MARIAH CAREY LAUNCHES NEW SINGLE “#BEAUTIFUL” FEATURING MIGUEL!!!
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MARIAH CAREY LAUNCHES NEW SINGLE “#BEAUTIFUL” FEATURING MIGUEL!!!
LEAD TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM DUE THIS SUMMER
“#BEAUTIFUL” VIDEO PREMIERES ON AMERICAN IDOL MAY 8th!
(06 May 6, 2013 – Toronto, ON) - Multi-platinum global superstar Mariah Carey caps her season on American Idol with today’s worldwide launch of her new single, “#Beautiful” featuring Miguel. “#Beautiful” was written and produced by Mariah and Miguel, and is the lead track from Mariah’s much-anticipated new album, due for release this summer on Island Def Jam/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Global liftoff of “#Beautiful” took place today, May 6th at 07:00 and is live on all streaming services and at iTunes now. On the evening of Wednesday (May 08), American Idol will premiere the entire “#Beautiful” video, shot by noted director Joseph Kahn. Following American Idol, the video will go up on VEVO/YouTube and all video channels. As Mariah recently told Billboard, her new album has ‘more raw ballads than people might expect,’ and producers including Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Big Jim Wright, Hit-Boy, The-Dream, Mike Will, and Rodney Jerkins. The new album is the follow-up to her worldwide multi-million-selling Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist of all time with more than 200 million albums sold to date. With her distinct five-octave vocal range, prolific songwriting, and producing talent, Carey has defined the modern pop performance. As a singer/songwriter/ producer, she has been recognized with five GRAMMY® Awards, nine American Music Awards, Billboard's Artist of the Decade Award, the World Music Award for World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium, and BMI's Icon Award for her outstanding achievements in songwriting, to name a few.-30-