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Mariah Carey announces Christmas tour
She will be back spreading Christmas joy with the All I Want for Christmas Is You tour.
Christmas has come early as global superstar Mariah Carey prepares for the return of her hugely successful tour, All I Want for Christmas Is You. She’ll be playing in Nottingham on 9 December, Leeds on 10 December and the iconic O2 in London on 11 December.
She dazzled audiences with this tour last year and received rave reviews from fans and critics across the globe.
Carey is the bestselling female artist of all time, having sold more than 220 million records to date as well as scoring two UK No.1s, 24 UK top 10s and a record-breaking 18 Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles including songs such as We Belong Together, Hero and Touch My Body. The record makes her the biggest-selling artist with the most No.1s for any solo artist.
One of her biggest song is the timeless, evergreen All I Want for Christmas Is You, written and produced by Carey, and it continues the climb the charts every single Christmas.
She has also released a holiday album called Merry Christmas, which is currently the bestselling global holiday album of all times, having sold over 14 million copies to date.
Her distinctive five-octave range and her ability to write hit after hit has made her the all-star modern day pop star. Her voice and talent have been recognised as she’s won five Grammy awards (having been nominated for 34) and 21 American Music Awards. She’s also received awards celebrating her achievements and the longevity of her career, such as the World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium and Billboard’s Artist of the Decade Award.
As well as one for celebrating Christmas, dressed in her sequins and fur, the pop icon was also a performer on the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, where she helped to ring in 2018 by performing her ’90s songs such as Vision of Love in New York City.
In addition to making an impact on the music industry, she took a hand at acting, having critically acclaimed roles in films Precious and Lee Daniels’ The Butler.
Carey also made her directorial debut in 2015 with the film, A Christmas Melody, which she starred in too.
Her screen presence doesn’t stop there as in 2016, she gave her fans a chance to see what happens behind the scenes of her life with a reality-style documentary on E! called Mariah’s World.
More recently, Mariah dropped new track GTFO.
Here are all the dates on Mariah Carey’s new tour in full:
9 December 2018 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
10 December 2018 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
11 December 2018 – The O2, London
Tickets for Mariah Carey go on sale at 9:00 on Friday 28 September 2018 through Ticketmaster.co.uk.
