Mariah Carey Connection

As autumn leaves begin to fall, interna­tional superstar Mariah Carey puts the finishing touches on MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU, her second career album of holiday tunes, arriving November 2nd on the Island Def Jam Music Group. Highlighting the long-awaited new album is a brand new recording of Mariah’s all-time standard, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

In addition to traditional yuletide fare – “The First Noel,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “O Come All Ye Faithful” and more – MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU also contains four original songs composed by Mariah, including the new single, “Oh Santa,” and many more surprises for the fans. Producers on the new album include American Idol’s Randy Jackson, multi-platinum hit-making producer Jermaine Dupri, James Poyser (acclaimed producer for Aretha Franklin, The Roots, Lauryn Hill and more), and five-time Oscar nominee and Grammy/Tony/Emmy award winning composer Marc Shaiman.

Since it was first released, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” written by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, has become one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season, and continues to set sales records each year. The song hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles Recurrents chart every year from 2005 to 2008. After ringtones began to be charted in 2006, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” hit #1 for the next three consecutive holiday seasons. It became the first seasonal Mastertone to be certified RIAA gold (2006) and RIAA platinum (2007), and is ranked as the top-selling seasonal ringtone of all-time. “All I Want For Christmas is You” was the featured single from MERRY CHRISTMAS, which has sold over 12 million to date.

MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU is Mariah Carey’s 13th studio album, and follows up her worldwide multi-million-selling Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (released September 2009), her multi-platinum E=MC² (2008), and worldwide 10 million selling The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005).

“Merry Christmas II You is my Christmas gift to all my fans. I wanted you to be the first ones I share this tracklisting with. I’m so excited about it, I hope you love it and enjoy it for years to come!!! LYM4E!!!” …Mariah Carey

Official tracklisting to Merry Christmas II You
1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Intro)
2. Oh Santa!
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy Medley
4. Christmas Time Is In The Air Again
5. The First Noel / Born is the King (Interlude)
6. When Christmas Comes
7. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Housetop Celebration
8. Charlie Brown Christmas
9. O Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chorus feat. Patricia Carey
10. O Holy Night – Live from WPC in South Central Los Angeles
11. One Child
12. All I Want for Christmas is You – Extra Festive
13. Auld Lang Syne – The New Year’s Anthem

Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas II You is now available to pre-order in a number of territories across the globe:

USA
Digital: Amazon MP3 (bonus “Oh Santa” remix)  | iTunes (bonus “Oh Santa” remix) | Amazon MP3 (Standard) | 7 Digital | Rhapsody
Walmart Exclusive: Standard edition of the album, a Die Cut Ornament and 5 Holiday Cards
HSN Exclusive: CD/DVD Combo
Collectors Edition: Amazon USA | Barnes & Noble |  Best Buy
Standard Edition: Amazon USA  | Barnes & Noble  | Best Buy | Target | Walmart

United Kingdom
Digital: 7 Digital | HMV Digital | Play Digital | Amazon UK | Amazon UK (bonus “Oh Santa!” remix) | iTunes UK | iTunes UK (Deluxe Edition featuring Oh Santa! remix & Merry Chistmas II You Video)
Deluxe Edition: Play UK | HMV UK | Amazon UK
Standard Edition: Amazon UK | Play UK | HMV UK | CD WOW | Zavvi | Woolworths | WHSmith

Japan
HMV Japan | CD Japan | Tower Records | Amazon Japan | iTunes Japan

Australia

Digital: iTunes (Standard) | iTunes (Deluxe) | Bandit FM | BigPond Music | Get Music | Optus Music Store | Nokia Ovi Store
Deluxe Edition: JB Hi Fi | BigW | Chaos | Sanity
Standard Edition: BigW | Chaos | JB Hi Fi | GetMusic | Sanity

Holland
Digital: iTunes | 7 Digital
Deluxe Edition: Music Store | Kroese Online | Free Record Shop
Standard Edition: Music Store | Kroese Online | Free Record Shop

Ireland
Play Europe (Standard) | Play Europe (Deluxe) | CD WOW | iTunes Ireland (Deluxe Edition) | iTunes Ireland | Play Digital 

France
Amazon France | FNAC (Standard) | FNAC (CD/DVD)

Germany
Digital: Media Markt | Amazon (Standard) | Amazon (Exclusive Edition – ft Oh Santa! Low Sunday Edit) | 7 Digital (Standard) | iTunes (Standard)
Deluxe: Amazon Standard: Amazon

Canada
Digital: 7 Digital | iTunes Canada
CD: Amazon Canada (Standard) | Amazon Canada (Deluxe)

Italy
Digital: iTunes (Standard) | iTunes (Deluxe)
Deluxe: IBS | FNAC
Standard: IBS | FNAC

New Zealand
Mighty Ape |  iTunes (Standard) | iTunes (Deluxe)

Norway
Platekompaniet | CDON

Sweden
CDON

Denmark
CDON

Finland
CDON

Belgium
Digital: iTunes Deluxe Edition: Free Record Shop Standard Edition: Free Record Shop

Poland
FaN Sklep z Muzyką

Make sure you pass the pre-order links to all your family & friends or tweet/status update the following message on your social networking pages:

Make Mariah Carey yours this Christmas - Order new album NOW: http://tinyurl.com/34fxjqe (inc. international order links)

Source: Mariah Connection | Thanks to Tina