Strolling Mariah
TheEdge (from FOMM) found the following caption on People.com:

Singer Mariah Carey is all smiles as she films the video for her new single, "Through the Rain," in New York. The just-released ballad will be featured on Carey's upcoming CD, which is not yet named and is scheduled for release Dec. 10.
(Anthony Dixon/LFI UDIX)

More Pictures From Germany
I've added more pictures of Mariah arriving to Germany (her private jet, and her cars) from Friday and a few pictures from The German Mariah Page.
In addition, I've added the scans from "Crystal" magazine thanks to RPN, a picture of Mariah from Capri thanks to MariahInfo and the cover of NYPost from today.
All pictures in Gallery 5.

German Interview
While DIS is working on a surprise for you, Gilles (Heroes of Mariah) translated a summary of the interivew that appeared on ZDF's site:

Mariah Carey with Johannes B. Kerner
The most important quotes of the Pop Queen;
For the first time world star Mariah Carey spoke so openly in a German Talkshow about her private life!
27.09.2002
The world star chatted on Friday, 27 September 2002, over 40 minutes with Johannes B. Kerner. Read here their most important quotes again:

Mariah Carey over the death of her father
"The death of my father - that was a very hard time for me. I went straight to the mourning service. That was several weeks ago now. I think of him. We were not very close for a while, but then that changed. We became very close the last few years. That he died, was a shock for me. He had cancer. He was not operable any more. He died on July the 4th, on the American Independence Day. He wanted liberty and he died on the Independence Day. We were able to became friends a short time before he died, I'm very lucky and I am grateful that I had this opportunity."

Over her marriage with Tommy Mottola
"There was a very big passion between us. For me it was overwhelming. But I was never someone who should be married. My parents got separated when I was little. I did not want to be crushed, I still wanted to be with my friends, I wanted to do the things I like. I do not have anything against him. But I made it in such a way, because he wanted that." "Okay, we have stop a big wedding: 'but I did too, if you want' It would have kept longer, if we had not married. I was not so far and did not want to be someone's wife, those time were nice and I was protected by a 50 year old man. In the garden, I did not sit with the adults. We had a marriage contract. I did not leave with anything - only what I had before."

Over her nervous breakdown
"I was at the end. The whole 'nervous breakdown' to call it like that was totally exaggerated. The following happened to me: I worked two months straight, 20 hours a day without break. If you make that longer and not reasonably eats and sleeps, you do not hold out. Simply only work. I left Sony at that time. I had the new company and not yet the support around me. I did not have the people around me, which said: ' Mariah, you worked now 14 hours on the piece. As it would be now with something to the meal?' I simply forget that. I did not to worry anyone about me, and I also. I neglected myself. The star was for me in the foreground. But I neglected the human in me, no question. And then I was so exhausted and finished that my physical health was at the end. I was finished. No one understood that. Nevertheless always there was Mariah - full energy. When I visited my mother, I was so finished. I had no more energy at all. And I was physically finished. I begun to be scared and therefore I called 911. That's the whole story. My mother did not know, how she should react with the fact that I was suddenly weak."

What she learned from her defeat
"I now have a contract locked: sound as I need much sleep, to relax and eat. You must regulate that somehow. I even make contracts and I force myself to keep them. I really thank God for everything that I had experienced. I am now a much more spiritual person. I went through and come through and I learned very much about me. For example, what you may not allow for yourself. We must actually take our position for ourselves. Also with my father this year. I learned, how valuable the life is and how quickly it can go away. I am different than one year ago. I have priorities: Camera and Hollywood are one - the music business. But the most important is not in the life. Humans are much more important. Humans are more important than career!"

Promotional Video From Universal/IDJ
Universal/Island Def Jam has made a nice promotional video in which you can see Mariah's career & achievements from the very beginning until now.
Click Here to view it. I must note that they have a few mistakes in the numbers they listed.

Pre-Oder Mariah's Album
You can now pre-order Mariah's new album (yet to be titled) set for release on December 10th in the USA & Canada on CDNow (Thanks Warren).

TTR on TRL & Inside Edition
Tomorrow, TRL will show segments of "Behind The Scenes" from Mariah's latest video shoot for "Through The Rain" (Thanks Courtney).

Illuminating Glitter (from FOMM) reports that Inside Edition just showed some footage from the filming of the video as well.

