Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You Tour' Begins in the U.K.

Global superstar, vocal phenomenon and international icon Mariah Carey tonight kick started the U.K. leg of the hugely successful and critically acclaimed All I Want For Christmas Is You Tour in Nottingham. Dazzling the audience, All I Want For Christmas Is You Tour is a breath-taking performance dovetailing Mariah Carey's most celebrated and adored festive anthems, classic catalogue as well as new hits from the critically acclaimed album Caution.

After wowing fans across the European continent including shows in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen to name a few, Mariah Carey arrives in the U.K. as All I Want For Christmas Is You re-enters the Official Top 40 Chart.

Mariah Carey's holiday opus, "Merry Christmas" is the perennial bestselling global holiday album, having sold over 14 million copies worldwide to date. This week Mariah Carey became the first artist to replace herself at No. 1 on the Top R&B albums chart since its inception in 2012 - "Merry Christmas" leaps to #1 on the Billboard Top R&B album chart in the U.S., which was previously help by her critically acclaimed fifteenth studio album, Caution.

Tickets for the remaining Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You Tour dates are available at www.livenation.co.uk

Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist of all time with more than 200 million albums sold to date and eighteen U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles, more than any solo artist in history. The superstar is synonymous with Christmas thanks to #1 timeless classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The evergreen holiday smash hit, which she wrote and produced early in her career is the annual bestselling holiday single, hitting #1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs, Holiday Hot 100 and Holiday Streaming Songs charts.

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Tickets on sale now at www.livenation.co.uk

10 December U.K., Leeds First Direct Arena
11 December U.K., London The O2
13 December Holland, Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
14 December Belgium, Brussels Forest National
17 December Spain, Madrid WiZink Center

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