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EMI Group Plc. on Monday threw cold water on reports that it had agreed to pay pop diva Mariah Carey a lump sum to end her multimillion-dollar recording contract after her latest album, “Glitter,” flopped. Recent reports suggested EMI had agreed to pay Carey off with as much as $50 million, just eight months after its Virgin label signed the star in one of the most expensive recording deals ever only to see “Glitter” sell a mere 2 million copies. “EMI wishes to make clear that it has made no such payment or agreement,” EMI said in a brief statement… Read more »

It didn’t take long for the glitter of pop diva Mariah Carey’s new multimillion-dollar record deal with EMI Group Plc to lose its luster. Three months after the commercial flop of her first EMI release, the British-based music giant is seeking to buy out Carey’s contract by offering her a huge lump-sum payment in exchange for her departure from EMI’s Virgin Records label, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. The Times put the value of Carey’s EMI contract at $80 million for four albums, although other reports have said she signed for as much as $118 million for five albums.… Read more »

Christmas came early on Tuesday for hundreds of U.S. troops in Kosovo when pop diva Mariah Carey flew in to perform a festive concert for them. “We want to give them a little glamour,” said the 31-year-old singer, sporting stylish military fatigues for her frontline “day out with the boys in the Balkans.” One of the world’s most successful female artists of the past decade took a chartered jet from London to Skopje and then was off by helicopter for a whirlwind tour of bases in Kosovo. Her top priority, she told Reuters on the flight out, was to boost… Read more »

Mariah Carey, Wyclef Jean and Willie Nelson are the latest musical guests to contribute their talents to “America: A Tribute to Heroes,” a two-hour, telethonlike special set to air simultaneously on several networks Friday night. The commercial-free event will raise money for long-term relief efforts benefiting those directly affected by last week’s terrorist attacks. The appearance will mark Carey’s first public showing in months. The singer received psychiatric treatment in July after a physical and emotional breakdown and canceled a scheduled Barbara Walters TV interview. Nevertheless, her movie “Glitter” premieres Friday and its accompanying soundtrack album was released September 11… Read more »

Pop star Mariah Carey, who was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown last month, has postponed an ABC television interview she had been scheduled to give this week, network officials said Wednesday. The interview with Barbara Walters, which was due to air Sept. 12 on the ABC news magazine show “20/20,” has been put off indefinitely, an ABC spokesman said. A statement from ABC quoted the singer’s publicist, Cindi Berger, as saying Carey, 31, “needs more time to rest.” Walters said in a statement, “We were concerned to hear that Ms. Carey would be unable to do the interview at this… Read more »

Mariah Carey will do her first sit-down interview since her emotional breakdown with ABC News’ Barbara Walters. The interview is scheduled to air on “20/20” at 10 p.m. EDT Sept. 12. The 31-year-old pop singer was treated at a Connecticut clinic earlier this month and has been with her mother, under a doctor’s care, since her release. Carey said she was exhausted after working on two movies – “Glitter,” opening Sept. 21, and “Wise Girls,” due out next year – as well as the soundtrack for “Glitter,” which hits stores Sept. 11. The Grammy winner recently posted a voice message… Read more »

As Mariah Carey recovers from a nervous breakdown, the pop singer’s Virgin Records label said Thursday it had delayed the release of her new album, the first under a lucrative new contract. Carey, 31, was released from a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, having received a two-week treatment for what her publicists described as an “emotional and physical breakdown” as a busy schedule led to bizarre public behavior. She is resting with her mother at an undisclosed location. In a statement, Virgin said Carey’s new album, “Glitter,” would be released Sept. 11, instead of Aug. 21. The album doubles as the soundtrack… Read more »

Singer Mariah Carey checked herself out of a Connecticut clinic where she was being treated after suffering an emotional breakdown last month, her spokeswoman said. “MC is feeling better,” Carey’s spokeswoman, Cyndi Berger, told the Daily News in Wednesday’s editions. “She’s under a doctor’s care at an undisclosed location with her mother.” The 31-year-old Grammy winner canceled all public appearances, including headlining last week’s MTV 20th birthday party, and checked herself into a hospital two weeks ago after suffering “an emotional and physical breakdown,” Berger said. Just before her hospitalization, Carey left two messages on her official Web site complaining… Read more »

Pop superstar Mariah Carey, hospitalized a week ago, has suffered an “emotional and physical breakdown,” a spokeswoman said Wednesday. “Mariah has suffered an emotional and physical breakdown,” Carey’s publicist Cindi Berger said. “She is just taking it day by day (and) is resting and improving,” Berger said. Carey, 31, was admitted to an undisclosed New York-area hospital on July 25. Her breakdown forced her to cancel her headline role in MTV’s 20th anniversary show scheduled for Wednesday night. Asked whether Carey’s problems were precipitated by any particular work-related or personal issues, Berger said “No, something like this is always a… Read more »

Mariah Carey has checked herself into a hospital for “extreme exhaustion,” her spokeswoman said Thursday. Cindi Berger would not say what Carey’s symptoms were or where she was, but said Carey’s busy schedule contributed to her illness and hospitalization Wednesday night. “She’s been working around the clock,” Berger told The Associated Press. In a separate statement, Berger said: “Carey has been hospitalized for extreme exhaustion after completing two movies, ‘Glitter’ and ‘Wise Girls,’ and simultaneously writing, recording and producing her album, the soundtrack ‘Glitter.”‘ Before going to the hospital, the Grammy-winning singer posted a message on her official Web site.… Read more »