariah Carey's Greatest TV Moments.

New Picture
Marty sent us a larger scan of a picture we had on the website last week and which was copyrighted. It's Mariah leaving a restaurant and you can check it out in Gallery 1

Mariah in Magazines
Kelly informed me that Mariah is on page 71 in the new issue of TIME magazine. It's a picture of her from the Rainbow era and she is wearing a long green skirt. Anyone got a scan of it?

Help A Lamb
Khalid (yam@emirates.net.ae) needs your help...
Hello guys,
Could someone help me find the music to the Mariah song "Forever"? My sister and I are a huge MC fans and she's getting married in a couple of weeks so she decided to walk down the isle while the music to Forever plays. It would be appreciated if someone could help me find it, buy it, download it, as long as we receive it ASAP. I couldn't find it on Amazon and CDnow has it but does not deliver to non-us customers.
Please help us make it happen.
regards,
Khalid

Download Commercial
Terrence found the MPEG of a Taiwan commercial for the Greatest Hits album. You can download it at this Chinese Mariah site by clicking here.

DJ Stands Up For Mariah
SmilinQT12 told me that Chicago's DJ Roxanne, from B96, was talking about Glitter the other day. She stated that she rented the movie and expected Mariah to be aweful in it, due to the media reports. However, she said she was impressed with hre acting and thought the movie was really cute. So basically, she promoted Glitter.

Updates
There is a new Quote O' The Week (thanks Jason) and a new Pic O' The Week. Check them out if you like. Plus, a whole new design will be popping up on Daily shortly, that a fellow lamb is creating for us this time. It looks really amazing and is by far, the best design this website ever had. I'll be working with him on it, so if I don't update as much in the next week or so, you will know I am working on the new layout of the site.

Update by Danielle
January 28th, 2002 (8:00 pm EST)

More New Pictures

To view these two beautiful pictures, just go to Gallery 1

Mariah To Join Def Jam?
My lamb O lambz, tha infamous Ashes (Rainbow Princess), sent me this article from Dotmusic:

CAREY GOES DEF?
No sooner has her multi-million dollar divorce from Virgin Records been announced but pop diva Mariah Carey is on the hunt for a new label to pursue her musical career.

According to the New York Post, the troubled star - who reportedly walked off with over $28 million in a settlement with her old label - was reported to be holding talks with Def Jam Records CEO Lyor Cohen about an album deal that could be worth in the region of $5 million per album.

More Info On M's B'day
A sweet lamb named Nevada sent me this nice info about the subject:

Hi there!
My name is Nevada and I've noticed a little debate going on about the year of Mariah's birth. I'm somewhat of a movie buff and maybe this info can help straighten things out:

The key to Mariah's year of birth is, quite simply, in her name. It's very well known that she was named after the song "They Call The Wind Mariah" from the motion picture "Paint Your Wagon". After some research, I found out that the release date for "Paint Your Wagon" was October 15th, 1969. So, if Mariah was born in April of '69, she would have to be without a name for almost 6 months! April 27th, 1970 just makes more sense! Also, just in case People magazine or anyone else claims she got her name from the stage version, it's important to note that even though "Paint Your Wagon" was originally on Broadway before it was a film, it ran for only a very short time all the back in the early fifties and was considered a forgotten commodity until the film version.

We all know Mariah was born on Thursday, March 27th, 1970. Come oon lambs!

P.S. You know you're a Mariah fan when you set the date on your VCR to March 27th, 1970 to find out what day Mariah was born on!! (Which would be a Thursday... I know, cuz I did it!). LOL Have a good night lambs!!

Update by Liron
January 28th, 2002 (1:30 pm EST, 6:30 pm GMT)

New Pictures (Mariah In Kosovo, Germany)

Plus, Andrea took three pictures while Mariah was in Germany in December of last year. Her pictures and the ones from Kosovo plus a picture of Mariah & Mystikal have been added to Gallery 1

Courtesy of:
Will from Mariah Land
Honey & Kate from Butterflies Are Free

M's Fan Center Updated
All the sections under M's Fan Center have been updated including poems, penpals, artworks & pictures of Mariah & fans.
Keep sending us your entries if you want to be added :)

MTV "You Tell Us" on Mariah & Virgin
On MTV's site there is a section called "You Tell Us" where people write to them about issues in the news. Here's what people wrote about Mariah & Virgin (Very supportive people, including Alan from FOMM!)
Mariah/Virgin Split
I find it really disappointing that Virgin would let go of Mariah Carey because of the outcome of one album (see "Mariah Carey And Virgin Part Ways"). She is a great talent who had a bad year. It seems that they are just kicking her while she's down. The gods may not have been in her favor this past year, but I know she will blow everyone out of the water when she gets back. She still remains an inspiration to many of us.
Sonia, 25
Austin, TX

Yeah, the "Glitter" soundtrack was such a flop. Two million copies worldwide — I'm sure there are many artists out there who would love to "flop" like that.
Allan, 18
Batesville, AR

As a huge Mariah Carey fan, I've followed this whole saga from the beginning. This news about Mariah and Virgin doesn't have me the least bit scared, just wondering where she'll pop up next. Maybe she will take a cue from some of her rap pals and start her own thing; I think she can manage that with $28 million! I think this situation with relationship dramas, personal exhaustion and soul-searching is going to make for a sharp turn in material and a totally different vocal approach. I love her R&B style, but I think she's got a couple of exciting tricks up her sleeve, so I'm anticipating something stellar! I also can't wait to see her next film.
Alexis, 16
Las Vegas, NV

Glitter on DVD & VHS Charts
For the week of Jaunary 14-20, 2002:
Glitter is #18 on the DVD Rental Charts with a gross of 0.43 million US dollars,
And #21 on the VHS Rental Charts with a gross of 1.02 million US dollars.
The movie's total gross was: 4.27 million

Sources:
Ugri from FOMM, DVD Rental Chart, VHS Rental Chart

Positive Journalism!
Here are 2 positive articles about Mariah but first a nice comment (part of an article about late George Harrison) from FOX News' Roger Friedman:
..."Maybe the English version, which came out in December, had this R.I.P. thing. But it's not here. So much for George's witty prediction of his death. I don't know why news wires keep picking up rumors and running them as true stories, e.g. everything to do with Mariah Carey"

Polish article, translated by Anna
After the success of the album "Rainbow" Mariah Carey decided to try herself in movies. It didn't end in acting in full of music "Glitter". At the same time she was preparing a soundtrack to that movie about 80s. When I started to listen to it I was already prepared for disappointment. "Glitter" appeared in US much earlier than in Poland and at the start was fully criticized. I couldn't believe that Mariah would do something weak. How could it happen to the such perfectionist like Carey who is always surrounded by the best composers and producers? But when I finished listening to it for the first time I was very relieved. Maybe it isn't as good as "Butterfly" or "Daydream" but there is nothing to be ashamed for. But why was she so much attacked by the critics? Maybe the reason was that informatiaon that she had a depression and tried (luckily with bad results) to commit a suicide after loosing her boyfriend? But it's enough talking about a private life of an artist who has the most "black" voice among all the "white" singing ladies. This really great album, promoted by the single "Loverboy", is already in stores, so it's high time to buy it! And there is much to listen to, becouse Mariah made a lot of interesting and, most of all, miscellaneous songs. The easiest way is to call the "Glitter" a collection of nice-to-dance-to tracks throbing with hip-hop, soul and funky, mixed with ballads and (stylized as kitsch-like) pop songs. In ballads (as "Never Too Far", "Lead The Way" or "Reflections") Carey mostly shows her wonderful vocal abilities. But the most interesting are dynamic compositions fitting for dancefloor like classical "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" or "Don't Stop (Funkin' For Jamaica) and modernly arranged, sensuous R'n'B ( "If We", "Want You"). Another good reason for buying this album are all the great artist who worked with Mariah on that album: Da Bart, Ja Rule, Cameo, Nate Dogg, Eric Benet, Busta Rhymes, Fabulous, Mystikal... Go for it!

