Mariah To Perform at Glamour Women Awards

Monday, November 5th. Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive resurfaces to host her magazine's Women of the Year event, featuring a gangbuster lineup of gals who will take the stage and make the audience cry and feel inspired and all damn womanly and powerful and strong (until they get home and watch The Bachelor, which they Tivo'd). This year's honorees include: Jennifer Garner, Donna Karan and Nancy Pelosi, with a special performance by Mariah Carey (she will not be stopped!).

The 18th Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards will be held at the Avery Fisher Hall, 65th Street and Broadway, 7pm, by invitation only.

YAY!! xD!

Mariah on Power 106's Big Boy's Neighborhood

Mariah called in to Power 106's "Big Boy's Neighborhood" in Los Angeles, California at about 5:45 this morning to promote her new fragrance, "M by Mariah Carey." During the phone interview with DJs Big Boy and Luscious Liz, Mariah also talked about her upcoming album. Click on the play button below to listen to the interview.

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Big Boy: I gotta go take this phone call right now. And I gotta take the phone call live because you don't get these phone calls all the time so I'm gonna make it happen right now and bring a friend of the neighborhood, into Big Boy's Neighborhood, ladies and gentlemen. Mariah Carey is in the hood.
Mariah Carey: Hey!
BB: Mariah, what's going on, love? How you doin'?
MC: Everything is just beautiful. How are you?
BB: I know it is. I'm doing very well, honey. It is a pleasure to talk to you this morning, Mariah.
MC: It's always a pleasure to talk to you. Everybody's good out there?
BB: Everybody is beautiful, alright. You know, let me tell you, we are waiting and anticipating the new album because it seems like as far as the album, it seems like not this is a fast turn-around but we didn't really have to wait as long as I thought we would have to wait for another Mariah Carey album.
MC: Well, I'm like...I'm still, first of all, thank you and I appreciate that. I'm like still in the middle of, not in the middle but just trying to fine-tune things. People don't understand it's just I'm like a perfectionist so it takes me a while to try and get it together. So that's what I'm doing right now.
BB: Do you have an actual date or guess-timate of when the album will drop?
MC: Yeah, I mean it's gonna have to be like the top of the year at this point which I'm like 'My God, I need to have a single,' you know.
Luscious Liz: Trust me, your fans are going 'hah' too. I can't wait to hear the music, Mariah.
MC: I really do. I really have like a couple of singles that I'm like I wanna put this out now, like about 3 different records but there's all different types of records that I have too so it's like it's an interesting project that's kind of like I'm excited about it so...
BB: Let me ask you this, Mariah. When it comes to Mariah, there's so many slashes when it comes to Mariah. Now, we just added another slash. This perfume line, the 'M by Mariah,' is this your first scent?
MC: Yes, it is. It is my first scent...I was not even a perfume wearer. Like, I don't even like fragrances. I know that sounds like, 'Okay, but you promoted a fragrance,' but the truth is the reason I did this is because I don't even like perfume that much. When it's like overwhelming and whatever. I'm not even a person that wears perfumes like that. So when I was talking to Elizabeth Arden and they were like, 'you could be really involved, you could be there from the beginning to the end of the process' It's up to you is basically what they told me. So I was like 'cool' so we just got together on every single aspect of it and I'm so excited about it 'cause it's just something I kind of always wanted to do but I never thought I'd be able to do like this, you know?
BB: Did you think especially when it came to the Macy's launch in New York, did you think like, 'man!' Just how overwhelming that was and just the number, how fast it sold out. Were you surprised by that, Mariah?
MC: I was surprised 'cause it was, I think it was the expensive package that sold out really quickly.
BB: Good Lord, have mercy. I ain't got it, I tell you.
MC: That's a big deal. People put their heart on the money and do that and that really, really means a lot. You know what I'm saying so it was a surprise, and it was a nice surprise, you know?
BB: And you gotta think, Mariah, when it comes to just Mariah fans, it's like Mariah's fans, they're die-hard, I guess. But also Mariah, with them being die-hard fans you don't just sell them anything or you don't just package your music and give them bull because you know they're gonna be there. Why is it so important for Mariah to make sure that her fans do receive the best?
MC: You know because I feel like my true fans they really, they know that when I get involved with a project, you know, as long as it's something within my control, I try to make it the best I can, you know what I mean? So this fragrance was like, it had started back when we first talked about me going on tour. Like we were working on it for that long. And I just didn't talk about it that much until we got closer and closer to the completion of it so it's like you know all the different elements that went into it like... you wouldn't believe how they have to do this stuff like literally like in one way it's like writing a song, and in another way, it's like learning like a science project.
BB: When it comes to '08 Mariah then it's gonna be another Mariah Carey year. For one, M by Mariah Carey we can find it, it's already gonna take over the holidays. And then after the holidays, you know we get a new Mariah Carey album in early '08, God willing hopefully.
MC: Yeah. We will, we will.
BB: And then that whole year is yours.
MC: I appreciate you saying that. You don't understand, I'm like, 'I just wanna play these songs to people and stuff.'
BB: We want you to come and play it, alright? You're Mariah Carey. Nobody can tell you. You can, come on Mariah!
MC: [Laughs] Nah, you know, I gotta do like all this stuff like people don't think about. You know but not everybody knows like we gotta mix the record, then we gotta master them, then they've gotta manufacture - all those like all that part of it so I'm just getting to this section where me and L.A. (Reid) and J.D. and whoever's gonna be really involved in the final, final decision-making and stuff. You know, we're just gonna start listening and start, unfortunately we have to eliminate some 'cause we already have like 16.
LL: Can you at least give us a little teaser of what some of the songs are about, Mariah?
BB: I want to let you know that it's gonna make it.
MC: There's some that I definitely know that are gonna make it. There's already like a guest appearance that I'm like very excited about. But they're telling me 'don't tell nobody.'
BB: I know. If we start naming, if we named the person, can you just bark or meow to us?
MC: You guys have those sound effects, you could do a bark or a meow and it wouldn't be me.
BB: No, we get the Mariah one. Is it Janet Jackson?
MC: What? Never mind. Sorry, that took me by surprise.
BB: Is it Janet Jackson?
MC: I thought you said you had a Janet sound. You know me, I'm not a morning person.
BB: Neither am I. They're gonna figure it out one day too, Mariah. Best believe that.
LL: Do you have a favorite song so far though on the album, Mariah that you're just like, 'Man, I can't wait for them to hear this one'?
MC: You know what? It's so funny 'cause it changes like every time I go to work on a new song. I'm like, 'Oh, this is my favorite.' I know that sounds like you know, 'Whatever, you're right. Everybody says that' but I still like...I'm pretty much, there's a couple of ballads that I'm like in love with and then on this record what I think is more...
LL: What does it sound like? Sing a little piece.
MC: Sing a little bit? If I'm not a morning talker, imagine how bad - I'm not a morning singer.
LL: You'll never sound bad.
BB: I don't know. I heard her sing bad one morning.
LL: No! You're right.
BB: Okay I did, but it sounded good. Go ahead. [laughs]
MC: Actually, I have to go to a studio after this, after we talk and that's gonna be like I'm trying to flip my schedule around so that's like uhh.
LL: See, you have to warm-up right now, you know? [laughs]
MC: I am.
BB: What about this Mariah Carey-Joan Rivers? Did that make it to the album?
MC: The Joan Rivers... I have not heard of that...
BB: Okay, just checking. Man, I heard that you and Oprah did a hot 16? You and Oprah did something?
MC: Oh yeah.
BB: There you go. Oprah is on the album, write that down.
MC: [Laughs]
BB: Mariah, we definitely thank you for the phone call this morning, baby girl. And we cannot wait to see you in the neighborhood and hopefully we'll see you in the neighborhood very soon, Mariah.
MC: You know, I love everybody. Please tell Eman that I said hello. Everybody, all my friends out there and I miss you and I can't wait to see you.
BB: We'll see very soon and when you come, come over here, I'm gonna smell your neck too. Best believe it. M by Mariah, ladies and gentlemen.
MC: I'll be bringing the nice box for the ladies and all the wives of the folks out there. For the ladies and everybody.
BB: MariahCareyBeauty.com. If you wanna go ahead and check it out. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Mariah we thank you little mami. You be good, okay?
MC: Thank you. I love you. I'll talk to you soon, okay?
BB: So you're right Mariah Carey, ladies and gentlemen.
Source: MariahDailyJournal | Kelly K

Mariah To Attend Jay-Z's 40/40 Opening in Vegas?

