Mariah Carey - free at last
The relationship between MC and Sony, one that began in 1990 with the onset of her recording career, terminated in 1998 with the separation from her husband, Sony President Tommy Mottola. Although it was an open secret within the company, it wasn't until last week that she finally had the opportunity to officially terminate her contract with Sony Music.
According to a spokesperson for Sony Records in NY, Luis Miguel's girlfriend has not had direct contact with the company for approximately 3 years. Her recordings and other musical productions are done outside the company and she has had minimal involvement in the promotion of her recent projects.
She has not attended a single planning meeting and she preferred to keep her distance from the record company. It is very probable that this estrangement was a result of her divorce from Tommy Mottola, according to an anonymous source.
The same source assured us that the first one to learn of Carey's decision to leave the company, and to accept her decision, was Tommy Mottola himself. According to this informant, Mariah received an offer from a rival record company a few weeks ago, and while she was seriously considering the offer, she asked Sony Records for a contract that would pay her 20 million dollars per album over a three year period, an offer that the record executives refused to consider.
Sony argued that there was no need for "negotiation" since Mariah and Sony had an established relationship. They offered her additional money but her representatives turned down the offer, leaving the legal matter in the hands of their attorneys to officially terminate the contract, and announce the decision to the press and the media in general.
The offer from a rival record company was presented to Carey when she revealed that her contract with Sony was nearly over, and that she only owed the company one more recording, the soundtrack to her movie "All That Glitters" - which will be released and promoted this August.
The first offer was 20 million dollars for three recordings over a period of four years; but now she (Mariah) is looking for a contract that would pay her 25 million dollars over five years, for recordings every 12 months, an arrangement that would make her the highest paid figure in music.
Warner Music is the company that has been the most vocal in expressing an interest in signing the Long Island born singer; but Universal, Interscope and Jive are also considering making an offer. However, none of the Mexican representatives for these companies would make a public comment on their plans.
Mottola was married to Mariah Carey for five years, he was the one who "discovered" her when she was a waitress in Manhattan, and signed her to a recording contract after hearing a demo tape given to him by dance-music singer Brenda K. Starr. (Reforma) Many thanks to Regina from Mariah Daily.
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