With new single ‘The Art Of Letting Go’ released this week, iconic Mariah Carey is beginning to drip-feed details on its like-titled album.
During yesterday’s visit to The Angie Martinez Show on Hot 97, the diva supreme revealed that she’s targeting Valentines Day window next year to roll-out the LP, which serves as her 14th studio effort.
Her words after the jump…
Speaking on the record’s roll-out, the singer said:
“Album, top of the year. I’m thinking February. Jermaine (Dupri) will be mad at me if I say this. But I like the Valentines Day thing. Especially love songs. People want to hear the break-up songs, the I-hate-you-love-songs, the I-used-to-love-you-and-I-can-get-over-it-no-matter-what-I-do songs (laughs). That’s why”.
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While there’s ample logic to be found in Mimi’s “marketing plan”, we just wish she’d pair it with better material. For, having “lived” with the LP’s title track for a few days, it’s sadly not growing on us – nor the general public, if iTunes is anything to by.
In any case, perhaps all can be salvaged. There’s still four months until February, hence more than enough time to service a “lead” single that doesn’t sound like it’s spoken word poetry with a beat. We need (quality) hooks, melodies, and air of radio-friendly, that can comfortably be paired with the more “adult” lyrics she’s clearly channelling this go round. We’re rooting for Mimi. We just need her to root for herself rather than play herself with so-so songs.
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not with that first single sounding like that
Better than no single at all right?
Lmao
Best photoshop award for that picture. Her minions slaved over it.
Artpop album is terrible. I have all the previous albums AND went to both concerts and have to express my sincere apologies to the credit card for purchasing this contrite and terribly noisy album. Putting the word ‘art’ in the title doesn’t mean you can take the world for granted. There are 3 (hence 3/10) okay songs but even those are very average and lacking much depth. Poor gaga is struggling under the weight of her own fame and ego…has to wear Versace and confesses she is a drug head…have pity on her…the main themes of the album.
Well when you are on a record breaking sold out world tour…you know things takes time. But dont worry the queen’ll quinch your thirst soon
Better than not having a single at all.
Agreed. The song is a boring mess.
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No ones checking…..
Alive hasn’t even sold 60k WW so your one to talk
70K me back to retirement.
And yet you commented…Hmmm….
OLD H** IS BECOMING IRRELEVANT… 🙁
Nobody cares……
How much did loved me back to Las Vegas sell?
IT SOLD MORE THAN THE ART OF FLOP N GO LOL
70K me back to retirement..
*crickets*
COW
COW= CAREY ONLY WINS
No ones gonna buy that b******* next
She should just save face and go away.
WHY IS THAT YOU NEVER COMMENT UNDER NIKKI POST? GO SUPPORT HER… OR ARE YOU SAM TROLLING YOUR OWN BLOG, STARTING STAN WARS FOR HITS????? i think its the latter
Haters mad because Beyonce slays Mariah
That doesnt make sense. Why would Mariah haters be mad about that? Try again.
The same Beyonce who is scared to drop a single?
The same scared to drop a single who’s filming a video anthology ?
You mean another commercial featuring her many jingles.
What? Your username completely contradicts your statement. Everything about you is just incoherent; please sit and re-evaluate yourself.
You guys act like there won’t be another single from this album by the time February rolls around. I’m sure they’ll be another single launched next month at some point. Nobody releases just one song before an album release these days anymore. If there’s anyone in this business who shouldn’t be taken lightly it’s Mariah Carey; she’s been counted out before and comes back like a lion every time.
As for the single “The Art of Letting Go”, I think it’s a fantastic album track but maybe not lead single. She sounds amazing on it and lyrically it’s fantastic, but it needs to be something with more pizzaz. Either way, can’t wait for the album.
60k first week
It’s doing pleasantly well on Itunes worldwide
It´s doing great here in Spain. Taking into account it´s not commercial at all I think that´s an achievement in itself.
LOL ON WHAT PLANET?
People like to hear those songs, then just hand them one of your old ass albums then.
That shits gon flop and the lambs know it
Perfecr date, can’t wait to be slayed.
*perfect
Bey,Rih,Mimi and Gaga run TGJ obviously…
Album of the millennium?
Best pop album and her best album yet according to monsters and yet;
64 metacritic score. That T***** isn’t running s***.
