To stand a chance of winning a copy of Mariah’s new album, Merry Christmas II You, answer this easy question:

What is the name of the #1 first single off Mariah’s new album?
Send your answer via email to [email protected]
If you’re selected as a winner, we will email you for your address details.

GET FIVE BONUS ENTRIES!
To get an immediate five bonus entries for the competition draw, post this link to the video of Mariah’s new #1 single, “Oh Santa!”, to your Facebook or Twitter profile, make a screen grab of your post, and email the picture to [email protected] (ask a friend/ colleague for help if you don’t know how to make a screen grab, or email us at [email protected]).

Here’s the video link – post away!
http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6ZF2mL4vq6uHBCjyTiKPXMg;www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vXryseOyo&feature=share

RULES:

• Only South African residents may enter.
• Competition closes 12 noon on Tuesday 30 November.
• One email entry and one screen grab entry (which will automatically count as five entries) will be accepted from a specific email account per day.
• Winners will be drawn from the correct entries & bonus screen grab entries, using an online random number generator.
• Cape Town winners will be required to collect the CD either in Cape Town CBD or at Century City/ Canal Walk.
• Winners in the rest of South Africa will receive their CDs via registered normal mail.

REQUEST “MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU” ON SA RADIO!

Let’s turn the songs from MCIIY into the SA radio hits they deserve to be! You can help out by requesting from the stations below:

CCFM (Christian radio station, Cape Town)
SMS “please play Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Mariah & Patricia Carey or One Child by Mariah Carey” to 083 788 94 94), OR visit

http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6HUReVrC_BAHv3_5H2pgKYw;ccfm.org.za/go/index.php?id=117

Choose “Regarding Music”, and request “Oh Come All Ye Faithful/ Hallelujah Chorus” by Mariah & Patricia Carey and “One Child” by Mariah Carey.

Kfm/ 94.7 Highveld Stereo
SMS your vote to 32945 (SMS costs R1)
OR e-mail your vote to [email protected]
OR Vote online at http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6tsQ09v3mFEhkrjk_ImedSw;www.ryanseacrestonair.co.za/voting.asp
Scroll down to ENTER NOW, click and enter details (use 7800 or 7441 as post code if you don’t know one)
vote for OH SANTA – Mariah Carey

5fm

http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6mj0a7W0VgoJePnw_NPuwnQ;www.5fm.co.za/contact-us

Enter your name and email, select “Music” as your ‘regarding’ choice, and enter “OH SANTA! by Mariah Carey”.

TAKE40SA CHART (94.7 Highveld/ Kfm)

http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6eaW6KjaEeakZNYwyJBWSsg;www.take40sa.co.za/index_chartvoting.asp

Scroll to the bottom, and in the field marked “If your song’s not listed…”, enter “Mariah Carey Oh Santa!”, enter your details, and vote!

Goodhope FM

http://www.facebook.com/l/3f5f6Xl8mUEDUllZ-7S6EirsA-A;www.goodhopefm.co.za/contact/

Enter your details and write a short message requesting Oh Santa!

BayFM (Port Elizabeth)
Email [email protected] with a general request asking them to play Oh Santa! (perhaps dedicate it to someone).

PLEASE SEND US DETAILS FOR HOW TO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER RADIO OR TV STATIONS YOU LISTEN TO/WATCH!

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all SA MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from http://www.mariahjournal.com)

Popularity: 15% [?]

MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU IN S.A.
According to Universal Music South Africa, Mariah’s new album, “Merry Christmas II You“, should be in SA stores from Friday 12 November! The album includes MC’s hit new single “Oh Santa!” as well as three other original MC Christmas songs, and MC versions of Christmas classics including “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, “Little Drummer Boy”, “The First Noel” and “O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus” (a duet with MC’s mom Patricia Carey, an opera singer and vocal coach). Just a few more days to go! In the meantime, it’s time to start requesting “Oh Santa!” on SA radio (see info below).

REQUEST “OH SANTA!” ON SA RADIO!

Let’s turn Oh Santa! into the SA radio hit it deserves to be! You can help out by requesting from the stations below:

Kfm/ 94.7 Highveld Stereo
SMS your vote to 32945 (SMS costs R1)
OR e-mail your vote to [email protected]
OR Vote online at http://www.ryanseacrestonair.co.za/voting.asp
Scroll down to ENTER NOW, click and enter details (use 7800 or 7441 as post code if you don’t know one)
vote for OH SANTA – Mariah Carey

5fm

http://www.5fm.co.za/contact-us

Enter your name and email, select “Music” as your ‘regarding’ choice, and enter “OH SANTA! by Mariah Carey”.

