MARIAH STARTS SHOOTING NEW FILM ON 1 JUNE
Mariah will start work on Tyler Perry’s new film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, in Atlanta on 1 June. Mariah is part of an ensemble female cast who’ll take small roles in the film, including Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose and Macy Gray. For Colored Girls… is scheduled for release in the USA on 14 January 2011 (no SA date has been set yet, but since its a Tyler Perry film we shouldn’t have to wait too long after that!).

MARIAH & NICK TO RENEW VOWS ON SECOND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
MC and hubby Nick Cannon are planning to renew their wedding vows again on 30 April, their second wedding anniversary. “I encourage everybody to do it. If you are happy and in love, celebrate it!” Nick says. His gift to MC will be “something very thoughtful and it has nothing to do with money.” He adds: “We are just trying to keep the romance alive. That’s all.”

MARIAH’S FRAGRANE NOMINATED FOR “FRAGRANCE OSCAR”
The Fragrance Foundation announced its finalists for the 2010 FiFi Awards (the “Oscars” of the fragrance industry) in a conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York last Friday, April 23. Mariah’s “Ultra Pink” received a nomination in the Women’s Popular Appeal category! The Fifi Awards Gala will be held in New York on 10 June.

OBSESSED WINS SONG-WRITING AWARD
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted its 27th annual Pop Music Awards last week in Los Angeles, California, and Obsessed was was among the 50 songs awarded the “Most Performed Song” of 2009 title. C. “Tricky” Stewart, co-producer of Obsessed, was on hand to collect the award

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER RECORD…
Mariah thanked Her Brazilian fans in Portuguese on Wednesday, for continuing to keep Her hit cover version of I Want to Know What Love Is, at the top of the Brazilian radio charts, for an awe-inspiring 27th week. “Eu te amo! Obrigada!,” MC posted on Her Twitter page. “Brazil! #1 for 27 weeks!!!! That’s a new record for me! I can’t even know what to say,” she commented.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

“I’m at Central Park getting ready for Oprah, can’t wait for Nick to get home. KKLB! (to Nick) ”
She has just finished performing/ interviewing on Oprah, and details will be out soon, so check mariahdaily for updates on what She performed and what She told Oprah. She was reported to be performing one song, and talking to Oprah about Her new album and married life, but I’m hoping She performs more than one!

Mariah Carey  LIVE IN VEGAS
Mariah performed 2 of Her 4 planned live shows in Las Vegas last weekend (Friday and Saturday 11/12 September). Check the FB group or Mariahdaily for pics from the show. She looked gorgeous, and Her reviews were mostly glowing.
The Las Vegas Weekly wrote (in part):
“…her voice, put to work on new songs like the emotional ballad “Angels Cry” and guilty pleasure oldies like “Always Be My Baby,” sounded just as clear as it always has. You better believe that she can still hit those high notes, belt out the lower ones and do work all over her five-octave range.”
For more reviews and pics (including fan reviews), check Mariahdaily. Youtube also has audioclips of fan recordings of live performances from the concert. I Want to Know… sounds AMAZING live!!!

I WANT TO KNOW… ON US CHARTS
Billboard magazine:
“Mariah Carey reaches back for her 49th career entry on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as “I Want to Know What Love Is” arrives as the list’s Hot Shot Debut at No. 64. Foreigner’s original version of the ballad reached No. 85 on the chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1985.
The second single from “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” due Sept. 29, adds to the singer’s catalog of covers. Carey peaked at No. 11 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with her update of the Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” in 1992. In 1994, her remake with Luther Vandross of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross’ “Endless Love” reached No. 7 on the chart. In 1999, Carey rose to No. 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with her take on “I Still Believe,” originally a No. 13 Hot 100 hit by her former employer, Brenda K. Starr.”

OBSESSED ON BILLBOARD CHARTS
Obsessed drops 1 spot to #8 on the US Hot 100 chart, but is still growing healthily at US radio stations, so expect it to rise again in the next few weeks!
Billboard Hot 100: #8 (Last week: #7)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #6 (Last week: #7)
Billboard Pop 100 Songs: #15 (Last week: #18)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #12 (Last week #14)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #12 (Last week #14)
Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Songs: #2 (Last week #3)
Billboard Lala.com: #4 (Last week: #4)
Billboard Yahoo Video: #2 (Last week: #1)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #10 (Last week: #10)
Billboard Hot Singles Sales (Walmart): #2 (Last week: #2)

MC ON LOCAL CHARTS
Obsessed:
- Holds at #1 on GHFM in Cape Town
- Drops to #2 on East Coast Radio in Durban (after 1 week at #1)

I Want to Know…:
Debuts at #30 on Global Hot Hits on East Coast Radio in Durban!

KEEP REQUESTING OBSESSED ON SA RADIO!

5fm
SMS “Hi5 Mariah Carey Obsessed” to 33345. SMS costs R1.50

TAKE40SA CHART

http://www.take40sa.co.za/index_nokiachartvoting.asp

Scroll down and enter Mariah Carey Obsessed in the “song not listed area”, until we get it in the list and you can just click on it.

Goodhope FM

http://www.goodhopefm.co.za/communicate/new_music_request.jsp

Scroll down, enter your details and song request, click SEND.

Kfm
(you will be entered into a competition to win 10 CD’s every time you
vote)
Vote online at http://www.kfm.co.za/kmusic/ryan_seacrest/top8_voting.asp
Scroll down to ENTER NOW, click and enter details (use 7800 or 7441 as post code if you don’t know one)
OR SMS your vote to 32945 (SMS costs R1)
OR e-mail your vote to topeight@kfm.co.za

94.7 Highveld FM
(you will be entered into a competition to win a prize every time you
vote; can vote once a day)
Vote online at http://www.highveld.co.za/music/ryanseacrest/top8_voting.asp (use
2092 as post code if you don’t know one)

BayFM (Port Elizabeth)
Email studio@bayfm.co.za with a general request asking them to play Obsessed (perhaps dedicate to someone).

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

”It’s a very special occasion,” Cannon told the crowd at Moon Nightclub, where he was DJ-ing. The couple was greeted with a four-foot cake, then Cannon showed a video of their nuptials.

”This is the most amazing person in the world,” Cannon said. “I dedicate my life to her daily, and together this union is gonna last forever. She is my rock.”

A teary Carey replied: “I have the best man in the whole wide world.”

No bump was spotted, so their trips to the IVF clinic may have been just a rumor.