MariahDownunder.com Relaunch
You're invited to the relaunch of MariahDownunder.com - Australia's leading Mariah Carey resource and #1 fan community!
Take a look at the intensely coloured design, incredible graphics and extensive information and interactivity... not only for Australians, but for ALL fans of superstar Mariah Carey.
We're all celebrating the forthcoming release of Mariah's brand new single "Through The Rain" and with the relaunch of MariahDownunder.com we're offering a rare MP3 download. Visit the website to download your own copy of the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (FRENCH RADIO EDIT) while you can! This is unavailable elsewhere. More exclusive and rare downloads will be offered in the coming months also.
News, Biography, Discography, ARIA History, Chart Statistics, Mariah-in-Oz, Chat, Team Mariah, Requests, Links, E-Cards, Downloads, Forum, Competition, Store and much more - all on offer now @ MariahDownunder.com!

Mariah on MTV Cribs Book
MTV has released a book of many artists's cribs, including Mariah's. 10 pages are devoted to her with pics and quotes. Also there are some fascinating info as well- i.e. the MTV had to be real careful with the floor so they had to wear footsies and they stayed until midnight at her place (Thanks EJ).

R&R Magazine Scan & Interview
MCLuva sent us the scan of the cover of R&R Magazine that Mariah's on. Check it out in Gallery 5. Here's the full interview typed up thanks to RPN:

MARIAH'S BACK FRESH, FOCUSED AND FULL OF HITS
If you want to know what Mariah Carey did on her summer vacation, the answer is work. Yes, she did get in some playtime - after all, she recorded in Capri, Italy - but Carey has been focused on doing what she does best: making hits. With over 140 million albums and singles sold worldwide and 12 songs that have reached No. 1 in the United States, she is a superstar in a league of her own.

While it's no secret that Carey has been through a lot personally and professionally this past year - the lukewarm reception for Glitter, a bout with exhaustion - nothing came close to the devastating loss of her father. Carey explains that he died not long after they had reuinited and become close. "It was very hard for me," she says. "A lot of that emotion is on this album. There's a song that I wrote for him on it."

If you want to know where Carey is coming from on this new record, listen to her words. "The experience of recording this album is almost like the experience of my life - going through it, dealing with things and trying to be hopeful," she says. "It's not an album filled with woe and misery. There are some songs that will give you that melancholy feeling, but I try to always go to the uplifting, even in a situation that seems like it could break you. I always try to turn to the positive rather than to drown in the negative."

Carey also changed record labels this year, finding a new home with Doug Morris and Lyor Cohen at Vivendi/Universal's Island Def Jam Music Group. When I asked IDJMG Chairman/CEO Cohen about Carey, he told me "All Mariah needed was a big hug and a company that truly loves artists and understands the difficulty of being an artist. Mariah is a gift to all of us. Her voice and songwriting have given so many people so much joy. I believe she has written a song that will become a great classic."

The song Cohen is referring to is Carey's new single, "Through the Rain," which is already airing at Pop, Rhythmic, Urban and AC on heavyweight stations like WHTZ (Z100)/New York and WHYI(Y100)/Miami before the official add date of Sept. 30th. When I ask Carey if "Through the Rain" was her choice for the first single, she responds, "It's almost like the single chose itself. Everyone who heard it felt so passionately about it immediately."

So, Carey has a new album and a clean slate. She has a new label, MonarC, as part of her deal with IDJMG. She wrote every song on her new record except for one remake. She worked with heavyweights like Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and promises a few other surprises. With her great looks, unmistakable voice and incredible talent, Carey is back - fresh, focused and full of hits.

R&R: Your new label with the Island Def Jam Music Group is MonarC. How did you come up with the name?
MC: Jerry Blair, the President of MonarC and I went back and forth with a bunch of different names, and MonarC was my first choice. As a lot of people know, the butterfly has kind of become my own personal symbol. Monarch butterflies, in my opinon, are the most beautiful, so we left off the H and the M and the C gave it a personal touch for me. Every time we mentioned the name to somebody they liked it, so we stuck by it. It seemed fitting and right.

R&R: You had your own label once before, Crave. What made you want to do it again?
MC: Well, Crave wasn't really my idea. At the time that I was involved with that project I was in a different situation corporately and as an artist. I sort of fell into it instead of choosing to do it on my own. MonarC will truly represent me, as opposed to somebody else imposing an idea on me to do a label.

R&R: Do you have any plans yet for MonarC?
MC: I tried to give the label a broad spectrum, in terms of the imaging and imprint, so artists wouldn't feel that it was too closely associated with me or had to be only the musical genres that I've worked in. We're really open. Jerry Blair has been scouting a lot of different talent, and I have an artist I'm really excited about, a 13 year old girl who's really great. We've already begun recording with her, and there are a whole lot of other things on the agenda.

