Something should be said for a star who can still maintain an air of anticipation 25 years into their career. Mariah Carey may have had a few false starts over the past two years when it comes to her 14th studio album – which itself has been a work in progress for four years – but that…
Singer Pixie Lott awards Mariah’s album 5 stars
The Sun newspaper devoted a full page review to Mariah’s new album. The review was written by British pop singer Pixie Lott, a big Mariah fan, who awarded the album 5 stars and went through it track-by-track: Mariah Carey’s new album Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse is the singer back to her very best….
Guardian review applauds ‘big songs’ on Mariah’s new album
Mariah Carey: Me. I am Mariah … the Elusive Chanteuse review – heroic self-belief and big songs “Best thing to happen to your ass was me,” sings Mariah Carey on the track Thirsty, inviting you to applaud her heroic self-belief. That quality permeates her 13th studio album, from the fabulously solipsistic title to her confidence…
‘Strong’ Mariah puts her armour on
Mariah Carey’s first studio album since 2009, Me. I Am Mariah … the Elusive Chanteuse, has become more of a talking point than anything she’s done in years. Not that anyone is discussing the music (which has been adjudged not bad at all). The conversation has focused on the title – which, understandably, has generated…
Mariah Carey: ‘Artists aren’t going to need labels much in the future’
The idea for Mariah Carey’s 14th album ‘Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse’, it seems, has been years in the making. The title comes from a painting she created as a small child. “On the back cover of this album is a personal treasure,†the singer told fans in a YouTube reveal at the…
Reviews: Me. I Am Mariah …The Elusive Chanteuse
USA Today Rating: 3.5 stars out of 4 For a woman who has one of the most technically astonishing voices in pop music, Mariah Carey has at times seemed oddly inclined to try too hard. And who could blame her, really, given the gleeful snark that she has inspired in detractors — first for sounding…
Mariah’s ‘addictively bouncy’ Thirsty is a must hear
Popular UK Entertainment website Digital Spy have listed Mariah’s new track, Thirsty, as one of their ’10 Tracks You Need To Hear’ this week: ‘You would think I would be all about the singles-driven situation,” Mariah recently said of her new release. “And I am in a way, but with this particular album I want…
Mariah Carey classics soundtrack the Summer
The UK’s Guardian newspaper recently asked their music writers to pick the songs that soundtrack their Summer. One of the writers, Nosheen Iqbal, mentioned several Mariah tunes: Nostalgia doesn’t get a look-in in the autumn – too many new albums being churned out – but high summer is a different ballgame. For one, I reckon…
Mariah Carey talks about “Thirsty”
Still riding the thirst wave, Mimi is back, less than a couple weeks out from the release of her much anticipated fourteenth – yes that’s 1-4 – studio album, Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse. Sending the internet into overdrive this week with her latest single “Thirsty,” Mariah and Atlanta’s newcomer Rich Homie Quan…
Mariah Carey: “Ningún hombre volverá a robarme el espÃritu. Ahora decido yo”
Tiene más números uno que Elvis. Ha vendido más de 200 millones de discos. Y su fortuna supera los 500 millones de dólares. Ahora, madre de mellizos tras un embarazo que la hizo ganar 30 kilos de peso, lanza unnuevo asalto a las listas. En esta charla, la diva lo canta todo a ‘XLSemanal’. Cuatro…