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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
MARIAH CAREY READIES "MEMOIRS" RELEASE.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Memoirs: High-Profile Appearances and Album Details!
MARIAH CAREY
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel
As the most successful female recording artist of all time, as well as having written more #1 singles than any woman before her, Mariah Carey occupies her own unique place in music. Following up on the platinum success of E=MC², Mariah is back with Memoirs of an imperfect Angel. This incredible album once again showcases her amazing virtuosity as both vocalist and songwriter.
Partnering once again with C. 'Tricky' Stewart and The-Dream, Mariah's first single "Obsessed" is an amazing track that was immediately the #1 Most Added track at its formats. Together with Brett Ratner-directed video and a national premiere on the NBC hit series America's Got Talent, everyone knows one thing — MARIAH IS BACK! The great early press hits in People and Rolling Stone confirm what we already know...
To launch Memoirs of an imperfect Angel, Mariah will have an unprecented number of high-profile release week appearances, including:
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel, packaged in a beautiful 3 panel softpack, is a must-have for all Mariah fans and will include:
Along with a massive marketing, advertising, and online campaign, Memoirs of an imperfect Angel is positioned to be one of the biggest release of the year!
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel available September 15, 2009
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel
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Partnering once again with C. 'Tricky' Stewart and The-Dream, Mariah's first single "Obsessed" is an amazing track that was immediately the #1 Most Added track at its formats. Together with Brett Ratner-directed video and a national premiere on the NBC hit series America's Got Talent, everyone knows one thing — MARIAH IS BACK! The great early press hits in People and Rolling Stone confirm what we already know...
To launch Memoirs of an imperfect Angel, Mariah will have an unprecented number of high-profile release week appearances, including:
| - VH1 Storytellers - this is Mariah's first ever appearance - BET 106 & Park takeover - Star presentation on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - A very special performance on The Today Show to close out their Summer Concert Series |
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel, packaged in a beautiful 3 panel softpack, is a must-have for all Mariah fans and will include:
| - The CD - A 2nd Enhanced CD featuring the "Obsessed" video, a remix video, and 3 remixes - A 36 page Elle mini-magazine that's an inside look at Mariah |
Along with a massive marketing, advertising, and online campaign, Memoirs of an imperfect Angel is positioned to be one of the biggest release of the year!
Memoirs of an imperfect Angel available September 15, 2009
(Universal Music | Vag | MariahDailyJournal)
Get the OBSESSED Ringtone!
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Fan Club Presale for Mariah's Vegas Concerts
The official Mariah Carey fan club, Honey B. Fly (HBF) will be having a presale for tickets to Mariah's shows at The Palms in Las Vegas on Sept. 11, Sept. 12, Oct. 9 and Oct. 10.
The presale will start Wednesday, August 5th at 10am PT for Legacy members and then at noon PT for all other members. It will continue until Friday, August 7th at 10pm PT or as long as tickets last.
HBF Members, if this is your first presale, don't forget to check out the FAQs. If you're not already a member and want to participate in the presale, join now for instant club access!
Each Legacy and Community member is allowed to buy up to four tickets for each of the four announced shows. For example, you can buy four tickets for the show on Sept. 11 and four tickets for the show on the Oct. 9 but you cannot buy more than four tickets for any one show.
The presale will start Wednesday, August 5th at 10am PT for Legacy members and then at noon PT for all other members. It will continue until Friday, August 7th at 10pm PT or as long as tickets last.
HBF Members, if this is your first presale, don't forget to check out the FAQs. If you're not already a member and want to participate in the presale, join now for instant club access!
Each Legacy and Community member is allowed to buy up to four tickets for each of the four announced shows. For example, you can buy four tickets for the show on Sept. 11 and four tickets for the show on the Oct. 9 but you cannot buy more than four tickets for any one show.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
EMINEM'S DISS HAS MARIAH'S HUBBY ALL ATWITTER
EMINEM'S DISS HAS MARIAH'S HUBBY ALL ATWITTER
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***"Quote of the day: 'Never argue with fools because from a distance people cant tell who is who,'" went the first tweet from Cannon, posted early Friday afternoon. Good point, especially considering Eminem's latest diss track, "The Warning", was a response to Carey donning a hoodie and goatee to slam him in her video for the single "Obsessed".
