Mariah Carey has revealed she is already planning children. The singer - who married rapper Nick Cannon last week in the Bahamas following a six-week romance - says children could be on the cards.

She said: "It's part of the whole purpose of getting married. I just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could."

Mariah Carey has confirmed she is married. The 'Touch My Body' singer admits she has never been happier since tying the knot with rapper Nick Cannon on April 30.

Mariah, who met Nick while shooting the video for her new single 'Bye Bye' six weeks ago - told People magazine: "We really do feel we are soulmates. I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me!"

With her new album release just a few weeks before Madonna's, what's Mariah Carey got to do to win over the charts? Why, get married of course!

Carey's impromptu marriage to actor/rapper Nick Cannon in the Bahamas caused quite a stir, probably exactly what Mimi needs to steal Madonna's thunder, now that the latter's "Hard Candy" has just knocked out her "E=MC2."

It is official, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are married. So married, in fact, that their wedding picture appears on the cover of this week's People Magazine, putting an end to speculation about whether the couple married or not.

Inside the magazine, Carey and her new husband share the details of their six-week whirlwind romance that ended in a surprise wedding. They also show off their new tattoos, talk about their plan for kids and give details on Nick's candy-themed proposal.

Mariah Carey is "over the moon" about her marriage. The singer's friend Andre Leon Talley, the editor of Vogue magazine, revealed the 38-year-old singer is "so happy" following her nuptials to rapper Nick Cannon.

He said: "She is very happy. I've spoken with her and she is superb. She is over the moon. I received an email from her and she is so happy. She really sounds like someone on her honeymoon."

A bishop from the National Church of God in the Caribbean has confirmed that he presided over the wedding of singer Mariah Carey to Nick Cannon. There has been speculation for many days over whether or not Carey, 39, and Cannon, 27, have indeed tied the knot.

According to People.com, Bishop Clifford Petty, whose church is based in Eleuthera, in the town of Governor's Harbour, married the couple. He did not say where the wedding took place.