Here are Mariah's Billboard chart positions for the magazine's issue date July 9, 2005.

The Emancipation of Mimi 3
Billboard 200: #2 (Last Week #4)
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #3 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Top Internet Albums: #17 (Last Week #24)

We Belong Together
Billboard Hot 100: #1 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Pop 100: #2 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Adult Contemporary: #19 (Last Week #21)
Billboard Adult Top40: #27 (Last Week #31)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #2 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #3 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #42

It's Like That
Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales: #48
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: #45 (Last Week #45)
Billboard Pop 100: #49 (Last Week #49)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #44 (Last Week #45)
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Sales: #6 (Last Week #7)

Greatest Hits
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog: #17 (Last Week #16)
Billboard Top 200 Catalog: #64 (Last Week #70)

"Greatest Hits" sells 3,622 copies this week, falls to #17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog but advances to #64 on the Top 200 Catalog. Its total sales now stand at: 655,400.

"#1s" scanned 2,390 units this week and moves from #151 to #142 on the Top 200 Catalog chart. Its total sales now stand at: 3.479 million.

Download the new Damizza song, "My Life" featuring Mariah Carey and Knoc-Turn'Al by logging on to Damizza's MySpace site. Pictured on the right is Mariah with Jerry Blair, Damizza and Al Gore which can also be found on the site.

USA
--iTunes update: Top 100 Songs: "We Belong Together" at #9; Top 100 Albums: "The Emancipation of Mimi" at #29.

--"We Belong Together" Mediabase update as of 6/29/2005: 248.373 million audience impressions, 25,186 spins.

--"We Belong Together" has been the #1 song on San Francisco, CA's favorite station, Wild 94.9. Call (415) 356-0949 to request.

--Last week, Riverside, California's 96.1 KWIE premiered Mariah's "Shake It Off" on its new music feature, which puts two new songs in the ring as they face off for the most votes. Last night, the current champ "Shake It Off" went up against a new challenger, which was an upbeat song from Fantasia and Mariah came out swinging with a whopping 91% of the votes.

--The remix to "We Belong Together" (feat. Jadakiss) is getting played nearly just as much as the original version in Southern California. 105.9 KPWR, 99.1 KGGI, 102.7 KIIS FM, 93.5 KDAY and 96.1 KWIE are all currently playing the song.

Argentina
Attention Argentinians and our Spanish-speaking visitors, Sebastian has opened a new Mariah fansite called One And Only. Be sure to check it out!

Australia
--"The Emancipation of Mimi" and the #1 Australian chart smash single 'We Belong Together' are both certified gold this week for 35,000 copies of each sold to retailers across the country.

--"We Belong Together" is expected to be #1 for a 2nd week! Two of Australia's biggest music retailers, Sanity and HMV have updated their store charts and 'We Belong Together' is #1 on both stores' charts!

Canada
"The Emancipation Of Mimi" remains at #15 on the Albums Chart (chart run: 2-6-10-11-12-13-14-14-14-15-15). "We Belong Together" is #10 on the Airplay Charts (#13 last week) and #2 on the CHR/Pop Airplay Charts (#3 last week).

China
--"The Emancipation of Mimi" (Hong Kong version) is the top seller in HMV GuangZhou Store. The album sold out in its first week of release and has been a consistent seller since. The Chinese version of the album, however has yet to pass the Chinese government's censorship. Reports indicate that some songs may not be included. In 2001, "Loverboy" was deleted from the Glitter album.

--Mariah is the cover girl of the July 2005 issue of FHM (China Mainland) with a cover story entitled, "The Return of the Queen." Click here for scans of the cover.

Colombia
Vote for "We Belong Together" on W Radio's Top 20 Countdown by clicking here. W Radio is Colombia's most important radio station.

France
"It's Like That" loses eight places from #56 to #66, whereas "The Emancipation of Mimi" moves up twelve spots from #73 to #61 on the French charts. "We Belong Together" moves up forty-four places, in an incredible way, on the Airplay French Charts, #84 - #40!

Germany
--Official German Charts issue date 7/1/05:
Top 100 Album Charts: "The Emancipation of Mimi" - #66 (#73)
Top 100 Airplay Charts: "We Belong Together" - #3 (#5)

--"We Belong Together" was #4 on today's TRL Germany video countdown. Let's make it #1! Keep on voting here.

--The deadline to submit entries for the German fan project, "What It's Like Germany" has been extended to July 3rd. For more information on how you can participate, visit Mariah Lounge.

Greece
On the IFPI Greek Charts, "It's Like That" falls twenty-five places from #19 to #44 while "The Emancipation of Mimi" falls out of the Top 50.

Malaysia
Mariah's "We Belong Together" holds at #1 for a second week on Mix FM's The Mixed Up 20! Continue voting by clicking here.

New Zealand
"The Emancipation of Mimi" jumps five spots from #28 to #23 while "It's Like That" drops one to #25 on the New Zealand charts. "We Belong Together" still has not made it on to the charts yet, but it is doing really well on C4 and is one of the most requested songs. According to Universal New Zealand, the single will be released on Friday, June 10.

Philippines
--Attention Filipino fans! You are invited to attend the PMCF-sponsored fan gathering on Saturday, July 2nd. Details below.

What: Lamb Gathering/PMCF Election of Officers 2005/Drafting Of New Constitution
Who: All Pinoy lambs are invited!
When: July 2, 2005 (Saturday) @ 3pm
Where: SM Megamall Food Court

For additional information, log on to PMCF or email either Cyril or Rod.

