The Meaning of Mariah Carey [Memoir]

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"The Meaning of Mariah Carey"
by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis

Release: 29th September 2020


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Synopsis:

"Global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller, and artist Mariah Carey finally tells the unfiltered story of her life.

Carey’s story is an improbable and inspiring journey of survival and resilience as she struggles through complex issues of race, identity, class, childhood and family trauma during her meteoric rise to music superstardom. By pulling back the curtain on perceptions often told through the filtered lens of media, Carey bravely and beautifully walks through her battles with gender and power dynamics, emotional abuse, public embarrassments, personal failures and phenomenal victories. In her own words and song lyrics, Carey reveals untold moments and intimate experiences along with anecdotes of sacred moments with iconic figures to craft an honest, unique and vivid portrait of her extraordinary life.

“This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival and my songs. Unfiltered.” Carey shared in a letter shared on social media yesterday, “Writing this memoir was incredibly hard, humbling and healing. My sincere hope is that you are moved to a new understanding, not only about me, but also about the resilience of the human spirit.”

The Meaning of Mariah Carey is the story of undeniable talent, unshakable faith, an unparalleled relationship with fans and unconditional love. Finally, the voice known around the world tells her own story – unrestrained."

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Available now: https://themeaningofmariahcarey.com/...iah-carey.html
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Author	Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis
Publisher	Henry Holt & Company / Macmillan
Imprint	Andy Cohen Books
Pages	eBook: 368 Hardcover: 368
ISBN	9781250164698 9781529038965

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Author Appearances:

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1st October 2020: Mariah on The Daily Show w/ Trevor Noah
29th September 2020: Mariah's iHeartRadio "podcast" Conversation
28th September 2020: Mariah on The Stephen Colbert Show
28th September 2020: Mariah on CBS This Morning
27th September 2020: Mariah on CBS Sunday Morning
24th September 2020: Michaela Angela Davis on "The Mariah Report" Podcast
23rd September 2020: Mariah To Join Oprah For ‘The Oprah Conversation’ On AppleTV+

Book of the Year Honours

• The Sunday Times - Best Music Books of the Year
• Variety - Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2020
• Barnes & Noble - Best Music Books of 2020
• NPR - Best Books of 2020
• Guardian - Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2020
• New York Post - 32 Best Book Gifts
• Billboard - Best Holiday Gifts of 2020
• Indepedent.ie - Best Books of 2020

Book Nominations and Awards

• World of Wonder WOWIE Awards - Best Lifestyle Books (Winner)
• Goodreads Best Memoir & Autobiographies (Finalist - Nominee)

Reviews:

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USA TODAY: Mariah Carey reveals true vulnerability in new memoir
LATIMES: Mariah Carey's memoir is her best performance yet

"A full-circle triumph for Carey... The writing in this book is arresting. Carey is rendered as much a spiritual force as a musical prodigy — resilient, self-aware, and also funny, in her regal way."
- The New York Times

"The Meaning of Mariah Carey is an instant classic of pop diva lit”
- Rolling Stone

"We finally get to meet the real woman behind the image of a diva... Now, by releasing her memoir, Mariah Carey is finally free—and she's offering that key to freedom to readers who have longed to hear her true story so they can better understand their own. It seems she has finally, after all these years, become the butterfly she's always wanted to be."
- O Magazine

"Mariah Carey's memoir is her best performance yet."
- L.A. Times

"Any reader of her new memoir, will appreciate and devour unapologetic chapters that aim to take back the narrative on Carey's terms, dahling."
- USA Today

"A fascinatiog memoir by a misunderstood star... A carefully pieced together self-portrait of one of this generation’s most fascinatingly idiosyncratic, frequently misunderstood artists from the ground up."
- The Guardian

"As piercing and specific as a song… Carey’s prose has rhythm and high drama… There’s plenty in the 337-page volume that will surprise even the most devoted Lambs. [Mariah Carey is] a miracle, a memoirist, a singer, a songwriter — the girl’s got range. Famously so.”
- Entertainment Weekly

"Page-turning…Provides depth and valuable context around the experiences of a star... A wholly entertaining tale of a woman who made a harmony out of the discordant elements of her life."
- Time Magazine

"The notoriously private Mariah Carey shares her personal experiences on her own terms. Nothing is left off the table."
- Essence

"Mariah Carey’s new book makes it official: We are in the golden age of the celebrity memoir"
- The New York Post

"Carey’s memoir is an incisive, entertaining, and impressively well-written account of her road from poverty and obscurity to superstardom."
- The New Yorker

Related Headlines:

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22nd July 2020: Eminem Is ‘Stressed Out’ About Mariah Carey’s Upcoming Memoir (US Weekly)
9th July 2020: Mariah Carey to release 'unfiltered' memoir in September — here are all the details (EW)
15th December 2019: Mariah Carey memoir to be published thanks to Andy Cohen's new book venture (AP)
8th October 2019: Mariah Carey to detail 'the debacle that was Glitter' in new memoir (EW)

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Charts


The New York Times (US)
(begin of 10/18/2020)

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction: #1-9-13-X
Hardback Nonfiction: #1-8-11-X

Nonfiction Audiobooks (monthly): 15-7

The Sunday Times (UK)
(begin of 10/11/2020)

General Hardbacks: 7-X-X-X

Globe And Mail (Canada)
(begin of 10/10/2020)

Hardcover Nonfiction: 3-X-X-X
Hardcover Biography: NA-6-X-X

Amazon Charts
(begin of 10/4/2020)

US Most Sold: #2-3-18-X-X
UK Most Sold: #6-20-X-X-X

US Most Read: #9-9-11-15-19
UK Most Read: #16-X-X-X-X


Apple Books
(begin week ending 10/4/2020)

Overall: #3 - X
Nonfiction: #1 - X
Biography/Memoir: #1 - 2

Audible
(10/6/2020)

Nonfiction: #1-3-9-X




Known Sales:

US Hardback (via Publishers Weekly): 41,694 + 12,590 + 7,863 = 62,557
UK Hardback (via Sunday Times): 6,940

Total: 69,497

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A countdown for an announcement tomorrow are on her socials. Plus:

[Goldmoney]

Mottolaxative will be eradicated.

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Looks like there will be an audiobook!

[RayRay]

Really looking forward to this.

[stevyy]

This could become her 2nd best seller... her xmas storybook has sold 400,000 copies in the US. She's the modern day Hemingway.

[JeremySpears]

I don’t like the cover unfortunately.

[Goldmoney]

Worse title.

I’m here for all the inevitable Mottolaxative, J.No and Nokia drags!

[BehindBreakaway]

I love the picture. I don't like the fact her name is so big at the top because the title also has her name. It doesn't look right to me. I'd have loved the picture and the title to just be the front.

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I have come to just find the title "okay" I think she's being verbose and unnecessary here. "Meaning" would've been much snappier.

Oh well.

[Leo]

I like the title and cover. I liked The Meaning of Mariah more, without the Carey. I think that's a question many people have asked her throughout her career, and all the "they called the wind mariah" sotry behind it... so here we are going to get a more honest and insight response to that same question.

[bm08]

I like the title and cover. I liked The Meaning of Mariah more, without the Carey. I think that's a question many people have asked her throughout her career, and all the "they called the wind mariah" sotry behind it... so here we are going to get a more honest and insight response to that same question.

Yeah I would be curious to know the reasons behind choosing this title given how important they have been to her albums. Also given the fact that the first rumoured title was "I Had A Vision of Love"

[InFamous]

Cover is ok, at least the title doesn't have the words "elusive" or "chanteuse" in it.
I would have preferred "Mariah Carey - My Meaning" Repeating her entire name is very extra, but that's her anyway !!

[stevyy]

I believe the title is meant as to... "This is what it means to be me". I believe she will talk about the racism that she had to endure in the industry.

[bm08]

The synopsis mentions iconic figures so my guesses on people who will get name checked:

Tommy Motolla
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Prince
Barbra Streisand
Oprah
Nick Cannon
Derek Jeter

What do you guys think? Who else potentially?

[RayRay]

The synopsis mentions iconic figures so my guesses on people who will get name checked:

Tommy Motolla
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Prince
Barbra Streisand
Oprah
Nick Cannon
Derek Jeter

What do you guys think? Who else potentially?

Nicki Minaj
Celine Dion
Luther Vandross
Whitney Houston
Debbie Gibson
Jermaine Dupri
Lionel Richie
Diana Ross
Aretha Franklin
Patti LaBelle

[Goldmoney]

Kween’s siblings

[SpyVsSpy]

I hope she doesnt mention nick cannon but I doubt that’s gonna happen. And I suspect this won’t be as shady as some people are expecting.

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I wonder if she will delve into details about Howard Stern and some of those...interviews.

Also about Carson Daly on TRL. His exaggerations, in my view, caused a lot of the narrative to be written the way it was.

I hope she doesnt mention nick cannon but I doubt that’s gonna happen. And I suspect this won’t be as shady as some people are expecting.

I dont think it will be shady either. I think, more than likely, it will be heartbreaking to read.

But this makes me wonder about NDAs and stuff. Do books go through legal teams beforehand?

I wouldn't be surprised if there are pseudonyms used for some people.

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This Guardian interview is perhaps one of her best in years (despite the terrible writing/editing).

Full interview:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...olar-interview

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Mariah reveals that the memoir is written in four parts:
1. Wayward Child
2. Sing Sing
3. All That Glitters
4. Emancipation

[Wayne]

I won’t read it as I don’t really read these types of book but I love how she’s split it into sections, to tell her memoir in 4 distinct parts.

There‘s so much to tell - her life at her peak, living with Mottolla, the breakdown in the 2000s, her comeback, her marriages to Nick and James, her issues with Alison, Stella etc.

[RayRay]

Not long now! I pre-ordered it. Hope to get it as soon as it is available.

[InfoFromAus]