#389 Mariah Carey, 'The Emancipation of Mimi' (2005)

In 2001, Mariah suffered a major emotional and physical breakdown following the flop of her film, ‘Glitter.’ Her label, Virgin Records,’ dropped her and her divorce from her previous label boss at Sony, Tommy Mottola still fresh, Mariah was done. She released her intended “comeback” album, ‘Charmbracelet,’ in 2002, which unfortunately didn’t live up to expectations. Deciding to give it one more try, Carey released this, her ACTUAL comeback album.