Spain
-The "We Belong Together" CD single will be released July 4th. You can pre-order the CD from Gong Discos. Tracklisting: 1. We Belong Together (Album Version), 2. We Belong Together (Reconstruction Radio Mix), 3. It's Like That (Remix Album Version), 4. We Belong Together (Closed Captioned)

--After claiming the #1 spot all of last week, "We Belong Together" fell to #4 on TRL Spain. Please keep on voting and get it back to #1!

--"We Belong Together" has yet to premiere on Los 40 Principales. Let's get the song into the Top 40 list by emailing 40principales@los40.com or sending a text to 7600 with the message, "Vote Mariah Carey." On Cadena 100, "We Belong Together" sits at #32. Let's push the song higher by emailing Cadena 100 here or texting 5211 with the message, "100 YourName YourProvince MARIAH CAREY".

--Mariah got the most votes for Best International Artist in Spain's gay magazine, Shangay's Chivas 2005 poll.

Sweden
Vote for "We Belong Together" on Sweden's biggest radio station NRJ and on the music video channel ZTV's Önska Top 10 Countdown.

Switzerland
"It's Like That" drops from #50 to #61 (peaked at #10) while "The Emancipation of Mimi" climbs four spots from #57 to #53 this week on the Swiss charts (debuted at #10).

Turkey
Mariah is on the cover of the July 2005 issue of FHM Turkey. Click here to view the cover. A free full size poster of Mariah comes with the purchase of the magazine so grab your copy now!

Earlier today, Mariah arrived in England. An hour or so after checking in her London hotel "Sanderson" at about 7:30 PM, she came out to pose for the media and talk to her fans. Mariah has hired the VIP bar of the hotel for the evening. Later tonight, a reception party for "We Belong Together" will be held at "Funky Buda", nightclub in Central London.

Here are bits of information that Mariah has revealed to the fans who have waited for her at the hotel:

Mariah will visit Spain during July. The visit was scheduled for July 12th and has been pushed back, possibly to July 19th.

Mariah loved the 12" Picture-Disc of "We Belong Together" that's coming out in the UK on July 4th.

When asked about her "Live 8" song choices, Mariah's replied she will make the final decision on tomorrow's rehearsal. When fans suggested she sang "Always Be My Baby", Mariah said the song was not popular enough in the UK. She also said she would not sing "Never Too Far". Another source suggests that the songs performed by Mariah in "Live 8" will be: "We Belong Together", "Make It Happen" and "Vision of Love".

Mariah has a mild throat infection and is under vocal rest.

Congratulations Mariah! In its 13th chart week, "We Belong Together" officially reclaims the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. This is the song's 5th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and Mariah's overall 66th week at #1. The song remains at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart for a 6th week in a row!

"We Belong Together" also becomes Mariah's only single to have a chart run that includes non-consecutive weeks at #1!

"We Belong Together" breaks its own BDS airplay record with an unprecedented number of 212,191,100 audience impressions (10.1 million gain from last week).

Below are the approximated cumulative points for the top 5 artists: (in million impressions combining sales and airplay)

1. Mariah Carey - We Belong Together: 283
2. Bo Bice - Inside Your Heaven: 238
3. Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven: 194
4. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl: 185
5. Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk With My Heart: 153

--From Billboard Daily Music News:
Carey Rebound Keeps Bice From Hot 100 No. 1

He may have the top-selling single in the United States, but "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice came up short in the overall race for No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Bice has to settle for a No. 2 Hot 100 entry for his version of "Inside Your Heaven," a song that "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood took to No. 1 last week.

Holding Bice's debut solo release from the top of Billboard's main singles tally is Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," which returns to No. 1 after a one-week break. The track, which stems from Carey's Island Def Jam album "The Emancipation of Mimi," has now led the list for five non-consecutive weeks. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list, "Together" is in the lead for a sixth week.

Bice is also No. 1 on the Pop 100, where Carey's "Together" is No. 2 and Underwood's "Heaven" falls 1-3. On the Hot 100, Underwood's song drops to No. 3.

--From AOL Black Voices: Best Staging: Mariah Carey
We know that she's been having vocal issues so we will give her a pass. Whether Mariah was completely there or not, her set was just gorgeous. How many awards shows have you seen where the stage actually looked like somewhere in the Caribbean? MC definitely gets props for that.

--From Blogcritics: When Mariah Carey performed "We Belong Together," I was pulling for her to make it through. Her voice sounded strained and that song is one that looks incredibly difficult to sing live. Somehow, she worked her way through it, like the pro she is. Her performance was sort of a breath of fresh air as it had no theatrics, fireworks, or crazy lighting tricks.

--From Fox 23: A hoarse Mariah Carey struggled through “We Belong Together” amidst a tropical backdrop.

--This morning on Power 105.1 Star and Buckwild have praised Mariah's performance on last night's awards show and said it was a classy performance.

--Earlier today, Jillian Barberie, Weatherwoman/Co-Host of Good Day L.A. mentioned Mariah and said how amazing she was last night at the BET Awards and how people like Fantasia went crazy when she appeared on stage.

Below are photos of Mariah Carey at the 5th Annual BET Awards held at the Kodak Theater on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 in Hollywood, California. Click on each thumbnail for a larger, full-scale view.

Onstage - Mariah performs "We Belong Together"




Backstage - Mariah poses for pictures


Additional photos can be found at our Photo Gallery.

Al Roker will soon be spending a night with Mariah Carey - well, sort of.

Roker has been named host of NBC's telecast of the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks, joining Carey and "The Apprentice's Donald Trump.

"Adding this event to co-hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Rose Parade and 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center' officially gives me the title of 'Mr. Holiday,'" the "Today" show personality said in a statement.

NBC's coverage of the massive fireworks display will begin at 9 p.m.

