The five-time Grammy winner,
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in NY), was the most successful artist of the 1990s and ranked as the best-selling female artist of the U.S., with sales of over 200 million albums worldwide. The new quasi-hit "
Obsessed" is the lead single from her 12th forthcoming studio album, "
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel", is due out Sept 15. The singer described the song as an "uptempo fun summer record", pop diva said that even though she wanted to release a ballad, "
Obsessed" had to come out 1st because she wanted "a fun summer moment to kick off the album."
Mariah has played a lot of parts in her music videos, usually opting for a vixen of some sort. But the video for "
Obsessed" directed by Brett Ratner, she took on a whole new role as a male stalker. The pop star relished the idea of going incognito and spending some time as a regular person on the streets of New York.
Mariah alters her appearance to play her stalker by wearing a fake goatee along with male clothing. The video was inspired by scenes from the 2004 film, "Mean Girls". The video was debuted July 15 on "
America's Got Talent" show.
Mariah will also perform the song on the August 5, episode of "America's Got Talent" and will make a performance at the 26th annual MTV Video Music Awards, will be held on September 9, according to
Rap-Up.
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