{blackbabes} Mariah Carey renews Epic Records deal

 

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Epic Records has recommitted to Mariah Carey, announcing Monday a new joint partnership between the singer's Butterfly MC Records and the Sony Music Entertainment label as well as a long-awaited studio album due out "later this year." Terms of the partnership were not disclosed.

The deal seemingly puts to rest rumors that Carey's recording contract was in jeopardy. The five-time Grammy winner was signed by Epic Records chairman-CEO LA Reid in 2016, with whom she worked on 2005's multi-platinum-selling album "The Emancipation of Mimi" (recorded and released while Reid was running Universal Music label Island Def Jam).

Carey launched her career at Sony's Columbia Records in 1990, when she scored the first of her five consecutive Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits ("Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday," "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Emotions").

Said Reid in a statement: "To continue working with Mariah Carey at Epic has been another rewarding chapter of my career. Mariah's incomparable talents as a singer, with her vocal range that is nothing short of legendary, are matched by her brilliance as a songwriter, producer, and performer par excellence. Mariah's chart records have established her enduring place in music history, a position that is cherished and supported by her loyal fans worldwide. I look forward to building upon all of Mariah's success for years to come."

Added Carey: "I am putting my heart and soul into making more new music. I am so thrilled for this next chapter and to continue working with, and for, everyone that I love."

The partnership comes on the heels of several headline-grabbing months for Carey. In December, the singer launched "Mariah's World," a docuseries on E!; famously endured technical complications live on ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest"; broke off her engagement to Australian billionaire James Packer; and announced, then postponed, a tour with Lionel Richie. Carey is also headlining a Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, to which she's set to return in July.

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{blackbabes} Simon Cowell ‘convinced’ Mel B to divorce Stephen Belafonte

 

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Simon Cowell may have been the push Mel B needed to finally leave Stephen Belafonte.

Mel, 41, filed for divorce from Belafonte in March after nearly a decade of marriage, and has claimed that Belafonte physically abused her, sexually exploited her and got their nanny pregnant.

Cowell — who has worked with Mel on "X Factor," "America's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got Talent" — urged her to leave Belafonte, calling him "bad news" and "a bad guy," sources close to the former Spice Girl told TMZ.

Insiders told the site that Mel had previously attempted to leave Belafonte, but that she largely credits Cowell, 57, with giving her the courage to pack up for good.

On Friday, the sharp-tongued judge hinted that he was impressed with Mel's handling of the split.

"She's an incredible person. If you think about what Mel's done since leaving the Spice Girls and what she's gone through, how hard she works and how I saw her try to handle this situation, it was astonishing," he told The Sun. "She's under pressure but I think she's in a good place … she's had the whole thing she's had to deal with, the other side of her personal life. It really made me think about her as a person, what she's achieved as a working mum and how she's managed to balance everything."

Belafonte has denied Mel's allegations against him, and has also requested joint legal and physical custody of the couple's daughter, Madison, as well as spousal support.

Another of Mel's fellow "X Factor" judges, Sharon Osbourne, spoke out about the abuse allegations on "The Talk" last week, calling Belafonte a "bully."

"Three years ago, in the final two days of 'X Factor,' she didn't make the first day and she was in the hospital," Osbourne, 64, claimed. "It was reported in all the papers that said 'allegedly' she's been beaten by her husband. And she came back for the final day and she had a black eye and bruising everywhere … This has been brewing and people talking for a very, very long time."

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