Mariah Carey engaged

Mariah Carey is planning to wed again after accepting boyfriend James Packer's proposal.

The Australian billionaire asked the singer to be his wife during a private dinner in New York on Thursday (21Jan16), which was also attended by her closest friends.

The couple has been dating since June (15) and spent much of last summer touring around Europe and the Middle East on Packer's luxury yacht.

Both Carey, 45, and Packer, 48, have been married before - the singer was previously wed to music executive Tommy Mottola and actor/entrepreneur Nick Cannon, while Packer divorced model and singer Erica Baxter in 2013.

Mariah has twins from her marriage to Cannon, while her new fiance has three young children with his ex-wife.