TAKE40SA CHART (94.7 Highveld/ Kfm)

http://www.take40sa.co.za/index_chartvoting.asp

Scroll to the bottom, and in the field marked “If your song’s not listed…”, enter “Mariah Carey Oh Santa!”, enter your details, and vote!

Goodhope FM

http://www.goodhopefm.co.za/contact/

Enter your details and write a short message requesting Oh Santa!

BayFM (Port Elizabeth)
Email [email protected] with a general request asking them to play Oh Santa! (perhaps dedicate it to someone).

PLEASE SEND US DETAILS FOR HOW TO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER RADIO OR TV STATIONS YOU LISTEN TO/WATCH!

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all SA MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from www.mariahjournal.com)

Popularity: 16% [?]

>From Sieraaj Ahmed

Hello MC fans

Apologies for the long delay in updates; here’s some MC news!

MC DROPS OUT OF FILM/MC PREGNANT?
By now you’ve probably all heard the rumours about MC being pregnant. While She has said nothing so far, her mysterious withdrawal from Her planned next movie has added major fuel to the fire. While various tabloids are reporting that sources close to Mariah and nick confirm that She is pregnant (some even say She’s pregnant with twins!), we won’t start celebrating till we hear an official announcement from MC Herself! (and we will message you as soon as that official announcement arrives!). MC is supposedly doing a live gig tonight (Friday 4 June) for Walmart, so we’ll see if that actually transpires – and if She is showing a baby bump – She hasn’t shown Her belly to the world for at least 8 days now!

MORE NEWS ON CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Entertainment writer Roger Friedman, who’s revealed some exclusive MC news in the past, confirms that MC is putting the finishing touches to a Christmas album, which She is apparently co-producing with Jermaine Dupri and Randy Jackson (mercifully, MC seems to have promised that the new Christmas album won’t contain any hip-hop versions of Christmas songs, but will instead feature live instruments and have a classical sound close to Her original Christmas album).

ANGELS ADVOCATE JUMPSMOKERS ALBUM SHELVED?
Despite producers Jump Smokers assuring fans that their remixed version of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel would be released in June, the album is not included on any schedules, and MC’s label has put the album “on hold indefinitely” – which translates to “Cancelled, Cancelled, Cancelled”. The label has, however, made the remix of Ribbon (feat. The-Dream and Ludacris) available for download on itunes USA.

MC’S HONOURED FOR HER 20 YEARS IN THE BIZ
Billboard magazine has written a great article in honour of MC’s 20 years on the Billboard charts (She first debuted in the 2 June 1990 issue of Billboard). Check out the summary of MC’s mind-boggling achievements here.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

Popularity: 23% [?]

One of Mariah’s favourite photographers, David LaChapelle, let slip to a UK journalist that he was getting his studio ready recently for Mariah, who was coming to do a “Christmas album photo shoot”. Although MC Herself has not confirmed this, David is a rather good source, so fans who want another Christmas album can probably start getting excited.

MARIAH STARTS SHOOTING NEW FILM ON 1 JUNE
Mariah will start work on Tyler Perry’s new film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, in Atlanta on 1 June. Mariah is part of an ensemble female cast who’ll take small roles in the film, including Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose and Macy Gray. For Colored Girls… is scheduled for release in the USA on 14 January 2011 (no SA date has been set yet, but since its a Tyler Perry film we shouldn’t have to wait too long after that!).

MARIAH & NICK TO RENEW VOWS ON SECOND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
MC and hubby Nick Cannon are planning to renew their wedding vows again on 30 April, their second wedding anniversary. “I encourage everybody to do it. If you are happy and in love, celebrate it!” Nick says. His gift to MC will be “something very thoughtful and it has nothing to do with money.” He adds: “We are just trying to keep the romance alive. That’s all.”

MARIAH’S FRAGRANE NOMINATED FOR “FRAGRANCE OSCAR”
The Fragrance Foundation announced its finalists for the 2010 FiFi Awards (the “Oscars” of the fragrance industry) in a conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York last Friday, April 23. Mariah’s “Ultra Pink” received a nomination in the Women’s Popular Appeal category! The Fifi Awards Gala will be held in New York on 10 June.

OBSESSED WINS SONG-WRITING AWARD
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted its 27th annual Pop Music Awards last week in Los Angeles, California, and Obsessed was was among the 50 songs awarded the “Most Performed Song” of 2009 title. C. “Tricky” Stewart, co-producer of Obsessed, was on hand to collect the award

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER RECORD…
Mariah thanked Her Brazilian fans in Portuguese on Wednesday, for continuing to keep Her hit cover version of I Want to Know What Love Is, at the top of the Brazilian radio charts, for an awe-inspiring 27th week. “Eu te amo! Obrigada!,” MC posted on Her Twitter page. “Brazil! #1 for 27 weeks!!!! That’s a new record for me! I can’t even know what to say,” she commented.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

Popularity: 24% [?]