***But gentleman that he is, Cannon wasn't going to sit idly by while Eminem rapped about doin' the nasty with his wife - albeit back in the day, but still pretty graphic stuff - and then threatened to unleash nudie pics on the world (presumably starting with the poor, unsuspecting blogosphere).
***Cannon's not going to kick Eminem's ass or anything, though. That's what the wrath of God is for. "Never take your own revenge, but rather give place unto the wrath. For it is written vengeance is mine, I will repay... PREACH!" read a tweet posted about an hour after the first, which was followed by "'I will bless those that bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.' Genesis 12:3."
***Cannon followed up with a personal pep talk, writing, among other empowering morsels, "Be patient in the moment of anger and escape a hundred days of sorrow!" At one point he fancied himself "changing the world one hater at a time!"
***"People who project negativity ultimately are crying out for their own broken souls," Cannon started to wind down, before concluding (thankfully) with, "Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino! LOL Chuuuuch!" Exactly.
(E! Online)
NICK CANNON RESPONDS TO EMINEM DISSING HIM AND MARIAH
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THE MONETIZATION OF MIMI: MARIAH CD TO HAVE ADS
THE MONETIZATION OF MIMI: MARIAH CD TO HAVE ADS
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*** The mini magazine contains Mariah-centric editorial ("VIP Access to Her Sexy Love Life", "Amazing Closet", "Recording Rituals") and lifestyle advertising along with lyrics and other CD booklet elements. Elle contributed the editorial and designed the layout.
***The booklets were created for the first run of U.S. CDs (1 million) and the first 500,000 overseas, said Jeff Straughn, svp-strategic marketing for Island Def Jam Music Group. It will also be available in a digital format for those who buy music online. A condensed version of the Mariah mag, sans the 14 pages of CD-specific material, will be inserted into 500,000 subscription copies of Elle's October issue, which arrives mid-September.
***"The idea was really simple thinking: 'We sell millions of records, so you should advertise with us,'" said Antonio "L.A." Reid, chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group, a unit of Universal Music Group. "My artists have substantial circulation - when you sell 2 million, 5 million, 8 million, that's a lot of eyeballs. Most magazines aren't as successful as those records."
***Carey was "very open" to the concept when Reid showed her a mock-up of the booklet in a magazine format that included brand imagery synonymous with her lifestyle. "I wouldn't want to do Mariah Carey and Comet abrasive cleaner," Reid said, laughing. "I wanted things that really reflected her taste."
***Reid said the program was unprecedented. Terry Dry, president of Los Angeles-based digital-word-of-mouth marketing agency Fanscape, agreed, saying that the CD booklet advertising is a first, though he wouldn't be surprised if more labels look into doing the same thing: "Hollywood Records [Disney], I know they love to monetize all over the place for something like a Jonas Brothers record. Open any rap record and a couple of inserts will come flying out, usually for a business the artist is a part of. I wouldn't be surprised if 50 Cent had a Vitaminwater thing."
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***Ad revenues are subsidizing 100 percent of Island Records' costs for the Carey booklet, but label execs also see the alliance as a way to expand distribution at a time when the local music store is becoming as rare as the Beatles' Yesterday and Today LP with the "Butcher" cover.
***"We don't have music retailers any more, so a smart consumer products company that understands the value in distributing music is going to restore the vitality of our business," Reid speculated. "If we distribute music properly and if it's done tastefully, it could be a huge profit center for all of us. That is the missing link - we need partnerships."
***To underscore the point: At one large retail establishment, partner Elizabeth Arden is allowing the label to cross-promote the release. The CD Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will be merchandised directly outside Walmart's music aisle with Carey's new signature Arden fragrance, Forever, which has its ad on the booklet's back cover. The CD and scent will also be displayed together in the beauty department.
(Brandweek)
DID EMINEM GO TOO FAR WITH HIS MARIAH CAREY DIS TRACK?
DID EMINEM GO TOO FAR WITH HIS MARIAH CAREY DIS TRACK?
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***Now, this week, Eminem has released a scathing dis track, "The Warning", directed at Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, during which he alleges and describes what was his one full sexual encounter with Carey, labels her a "liar" and other ugly names, and threatens to reveal personal pictures and phone messages he has of the singer. (Carey has denied ever having a romantic relationship with Eminem, while he has insisted there was one.)