Australian article (Thanks to: AMCF)
Who: Mariah Carey
What: Greatest Hits
Label: Columbia
Rating: 3 stars
Review: Mark Luffman
MARIAH Carey is the Tim Buckley of the new millennium. An astonishing vocal range, an obsession with black music, and a tragic inability to function in the world their talent has forced them to inhabit.
The list of hard core innovators and neglected old school stars that Mariah has sought out and credited should have her right up there with Missy Elliot, not stuck down there with Christina Aguilera. OK, her determination to beat the Lopezes and Britneys at their own game has left to her working too hard on her body rather than her body of work.
As with any Mariah LP, there are too many Whitney Houston moments to make Greatest Hits an essential purchase. But even without the crowning of her career - this year's greatest single Lover Boy - such Diva drama queenery is transcended by the delirious elation of the faster songs.
And there are the first signs of the intelligence that would work to make the surreally supra-musical soundscapes of the cruelly neglected Glitter on songs from Rainbow, where she gets behind the desk as well as the mic.
The small-print evidence is that the more control Mariah takes, the better her records become. And that makes her next album a classic.

Rate "There For Me"
Here's what PrDoll81 writes:
Just thought it would be nice to know that on lyrics.astraweb.com they have a polling section so people that get the lyrics for a song also rate song, and they rate 1-5 (5 being the best). There for me has a perfect 5 right now out of 635 voters.
Rate "There For Me" Lyrics!

Canadian 2001 Singles Chart
Below is link of Candians Top 200 Singles of 2001 sent by prime_time_007 ..Mariah came in at #43.
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html

Update by Danielle
January 27th, 2002 (10:00 pm EST)

New Pics

You can check them all out in Gallery 1

I also scanned a few pictures of some of my Mariah collection, which will soon be added to a new section coming to the site. More info on that coming soon...

Vote For WiseGirls
Francess told me that you can go HERE to rate WiseGirls. So far it has 100%! Soo if ya got a lil extra time... might as well go vote ;)

Mariahism Pays Off!
I got this awesome news from Michele:

Hey guys I just wanted to say one more thing. I work at a bank and there's a man that works at a theatre around here and he totally made fun of me for seeing Glitter everytime he came in and said he wouldn't see it. Well, last week I told him how Glitter was all sold out at Hollywood Video and he said maybe it was time he should watch it. He also said he had a DVD player and that he hasn't used it yet, so Glitter will be the first DVD he sees!!!

News For Filipino Fans
Johnathan asked me to post this info about a nice contest for Miss Mariah's Filipino fans:

To all Filipino Fans: Philippine's SkyCable Channel 19 Vid-Ok, the sing-along party channel will be giving away hundreds of free Mariah Carey stuff the whole day on January 27, 2002, Sunday. Vid-Ok is famous in giving away hundreds if not thousands of freebies like CDs, CD Singles, posters, concert tickets and other accessories like limited t-shirts, bags, watches, etc. of artists they're featuring. Previews featured artists includes Mandy Moore, Westlife, Michael Jackson, The Corrs, M2M, Backstreet Boys, Incubus, Linkin' Park and many others. If you'll be one of the many lucky texters, you'll receive Mariah's previous albums for free plus a limited Mariah Carey CD case with a butterfly logo on it. To know how to win, go HERE.

Glitta Now Playing On Planes?
I got this info from Kom:

I went back home (Thailand) this Christmas. Mariah's Glitter is featured as movie of the mounth (Janunary) on Thai Airways. In the inflight magazine, "Sawasdee" , there is one full page picture of Glitter and several other small pictures and description. I did steal the inflight magazine but unfortunately forgot to bring it with me to the US. However, the website doesn't show much-no picture, but here it is anyway.

If you wanna check it out, go HERE

News O Tha Day A La Ashes
I got these 2 articles from my SWEET lamb Ashes (Rainbow Princess:)

Mariah tipped for comeback
Mariah Carey is being tipped to bounce back after she was dropped by her record company. Industry analysts believe the singer will not have a problem in finding a new label, after getting $28m (£19m) to leave EMI.

The pay-out, which ends a £70m five-album deal with EMI-subsidiary Virgin, was announced in a statement on Wednesday. It follows the poor reception of her album Glitter, which sold two million copies, compared with 20 million for her 1993 record Music Box. arey's lawyer, Donald Passman, said recording companies had already shown interest in the star.

He said: "There are several major music labels who have been going after her since the rumours started. "My sense is we'll be talking in earnest very shortly."

The announcement that EMI had dropped the singer came after a turbulent 2001 for Carey. She suffered an emotional breakdown which led her to check into a clinic to recover. The singer was placed in psychiatric care in August after suffering from "extreme exhaustion".

Her first major film, also called Glitter, was postponed until she was well enough to promote it. But bad reviews ensured it did not recoup its money at the box office.

'Good name'
The movie, which cost $22m (£15.4m) to make, made just $4m (£2.8m) back in its US run. Allen Kovac, chief executive officer of independent label Left Bank Organization, said Carey would bounce back.

"She's still a good name and a currency, but she needs someone with a rolodex of producers and songwriters (to collaborate), somebody like a Clive Davis or Tommy Mottola."

It was Mottola who discovered Carey as an 18-year-old waitress. (actually they met at a party Ohh dear :P) The couple married and he helped her become one of the biggest selling singers in recent history. However after the break-up of the marriage, she quit his label Sony for EMI's Virgin.

Fan base
If Carey does bounce back, she would not be the first star dropped from that label to go on to further success. Shaggy was dropped by Virgin after two albums, before being picked up by MCA Records. His album Hotshot was one of the biggest selling CDs in the world last year.

Music lawyer Kenneth Freundlich said Carey's fan-base would carry her through. He said: "She's been through all the turns, has a lot of money and a tremendous fan base. She should just tap into that. "The fans will excuse the bad movies and the breakdown, but the corporations won't."

One bright note for Carey this year is the praise being given for her latest movie role in the mafia-comedy Wisegirls. Variety magazine said she showed "charm and relaxed assurance" for her part as a waitress caught up with the mob. She is also due to sing at the American Football Superbowl in February. It is one of the biggest annual events on US TV with more than 80 million people due to tune in.

Mariah's lawyers threaten to sue Carey was dropped after poor sales of her last album. Lawyers for singer Mariah Carey are threatening to sue her former record company, EMI, for saying it "terminated" her contract. They are angry that EMI announced it was terminating the pop diva's £70m five-album deal, instead of the agreed wording - "cancelled".

The news from EMI that it was letting Carey go followed the poor reception of her last album Glitter, which sold 500,000 copies in the US. Carey's lawyers say her pay-out was closer to $50m. Both parties had issued a joint press release saying the contract had been "cancelled".

But EMI then followed London Stock Exchange rules by disclosing the deal in a separate announcement hours before Americans were awake, saying the contract had been "terminated". Carey's lawyer Marshall Grossman said that was "deplorable".