The night before New Year's Eve, on December 30, music superstars and romantic two-some, Jay Z and Beyonce will team for a once-in-a-lifetime special performance to celebrate the grand opening of his new 40/40 Club in the new Palazzo resort alongside the Venetian.

Jay-Z is already promising the biggest-ever one-night lineup of star power Vegas has ever experienced, with soccer supreme-o David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife, Victoria Beckham joined by such sports world headliners as Michael Jordan, Alex Rodriguez, Magic Johnson, Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, Patrick Ewing and Shaquille O'Neal. Also expected from the record industry are VIPs Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri, plus TV leaders Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart with Serena Williams and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Source: Las Vegas Magazine MariahDailyJournal

Mariah on Los Angeles' Power 106 Tomorrow!

Mariah will be on Power 106's morning show, "Big Boy's Neighborhood" tomorrow, October 31st. Hosted by Big Boy and Luscious Liz, the show airs from 5:00am - 10:00am. Power 106 is the #1 Hip-Hop/R&B station in Los Angeles, California.
Source: MariahDailyJournal

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Ringle Release

Mariah's Christmas classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is being re-released by Sony/Legacy Recordings as a ringle on November 27, 2007. Ringles are released in stores as a CD with a slip-sleeve cover including a hit song, bonus tracks and a code to allow buyers to go online and download a "free" ringtone of the main song.

Tracklisting
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You
(JD remix animated)
2. Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Ringle (Catalog #: 88697196852) is now available for pre-order at amazon.com for $5.98.

Updates From Germany & Kuwait

Germany. Mariah was featured in the October 25th issue of In Touch magazine, pages 48 & 49.


Mariah Loves Butterflies
Mariah Carey (38). One day without butterflies? Inconceivable for this singer... Mariah Carey is wild about these tender little creatures - butterflies! She even decorates her whole body with butterfly accessories. From glitter patterns on her back to rings and necklaces, she's got it all. How did she become that passionate about butterflies? "It all happened coincidentally 'cause I actually hadn't been that much into butterflies in the past. Shortly before breaking up with my former husband, I wrote a song entitled 'Butterfly'", recalls the popstar. "When I later left the house that we had bought together, when I spread my wings to be free, I suddenly noticed a tiny butterfly imprinted in the middle of my coat. I thought to myself, 'How funny!' and started wearing butterflies from that moment on." Meanwhile, butterflies have even become Mariah's own trademark.




Kuwait. "M by Mariah Carey" is now available at VaVaVoom and Debenhams stores. The 50 ml bottle is priced at 17 Kuwaiti Dinars (US$61) and the 100ml bottle at 23.500 Kuwaiti Dinars (US$84). Here are photos of the "M" display at VaVaVoom store in
Kuwait City.



Source: MariahDailyJournal | Mohammed

Mariah Interview With B96

Mariah called in to Chicago's B96 yesterday to promote her new fragrance, "M by Mariah Carey." Click on the play button below to listen to Mariah's phone interview with DJs Stylz & Roman.


Transcript:
MC: Hello!
B96: Mariah! There is the voice!
MC: Hi you guys!
B96: Oh, we love your voice, we love you, how are you doing?
MC: I'm doing flantastic, thank you.
B96: If you know Mariah Carey, you know she's always out in the press, so what was up with you? The View, The Today Show, 106 & Park - are you kidding me miss Mariah?
MC: There's a lot going on, a lot of things.
B96: Wait, we're forgetting the most important thing - the Stylz & Roman show on B96.
MC: Of course, you guys are!
B96: No, I think you are unbelievable. Not only you conquered music but right now I believe you're setting records with your new perfume line, it's called "M", and we're getting word that you sold out Macy's New York in 35 minutes?! It was the biggest launch ever in history?
MC: I mean, that was a blessing, and I was so grateful because I put so much work into this. Like I'm not even a perfume wearer, I'm not a fragrance girl, like I don't know the names of all these like.. whatever's out, I never have been into it, 'cause sometimes people just, they just go too far with it and you'd be like "okay... you got perfume on."
B96: That's the funny thing about it, most people wear perfume or cologne to get people's attention before they walk into a room. You don't need that at all, that's hot!
MC: [laughs] Thank you, it's so funny though, because when I was up at Elizabeth Arden, working with the people there who were so cool and really really nice. They were really just like allowing and wanting my input and I was like "this is cool" 'cause I wouldn't wanna put my name on something I wouldn't wanna wear. This is literally the first fragrance that I'm ever gonna wear and it's my own! So that's really cool. Literally every, they call them "notes", the different parts of the fragrance. The top note is kind of like, it's a little secret, but like a toasted marshmallow, it's subliminal, almost there, you're like "what's that taste, I can't quite figure out" - that would be it. Then there's the low note which is like the sensual more musky kind of note which is this incense, kind of like snuck back from Morocco awhile ago and I was like, "Can you guys match this?" 'cause I don't really like that many scents like that, you know what I mean? They did an amazing job. And then the middle note is the flower from Tahiti which is called the Tiare flower and it's like the most beautiful smell I've ever experienced. They actually went to Tahiti, got the extract of the flower, without even killing it.
B96: That's amazing, you know also, you say all these things that mean a lot, but like we've smelt it, and we're not just trying to stroke you, it's amazing! It just smells really really good, we sprayed it at our intern Drea, and now we are flirting with her more than we ever flirted before in our entire lives. That's good, it works!
MC: That's so funny, but it's been like that 'cause it smells different on everybody but it's just that some people like you pick up more of like the sensual note and on some people you'll smell different elements. You know that they actually have people who, what they do for living is, their skin is smelled for fragrances.
B96: I did not know that! Why did I become a DJ? I should have become that in life, what was I thinking?
MC: Seriously, I had these like... we did the meeting in my house and there were like a bunch of girls there and I was like, "Okay, what's this? What's going on here now?" And it was like everybody was just like so they could smell it on all the different people, different body chemistry or whatever.
B96: The good thing is too, also, like the bottle, everybody looks at you know the first image they get of things and the bottle is just beautiful, it's got patented butterfly like up on top, it's a purple mistique looking bottle and then when you open it up, it smells awesome! One of the great quotes I've read here in the press kit is and I quote "for me creating this scent was like creating a song, it takes many notes to compose a fragrance, it's like a beautiful melody." One of those things - you were comparing it to a song, and all the notes you were talking about, is like music for you, isn't it?
MC: It's definitely like music for me, and it's like, you know, I never thought it was gonna be like that. And all of a sudden they're talking to me about notes and I'm like "wait a minute, what do you mean? I'm making an album in the other room, what do you mean?" But it was cool though because I've learned so much and I was working with a team of people that are so, I mean, they're the biggest and best in the business, they're amazing and they were just really cool to me, they really wanted, they wanted me to feel a strong connection to this, and I do. And it's like, I don't think you have to be a fan of mine to like it, that's the cool thing. Like, even... you were talking about the bottle, people are coming up to me and are saying "the bottle is what drew me to it." And it wasn't even like a fan.
B96: It's a cool bottle for sure, and it's available at Macy's and other fine department stores and it's flying off the shelves, "M by Mariah Carey". And we gotta ask you though - is there a new CD coming out, Mariah? what's up with this?
MC: Yes, there is! And a friend of ours had a little sneak peek last night from unfinished songs...!
B96: He just said that if anything, it's 'The Emancipation of Mimi' part two because it's phenomenal and the world is gonna be shocked when they hear it.
MC: Awwww, I love him, you know I love him so much, like honestly, like having, like letting him listen to the record is helpful to me because I feel like sometimes I'm like, "He knows my music better than me." And so...
B96: I gotta let you know, his smile has never been so big before in his life, when he got back from hanging out with you in New York.
MC: We had the best time. We were up all night. I know he had to get on the plane and work and stuff.
B96: It sucks because he comes back and he's all modest, he's like, "Yeah, just hanging out with Mariah Carey". If that was me, I'd be texting everybody I know, I'd brag, I'd brag about that!
MC: You guys are so funny, you guys are hilarious!
B96: So Mariah, can we figure out when we're expecting the CD in stores? Do we have a date or any kind of time frame?
MC: Definitely the entire CD by the top of the year like January, February.
B96: And does that mean a single before then?
MC: Yes! If I don't put a single out soon, I'm gonna be really annoyed.
B96: And is the rumor true that B96 will be the first radio station in the world to have this single?
MC: Isn't it always?
B96: Yes, ma'am! Mariah Carey, thank you so much for taking the time out to call us, once again "M by Mariah Carey" is in Macy's and all fine department stores, and for real, Stylz & Roman - we endorse it, it smells amazing, any girl that wears it - we will date! We will hit on you, we will grab your butt if you're walking by! Don't forget, MariahCareyBeauty.com is the website you're pushing right now giving you details on the perfume as well, right?
MC: Yes, definitely.
B96: We love you Mariah!
MC: I love you, B96!
Source: B96 | Text: MariahDailyJournal

