Keeping track of Mariah Carey’s life and career is practically a full-time job, but the past 12 months have been especially bizarre. Only recently, the “All I Want for Christmas Is You” singer had to cancel several Christmas shows due to health woes.
Ahead of her abbreviated stop at the Beacon Theatre (on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday), here’s a brief recap of Carey’s crazy year.
January
Carey’s 2017 is off to a terrible start with a disastrous New Year’s Rockin’ Eve performance in Times Square. She blames a faulty earpiece for not being able to sing along with her hits, and the fallout lasts for weeks.
February
Her latest musical relaunch is a timid attempt at trap music called “I Don’t” featuring rapper YG. The single duly flops.
September
The E! reality series “Mariah’s World” is canceled after just one season. The finale pulls just half a million viewers.
Viewers weren’t that interested in “Mariah’s World.”Vittorio Zunino Celotto/E! EnterOctober
Carey’s ex, billionaire businessman James Packer refers to their short relationship and engagement in 2016 as a “mistake.” Ouch.
Carey and James Packer in June 2015.Xposure/AKM-GSINovember
After a tumultuous three years, Carey severs ties with manager Stella Bulochnikov, but signs with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation instead. Could this be Mimi’s real emancipation?
Carey and Jay-Z have teamed up since she ditched manager Stella Bulochnikov.Anthony Harvey/Getty Images; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP