Mariah Carey plans to marry again next year

Mariah Carey says she plans to marry new husband Nick Cannon again next year -- but it won't be so hush hush.

"Instead of trying to be like, 'you're invited, but, shhh, don't tell anybody,' we're just going to have another [wedding] next year," Carey told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Tuesday. "[Nick's] plan is to have one every year."

Those who attended her top-secret ceremony last month were "mainly people there to do my hair and help me with the dress." The happy couple only brought along three friends each because, "we wanted to be on the beach and we didn’t want other people taking pictures," said Carey.

And on the shock of the rumors her wedding was a publicity stunt, the 'Touch My Body' singer told DeGeneres, "We both experienced the hoopla of trying to make something a publicity stunt, which is what everybody thinks, and will think anyway, but we don't really care about that.

"My parents divorced when I was three and I didn't have many examples of what was the 'norm,' " she says. But with Cannon, she says, "I found the right person."