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Mariah Carey is Engaged to Billionaire James Packer

The Australian business mogul popped the question with a 35-carat diamond ring. (Yes, 35 carats!)
Mariah Carey is Engaged to Billionaire James Packer
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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Mariah Carey is headed down the aisle!

The “We Belong Together” Grammy-winnnig singer is engaged to her Australian business mogul man James Packer, E! News reports. Carey and Packer began dating after meeting in Aspen at a Hercules premeire in 2014.

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Packer popped the question in New York with a beautiful 35-carat-diamond ring!

One more time for Mariah Carey’s ROCK https://t.co/X1Wud0c6Dk pic.twitter.com/7wjLMltxtk

— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) January 22, 2016

This is the third marriage for both Carey and Packer.

Carey was married to former manager Tommy Motola from 1993-1997. She and actor Nick Cannon married in 2008 and welcomed twins before their separation in 2014. Packer has three children from his marriage to Erica Baxtor which lasted from 2007-2013.

Congrats to the happy couple!