Mariah Carey returns in triumph
Thousands of Mariah Carey fans have welcomed the return of the singer to London after a three-year wait. The 33-year-old appeared on stage in a silver-sequined bra and miniskirt, and stretched her five-octave range to belt out hits during the Charmbracelet World Tour at Wembley Arena.
Introducing her song Through The Rain, she told the audience: "Thank you. How are you feeling? I'm feeling kind of good myself. Happy to be in London, I'll tell you that much. I want to do a song for you that I wrote about perseverance and pursuing your own way. A very personal song."
The star sang hits from her album Charmbracelet and also treated fans to a selection of her 15 number one singles, including Hero, Heartbreaker and Honey. Matt Goss started things going as the warm-up act to the pop diva. Carey is currently attempting to re-launch her career after going through a very public breakdown last year.
She is the world's best-selling recording artist of the 90s, but was ditched by her label EMI last year. The industry giants had signed her up for a record-breaking £70m, five album deal, but they decided there was no future in the star, and paid her £20m to extricate themselves from the contract.
Carey was then taken on by Universal in May last year for £14m, and the record company gave massive backing to Charmbracelet. The Charmbracelet World Tour has been to Glasgow's SECC, the NEC in Birmingham, and is due at Manchester MEN Arena on November 1 for the final show in the UK leg. (Ananova)
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