"We are appalled that EMI would deal so cavalierly with these issues and do so less than 24 hours after the parties had finalised their agreement and settled the exact terms of the joint press statement," he said.

'Consistent'
But EMI's lawyer, Bert Fields, said the label had done no wrong. "Certainly, it was not EMI's position that Ms. Carey was fired or anything like that, and there was no intention to create that impression," he added.

Mr Grossman also questioned the amount EMI is paying to release Carey from her contract. The record company said it was $28m, but her lawyers argue that the amount does not take into account the $21m (£14.7m) Carey kept for making the failed Glitter album, minimising the losses suffered by EMI.

The music giants are threatening to counter-sue the singer, if Carey's lawyers go ahead with court action. Mr Fields said: "We will file a cross-complaint saying Ms Carey's representatives were making a lot of inflammatory statements around the world on Thursday which go way beyond the agreed press release." This news comes at a bad time for Carey who is still recovering from a turbulent 2001. She suffered an emotional breakdown which led her to check into a clinic to recover. The singer was placed in psychiatric care in August after suffering from "extreme exhaustion". Her first major film, also called Glitter, was postponed until she was well enough to promote it. But bad reviews ensured it did not recoup its money at the box office. The movie, which cost $22m (£15.4m) to make, made just $4m (£2.8m) back in its US run.

Mariah 'cancelled' not 'terminated'
Updated: 25 Jan 2002

Mariah Carey is planning to sue EMI after the record company announced that it had 'terminated' her contract, rather than saying it had been 'cancelled'.

The original statement had been agreed by both sides, but EMI published a separate press-release for the stock market which was worded differently. The record label came to an agreement with Mariah following poor sales of her latest album 'Glitter'. She will receive a £20m payout to end the contract.

EMI's lawyer said: "Certainly, it was not EMI's position that Ms. Carey was fired or anything like that, and there was no intention to create that impression," They also plan to counter-sue if the singer goes ahead with the case as EMI reckons Mariah's lawyers were "making a lot of inflammatory statements around the world on Thursday which go way beyond the agreed press release."

Mariah's Birthdate
My lamb Brittany had a good point about this whole issue, and here is what she had to say:

Hey this is Brittany and I know that you all have been debating when Mariah's birthday is. Who knows best than her mother? I went through my tapes because I remember her mom saying something about they year she was born. The last time Mariah appeared on Oprah, her mother visited the show along with her to talk about the hardships they went through before and as MC was born... blah blah blah... well, in one part she states, "...In 1969, we were in that neighborhood, and in 1970, WHEN SHE (Mariah) WAS BORN, we moved out of that neighborhood..."

I think a mother knows out of anyone when her child was born, and therefore she will be making 32 on March 27 and NOT 33 as PEOPLE magazine states. They can say they checked these records, but they lie about her too, so it can't possibly be true if her mom just said this AND I BELIEVE PARTICIA OVER ANYONE!!

More Wallpapers
Rebecca sent me 4 nice wallpapers that you can use on your desktop and you can check them out on the Calendar Wallpapers page

Miss Mariah Nominated For MoviePhone Award
I got this info from ItsReallyMe@IntegralWill.net (yeaah, that's their e-mail address lol)

Just imagine this ...after all the critics and all the haters put down Mariah for her movie Glitter ... HER FANS miraculously and with amazing respect, nominate Mariah for a MoviePhone award ... Fan Power Babay!

We know something they don't -- let's make them see the light...Everything that glitters isn't gold ... sometimes it's platinum. Go HERE to vote!!

Mariah In Teen People
I got this info from mcsdoboy@aol.com:

I just wanted to informed u that Mariah was featured twice in the newest teen people mag w Britney on the cover. She is on the CALENDER page were it says she is 33? I dont know how the hell they got that number. and there is a pic of her in STAR TRACKS were she is performing at the jingle ball.

MC Sites To Check Out
Here are a few Mariah sites you can check out if you choose to do so:

Mariah Style
WG Mariah
Mariah's Wonder World
Mariah'z World

Mariah Mentioned On Behind The Music
VH1 is airing a brand new episode of Behind The Music with a group from the 80's called Hall and Oates, which some of you young lambs may or may not know... they're a great band and O course I know their music cuz I'm old and grew up in the 80's lol but anyway, Tommy Mottola used to manage the group before he met Mariah and he is interviewed throughout most of the show. He also mentions Mariah. I'll be recording it later and let everyone know tomorrow what he said about her.

Mariah At The Superbowl Soon!!
We only have ONE WEEK to see our MARIAH sing at the SUPERBOWL in front of MILLIONS of viewers! RAH!! Not only that, it's an exciting day for me cuz the Rams will be playing, which is the football team from St. Louis, which is where I live :)

I'm sure everyone cares but i just felt the need to share that lol. Have a good night lambs!!!

Update by Regina
January 26th, 2002 (7:00 pm EST)

New Pics

Mariah TV
"D" found some times you can check Mariah out on T.V. They wern't in the list where I get my dates from and the times are in Pacific time, so make sure to check your local listings...

VH1 @ 9am on Tues Feb 5 
TV Moments - "Mariah Carey 2002" Mariah Carey 

Mariah No Show on TV
Tony sent us the following information...
On Thursday's ABC Network News b/cast at 5:30 pm (cst) they gave a billboard about Friday's program where Peter Jennings said something about "We'll find out what happened to a singer who sold millions of albums and has now been dropped by her record company, what's gone wrong in the record business, on Friday's show."

On Friday's Network News b/cast, they ran two promo blurbs and announced Mariah's name and showed a few frames of a video, then no story.  At the end of the show Charles Gibson said that "As what sometimes happens in a television broadcast, the tape machine ate our story about Mariah Carey, so we can't bring it to you tonight..."

Sounds like somebody made a call to ABC Networks at the last minute and the story got pulled and then they fibbed. Or it was a time issue.  But they never said that they would run the story again or on Saturday, I would believe they had a safety on a different tape or in a digital server.  Sounds like a fishy story to me.  Tape machines eat tapes, but tape failure still sounds a bit suspicious in a world where on-line video is now pulled from servers with dual redundancy.

Mariah on Moviefone.com
Desiree informed me that Mariah is on the American Moviegoer Awards Outstanding Actress List. Please go and vote for so we can get her to win. The winner will be announced on February 7th. Maybe this will get a lot people to realize how amazing of an actress she really is...
Click here to vote for Mariah.

Update by Liron
January 26th, 2002 (8:50 am EST, 1:50 pm GMT)

Celebration of Speculations
In other words; Rumors Galore. The following articles each states a different record label that Mariah's supposedly going to sign with. Nothing is confirmed, but it's interesting to read! Click on the sources to read full articles:

Def Jam Records:
FOX News:
Mariah Eyes Cheap Deal
One well-placed record industry source said Def Jam — the legendary hip-hop label founded by Russell Simmons and sold to Universal Records in 1999 — is now talking to Carey about the much more modest two-album deal.

NME:
Mariah's Jam Session?
This morning's New York Post (January 25) claims Carey has been talking about the deal to Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen.
A UK spokesperson for Def Jam was unaware of any such deal this morning. At time of going to print, Carey's powerful US PR Cindi Berger was not returning calls.

Sky News:
Carey Set For New Deal
Now, an industry source has told the New York Post that the American was in talks to sign a two-album deal with Def Jam records for between £2.1m and £3.5m.M
The source said Carey was talking directly with Def Jam's president, Lyor Cohen, about the possible deal.
Her spokeswoman acknowledged earlier this week that a number of record companies had approached Carey but that no deals had been signed.