During the telecast, Carey is scheduled to perform "America the Beautiful," "Shake It Off" and "We Belong Together" from her latest CD.

Trump, for his part, won't be singing. Instead, he'll lead the countdown and give the command to start firing the estimated 40,000 rockets in the display.

"This experience, without a doubt, will be my biggest firing ever," Trump said in the announcement.

Note: Mariah will be performing "It's Like That" and not "Shake It Off" as New York Daily News reports.

Click on the links below to download video/audio files of Mariah's performance of "We Belong Together" at the 5th Annual BET Awards which aired Tuesday, June 28, 2005.

Unfortunately, Mariah has lost the award for "Best Female R&B" to Alicia Keys.

MPEG (41MB)

MP3 (6MB)

Here is a photo of Mariah as she was leaving Chelsea Piers after taping her performances for Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular airing on July 4, 2005 9:00pm ET on NBC.

A new addition to Mariah's busy July schedule has been announced today:

Mariah will visit Holland on July 17th to perform on a Dutch lottery show called "Staatsloterij". The performance will take place outdoors, on a stage above water in Amsterdam.

The visit in Holland joins recently announced European promotional stops in England, Germany and Denmark.

This week, "We Belong Together" enters the Dutch Top 40 at #10, making it Mariah's 15th top 10 hit in Holland and the first one from "The Emancipation of Mimi". The song entered the "Mega top 50" at #42 last week and is expected to rise this week. On the airplay charts, "We Belong Together" makes a huge leap from #56 to #7.

Netscape is conducting a poll, asking "On July 2, which LIVE 8 performer are you most excited to see?"

To vote for Mariah, click here and scroll down to the left side of the page. Mariah is currently ranked in the fifth place with 8% of the votes.

Curvaceous singer Mariah Carey is on a strict diet in a bid to wow the crowds at this Saturday's (02 JULY 05) Live 8 concert in London.

The heartbreaker hitmaker, who is enjoying a career resurgence with her hit album "The Emancipation of Mimi", will join Madonna, Pink Floyd, Sir Elton John, Robbie Williams, Sir Paul McCartney, Sting and U2, among others, at the concert in Hyde Park.

Carey enthuses, "This is such a special event for me. I want to sing my best and look my best.

"I've been working on my voice to make sure it's in top condition and working on my body too. I've been dieting and exercising non-stop so I can get into the outfit I want to wear."

Mariah Carey reveals, "I knew that Jermaine Dupri was just good for this project." This proved to be a very smart move, as Jermaine Dupri has not only resurrected Mariah Carey's Mimi to be the biggest audience selling record to date, this record is the biggest selling record in musical history. No other producer has achieved this as to date, but Jermaine Dupri.

While the music industry counted Mariah Carey out, post the GLITTER album, Jermaine Dupri used his musical genius to create a sound that would not only capture new fans for Mariah Carey but also restored faith for Mariah Carey's fans who haven't heard her in awhile. Others stood with baited breath, and on the sidelines not even giving the "Resurrection of Mimi" a chance; the one person that stood by her, and knew that she could do it was Jermaine Dupri. He knew that Mariah Carey could do it, because Jermaine Dupri creates music that totally resonates in the souls of the listeners throughout the world, while bringing out the artist in the best light every single time. His music is not a cookie cutter style, he changes the music in accord to the artists, capturing the artist's unique sound. That's why he was able to create a sound for Mariah Carey that resurrected Mimi. Jermaine Dupri reveals, "I knew that Mariah could do it. She is an excellent singer, I knew she had what it takes to make her album a success, and it is definitely a wonderful album."

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Richard Wilkins of Australia's "The Today Show" has interviewed Mariah on the set of the "Shake It Off" video in California. Below is the transcript of the preview to the interview:

Richard Wilkins: "Good morning to you! Well, I've had a busy couple of days over here. I've caught up with Mariah Carey, or Mariah Canary as we like to call her on the set of her new video "Shake It Off". It was shot on the Universal Studios lot. The video probably costing north of U.S 1 million dollars.

It was an absolutely huge set up. Mariah was there with a large posse, I tell you: her assistants have assistants. I asked her about her return to fame and glory after a pretty difficult time and how she deals with the turmoil in her life being played out in the media."

Mariah: "Well I think that, I never felt like a famous person until I went through the downside of fame and what that does, and how invasive that is and how hurtful things are when people make up lies about you and people hide in bushes and take bizarre pictures of you and paste your head on other people's bodies and all that kind of weird stuff.

When I was growing up, I was like: "Wow, I wanna be famous, I wanna do this, but I never wanted that level and then that happened to me and I was kind of like shocked and I just had to work through it and deal with it and fortunately I had great friends around me and just people who were there being like "you know what, you'll get through this because we know that people are just... you know, this is your time to get shots taken at you, so you gotta go through that."

Click here to download the full video of Mariah's interview on Australia's Today Show (10MB, in WMV). Many thanks to Sebastian for making the file for us.

Mariah will visit London this week to promote "We Belong Together" released on 4 July and to perform at the London Live 8 concert.

Thursday 30 June
Mariah is scheduled to arrive in London Thursday afternoon. She will be staying at the Sanderson hotel. Come and give Mariah a warm welcome to London! Mariah will arrive at the Sanderson sometime around 4:00pm.

Friday 1 July
Mariah will have a day off to rest before her performance at Live 8.

Saturday 2 July
Mariah is scheduled to go on stage at Live 8 in Hyde Park at 7:00pm.

Sunday 3 July
Mariah will spend the day doing promotional work inside the hotel (interviews, photoshoots etc).

