Mariah Carey's New Single 'I Want To Know What Love Is' Impacts At Radio on
Sept. 14th - Album Pre-Order and Exclusive Single Launch at iTunes on Sept
15th
"MARIAH + GOSPEL CHOIR + "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS" = ECSTASY," RAVES NEW
ISSUE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- After setting a long list of new chart
records with her most recent hit "Obsessed," international superstar Mariah
Carey, the top-selling female recording artist in history, now follows-up with
her remake of Foreigner's classic "I Want To Know What Love Is" as the second
single pick from her forthcoming new album on Island Records, MEMOIRS OF AN
IMPERFECT ANGEL. The special 2-CD package - disc one containing the full
album, enhanced disc two containing four remixes plus two videos (full details
below) - is scheduled to arrive in-stores on September 29th. On Friday,
September 18th, Mariah will make a special interview/performance on The Oprah
Winfrey Show (live from New York City!) in support of the new album release.
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The majority of the tracks on MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL were written and
produced by Mariah, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream; the album was executive
produced by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group. The
final track list and sequence is confirmed: Disc One - Album: 1. Betcha Gon'
Know (the prologue) * 2. Obsessed * 3. H.A.T.E.U. * 4. Candy Bling * 5. Ribbon
* 6. Inseparable * 7. Standing O * 8. It's A Wrap * 9. Up Out My Face * 10. Up
Out My Face (the reprise) * 11. More Than Just Friends * 12. The Impossible *
13. The Impossible (the reprise) * 14. Angel (the prelude) * 15. Angels Cry *
16. Languishing (the interlude) * 17. I Want To Know What Love Is. Enhanced
Disc Two - Obsessed Remixes: 1. Cahill Radio Mix * 2. Seamus Haji & Paul
Emanuel Radio Edit * 3. Jump Smokers Radio Edit * 4. Friscia and Lamboy Radio
Mix * Obsessed Videos (directed by Brett Ratner): 1. Video (single version) *
2. Video-remix featuring Gucci Mane.
"I Want To Know What Love Is" will officially impact at all radio formats on
September 14th (the song has already exploded in Europe). 2009 marks 25 years
since Foreigner's original single was released in December 1984; it hit #1 on
the Hot 100 eight weeks later in February 1985. "Mariah + Gospel Choir + "I
Want To Know What Love Is" = Ecstasy," raves Entertainment Weekly's new
September 11th issue.
With virtually every new single she releases, Mariah Carey is setting new
chart records, or extending the chart records she has already achieved.
"Obsessed," released July 7th, is the most recent:
-- Her record-extending 29th appearance on the Mainstream Top 40 Radio
Airplay chart, the most overall entries in the chart's nearly
17-year history;
-- Her record-extending 23rd appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
chart;
-- Mariah's highest debut (at #11) on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1998
("My All");
-- Her 40th appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, making her just the 8th
woman in the chart's history to make 40 or more appearances.
MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, Mariah Carey's 12th studio album, is the
eagerly anticipated follow-up to her multi-platinum-selling album E=MC2
(released April 15, 2008), and her worldwide 10 million selling The
Emancipation Of Mimi (released April 12, 2005). Both were Soundscan #1 debut
albums that made chart history for Mariah in the U.S. and numerous territories
around the globe.
The Emancipation Of Mimi generated three Grammy awards (including Best
Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its
18-month chart stay. The album debuted at #1 on first week sales of 404,000
copies, Mariah's highest first week sales total (until E=MC2). Soundscan's
biggest-selling album of 2005, Mimi featured "We Belong Together" (Grammy
winner for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and "Don't Forget About
Us," Mariah's 16th and 17th #1 career singles respectively. They tied one of
the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley's
17 #1's.
Three years later, E=MC2 debuted at #1 on first week sales of 463,000 copies,
which now stands as the highest first week sales total of Mariah's career.
The album's success brought total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos
to more than 175 million worldwide, distancing her even further from the pack
as the top-selling female recording artist in history.
E=MC2 spun off four singles: "Touch My Body," "Bye Bye," "I'll Be Lovin' U
Long Time," and "I Stay In Love." Of these, "Touch My Body" made history when
it became Mariah's 18th #1 Hot 100 hit, thus surpassing Elvis Presley. "Touch
My Body"'s two weeks at the top also marked Mariah's 78th and 79th cumulative
career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis' long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks
at #1, as calculated in Billboard.com. At the same time, Mariah is now
positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100
(which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high
of 20 #1 hits.
SOURCE The Island Def Jam Music Group
Laura Swanson, +1-212-333-8533, Laura.Swanson@umusic.com, for The Island Def
Jam Music Group