R&R: After leaving Virgin Records, you could have gone with a number of labels. Why did you choose Island Def Jam Music Group?
MC: From Day One after that whole situation exploded with Doug Morris and Lyror Cohen were so supportive and in my corner. They were such beleivers in me. Even though I met with a lot of other people, I felt that their passions was so strong that I almost didn't want to meet with anybody else. I knew and felt in my heart that it was the right place to be.

Before I signed with Virgin, I was going to sign with them. After living through that experience, I understand you can't do things just for the money. It's not about that; you have to be with people who are driven, passionate and young-spirited. I really believe that they helped reinvent pop music.

R&R: Did you enjoy working with Cohen on this album?
MC: What I like best is the collaborative way we all work together. I wrote "Through the Rain" before I signed my new deal. I began writing and recording before the deal as well. Lyor was really cool, because even when he didn't know if I was going to end up signing there, he was talking to me about different co-producers and different ideas without ever being confining.

He came out to Capri, and it was very nice. One of the nicest moments was when we were listening to the album on this beautiful boat in Capri, and Lyor jumped in the water so we could have a champagne toast inside the Blue Grotto when the seas were raging. I don't know too many executives who would do something of that nature while holding a bottle of Cristal!

R&R: Two words: "Glitter" and "Why"?
MC: It was a project that started out one way and, because of the political situation I was in and the incestuous nature of what was going on at the time, became a watered down version of what it was intended to be. I'm not going to apologize for it. It came out on Sept. 11, 2001, after one of the worst tragedies in history.

R&R: Do you believe that the fate of Glitter would have been different had you promoted it as aggressively as you had all of your previous projects?
MC: Yes, but I was also promoting it aggressively before it was even finished, and that contributed to my exhaustion. I was doing too much and didn't have a true support system in a lot of ways. All I can say is that it's now in the past.

R&R: Did you make a conscious effort on this album to return to the formula that has worked so well for you on past albums?
MC: Actually, I've never left that formula. Honestly, I haven't released a ballad as my first single since my first single. Every other first single has been uptempo and urban-leaning because they are more immediate records. This single pretty much chose itself. My thought was to go with an uptempo single first, but the moment I played "Through the Rain" for everybody, there was no doubt in their minds that it would be the first single. I say, OK, cool, because the song means a lot to me. It's just that people weren't looking at everything I was doing under a microscope until the bizarre blowing out of proportion of last year's events.

R&R: Why did you decide to record this album in Capri?
MC: I worked on the Rainbow album in Capri. I've been going there for about three years, and there's a recording studio there that I really love. I stay in a little apartment on top of the studio, and my cell phones don't ring and my pagers don't go off. I can really focus on what I'm doing musically and creatively; I can write and be on my own, and people can come in and visit me. Jay-Z was there for a minute, and we had fun, Lyor and the whole family came in. I had a lot of visitors, but I still was able to focus on my work.

R&R: Discuss your experience recording this album.
MC: I started recording it before I did the Super Bowl. I never stopped writing. I was feeling very prolific. I have 21 songs for this record, and that is more than I can use. I'm trying to decide which tracks to use, which to save, and which to maybe give out to my fans as bonus tracks and those kinds of things. I'm not really sure.

Writing this album was, in a lot of ways, a very cathartic experience. I've been through a lot personally and professionally. I actually lost my father this year, after we had reunited and become close. It was very hard for me, and a lot of that emotion is on this album. There's a song that I wrote for him on it. The experience of recording this album is almost like the experience of my life - going through it dealing with things and trying to be hopeful. It's not an album filled with woe and misery. There are some songs that will give you that melancholy feeling, but I try to always go to the uplifting even in a situation that seems that it could break you. I try to always turn to the positive rather than drown in the negative.

R&R: What songs have been the most fun?
MC: There have been a couple of different ones that were a lot of fun, but until I put the album out, I don't want to say what they are, because I don't want to give away the surprise.

R&R: What was your greatest challenge making this album?
MC: None, really. I just wrote and sang from my heart as I've always done, but this time the comments that I've been getting are like "You can really feel you a lot more on this album. It doesn't seem like you're trying to be as perfect as before; it's more like straight from the heart." The truth is, I kept a lot of the first vocals I sang, because they have the emotion. Even if I was like, "Ehhh, maybe that's not perfect," it was more of an emotional release.