Monday 4 July
Mariah will visit several radio stations during the day. She will then appear on the Richard & Judy show and TRL. The Applause Store is responsible for ticket allocations to TRL. You need to be registered with their website. Tickets for next week's shows will be available at the end of the week.

Be sure to watch Mariah performing "We Belong Together" on BBC One's "Top of the Pops" on Friday, July 1st at 7:30 PM:

MARIAH CAREY - 'WE BELONG TOGETHER'

Mariah's triumphant return to the top of the pop tree proves one very important thing - that you can't keep a good diva down! She was recently crowned the biggest selling female artist of all time, after her comeback album 'The Emancipation of Mimi' stormed to the top of the American Hot 100. This single has only just popped off the top spot after an amazing 10 week run too. Beat that, Madonna!

Fans and friends gathered at Chelsea Piers (located at 23rd Street & the Hudson River) in New York last night for a one of a kind Mariah experience.

After gathering at the location, all the guests boarded a luxurious yacht by 8:30 PM. Around 9:00 PM, Mariah has arrived with her crew and with her friend Da Brat. The yacht stopped at various places in New York City in which Mariah performed.

Mariah performed "America The Beautiful" in a long blue sequenced gown in front of the Statue of Liberty. She then did "We Belong Together" in a short red mini dress in front of what used to be the World Trade Center. Then, in front of a backdrop of the bridges, she performed "It's Like That" with a special intro, wearing a white skirt and top with diamond buttons. It was sailor suit inspired. "America The Beautiful" and "It's Like That" were each recorded twice whereas "We Belong Together" was shot 4 times: once with dancers, twice without them and once for the helicopter shots.

All the songs were pre-recorded a couple of nights ago so that Mariah could sing to those versions on the yacht. The director of the event insisted Mariah performed the songs to backing tracks instead of singing them live.

The performances will be aired as a part of a 1 hour NBC special on 4th of July at 9:00 PM EST.

--According to fans who met Mariah at the taping of the NBC Special, she said she finished filming the video to "Shake It Off" yesterday and said there was a big surprise in it!

--Richard Wilkins of Australia's "Today Show" will be talking to Mariah from the set of "Shake It Off" on Tuesday morning.

--Singer Jody Watley wrote the following entry on her official website on June 23rd:

Someone also wrote that they loved the new Mariah record "We Belong Together", and wishing I was out there again like that. I like the song too..and I think it's great because people are so quick to write artists off in R&B and Pop music. I'm still enjoying what I do, on whatever level I'm doing it on. When you choose the paths of which I travel...is it more difficult? Yes! Is the journey rewarding? YES!! Is it possible to have commercial success in the mainstream on your own terms..we'll see!

--From Leisure Time: Patti LaBelle considers younger R&B singers Fantasia, Beyonce and Mariah Carey to be phenomenal.

"These young girls that got it going on, I just want them to hopefully stay in the game for a long time and realize that there's more than show; it's called show business," LaBelle said. "And (there's) more than recording; you have to perform, you have to do a show. So you have to be able to bring it all."

--Dakota Fanning was asked who/what she was looking forward to seeing on the MTV Movie Awards and said she was most looking forward to the Mariah Carey performance.

--Click here to vote for Mariah on BET's poll, asking "1. Who has the Olay Daily Facials Beautiful Skin Award Look?"

Watch the BET Awards 106 & Park pre-show to see who will win the Award Winning Look, on Tuesday, June 28 @ 6 p.m. (ET) and 5 p.m. (CT).

--"We Belong Together" tops the Yahoo! "Buzz Singles Chart":

Em's latest tune may have bored its way into the brains of many searchers, but it wasn't enough to topple super diva Mariah Carey from our top singles searches. Here are the top 12 songs from the past week.

1. We Belong Together (Mariah Carey) -- the glorious comeback of the super diva continues.

--Here are scans from recent issues of Jet, Celebrity Living, and Parade magazines.

USA
--iTunes update: Top 100 Songs: "We Belong Together" at #7; Top 100 Albums: "The Emancipation of Mimi" at #23.

--"We Belong Together" Mediabase update as of 6/26/2005: 244.524M audience impressions, 24,864 spins.

--"We Belong Together" is currently at #2 on Ryan Seacrest's AT40. Continue to vote for Mariah here.

--"We Belong Together" is the most requested and played song on Tampa, Florida's 93.3 FM FLZ. Call (800) 409-9393 to request.

Belgium
In its twelfth week on Radio Contact's chart, "It's Like That" continues to rise and is now at #3! "We Belong Together" moves one spot up to #32 on the same chart. Radio Contact is the biggest radio station that caters to the French speaking part of Belgium.

Brazil
--On Hot100Br@zil charts for week ending July 2nd, "The Emancipation of Mimi" drops one spot from #2 to #3 on the Albums chart. "We Belong Together" jumps fourteen places from #84 to #70 while "It's Like That" dips from #70 to #90.

--Congratulations to Nadia on the relaunching of the Brazilian fansite, JustMariah.com Check out the new layout, new features, cool stuff!

Germany
"The Emancipation of Mimi" rises 85-73. Sales are estimated at 75k. "We Belong Together" is the #3 video on TRL Germany. Keep voting by clicking here.

Hungary
--"We Belong Together" is the 15th most played music video on Hungary's music channel, Viva TV in its second week. It debuted at #29. Continue to vote for Mariah on Viva TV and also on radio at Juventus's Top40, biggest radio station in Hungary by sending your requests to top40@juventus.hu

--The "We Belong Together" CD single is now available in stores. The tracklist is the same with the 4-track European single. Hungarian fans, grab a copy of Mariah's "We Belong Together" now!