***Eminem has a history of blistering disses, but the song raises the question: Has he taken the feud too far? MTV News headed to Times Square to get fans' opinions on the matter. "I think Eminem has gone too far on this one," Cherie Gardner said. "Even if it is true, I think that's a bit too far."
***Another fan, Heather, agreed that the track is Eminem being Eminem, but perhaps to an extreme level. "I think if he did anything else, it wouldn't be his kind of signature thing," she said. "Although the part about murdering [her], that probably is a little too far."
***Meanwhile, Jamie Gilcrest was fluctuating about whether or not the track went too far. "Maybe it is a little inappropriate because he is kind of being an a--hole to her," he said. "But he's just getting his feelings out there, so I think that's pretty cool."
***But other fans think that this latest feud is stemming from a financial place, not an authentic place. "The dissing thing back and forth, that's kind of played out," Justin Price said. "You know what I'm saying. Like Jay-Z's beefing with the Game. Everyone's got a beef to sell stuff. Eminem is actually better than that."
***Yet Antwone Wright is quick to point out that this beef is a bit different from when two rappers beef. "Obviously it's going to be different than 50 Cent dissing Ja Rule, because I don't think that 50 cent and Ja Rule ever slept together! But you're trying to dis your girlfriend, I think I would consider that acceptable."
***Another fan thinks that the track is just Eminem being Eminem. "I don't think he's gone too far. He's Eminem," Katherine Schneeberger said. "That's what he does - be outrageous - so I don't really think it's too far."
(MTV News)
MEMBERS ONLY PRESALE ANNOUNCEMENT
MEMBERS ONLY PRESALE ANNOUNCEMENT
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***HBF Members, if this is your first presale, don't forget to check out the FAQ's. If you're not already a member, and want to participate in the presale, join now for instant club access. Each Legacy and Community member is allowed to buy up to four tickets for each of the four announced shows. For example, you can buy four tickets for the show on the 11th of September, and four tickets for the show on the 9th of October, but you cannot buy more than four tickets for any one show.
(MariahCarey.com)
EMINEM ISSUES "THE WARNING" TO MARIAH AND NICK
| EMINEM ISSUES "THE WARNING" TO MARIAH AND NICK
***As one of the only printable lines of the song says, "I'm obsessed now? Oh, gee that's supposed to be me in the video, with the goatee?" Eminem goes on to describe intimate details of a long-ago liaison with Mariah Carey, to mock her husband of 16 months Nick Cannon, and to threaten the release of compromising pictures and voice mails of the songstress. ***Mariah Carey has always prided herself on her songwriting abilities. In "Obsessed", she wrote in a rap directed to Eminem, "Why are you so obsessed with me? Boy I wanna know. Lying that you're sexing me when everybody knows it's clear that you're upset with me." ***While Eminem has said that he and Carey were one-time lovers, she repeatedly has denied his claim. On his new album "Relapse" released in mid-May, Eminem referenced Carey and Cannon in a less-than-flattering light on the track "Bagpipes From Baghdad". This newest track is not from that album but was released only online. ***"Obsessed" was the first single from Carey's new album "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" due out August 25. This 12th studio album by Mariah Carey just makes the new August 31 cut-off for Grammy Awards eligibility. Though Mariah has racked up 34 Grammy nominations (among female artists, second only to Aretha Franklin), she has managed only five wins. And none of those victories came in the top categories of album, record and song of the year. ***Over the years, Eminem has won nine Grammys but lost both his bids for album and record of the year. As a songwriter, he has contended for song of the year just twice. And he did not land a best new artist nod when he burst onto the music scene. Carey was named best new artist in 1990 for her self-titled debut album. And she won best pop vocal, female, that year. Then, though her follow-up albums all went platinum, there was a Grammy Awards drought until her smash hit "The Emancipation of Mimi". ***Carey went into the 2005 Grammys with eight nominations but left with only three wins, in the R&B genre - contemporary album, song ("We Belong Together") and female vocal. The singer-songwriter lost the big prizes of album, record and song of the year to U2 and Green Day. ***And her 2008 follow-up - the critically acclaimed, chart-topping "E=MC2" - did not have the right formula to win over Grammy voters. She was snubbed for that album as a whole and her historic No. 1 single, "Touch My Body", was shockingly shut out as well. She picked up just a nod for her gospel collaboration on "I Understand". (Los Angeles Times) | |
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