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Mariah Carey: The Celebration of MIMI in Manila

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<p>It has been seven years since American songstress<strong> Mariah Carey </strong>set foot in the country. It was definitely worth the wait when the diva performed at the sold-out <strong>SM Mall of Asia Arena</strong> on October 14, 2025 in front of her Filipino “Lambs,” the term she uses to call her devoted fans.</p><p>&quot;<strong>The Celebration of Mimi&quot;</strong> marks Mariah’s fourth Manila gig. She has performed for her Pinoy fans in 2003’s &quot;Charmbracelet World Tour,&quot; 2014’s &quot;The Elusive Chanteuse Show,&quot; and in 2018’s &quot;Live in Concert.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580069966All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580484946All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion (6).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p><strong>Metro.Style</strong> got invited to see the spectacle of her show—&quot;The Celebration of Mimi,&quot; in celebration of the 20th anniversary of her multi-platinum selling album, &quot;The Emancipation of Mimi,&quot; which yielded the #1 hits “We Belong Together” and “Don’t Forget About Us.”</p><p>&quot;The Emancipation of Mimi&quot; was released in 2005 and considered her “magnus opus.”</p><p>Originally planned as a Las Vegas-exclusive residency at the Dolby Live in 2024, the demand grew bigger thus the need to expand the show internationally in China and Brazil in the same year, and this year, in Asia, Europe, and Australia.</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580206047All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion (1).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580371686All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion (4).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p style="text-align:left">Mariah opened the show with “<strong>Type Dangerous</strong>” from her newest release, <em><strong>Here For It All</strong></em>, and her number ones: “<strong>Emotions</strong>,” “<strong>Touch My Body</strong>,” “<strong>Can’t Let G</strong><strong>o</strong>,” and “<strong>Vision of Love</strong>.”</p><p>Mariah Carey announced her sixteenth studio album,<em> Here For It All</em>. The show continued with a string of hits from the ‘90s to the 2000s from “<strong>Hero</strong>,” “<strong>Fantasy</strong>,” “<strong>My All</strong>,” “<strong>Always Be My Baby</strong>”<strong></strong> to her <em><strong>Emancipation</strong></em> songs such as “<strong>Your Girl</strong>,” “<strong>It’s Like That</strong>,” and “<strong>We Belong Together</strong>.”</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580433808All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion (8).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580447747All We Want is Mariah Carey! 👑✨Manila celebrated The Celebration of MIMI in true Mariah fashion (7).jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p style="text-align:left">The Filipino crowd got an early Christmas treat when the diva performed her holiday classic, “<strong>All I Want For Christmas Is You</strong>.”</p><p>Mariah Carey ‘The Celebration of Mimi’ was presented by<strong> Wilbros Live</strong>.</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><strong>Watch the event highlights below:</strong></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP2rWpJknQS/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A7599885.200000018%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="857" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><br/></div><p style="text-align:left">Photos from <strong>Wilbros Live</strong></p>

<p>Mariah Carey performed at the sold-out SM Mall of Asia Arena to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her multi-platinum selling album "The Emancipation of Mimi," plus the “Songbird Supreme” surprised Filipino fans with a performance of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”</p>

Mariah Carey performed at the sold-out SM Mall of Asia Arena to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her multi-platinum selling album "The Emancipation of Mimi," plus the “Songbird Supreme” surprised Filipino fans with a performance of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

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