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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)

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)

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)

“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!

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

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)

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

(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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“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.”

”It’s a very special occasion,” Cannon told the crowd at Moon Nightclub, where he was DJ-ing. The couple was greeted with a four-foot cake, then Cannon showed a video of their nuptials.

”This is the most amazing person in the world,” Cannon said. “I dedicate my life to her daily, and together this union is gonna last forever. She is my rock.”

A teary Carey replied: “I have the best man in the whole wide world.”

No bump was spotted, so their trips to the IVF clinic may have been just a rumor.

Carey is the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was named the best selling female artist of the millennium by the 2000 World Music Awards, after selling 200 million albums.

She also has the most No. 1 singles for a solo artist in the United States, so any album featuring Carey’s best love songs can’t be a bad album. It’s impossible – unless Carey’s high octave, window shattering voice and huge choruses aren’t your thing.

Although Carey has already produced two greatest hits albums, including # 1s and Greatest Hits, Mariah: The Ballads is simply a collection of Carey’s most popular love songs, the ballads. The album features songs Carey sang early in her career from her time at Columbia Records, while excluding her more recent music with her current label, Island Records.

While her current music is mostly R&B, The Ballads features Carey’s early days in pop, showing off her softer side and focusing on her vocals.

Including some of what are considered to be the best ballads of all time, Mariah: The Ballads is an album any one can enjoy – not only the Carey aficionados. Carey’s best are all there from “Without You” to “My All” to “Always Be My Baby.”

The album also has Carey’s famous duets that diversify the album, including “One Sweet Day” with Boyz II Men, “I’ll Be There” with Trey Lorenz, “Endless Love” with Luther Vandross, “When You Believe” with Whitney Houston and “How Much” with Usher.

The first single on the album is, of course, “Hero,” one of Carey’s signature songs from her fourth album, The Music Box.

Starting the greatest hits album – after Mariah’s nearly 20 years in music with the ups and downs of her career and the public displays of her worst breakups – “Hero” can be taken as a symbol of Carey’s own inner strength, her ability to rise beyond discouragements, and still produce good music.

source: The Good 5 Cent Cigar