Are they going to release WBT?

[die Lotterie]

Does anybody know if Mariah's "We Belong Together" is going to get released as a single anywhere else besides North America?

Currently it stands at #1 here in the US, while "It's Like That" is still performing ok on the international charts.

[Pet Shop Boy]

No, they're not going to release the biggest hit she's had in like ten years anywhere else.

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A CD single is scheduled for release towards the end of June in Japan. So I guess it is being released there.

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And someone posted earlier that a CD single will be issued in Australia.

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According to this article in the UK paper, The Mirror, they mention that the single for "We Belong Together" will be released in July.

MY BAD TIMES ARE OVER
3am EXCLUSIVE: With a new hit album, Mariah Carey's back on top

I 'VE barely had time to catch my breath from the climb up the driveway to Mariah Carey's palatial Los Angeles home when a voluptuous vision in white glides into view.

"I'm sooo sorry to have kept you waiting", she purrs. "My conference call just went on for ever..."

For the full 11 minutes that Mariah has "kept me waiting," a steady trickle of elaborate canapes have appeared from one of the rented mansion's rooms.

Mariah, looking stunn- ing in a gypsy skirt and vest that shows off her curves, has been here less than a day (there's been a flood at her New York apartment and the scale of the damage has yet to be assessed) but already the Bel Air abode is perfumed with the expensive scent of the Diptyque candles.

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In the imposing entrance hall, every surface is covered by silver-framed photographs that depict happy moments in Mariah's life: holidays with friends, her family, even a scruffy ginger cat.

Mariah has had a rough time of late. There was a two-week stay in hospital for, what some have said, was a nervous breakdown. She says it was exhaustion. Then she was savaged for her film and album - both called Glitter. Then came the $30 million pay-off to leave her label EMI.

Critics world-wide had written her off. But Mariah is most definitely back as she has been lined up to headline alongside Madonna and U2 at London's Live 8 concert on July 2.

"I'm so thrilled to be taking part - it's an honour to even be asked. I have African-American heritage so it's a cause that's close to my heart.

"To create awareness is important to me and I know that Bob Geldof is making such an effort to make this an impactful event to inspire people. It's going to be a great day."

After a period in the pop wilderness, Mariah's new album Emancipation Of Mimi has added to her tally of over 150 million singles and albums sold and spawned her 16th US number one - confirming her status as the biggest-selling female artist ever.

But she insists her happiness has little to do with silencing the critics, who claimed the lukewarm reception to her previous albums - 2002's Charmbracelet and the soundtrack to the box-office flop Glitter - marked the end of her reign at the top. "Charmbracelet sold three million albums and for me that's not a flop.

"When I was working on Charmbracelet my father passed away - it was a difficult time.

"But I had to go through those moments that weren't the happiest times 'cos they got me to this.

"At this moment, I'm in a good place - it's a new chapter in my life."

As she fusses over my fluid intake ("Can I get you some lemonade?) Mariah describes a typical day in her new chapter. "If we're doing a TV show I have to get up earlier than I would choose!

"Then it's the whole 'hurry up and wait' situation - you sit in a crowded dressing room for hours, then do the show, and if there's something the next day I come home and get right in bed to rest my voice.

"I've got five humidifiers by my bed - I zone out and try not talk too much. It's very boring!

"My ideal day would be spent on a Caribbean island with friends. Some tropical drinks, massages, swimming and, of course, we'd have to have Jack with us."

Jack is the current love of Mariah's life. A lively Jack Russell who boasts his own fan site and a Japanese admirer who wears a dog costume in his honour. "She's very devoted," Mariah laughs, before deciding that Jack is ready for his big reveal.

"He hasn't had his make-up done though," she jokes. "I think this will be his first interview."

Seconds later Mariah re-enters the room with her beloved mutt leaping up and down, trying to snatch a saliva-covered toy from her manicured hand.

As Jack dashes out in search of a gecko ("he just loves those lizards"), the conversation turns to Mariah's growing affinity with urban music. "It's a gradual evolution. It was a side of me that was stifled by the people in control of my early career."

People like Tommy Mottola, her controlling former husband and manager, I offer?

M ARIAH laughs: "If I insisted on doing something and it didn't work, they'd be like 'you see what happens when you listen to your instincts'.

"There were a lot of mind games that went on."

What about the wholesome image that was cultivated for her back then?

"When I started I was in agreement that we didn't want to go too sexy and take the focus off me as a singer. But five years later I was like: 'Can we maybe do the hair straight? Show a little skin? This turtle-neck's about to consume my head!

"When I left that crew of people I had my rebellious stage - any time I could throw on my bikini and take a picture I was like 'woah!' - doing the opposite of everything they tried to force me to do."

Mariah says she's now found a happy medium where her image is concerned - but admits she's still working through her long-standing issues. I ask her what last made her cry and after a long pause, her eyes moisten.

"A family situation. It was recent and I don't know if it's sorted out.

"I still see therapists - I think it's good to figure out a way to handle situations rather than letting your emotions get the better of you."

Her troubled childhood - in which her parents divorced when she was three, and her inter-racial heritage caused problems for her at school - along with a turbulent relationship history, have stifled her own maternal urges.

"Do I want to have kids? That's funny, Snoop Dogg was asking me that yesterday. It's something I'd have to think about carefully.

"It's scary and I think a lot of apprehension also comes from trying to find the right person. I'd want to make sure that I didn't make a mistake again - I feel bad about getting married to Tommy. I figured if I got married, maybe Tommy would lighten up, but it was the wrong thing to do. I'd only get married again if I decided to have kids."

The one subject Mariah is coy about is her love life. "I'd love to talk about it but I can't," she says before conceding that fame is a hindrance to finding Mr Right.

"It's a bizarre existence. And I've never bought into it - if I'm being interviewed I have to sit here and talk about myself but if I'm meeting a guy in a social situation, it's much nicer when they have other stuff to talk about.

"Most of my friends aren't in the public eye. It's important to have 'real' people around you."

Highest on her potential-mate checklist is a sense of humour - "With my life you have to be able to laugh!" - followed by a good character and generosity.

"I love baubles. A breakfast bauble, a lunch bauble - a girl's best friend!" With that, Mariah's publicist says she's running late for another meeting and asks if she minds having her picture taken. "But I look like I weigh 80 million pounds in this outfit," she laughs.

Six snaps later and Mariah - alleged uber-diva incapable of functioning without an 80-strong entourage - lets me pick the photos.

She then thanks me for my time and apologises for her timekeeping.

And not a flustered flunkie in sight.

Mariah Carey's new single, We Belong Together, is out on July 4.

[belgo]

It's out at the end of June in Europe and the first week of July in the UK.

She'll be spending most of July in Europe doing gigs and promotion.

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Hopefully, this will be released in all of Europe so it could break all the records over there too.

[ƒony (Les taches faibles™)]

the video is already on MTV Europe. so it's probably out very soon

[shark cousteau]

man this was released here ages ago, like maybe 1month ago.

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scotte said:

man this was released here ages ago, like maybe 1month ago.

I take it you're not in the U.S.

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I already heard "We Belong Together" on the radio once in Italy. The video did not seem to be getting played yet on MTv Italy, but "It's Like That" is still everywhere you turn so that's probably why.

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eros said:

scotte said:

man this was released here ages ago, like maybe 1month ago.

I take it you're not in the U.S.

He's from New Zealand.

[galvanize]

On UK Airplay this week, it rose 86-59... should be top 50 next week.

"It's Like That" peaked at #16 UK Airplay, right on par with its #14 Hot 100 Airplay peak.

[galvanize]

Airplay's going to rise even higher now that it's been added to like the UK version of Z100, Radio 1. It's been added C-List there (which would average about to 5-10 plays a week).

[Josh-JB]

galvanize said:

Airplay's going to rise even higher now that it's been added to like the UK version of Z100, Radio 1. It's been added C-List there (which would average about to 5-10 plays a week). 

Plus, very few songs go straight to the A or B list. She'll likely rise to the B list next week, and maybe the A list the following week or fortnight given this has been such a huge hit Stateside.

The video seems to be doing very well too. No idea where it is on the UK video chart, but I've seen it about 6 times today!

[galvanize]

joshjb87 said:

The video seems to be doing very well too. No idea where it is on the UK video chart, but I've seen it about 6 times today!

Stayed 8-8. Chart run: 20-5-8-8 on the UK TV Airplay chart.

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WBT debuts #40 in the Cadena 100 countdown in Spain.

(Cadena 100 has been the only big Spanish radio station airing ILT - Los 40, a bunch of muthaf*****- totally ignored it - although they played a lot the videoclip in their Los 40 TV channel).

[galvanize]

Making some airplay waves in the UK.

*Added to the biggest radio station audience wise - added C-List on Radio 2 Playlist (more for the older adults, like an AC station there)

*Moves up from C List to B-List on Radio 1 Playlist (like the UK version of Z-100)

[galvanize]

Up a massive 42-17 on UK Airplay!

"It's Like That" peaked at #16, so this'll make top 10 soon!

[galvanize]

As before mentioned, album #10 on UK Midweeks.

"We Belong Together" moves up from the B-List to the A-List on Radio 1 Playlist. (UK version of Z100), meaning it would average about 20-25 plays there!

Still C-List on Radio 2 Playlist, (biggest radio station in the UK audience wise so that's great.)

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/playlist.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/playlist/