Latvia
According to the Latvian charts, "We Belong Together " jumps one spot from #50 to #49.

Malaysia
--"We Belong Together" is at #1 up from last week's #8 on Mix FM's The Mixed Up 20. Continue to vote for the song by clicking here.

Spain
--On Cadena 100, "We Belong Together" moved up one spot to #32. Request the song by sending an email to 100x100@cadena100.es. The song however, has yet to premiere on Los 40 Principales. Please request for it to be played by sending an email to 40principales@los40.com.

--After topping the video countdown for four consecutive days on TRL Spain, "We Belong Together" fell to #2 last Friday. Make the song #1 again! Vote now by clicking here.

--As "It's Like That" falls out of Europe's Top 20 Singles list, (as it was #20 last week), "We Belong Together" premieres at #16.

Taiwan
"The Emancipation of Mimi" drops four places to #20 on the International charts.

Turkey
--"We Belong Together" moves to #1 on Capital Radio, the country's most popular radio station! Keep on requesting for the song here.

--"It's Like That" rebounds to #15 from #19 on MetroFm's Top 20.

UK
--"We Belong Together" is enjoying rapidly escalating media support - it jumps 17-11 on the radio airplay chart and 7-2 on TV airplay - propelling the album to increased sales for each of the last seven weeks. It vaults 21-9 this week, to log its first appearance in the Top 10 since its number seven debut in April. Sales of 21,169 - its best yet, slightly overshadowing its first week tally of 20,876 - bring its total to 134,725.

--Keep requesting "We Belong Together" on these music channels:

The Box - Sky449: 09058-17-17-17
Kiss - Sky450: 09056-525-222
Smash Hits - Sky451: 09056-525-333
The Hits - Sky458: 09056-525-777
MTV Base (Sundays only): 0901-2702-470

--BBC Radio 1 has made "We Belong Together" an A List song which means it gets maximum airplay, and is played by all the daytime DJs!


"We Belong Together" European Single

Below are scans of the 5" European CD single of "We Belong Together".

Catalogue #: LC00407 BIEM/SABAM 0602498833193

Tracklist:
1. We Belong Together (Main Version)
2. We Belong Together (Reconstruction Radio Mix)
3. It's Like That (Remix with Fat Joe)
4. We Belong Together (Video) enhanced CD

Tivoli has managed getting the American singer and superstar Mariah Carey to play a unique concert at "Plænen" in Tivoli on Monday, July 11th, 2005. This marks the first time that Mariah Carey has ever set foot on Danish soil. There aren't many chances to see the superstar live in Europe this summer, aside from the Tivoli concert, she will only be performing at Live 8 in London and in Germany. Mariah Carey currently tops the American singles chart with "We Belong Together".

The 35-year-old star debuted in 1990 with the album 'Mariah Carey' and has since sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, not least because of the albums 'Emotions', 'Music Box' and 'Daydream'. The huge success has secured her two Grammys, eight American Music Awards and 16 #1 singles on the American singles chart, a feat only topped by Elvis and The Beatles. This makes her the best-selling and most successful female artist of all time.

In April, Mariah Carey released her 10th studio album, 'The Emancipation Of Mimi', which is a colourful mix of Pop, Hip-Hop and R&B. The album was produced and written by Carey herself along with some of the hottest producers around, including The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri and J. Austin. The album has spawned the hit single "We Belong Together", which is currently one of the most played songs in America.

The concert will take place on July 11th at 10pm and admission will be free for visitors to the amusement park.

Tivoli is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world and is Copenhagen’s most visited and famous tourist attraction. It is also renowned for its huge rock/pop concerts, and Mariah playing there is the scoop of the century!

Mariah’s performance will be free for all those who attend the amusement park that day. Just to clarify, that means that you just have to pay the normal entrance fee of 68 DKK for adults or 34 DKK for children.

For more information about the concert, visit MariahCarey.dk

Congratulations Mariah on another significant #1!

"We Belong Together" debuts on ARIA's (Australia's Official Music Chart) Top 50 Singles Chart at #1!

The song is #1 in the following Australian states: NSW, Victoria/Tasmania, South Australia/Northern Territory, Western Australia.

This is Mariah's second ever #1 on the ARIA singles chart and the first since "Fantasy" back in 1995.

Here are Mariah's other positions on the ARIA charts for the week ending June 27th, 2005:

The Emancipation of Mimi
Top 50 Albums
This Week: #16
Last Week: #19
Peak: #13
Weeks on Chart: 12

Urban Top 40 Albums
This Week: #4
Last Week: #5
Peak: #3
Weeks on Chart: 12

It's Like That
Top 50 Singles
This Week: #49
Last Week: #43
Peak: #9
Weeks on Chart: 13

Club Top 50
This Week: #44
Last Week: #38
Peak: #15
Weeks On Chart: 17

--Mark your calendars and be sure to catch another dazzling performance by Mariah at the 2005 BET Awards live on Tuesday, June 28th at 8:00pm EST from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Mariah is also up for an award this year, receiving a nomination in the category Best Female R&B. For more information, visit BET.com.

--From San Francisco Bay View: Davey D. came across a tape that had an old interview he did with Shock G. He flipped to the b-side, and to his surprise he discovered the missing 2Pac interview from 1991. This rare unreleased interview with 2Pac was conducted shortly after he finished filming the movie Juice. 2Pac spoke about a lot of things, one of which was about the future challenges facing Hip Hop including regional beefs, and here he briefly mentioned Mariah. He said, "Instead of letting them do interviews where nobody ever reads them, let a good newspaper interview them. Instead of putting them on the radio when nobody is ever going to hear them or where nobody is going to hear them, have them where people can hear them and get at them where they had a better chance, just like if they were Mariah Carey."

