JULY 19, 2007
"Hello! I know I haven't called you since 1802. Actually, I haven't called anyone. I've been really, really busy and when I do get free time, I'm on vocal rest so I can like get back in the studio for 20 billion hours. So everybody's mad at me but whatever (laughs). I did get a couple of days of vacation in Capri which was a stone groove and I was happy 'cause I haven't been there since I was recording the Mimi record like three years ago. So that was nice for me..." Read this one & more messages from Mariah!

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Mariah Carey, the most successful female recording artist in history with total album, single and video sales of more than 160 million worldwide, and Island Def Jam Records announced this week the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, E=MC².

The first single "Touch My Body," written and produced by Tricky Stewart, Mariah Carey and The-Dream, blasted worldwide on February 12. The release of her new album is due in stores April 15.

Tricky Stewart and Redzone Entertainment, who have an exclusive international management agreement with UOMO Media, are having an exceptional year to date. Winning the Grammy in the Best Rap/Sung category for Rihanna's "Umbrella" featuring Jay Z, has made these producers some of the most sought after commodities in the industry. By rolling out hits for artists such as Rihanna, Britney Spears, and Celine Dion, Tricky Stewart and Redzone have shown consistency with which they create top selling music.

"We congratulate Tricky and Redzone on the commercial release of another great piece of work and are confident that the single 'Touch My Body' will be a chart topping success," commented Mr. Camara Alford, CEO and Chairman of UOMO Media.

Source: Business Wire

AFTER a wait of three years for more of her winning warbling, Mariah Carey fans can at last breathe a sigh of relief.

We’ve got one of the first shots from the video for new single Touch My Body. And it shows her back at her BacoFoil best.

The diva, 38 next month, will be touring to promote her album E=MC2 (we see what she did there).

But for the shoot she stayed close to home, opting for a Beverly Hills mansion. She be back all right!

Source: Daily Star

SINGING sensation MARIAH CAREY has bared all for the cover of her new single Touch My Body - with only a hat to hide her modesty.

Leaving little to the imagination, it’s not the first time the pop diva has stripped.

The All I Want For Christmas Is You darling was snapped in a state of undress to promote her fragrance M.

The single comes from her upcoming album E=MC².

With the sexy pic on the cover and seductively named title, the stunning singer is sure to have a top hit.

Who cares what the song sounds like?

Source: The Sun

Detroit - "Music lovers may think of you as a `queen,’ but to animal lovers, you are a court jester. I’m sorry, Aretha, but your furs make you look like a clown." So begins a letter sent today to Aretha Franklin by PETA Vice President Dan Mathews in the wake of Franklin’s post-Grammy outburst over Beyoncé’s comment referring to Tina Turner as "the queen."

"Why not shed the old-fashioned look that adds pounds to your frame and detracts from your beautiful voice?" continues Mathews. "Please consider donating your furs to the homeless as `queen of compassion,’ Mariah Carey, did. You’ll get a tax credit for the donation, and we at PETA will all sing your praises."

Furs that are donated to PETA’s program are distributed to the needy at homeless shelters around the country, and the group has also shipped hundreds of furs to women and children in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Source: PETA

R&B diva Mariah Carey returns to the spotlight this spring with her newest release E=MC². SOHH caught up with the Grammy award-winning producers Bryan-Michael Cox and DJ Toomp - who collaborated with M.C. on the project - to get the details on the album that everyone is buzzing about.

E=MC² follows Mariah’s hugely successful 2005 Grammy award-winning album, The Emancipation of Mimi, which sold over10 million copies worldwide. While that success will be difficult to match, the album is already generating praise from mega-hitmaker Jermaine Dupri, who claims the quality of E=MC² surpasses Carey’s last album, and the other producers she’s worked with on the album.

"I’m telling you she’s in a great space, man. It feels like it’s going to be better than Emancipation," Bryan-Michael Cox told SOHH exclusively. "She has a lot of the same producers. Jermaine gave her some really incredible records. I came in and gave her some real dope records. She got some really really dope stuff."

