Editing Mariah Carey (section)

=== 2005–2007: Resurgence with ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' ===
[[File:Mariah Carey & L.A. Reid 2005.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Carey, pictured with former [[Island Records]] head [[L.A. Reid]], at the release party for ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' in 2005]]

Carey's tenth studio album, ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' in 2005, was produced with [[the Neptunes]], [[Kanye West]] and Carey's longtime collaborator, [[Jermaine Dupri]]. She described the album as "very much like a party record."<ref name="viber">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101072137/https://books.google.com/books?id=FCcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2016|title=Revolutions|last=Ehrlich|first=Dimitri|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=May 5, 2005|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' topped the charts in the United States, becoming her fifth number-one album and first since ''Butterfly'' (1997), and was warmly accepted by critics. Caroline Sullivan of ''[[The Guardian]]'' defined it as "cool, focused and urban [... some of] the first Mariah Carey tunes in years which I wouldn't have to be paid to listen to again,"<ref name="C7SHn">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/apr/01/popandrock.shopping2|title=Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 1, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314080201/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/apr/01/popandrock.shopping2|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[USA Today]]''{{'}}s Elysa Gardner wrote, "The [songs] truly reflect the renewed confidence of a songbird who has taken her shots and kept on flying."<ref name="hTNKe">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2005-04-11-listen-up_x.htm|title=Mariah Rebounds, Garbage is Sweet, Will Smith Gets Lost|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 13, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524034213/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2005-04-11-listen-up_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's second single, "[[We Belong Together]]", became a "career re-defining"<ref name="promo">{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/436102/article-1G1-141877770/jermaine-dupri-wins-rb-song-grammy-virgin-urban-music|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103171627/http://business.highbeam.com/436102/article-1G1-141877770/jermaine-dupri-wins-rb-song-grammy-virgin-urban-music|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|title=Jermaine Dupri Wins R&B Song Grammy; Virgin Urban Music President Dupri Shares Songwriting Honors With Mariah Carey and So So Def/Virgin Artist Johnta Austin|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date=April 16, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref> song for Carey, after a relatively unsuccessful period and a point when many critics had considered her career over.<ref name="MimiAllMusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r729111|title=The Emancipation of Mimi|publisher=AllMusic|date=April 12, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>

