In the wake of disappointing album sales, Jermaine Dupri is out - and now Kevin Liles seems to be in.
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Mariah Carey has parted ways with longtime musical collaborator Jermaine Dupri as her manager, and has been working closely with Kevin Liles, who was president of Def Jam during the singer's stint at the label, Billboard has learned. Sources say "nothing official" has been inked with Liles' firm KWL Enterprises, but the two have been working together since the June launch of Go N'Syde's Carey-branded Butterfly interactive beverage line.
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The news arrives on the heels of disappointing sales of Carey's 14th studio album, Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse, which has sold 103,000 copies since its May 27 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and falls off the Billboard 200 on the chart dated Aug. 9 after just eight weeks. The album underwent multiple release-date changes (it was at one point slated for July 2013 to capitalize on "#Beautiful," Carey's hit duet with Miguel), but has failed to chart a Billboard Hot 100 single since ballad "You're Mine (Eternal)" spent one week at No. 88 in February. The disco-fied "You Don't Know What to Do," featuring Wale, was announced as her latest single in June but has yet to appear on any Billboard charts.Should The Elusive Chanteuse fail to rechart, it would be the shortest Billboard 200 run of any of Carey's studio albums.
I wonder if the Chanteuse is going to pretend this album is a new Glitter and never ever acknowledge any of its material ever again in the future. It will sure live it up to its 'Elusive' tittle
She could have saved her last three or so albums if she'd ditched that tired urban-pop sound she's been using for years on end Hopefully this changes her sound/direction.
She could have saved her last three or so albums if she'd ditched that tired urban-pop sound she's been using for years on end Hopefully this changes her sound/direction.
This. JD has done her no favors as of late, so I'm glad that she is moving away from that mess.
Already posted, but he was the least of her problems. I won't go into details, but had she listened to him, the album would have sold a lot more out of the gate. The issue isn't the managers, it's that she won't listen to them. Her last three managers left for the same exact reason.
I wonder if the Chanteuse is going to pretend this album is a new Glitter and never ever acknowledge any of its material ever again in the future. It will sure live it up to its 'Elusive' tittle
Hopefully this changes her sound/direction.
finally new era is coming