You can download audio files of this once-lost-now-found 1991 interview with 2Pac Shakur by clicking here.

--These are scans from the pages of the July 4th issue of the gossip magazine, Star.

Our Photo Gallery is now back up and running! Be sure to check out photos of Mariah from recent events!

Also, our Multimedia page has been updated. Five brand-new wallpapers have been added! Many thanks to our contributors, Carlos, Vinny from TheLadies.com, Jeramiah, and Ioana. And not just that! We have also gathered together some of the video and audio files of Mariah's most recent TV appearances/radio interviews and put them here for easy access.

Happy downloading!

As previously reported, Mariah Carey will be among the performers at UK's Live 8 concert on Saturday, July 2, 2005. The free concert - one of eight to be held simultaneously around the world to raise awareness of poverty in Africa - will take place in Hyde Park, London. Other concert venues include Paris, Berlin, Rome, Philadelphia, Ontario, Tokyo, and Johannesburg. The shows will be broadcast live on VH1, MTV, MTVu (TV); XM (Radio) and AOL Music (Online) on Saturday, July 2, 2005 starting at 9:00am ET.

Here's a rundown of the acts and venues confirmed thus far.

UK – Hyde Park, London: Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof, Coldplay, Dido, Elton John, Joss Stone, Keane, The Killers, Madonna, Ms. Dynamite, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Razorlight, REM, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Sting, Travis, U2, UB40, Velvet Revolver

France – Palais de Versailles, Paris: Andrea Bocelli, Axelle Red, Calogero, Cerrone/Nile Rogers, Craig David, The Cure, David Hallyday, Diam's, Disiz La Peste, Faudel, Florent Pagny, Johnny Hallyday, Kool Shen, Kyo, Louis Bertignac, Muse, Placebo, Renaud, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Tina Arena, Yannick Noah, Youssou N'Dour

Germany – Siegessäule, Berlin: A-ha, Audioslave, Bap, Brian Wilson, Chris de Burgh, Die Toten Hosen, Green Day, Herbert Groenemeyer, Joana Zimmer, Juan Diego Florez, Juli, Katherine Jenkins, Reamonn, Renee Olstead, Roxy Music, Sasha, Silbermond, Soehne Mannheims, Wir Sind Helden

Italy – Circus Maximus, Rome: Antonello Venditti, Articolo 31, Biagio Antonacci, Faith Hill, Francesco De Gregori, Francesco Renga, Gemelli Diversi, Irene Grandi, Jovanotti, Laura Pausini, Le Vibrazioni, Max Pezzali, Negramaro, Nek, Noa, Tim McGraw, Tiromancino, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero

USA – Museum of Art, Philadelphia: Will Smith (host), Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, Kaiser Chiefs, Keith Urban, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, P. Diddy, Rob Thomas, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Wonder

Canada – Park Place, Barrie, Ontario: Dan Aykroyd & Tom Green (hosts), African Guitar Summit, Barenaked Ladies, Blue Rodeo, Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams, The Bachman Cummings Band, Deep Purple, DobaCaracol, Gordon Lightfoot, Grea, Tegan & Sara, The Tragically Hip, Tom Cochrane

Japan – Makuhari Messe, Tokyo: Bjork, Def Tech, Dreams Come True, Good Charlotte, McFly, Rize

South Africa - Johannesburg: TBA

Based on mid-week retail reports, here's what next week's Top 10 album chart might look like:

1. Coldplay 210-220k
2. Mariah Carey 130-140k
3. Foo Fighters 125-135k
4. Black Eyed Peas 108-117k
5. Backstreet Boys 100-110k
6. Boyz N Da Hood 100-105k (debut)
7. Keyshia Cole 90-95k (debut)
8. Gwen Stefani 65-70k
9. System of A Down 60-65k
10. Kelly Clarkson 60-65k

Mariah's concert in Bonn, Germany has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales according to Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, and Eventim.de. The concert was meant to take place on July 12th and no other date has been scheduled instead. The event organizers promise refunds to those who have already bought tickets.

The concert in Karlsruhe, Germany will still take place as scheduled on July 9th.

According to Tivoli by phone, a new Mariah concert has been scheduled for July 11th at Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark. This will be the first time Mariah will visit Denmark.

Here are Mariah's Billboard chart positions for the magazine's issue date July 2, 2005.

The Emancipation of Mimi 2
Billboard 200: #4 (Last Week #5)
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #1 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Top Internet Albums: #24 (Last Week #25)

We Belong Together
Billboard Hot 100: #2 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #1 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Pop 100: #2 (Last Week #3)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Adult Contemporary: #21 (Last Week #26)
Billboard Adult Top40: #31 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #2 (Last Week #4)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #2 (Last Week #3)

It's Like That
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: #45 (Last Week #34)
Billboard Pop 100: #49 (Last Week #48)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #45 (Last Week #46)
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Sales: #7 (Last Week #7)

Greatest Hits
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog: #16 (Last Week #13)

Mine Again
Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #24 (Debut)

"Mine Again" debuts on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart due to unsolicited airplay from a few stations.

