Friday 25 January 2002

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."

(DotMusic)



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