Hello MC fans

MARIAH RECORDING NEW ALBUM!
Mariah tweeted a pic of Herself with Jermaine Dupri in the studio, taken Friday night 9 April. She and Jermaine both tweeted that they’re recording together for a NEW MC ALBUM!

Mariah tweeted: “To all the Lambs in the land..Finally!!!Me& Jermash are in his studio reliving the splendor working on new ish”
Jermaine Dupri: “to all the lambs out there me and mc are in studio right now working on the new album yall been askin for it”
Mariah: “This song is coming out quite nice I must say: ) LYM”
Jermaine: “I GOT SO MANY REQUEST ON TWITTER FOR THIS FROM ALL THE LAMBS AROUND THE WORLD, WE KNOW WE BELONG TOGETHER LOL!! THE SONG OF THE DECADE CREW IS BACK!!!!!!!!!! LEGGGOOOOO”

Jermaine also posted two videos of him and MC in the studio, which you can find at www.mariahdaily.com.

So far there is no other confirmed information available regarding Mariah’s next album, though Her official site did describe the album as “forthcoming”, which hopefully means we won’t have to wait TOO long. Our money’s on hearing new music before the end of the year!

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER AWARD…
Mariah was honoured with the James Brown Cultural Excellence Award at the “Keeper of the Dream” Awards held by the National Action Network in New York on Thursday 15 April. The award honours people of colour who have made outstanding contributions to the arts.

RIHANNA STARSTRUCK BY MC
Rihanna in a recent interview:
“Janet Jackson, Destiny’s Child, Whitney Houston – they were definitely the people who motivated me to do this, who I idolised and looked up to and said, ‘I want to be like them, I want to do that one day, I want to back videos, make music and have CDs.’ That started the dream and it just went from there, and became a reality. I have met some of them and it’s really, really strange. I still look at Mariah Carey and I’m a fan, I remember Vision of Love when I was repeating every night every move in that video.”

MARIAH’S “ANNIVERSARY” ON 27 MARCH
Mariah celebrated the anniversary of Her 12th birthday on 27 March, and fans celebrated along with Her all over the world. These Japanese fans made their own version of Her latest video, Up Out My Face, and Mariah Herself tweeted about how much She loved their version. For a good laugh, watch the Japanese Fan Version of Up Out My Face here.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
A reminder to all MC fans: keep inviting any of your South African friends who are or used to be fans, to the FB group. We need to get the numbers up high, in case She announces a tour. If/ when She announces a tour, we can approach local promoters and show them there is an audience eager to see Miss Mariah perform in SA! So we need to keep growing our numbers! Invite, invite, invite!!

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

Popularity: 25% [?]

Mariah tweeted around 2pm SA time on Friday:

“I’m at Central Park getting ready for Oprah, can’t wait for Nick to get home. KKLB! (to Nick) ”
She has just finished performing/ interviewing on Oprah, and details will be out soon, so check mariahdaily for updates on what She performed and what She told Oprah. She was reported to be performing one song, and talking to Oprah about Her new album and married life, but I’m hoping She performs more than one!

Mariah Carey  LIVE IN VEGAS
Mariah performed 2 of Her 4 planned live shows in Las Vegas last weekend (Friday and Saturday 11/12 September). Check the FB group or Mariahdaily for pics from the show. She looked gorgeous, and Her reviews were mostly glowing.
The Las Vegas Weekly wrote (in part):
“…her voice, put to work on new songs like the emotional ballad “Angels Cry” and guilty pleasure oldies like “Always Be My Baby,” sounded just as clear as it always has. You better believe that she can still hit those high notes, belt out the lower ones and do work all over her five-octave range.”
For more reviews and pics (including fan reviews), check Mariahdaily. Youtube also has audioclips of fan recordings of live performances from the concert. I Want to Know… sounds AMAZING live!!!

I WANT TO KNOW… ON US CHARTS
Billboard magazine:
“Mariah Carey reaches back for her 49th career entry on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as “I Want to Know What Love Is” arrives as the list’s Hot Shot Debut at No. 64. Foreigner’s original version of the ballad reached No. 85 on the chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1985.
The second single from “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” due Sept. 29, adds to the singer’s catalog of covers. Carey peaked at No. 11 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with her update of the Jackson 5′s “I’ll Be There” in 1992. In 1994, her remake with Luther Vandross of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross’ “Endless Love” reached No. 7 on the chart. In 1999, Carey rose to No. 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with her take on “I Still Believe,” originally a No. 13 Hot 100 hit by her former employer, Brenda K. Starr.”

