Mariah Carey will turn New York’s Empire State Building pink and purple
today (04/25/08).

The iconic skyscraper will lit up in lavender, pink and white – the colors
featured on the cover for Mariah’s new album ‘E=MC2’ – to celebrate the
singer’s successful career.

The honor is also to mark her new record entering the Billboard chart after
selling 463,000 copies - the most in her career so far.

Mariah will attend the lighting ceremony in the lobby of the Empire State
Building at 1pm today, when she will flip the switch to light up a mini
replica of the statue.

The New York landmark will then remain lavender, pink and white for the
entire weekend.

A press release announcing the event read: “The Empire State Building, a New
York Landmark, will shine in lavender, pink and white in honor of a great
New Yorker and her number one album ‘E=MC2’.”

Mariah first shot to fame with her debut album 'Mariah Carey' in 1990. She
has since had 10 studio albums.

Her latest record 'E=MC2' features the hit single 'Touch My Body'.

The Empire State Building, which was built in 1931, is lit in different
colors to correspond with national holidays.

On Irish national celebration day St. Patrick’s Day, it features green
lights, and on romantic holiday St. Valentine’s Day it is lit in red, pink
and white lights.

Since she's already had her legs supersized to a 16-foot leg statue there's nothing unusual about lighting the Empire State Building in her honor.

Flashback post from May 2006

Mariah Carey has insured her legs for $1 billion to represent the Gillette's Legs of a Goddess campaign. Carey shows off those stellar legs at a press conference in Radio City Music Hall earlier today complete with a 16-foot replica.