Interview Readers "Carey" On

The letters from readers below appear in the November 2007 issue of Interview magazine.

"I loved the September interview with Mariah Carey, and I couldn't help sending a quick note to corroborate the fact that she indeed loves her fans! One rainy Friday night this past June at Euro Disney in Paris, Carey was set to perform outside for the first annual One Mighty Party. The Elton John AIDS Foundation was the beneficiary of this special event, as we all waited for her to arrive, it began to rain harder and harder. However, Carey fans never left - they stood waiting for her to show up. When her car pulled in behind the stage, we were all standing there, drenched! She ran into a tent and emerged in a gorgeous white gown and a clear umbrella. (There was no cover on the stage.) After she began to sing, she quickly realized the umbrella was getting in the way, so she threw it aside and sang the rest of her set in the pouring rain. She did not disappoint!"
--Scott P. Campbell, Executive Director, Elton John AIDS Foundation

"I was shocked and disappointed to find nude Mariah Carey on the cover of your magazine. If I wanted pornography, I would subscribe to Playboy or a similar magazine. I was ashamed to have anyone see this in my home."
--Barbara L. Cox, Sun City, CA

"First of all I must say that, as usual, Interview remains one of my favorite magazines. I was surprised to see Mariah gracing your current cover. Reading the piece, I noticed that there is still that hint of insecurity in her (something I think we all have). I've met Mariah in person and spoken with her on several occasions, and as I read the interview, I felt like - for once - the person I remembered meeting was the same one doing the interview: the fun, smart, down-to-earth Mariah! She was open and honest and, in fact, almost seemed relaxed. The interview was both entertaining and fascinating - not the usual, boring let's-discuss-the-upper-register and what-a-villain-Tommy-Mottola-is. Mariah has always been about evolving, and she continues to do just that. She has always been ahead of the game, and despite some "bad lighting" and lack of film- and record- company support for Glitter [2001], it was not the worst film ever made. As Mariah says in the interview, the soundtrack included some of her best vocals yet, and real fans all over the world will not tell you anything different. Everyone makes movie mistakes (does anyone remember 2003's Gigli?). I was hesitant at first to read the interview because I have been a fan since 1990, and sometimes where Mariah is concerned it feels like the same story over and over - she winds up trying to explain and defend herself too much, when in reality she doesn't have to. Instead, Ingrid Sischy got the interesting side of Mariah - the side that Mariah's real fans know and love. I have never once read a more fascinating interview with her - a comfortable conversation where she seemed genuinely free. Who knows, maybe the butterflies I myself have been seeing lately were a sign to read the interview. P.S. The hot guys were nice to look at too - lucky M.C.!"
--Janel Spiegel via the Internet

"So it turns out that Mariah Carey isn't such a diva after all. While I've never been deeply enthralled with her music, I have to respect an artist who is so famously and intensely loved for so many years by her fans, not to mention the God-given quality of her voice. While the theory of the "emperor's new clothes" does apply to many popular pop artists, it seems like Mariah's devotees were correct to believe that she is, in fact, the real thing. Ingrid Sischy's interview with Mariah reveals a likable person of much more substance than one might have expected - you can't help but empathize with her struggles and applaud her growth and insight of recent years. She comes across as a humble and genuine person whose work is not all about the high notes she can hit and the skin she shows."
--Pearl Henley, Brooklyn

"As a sometime reader and more often skimmer, I find it's always a joy to discover that the seductive, hard-edged glamour and glitz of Interview is balanced by the all-so-human qualities of those being interviewed. Reading the Mariah Carey interview, I was struck by how much is revealed about the ordinariness of her life. It's what makes all of us unique."
--Alan Godwin via the Internet
Source: MariahDailyJournal

JD On MC

Dupri on Mariah in New Book
Jermaine Dupri reveals some behind-the-scenes stories about Mariah in his autobiographical book, "Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul" [now available at Amazon.com], excerpts are below.

Always Be My Baby [Working with Mariah for the First Time]
In 1995, I got a call from Sony's boss Tommy Mottola to come to New York, to do some producing for his wife at the time, Mariah Carey. I never worked with a pop diva before, so I was kinda surprised they wanted me there. I thought my style would be too street for her. But it turns out that having me up there was all her idea.

We first met at a Grammy party with Kris Kross a few years before. We talked about some kid she and her manager were thinking about signing but it never worked out. One of the Kris Kross guys was crushin' on her at the time and was all excited about meeting her, but that period was a blur for me. Or maybe I just wasn't all that impressed back then.

For a minute Mariah - or MC as I like to call her - had been itching to do something different from the usual safe stuff that her label wanted her to stick with. But every time she suggested some hip-hop guy to work with Tommy said, "No Way." He didn't trust some rapper/producer being around his girl. I guess it was part jealousy and part fear that an association like that might hurt her image with her fan base.

Even though Mariah always considered herself to be first and foremost a black woman, everyone at the label was scared of her being too urban. She's far from some 'hood rat', but she's definitely a lil' ghetto and she was tired of being called the "ballad queen."

Whatever reservations he had about his girl going hip hop, for some reason Tommy was okay with me. It probably helped that I was already part of Columbia and he was the CEO of Sony. That basically made him my boss's boss. He already knew from Xscape that I could do crossover R&B stuff, so he was comfortable with my style. He figured I could give his girl a vibe that was new and fresh, but not too off the charts. Or maybe he was fine with it because in his mind I was just a quiet lil' country boy from Atlanta who didn't seem like too much of a threat.

Me and MC knocked out our first song, "Always Be My Baby," at the Hit Factory in New York. At first I didn't even want to speak up when I had an idea about how a song should go. I was way out of my comfort zone. Most of my artist had no idea what to do and were looking to me to tell them, but Mariah sold tens of millions of records and I didn't think she'd take kindly to being bossed by me. On top of it all, our work schedules weren't really meshing.

I'm used to starting late and working through the night. My creative juices usually don't get flowing until after midnight, but on her clock we had to start before noon. When Tommy came by the studio to pick her up and take her to diner around six we wouldn't see her for the rest of the day. No matter what we were into at the studio, even if I was in the middle of working on some crucial hook, the work had to stop for dinner. It went like that for the whole week we were recording together.

Being a collaborator with someone as big and talented as Mariah was something totally new to me. I couldn't find my voice in that situation because my confidence still had to kick in. Then Mariah kinda corrected me. She told me my silence was bugging her out. She needed me to be me and assert myself.

"Look, I didn't ask you up here to nod and smile and say 'yeah' all the time," she said. "If you've got something to say, say it!"

That girl expanded my mind. Once I knew what she wanted from me, it was nothing less than a full partnership. We bounced ideas back and forth. When we were exploring an idea together and something really clicked, we'd both look up at each other at the same time. We just knew.

MC knew exactly what she wanted and what she needed to take from me, and she worked fast. Once we were ready to record, it almost never took more than one take to get it right, and if I needed a redo I didn't even have to tell her. She just fixed it right away.