OBSESSED ON BILLBOARD CHARTS
Obsessed drops 1 spot to #8 on the US Hot 100 chart, but is still growing healthily at US radio stations, so expect it to rise again in the next few weeks!
Billboard Hot 100: #8 (Last week: #7)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #6 (Last week: #7)
Billboard Pop 100 Songs: #15 (Last week: #18)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #12 (Last week #14)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #12 (Last week #14)
Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Songs: #2 (Last week #3)
Billboard Lala.com: #4 (Last week: #4)
Billboard Yahoo Video: #2 (Last week: #1)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #10 (Last week: #10)
Billboard Hot Singles Sales (Walmart): #2 (Last week: #2)

MC ON LOCAL CHARTS
Obsessed:
- Holds at #1 on GHFM in Cape Town
- Drops to #2 on East Coast Radio in Durban (after 1 week at #1)

I Want to Know…:
Debuts at #30 on Global Hot Hits on East Coast Radio in Durban!

KEEP REQUESTING OBSESSED ON SA RADIO!

5fm
SMS “Hi5 Mariah Carey Obsessed” to 33345. SMS costs R1.50

TAKE40SA CHART

http://www.take40sa.co.za/index_nokiachartvoting.asp

Scroll down and enter Mariah Carey Obsessed in the “song not listed area”, until we get it in the list and you can just click on it.

Goodhope FM

http://www.goodhopefm.co.za/communicate/new_music_request.jsp

Scroll down, enter your details and song request, click SEND.

Kfm
(you will be entered into a competition to win 10 CD’s every time you
vote)
Vote online at http://www.kfm.co.za/kmusic/ryan_seacrest/top8_voting.asp
Scroll down to ENTER NOW, click and enter details (use 7800 or 7441 as post code if you don’t know one)
OR SMS your vote to 32945 (SMS costs R1)
OR e-mail your vote to [email protected]

94.7 Highveld FM
(you will be entered into a competition to win a prize every time you
vote; can vote once a day)
Vote online at http://www.highveld.co.za/music/ryanseacrest/top8_voting.asp (use
2092 as post code if you don’t know one)

BayFM (Port Elizabeth)
Email [email protected] with a general request asking them to play Obsessed (perhaps dedicate to someone).

(news from www.mariahdaily.com and www.mcarchives.com)

Popularity: 58% [?]

The tracklisting for Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel! Released on mariahcarey.com an hour ago. Looks like we’re getting a 17-track album (although 5 are interludes/ preludes, but any ways…;)

MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL – OUT 29 SEPTEMBER 2009

1. “Betcha Gon’ Know” (Prologue)
2. “Obsessed” (Mariah Carey, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart)
3. “H.A.T.E.U.”
4. “Candy Bling”
5. “Ribbon”
6. “Inseparable”
7. “Standing O”
8. “It’s a Wrap”
9. “Up Out My Face”
10. “Up Out My Face” (Reprise)
11. “More than Just Friends”
12. “The Impossible”
13. “The Impossible” (Reprise)
14. “Angel” (Prelude)
15. “Angels Cry”
16. “Languishing” (Interlude)
17. “I Want to Know What Love Is” (Mick Jones, Mariah Carey, Tricky Stewart)

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Foreigner’s Mick Jones can start ordering caviar and Champagne again: Mariah Carey is releasing her own gospel-tinged version of his masterwork song, “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

It’s the first “real” single from her new album following the summer release of the witty “Obsessed,” which is also included on “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” The album and the single hit the world on Sept. 29th.

I heard the Foreigner song yesterday along with all of “Memoirs” and let me tell you: Mariah’s got a hit on her hands along the lines of “Emancipation of Mimi “The hour-long CD is ballad-centric. Written and produced with The Dream and Tricky (I know, but these are their stage names), “Memoirs” boasts a lot of singles. Starting with the Foreigner song is a canny move in these uncertain times. By the time its run is over, a new generation will think “I Want to Know What Love Is” is a Mariah Carey song.

Mick Jones, who wrote it, should start picking out some nice new cars thanks to Carey. The money should come rolling in quickly.

The other songs on the album – these are the titles, although the running order is still being finalized: “Betcha,” “Obsessed,” “H.A.T.E.U.,” “Candy Bling,” “Ribbon,” “Standing O’s.,” “Impossible,” “It’s a Wrap,” “Inseparable,” “Up Out My Face,” “More than Just Friends,” and “Angels Cry.”

