The Bottom Line The lesson of “#Beautiful” is to never ever count Mariah Carey out. In recent years her commercial fortunes as a recording artist seemed to be suffering a bit, and last fall’s “Triumphant (Get ‘Em)” was a major stumble. However, with this single she is once again one of the most compelling vocalists [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Here is what the press are saying about Mariah Carey’s latest track: Cosmopolitan: After hearing her new song “Beautiful,” we’re glad to announce that not only is she back but she’s giving us a new sound that we love. Luckily, Mariah didn’t stick with a hyper-pop sound or go the auto tune route like we [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
In a perfect world, the hashtag in the title of Mariah Carey’s new single is not some ham-fisted wagon-jumping or Twitter trending strategy, but a sly wink. “#Beautiful”, it turns out, is pretty much the anti-hashtag: it’s an artfully simple pop tune built around warm, crackly arrangements that could’ve been written before Jack Dorsey was [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Mariah Carey and Miguel duet on ‘Beautiful,’ and it sounds pretty much exactly how you’d expect: Lovely. The midtempo track opens with a minimalist guitar and drum arrangement Miguel’s first verse and choruses. “Hop on the back of my bike / Let the good wind blow through your hair / With a a– like that [...]
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
“Over the Rainbow” it ain’t. Still, the theme song from Disney’s The Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful, has its modest virtues: an instant earworm chorus, deft production by Stargate and, just where you’d expect them (on the other side of the third chorus), some flamboyant vocal runs from Ms. Carey. Mariah [...]
Monday, January 7, 2013
Without question, Mariah Carey’s popularity spikes annually for mistletoe season. She’s affectionately been crowned the Queen of Christmas and it seems all Australia wanted for Christmas this year was the chance to see the perpetual princess sing live. When tickets went on sale for her Sydney show, they sold out faster than it takes to [...]
Friday, January 4, 2013
The last time Mariah Carey put her high heels on Australian soil, she was promoting a little album called Butterfly. That was back in 1998, when Mimi ruled the charts and airwaves with an iron fist. While her star still shines as bright as ever, the future American Idol judge has spent the last few [...]
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Powerhouse performer Mariah Carey didn’t disappoint her massive loyal fan base at her first Australian concert on Tuesday night at The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre by opening her anticipated show with her theme song Can’t Take That Away. The diva, who is here for a series of three concerts, opened her performance in [...]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Mariah Carey’s still got the best voice in modern pop, and “Triumphant (Get ‘Em)”, her brand new single with Rick Ross and Meek Mill, is shimmering and shining proof. With soulful swagger and classic R&B poise, she delivers the track’s stadium-size hook over bombastic, orchestral production. Meek Mill fires off an empowering rhyme over a [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Here are some reviews for Mariah Carey & John Legend’s “When Christmas Comes” duet: Neon Limelight: Being the queen of all things Christmas, Mariah Carey knows how to make every aspect of the holiday work, right down to re-gifting. Take the pop diva’s “When Christmas Comes” for instance. The R&B-lace holiday groove appears as a [...]
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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