Mariah Carey will be in Toronto Thursday to unveil the Husdon's Bay/Saks Fifth Avenue annual holiday window display, but the singer will be full of Christmas cheer if reports are true she's making close to $1 million for a quick performance at the event.
Celebrity news site TMZ is reporting Carey will perform just two songs - including one of the most listened-to holiday songs of all time; All I Want For Christmas Is You - for just under $1 million at the Yonge and Queen Street Hudson's Bay location.
A spokeswoman for Rock-It promotions, which is helping to organize the event, said she could not comment on the report and reps for Hudson's Bay/Saks did not immediately respond to requests for comment. If true, Carey's price tag seems to have jumped in recent years. The New York Daily News reported she had received $300,000 for an hour-long appearance in the Big Apple in 2014.
The pop star was also announced as the first act for next month's VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night on December 2 at the Kings Theatre in New York. The TV special will air on VH1 on December 5. Additional performers will be announced at a later time but the event will mark the third time Carey has performed at a VH1 Divas event, which is returning after a four-year break.
Carey said in a statement Thursday she's "thrilled" to perform for her fans and called the holiday season her "favourite and most festive time of year", which isn't surprising if she's making that much money for the Toronto performance alone. The event is also scheduled to shut down part of Queen Street and the TTC is diverting the 501 streetcar between Yonge and Bay Streets.
(Globalnews)
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