Music critics heralded the song as her "return to form," as well as the "return of The Voice,"<ref name="slanter">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/mariah-carey-the-emancipation-of-mimi/560|title=Mariah Carey: The Emancipation Of Mimi|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|magazine=Slant Magazine|date=April 5, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027201414/http://slantmagazine.com/music/review/mariah-carey-the-emancipation-of-mimi/560|url-status=live}}</ref> while many felt it would revive "faith" in Carey's potential as a [[ballad]]eer.<ref name="viber"/> "We Belong Together" broke several records in the United States and became Carey's sixteenth chart topper on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. After staying at number one for fourteen non-consecutive weeks, the song became the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones|second-longest-running number one song in US chart history]], behind Carey's "One Sweet Day".<ref name="records">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|title=The Billboard Hot 100|last=Pietroluongo|first=Silvio|magazine=Billboard|date=September 24, 2005|access-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> ''Billboard'' listed it as the "song of the decade" and the ninth most popular song of all time.<ref name="2010sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925233024/http://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-10.shtml|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (10-01)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 24, 2010|access-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> The song broke several airplay records, and according to Nielsen BDS, and gathered both the largest one-day and one-week audiences in history.<ref name="QmzjW">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957598/ask-billboard-katy-perry-christina-aguilera-lady-gaga|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Ask Billboard: Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga|magazine=Billboard|date=June 25, 2010|access-date=August 18, 2011|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925124902/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957598/ask-billboard-katy-perry-christina-aguilera-lady-gaga|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the week of September 25, 2005, Carey set another record, becoming the first woman to occupy the first two spots atop the Hot 100, as "We Belong Together" remained at number one, and her next single, "[[Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)|Shake It Off]]", moved into the number two spot ([[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]] had topped the chart in 2002 while being a featured singer on the number two single).<ref name="records"/> On the US [[Billboard Year-End|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Year-end Chart]] of 2005, "We Belong Together" was declared the number one song, a first for Carey.<ref name="US_yearend">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2005/hsititl.jsp|title=2005 Year End Charts – Hot 100 Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=November 5, 2005|access-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122230023/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2005/hsititl.jsp|archive-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref> ''Billboard'' listed "We Belong Together" ninth on The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and was declared the most popular song of the 2000s decade by ''Billboard''.<ref name="decade">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks – Decade Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630055536/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|archive-date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> The album was re-released as ''The Ultra Platinum Edition'', from which "[[Don't Forget About Us]]" became her seventeenth number-one in the United States.<ref name="Vineyard1">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511489/mariah-emancipating-mimi-again.jhtml|title=Mariah Carey Emancipating Mimi Again, With Bonus Tracks|publisher=MTV News|access-date=February 24, 2011|date=November 18, 2005|first=Jennifer|last=Vineyard|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107051515/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511489/mariah-emancipating-mimi-again.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Mariah-Carey-ties-Elvis-on-Billboard-chart-1190827.php?source=mypi|title=Mariah Carey Ties Elvis Record On Billboard Chart|last=Sue|first=Jennifer|newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=December 25, 2005|access-date=July 18, 2011|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018070122/http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Mariah-Carey-ties-Elvis-on-Billboard-chart-1190827.php?source=mypi|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Emancipation of Mimi'' earned ten [[Grammy Award]] nominations: eight in 2006 for the original release, the most received by Carey in a single year, and two in 2007 for the ''Ultra Platinum Edition''. Carey won [[Best Contemporary R&B Album]] for ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' and [[Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] and [[Best R&B Song]] for "We Belong Together".<ref name="usaawards">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-nominations_x.htm?loc=interstitialskip|title=Carey, West, Legend Lead The Grammy pack|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 8, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114012858/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-nominations_x.htm?loc=interstitialskip|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' was 2005's best-selling album in the United States, with nearly five million units sold. It was the first album by a solo female artist to become the year's best-selling album within the country since [[Alanis Morissette]]'s ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' in 1996.<ref name="ABrS6">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/12/29/sorry_fiddy_mar/|title=Mariah Carey Has the Year's Top-selling CD|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Ryan|first=Amy|date=December 29, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=September 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918201318/https://ew.com/article/2005/12/29/sorry_fiddy_mar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the end of 2005, the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI) reported that ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' had sold more than 7.7&nbsp;million copies globally, and was the second-best-selling album of the year after [[Coldplay]]'s ''[[X&Y]]''.<ref name="world2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/top50-2005.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2005|publisher={{Lang|de|[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|italic=no}}|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410040338/http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/top50-2005.pdf|archive-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="c4e1v">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4865716.stm|title=Coldplay Top 2005's Global Charts|publisher=BBC News|date=March 31, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001023147/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4865716.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cnpo6">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coldplay-tops-worldwide-sales-for-2005-1.601418|title=Coldplay Tops Worldwide Sales for 2005|publisher=CBC News|date=March 31, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617025339/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/03/31/musicsales-coldplay.html|archive-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> It has since sold 12 million copies worldwide.<ref name="TelegraphCD2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672721/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Mariah-Carey-Pete-Molinari-and-more....html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672721/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Mariah-Carey-Pete-Molinari-and-more....html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pop CDs of the week: Mariah Carey, Pete Molinari and more..|last=Thompson|first=Ben|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=April 19, 2008|access-date=August 19, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In support of the album, Carey embarked on her first headlining tour in three years, named [[The Adventures of Mimi]] after a "Carey-centric fan's" music diary.<ref name="H9Z0G">{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/mariah-carey-takes-madonna-new-tour-wbna14190642|title=Mariah Carey Takes on Madonna with New Tour|last=Popkin|first=Helen|website=Today|date=June 6, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108043435/https://www.today.com/popculture/mariah-carey-takes-madonna-new-tour-wbna14190642|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour spanned 40 dates, with 32 in the United States and Canada, two in Africa, and six in Japan.<ref name="mtvnews8">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1532213/mariah-carey-plots-mimis-touring-adventure.jhtml|title=Mariah Carey Plots Mimi's Touring Adventure|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|publisher=MTV News|date=May 22, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2011|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623214117/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1532213/mariah-carey-plots-mimis-touring-adventure.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> It received warm reception from music critics and concert goers, many of which lauded Carey's vocals.<ref name="outshines">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537972/mariah-carey-tour-kickoff-all-about-voice.jhtml|title=Mariah Carey Tour Kickoff: The Voice Outshines Costume Changes, Video Clips|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|publisher=MTV News|date=August 30, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2011|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623213753/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537972/mariah-carey-tour-kickoff-all-about-voice.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="aLu19">{{cite magazine|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/1105356491.html?dids=1105356491:1105356491&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+24%2C+2006&author=RAFER+GUZMN.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Mimi+hits+the+Garden%2C+just+like+that&pqatl=google|title=Mimi Hits the Garden, Just Like That|last=Rafer|first=Guzman|magazine=Newsday|date=September 10, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2011|archive-date=July 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725034317/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/1105356491.html?dids=1105356491:1105356491&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+24%2C+2006&author=RAFER+GUZMN.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Mimi+hits+the+Garden%2C+just+like+that&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref>