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"  Mariah Carey has revealed that her upcoming album will be called Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse. The singer made the announcement on Twitter\u00A0in the morning on May 1, also disclosing that the album will be released on May 27. Carey uploaded a video to YouTube explaining that the title of her new album refers to a &amp;quot;self-portrait&amp;quot; she drew of herself when she was 3-and-a-half years old. She said, &amp;quot;It was a creative visualization of how I saw myself, with the purity of a child&amp;#039;s heart before it was ever broken.&amp;quot; She continued, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve kept this story in private for so long, but because this album is a reflection of some of the peaks and values that have made me who I am today I&amp;#039;ve decided to share it with those of you who actually care and have been here for me through it all. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been through a lot but I&amp;#039;ve always known me ... I am Mariah. Along the way there&amp;#039;s been a couple of nicknames and I&amp;#039;ve inadvertently embodied many personas. Lately they&amp;#039;ve been calling me &amp;#039;the elusive chanteuse.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Watch the video below:      Carey&amp;#039;s record label recently denied that the singer would be releasing the album as an all-at-once &amp;quot;Beyonc\u00E9-style&amp;quot; surprise release. The full tracklisting for Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse is as follows: 1. Cry. 2. Faded 3. Dedicated (feat. Nas) 4. #Beautiful 5. Thirsty 6. Make It Look Good 7. You&amp;#039;re Mine 8. You Don&amp;#039;t Know What to Do (feat. Wale) 9. Supernatural 10. Meteorite 11. Camouflage 12. Money ($ * / ...) [feat. Fabolous] 13. One More Try 14. Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can&amp;#039;t Give Up Now) 15. It&amp;#039;s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) 16. Betcha Gon Know (feat. R. Kelly) 17. The Art of Letting Go 18. Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse Photo credit: NBC Universal Via Digital Spy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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