In another strong catalog sales week for Mariah, "Greatest Hits" sells over 4,000 copies but falls to #16 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog chart due to an increase in the overall sales traffic. Here are Mariah's top sellers for the week ending June 19th, 2005:

1. Greatest Hits- 4,111 (+11%)
2. #1s- 2,661 (+6%)
3. Remixes- 592 (+8%)
4. Charmbracelet- 364 (+7%)
5. #1s (Video): 284 (+7%)
6. Music Box- 269 (+4%)
7. Butterfly- 254 (-2%)
8. Glitter- 188 (-)
9. Rainbow- 176 (+1%)
10. Around the World (Video)- 159 (+10%)
11. Daydream- 157 (+28%)
12. Mariah Carey- 135 (+19%)
13. Through the Rain- 80 (+3%)
14. Emotions: 43 (+30%)
15. MTV Unplugged- 21 (-13%)
16. Merry Christmas 11 (-8%)

According to Radio and Records, "We Belong Together" is positioned at:

-#1 for its first time ever on Pop Airplay this week overtaking Gwen Stefani by 9 plays, 8912 vs. 8903

-#1 on the Rhythmic Airplay chart with 7,159 plays, which is over 1,000 above #2 50 Cent

-#1 on the Urban chart from R. Kelly with 4,347 plays

-#4 on the Urban Adult Contemporary Chart with 1,143 plays

-#19 on the Adult Contemporary Chart with 426 plays

-#35 (debut) on the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart with 333 plays

Here are more positions for "We Belong Together" according to Hits Daily Double:

Mediabase Building Chart (6/27/2005)
CHR/POP - #1 (Last Week #2) with 5,234 plays.

CHR/Rhythmic - #1 (Last Week #1) with 4,213 plays.

Urban - #1 (Last Week #1) with 2,507 plays.

Urban A/C - #3 (Last Week #4) with 717 plays.

AOL Music Charts (6/10-6/16)
Top 11 Videos - #2 (Last Week #1) with 503,672 plays (Plays to date: 1,883,493)

Top 11 Songs - #2 (Last Week #1) with 511,144 plays (Plays to date: 8,345,972)

Top 11 Songs on Radio@AOL / Radio@Netscape - #1 (Last Week #2) with 123,445 audience impressions.

Launch Top 10 Music Charts
Top Videos - #1 (Last Week #1)

Top Radio Music - #1 (Last Week #1)

From Chart Beat:

IT'S CARRIE'S NATION: Underwood follows Mariah Carey at the summit, and Carey replaced Gwen Stefani. This is the first time three successive solo female artists have occupied the top spot without any featured acts since 2000. The three consecutive No. 1 songs by solo female artists in 2000 were "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet Jackson, "Music" by Madonna and "(Come On Over Baby) All I Want Is You" by Christina Aguilera.

IT'S CAREY'S NATION, TOO: The No. 1 debut of "Inside Your Heaven" by Carrie Underwood sends Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (Island) into second place on the Hot 100 after a four-week stay in pole position.

That makes "We Belong Together" Carey's longest-running No. 1 since "One Sweet Day," recorded with Boyz II Men, reigned for 16 weeks in 1995-96. But don't count Carey out yet. Based on airplay strength, "We Belong Together" could certainly return to No. 1.

From Billboard Daily Music News: To make way for Underwood's debut on the Hot 100, Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" drops to No. 2, but retains its bullet due to continued growth. The cut also improves its stand on the Pop 100, advancing 3-2, and holds onto its No. 1 post on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

From Hip-Hop/R&B/Soul: Fat Joe and his latest All Or Nothing set reigns in the No. 1 spot on the Top Rap Albums chart but can't quite repeat the takeover over on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums where he actually bumps Mariah Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi out of the No. 2 space to the No. 1 spot where she reigns yet again.

--Catch the "Days Of Our Lives" on July 5th at 1:00pm on NBC for a fun mention the show is doing as a tribute to Mariah's recent album success.

--Blender.com is conducting a poll asking "What’s your favorite record of the year so far?" Vote for Mariah's "The Emancipation of Mimi" here!

--This month's issue of Spin magazine examines the 100 best records of the past two decades and lists Mariah's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" as its 4th best!

4. "All I Want for Christmas Is You," Mariah Carey (feel-good hit of the Advent, 1994) -- Definitely the best Christmas song since "Christmas Wrapping" (the Waitresses), possibly the best Christmas song since "Jesus Christ" (Big Star), and arguably the best Christmas song since "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (various artists).

--From PC Magazine: Many of the ring tones seem to come directly from the Top 40 music charts. For instance, as of this week, the top five downloaded ring tones are Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Pretty Ricky's "Grind with Me," Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl," 50 Cent's "Just a Lil Bit" and Webbie's "Give Me That." Four of those tunes are in the top 10 on this week's Billboard singles chart.

--From NY Daily News: The Foos join Coldplay, System of a Down, White Stripes, Audioslave, the Dave Matthews Band, Rob Thomas, Nine Inch Nails and Bruce Springsteen as rock acts that have enjoyed No. 1, 2 or 3 debuts since late April. The only non-rock act to slip in at the top slot during that period was Mariah Carey. Her "Emancipation of Mimi" moved back to No. 1 during a guitar lull in the first week of June.

--From Argus Leader: Regardless, 2005 hasn’t been too different. Guys are once again dominating the headlines whether it’s rock (The Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails), rap (The Game, 50 Cent) or country (Toby Keith, Cowboy Troy). Certainly, there are a few female artists who trump their gender opposites – Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, etc. – but the rest are mostly affirmative action handouts to appease the femi-nazis in our PC nation.

--From Newsday: When it comes to top-notch froth, Blender is the mag to beat. The features on divas such as Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey were not just deee-liciously dishy, they were brilliantly crafted. Plus, Blender's reviews are well-informed, fun to read and mercifully free of the rock-crit blather designed to impress other critics.

USA
--iTunes update: Top 100 Songs: "We Belong Together" at #3; Top 100 Albums: "The Emancipation of Mimi" at #21.

--"We Belong Together" Mediabase update as of 6/22/2005: 237.785M audience impressions, 24,398 spins.

