Mariah Carey: Official Topic

October 3, 2009 at 01:00 AM

Your weakend top 10 (OR 15) chart preview: A s**tload of debuts (figuratively speaking) will infiltrate the top of next week’s chart. Outside the holiday months of November and December, next week could mark the first time in nearly two years when each of the Top 15 sells more than 40k. Next Tuesday they may well be popping the champagne corks at Hollywood, in Disney’s first hat trick since they sold the Mighty Ducks. Congrats to topper Peter Paterno… Scratch that—we just learned Peter’s no longer at the label… Columbia could hit the trifecta as well, if you throw in a certain blonde bombshell from Area Code 615. Anyhoo, here’s what we’re looking at—and while we’re at it, here’s looking at you, kid....

1 Paramore (Fueled by Ramen) 185-195k NEW
2 Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 160-170k NEW
3 Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 150-160k NEW
4 Breaking Benjamin (Hollywood) 140-150k NEW
5 Alice in Chains (Virgin) 130-140k NEW
6 Jay-Z (Roc Nation) 80-85k
7 Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville) 70-75k NEW
8 Madonna (Warner Bros.) 65-70k NEW
9 Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench) 65-70k
10 afi (Interscope) 55-60k NEW
11 Selena Gomez & the Scene (Hollywood) 55-60k NEW
12 Whitney Houston (Arista/RMG) 45-50k
13 Miley Cyrus (Hollywood) 40-45k
14 Dethklok (Williams Street) 40-45k NEW
15 Harry Connick Jr. (Columbia) 40-45k

-from P.M.B. and HitsDailyDouble

OMG!!! Madonna is only #8 ?

I thought she would make at least the Top5. :mellow:

October 3, 2009 at 07:46 AM

Are Audiences Embracing Mariah Carey's "Angel"?

Mariah Carey is on track for a top-10 debut next week with her "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel". That's not necessarily news, as any release with the Mariah Carey name will certainly land at the top of the chart, especially in an era when 30,000 first-week sales will get an artist within reach of the pole position. Today, Billboard - the keeper of the U.S. pop chart - unveiled early prognosis for next week's tally. Unexpectedly, Carey will vie for the top spot with Paramore, who are still riding a post-"Twilight" wave into superstardom. The early numbers posted are a bit eye-catching, even in this depressed sales climate.

Billboard has Carey and Paramore on track to sell somewhere between 160,000 and 170,000 copies in their first week. That's quite the achievement for the latter - Paramore's 2007 effort "Riot!" topped out at No. 15 - but a bit of a drop for Carey.

Let's say Carey beats those expectations and comes in with 200,000 first-week sales. That's still a fraction of the first-week sales of her recent albums. Is that an indicator that audiences are not-yet sold on "Angel", an album that received a favorable review in this publication, or just the fallout from multiple delays and a successful, if not smashing, first single?

This is Carey's first album since last spring, when "E=MC2" opened with 463,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her album before that, 2005's "The Emancipation of Mimi", landed atop the chart with 404,000 copies sold. Furthermore, just a few weeks ago, another diva fared pretty well, as Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" debuted on the chart with 304,000 copies sold.

So what's the problem? The first official single for Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" was "Obsessed", a cut that dominated the gossip rags, especially after its Eminem-mocking video. But all that attention didn't exactly equate into any chart domination.

Of course, that's not to say the song has done poorly. Carey is a big enough brand that she will sell and radios will play her, but "Obsessed" has spent much of its time outside the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100. The song went into this sales week at No. 11 in its 11th week on the tally (Billboard releases album charts on Wednesdays and single's charts on Thursdays).

Thus far, Nielsen SoundScan reports that the cut has sold about 875,000 downloads. That's a little off the pace of "Touch My Body", Carey's lead-off single for "E=MC2." After "Touch My Body" had been out for 11 weeks, it tallied 1.1 million downloads.

Yet further concern was raised when the album was delayed. "Angel" has already been pushed back twice, and was originally planned for Aug. 25. The delay may have had an effect on first-week sales, as Carey slowed momentum by canceling and postponing a number of her promotional appearances, including what was a planned August appearance on the "Today" show. She's now set to appear Friday on "Today".

The delay means that "Angel" is already on its second single, a cover of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is". The song will affect next weeks' chart, and it's a big ballad that should prolong the album's lifespan, even if low first-week sales raise some eyebrows.

Of course, one can argue that the lower first-week sales numbers will have nothing to do with Carey at all. The shift from August gives Carey significantly more competition to contend with. Although there may not be much crossover with the Paramore audience, Houston's album is still selling well, and this week also saw the release of a hits package from Madonna and a new release from Barbra Streisand. Carey would have had smoother sailing on Aug. 25, when Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough" was the week's biggest release.