Warner Brothers
SoundBuzz:
Mariah For Warner Bros?
Music experts are predicting Mariah Carey will opt for a contract with Warner Brothers - because it's the only major company untouched by the Sony or EMI music giants.

Arista:
NY Daily:
The Mariah-Go-Round Starts Spinning
ariah Carey was hearing a lot of sweet talk from record moguls yesterday after her not-so-amicable divorce from EMI's Virgin label. But it remains to be seen how sincere her suitors are.
It isn't just a question of whether the music honchos can afford Carey. They also have to be careful about offending the divas they already have.

Hits Daily Double:
Where Will Mariah Take Her Music Box?
Carey remains without a manager, as pointers point to her attempts at self-management as part of the problem. What role will former Columbia and Arista executive Jerry Blair, whose relationship with Carey continues, play in a possible new deal?
As for speculation that former Virgin Worldwide Vice Chairman Nancy Berry will be closely involved with Carey's next move, insiders saying this will not be the case.

Jam!:
Mariah Arista talks outrage Whitney: report
The New York Post reported Wednesday that Carey, who this week got a golden handshake from Virgin Records worth in the neighborhood of $50 million, was bound for Arista. On Thursday, the paper reported Houston, who has her own deal worth over $100 million with Arista, was not amused by the report.

MSNBC:
Carey split sign of music industry woes
Less than a year after Mariah Carey signed an $80 million, five-album contract with EMI Records the party's over. After her album "Glitter," which debuted with a movie of the same name, bombed, EMI cut its losses this week, and it didn't end nicely. But this may not be so much a story about a high-priced diva — it may also say a lot about the music business right now.

Slant magazine:
Mariah Mania: Resolving the Kitsch Factor
Just hours before news broke that EMI had dropped Mariah Carey from its Virgin Music Group, the superstar left a voice message to her fans on her official website. There was nary a hint of what would make headlines the very next morning but, in retrospect, the message is a sad reminder of the only thing that seems to keep Carey going these days: "As always, I'm just thinking about you. I appreciate ya, love ya and I enjoy ya. And I'm gonna call you again soon."

Thanks to Shayne & Nicole from MariahBuzz For finding most of these articles, and various people at lovely Friends of Mariah Messageboard as well.

Update by Regina
January 25th, 2002 (9:20 pm EST)

Happy Birthday Mari
Just a quick note, it's a very good friend of mine's birthday tomorrow (Jan. 26th) and it would be really nice if you could send her a birthday wish. She is a HUGE Mariah fan from Spain and her name is Mari. Mariah absoulutely adores her and knows how dedicated Mari is. So please, take 2 minutes and send her a birthday wish to...mariahcheeks@yahoo.es (Mini was in on this Mari)

Magazine News
Mark gave us a low down on what magazines you can check Mariah out in...
- Bunte (D) The Jan 24 Issue...VERY nice Mohammed Ali Pic
- Die A Aktuelle (D) Jan 21 Issue...Small Mariah in red dress.
- Bravo (D) Jan 23 Issue...Little sexy pic of Mariah wearing her glasses
- Top 10 (NL) Feb Issue...Full page article about Mariah's shopping behaviour.
- Break Out (NL) Jan 24 Issue...Mariah & J.Lo
- Hitkrant (NL) Jan 26 Issue...ALSO Mariah & J.Lo

Update by Liron
January 25th, 2002 (6:20 pm EST, 11:20 pm GMT)

More on Mariah leaving EMI
I've received lots of articles regarding Mariah leaving EMI. Unfortunately we already know that many of them went by EMI's false statements which is why I chose to post the articles that have some interesting comments and thoughts in them.
Thanks a lot to my friend Anderz who helped me find them!
I've posted a part of each article, click on the sources to read them fully.

From CNN:
CNN TALKBACK LIVE
MARSHALL: But, as far as Mariah Carey, I want to say that we have a wonderful opportunity to see an artist who can actually sing, which, in today's age, is not a necessarily a requirement for music, if you have listened to a lot of music.
So Mariah will bounce back on her feet. I think she is going to be fine. I hope that she holds her head up high, takes this $28 million, takes a vacation, gets away from all the drama and comes back maybe in six or nine months with a fresh appeal. I'm sure any smart record company out there would pick her up. If I had enough money, I would sign her for sure, because she is really an artist that can sing and can perform.

From Washington Post:
A Label's Case Of Cash And Carey
With a superstar like Carey, "a record company has the potential to make huge money," says Howard Kramer, associate curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, "but it costs a huge amount of money, too. You are contractually obligated to provide a great deal of [marketing] support. . . . I'm sure that Mariah Carey's record contract is as thick as the D.C. phone book and it's all spelled out in great detail."
...
That also means that she will find a new recording home -- albeit at a discounted price. "She may have a lot of hits left in her," says the industry executive. "The economics of the business just changed on her. Deals like hers are a thing of the past. But I don't think she's going away."

From BBC:
Mariah tipped for comeback
Mariah Carey is being tipped to bounce back after she was dropped by her record company. Industry analysts believe the singer will not have a problem in finding a new label, after getting $28m (£19m) to leave EMI.
...
Carey's lawyer, Donald Passman, said recording companies had already shown interest in the star.
He said: "There are several major music labels who have been going after her since the rumours started.
"My sense is we'll be talking in earnest very shortly."

From MSNBC:
Ballad for Mariah
She has had more No. 1 songs than any artist working today. In the history of pop music, she's outranked only by Elvis Presley and the Beatles in that category. Her albums have sold 8 million copies each on average. But in today's frenetically paced, financially troubled music business, all Mariah Carey had to do was make one bum CD and those past achievements were easily overlooked.

From NY Times:
Few Crying the Blues for Mariah Carey
"There's no doubt she'll get signed again, and the odds are in her favor that she'll have another hit," Mr. Hayes, the lawyer, said of Ms. Carey. "The public doesn't care about this. This is industry scuttlebutt. All the public cares about is whether she has a good song or not."
For other artists, though, the cancellation of Ms. Carey's contract may harden their resolve to gain greater control over their contractual relationships with recording companies. Performers like Don Henley and Sheryl Crow were in Sacramento on Wednesday lobbying the California legislature to include musicians in a labor code that allows entertainers to free themselves from contracts after seven years.

Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: Re "Record Label Pays Dearly to Dismiss Mariah Carey" (front page, Jan. 24): It is interesting to see Mariah Carey branded as a failure in some circles of the music industry. As your article points out, only Elvis Presley and the Beatles have had more No. 1 songs than Mariah Carey. If she never sells another record, she will still go down as one of the most successful recording artists of all time. DENNIS FRANK Fair Lawn, N.J., Jan. 24, 2002

From People (Thanks MariahBuzz!)
Mariah May Not Be an Orphan for Long
All told, Mariah Carey will be walking away from her EMI Group Plc. contract with nearly $50 million, says estimates, when her earnings for the CD "Glitter" and her reputed $28 million severance package are factored together. The pop diva, 32, and EMI, which owns the Virgin record label to which she had signed last April in a reported $80 million deal, are ending their relationship, the company announced Tuesday. On Wednesday, Carey's attorney, Donald Passman, told Reuters, "There are several major music labels who have been going after her since the rumors started. My sense is we'll be talking in earnest very shortly."

