"A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time."


"Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go."



"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."


"I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere."


"I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to."


"I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do."


"I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands."


"I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is."


"I prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don't even think about what I've achieved, I haven't focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don't know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven't marvelled at it."


"I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid."


"I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am."


"If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count."


"If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through."


"In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best."


"It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me."

Has signed a lucrative deal with soft drinks giant Pepsi which will see her write and produce 20 exclusive ringtones and star in TV commercials to promote the fizzy drink. (April 21, 2006)

Has signed a licensing deal with Elizabeth Arden to market a scent of her own. (April 8, 2006)

Insists rapper Snoop Dogg is bigger diva than her that she decided not to fly Dogg out to Paris to film the promo for her latest single, Say Somethin.' (March 24, 2006)

Is set to appear in independent drama TENNESSEE. (March 1, 2006)

Is reportedly furious with producers of the Grammy Awards because they selected Madonna to open the ceremony instead of her. (February 9, 2006)

Says she doesn’t like eating in public and instead enjoys eating in bed while wearing a bib.

Carey and Janet Jackson are being lined up to record a duet - Record producer Jermaine Dupri, boyfriend of Jackson and producer of Carey's hit comeback album, The Emanicipation of Mimi, wants to record the two divas together. (February 1, 2006)

Was no. 5 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005.

Her album 'The Emancipation of Mimi' is bestselling album of 2005.

Pays for her pet pooch Jack Russell to fly privately.

A thief stole her gold record from her dressing room just moments after it was presented to her at Germany’s Bambi Award ceremony. (December 8, 2005)

Has recently asked toymakers to make 3,000 miniatures dolls looking like her. (November 17, 2005)

Will on November 15 re-release her phenomenally successful album ‘The Emancipation Of Mimi’ with four new tracks. (October 17, 2005)

Is said to be planning to move to England as she has instructed three top estate agents to find the perfect country pad for her by next year. (September 19, 2005)

Was romantically linked to newly single star Eddie Murphy, after the pair were spotted together at a top Miami, Florida nightclub. (August 31, 2005)