Mariah Carey

By Daniel Kreps Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the Oprah’s King Midas touch is Josh Groban. In October 2007, the singer’s Christmas album Noel debuted quietly on the Billboard Top 200, but after appearing as one of “Oprah’s Favorite Things” seven weeks after its release, sales of Noel exploded, and...

By J. Edward Keyes Mariah Carey feat. Big Boi, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman, “H.A.T.E.U.” [Remix] See, now, this is a classic case where we wish the remix was the original. It reminds us how great Mariah can sound when she’s paired with a track that deserves her, and how great Big Boi sounds pretty much all the time.

By Daniel Kreps It was Streisand’s first Number One album since 1997’s Higher Ground, while Paramore improved greatly on Riot!’s Number 20 debut in 2007. Things weren’t as pleasant for Carey, however: After 2008’s E=MC2 gave the diva the best first-week sales of her career with 463,000 copies, Carey’s...

By Rolling Stone The influx of divas on the New Releases display not your thing? There’s also the Avett Brothers’ lush chamber folk major label debut I and Love and You, produced by Rick Rubin. For the dark and dramatic set, AFI’s Crash Love earned three stars from RS, while Alice in Chains’ Black Gives Way to...

By Rolling Stone 9:03 Mariah’s boots are made for walking, but they’re doing nothing for her runs. 9:12: Celine Dion croons “At Seventeen.” You know, she takes a lot of flack, but at this point, what’s wrong with Celine Dion? She’s like the Canadian Oprah!

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By Erica Futterman Woman of the hour Mariah Carey finally arrived in a long purple dress with butterfly rings on each hand just moments before the ceremony began. She shared some insight into her still-untitled record (the name should be arriving any day now), calling it “probably the most fun record I’ve ev...