--On VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, "We Belong Together" takes the #2 spot this week after topping the countdown last week. Let's put the video back to #1! Cast your vote online in VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown Message Board.

--Mariah was champion on the "Battle of the Beats" at Boston, MA's JAMN 94.5 for the second straight night.

--"Shake It Off" was played at 8:40pm on Z107.9, Cleveland's home for blazin' hip hop and R&B in Cleveland, Ohio. The song was also played earlier tonight on Kansas City's Z95.7 KCHZ, a CHR/Pop radio station.

Australia
--"We Belong Together" is the #1 single at HMV nationally!

--MariahOZ celebrates the single release of "We Belong Together" in Australia by running an exclusive competition. Predict where "We Belong Together" will land on the ARIA Top40 Singles Chart and get a chance to win great, rare prizes! For more information, visit MariahOZ.com.

--Mariah Connection Australia is also running a competition. If you purchase "We Belong Together" commercial CD single(s) between Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, June 25, you may be one of the lucky ones to win fun prizes from MariahConnection Australia. For more details about the contest, visit MariahConnection Australia. International fans can buy the commercial single from the Australian online outlets, HMV or Sanity Music.

Canada
--Mariah tops this week's countdown on FLOW 935.5, Canada's largest urban radio station. Keep requesting by sending an email to request@flow935.com.

--"We Belong Together" moves up from #11 to #8 this week on the CHUM FM Chart, MuchMusic's Today's Hits radio station. The song has also risen from #22 to #19 on MuchMusic Countdown. Keep requesting by sending an email or voting online at Poweshift.

--"The Emancipation of Mimi" falls one spot to #15 on the Nielsen Soundscan Charts, Canada's National Chart. "We Belong Together" moves up nine spots from #22 to #13 on the airplay charts, while staying at #3 on the Canadian CHR/Pop chart.

China
--Mariah's first single, "It's Like That" has been on top of the International Singles chart at Shanghai Music Television for two weeks. The VJ says the new album is the most successful in recent years. Music Television is the most popular show in Southeast of China.

--A double celebration! Mariah China is hosting a party to celebrate the release of Mariah's new album, "The Emancipation of Mimi" in China and the 6th year anniversary of their site on July 17 & 18, 2005. To find out how to partake in the celebration, logon to Mariah China.

El Salvador
--"We Belong Together" is at #7 in its third week on Las 11 del 11 on La Femenina 102.5 FM. The song debuted at #11 two weeks ago, and was #9 last week. "We Belong Together" debuted exactly the same week that "It's Like That" dropped out the chart after eight weeks on the chart and peaking at #3. Request "We Belong Together" by calling 22-24-2411 or sending a text message to 1025.

France
--"We Belong Together" is currently at #19 on Skyrock radio. French fans, please vote for the song by clicking here.

--Request "We Belong Together" on NRJ by sending an email to anims@nrj.fr. NRJ is the most popular station in France.

Germany
"We Belong Together" has risen 7-3 on TRL Germany. Make Mariah #1 in Germany. Click here to vote for Mariah now!

Greece
According to the Greek IFPI charts, "The Emancipation of Mimi" drops nine spots from #16 to #25, while "It's Like That" drops four from #15 to #19.

Italy
"The Emancipation of Mimi" has dropped a massive twenty-seven spots from last week's #66 to #93 this week.

New Zealand
"It's Like That" has moved up two places from #26 to #24 on the New Zealand charts. The album, The Emancipation of Mimi" has also moved up two places to #28. "We Belong Together" is doing really well on C4, it's been in the Top 5 Most Requested Song since its release three weeks ago.

South Africa
--This week on 5FM radio: "It's Like That" slips a notch to #2 on Top 40, and ten places to #12 on High 5@5. "We Belong Together" on the other hand, climbs a massic twelve positions to enter the Top 20 at #20 on World Chart Show.

--East Coast Radio: On the Top 20, "It's Like That" drops eight spots to #13 while "We Belong Together" jumps eight places from its debut at 16 last week to #8 this week! On the station's Global Hot Hits Chart, "It's Like That" slips seven spots to #28 while "We Belong Together" climbs four places to #14.

--MTV Base Africa: The videos to "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" have been getting regular spins on MTV Base Africa. Click on the link to vote on the Request Show.

Switzerland
--"The Emancipation of Mimi" rises sixteen spots from #73 to #57! "It's Like That" also rises #62-#50 in the Singles chart.

--"We Belong Together" is #21 on the Viva airplay chart. Swiss fans, keep requesting "We Belong Together" on your local radio stations and music channels.

UK
--On the Core control chart, "We Belong Together" climbs three places from #7 to #4! Continue to vote for the song by sending a text message to 0797 0646 566 (start message with core request), they will text you back when they will play it. Or register online Core Fresh Hits and vote for "We Belong Together." Registration is free, regardless of where your computer is based.

--Midweek figures say "The Emancipation of Mimi" is at #10 from #17. The album has sold 114k so far. Keep up your purchases and requests! Keep texting Core (0797 0646 566) and call The Box (09058 171717) to request "We Belong Together."

Jennifer Lopez was reportedly overheard having a conversation with friends at a club in LA. The singer reportedly said that she is very unhappy with sales of her latest album and cites the single "It's Like That" by Mariah Carey being released one day after "Get Right" as part of the reason. "She was bitching about how Mariah could have waited." The source added, "It was like she believed the album could have done better if Mariah didn't overshadow her first single. After her friends started laughing, she began to laugh about it also." Poor J.Lo. Here's a reality check, sweetie. Your album took a beating because of that god-awful "Hold You Down." Maybe there is hope in the next single, "Step Into My World."