From NY Newsday (Thanks MariahsMateo):
Mariah, Virgin Records Split
By Glenn Gamboa
Staff Writer
The $49-million breakup of Mariah Carey and Virgin Records quickly shed the press-release well-wishing yesterday and skidded into a he said, she said music-biz smackdown.
Both sides agree Carey gets $28 million to leave EMI, Virgin Records' parent company, and keeps the $21 million she received in April for signing a reported four-album, $100-million deal. The agreements end there, though.
"If I represented a singing fly, I'd be concerned about entering into a contract with EMI now," said Carey's attorney, Marshall B. Grossman of Alschuler, Grossman, Stein & Kahan in Los Angeles. Team Carey was enraged by an early-morning press release from EMI, Virgin Records' parent company, that said the company had terminated the singer's contract, which Carey's camp calls "false" and "misleading."
"EMI wanted Mariah to remain under contract with EMI -- Mariah did not," Grossman said. "That's when we entered into settlement negotiations and reached an amicable agreement."
Bert Fields, EMI's attorney, said the company's release citing the termination of Carey's contract was consistent with the joint statement, adding, "No one is pretending that EMI fired her." Fields said he could not comment on whether Carey left EMI or EMI asked her to go, because it would violate confidentiality agreements. "The world can judge for itself the reasons for the negotiations," he said.
The talks began months ago, during tumultuous times for both Carey and EMI. The 31-year-old singer, who was hospitalized for "extreme exhaustion" in August, saw her movie debut, "Glitter," flop, taking the soundtrack, her first album for Virgin, down with it, resulting in a reported $10-million loss. Meanwhile, EMI, the world's third- largest music company, whose stable includes Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney and Shaggy, saw two merger attempts fail and faced financial losses while new CEO Alain Levy made cuts. Levy fired Ken Berry, the executive who lured Carey, the music industry's third-biggest-selling female artist, from Sony.
"We have decided that this is the most prudent course of action for EMI," Levy said in the statement announcing the breakup.
Carey, who will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, is currently evaluating offers from other labels. "This is the right decision for me," she said in a statement. "I look forward to the many new and exciting opportunities, which have now been presented to me."

Access Hollywood Transcript
>> I'm pat o'brien. You know on second thought, maybe mariah's split with emi wasn't as friendly as reported. We told you yesterday emi terminated the deal, the singer walked away with a cool $49 million.
>>Extra Reporter: Industry rule number 480 -- record company people are shady. That from mariah carey, as the end of her $80 million emi contract is just the beginning of the war of words. Here's the problem. After lawyers from both sides spent ten days hammering out the wording of the press release, it was agreed that the word "cancelled" would be used to indicate both sides ended the relationship. But when emi followed with their own release using the term "terminated," mariah's camp cried foul, calling the behavior deplorable. Emi's high profile attorney bert fields retaliates with this -- "they were upset because it implied that we said ms. Carey was unilaterally dumped, but that was not the case."
>> Would you hire her? Would you want her on your label?
>> She's a huge superstar. Who wouldn't?
>> Reporter: Jay z worked with mariah on "heartbreaker." He's currently collaborating with fellow superstar R. Kelly. Both rallied around mariah while talking to our billy bush today.
>> She should holler at me, man, because I could turn the whole thing around.
>> Letting mariah carey go is a loss, because I think mariah carey is a superstar.
>> Reporter: Music executives andre harrell of nu america music and barry weiss of jive records believe only fools would think carey's no longer a top talent.
>> You could never ever count her out. She's an amazing artist.
>> Might you make a play for her?
>> Of course we might.
>> I would sign mariah carey tomorrow. When I leave this interview, I'm gonna call her.
>> Are you really?
>> I love mariah carey. She's fabulous.
>> Reporter: After erratic behavior last summer, a disappointing film and cd and a hospital stay for exhaustion, 2001 was a year to forget for carey. But last week, when we talked to mariah at the sundance film festival, her outlook was positive.
>>Mariah: I'm always gonna sing. I love singing. I'll always write songs. I'll always be -- music will always be -- like i can barely live without my radio.
>> Reporter: The whole world will get to hear mariah again in just over a week, singing the national anthem at the football event of the year.
>>Mariah: The super bowl I'm very excited about. I know nothing about football.
>> Mariah, It's okay. For which label she may end up signing with, a representative of clive davis tells us today there's no negotiation taking place between the label and Mariah.

Source:
Taken from MariahsWeb.

Latest Voice Message Added
Check out the Voice Messages Page to download the latest voice message from Mariah (Jan 23rd).

FHM Scans
Igal aka mcfanatic bought the FHM issue with Mariah on the cover and scanned them in HUGE size and high resolution! Check them out on Gallery 1

Taryn updates site with message to MC Fans!
The new singer Taryn who is featured on the Wise Girls soundtrack is also a Mariah fan, as we've reported before. Recently she's updated her site with a special message to Mariah fans after we all helped her song go all the way up to #6 on the Amazon download charts!
So please keep supporting her and visit her official site to see the special message she left for us!

In addition, I've added a beautiful artwork that Nacho's made that was used both on Mariah's official site and on Taryn's site. Check it out in Gallery 1.

Some Tidbits

DL writes: There is a new song about Mariah called by the Twisted Gibberish Society (an unsigned band) called Mariah Carey's Breasts Rock The House
Here is the LINK
You can download it for free, or stream to listen.

Update by Regina
January 25th, 2002 (4:00 pm EST)

Updates
I added a few new links to the Links page and also I listed them below. There is a special message from the Fantasy webmaster below too
Mariah News
Mariahz World

This is the webmaste of the site "fantasy" and if you have tried going to it the past 2 weeks you would see that It isnt there no more, well thats because we have got a domain now. You can now reach "fantasy" at http://www.mariahfantasy.com/ Thank You and please update your bookmarks.

Plus, there is a new picture of Mariah from the Sundacen Film Festival. I scanned the picture from the NY Daily News yeterday and threw the article in the trash, since it's full of lies or stuff we already heard. It's a nice picture of M, so check it out in Gallery 1

Mariah Day in the Philippines
Michael told me that it's Mariah day in the Philippines on January 27th. Here's more...

On January 27, Vid-OK, a cable music channel will play Mariah videos all day long. Another good thing is that, they will give away Mariah CD's especially her best-selling CD, Music Box. They will also give people who will text-in limited MC cd case. So cheer up Filipinos and let us support Mariah.

Magazine News
Here is the latest from Janel, from MariahsLambs...

Globe-February 5, 2002-article page 14, picture page 20

Message from Regina
I went back to college this week, so due to my school schedule, I won't be able to update this site on Tuesday and Thursday since I am at school from 8am until 8pm. However, I will be doing updates on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the days I can't update, Liron and Danielle will hop in and most likely update the site, along with the other days. So in the end, Mariah Daily will remain updated pretty much daily, but if we miss a day, please try and understand. Thanks so much! Liron will be adding her update shortly...

Update by Regina
January 25th, 2002 (3:40 pm EST)

Mariah on Access Hollywood/Entertainment Tonight
The webmaster of Mariah 4 Life told us what happened last night on Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight. On both programs, they interviewed Mariah and she said that despite leaving EMI, she's looking forward to making another album and working on some more movies. On AH, they talked to Jay-Z and R Kelley. Jay said he would love to have M on his label and Kelly responded by saying that if she was with him, the whole thing would be turned around. They then interviewed the VP of J Records and he said, "They are nuts if they think Mariah isn't a top 10 artist, in a matter of fact after this press conference, I'm going to call Mariah!" They went on to say that record labels are in line to sign Mariah.

