Claim: Mariah Carey is a performer.

The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 under the high patronage of Albert II , Prince of Monaco and is based in Monte-Carlo . Awards are presented to the world 's best-selling artists in the various categories and to the best-selling artists from each major territory . Sales figures are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry -LRB- IFPI -RRB- . Nine awards are voted online by the public . The awards are gold-plated , each depicting an artist holding the world .