MARIAH GETS A MILLI FOR NEW YEAR'S GIG: Singer earns huge payday for working party on St. Bart's.

January 6, 2009

     *Mariah Carey was reportedly paid about $1 million to sing "three or four songs" at a New Year's Eve Party.

      Originally it was reported that the party was thrown by Saif Khadafy, the son of Libyan strongman Moammar Khadafy. However, Dominique Ellis, a rep for PR/communications firm Brown Lloyd James, informed EUR that Saif Khadafy was not in St Barts or connected with the event.

     According to the New York Daily News, the mini-concert was held at the Nikki Beach Club on the Caribbean island of St. Bart's.      

      "After counting down the seconds to midnight, Carey turned over the mike to Timbaland, who did some impromptu rapping with party guest Jay-Z, there with the lovely Beyonce," reported Page Six.

       "I've never seen Jay and Beyoncé having such a good time," added a spy. "They were hugging and waving their arms. It was out of control."