MARIAH HITS BACK
Mariah Carey has hit back at EMI, claiming that the record company released false information regarding the termination of her contract.

As dotmusic reported yesterday, EMI issued a statement explaining that Mariah had been paid £19 million by the company in order terminate the pop diva's five-album deal.

However, Mariah's PR have since claimed that yesterday's statement was in direct violation of an agreement between the two parties, and that EMI had in fact released false information.

Mariah's publicist Cindi Berger claims that EMI/Virgin did not terminate the singer's contract by themselves, and that the 'golden-handshake' awarded to the singer was actually a more substantial $49 million (£35.5 million).

A statement from Berger reads: "As stated in the joint press release of Mariah Carey and EMI/Virgin Records, the agreement between the two was amicably terminated with benefits to and for Mariah Carey of $49 million for the one album she delivered."

"The release of EMI, independently issued by it, is in direct violation of the agreement between the parties. It is also false. It states that EMI itself terminated the agreement. Not true. It fails to state that the total package for Mariah Carey is $49 million."

Source:
Thanks to TMBGnMP for this article from DotMusic.

PEOPLE Responds
A couple people e-mailed PEOPLE magazine about the error in the magazine saying that Mariah was 32 now and will be turning 33 this March. With their response, it makes you want to believe that they are right. All the books, etc state the fact that Mariah is 31 now and was born in 1970 but what if they are right? Mariah currently does not have a drivers licence, which she has stated in interviews but maybe she did get one when she turned 17?? Who knows but here is the response from PEOPLE (thanks to Tom for the pic)...

Dear Reader,
Thank you for writing to PEOPLE Magazine.
Since Mariah Carey made her debut, our magazine has been reporting her birth date according to the March 27, 1969 date. In addition, we have a copy of Ms. Carey's driver's license, which lists her birthday as March 27, 1969. Furthermore, we spoke with the administrators at the high school she attended who confirmed that Ms. Carey's birthday is March 27, 1969, as did her management when we made our initial interview. Therefore, based on this information, we stand by our reporting.

Sincerely,
Erin McIntyre
For the editors

Charts
Rhomeyn sent us the latest charts from Billboard ending for Feb 2nd...

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
75 Greatest Hits, Mariah Carey
Note: Greatest Hits sold more copies this week than last week!

Law And Disorder
Just one sweet day after Virgin Records paid Mariah Carey $28 million to end her contract after one flop album (''Glitter''), her lawyers are thinking of suing parent company EMI over the wording of its announcement of the split. Once the financial settlement was reached, it took Carey's and EMI's lawyers 10 more days to hash out a joint press release, saying that the contract had been ''amicably'' scrapped and that she and the label would ''part ways,'' implying a mutual decision by both parties. But hours later, EMI issued its own statement to the London Stock Exchange, saying it had ''terminated'' Carey's deal, suggesting that she didn't walk out, she was dumped.

Carey's reps called EMI's release ''false'' and a ''direct violation'' of the settlement agreement by issuing an additional statement. ''What would make me happy is if EMI had lived up to the terms of the agreement at least long enough for one round of tea and crumpets,'' said Carey's lawyer, Marshall Grossman. ''I think the public is sick and tired of big corporations beating up on talent.'' (The settlement gives the beaten-up Carey a total of $49 million, including her $21 million advance from last April, for nine months of work and one failed album). However, EMI's lawyer, Hollywood heavyweight Bert Fields, claims the label was required by stock exchange rules to issue its own statement on the split, that ''terminated'' didn't necessarily mean ''unilaterally dumped,'' and that if Carey filed a breach of contract suit, EMI would file a countersuit for libel.

Meanwhile, Carey is shopping around for a new label, although no one is likely to duplicate the $20 million per album terms of her Virgin deal. Carey reportedly wants any new deal to include a job for her pal Nancy Berry, the former Virgin exec who signed her last year, and whom new EMI CEO Alain Levy promptly fired when he took over in September and began cutting costs. Already, Arista Records has said no. Said a spokesperson ''Arista Records is not signing Mariah Carey now or anytime in the future, nor are we in any discussions with Nancy Berry.'' One rumor had it that Whitney Houston, Arista's biggest-name artist, called label chief L.A. Reid and made him end discussions to bring the rival diva to the company, but Houston's publicist says, ''Someone in [Houston's] in-house company called Arista to find out if it was true [that Reid was negotiating with Carey] simply out of curiosity, and they said no. Miss Houston knows nothing about this and would certainly applaud anything good for [Carey]."...

Source:
Thanks to Alan for this article from EW.com

Update by Danielle
January 24th, 2002 (10:00 pm EST)

New Article About Mariah's Departure From Virgin
My Lamb Meg sent me theis article today:

Pop diva Carey likely to return for encore
Reuters
Jan 23 2002 8:01PM

LOS ANGELES(Reuters) - Pop diva Mariah Carey will probably sing herself all the way to the bank and another record deal after getting $28 million to walk away from music giant EMI Group Plc , industry analysts said Wednesday. Carey's lawyer, Donald Passman, said recording companies have already shown interest in the star ever since speculation of her breakup with EMI began circulating weeks ago.

"There are several major music labels who have been going after her since the rumors started," Passman said. "My sense is we'll be talking in earnest very shortly."

The buyout announcement capped weeks of speculation that EMI had been seeking to sever ties with Carey after signing her to an estimated $80 million to $100 million deal last year only to see her new album, "Glitter," sell a disappointing 2 million units.

Under the buyout pact, Carey gets $28 million to walk away and retains another $21 million previously paid to her when the EMI contract was first signed in April 2001.

The news topped a turbulent year for the singer who suffered a emotional and physical breakdown and has been a regular gossip column fodder since the end of her marriage to Sony Music Entertainment chief Tommy Mottola, who discovered her as an 18-year-old waitress.

EMI has had its own problems and recently brought in music veteran Alain Levy to overhaul the label after warning in September that 2001 profits would dive 20 percent.

Some believe a likely landing pad for Carey might be the new J Records label of Clive Davis, the legendary music executive credited with reviving the careers of such talents as Santana.

A spokeswoman for J Records declined comment.

"She's still a good name and a currency, but she needs someone with a rolodex of producers and songwriters (to collaborate), somebody like a Clive Davis or Tommy Mottola," said Allen Kovac, chief executive officer of the Left Bank Organization, an independent label.

Carey's generous buyout was announced as several stars, led by Courtney Love, lobbied California lawmakers to free artists from what they claim is unfair record company control.

Officials at big labels like AOL Time Warner Inc's Warner Music and Vivendi Universal declined comment about Carey's buyout or prospects on Wednesday.

But several label executives agreed Carey was marketable.

STILL SOMEONE WHO COULD SELL RECORDS
"She's definitely a marquee artist. She may be on the downswing, but she's still someone who could sell records. No major label would turn their nose down at her, but they are unlikely to pay the terms that she got at EMI," said one executive, requesting anonymity.

Among Levy's first big moves at EMI was to fire Nancy Berry, the head of EMI's Virgin label who signed Carey to the deal. Sources on Wednesday said they believed a condition of any future Carey deals will be to include Nancy Berry. Rumors that Carey and Berry were close to a deal with Bertelsmann AG's

Arista Records were quashed by Arista on Wednesday.

"Arista Records is not signing Mariah Carey now or anytime in the future, nor are we in any discussions with Nancy Berry," said Arista spokeswoman Laura Swanson.

