Carey still in shock at Obama win

Mariah Carey has admitted that she is still in shock at Barack Obama's election victory.

The singer told Hello! magazine that Obama's win last month represents how far US race relations have come since her parents got married.

She said: "I'm still so stunned by it. Obama becoming President is just the most incredible achievement.

"My mum is Irish and my dad was African-American/Venezuelan, and when my parents got married they weren't allowed to be together in a lot of American states. It was illegal because they were an inter-racial couple."

Carey claimed that America is experiencing a "feeling of hope" anticipating Obama's presidency.

"When I look at this, and I think about my grandmother, my great-grandmother and my mum, who was heavily involved in civil rights, it makes me tear up," she said.

"It makes me so emotional as for once we did the right thing and everyone got involved. People saw past the race thing and the world seems better already. There's a real feeling of hope."