R&R: "Through the Rain" struck me as vintage Mariah Carey. Can you describe the overall sound of the new album?
MC: "Through the Rain" is vintage me, but this album has a lot of things that are vintage me. If you walk into a club and they play "Fantasy" remix with Ol' Dirty Bastard, that's vintage me, so that's old school. I think that the whole album represents things that are vintage me.

R&R: What is your goal musically with this project?
MC: The goal was to express myself. I don't have a secret recipe; I just do what I like and what I feel. When I come up with new concepts, sometimes there are things that are reflections of things going on in my life, sometimes I just make up stuff, and other times I may think of things from, like, eighth grade, and put them into a song.

R&R: Did you have the time you needed to make this album the way that you wanted to?
MC: Yes. I feel like I had the necessary time, because I took it upon myself to begin recording before I signed a record deal. I know that I don't need A&R people to steer me one way or the other. They're great, but it's not something that I felt that I needed in the past. A lot of people in the press wrote that I need someone to fly in and whisk me off my feet and save me. That has never been the case. Sicne my first album, I have been writing and producing all the songs. I was put with producers on my first album, but as a teenager, I was the co-producer of those demos.

R&R: Who are some of the people you worked with on the album?
MC: Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and a lot of other amazing surprises.

R&R: Do you have a favorite song on the album yet?
MC: It's really hard, because they are so personal and so diverse in nature. It depends on what mood I'm in.

R&R: Did you write the entire album?
MC: I wrote everything except one remake. A lot of the songs were inspired by personal situations over the past year and over the course of my life, and some are just made-up stories.

R&R: Some of your biggest hits have been ballads, similar to "Through the Rain". When you released some hip-hop and more street sounding records to radio, do you feel that you may have polarized some of your core fan base?
MC: No. I think that people chose to use that type of rhetoric to pigeonhole me. I've had just as many rhythmic records that were massive hits for me as I have ballads. I've been working with hip-hop producers since Music Box. Look at collaborations like "Fantasy" with O.D. B. or "Heartbreaker" with Da Brat and Missy Elliott and Jay-Z. Look at the work I've done with Jermaine Dupri over the years, or Puffy, even before he was a famous rapper. I will always sing ballads, but I will not be afraid to continue to do collaborations in hip-hop or whatever other musical genres I choose. That's my right as an artist. Anything else would be boring as hell.

R&R: Are you satisfied with the outcome of this project?
MC: I'm very satisfied. It's the closest I've felt to a project since Butterfly which has always been my favorite.

R&R: Do you have a personal goal with this new album?
MC: It's a goal I've already realized. Just making the album provided a great creative and emotional outlet for me.

R&R: Are there any plans in the works to tour in support of the album?
MC: Yes, but it's still in the early stages.

R&R: The release of your new single and album means facing a barrage of press. What are you doing to prepare for the forthcoming media blitz?
MC: Sleeping and taking care of myself like a normal person, as opposed to a working machine.

R&R: Why do you think the American media blew your personal life so much out of proportion?
MC: Because it sells magazines.

R&R: What message would you like to send to radio programmers?
MC: I appreciate your support over the years, and I know how much you have helped me in my career. "Through the Rain" and the remix of "Through the Rain" are very special records to me. I hope you like them.

R&R: What would you like to say to your fans?
MC: Thank you for your constant support. You keep me going, and I love you.

R&R: If you had one wish for this holiday season, what would it be?
MC: World peace. This world has become an increasingly dismal place, and I just wish we could end the tragic circumstances of today.

R&R: Are you personally happy and at a good place in your life?
MC: Yes, I'm very happy. The events of last year were so dramatized. It's ridiculous. I've been happy for quite some time.

R&R: Has Mariah Carey made it "Through the Rain", and what was your umbrella?
MC: My faith has always been my saving grace, or "umbrella" if you want to call it that. Yes, I do beleive I've made it through the rain, and we all an as long as we put God first.

MTV.com, VH1.com, Nick.com, TMF (The Music Factory) Web Sites Around the World and BET.com to Give Mariah Carey Fans First Listen of Her Much Anticipated New Single "Through The Rain"

Promotion Marks First Time Use of MTV Networks' Multiple Brands to Promote a Single Online Across the Globe
* In an unprecedented online music promotion, MTV Networks' online properties, TMF (The Music Factory) web sites and BET Network's online property will debut Mariah Carey's new MonarC Music/ Island Records single "Through The Rain" on 25 Web sites this Thursday, September 26.

* The 24-hour exclusive audio stream of the single marks the first time that MTV Networks, owned by Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), has utilized its award-winning brands to promote an artist's single online across the globe.