Ultimately, however, album sales may not have much to do with whether "Angel" is considered a success, at least from a business perspective. It's a true product-placement album, as the liner notes are a co-production with Elle magazine and come equipped with luxury advertisements. Sales may not mean as much when the album has already been sold.

October 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM

Apparently, the album is also underperforming in Japan.

October 3, 2009 at 12:30 PM

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October 3, 2009 at 03:06 PM

I was dissapointed with her performance, but she was better than Whitney though,

She sounded like she was having problems with her chest range,

and switches to the whistle and it seems easier for her..i am not saying she were bad but it wasn´t her best performance.

Maybe Mariah was sick after Oprah and The Vegas Concerts..im not shure.

October 4, 2009 at 03:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hMemCvXkik...player_embedded

mariah @ the view

amazing

October 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM

Don't the French charts include digital sales? Memoirs has been doing well on iTunes but the official first-week figure is only around 2k.

October 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM

i'm sure Mariah and IDJ didn't see this coming. they're so confident that Mariah will get that precious #1 spot on Billboard 200. no one guessed that a band like Paramore will be a huge threat to her 1st week sales- let alone Babs and Madge.

i'm quite nervous about Hits' sales report tomorrow. :confused:

October 5, 2009 at 02:20 PM

Mariah to Record Christmas Song with Mom Patricia

Mariah Carey - She's No Angel, But Pretty Close

"All my life, my saving grace, the thing that kept me steady, was listening to music; on the radio, on records or my mother's singing."

That's the famously voluptuous singing superstar Mariah Carey, with whom I had a brief conversation the other day.

I was the last of Mariah's duties that long afternoon; she'd given about 19 interviews to promote her new album, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel."

The star sounded game, but understandably beat. Her voice was a little ragged. I said, "Mariah, I feel bad making you talk anymore!" She laughed, "Liz, I'm fine. I'm actually lying down as we speak. Listen, this is a lot better than other things I could be doing to push this album."

Even though our super-fast chat was supposed to be confined to her music – and I'd been sent a little list of specific questions ("elements" as they call them) – I had to immediately compliment Mariah on her small, unglamorous-but-pivotal-social-worker role in the movie "Precious." And I told her I'd also liked her in the two-guys-one-gal-on-the-road movie "Tennessee." (Both these films emerged under the aegis of producer/director Lee Daniels, who is a great Mariah admirer. "Precious" is being talked up as Oscar bait!)

Even though she was cruelly excoriated for 2001's "Glitter," Mariah says she's encouraged by her recent efforts and would love to continue a movie career. And she should. Lord knows she's ready to go the limit. There are not too many sex symbols who would agree to appear as Mariah does in "Precious." (It's not a fake nose or strange teeth or padding, Mariah just took off her makeup and allowed a pitiless camera and harsh lighting to underscore her performance.)

We did speak of her album, which is already a big Billboard hit. "Memoirs" is a "concept" piece, with a beginning, middle and end. The theme is relationships and all its variations from infatuation to bitter ending to hope for tomorrow. The disc builds to a powerhouse climax with Mariah's cover of the old Foreigner hit, "I Want to Know What Love Is." (This is the album's only track not written by Mariah herself.) She says of this, "I wanted to respect the original version. I didn't want to make it something unrecognizable. But I did incorporate my own vision." (This vision includes a soaring gospel choir and the full use of Mariah's multi-octave pipes. You sure do know what love is when Mariah gets done with it!)

I asked Mariah if the album's title, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel," was in any way autobiographical.

"Ha! I'm no angel, Liz. Really, it's a statement to young girls – but actually to everybody – about how we are all normal and imperfect. We are not what is on the cover of magazines or what we appear to be in flattering press releases. It's OK to be who you are, no matter who you are – and to love accordingly. Also, the album was a way of working out some stuff, glancing back and saying, 'What the hell was I thinking?'"

Well, what was she thinking? "Oh, I'm not going down the list, which is really rather small. At the beginning of my career, I had to be very straightforward in my work and my image. But I have a lot of humor and zest for living and imagination. Once I broke free, I allowed myself to be who I was, who I wanted to be, as a woman and as an artist. This kind of album, with the great collaborations I have with Tricky Stewart and The Dream never could have been possible as my old self." (Mariah didn't need to put a fine point on it. She was clearly referring to her infamous marriage to Tommy Mottola, the music mogul who discovered, elevated and eventually smothered her.) Also impossible back in the day was Mariah's wicked tongue-in-cheek celebration of her sexiness – high heels in a snow drift! The old Rodgers and Hammerstein song, "I Enjoy Being a Girl," suits Mariah to a T. A wet tee.

Will Mariah tour to promote this CD? "Hmm... I really want to think about what I want to do next, how best to use my time, my life." Her life now includes an apparently blissful marriage to Nick Cannon. Tours rip months and years out of a performer's life. I believe Mariah has a different plan. At the very least, she needs time to also promote her new fragrance, "Forever."