The following year that first record went on to be one of her biggest of all time. If anything, the joint is even hotter these days. All the pop singers, from Nelly Furtado to Christina Aguilera, are trying on some variation of an R&B/hip-hop crossover, but back then she was the first. Her audience was ready for her to mix it up.

A hit like that usually leads to a remix, so a few months later Mariah had us come to her house to try out a few things. When me, Manuel and Phil Tan flew up to New York and made the long car ride up to their estate we really didn't know what to expect. Tommy had a scary reputation. There were all these rumors floating around that he was connected to the mob somehow. I didn't know about that stuff, but I did know that everyone was afraid of him. I doubt anyone's ever been whacked, but he had the power to kill careers if somebody was stupid enough to piss him off.

Her place blew my mind. It was the biggest house I'd ever seen, except for the sultan of Brunei's crib. Ralph Lauren's mansion was right up the street, but I bet Tommy and Mariah's place was bigger. The studio was as large as the Hit Factory, and everything in it, all that cutting-edge equipment, was exactly what they had at Sony's studio in Manhattan. The only difference was this one looked out on an Olympic-size indoor pool with a painted blue sky. It was amazing. It was every bit of a house you would want. When I first saw it I said to myself, "Man, I'd love to get me a place like this some day."

Tommy was nice to us despite his scary reputation. We were his guests so he made a point of being the gracious host. We were only there for the day, but he gave us the grand tour. But Mariah only started relaxing when Tommy and his people weren't around. She had household staff, security people, and assistants running around all over the place watching her every move. You couldn't even go to the bathroom without someone coming in right afterward to wipe everything down. It was like they were waiting outside the door listening when you were doing your do!

We weren't really free to just chill and let the music flow like it would back home in Atlanta. I didn't have all my equipment and toys to work with. It was just me, Phil, Manuel, Mariah, her piano, and about a dozen assistants hovering close by. The expectation was on us to get it done, fast.

The tension got even worse when Brat flew up to record her piece in the remix later that day. In that hushed, uptight environment my lil' sis was like some Tasmanian devil on crack. Tommy had no idea what he signed up for.

When Brat arrived at the mansion she was all nervous. At first she couldn't even write her verse because she was so star-struck over meeting Mariah. MC was just as taken with my lil' sister. Even though Mariah was all girlie with her Hello Kitty obsession and sexy clothes, Brat's tomboy style was like her flip side. Brat acted out the way Mariah wished she could if only she didn't have Tommy's people always watching her.

Brat couldn't handle how clean and perfect the whole place was. Even the food bothered her. She was hungry, but she didn't want to touch all the fancy caterer stuff like bagels, cut fruit, and cheeses that were laid out in the studio. "This is video shoot food," she said, stamping her feet. Then she did her Brat thing and stirred up some major trouble.

"I'm hungry! Let's go get a cheeseburger," she said to Mariah.

It was the excuse Mariah was looking for to get out of there and go for a joy ride in one of the dozen sports cars she was never allowed to drive. Brat made her feel real bold. Finally Mariah had a partner in crime. She was only too happy to give Brat a ride to McDonald's, so the two of them split without telling anyone where they were going.

People kept asking me, "Where's Mariah, where'd she go?"

I didn't know what to tell them. I knew they were probably going out to get some food, but knowing Brat anything could happen.

"O !%*$," I thought. "Tommy's gonna be pissed."

I called Brat. Mariah's cell phone had already rung a dozen times. Brat saw it was me on the caller ID so she picked up. "Yeah J.D., what's goin' on?" she said, all innocent. I could hear Mariah laughing in the background.

"Brat, are you crazy? Where the hell are y'all going?" I said.

"J.D., we're just going to Mickey D's for some burgers, I don't know why everyone keeps calling, it's no big deal," she said.

"Brat, please don't get in the middle of this. Stay outta this !%*$. Tommy's having a fit. I don't want you to get into any trouble with him. Get back here now!"

"J.D. I'm not the one driving okay," she said. "Mariah's not turning around. We're just going to McDonald's. It's only half a mile up the road!"

The girls weren't gone long, maybe half an hour. But you'd think by everyone's reaction that Mariah was being kidnapped at gunpoint, not getting a cheeseburger and fries. After the incident nothing more was said, but Brat and Mariah have been the best of friends ever since that lil' joyride together.

Seeing Mariah's life was an awakening for Brat. She was always obsessed with having stuff, ever since that tantrum over the Mickey Mouse watch in the mall. She was just starting to come into her money and thought her platinum album meant she'd be able to buy all that stuff and her life would be happy.

But meeting Mariah, who had all the toys and clothes Brat could ever dream of, and coming to understand how sad and lonely her life was at the time, was just the thing to give Brat some perspective.

Even though she never let it affect her grind as an artist, I'm sure it was tough for Mariah living like some caged canary and being watched all the time. But that's her story to tell in her own book!

The Emancipation of Mimi [Making the Hit Songs]
The recognition really started to kick in after I wrote and produced song on Mariah's big comeback album, The Emancipation of Mimi. One song in particular, "We Belong Together," made music history with more radio play than any other record since Elvis and The Beatles.

That hookup came through L.A. Reid. After Virgin paid Mariah off for $28 million, Kevin Liles signed her to Def Jam, but then he left for Warner Music Group. Except for Charmbracelet in 2002, an album I produced that did pretty well, she was left to drift for a minute. People figured it was all over for her after the "Glitter" disaster. But you don't write off talent like that.

L.A. knew it. Mariah's next big album was high on his list the second he moved over to Def Jam. He was one of the few people who could still see what she was capable of. He remembered what me and Mariah did together almost a decade earlier on "Always Be My Baby," and loved it. Even though I'd already moved on to Virgin, L.A. wanted me to work on her next album.

From the first beats to the final demo version we had just a few hours to get the whole record done. Mariah came to me this time, but she was the one on the night shift. She was scheduled to show up at 10:30 but she didn't get to Atlanta until 1 a.m. When she walked into SouthSide, she was all laid back, happy, and cracking jokes. People don't realize how much fun she is.

The whole thing went so fast. First the two of us sat down and discussed a couple of ideas. Then I brought in Johnta Austin into the conversation. That was a small feat. Mariah doesn't like working with writers she doesn't know, but I sorta snuck him in. As soon as she realized how good he is, she was cool.

Johnta's a songwriter who I produce now as an artist. But I wasn't feeling Johnta when I first met him. I wasn't down with having another songwriter around me. I wanted to be the only one. But not only was he persistent, he was good. I grew to like him out of respect. Musically we're so on the same page that having him as a permanent fixture at So So Def has allowed me to branch out and do even more.

The songwriting went smoothly, but, musically, me and Mariah had some back-and-forth. At first Mariah was pushing for something more ghetto.

"No it's too out there, too urban," I said. "Lean it more towards the middle." I didn't want her doing all the syrupy ballad stuff her pas label executives tried to push her into. She also needed to hold herself back from trilling up and down the scales. I wanted to keep the power of her voice inside the framework of a great song. We finally agreed on what she called a "thugged out ballad."

People say Mariah's a diva, all bossy and controlling, but I never noticed that side of her inside the studio. We have different styles of working. If a TV's on in a room she has to turn it off, and other artists, their crews, and their girlfriends are all banned from SouthSide when she's in the building. I respect her wishes. But musically she always meets me halfway. She wants the right record and so do I.

The song ended up being completely different from our original idea. By 5:30 a.m. we knew we had our hit single. I had to sing half of the end of the song because she wouldn't get on the plane without me finishing the lyric. I told her I didn't want to - like I said I hate singing in front of my artists - but she wouldn't leave until I did it.

When it was time for her to go home and record, I gave her my pep talk, "You've gotta sing the song full voice. Just do you and sing. People are gonna love you!" But she didn't even need me to say it. She was outta there by 6 a.m.

Mariah's a career artist. She'll be cranking out hits long after the pop tarts' careers finish up. When that whole album came out with all its hits - "We Belong Together," "Get Your Number," "Shake It Off," "What It Look Like," "Don't Forget About Us" - people were looking at her like, " Yo, she came back!" But she just did what she's always done. She had a good song and sang her heart out. She can't tell me, "J.D. you're a lifesaver." I don't look at it like that. I just helped her remember who she was.

