Multi-platinum global superstar Mariah Carey heralds the arrival of Me I Am Mariah The Elusive Chanteuse, her new exclusive body of work. It is her fourteenth studio album.
It includes the single “Thirsty,” written and produced by Mariah, and the follow-up to “You’re Mine (Eternal)” which crowned her 17th career #1 hit on Billboard’s Dance Club Play chart. Mariah’s RIAA platinum-plus hit lead single “#Beautiful” featuring Miguel, was a global chart-topping smash with combined YouTube views surpassing the 50 million mark.
Together with Bryan Michael Cox, Carey and Dupri executively produced the album. It is named after a self-portrait that Carey drew at the age of three-years old that she captioned “Me. I Am Mariah”, and is included as part of the back cover of the album. “The Elusive Chanteuse” part of the title is one of Carey's many monikers.
Nas, Miguel, Wale and Fabolous all make guest appearances on the album, in addition to Carey's twins Morroccan and Monroe. R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige respectively make appearances on remixes of two songs taken from Carey's thirteenth album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009).