DJ Toomp, who just took home a Grammy for his work on Kanye West’s Graduation, agrees. "It’s incredible," he says. "I’ve only heard snippets of a few songs but Jermaine Dupri, pulled me to the side and was like, `Yo man, we bout to be here [at the Grammys] next year too.’ He’s like, `You’re on a classic album and you got a classic song.’ So it feels good."

Along with JD, Cox and Toomp, will.i.am, Stargate, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills, James Poyser, C. "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream also collaborated with MC on the project.

Carey has already announced plans for a Brett Ratner-directed video for her first single, "Touch My Body," which was written and produced by Carey alongside Tricky Stewart and The-Dream.

"Touch My Body" hit the radio earlier this week.

The project will be the 11th studio album for Carey, who has finally set a release date of April 15th for the set. E=MC² was executive produced by Mariah Carey and Island Def Jam Chairman, Antonio "LA" Reid.

Source: SOHH

With just one day of airplay, Mariah Carey’s "Touch My Body" (Island) earned enough airplay to jump onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 78.

"Body" is Carey’s 41st song to appear on this survey. Her run began almost 18 years ago with "Vision of Love," which became the first of her 10 R&B No. 1 hits to date.

Source: Billboard

"Touch My Body" continues to heat up on U.S radio stations with 1,072 spins in the first two days. The airplay is divided as follows:


Rhythmic: 399 spins
Pop: 441 spins
Urban: 200 spins
Urban AC: 26 spins
Hot AC: 6 spins

Total Audience Impressions: 13.514 million
You can request "Touch My Body" today, at your local Top 40 station here.

Source: Mediabase

Yesterday I spent more than an hour up at Island/DefJam Records previewing the new CDs from Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. Each is highly anticipated, and with good reason. They're pretty damn good.

Carey’s CD, called E=MC², is probably the more anticipated if only because her prior release, Emancipation of Mimi, was such a phenomenal success. Buoyed by several hits including "We Belong Together," "Don't Forget About Us," Emancipation spent months on the charts and won a number of Grammys. It re-established Mariah as a superstar after her failed Glitter project and subsequent Charmbracelet.

E=MC² (a play on the previous album's title) should have a pretty big impact when it hits the world on April 15th. Already the single, "Touch My Body," with its refrain "I will hunt you down" has taken off at radio. It doesn't hurt that it bears a resemblance to "We Belong Together." But the new single is catchy in its own right, and has an independent hook designed to be addictive.

I heard eight other tracks yesterday, but since the album isn't sequenced yet I can't tell you where they fall in order. In the order I enjoyed them came first "Bye, Bye" a powerful ballad that should be a single and will probably close the album. It's a natural singalong in concert, too, which could make it not only wildly popular but a possible Grammy contender next year. Look out.

The next most commercial number is "Thanks For Nothing," a witty and rueful tune with another great melody courtesy of Jermaine Dupri and Carey. As on "Bye Bye," Carey’s vocals are superb. Her infamous eight octave range has suffered a little wear and tear over the years, but Carey can still flutter from great highs to mellow lows like no one else.

Some other highlights I heard included "Cruise Control," featuring Damian Marley with a driving reggae subtext; "Migrate" with T Pain, which should be a single and perhaps the album's kick off track; "Last Kiss," with Dupri on vocals; a breathy disco dance hit called "I'm That Chick," and an out and out pop song, "Loving You a Long Time," which samples DeBarge's "Stay with Me" and recalls the melodic riff of the "Hill Street Blues" theme music.

The one thing I kept thinking from track to track is that Carey and her crew have put a lot of work into making E=MC² not just a hit, but a sustainable success. There's enough in the package that it will last as long as "Emancipation," spinning off singles, remixes, and videos.

Source: Roger Friedman - Fox News