* MTV.com, VH1.com, Nick.com and BET.com in the U.S. and various MTV, VH1 and TMF Web sites internationally (see full URL list below) will also offer streaming access to the new Mariah Carey track accompanied by artist information after that 24-hour exclusive period.

* In addition, each of MTV Networks' channels has the ability to further enhance the offering via on-air mentions or on-screen banners for the exclusive premiere as relevant to local audiences.

* Mariah Carey, the world's best-selling female performer of all time, signed to the Universal Music Group's Island Records in May 2002. In addition, Carey has formed her own label, MonarC Music. MonarC Music's first release will be Carey's new album through Island Records set for release on December 10, 2002.

* In the U.S., the Mariah Carey single can be accessed on the following Web sites:
www.mtv.com
www.vh1.com
www.bet.com
www.nick.com

* The following MTV Networks International Web sites will also debut "Through The Rain":
Asia:
MTV China (mtv-china.com), MTV India (mtvindia.com), MTV Japan (mtvjapan.com), MTV Korea (mtvkorea.co.kr), MTV Mandarin (mtvchinese.com), MTV Southeast Asia (mtvasia.com)

Europe/Russia:
MTV Espana (mtv.es), MTV European (mtve.com/european), MTV France (mtv.fr), MTV Germany (mtv.de), MTV2 Pop - Germany (mtv2.de), MTV Italia (mtv.it), MTV Nordic (mtve.com), MTV Netherlands (mtv.nl), MTV Polska (mtv.pl), MTV Russia (mtv.ru), MTV UK & Ireland (mtv.co.uk), TMF Flanders (tmf.be), TMF Netherlands (tmf.nl), VH1 European (vh1e.com), VH1 UK (vh1.co.uk)

Latin America:
MTV Brasil (mtv.com.br), MTV Latin America (mtvla.com)

Source:
MariahCarey.com

'Yours' As A B-Side To TTR?
The discography section at Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' official webpage has been updated with the following Mariah songs:

The Flow
Artist: Mariah Carey
Album: Glitter
Writer(s): James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Publisher(s): EMI April Music/Flyte Tyme Tunes
Catalog No.: 2438-10797-2
Release Date.: 9/1/01

Lillie's Blue
Artist: Mariah Carey
Album: Glitter
Writer(s): James Harris III, Terry Lewis, James Wright, Mariah Carey
Publisher(s): EMI April Music/Flyte Tyme Tunes, Minneapolis Guys Music / Jibranda, Sony / ATV Songs LLC / Rye Songs / BMI
Catalog No.: 2438-10797-2
Release Date.: 9/1/01

Through The Rain
Artist: Mariah Carey
Album: ?????
Writer(s): Mariah Carey
Publisher(s): Flyte Tyme Tunes, Minneapolis Guys Music, Sony / ATV Songs LLC / Rye Songs / BMI
Catalog No.: 0 440 063 904-2 0
Release Date.: 11/19/02

Yours
Artist: Mariah Carey
Album: ?????
Writer(s): James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Mariah Carey, James Wright
Publisher(s): EMI April Music/Flyte Tyme Tunes/ASCAP, Minneapolis Guys Music/Jibranda Music Works/ASCAP, Sony / ATV Songs LLC / Rye Songs / BMI
Catalog No.: 0 440 063 904-2 0
Release Date.: 11/19/02

Lets not jump into any conclusions but I'd like to point out the similarity between "Yours" and "Through The Rain" release date - which is the confirmed released date for the commercial CD for "Through The Rain".
In addition, it is pretty interesting to know what happened to "The Flow" and "Lillie's Blue" and why they don't appear on "Glitter".

Sources:
fairozee (from FOMM), Flyte Tyme

Mariah Introducing TTR
Apparently there is a promo CD that has an introduction from Mariah to "Through The Rain".
She recorded two brief sentences in which she says:
"Hi, I'm Mariah Carey and you're listening to my new single 'Through The Rain' ON..." and
"Hi, I'm Mariah Carey and you're listening to my new single 'Through The Rain'."

You can download the mp3 here.

Source:
Zoli from MariahCarey.hu

FMQB Continues To Praise TTR
Last week we found a fantastic review for the song by a writer at FMQB and now they have added another as their A/C (Adult Contemporary) PRIORITY:

Mariah Carey "Through The Rain" (MonarC/IDJMG)
Her personal issues of the last few years are well documented, but with all that behind her, Mariah returns true to form with "Through The Rain." This emotional and passionate ballad is what you’ve been waiting to hear from her. Look for this one to resurrect one of the finest voices in musical history and prove she is still at the top of the heap. No one delivers a ballad like Mariah!