LOL THAT’S ALL YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IS HER METACRITIC SCORE? LMAO
ARTPOP IS RUNNING ITUNES WORLDWIDE. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT THAT METACRITIC SCORE. WHAT’S FLOPNEY JEAN RUNNING BESIDES THE BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS? LOL
Her music is predictable.
I now need Usher to announce an album release date for 2014, Rihanna has already started work on R8, can’t wait.
Oh Lord!Why are all of the haters jumpin on her articles ? Why bother and waste time to comment on someone you’re not checkin for, sux, is fat,predictable, arrogant,can’t sing anymore and so on? Just give her a break,whats ur problem? I love her and her music and cant wait for that album!
Beyonce has sold 230.000 tickets in BRAZIL!
folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/culture/2013/11/1370702-brazil-is-a-mandatory-stop-for-international-tours.shtml
With 164.000 sold on last tour, her total sales in Brazil is well over 394.000 and she’s rumored to tour there in 2014!!
She’s surpassing Madonna’s numbers!!!
Brazil alone!?
But you were just dragging her for filth not too long ago. Phony ass flip flopper
Girl the hive doesn’t use you anymore, they kicked your fake ass out the stan base
QUEEN!!
Tf outta here. Now you wanna jump back on her bandwagon because her Tours slayin. F****** fake fan!
Mariah is so boring. She’s overrated
Save your long ass commentaries for kelly rowland,ciara,ashanti,janet jackson,keri hilson,elijah blake,brandy,monica and chris brown…they need your advice more than Mariah,whose “poetry with a beat”is easily outperforming their recent releases
LOL PLEASE, FLOPRIAH HAS FLOPPED WORSE THAN ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU NAMED. AND THIS ‘POETRY WITH A BEAT’ IS FLOPPING EVEN WORSE.
SPEAKING OF FLOPS, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT HASBEEN T***** PRINCE SAW THE HOT 100? LMAO
But why do you feel the need to come for anyone who isn’t gag, you spam every post with your mess.
Remember, Gaga’s current singles have been flopping all over the place. I would keep it cute if I were you.
LOL REMEMBER, GAGA’S SINGLE IS STILL IN THE TOP 10 AFTER 4 MONTHS, AND HER ALBUM IS SLAYING OVER 70 COUNTRIES WW. PLUS HER SECOND SINGLE IS BACK IN THE TOP 20 AND MOVING UP, WHILE THE ART OF FLOP N GO IS FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DON’T GET CUTE, DEAR. I GET DROP DEAD GORGEOUS LOL
The song is great, the more you listen the more it grows. Also, it is doing better than what I expected since it´s far from a commercial song for nowadays standards. It´s not even a ballad, it´s like something gospel-like. She´s doing great.
For the trolls always shading Celine. She´s doing more than fine. She´s always top 5 in every country in the world (Day of release she was #1 in itunes albums charts in 31 countries) and taking into account she doesn´t even try, that´s great. She´s selling less in the USA this time. But that won´t change anything. She just sold 1 million albums last year from her French new album alone.
I swear you blind stans are so ignorant and hateful. These women are defying everything. Who else debuting around 1990 is still doing it and getting attention? Not even many memorable acts are. Mariah and Celine are. Deal with it and move on. I could name many 90´s acts with true classics under their names who can´t sell s*** nowadays, their careers died a long time ago, and they were better than any pop star right now, and still Celine and Mariah are the only ones here now. And you still trying to shade? Do you think Nicki Minaj and the rest will be here in 2025????????????? LOLOLOL
Mariah should retire..old h** is becoming irrelevant.
Hey @JOHNVIDAL…I’m buying Celine’s album on saturday,physical copy that is…i enjoyed majority of the songs,well except the ne-yo duet…9.5/10 for me
Who’s Celine?
Of course darling! Physical copy was what I bought too. And yes the only song I don´t like is the NeYo duet. Generic as hell. Which suprised me cos the song he wrote for her previous album was pretty amazing (“I´ve got nothing left” was its title).
My fave tracks are “Breakaway”, “Thankful” and “Didn´t know love”.
Oh and have you seen Mariah surprising fans in the Jimmy Fallon show??? It was great.
SO many haterz!! Its truly pathetic when all you do is write the same old s*** on every Mariah post! If u don’t like her music, its easy, don’t buy it!!
Lame ass comments like “cow’ ‘flop’ etc are redundant…try and be more creative…if u can.
