Resurrections
It might seem strange to think about it now, but there was a time when Mariah Carey's career seemed dead in the water. She'd signed a new four-album deal with Virgin Records, only for them to release her from it at a cost of quite-a-lot-thanks-for-asking after the first album sold poorly, and her movie Glitter had reached official punchline-in-its-own-right status.
Not only that, but 'Riah was suffering from what was politely called "nervous exhaustion" and being increasingly bizarre in interviews. No, even more than that. Seriously. People doubted she'd be able to recover from this to her days of high sales and worldwide lovefests. Hey, did someone say "worldwide lovefest"?
What better event to relaunch new, improved Mariah 2.0 than an appearance at Live 8, where not only can she show off her still-impressive tonsils but she can also hug a bunch of photogenic children and show that she cares about ending poverty? Couple that with a far more commercially-appealing new album with an R&B slant, and Miss Carey was well and truly back. It's like that, y'all. (Top of the Pops)
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