Mariah collaborated with the legendary Minneapolis based duo on three albums in total: Rainbow, Glitter and Charmbracelet. They also introduced her to James “Big Jim” Wright, who went onto become not only her main writing partner beginning in 2002, but also her musical director when on tour.įor Glitter, which was set in the 1980s, working with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis was an ingenious decision. However, fearful of sitting on a hit for too long, she opted to record what would become Rainbow, her final studio album with Sony. In search for a new writing partner, Mariah found not one but two in Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. One of those who “turned on a dime” was Mariah’s principal writing partner, the co-composer and co-producer for most of her ballads from 1991-1997: Walter Afanasieff.Īt the time, Mariah was working on the soundtrack to her film debut, Glitter, and recorded the song “Heartbreaker” to be its lead single. His powerful position complicated Mariah’s creative process: many of her most frequent collaborators had sworn loyalty to their boss, Tommy not Mariah. Tommy might’ve been her ex-husband, but he was still the current head of her record label, Sony. Unfortunately, that presented some problems for her career as well. On the personal front, Mariah Carey had just finalized her divorce from her husband Tommy Mottola.
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