Benny Medina is securing Mariah an exclusive deal with MTV to have Mariah perform her new single from her forthcomming album at the 29 August awards Show!! Not only that Medina is working on getting Mariah the October Rolling stone and VIBE covers as well as her own PRIMETIME show around the release of the album!
The first single will be produced by Mohaganny (JAY Z) and James Poyser (Roots and Erykah Badu)
Benny ireally has something to prove!! that he doesn't need JLO


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[This message was edited Tue Jun 22 22:58:39 2004 by twink69]

you know, i don't like her music but i hope this record is a success. she has been through the ringer! hopefully she's learned a thing or two about the industry and how to handle it.

yo the MTV Awards is still truly an event, and a really awesome way to premiere/feature anything!

ya... remember Justin Timberlake performing at the awards, I think it really helped him.

or Michael Jackson with N sync. That got people excited for the concert, or at least I was.

They need to invite Prince.

okaypimpn said:

They probably will invite him seeing as he's so hot right now, but if I were Prince, I wouldn't attend. MTV has snubbed him for years, why should he go on their silly awards show now.

I would love to see him go on and perform some new songs to promote the album. I want to hear If I was the man in your life and on the couch.

kisscamille said:[quote]

okaypimpn said:

Because appearing on MTV would be very beneficial to his current "comeback". Why pass and miss out on all the free promotion just because he didn't get any play? The only statement that would make is "Prince is stupid." He pays huge PR firms to handle publicity. He pays advertising firms to get the word out about a new product. Why not get some FREE publicity in the mix? Prince wants his record to do well and if some teeny boppers see his new stuff on MTV they may buy the new record. If they offer him a spot (assuming it appeals to his ego) he'll take it.

kisscamille said:

hasn''t every award show snubbed prince?
including the grammys?

Good. I can't wait... I loved Charmbracelet!

Hopefully,she will come out with a distinctive single this time.Lately,her singles have all been interchangeable.Usually,it's a one-word title ("Honey"..."Heartbreaker"..."Loverboy"),with predictable lyrics about some guy she's in love with and a standard R&B/hip-hop sounding production,with the "flavor-of-the-moment" guest rapper making an appearance.Her formula is getting kinda played out.

DavidEye said:

Amen!

have you seen this week's IN TOUCH? There's a page on celebs who show cleavage and man, her boobs have gotten even bigger!!!!! She was so much sexier when she had the "Au natural" "Vison of Love" look...


here's another article on the singing bird...

Mariah Carey Getting Back to Famous High Notes

Thu Jun 24, 4:45 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Tamara Conniff

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The past few years been a roller coaster ride for Mariah Carey (news), who has sold more 150 million albums worldwide since her 1990 debut.

In 2001-02, her film "Glitter" flopped, she had a nervous breakdown, and Virgin Records dropped her. Yet, she received critical acclaim for her role in the indie film "Wisegirls."


Only six months after she left Virgin, Island Records signed her to a multialbum deal and gave Carey her own label, MonarC. While her first album under the Island deal, "Charmbracelet," wasn't the smash many hoped it would be, it did sell more than 1 million copies in the United States, and her 2003 tour in support of the record grossed $6 million-plus.


Now she has re-signed with Creative Artists Agency, where Rob Light, the talent powerhouse's managing partner and head of music, asks the important question, "How do you take Mariah Carey, arguably the most successful female singer in history, and reinvent her for the next stage of her career while staying true to exactly who she is?"


Light, and Carey's manager, Benny Medina, are planning a multipronged approach to remaking her into a multimedia star.


Carey is in the process of writing an illustrated children's book about a biracial orphan girl, which Light says could be turned into an animated series.


"The children's (project) is a very natural step," Light says. "It's something she's worked on without the help of ghostwriters. She has a whole idea based on her biracial heritage; she thinks there is a huge audience."


While Carey is best known for her seven-octave range, she also has penned 15 No. 1 singles. Light says CAA will be looking to utilize her songwriting talent to possibly write for other artists, as well as for jingles, commercials and television.


Carey also is looking at theater opportunities. She is set to star in "The Prince and the Showgirl" early next year in London's West End, and Medina says Andrew Lloyd Webber's office has expressed interest in working with Carey on Broadway.


Says Light: "For everything she's done to this point -- she's been credited as being an incredible vocalist -- but everything else, from acting to songwriting, kind of gets pushed down. Our goal is to just take the lid off that talent and let people know who she is."


Carey's next album, her first with new Island Def Jam chief Antonio "L.A." Reid, is due out this year. Medina says the record will "hit all the marks," from her signature ballads to R&B crossover songs and high-energy dance tracks. She's been working with such A-list producers as Kanye West, Swizz Beats and R. Kelly.


"She's an interesting iconic phenomenon," Light says. "Every time a record comes out, it feels as relevant today as when her first record came out. Very few artists can do that."


Of course, Carey is likely to tour again after the album's release. "She really enjoyed the last touring experience," Light says. "She really felt she put on a show that was her and connected with the audience. We're looking at the big picture. I think touring will be a part of it."


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
[This message was edited Thu Jun 24 9:03:27 2004 by purplegypsy]

why the big emphasis on reinvention all the time. this seems like such a phony statement:

"How do you take Mariah Carey, arguably the most successful female singer in history, and reinvent her for the next stage of her career while staying true to exactly who she is?"

well, duh...if you're being true to who she is, there is no need to consciously reinvent her. if she gets reinvented, shouldn't it be her own natural metamorphasis rather than the bi-product of setting out to be reinvented? seems like a really silly statement.

SassyBritches said:

THe answer is simple...becuase Esther says at the end of each show to "Reinvent Yourself."

purplegypsy said:

she really is the devil! LOL

kisscamille said:

That's true, but even more publicity and exposure would be great!

estelle1981 said:

It took awhile,but it looks we finally agree on something...lol

I'm new here and I was wondering where does this news come from? It's not mentionned in the first post and I can't find any mention of this on other websites so it could be fake....

I hope it's true though.

Wasn't Benny Medina on that British documentary about Prince?? I've heard that he is obsessed with Prince and could talk about him for 8 hours straight.

DavidEye said:

don't get used to it....lol Smooches

I don't really look forward to the MTV awards anymore, I rarely watch them unless michael or janet make an appearance. But, I always look forward to new Mariah things so i'll have to watch, I thought Charmbraclet was pretty cool, rather like the 2002 answer to Butterfly only not as good. i think after the Glitter fiasco (funny enough, Glitter's one of my favourites) she's trying too hard to be 'contemporary' which isn't really like her IMO, but i hope this album does really well...

BUMP!!!

Where does this news come from ?!?!!?!?

A nation rears its head back & YAWNS.....