The 2006 Grammy's ["Best R&B Song" Means the Most to Mariah]
People were screaming even louder for me to get best producer in 2006 and I didn't even get a nomination. But it matters more to me how my artists are viewed, and whether they are having a good time. Then again, it might've been reverse psychology - a case of me psyching myself so that if I didn't win I wouldn't be going out of my mind!

But for Mariah's sake I was nervous. I really did hope this album would win something. We were nominated eight times and she'd been through so much since her last Grammy win. A few nods for her from the an industry that wrote her off would've been cool.

(..) Our three awards were announced before the televised part of the show. Just as I pulled up I found out me and Johnta got one for best R&B song. To this day Mariah swears the Grammy for best R&B song means the most to her, because it's the first time she's been recognized more as an urban singer than a pop star and it was the category she always wanted to win.

"J.D., I'm satisfied," she said. "That's exactly what I was trying to do on this record."

We left the show when it was obvious the best song award was going to U2. It was crazy to me that the show's producers wouldn't let Mariah have her lil' moment up on stage. It was like she got all decked up for nothing. A lot of people were unhappy she didn't get her shine. In my opinion, it was just a bad decision made.

Mariah's the queen. She went to a lot of trouble and invested in all these dresses for the occasion. This woman sold more records than anybody, more than 200 million worldwide, and the viewers didn't get to see her give her acceptance speech. That's why the Grammy show's ratings are down. People are turning into American Idol instead because they know they're not gonna get to see what they want to see at the Grammy's. But through it all, MC kept on smiling.

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Visionaire 52 Private is "What's Hot Now" (page 326) in the November 2007 issue of InStyle magazine.

As editor of Visionaire 52 Private, designer Marc Jacobs shares some sexy star moments and even steps in front of the camera himself - nude! Though most of the images are quite revealing, not everyone is stark naked. Mariah Carey is among the celebrities featured in the book. Click on a thumbnail on right to view a head shot of Mariah.

Scott Storch Works on New Mariah Album

An article in the Miami New Times reveals that Mariah is currently collaborating with producer Scott Storch on her new album.

Choosing to lay low, forgoing birthday party cameos, local producer Scott Storch has found other ways to have some fun outside the studio. He took a hard-earned break from current work with Mariah Carey, Sean Kingston and new up-and-comer, Carolyn to honor his son, who just turned 16.

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Mariah Carey introduced her new perfume at Macy's in New York Tuesday, and the stench of divaliciousness was thick in the air.

TMZ was on the scene where fans were stacked eight and nine deep to catch a whiff of Mimi, who arrived in a Rolls-Royce droptop, with the kind of police presence normally reserved for heads of state. Once they managed to get inside, 200 lucky fans had the privilege of paying $130 to get a bottle of M, and 75 even luckier ones had to shell out $300 for "VIP" access, which allowed them a posed picture with Lady Mariah.

But things weren't so rosy for one young guy who tried to get close to Mariah. We're told that Mimi wouldn't let her male admirers put their arms around her waist during picture time -- and absolutely no hugs.



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Mariah Speech At Macy's

Here's Mariah's speech at her perfume launch in Macy's Herald Square, New York Tuesday, Oct. 23rd.

Mariah At Macy's Extra! TV

Last night's Extra and Access Hollywood showed some footage from Mariah's "M" launch at Macy's Herald Square in New York City on Tuesday, October 23rd.



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Mariah Carey Drops Hints About LP on TRL

Mariah Carey paid "TRL" a visit on Wednesday, October 24 and gabbed about her new fragrance line and upcoming studio album. "I've been working on this record while I'm working on the fragrance," she revealed, saying that her yet-untitled LP and just-released M by Mariah Carey line "kind of work together." "I wanted [the fragrance] to be sensual. ... It's really been like writing a song ... this was almost the same creative process."

She also explained why she pushed back her yet-untitled album, which had previously been scheduled for December 4, to next year. "You can't really put records out in December if you want the whole world to have a chance to actually hear it, [and] my fans all over the world are very important to me," she said, adding that she also wants to put out a pair of singles before the album drops. Carey dropped another hint about the effort, saying she "just had a really, really hot session with somebody in Miami," and while she was stubborn about letting us know just who the person in question is, she did let it slip that it's a man and that he's "somebody very popular."

When asked what advice she might give Britney Spears, Carey didn't mention Spears specifically but said, "You gotta go through the ups to have the downs; you gotta go through the downs to have the ups. You have to go through life like any other person. To me, you just stay grounded spiritually, get your rest, and don't take it all so seriously."

Source | MariahDailyJournal

Mariah Z100 Today 100.3 FM | Audio | [EDIT]

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Mariah was on Z100 today at 4:30 p.m. The whole interview was great!! If you didn't hear then you can here it Now by clicking here!

Mariah Z100 Today 100.3 FM

Mariah Carey guests today at 4:30pm ET with J.J. Kincaid on New York's Z100 (WHTZ 100.3 FM).

Be sure to tune in! You can listen live to Z100 by clicking here.

Mariah Carey In Fued With Diddy??

Mariah Carey in Feud with Diddy Over New Perfume?
Mariah Carey took the Big Apple by storm yesterday to launch her first ever fragrance, M, and "Extra" was in the middle of the party.

Mariah, dressed in a stunning black Henry Leger dress, was surrounded by hundreds of people at Macy’s Herald Square as fans clamored to get an autograph. In true diva fashion, she arrived in a Bentley Phantom.

But with the crowd closing in, and lots of fans to please, Mariah told "Extra" her secret to practical fashion: "Comfortable shoes!" she said.

The gorgeous singer also went on rumor control, answering questions about a secret boyfriend of two years.

"I was talking about you," she told "Extra's" A.J. Calloway. "Aren't we always having an affair?"

Mariah also tackled reports that she’s in a fight with Sean "Diddy" Combs over his rival perfume.

"I have no feud with Diddy," she insisted. "He knows I love him."

Mariah's focus for now includes her new record, a follow-up to her multi-platinum comeback CD "The Emancipation of Mimi." It hits shelves early next year.

"You know what, I'm really excited about this album," she said. "I got three more songs to sing that I already wrote."

Source | MariahDailyJournal

Mariah On BET 106 & Park : Video

Mariah appeared on BET's 106 & Park last night, around 6 p.m. so If you missed it that's okay you can watch it now!!!


VIDEO Source | MariahDailyJournal

Mariah Interview With Wendy

At about 4:45pm today, Mariah called in to the Wendy Williams Show on New York's WBLS 107.5 FM to promote her "M by Mariah Carey" fragrance launch at Macy's Herald Square tomorrow. During the brief chat with Wendy, Mariah also talked about the rumored hook-up with Rick Fox, her morsel diet, the "M" video shoot, among other things. See transcript below.