On Sept 30th, the song goes to adds on A/C radio stations.

Sources:
Rick, FMQB

Pre-Order Japanese Single
Angel told me you can pre-order the 5" Japanese CD Single from Esprit. It costs $ 23.25 USD. The release date stated is: Wednesday, 13 November 2002.
Click here to pre-order your copy.

We hope by tomorrow there will be a submission form so you can officially sign up for the contest.

Next month, Carey is expected to visit radio stations in New York, Boston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles to promote the track, which is musically reminiscent of her 1993 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Hero." A video for "Through the Rain" was shot this week in New York by director Brett Ratner, who has previously directed Carey's clips for "Thank God I Found You" and "Heartbreaker."

"There are a lot of songs I've done in the past that are very introspective and personal," Carey told the Hollywood Reporter in May. "This album has a lot of those type of songs. But it also has celebratory, fun songs; I'm not going to sit there and dwell. People are always asking, 'Is everything OK?' Look, I was not depressed; I was freaking exhausted."

Carey is referring to her much publicized breakdown in the summer of 2001, which some say contributed to disastrous box-office numbers for her feature film debut, "Glitter," and the Virgin soundtrack of the same name. "Glitter" was the only album Carey issued on Virgin after leaving her long-time home of Columbia Records. In January, she exited a long-term contract with Virgin for a buyout of close to $30 million.
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Sources:
Stanley, DivineProdigy, Billboard

Mariah Carey Releasing New Single
Thu Sep 26, 9:01 AM ET
By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The Mariah Carey comeback has begun.

The diva is premiering her new single, "Through the Rain," on MTV Networks' 25 Web sites — including MTV.com, BET.com, VH1.com and Nick.com — at midnight Wednesday. The song will be available exclusively on the Web sites for 24 hours before it debuts on the radio Friday.

The song is the Grammy winner's first under her new label, MonarC, created when she signed her deal earlier this year with Island Records.

It's her first new music since last year's flop album, "Glitter," and her emotional breakdown. Her troubles prompted Virgin Records, which had signed her to a reported $100 million contract last year, to sever ties with Carey by buying her out of her contract.

The 32-year-old singer is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Her hits include "Vision of Love," "Fantasy," "Always Be My Baby," and "Hero."

Source:
Associated Press (on Yahoo!)

MTV Premieres TTR
Just like VH1 & BET (posted earlier), MTV is also premiering "Through The Rain" on their website.
And just like everyone else (including Billboard), they are using the new picture we all saw yesterday.
As you may know, the requesting campaign is much more intensive now that the single is officially out to radios (as of tomorrow). Please do your best to request your song and get it to play on your local stations!

Click Here to hear the full song on MTV's website.

Five Years Ago, This Week
Omri pointed this out and I thought it was nice to remind you all that this week, five years ago (for the week ending October 4, 1997), Mariah's "Butterfly" album was a HOT SHOT DEBUT straight into #1 on the Billboard charts!
Click Here to view the chart from five years ago.

Mariah Wants To Meet You!
I just received the following email from Team Mariah, sounds very exciting for all the lucky American fans!

09/26/02
Hi Team Mariah,
Thank you for inviting your friends to join Mariah's Official Online Team - and a special welcome to all NEW Team Mariah fans!
Now we've got our team built - let's get the party started!

MARIAH WANTS TO MEET YOU!
Mariah would like to invite 25 team members (plus ONE guest per team member) to join her at one of 8 Meet and Greets around the United States. This is just ONE of the MANY exciting opportunites Team Mariah fans will be able to take part in. Next week we will REALLY get things rolling!

Before you enter to win please read the following:
***We will be selecting 25 winners (at random) per location.
***By entering to win you must be VERY LIKELY to attend this event as to not block someone else's opportunity to attend.
***All Meet and Greets will take place in the evening.
***You must be able to provide a photo ID on the day of the event.
*** You will be notified with FULL Meet and Greet details ONLY if you have been selected as one of the winners. Please DO NOT email this account regarding winner information!
***Deadline for this opportunity is THIS Sunday (9/29/02) at midnight. All submissions entered AFTER the deadline will not qualify.

Find out if Mariah is coming to YOUR city and enter to win by CLICKING HERE.
Good Luck,
Cindy

Meet and Greet Contest Rules
Want to be one of 200 fans to take a friend to meet Mariah?

