LOS ANGELES — Top-selling recording artist
Mariah Carey and popular rap singer and actor Nick Cannon
married this week in the Bahamas, according to several media
reports.
The New York Post said on Thursday the pair
wed in a secret ceremony in front of family and friends at
Carey’s house in Eleuthera, citing a source close to Carey.
Latina.com, the Web site for Latina
magazine, cited a source near Cannon as saying the nuptials
took place on Wednesday, and In Touch Weekly said Cannon had
designed a $2.5 million ring he gave to his new bride.
The reports could not be immediately
confirmed and representatives for Carey and Cannon did not
return e-mails or phone calls for comment.
Carey, 38, recently released the No. 1
single "Touch My Body" off her album "E=MC2," which also
debuted on record charts as the best-selling album in
mid-April. She has enjoyed tremendous success as a recording
artist starting in 1990 with her self-titled debut album.
Cannon, 11 years younger than Carey, has
acted on television and in films such as 2002’s "Drumline" and
"Shall We Dance?" and he made his singing debut with a
self-titled album in 2003 and followed up in 2006 with
"Stages."
The pair met when Cannon directed a video
for her recent single, "Bye, Bye," and have been dating for
several weeks, according to reports.
Carey was married previously to record executive Tommy
Mottola, but they divorced in 1998. It is Cannon’s first
marriage.