Mariah Carey: We always do... and I'm always festive with you, you know it! Am I not always festive?
Wendy Williams: Yes you are, and I was just talking about you the other day, how you bring the Tiffany glasses and I keep them. And, there's so much to talk with you about, I'll just give you a little teaser, O.K.?
MC: O.K., how are you doing though, good?
WW: Yes, Mariah, everything is going really well.
MC: I'm just stressing that I'm being a polite person, see most artists don't care, they just go on and talk about their own selves.
WW: Well, we don't mind that, because we know that to be as creative as you all are, you have got to have yourselves as the center of the universe. Is that kind of true or not?
MC: Well, I don't know, I mean, it doesn't seem like it to me. I feel like, you know, you gotta give out what you wanna get back.
WW: Well, yeah... well, look, are you dating Rick Fox?
MC: [laughs]
WW: Ooohhh
MC: No! I just love that that's your first question about the fragrance, we've got all this stuff, you did give me a nice build up, I heard you, I heard you.
WW: That's why I gave you the build up, I was coming back around to the fragrance, has Rick Fox ever smelled the fragrance on you? Like at Winston's in Hollywood at one o'clock in the morning when your song "Fantasy" came on, they said you guys were dancing.
MC: What?! Okay, I am not dating Rick Fox, no. That is not true.
WW: Have you ever kissed him?
MC: No, I have not kissed him. [laughs] Wendy, why are you acting like we're in third grade and you're passing me a note? "Have you kissed him..."
WW: Because we are! We're both very very much able to embrace our 12 year old. I can't wait till you to come in.
MC: Yes we are...
WW: Can I ask you one thing?
MC: About this?
WW: No, about the morsel diet.
MC: Oh, about the morsel diet.
WW: Cause your body's like...
MC: I can't even believe people voted that as the number one diet.
WW: I know, I saw it too.
MC: I heard about it, I didn't see it.
WW: You know what I call that? I call that the suddenly diet. That's where you eat just enough and then before you finish swallowing you throw your food away.
MC: Yeah, like you definitely can't keep it there or you will eat it. You have to just take like the tiny bit of the morsel of what you want and then get it out of there.
WW: Yeah, I totally understand. I've invented some of these diets myself. But look, alright so, this is what we're gonna do. Let's promote your appearance at Macy's and then when you do come to the studio and then I get you under the spell of the truth serum, we will talk about men, bodies, movies, music, people that you love and people that you don't like.
MC: People that I don't like... we have to talk about that? We love everybody.
WW: By the way, I saw "Mean Girls" finally.
MC: You did? Okay, do you understand why I like it or you don't?
WW: Yeah, I do.
MC: You see? I told you!
WW: My thing is, is that I think that you and your squad of girls, you're the mean girls.
MC: Yeah, I'm the mean one, but it's only a cover... it's only a cover. Anybody that mean isn't really mean, they just cover up their own insecurities.
WW: I like the cover by the way of your representation of your own fragrance and I also really like the commercial, because of course with your angelic voice - nobody does it like you.
MC: Aw, thank you, that's very nice. I was like, you know, you never know how this stuff's gonna turn out, but we shot that cover in St. Maarten so I was actually in that pool for like hours, and it looks really nice and serene and whatever, but it was a lot of dudes walking around in there with lights and what not. I thought I was gonna get electrocuted.
WW: Alright, so come soon, let's talk about Macy's. You're gonna be at Macy's tomorrow?
MC: Yes, 5:00pm, Herald Square, Macy's, very very excited about it. Have to thank the fans in case they're listening for coming out early early early and waiting and I'm sorry that I'm not there to feed you with pizza and give you cocoa and stuff like I usually do, 'cause that's like you know, they've been waiting, they told me that this was like a record breaking thing. The... I don't know. What is it? Melissa has to say it, I can't say it... go ahead.
[Melissa: More than any other person Macy's never had a line like that.]
MC: That's a nice thing.
WW: That is a nice thing.
MC: I'm just thankful to them, so I'm just thanking them.
WW: What kind of look are you gonna be giving them?
MC: I don't know, tomorrow is too far away to know.
WW: But whatever it is, it's going to be short and tight.
MC: Maybe, it could be a long... no, it's not gonna be long. You would like these boots that I'm rocking today.
WW: Just one more thing, and then I'm gonna go. When you hooked up with Karl Lagerfeld, and I know you love those people dearly and that's all great, but Mariah, I so thought that they were trying to make you into something that you enjoy being.
MC: But you know what? The problem is, is that dress was shiny. If it had been a matte material that wasn't gonna give you like 85 different like shimmers, like I'm the one who should have known better than to try to wear that on the red carpet, because on the red carpet you can't control anything. Honestly? In person, looking in regular light, it actually looked good, and people were telling me "Oooh, this is the best I've ever seen you" blah blah blah. And then it was like "Oh she's fat, she's huge!" you know, it was like a total drama, so I was like "Okay, whatever."
WW: I like the Mariah in the short and tight. And P.S and I LOVE the purple dress on US.
MC: You do? The purple dress on US?
WW: YES! Are you kidding me? I love it!
MC: Thank you, that was made by this wonderful lady named Nile, and she hooked it up for me because it matches the bottle of the perfume, that was the whole point and... so that was the whole thing!
WW: Alright, so look, so have fun everybody, New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, people from out of town, be at Macy's Herald Square, it's the biggest Macy's in the world, and at 5 o'clock tomorrow, Mariah Carey is going to be there to meet and greet with her new perfume "M" and it's just in time for the holidays.
MC: Yes it is, and thank you for that, for reminding me of that, and I hope to see you soon.
WW: Oh here we go, here's the 1-2 step!
MC: What? Whatchu mean? I'm saying I hope to see you soon, I'll see you! I'm gonna bring a festive package like I always do.
WW: Love it. Alright, so have a great day Mariah and I'll see you soon.
MC: Thank you Wendy.
WW: Alright, take care, bye bye!
MC: Bye!
WW: See, I may not be friendly with everyone, but Mariah and I, for better or for worse, have been pretty consistent. In my career. In terms of our dealings. We've been pretty consistent. You know why? 'Cause Mariah, Mariah's not scared to face an issue, she's also not scared to not let you just continue to talk and run over. Oh, she's a delightful talker. She'll just let you paint her into a corner and tell you what she's been doing, she'll tell you, or she'll be coy about it, but her body language will twist. You know what I mean? And she always brings the foods and the drinks, she's... I like Mariah. A LOT!
TRANSCRIPT Source | MariahDaily

Mariah To Be On BET..2nite!!

The one and only Mariah Carey kicks it with Terrence and Rocsi on BET's 106 & Park tonight at 6:00pm! Be sure to tune in!
Source: MariahDaily | BET

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Performs Lil L.O.V.E.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's live concert at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois on May
22, 2007 is featured in full on MSN's In Concert section. At the bottom is a video clip of their performance of "Lil' L.O.V.E.".


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Mimi In The Magz

Mariah In This Week's Magazines

• From People, October 29th issue, page 49
Pop Stars Love Nate 'Danja' Hills. The 26-year-old producer Danja previews his upcoming projects.

On Mariah Carey, The Pro
"She came to the studio really dressed, like she was going to the club. She was way cooler than what I thought. One song is 808 [drum machine] driven, but she still did her Mariah thing. I was blown away at how she sounded. And I think she was sick."

• From In Touch, October 29th issue, page 81
Hollywood's Extreme Diets. Stars try wacky - and sometimes dangerous - plans to lose weight. Mariah takes the #1 spot on The List.
10. Jaime Pressly
9. Victoria Beckham
8. Beyonce
7. Angelina Jolie
6. Kate Winslet 5. Lily Allen
4. Brittany Snow
3. Courtney Love
2. Kelly Monaco
1. Mariah Carey
1 - Mariah only took one bite at a time
When Mariah Carey was looking to lose some weight back in the spring of 2006, she designed an extreme diet for herself. "I kind of invented it," she explains. "Basically you can have a tiny bit of everything you want, but it has to be less than a forkful." Mariah, 38, dropped more than 30 pounds on the unusual plan, which she called the Morsel Diet, but after putting some weight back on, she recently slimmed down again the old-fashioned way - by exercising and eating healthy foods like fish and bland soup. "We should all just embrace who we are physically," she says.


• And, scans from this week's OK! (Luxury Spending, page 58 & and They Said What?, page 89), In Touch (Is It True?, page 68), and Star (The Emancipation of Me-me, page 69).

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Rapper T-Pain Featured On New Mariah Song

Rapper T-Pain's own work will be everywhere in the coming months. On the branding side, he's working with eyewear maker Oakley to develop a signature line of T-Pain "Oil Can" frames. Musically, he's produced at least four songs, Blumstein says, on Usher's spring album, including possible first single "At the Time," and is featured on upcoming songs from Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Rick Ross. He's also co-producing Omarion's next project with Timbaland.

Source: Billboard | MariahDaily

Mariah To Perform at the AMAs?

According to Audiences Unlimited, online source for audience tickets to shows and special events, Mariah Carey will be one of the performers at the 35th Annual American Music Awards. An email notification sent out to subscribers lists artists who are reportedly confirmed to perform at the awards show. See list below.

American Music Awards will be filming this year on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at the Nokia Theatre live in downtown Los Angeles, CA. It will be an arrival time of 1:00pm. The show will be live from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.