They also changed the little mistake they had yesterday - calling the single "Through The Fire", and added links to a review of Mariah's albums and a gallery.

Source:
BET

Big Scans Of TTR Promo
MCLuva kindly sent me big scans of "Through The Rain" CD promo from which I noticed the following information:

Sources:
Nacho, VH1

Oprah, The Today Show & Single Dates Confirmed!
HitMakers has a logo on the top of their main page that promotes Mariah's upcoming single "Through The Rain"!
The important information is:
Already Scheduled: Oprah Winfrey & Today Show Performances
SINGLE IN STORES: November 19th
ALBUM IN STORES: December 10th
(Thanks Ricardo)

It's a new start for the pop diva, who comes off a disappointing response to her movie and soundtrack to "Glitter." But one disappointment can't stop Carey, whose track record of #1 hits speaks for itself. (How many other artists can do a whole album of their #1 hit records?) Now signed to Island/Def Jam, expect Carey's new album to be a combination of the power ballads that have made her famous and some possible collabos with her new Roc-A-Fella and Murder Inc. labelmates.

Be here tonight at midnight for a preview. Mariah's new single "Through the Fire" is the first from her new, as yet untitled project. Give it a listen and tell us what you think!

Sources:
Greg, BET

Mariah Comes To Germany
It looks like Mariah is kicking off the promotion for "Through The Rain" in Hamburg, Germany.
Mariah will appear in the Johannes B. Kerner Show which will be taped Friday evening and will be airing on Friday between 10.45pm and 11.15pm CET on the channel ZDF (Thanks Butterflies Are Free, Kathi).

ZDF have added the information to Their Site and the translation to English says:
"Mariah Carey is the most successful pop-queen of the 90's: over 150 Mio. album sales worldwide. But the success has it dark sites: her father died and she split up from her record company. NOW, the US-Worldstar is back again and will present the new single TTR, which can be listen to on your radio station from today on. The first time the 32 years old will speak about her private life in a german talkshow."
The interview will last 40 minutes and will be about her life, the new single, the album and her HUGE carreer. (Thanks DivaMC.de).

Anderz found that you can view Mariah's appearance on the show on a live streaming video which will be on www.jbk.de. The time EST is 4:45pm for all you Americans who'd like to tune in.

Uwe from The German Mariah Page also added the following information:
Mariah's new CD will be released in Germany on December 2nd, and her new single (TTR) on November 11th, the radio impact date for the song will be September 27th.

More DJ Comments About TTR
Mariah's TTR is now #5 on the "Most Disc-overed" new records in America this week and here are some excellent comments from several DJs about the new song:

MARIAH CAREY "Through The Rain" (ISLAND/DEF JAM/IDJ)

ERIK BRADLEY, MD, B96, Chicago
"MC is back and in FULL effect. I am expecting big things from this single (get over the fact that it's so mellow - let the woman sing her song, give it a chance and the audience will react!) And, the December album release is going to be THE event of the fourth quarter!"

JEFF 'Hitman' DeWITT, MD, KBFM, McAllen-Brownsville
"A very inspirational record for females!"

KERRY COLLINS, MD, KC101, New Haven
"A return to vintage Mariah and a sound that she's back on the right track!"

JUST PLAIN DAVE, PD, KCHZ, Kansas City
"Surprisingly, we had very positive calls after ONLY about five spins. We were the first in Kansas City to hit it and our Z95.7 listeners noticed!"

TIAS, MD, WFBC, Greenville
"Immediate reaction off of spike spins! Young, old, guys and girls!"

DONNIE MICHAELS, PD, WFLY, Albany
"This is starting to generate phones!"

ROB WEAVER, PD, WKPK, Northwest MI
"I like this and it should be big!"

SHAWN MURPHY, APD/MD, WQGN, New London
"This sounds promising, unlike her last entire album!"

STEW SCHANTZ, OM/PD, WSKS, Utica-Rome
"Beautiful ballad! People still care for her."

SKY WALKER, APD, WSPK, Poughkeepsie
"It's classic Mariah!"

LACY NEFF, Dir./Prog., WVAQ, Morgantown
"She's back to her strength, which is her voice!"

MICHAEL YO, MD, Y100, Miami
"Top 5 phones!"

Sources:
MusicIsMyDrug21 (from FOMM), HitMakers

Wisegirls DVD Out In Greece
Lucky Greek fans are now able to rent or buy the "Wisegirls" DVD!
It's a Region 2 (European Zone) DVD and has Greek subtitles (Thanks MCinGR from FOMM).

