Mariah receives the American Hero award at the Annual Fresh Air Fund gala for her continued activity to benefit the organization and to celebrate her work as founder of Camp Mariah, a retreat for inner city children to explore career development. The benefit (5/29) raised over $1.5 million dollars for The Fresh Air Fund. To…
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Mariah Carey Debuts At No. 3 in the USA
Carey collects her 17th top 10 album as “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse” enters at No. 3 with 58,000. Her last non-holiday studio effort, 2009’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” also debuted at No. 3, but with 168,000. The debut of “Elusive” is Carey’s smallest opening for a non-holiday studio effort since…
Mariah Carey’s Me. I Am Mariah enters Japanese Charts
Mariah Carey’s “Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse” enters the Official Japanese Oricon Album Charts a week early based on import sales only. The album officially came out in Japan on 03 June, 2014: Oricon Combined Albums Chart 40. Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse (Import) (new entry) Sales for Week: 2,126 units…
Mariah Carey’s “Me. I Am Mariah” debuts on European Charts
Mariah Carey’s “Me. I Am Mariah” begins it’s European campaign this week: Official Spanish Albums Chart 10. Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse (new entry) “Me. I Am Mariah” is Mariah’s highest charting entry on the current version of the Official Spanish Albums Chart which began in 2003. Official UK Albums Chart 14. Me….
Mariah Carey, “Make It Look Goodâ€
The year is only half over — but it’s never too early to start rounding up the strongest tracks of 2014. Halfway through 2014, there’s already an embarrassment of riches in the realm of music — from blockbuster pop singles to epic indie ballads, ace songs from artists both new and established have provided the…
Mariah Carey’s 25 Biggest Billboard Hits
“It’s the soundtrack to my life, as well.” That’s how Mariah Carey responded to Matt Lauer’s question on Saturday night’s (May 31) NBC special “Mariah Carey at Home in Concert,” after he praised her by noting that her music has been a constant in the lives of her fans for nearly a quarter-century. The diva’s…
Sam Smith rates Mariah Carey’s Voice
British singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, who currently is sitting on top of the UK Album Charts (with the fasting selling debut album of 2014) talked to Rolling Stone Magazine last month about R&B and mind-blowing voices. Obviously Mariah Carey was mentioned is his Top 10 R&B Voices List: 2. Mariah Carey, “Mine Again” (2005) Unbelievable –…
UK & Irish Midweek Charts: Me. I Am Mariah
Early indications are that Mariah Carey’s new album ‘Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse’ will drop out of UK’s Top 30 this week. Based on Sunday sales, the album is projected to slip to No.35, posting a 75% sales drop. The difference between No.35 & No.20 is less than 500 units. There are no…
Mariah Carey expected to make Top 5 bow in the USA this week
Parlophone’s Coldplay and Valory’s Brantley Gilbert—who scored the biggest and third-biggest bows of the year, respectively, last week—retain the Top Two spots on this week’s HITS Album Sales Chart. Coldplay’s Ghost Stories dipped 78% with 85k, while Gilbert’s 67k was a 69% decline for Just as I Am. If you consider Def Jam’s Mariah Carey…
Album Review: Mariah Carey – Me. I Am Mariah
On Mariah Carey’s 14th studio album, stylistic cohesion is as elusive as the chanteuse herself. Here, R&B is less a static genre than a way to combine the best bits of hip-hop, disco and gospel. Highlights like the Wale-assisted dance jam “You Don’t Know What to Do” and “Make It Look Good,” where Carey glides…