PERFORMERS:
Chris Brown (Feat. T-Pain): Kiss Kiss
Mariah Carey: Song TBD
Daughtry: Over You
Celine Dion: Song TBD
Duran Duran: Medley -TBD / Falling Down
Fergie / Will.I.Am / Nicole Scherzinger
Jennifer Hudson: Song TBD
Alicia Keys: Song TBD
Avril Lavigne: Song TBD
Maroon 5: Wake Up Call
Rascall Flatts: Song TBD
Rihanna (Feat: Ne-Yo): Hate That I Love You
Source: Audiences Unlimited | Kelly K. | MariahDaily

Album Postponed

Mariah Carey has postponed release of her new album, previously scheduled for December 4th, until next February.

At that rate the album, a follow up to "The Emancipation of Mimi," will be bumping right into a new CD from Madonna. At the same time, Janet Jackson - now recording for Island/Def Jam, home of Mariah - may have her new release ready too.

Get set for Diva Logjam. And to make matters even more interesting, Janet's boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, is the producer working with Randy Jackson and others on Mariah's CD. Dupri brought Jackson over to Island/Def Jam with him from Virgin Records, now lost somewhere in the EMI Music shuffle.

Mariah Gettin' Foxy??

After reportedly being turned away from Hyde, Mariah headed over to Winston's, in a sexy, curve-hugging Herve Leger frock, where photogs say Rick Fox arrived just minutes before. Nothing suspicious there but when Rick left the club, photogs say he waited in his SUV for Mariah to board her Bentley, then followed her home!

Vanessa, Sharon and now Mariah? Seems like Rick's got a thing for divas!

Watch the X17 video!

From E! Online: Is Mariah a Fox-y Lady?
I'm not saying they're more than just friends, but Mariah Carey and Vanessa Williams ex/former basketball star Rick Fox were hanging out into the wee hours last night.

A source tells me Carey and Fox walked into Winston's in West Hollywood together at about 1 a.m.

"They sat on top of the banquettes in a corner booth," the source reports. "Then the deejay played Mariah’s 'Fantasy,' and the two 'sat danced' at the table."

So, are they dating? Reps for both say they are not.
Source: X17 | E! | MariahDaily

Mimi Has Arrived In...

Watch a video of Mariah Carey arriving in Los Angeles late Sunday night on a private jet, along with several pieces of luggage and an enormous entourage. The new perfumier boarded a Bentley headed straight for Beverly Hills.

On her second night in Los Angeles, Mimi was looking fierce when she rolled up to LA eaterie Ago in her Bentley. Mariah was gracious as ever to the photogs, but refused to divulge her beauty secrets! Rubbing elbows with Mariah at Ago were RUN DMC's Darryl McDaniels and director/producer siblings Garry and Penny Marshall. Watch (Scroll Down a lil bit there to see vid!) a video of Mariah arriving at Ago.

Source | MariahDaily | X17Online

Win Autograph Items From Mimi!!

For all U.S. Fans: Glamour Magazine is giving away 10 signed copies of Mariah's Glamour-exclusive DVD, "10 Random Things You Don't Know About Me" (not available in stores!). Another set of ten winners will each get an autographed copy of the November 2007 issue of Glamour, featuring Mimi on the cover!

Click Here to enter the contest!

Source: MariahDaily | Glamour

Mariah & Forbes

Search all you want, there is no magic formula for fame and fortune.

The truth is, big breaks don't just happen; people make them happen--through hard work, networking, courage, passion and even pain. And as much as modern culture has glorified the notion of the "big break" (American Idol, anyone?), lasting success has less to do with singular, transcendent moments than it does with incremental progress and unflagging grit.

Talent and tenacity notwithstanding, having the right friends helps, too--as pop star Mariah Carey can attest. While working as a backup singer for Puerto Rican performer Brenda Starr in 1988, Carey met Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola at a party. As a favor, Starr gave Carey's demo tape to Mattola. After a listen, he bolted back to the party to track Carey down and sign her on. Good move for everyone: Carey's first five singles hit the Billboard Hot 100.
Source: Forbes

Mimi In [Intouch] Magazine

If you ever get to read Intouch magazine be expecting to find a lil article of Mariah in it!!!

Mimi To Be On A View

According to the latest TV Guide listing for The View, Mariah Carey is scheduled to make a guest appearance on the show Tuesday, October 23rd.

The View - Tuesday, October 23, 11:00AM ET on ABC Lance Bass; Mariah Carey. Also: The Whoopi's Kickin' Butts smoking-cessation campaign focuses on various methods of quitting.

To find out when and where The View airs in your area, click here.

Source: MariahDaily | TVGuide

The Adventures Of Mimi Tracklisting

Following are the content details for the new Mariah Carey DVD release, "The Adventures of Mimi," as listed on FNAC France.

Disc 1 Concert: Opening Video - It's Like That - Heartbreaker - Dreamlover - My All - Shake It Off - Vision Of Love - Fly Like A Bird - I'll Be There - Fantasy - Don't Forget About Us - Always Be My Baby - Honey - I Wish You Knew - Can't Let Go - One Sweet Day with Boyz II Men - Hero - Make It Happen - We Belong Together - Butterfly Reprise Bonus: Jukebox Function - Backstage Disc 2 Making Of of the Tour (40 minutes) 6 Karaoke songs: Sing w/o Mariah - Shake It Off - Vision Of Love - I'll Be There - Always Be My Baby - Honey

The DVD is scheduled for release in France on November 19th. French fans can pre-order now at FNAC for 25,76 Euro.

Source: MariahDaily

Mariah Becomes A New "Smile" Ambassador

Mariah Carey Supports Operation Smile's Efforts to Bring Smiles to Children Across the Globe during World Journey of Smiles.

Smile Ambassadors announced today include singer, songwriter and actress Mariah Carey who is best-known for her remarkable vocal range and record-selling singles. Carey has recorded the most U.S. number-one singles for a female solo artist and has earned five Grammy Awards. She has been a supporter of Operation Smile for the past four years and attended various fund-raising events including The Smile Collection fundraising event in New York in 2006. Carey continues her support of Operation Smile by becoming a 2007 Smile Ambassador.

Operation Smile, a worldwide children's medical charity dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults born with facial deformities, is pleased to announce its growing roster of "Smile Ambassadors," celebrities who are joining Operation Smile during their 25th anniversary year to bring greater awareness to the effort. This group of notables joins Jessica Simpson, Operation Smile's International Youth Ambassador, and current Smile Ambassadors Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Billy Bush, Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr., Melanie Dunea, Nigel Parry, Molly Sims, Justin Chatwin, and Benj Gershman, who continue to bring awareness to the plight of these children in need. The latest group of celebrities to join the program includes Mariah Carey, Oscar D'León, Carmit Bachar, Dhani Jones and Roselyn Sanchez. As Smile Ambassadors, each celebrity will have the opportunity to visit one of Operation Smile's partner countries during the year, where they will help bring global attention to the needs of children born with facial deformities.

The Smile Ambassadors are selected based on their commitment to global philanthropy and a willingness to speak out on behalf of children. Their visibility and passion will be harnessed to bring large-scale awareness to the needs of children worldwide throughout the organization's 25th Anniversary efforts, including the November 2007 World Journey of Smiles, which will feature simultaneous medical missions in 25 countries with a goal of treating an estimated 5,000 children Operation Smile, founded in 1982, has medically treated more than 100,000 children and young adults around the world and in the United States. In addition to contributing free medical treatment for children born with facial deformities, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals and leaves behind necessary equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency with ongoing medical care.

Click here to read more about Operation Smile's new ambassadors.

Meet Mariah

WANT TO MEET MARIAH CAREY??

The one and only Mariah Carey is coming to Macy's Herald Square on Tuesday, October 23 at 5:00PM to debut her new fragrance, M by Mariah Carey and if you'd like to meet her, here's the scoop!

BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT STORE OPENING IN FRAGRANCES ON THE MAIN FLOOR, THE FIRST 200 CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE THE SPECIAL M by Mariah Carey FRAGRANCE SET WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL PASS SO THEY CAN MEET MARIAH AND GET HER AUTOGRAPH. THE FIRST 50 CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE THE SPECIAL VIP M by Mariah Carey FRAGRANCE SET WILL GET A VIP PASS THAT ENTITLES THEM TO A PHOTO WITH MARIAH, AN EXCLUSIVE M BY MARIAH CRYSTAL ACCENTED TEE SHIRT AND A PURE PARFUM.

Please note only items provided by Macy's will be signed and only those photos taken by Macy's for VIP customers will be allowed.

Macy's Herald Square is located at 151 West 34th Street, NYC

Source: mariahcarey.com

Mariah Janet Duet Info

One huge thing people have been asking Jermaine Dupri about is a potential duet between Janet and Mariah Carey, especially since they are now labelmates. (JD went so far as to promise a duet featuring the divas on Janet's last album, but it never materialized.) Nelly, for one, wanted to try and pull off the collaboration on his upcoming Brass Knuckles LP, but he couldn't come up with a good enough idea for the song.

"The thing about that is, I don't force an idea," Dupri explained. "It's a great idea if you can come up with the record. It has to be something that's organic. It can't be something we force just because the voices is together. I believe the last couple of records we saw where there are two big artists that came together and collaborated, they don't live up to be the record we want them to be. I was a little disappointed with the R. Kelly and Usher record ['Same Girl']. I thought the record should have been bigger than what it was. ... I wouldn't want to do a song with [Mariah] and Janet and it don't live up to them being as big as they are. ... But [the collaboration] is gonna surface one day. Something is gonna come up, and we gonna say, 'This is it.' "

Source: MariahDaily | MTV

Mariah In Key?

Leggy Mariah Carey, 37, is stepping into a creative new direction by releasing her next single as a keyring, I can reveal.

The dangly pink heart will be attached to a USB port that fans can then pop into their computer and play the tune.

Keane did something similar minus the pink hearts and I can see it catching on more widely as downloading eventually displaces the CD.

Source: MariahDaily | Daily Star UK

NEW! Mariah Record!

The first official song title from Mariah's forthcoming album has been released. The track, entitled "For The Record," was written by Mariah, Bryan Michael Cox, and Taurian "Adonis" Shropshire. "For The Record" has been registered with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a music copyright holding agency. Although it is the first title from Mariah's upcoming album to be registered, the song is not confirmed as the album's first single and may not even make the final cut of the album. An official statement regarding Mariah's new single is expected to be made within the coming weeks. Mariah's new album is currently scheduled to be released on December 4th.

Bryan Michael Cox and Taurian "Adonis" Shropshire are writing/producing partners. They have worked together on songs for the likes of Chris Brown, Omarion and Danity Kane, and separately for Mary J. Blige (Cox) and Alicia Keys (Shropshire). Both of them have also separately worked with Mariah before: Bryan Michael Cox co-wrote a few songs with Mariah including her #1 hit "We Belong Together" and Taurian "Adonis" Shropshire has worked with Mariah on "So Lonely" ft. Twista.

Source: MariahDaily

The New Yorker's Mariah Piece Makes "Best Music Writing 2007"

The New Yorker's music critic Sasha Frere-Jones' article, "On Top: Mariah Carey's Record-Breaking Career", originally published on April 3, 2006, makes this year's anthology of noteworthy articles in the eight edition of "Best Music Writing," as compiled and edited by esteemed critic Robert Christgau. Best Music Writing 2007 arrives in stores on October 22nd. Source|MariahDaily

Meet Mariah!!

Macy's Conformation

Mariah's personal appearance at Macy's Herald Square, New York to promote her debut fragrance, "M by Mariah Carey" now appears on the Events page of Macys.com!

Want to meet Mariah Carey? The one and only Mariah Carey is coming to Macy's Herald Square on Tuesday, October 23 at 5PM to debut her new fragrance, M by Mariah Carey and if you'd like to meet her, here's the scoop! Beginning Friday, October 19 at store opening in fragrances on the main floor, the first 200 customers to the special M by Mariah Carey fragrance set priced at $130 will receive a special pass so they can meet Mariah and get her autograph. The first 50 customers to purchase the special VIP M by Mariah Carey fragrance set priced at $305 will get a VIP pass that entitles them to a photo with Mariah, an exclusive M by Mariah Carey crystal accented tee shirt and a pure parfum. Please note only items provided by Macy's will be signed and only those photos taken by Macy's for VIP customers will be allowed. Thank you and see you on October 23rd at 5pm! Source: Macy's | MariahDaily

Mariah To Be On X Factor???

Singing legend Michael Jackson is to star on The X Factor, we can reveal. He has agreed to be a mentor for the show broadcast on December 1. It is a huge coup both for the talent search show and ITV.

Celine Dion, Rihanna, Kylie, Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Westlife and Mariah Carey have also agreed to appear. They will spend several days with the finalists - helping them prepare their songs and fine-tune their voices. They will also perform one of their own songs.

Judges Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Sharon Osbourne have all done their bit to persuade stars to appear. Dannii has got big sister Kylie to be on the final show. The live programmes kick off on October 20 with Leona Lewis.

The source said: "There has been some top-level negotiating here. Everyone is absolutely delighted. "The contestants are better, the judging panel is bigger and better, so the celebrity guests had to be. This is going to be the best show on TV."

Source: Mariah Daily

Mariah On Access Holywood

From tonight's Access Hollywood:

Mariah Carey rocks a guitar - a Hello Kitty one that is. Mimi takes Glamour magazine inside her gold and pink- decorated New York triplex that includes a Hello Kitty-themed bathroom. And check out her closet - 3,000 square feet stocked with Christian Louboutin shoes and color-coordinated gowns.

Source: MariahDaily

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September 24, 2007 -- FROM whom does Mariah Carey need Secret Service-style protection? Page Six spotted the smiling star at the Save the Music event at Lincoln Center Thursday night flanked by eight massive bodyguards. As a friendly Mariah made her way around the tent greeting fellow music industry folks John Mayer, John Sykes and Jon Bon Jovi, her goons intently blocked other guests from her path with commands of "Get out of the way! Mariah's coming!" They also shut down the bathroom for 10 minutes while Carey primped. Meanwhile, someone should have been watching over Vanessa Carlton when Mariah was getting her award. The under-the-radar songstress was overheard cackling, rolling her eyes and making nasty comments throughout Carey's acceptance speech. Throughout dinner, Carlton made a point to remind fellow guests that she is actually famous. "I have more than one song," she announced to the table - but got severely agitated when The Post's Marianne Garvey mistook an Avril Lavigne music video for one of hers.

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LIMHOF Induction Gala Tickets Now On Sale Tickets for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHOF) Second Annual Induction Gala are now on sale. The Sunday, October 21, 2007 award and music event takes place at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, Queens. Long Island Music Hall of Fame Induction Awards Sunday, October 21, 2007 Colden Auditorium, Queens College 3 PM Red Carpet (In front of Colden Auditorium) 5 PM - 8 PM Induction Awards 8 PM - 10:30 PM VIP Party Tickets are priced at $495 for VIP (which includes Awards Ceremony and VIP dinner/reception afterwards) and $175 (Premium), $125 (Silver) and $50 (General) for Award Ceremony seating. VIP Tickets are available through the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Premium, Silver and General seating tickets are available for sale at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts box office at 718-793-8080 or online at Kupferberg Center. The October 21 Gala begins at 3:00PM with a Red Carpet Arrival of inducted artists. Kupferberg Center doors open at 4:00PM. The Gala Awards Ceremony and Concert begins at 5:00PM and goes to approximately 8:00PM. Following the Awards Ceremony and Concert, there is a VIP Dinner and Reception for VIP Ticketholders. Artists to be inducted include Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Aaron Copland, The Good Rats, The Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel, Blue Oyster Cult, Jean Ritchie, Carole King, Arlo Guthrie, Public Enemy, Kenny Vance, The Tokens, Guy Lombardo, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Bob Buchmann, LL Cool J, Eddie Money, Beverly Sills, Walter Becker, Pat Benatar, Barbra Streisand and Marvin Hamlisch.