Other artists have recently gone on to bigger and better things after being let go by EMI's Virgin.

After recording two albums for Virgin, reggae star Shaggy signed to MCA Records, where his 2000 album, "Hotshot," was one of the best-selling releases last year.

And the Wallflowers recorded one little-noticed album for Virgin in 1992 before being let go and landing at Interscope, where there 1996 album, "Bringing Down the Horse" sold 6 million copies worldwide. MCA and Interscope are units of Vivendi Universal.

Others say Carey would do well to sit on the sidelines.

"She's been through all the turns, has a lot of money and a tremendous fan base. She should just tap into that," said music lawyer Kenneth Freundlich. "That fan base is what's going to sustain her. The fans will excuse the bad movies and the breakdown, but the corporations won't."

Glitta Eligible For Nomination
I got this info from MariahzGuy@aol.com I went to the Academy Awards website www.oscars.org and they have a full list of all teh movies eligible for nominations (all the movies released in 2001) and it lists all the actors eligible for acting nominations

GLITTER
Mariah Carey. Max Beesley. Terrence Howard. Ann Magnuson. Tia Texada. Da Brat. Dorian Harewood. Valarie Pettiford. Isabel Gomes. Eric Benét. Grant Nickalls. Padma Lakshmi. Don Ackerman. Ed Sahely. Carmen Wong. James Allodi. Damon D'Olivera. Mauricio Rodas. Marcia Bennett. Abdul Shawish. Chris Tessaro. Courtnie Beceiro. Lindsey Pickering. Kim Roberts. Bill Sage. Tim Burd. Brian Heighton. Matthew Olver. J C Kenny. Jamia Eaton. Emanuel Arruda. Claire Burton. Kyle Thrash. Sonya Hensley. Derek Ritschel. Kevin Keith. Novie Edwards. Dan Chameroy. Anthony Ashbee. Tanya Kim. Jeni Anderson. Jose Arias. Michael Egan. Judi Mark. Kate McNeil. Craig-Radioman. Neisha Folkes.

February 12, 2002 All nominations announced at 5:30 a.m. PST, Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

March 24, 2002 74th Annual Academy Awards.

Mariah Cards
I got this info from Ahmad:

I would like to inform lambs that Sony Music (Singapore) & SMRT (Singapore Mass Rapit Transit) > a local train company - are releasing a limited edition collectors mariah carey MRT cards. The picture on the card is similar to the Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits.

It will release on January 25 and only available at these Train Stations; Bugis, City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut, Newton, Orchard, Outram Park, Raffles Place, Somerset & Tanjong Pagar.

The MRT card is at S$7 and has a coded value of S$6. Also, when this MRT card is shown at 'Popular CD-Rama' music store, u can get Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits at a dollar off.

Posters of the sales of the card is displayed at all stations. Probably lambs stayin' in Johor Bahru (Malaysia) can get themselves too.

Update by Regina
January 23, 2002 (2:00 pm EST)

Mariah Releases Statement
NEW YORK (AP) - After less than a year and a flop album, Mariah Carey is leaving Virgin Records with a deal giving her $49 million.

EMI, Virgin's parent company, announced on Wednesday that it would pay the 31-year-old diva $28 million to end their association, which was to last for several albums to the tune of $100 million.

That's in addition to the $21 million she's already received since arriving at Virgin last April.

``Glitter,'' her first album for Virgin and the soundtrack for her movie of the same name, was a major disappointment. It sold 501,000 copies, according to Soundscan, a sharp drop from the multiplatinum successes the Grammy winner delivered for her previous label, Columbia Records.

The ``Glitter'' disc came out after the singer was hospitalized last summer for a much-publicized breakdown. It was followed in September by her equally disappointing movie of the same name, which failed to crack the top 10 in its first week of release and quickly disappeared from theaters.

Earlier this month, EMI released a statement denying it had agreed to buy out Carey's pricey deal.

But in Wednesday's statement, EMI's new chairman, Alain Levy, said: ``We have decided that this is the most prudent course of action for EMI. We wish Mariah the best.''

Carey said in the joint statement: ``This is the right decision for me. I look forward to the many new and exciting opportunities, which have now been presented to me. I wish Virgin well.''

In a separate EMI statement, however, the company said it had ``terminated its contract with Mariah Carey.'' EMI described the statement as a regulatory disclosure that was required by stock exchange regulations.

Hours later, Carey's representatives angrily denied she had been ``terminated.'' They said the break was amicable and added that EMI's statement was false and in violation of her exit terms.

Carey's lawyer, Marshall Grossman, told The Associated Press: ``We are appalled that EMI would deal so cavalierly with these issues and do so less than 24 hours after the parties had finalized their agreement and settled the exact terms of the joint press statement,'' Grossman said.

But EMI lawyer Bert Fields said the disclosure statement was not in violation of the agreement.

``Certainly, it was not EMI's position that Ms. Carey was fired or anything like that, and there was no intention to create that impression,'' Fields told The AP.

Grossman said it was Carey who wanted to end the contract, not EMI. When asked why she would walk away from a $100 million deal, he said: ``She has received the benefit of this agreement of $49 million for only one album. And she is free to pursue a number of different opportunities that she was not able to pursue under the original contract.''

Grossman would not say what those opportunities were, but said Carey is evaluating offers from other labels.

Carey forged her stardom from a wholesome image and soaring ballads that highlighted her multi-octave voice.

But over the past few years, her image has changed. After her divorce from Tommy Mottola, the former president of Columbia and current Sony Music chief, she became sexier. She also switched musically, using more hip-hop beats instead of the adult contemporary sound that made her famous.

Carey's disappointing sales and departure are another blow for EMI and Virgin; among its other commercial flops last year were albums from Mick Jagger and Lenny Kravitz.

Levy took over last October for former EMI chairman Ken Berry, who was ousted. That month, Virgin's vice chairman, Nancy Berry, also was removed.

Carey has another movie, ``Wisegirls,'' with Mira Sorvino, due out this year. She's scheduled to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.

On the Net:
http://www.virginrecords.com
http://www.mariahcarey.com

Source:
AOL News

Update by Regina
January 23, 2002 (11:20 am EST)

Mariah Carey Dropped By Her Record Label
Mariah Carey awoke this morning to find herself dropped from her label, although she landed on one hell of a cushion.

The EMI Group, which owns Carey's now ex-label Virgin Records, announced Wednesday (January 23) that it was dropping the pop diva from its roster, according to the Associated Press. As severance, the media conglomerate paid Carey $28 million.

Carey signed to a four-album deal with Virgin Records last year, which was estimated to be worth $81.6 million.

The news comes on the heels of much industry speculation that the singer would be axed from the label, since her first Virgin album, Glitter, is considered to be one of the biggest commercial disappointments in recent years. The LP has sold just over 500,000 copies since its release September 11, according to SoundScan — a paltry figure compared to some of Carey's previous albums for former label Columbia. By comparison, 1999's Rainbow sold more than 2.9 million copies, 1997's Butterfly sold more than 3.6 million and 1995's Daydream sold nearly 7.5 million.