Before I let Mariah go – well, before her handler wrenched us apart: "Your 15 minutes are up!" – I told her how much I love her delightful 1994 Christmas album. This disc includes her own composition, "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

"Oh, thank you! When I realize how that song has become a part of Christmas tradition, it's crazy to me, thrilling, humbling. You know, I didn't want to do a Christmas album. It was Tommy's idea. And I was all, 'Please I'm a young girl. People don't do Christmas albums until they are, like, 50. Some sort of last resort.' But he insisted. 'No, no. Do it. It'll be a big hit. So I did and it was, and I'll always be grateful for that."

Mariah paused and said, "I shouldn't tell you this, but I'm going to record another Christmas song, with my mother. I'm going to sing in my style, and she is going to sing operatic, which is her style." (Patricia Carey, Mariah's mom, is a former opera singer and vocal coach.)

"Mariah, when you say you shouldn't tell me, do you mean you've told me something I can't print?"

"Well, Liz. Would it be good for you if you printed it?"

"Of course it would be. But..."

"OK, then go ahead."

OK, then, go ahead. Words to cherish from a star, and words you don't hear much but from the unique likes of Miss Mariah Carey.

October 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM

Hits

CHART DATE: 10/05/2009

LAST UPDATE: 10/05/2009 16:04:16

NOW IN: 55.94%

LW TW artist / album label power index

-- 1 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 134,340

BRAND NEW EYES

-- 2 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 128,406

MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL

-- 3 ALICE IN CHAINS VIRGIN 92,155

BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE

-- 4 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 86,809

DEAR AGONY

-- 5 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 64,374

LOVE IS THE ANSWER

-- 6 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 44,438

KISS & TELL

2 7 JAY-Z ROC NATION 43,204

BLUEPRINT 3

-- 8 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 41,854

REVOLUTION

-- 9 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 38,040

CELEBRATION

1 10 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 35,888

BACKSPACER

October 6, 2009 at 12:37 AM

Hits

CHART DATE: 10/05/2009

LAST UPDATE: 10/05/2009 17:19:30

NOW IN: 56.90%

LW TW artist / album label power index

-- 1 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 134,340

BRAND NEW EYES

-- 2 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 133,070

LOVE IS THE ANSWER

-- 3 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 128,406

MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL

-- 4 ALICE IN CHAINS VIRGIN 92,155

BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE

-- 5 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 86,809

DEAR AGONY

-- 6 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 44,438

KISS & TELL

2 7 JAY-Z ROC NATION 43,204

BLUEPRINT 3

-- 8 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 41,854

REVOLUTION

-- 9 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 38,040

CELEBRATION

1 10 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 35,888

BACKSPACER

October 6, 2009 at 12:45 AM

i'm sure Mariah and IDJ didn't see this coming. they're so confident that Mariah will get that precious #1 spot on Billboard 200. no one guessed that a band like Paramore will be a huge threat to her 1st week sales- let alone Babs and Madge.

i'm quite nervous about Hits' sales report tomorrow.

Looks like Barbra is also going to be a huge threat to Mariah's 1st week sales. Not only Paramore!

Edited October 6, 2009 at 12:50 AM by Calypso

October 6, 2009 at 01:34 AM

^ i know! i can't believe this!

October 6, 2009 at 02:53 PM

REMIX ALBUM CONFIRMED!

Fans who picked up Mariah Carey’s latest Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel most likely noticed the absence of features, but the singer is about to make up for it. Tricky Stewart and Trey Songz spill details exclusively to Rap-Up.com on Carey’s top-secret remix album.

Details are slowly emerging about the project, which will include remixes to every song on Memoirs. “There’s gonna be remixes to everything,” says Tricky. “I’m actually doing some remixing myself currently ’cause some of these records were so much fun to make. It’s easy to go in and do a remix.”

The mega-producer already has something in mind for the diva’s Foreigner cover. “I’m gonna do a remix to ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ myself. I’mma raise the tempo up. I’mma try to make it into something else.”

He may even add a guest to it. “Once I get the beat and if it calls for the right person, I can get anybody on the phone I want to right now, so I will be using my Rolodex for that.”

One of the featured artists on the new project will be Trey Songz, who exclusively discloses to Rap-Up.com that he recorded a remix to one of Memoirs’ cuts last month. “Mariah Carey, I believe she’s doing a remix album and I’m on a record entitled ‘Inseparable,’” he shares.

Trey put everything aside once he got the call. “I actually only had a day to do it. I did it on my day off. [They were] very professional, very adamant on wanting to get it done. They made sure we had all we needed. I just went in and got it done.”

Source: Rapup.com

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