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'''''Glitter''''' is a ] by American singer-songwriter ], recorded for the film '']'' and released in the ] by ] on ] ] (see ]). It has been certified ] by the ], sold about four million copies worldwide (a relative failure for Carey) and was generally panned by many critics, though '']'' declared it "a big step foward in terms of maturity for one of pop music's eternal kids" and gave it a three-star review. It was released shortly before the film ''Glitter'', in which Carey starred, which was also a critical and commercial failure. Carey has cited the ] as one of the reasons the album failed. In an interview, she said: "I released it around 9/11. I became a punching bag. I was so successful that they tore me down because my album was at No. 2 instead of No. 1. The media was laughing at me and attacked me." (In fact, her album debuted at number seven on the U.S. ] chart and fell rapidly after that, remaining on the chart for twelve weeks. It was actually its lead single, "]", that was at number two.) The poor reaction toward Carey's film debut was also blamed for the poor sales of the album. |
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'''''Glitter''''' is a ] by American singer-songwriter ], recorded for the film '']'' and released in the ] by ] on ] ] (see ]). It has been certified ] by the ], sold about four million copies worldwide (a relative failure for Carey) and was generally panned by many critics, though '']'' declared it "a big step foward in terms of maturity for one of pop music's eternal kids" and gave it a three-star review. It was released shortly before the film ''Glitter'', in which Carey starred, which was also a critical and commercial failure. Carey has cited the ] as one of the reasons the album failed. In an interview, she said: "I released it around 9/11. I became a punching bag. I was so successful that they tore me down because my album was at No. 2 instead of No. 1. The media was laughing at me and attacked me." (In fact, her album debuted at number seven on the U.S. ] chart and fell rapidly after that, remaining on the chart for twelve weeks. It was actually its lead single, "]", that was at number two.) The poor reaction toward Carey's film debut was also blamed for the poor sales of the album. |
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The track "If We" was later re-worked by ] and released as a single with ], ] and Mariah Carey in ] (see ]). Conflicts between Damizza and ] led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring ] and Carey. "What Would You Do" was popular on the west coast of the U.S. (where Carey had performed it while on tour in Los Angeles), but it was a failure elsewhere in the country. The song received minimal airplay in Europe, but was not a hit there. |
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The track "If We" was later re-worked by ] and released as a single with ], ] and Mariah Carey in ] (see ]). Conflicts between Damizza and ] led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring ] and Carey. "What Would You Do" was popular on the west coast of the U.S. (where Carey had performed it while on tour in Los Angeles), but it was a failure elsewhere in the country. The song received minimal airplay in Europe, but was not a hit there. |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
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#"]" (remix) — 4:30 |
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#"]" (remix) — 4:30 |
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#"]" — 3:53 |
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#"]" — 3:53 |
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#"If We" — 4:20 |
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#"If We" — 4:20 |