Anderz found these Greek stores to order the DVD from:
Shop 21
Video Club
DVD Cool

(Notice the poster on the right is probably indeed the official poster for the movie)

USA Listening Parties Information
From October 7th to October 16th, Mariah will be visiting radio stations across the US. Each evening, there are plans to create listening events for members of the Mariah fan club and Online Street Team. These will be intimate events, likely at the hotel where Mariah is staying and Mariah will be a part of this. In addition, there is also discussion of making the NYC event on the 8th larger. In either case, these events could be utilized as contest opportunities to get your partners involved early - radio, online, etc. Obviously, this timeframe is quickly approaching. We will provide details on the NYC event once things are confirmed. Here is the working itinerary for these fan events:

Oct. 7th: Boston
Oct. 8th New York City (* may become larger)
Oct. 9th: Washington DC
Oct. 10th: Atlanta
Oct. 11th: Miami
Oct. 14th: Chicago
Oct. 15th: Minneapolis
Oct. 16th: Los Angeles

Source:
Zoli from mariahcarey.hu

TTR Video & Radio Impact Dates

Julius told me that you can pre-order the Australian edition of "Through The Rain" at the price of $10.49 at CD Now.
The expected release date that is listed on their page is: November 11, 2002

TTR Worldwide
Mauricio from Brazil told us that "Through The Rain" premiered in Brazil in the "Transamérica Radio".
The email to request the song is: toca@transanet.com.br

The Israeli DJ Momi Levi (who has always been a Mariah fan) is going to premiere "Through The Rain" on his show "Black Music w/ Momi" this Friday on 88FM at 11:00 PM.
Israeli fans: Please request the song on the stations on this request page made by Eran!

Anderz received a note from a reporter for the Swedish newspaper Expressen, in regards to "Through The Rain" she said:
It's completely, completely, absolutely fantastic. Talk about getting through the rain... Check the record section on friday, maybe I'll put it on my favourite list.

Everyone from the U.S sending us phone numbers for radio stations, don't worry, we'll post all of them on the request page!

Mariah To Be On Oprah
K104 In Dallas and Erik Bradley from B96, Chicago both reported Mariah will be on Oprah on November 19th. We'll let you know when more information comes up.
(Thanks B.V, Mariahnum1Lamb & Deion)

Another TV bit, Simone told us that Mariah made it to #19 on a countdown on BET chosen by the cast of the show "Girl Friends" where they chose their favorite videos. At #19 - they chose Mariah's "Honey".

Mariah On Crystal Mag
Courtney and Danny have the recent CRYSTAL magazine where there is a 2 page article with 15 pictures (pages 6&7) on Mariah.
The article is called "Butterfly Breaks Free" - Mariah Carey roars back after years of tears & fears.

Felix also tells us there is a new mention of Mariah and a picture of her on the Maxim Blender magazine in an article that talks about upcoming releases.

Fan Sites
Visit MCfan4eaa's Wisegirls page here.

Jay T has made his own remix of TTR, Click Here to listen to it.

Maria is thinking of selling copies of her VHS tapes with old Mariah performances, if you're interested, email her at diva_mariah@hotmail.com

Lisa is selling her Mariah CDs collection, if you're interested, email her at: LisaVinh@yahoo.com

Marquis is selling an issue of Mariah's debut CD - the limited edition with "Love Takes Time" not listed on the back cover. If you're interested, email him at: notebrain@yahoo.com

Cat (DivaMC.de) sent us the monthly calendar wallpapers for October. I still haven't removed the September ones so grab them while you can right here.

If you manage to pick up the magazine, please send us some more information about it!

Sources:
Robbie80 (from FOMM), Radio & Records

Radio Information
Nacho found this information about "Through The Rain"'s airplay for the past week:
Sept 13/19:
Spins: +/- 150
Last week : 13
+/-: +147
Leaders:
WPRO-FM Providence (#14 on their chart from #148, biggest jump)
WHYI-FM Miami (#22 from #122 biggest jump)
WHTZ-FM New York (#23 from #43 biggest jump)
WFLY-FM Albany, NY (#27 *debut/highest entry*)

More Good Comments About TTR!

He's also behind the new "Silence of the Lambs" film, "Red Dragon" and has recently signed on to direct the new Superman movie. Ratner has worked with Mariah on several occasions, most recently on the videos for "I Still Believe", "Heartbreaker", "Heartbreaker Remix" and "Thank God I Found You".

The new video is expected to surface in mid-October.

Source:
MariahCarey.dk