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Carey's tenth studio album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005), contained contributions from producers such as [[The Neptunes]], [[Kanye West]] and Carey's longtime collaborator, [[Jermaine Dupri]]. Carey said it was "very much like a party record [...] the process of putting on makeup and getting ready to go out [...] I wanted to make a record that was reflective of that."<ref>Ferber, Lawrence. "Mariah Carey: Free at last". ''[[HX Magazine|HX]]''. [[April 4]] [[2005]].</ref> ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' became 2005's best-selling album in the U.S., and ''[[The Guardian]]'' reviewer defined it as "cool, focused and urban [... some of] the first Mariah Carey tunes in years I wouldn't have to be paid to listen to again".<ref>Sullivan, Caroline. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1449385,00.html "Mariah Carey, ''The Emancipation of Mimi''"]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. [[April 1]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[March 17]] [[2006]].</ref> The album earned Carey a Grammy Award for [[Best Contemporary R&B Album]], and the single "[[We Belong Together]]" won [[Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] and [[Best R&B Song]]. "We Belong Together" held the Hot 100's number-one position for fourteen weeks (Carey's longest run at the top as a solo lead artist), and "[[Shake It Off]]" made Carey the only solo female artist to occupy the Hot 100's top two positions simultaneously.<ref>Jeckell, Barry A. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001053107 "Mariah Matches Hot 100 Milestone"]. ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. [[September 1]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[June 9]] [[2006]].</ref> "[[Don't Forget About Us]]" became her seventeenth number-one in the U.S., tying her with [[Elvis Presley]] for the most number-ones by a solo act according to ''Billboard'' magazine's revised methodology (their statistician [[Joel Whitburn]] still credits Presley with an eighteenth).<ref>Bronson, Fred. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001736670 "Chart Beat Chat"]. ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. [[December 22]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[March 17]] [[2006]].</ref> [[The Beatles]] had twenty number-ones. Carey's singles have, collectively, topped the charts for seventy-seven weeks{{Fact|date=December 2007}}, which places her ahead of The Beatles (fifty-nine weeks), and behind Presley, who topped the combined charts for seventy-nine weeks. Carey has also had notable success on international charts, though not to the same degree as her native America. Thus far, she has had two number-one singles in Britain, two in Australia, and six in Canada{{Fact|date=December 2007}}. Carey's highest-charting single in Japan peaked at number-two.<ref>http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/auxiliary_pages/double_top.htm</ref><ref>http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/</ref><ref> http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~ms-db/oricon/japan%20no1%20single%2068-.htm</ref>

Carey began a concert tour, [[The Adventures of Mimi Tour]], in mid-2006, which was moderately successful. Out of the 40 dates, only 19 sold out and five had to be cancelled due to low ticket sales.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600632.html</ref> She appeared on the cover of the March 2007 edition of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine on a non-nude photo session. <ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12312006/gossip/pagesix/modest_mariah_pagesix_.htm "Modest Mariah"]. ''[[New York Post]]''. [[December 31]] [[2006]]. Retrieved [[January 27]] [[2007]].</ref> In early 2007, she was featured with [[Bow Wow]] on the [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] single "[[Lil' L.O.V.E.]]". Later in the year, Carey received a "recording star" on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]],<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-23-walk-fame_x.htm "Hollywood Walk of Fame names 2007 honorees"]. [[Associated Press]]. [[June 23]] [[2006]]. Retrieved [[August 1]] [[2006]].</ref> and she will be inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on [[October 21]], [[2007]]. According to an interview with ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' in mid-2006, she had already begun work on [[Mariah Carey's eleventh studio album|her next studio album]].<ref>[http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/spotlight/36938/index.html "One on One with Mariah!"]. ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. [[August 31]] [[2006]].</ref>

Carey has won over 100 awards since 1991.