The Emancipation of Mimi
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The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) is a concept album and the 14th (10th studio) album for multi-platinum international singing star Mariah Carey, the number one selling female recording artist of the 1990s and one of the biggest selling female artists of all time. Carey's album, which was released by record label Island Records on April 12, 2005, is an album about finding one's self and redefining one's image. The title is taken from a nickname for Carey previously used only by close friends of the superstar. Of the title, Carey says she wanted to "... make it representative of where I'm at as an artist...This is the fun side, the real me, and not the image and the baggage that comes with the whole 'Mariah Carey' thing."
The album includes the hits "It's Like That" featuring Fatman Scoop and Jermaine Dupri, "Say Somethin'" featuring Snoop Dogg, "Shake It Off", and her sixteeneth number one single, "We Belong Together". "Mimi" debuted at #1 in the U.S., her first since Butterfly (1997), with first week sales of over 400,000, the biggest first week sales of her career. The album has since gone on to achieve triple platinum status and remained in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks. It has been seen universally as an enormous comeback after the back-to-back disappointments of Glitter and Charmbracelet.
The U.S. version of the album contains 14 tracks. A special limited edition digipak version of the album with a different cover and fold-out poster was also released on the same date.
Chart Trajectory
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Tracklisting
US Edition
(Released on April 12, 2005, all songs written and produced by Mariah Carey, names of other writers and/or producers are in brackets)
- (03:23) "It's Like That" - (Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin)
- (03:21) "We Belong Together" - (Dupri, Seal, Johnta Austin)
- (03:52) "Shake It Off" - (Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, Austin)
- (04:01) "Mine Again" - (James Poyser)
- (03:44) "Say Somethin'" feat. Snoop Dogg - (Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Snoop Dogg)
- (03:57) "Stay The Night" - (Kanye West)
- (03:15) "Get Your Number" feat. Jermaine Dupri - (Dupri, Cox)
- (03:14) "One And Only" feat. Twista - (Trackster)
- (03:30) "Circles" - (James Wright)
- (02:46) "Your Girl" - (Scram Jones)
- (03:34) "I Wish You Knew" - (Wright)
- (03:27) "To The Floor" feat. Nelly - (Williams, Hugo, Nelly)
- (04:03) "Joy Ride" - (Young Genius)
- (03:53) "Fly Like A Bird" - (Wright)
International Edition
- 15. "Sprung"
Japanese Edition
- 15. "Sprung"
- 16. "Secret Love"
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2005 | The Billboard 200 | #1 (2 weeks) |
| 2005 | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | #1 (5 weeks) |
| 2005 | Billboard Comprehensive Albums | #1 |
| 2005 | Internet Albums | #3 |