Carey experienced a nervous breakdown last summer and was forced to curb some of the planned promotion for the album, which may have contributed to the LP's poor retail showing

Source:
MTVNews.com

Update by Regina
January 23, 2002 (9:25 am EST)

PEOPLE Believe The DMV
Paul wrote me and told me how People magazine, once again, said that Mariah was 32 years old in their recent article on her. Now, we all know Mariah was born March 27, 1970 and that this year, she will be turning 32. Well when contacted, People magazine wrote back with the following comment:

Thank you for writing to PEOPLE Magazine.
We appreciate your interest in our Scoop item in the January 28 issue. According to the DMV, Mariah Carey's birth date is March 27, 1969, which would make her 32 as reported in our item. We consider the Department of Motor Vehicles to be reliable and accurate source of information; therefore, we stand by our reporting. We, again, thank you for you interest and we hope that we have cleared up any confusion.

Sincerely,
Erin McIntyre
For the editors

So the DMV, most likely informed them that Mariah is 32 this year but neglected to tell them that she is turning 32 in March. So hey, if you want to, you can contact them at editor@people.com

Tidbits From Ashes
Ashes, from Rainbow Princess, sent me some tidbits that his source told him...

"mariah is really pleased with the end result that is Wise Girls & was amazed & really pleased with the great turnout by the fans & the responce from non fans about the movie at the sundance festival "
She also had this warning about the distribution of the movie:
" Wise Girls maybe on in less cinema's then glitter as Lions is a small independant distributor & operates in the USA only, she suggested it might be a good idea that the lambz might want to ring way in advance and ask their cinema's if they are gonna play it...or suggest if not, that they do a special screening...you have alot of time to organise this."

Mariah Dedicates GuestRoom
Mariah Carey dedicates guest room to fans Mariah Carey has dedicated a room in her New York penthouse to fans who stood by her when she was ill. The walls of the butterfly-themed guest room are adorned with letters and cards from well-wishers. Mariah will take MTV viewers on a guided tour of the 17th floor apartment in a programme to be shown in the UK next month. It has a built-in beauty salon, a gym and a room just for her lingerie. She also shows off a designer bed for her cats and hundreds of pair of shoes. Mariah says: "I came from a tough neighbourhood so it's nice to have a place like this to call my own." The tour of Mariah's apartment will be shown on MTV UK on February 9. The singer suffered an emotional breakdown last summer.

Source:
Thanks to Ashes, from Rainbow Princess, for this article from Anaova.

Sound O' The Month
Honey & Kate, from Butterflies Are Free, finally fixed the problems with the Sound O' The Month. Everything is solved now and every month, they will have a new audio file. This months sound is All In Your Mind, from the First Vision video. Check it out at their site.

Mariah in Rolling Stone
LilDego44 informed me that in the new issue of Rolling Stone, February 14th, there is a pretty big article about the decline of 2001 music. There is a picture of her in there. Also, Mariah is in the current issue of Rolling Stone, January 31st, with No Doubt on the cover. She's on page 11, 18 and page 19.

New Link
I added a new site to the Links page. It's also listed below:
jamaicaFUNK

Update by Regina
January 23, 2002 (9:05 am EST)

New Voice Message
Mariah has left a new voice message on her Official Website. Here is the transcript:

Hey Lambs, I'm just calling in letting you know that, as always, I'm just thinking about you umm I appreciate you much, love you and umm I enjoy you and I'm gonna call you again soon. OK? Hope everybody's New Year's going great. Buh Bye!

Virgin Records Ends Mariah Carey Deal
LONDON (AP) - Virgin Records America is ending troubled diva Mariah Carey's multi-album contract with a $28 million buyout, Virgin's parent company EMI announced Wednesday.

The contract would have paid Carey a reported $100 million.

``Glitter,'' her first album for Virgin and the soundtrack for her movie of the same name, was a disappointment, failing to live up to the best-selling status of her previous albums for Columbia Records.

It was released after the singer was hospitalized last year for a much-publicized breakdown.

EMI had released a statement earlier this month denying it had agreed to buy out Carey's pricey deal.

The singer's stardom was forged from a wholesome image and soaring ballads that highlighted her multi-octave voice.

But over the last few years, her image has changed. After her divorce from Tommy Mottola, the former president of Columbia and current Sony Music chief, her once demure image became sexier; she also switched musically, using more hip-hop beats instead of the adult contemporary sound that made her famous.

Source:
The Associated Press

EMI gives Carey $28m payoff
LONDON, England -- Britain's EMI Group's Virgin Records label is to pay U.S. pop diva Mariah Carey $28 million to end her recording contract.

EMI said the cost, together with $26.4 million of balance sheet and other write-offs linked to Carey's recording contract, would be treated as exceptionals in accounts for the year ended March 31, 2002.

EMI signed Carey to its Virgin Records label last year in one of the most expensive recording contracts ever, only to see her first album, "Glitter," flop.

The music group has been looking at ways to slash costs after a dismal 2001.

In September last year EMI, the world's No.3 record company, warned profit for the year would slide 20 percent as conditions in the industry deteriorated.

The music giant, with artists such as Radiohead and Janet Jackson as well as Carey, said it has seen a "marked deterioration" in conditions, particularly in the U.S. and Latin America.

EMI stock, which has seen its shares soar more than 40 percent from a low of 252 pence in October, fell half a percent to 359 pence in early London trading on Wednesday.

The company's stock has lost more than a third of its value over the last year amid concerns about declining compact disc sales and competition from free internet music download sites.

Before the September profit warning the company's stock had fallen 40 percent as the British music company was forced to abandon merger plans with rivals.

Its planned merger with Warner Music last year and BMG this year were scuppered by anti-competition concerns. The European Union was unwilling to see competition in the industry reduced from five players to just four.

Carey hit the headlines before the launch of "Glitter" when she cancelled a scheduled prime-time interview in which she was to discuss a breakdown of a month before.

Cindi Berger, a publicist for Carey, said the interview was "postponed" because the singer "needs more time to rest."

Carey's interview with ABC's Barbara Walters was scheduled to air on the news program "20/20" on September 12, the day after her newest album, "Glitter," was to go on sale.

"We were concerned to hear that Ms. Carey would be unable to do the interview at this time, and we wish her well," Walters said, according to an ABC Web site. Carey, 31, checked herself into a hospital July 26 last year for "extreme exhaustion." Her publicist cited the singer's recent work in completing two movies, "Glitter" and "Wise Girls," while simultaneously writing, recording and producing the "Glitter" soundtrack album.

The Grammy-winning singer made her debut in 1990, and has released nine albums on the Columbia/Sony label, selling more than 150 million singles and albums worldwide.

In April, she left the Columbia/Sony label for the Virgin label.

Source:
Thanks to Aidan for this article.

Mariah Signs New Deal
The New York Post reports Mariah Carey is on the verge of signing a $30 million severance agreement with EMI. A source told the Post, "The long-term potential losses [for EMI] were huge." They say that Carey is likely to sign with Arista where her pal and ex Virgin exec Nancy Berry currently works.

Source:
Thanks to La Mariah for this article from the New York Post

Update by Regina
January 22, 2002 (9:00 am EST)

Side Bar Updated
I updated the Important Dates and the Magazine section on the right side, check it out if you like. There is a special on MTV today called, "MTV Cribs: How To Live Like A Pop Star." It will show clips from Mariah's Crib special, along with other celebs!

Update by Regina
January 22, 2002 (8:30 am EST)

New Pics
There are three new pictures of Mariah in Gallery 1 The first one is a scan from the Feb 2002 Cosmopolitan with Britney Spears on the cover. The other two are courtesy of Marty. Check them out if you like.

Updates
There is a new Pic O' Week and a new Quote (on the right). Plus, I add two new links to the links page today and here they are also:
Mariah Mania
Reflections of Mariah Carey