![mariah carey hero piano cover mariah carey hero piano cover](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/41cJWY3esYk/mqdefault.jpg)
The album debuted at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it only the second Christmas album to top this chart. It also became Carey's 16th top ten album in the United States. Merry Christmas II You debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with sales of 56,000 copies, surpassing the opening week sales of Carey's previous holiday album of 45,000 copies 16 years prior. The album, titled Merry Christmas II You, was released alongside an accompanying DVD, and was sent to retailers on November 2, 2010. It was later revealed that it would be her second Christmas album, the follow-up to Merry Christmas (1994). Following the cancellation of Angels Advocate, a remix album of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, it was announced that Carey would return to the studio to start work on her thirteenth studio album. On September 29, 2009, Carey's twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, was released. Alternate edited versions were also released for the standard and deluxe versions of the album. is Carey's first studio album to bear the warning in the United States. Although the re-release of her 2002 album Charmbracelet was issued with a Parental Advisory warning in some territories, Me.
![mariah carey hero piano cover mariah carey hero piano cover](https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000106534870-us89vx-t240x240.jpg)
Singles released from the album included the Australian top-ten and US Billboard Hot 100 top-twenty song " #Beautiful" (a duet with Miguel), as well as " The Art of Letting Go", " You're Mine (Eternal)", and " You Don't Know What to Do" featuring rapper Wale all of which failed to enter the Hot 100, aside from "#Beautiful", and " You're Mine (Eternal)", a minor hit. The Elusive Chanteuse was promoted through several media appearances by Carey, as well as The Elusive Chanteuse Show. The portion of the album called "The Elusive Chanteuse" is a nickname Carey gave herself for the album. It is named after a self-portrait that Carey drew as a very young girl that she captioned "Me. Together with Bryan Michael Cox, Carey and Dupri were executive producers on the album. The album was initially titled The Art of Letting Go, and was scheduled for release in 2012, however, following the commercial failure of the single, " Triumphant (Get 'Em)", featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill, additional songs were recorded for the album causing the release date to be pushed back several times by the record company throughout 2013 and again in 2014. These remixes were originally intended to appear on Carey's cancelled remix album, Angel's Advocate (2010). Blige respectively make appearances on remixes of two songs, "Betcha Gon' Know" and "It's a Wrap", taken from Carey's twelfth studio album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). The album consists of guest appearances from Nas, Miguel, Wale, and Fabolous, in addition to Carey's twins Moroccan and Monroe.
![mariah carey hero piano cover mariah carey hero piano cover](https://www.everyonepiano.com/pianomusic/002/0001458/0001458-w-s-1.jpg)
The record had been in development since 2011 during its production, Carey hired collaborator Randy Jackson to manage her career, before firing and replacing him with another frequent collaborator, Jermaine Dupri. The Elusive Chanteuse is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on on Def Jam Recordings.