'LOID RAGE Cannon, Carey, cover (Photo: People.com)

Mariah Carey, or the promotions people pushing her new record, had a vision of love. And http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20198292,00.html " target="_blank">People, it seems, made the winning bid for a share in that vision.

The mag, though typically out on newsstands later than its lower-brow bretheren scores the scoop this week with pics and quotes from inside the couple's secret marriage. The songbird, 38 (39 if you're reading OK!), wed playboy Nick Cannon after less than a month/five weeks/two years on a private island in the Bahamas on April 30—without even signing a prenup to protect her $225 million! And almost no one—not their friends, not their families, not relationship experts currently not treating the couple—gives them more than a few months before they'll be saying "Bye, Bye."

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