If the album is as boring as the title track then she can keep it.
Doesn’t stop drive-thru pusy fave from releasing the same thing over and over, why should Mimi?
I don’t know what other music artists have to do with this post but whatever, music is all about personal taste if you don’t like anything Marian puts out then that’s your right but it doesn’t mean her music is trash, she has a certain style which is signature and I for one am checking for her.
*mariah
Its funny how singers with vocal ability always gets trashed on this site but singers struggling to do lalala’s get branded as queens and legends by the brain dead, tone death fans. Hmmm.
The singers with vocal ability need to release better music point blank period
Just because you don’t like certain songs doesn’t mean its a bad song.
Don’t shelve it this time…
Ill buy 3 copies if its as good as emancipation of mimi
Boriah Cowrey
Oh great more useless trolls, just what this site needed. Anyway, I can’t wait for that album. I think she might release two more singles before it comes out.
I won’t lie and say I’m checking for a new Mariah album but I would love for her to come with some bangers. It seems like the limited vocalists get the best material while the saaaangers get scraps and B-sides….
if you all are not checking then why comment? only shows how pressed you all are. I still think that some of these screen names are Sam himself. Especially the Barbz screen names. Notice how the Barbz come and hate on MC post taking it to the 100s in comments but when Nikki post are up they barley reach 50. HMMMMMM sounds a little fishy.
SAM=Sad And Miserable
you may laugh because people say that about you but the truth is the jokes is on you. you should really stop promoting so much hate.
I was rather disappointed in this new song she put out. She has an incredible voice but to be honest with you I always think it is an epic failure when you compare your new work to your older work that you have become famous for. We have seen this time and time again when an artist makes an iconic record and then years later tries to make version two of that record with little to no success. We saw it with My Life two from Mary J! No disrespect to Mariah or Mary but speaking as a fan you should be trying to create something that is fresh and new as opposed to trying to recapture old glory!
Great.
I’m Totally XD 😀
Valentine’s Day? B****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This album shoulda been out this time LAST year OH EM GEE!!!
http://youtu.be/K0998ryxiYU
formally known as just sayin’
so i have been blocked because i said something about sam lol
he is soooooooooo INSECURE that he can not take when people say things about him. he can dish it but can not take it. peace out TGJ
Floppppppppp !!!!!!
I just heard her new single and it f****** sucks!!! It so boring she sounds a mess and it a future flop kii I can’t stand that boxy b**** or her stans #teamfuckmooriah
F*** you too
no ones checking for her but the song is doing well on itunes and her article is the most commented on so far…..and mariah’s getting her xmas checks now February is perfect!!
In Less Than A Week Mariah Carey New Single ‘The Art Of Letting Go’ has went to #1 In 11 Countries Without Any Promotion Nor Any Radio Airplay! And More #1 To Come Congrats Mariah! The True Living Legend
Even though this new single isn’t perfect, its her best in years. Better than #beautiful honestly. People just want her to do hip stuff now it seems. Shame, as I actually think Art was a step in the right direction. The opinion of this blog owner sucks btw.
Agree. “The Art of Letting Go” song is “a-diamond-in-the-rough” , “obscure-Mimi’s-gems” like Close My Eyes, Looking In. Although #Beautiful sold a million copies, ended up at #81 on Billboard Year-End Charts, I still think The Art Of Letting Go is BETTER. Evidently her throwbacks are not merely pies. Contemporary music critics critically ACCLAIMED the song.
And the song DID enter the Bubbling Under Hot 100 at #19 with NO promotions and NO radio release. Additionally, the song is for FANS as stated by Mariah herself, she doesn’t really mind if the song become a hit. And although it charted weakly on major music charts, the song performed GREATLY at the SOUTHEAST-ASIAN charts and AUSTRALIAN charts. So, f*** off with the “This is a flop.” thingy.
I agree with the article, including the “rooting for Mimi” part, sadly. The past 3 album’s marketing has been terrible. The songs that have come out where nowhere NEAR the albums best. As for ‘The art of Letting go’ the song has FINALLY grown on me… but that’s a month later AND I can still take it or leave it. It’s almost like someone is purposely sabotaging her with the whole American Idol fiasco [and not telling her that there would be 4 judges instead of the usual 3], and the songs chosen to come out, etc. Seriously, step it up, Mariah and stop listening to these people who don’t have your best interest in mind.