Several of these are radio ready. “Angels Cry” is an honest-to-god ballad a la “Vision of Love,” and should be a gigantic success. “Standing O’s” also has potential, as do “H.A.T.E.U.” – which stands for “having a typical emotional upset” – and “Inseparable.”

Def Jam’s L.A. Reid – who previewed the CD for the first time yesterday with a clutch of staffers – is playing with the order, to get it right. But he really can’t go wrong. Carey’s album, is, as they used to say, “what the kids want.” Plus, it’s got stuff for the slightly older crowd. I loved the doo-woppy “It’s a Wrap.” And the Foreigner track is so powerful, it’s going to be everywhere. Good news, too: no more songs about Eminem. One was plenty.

So, by the end of September we’ll have new CDs from Whitney and from Mariah. They’re each top notch and different from each other enough that their fans should want them both. Maybe we’ll see a return to record stores (we have but a few in Manhattan now) and diva duels on radio if programmers are smart.

Source: Roger Friedman – Showbiz411

Popularity: 64% [?]

A quick news update, and a reminder to keep requesting Obsessed at local radio stations!

(news from www.mariahdaily.com)

CONFIRMED: MEMOIRS… DELAYED TO 29 SEPTEMBER
Mariah is putting the finishing touches on her newest album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, and all of her TV and promo appearances have been shifted to coincide with the new release date of September 29th.
Source: MariahCarey.com

OBSESSED HOLDS STEADY AT #14 ON BB HOT 100
Below, find Mariah’s chart positions in Billboard magazine issue dated August 22, 2009.
Billboard Hot 100: #14 (Last week: #14)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #17 (Last week: #22)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #44 (Last week: #49)
Billboard Mainstream Top 40: #35 (Last week #39)
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: #7 (Last week: #8)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #17 (Last week #15)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #17 (Last week #15)
Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop: #14 (Last week: #14)
Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay: #25 (Last week: #25)
Billboard Hot Dance Airplay: #13 (Last week #25)
Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks: #1 (Last week #1)
Billboard Yahoo Video: #1 (Last week: #2)
Billboard AOL Radio: #14 (Debut)
Billboard Lala.com: #7 (Last week: #10)
Billboard iLike Libraries: Most Added: #@2 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #13 (Last week: #16)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #12 (Last week: #12)
Billboard Hot Singles Sales: #1 (Debut)

MARIAH 13TH IN POLL OF TOP MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES
Ask people of various ages about their favorite music and what do you get? Perhaps more common ground between the generations than you’d expect. A Pew Research Center survey found the Beatles high on the list of every age group and other acts from the 1960s and 1970s popular among people too young to have known them when they performed. Among those younger than 30, Michael Jackson was the No. 1 pick. For those 30-49, the Eagles won out. People 50-64 picked the Beatles – the winners overall. For those 65 and older, Frank Sinatra can’t be beat.
Top 20 acts in the poll:
1. Beatles; 2. Eagles; 3. Johnny Cash; 4. Michael Jackson; 5. Elvis Presley; 6. Rolling Stones; 7. Aretha Franklin; 8. Frank Sinatra; 9. Carrie Underwood; 10. Garth Brooks; 11. Jimi Hendrix; 12. Bruce Springsteen; 13. Mariah Carey; 14. Bob Dylan; 15. Jefferson Airplane; 16. Nirvana; 17. Madonna; 18. Coldplay; 19. Kanye West; 20. Grateful Dead
Source: Pew Research Center | Associated Press

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Popularity: 58% [?]

Mariah Carey says her infamously bad movie debut Glitter failed because of 9/11. The singer — who stars in new movie Precious – says her semi-biographical film was destined to bomb at the box office as it was released on exactly the same day as the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center eight years ago.

“That movie was released on September 11th, 2001 – could there be a worse day for that movie to come out? I don’t think so,” she said. “I don’t even know that many people even saw the movie so I don’t think it’s the worst thing ever done.

“Glitter was a learning experience and I wouldn’t do it again if you paid me. But I didn’t have representation or anyone to tell me: ‘What you need is a great director’.”

Carey, 39, recently played down her reputation as a diva — insisting she is simply misunderstood.

“I have been through a lot that’s made me stronger,” she said. “They say: whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. So I’ve been through that kind of stuff a few times.

“A lot of people have very different opinions about me and it’s difficult to face them and to deal with them and to go on and to say: no, actually you’re wrong. I am this, I am not that.”

Popularity: 57% [?]