Saturday 26 February 2000

Mariah Carey set to rock Wembley

Pop diva Mariah Carey will perform in Britain for the first time in three years on Saturday when she plays a sell-out concert at Wembley Arena, London. The show is part of the singer's first world tour in eight years.

"I'm looking forward to having lots of fun with my British fans on my European Rainbow tour," the Grammy Award-winning singer said. "So much has happened to me since 1995 - I'm much more free and happy as a person and a performer."

Carey's new single, Thank God I Found You, will be released in the UK on Monday. New Yorker Mariah has enjoyed massive hits in Britain such as Without You, My All, I'll Be There and One Sweet Day. The list of awards she has won is impressive. She has racked up two Grammys, eight American Music Awards, seven World Music Awards and four Soul Train Awards. At last year's Billboard Awards she was crowned Artist of the Decade. Earlier this month she became only the third artist to receive the coveted American Music Award of Achievement.

Since her debut in 1990 Carey has sold more than 120 million records world-wide - five million in the UK. When her single Heartbreaker reached No 1 in the US in September, it was her 14th chart topper. When the single entered its second week at the top, she broke The Beatles' record of 59 weeks at No 1 to become the most successful artist in the history of the Billboard chart.

The pop superstar is now embarking on an acting career. She makes her first screen appearance in The Bachelor - as a temperamental opera singer opposite Chris O'Donnell.

After her Wembley date, Carey's Rainbow Tour will see her visit Madrid in Spain, Osaka and Tokyo in Japan, Singapore, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Toronto and New York.

(BBC News)



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