Mariah Carey Connection

UK RELEASE – FEBRUARY 7th (digital album) & FEBRUARY   8th (physical CD)

Some of the   biggest names in UK and American music have joined forces to record an   emotive cover of the REM classic “Everybody Hurts”, to raise money for   charities supporting the relief efforts in Haiti. The final line up of  featured artists is; Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams, Kylie,   Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, Miley Cyrus, Take That, Joe   McElderry, Cheryl Cole, JLS, Mika, Michael Bublé, James Blunt, James   Morrison, Susan Boyle, and Westlife.

The single   will split all proceeds 50/50 between DEC (Disasters Emergency   Committee) and The   Sun newspaper’s “Helping Haiti’ appeal. Prime Minister Gordon Brown   has pledged to waive VAT on the single. The Haitian earthquake, which   occurred on 12th January 2010 measuring a catastrophic 7.0 on the   richter scale, is already estimated to have caused the deaths of over   250,000 people. 250,000 are in need of urgent aid  and   more than 2 million people are estimated homeless and in need of long   term support to help rebuild their lives.

Disasters   Emergency Committee, Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said: “We are   absolutely delighted to help those recording, producing and buying this   charity single make a difference in Haiti.  More and more water, food,   household items and medical supplies are getting through to the   earthquake survivors.  Buying the charity single will greatly aid our   work and help us work with survivors in Haiti to rebuild new lives from   the ruins.”

Simon Cowell   who is organizing the recording and release of the record for Haiti   said: “We have a short time to do this but already we are getting some   fantastic support. Right now this is an absolute priority for us all,   the people of Haiti need as much help as we can give them as soon as   possible, every day the situation becomes more desperate” 

Pre-order your single NOW at HMV.com, Amazon.co.uk & Play.com

Source: MariahCarey.Com