Mariah Carey Announces Release Date for 16th Studio Album, ‘Here For It All’

Mariah Carey is Here For It All. The pop icon announced the title and release date of her 16th album on Monday morning (July 21), revealing that the LP fans have been calling “MC16” will drop on Sept. 26. The news came in a brief Instagram video in which MC flipped her hair back and walked slowly in shiny black leather high-heeled boots and black cat suit in front of a giant mural of herself, with the album title spelled out over and over in black and white behind her.

It ended with a brief snippet of the title track in which Carey crooned, “I’m here for it all!” The final image appears to be the album’s cover picture, featuring a broadly smiling Carey, eyes closed, filling up most of the page, her hair blowing in the wind as she holds her left arm up to her cheek and her right hand up to her chest.

So far, in June Carey dropped the single “Type Dangerous” — and, recently, an accompanying EP featuring collabs with Method Mad, Big Sean, DJ Snake and others — and previewed the song “Sugar Sweet” from the follow-up to her 2018 Caution album. Carey told Apple Music last month that the album was “finished,” but at press time a full track listing had not yet been announced.

The singer earned her milestone 50th Billboard Hot 100 hit when “Type Dangerous” debuted at No. 95 on the singles tally last month. The track is her first nonseasonal song to reach the Hot 100 since “I Don’t” with YG logged a week on the list in Feb. 25, 2017.