Mariah Carey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === 2015β2017: #1 to Infinity residency, television and film projects === On January 30, 2015, it was announced that Carey had left [[Universal Music Group]]'s Def Jam Recordings to reunite with [[L.A. Reid]] and Sony Music via [[Epic Records]].<ref name="O7cwL"/><ref name="7bGX3"/><ref name="9kecx"/> Carey also announced her new [[Number 1 to Infinity (concert residency)|#1 to Infinity]] residency at [[The Colosseum at Caesars Palace]] in [[Las Vegas]] the same month.<ref name="OytFb"/> To coincide with the residency, Carey released ''[[Number 1 to Infinity|#1 to Infinity]]'', a [[greatest hits]] [[compilation album]] containing all of her eighteen [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] number one singles at the time, along with a new recording, "[[Infinity (Mariah Carey song)|Infinity]]", which was released as a single on April 27.<ref name="PzgG0"/> In 2015 Carey had her [[directorial debut]] for the [[Hallmark Channel]] Christmas movie ''[[A Christmas Melody]]'', in which she also performed as one of the main characters.<ref name="ID3nD"/> In December 2015, Carey announced [[The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour]] which spanned a total of 27-dates beginning in March 2016, marking Carey's first major tour of mainland Europe in 13 years. Four stops included shows in South Africa.<ref name="gqfpe"/> The tour grossed $30.3 million.<ref name="Pollstar 2016 Year End"/> [[File:Mariah Carey 2016 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Carey attending [[Elton John]]'s [[Academy Awards]] Party in February 2016]] On March 15, 2016, Carey announced that she was filming ''[[Mariah's World]]'', a [[docu-series]] for the [[E!]] network documenting her Sweet Sweet Fantasy tour and her wedding planning process. Carey told ''[[The New York Times]]'', "I thought it would be a good opportunity to kind of, like, show my personality and who I am, even though I feel like my real fans have an idea of who I am... A lot of people have misperceptions about this and that."<ref name="ptMfl"/> The series premiered on December 4, 2016.<ref name="mlAXm"/> Carey guest starred on the musical drama ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'', as a superstar singer named Kitty and sung the song "Infamous" featuring [[Jussie Smollett]].<ref name="LegLR"/> On December 5, 2016, Carey participated in the ''[[VH1 Divas#VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night|VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night]]'' benefit concert, alongside [[Vanessa Williams]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Patti LaBelle]], and [[Teyana Taylor]].<ref name="vh1.com"/> On December 31, 2016, [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve#2017β2020: New Orleans expansion, Mariah Carey incident and return|Carey's performance]] on ''[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve]]'' in [[Times Square]] received worldwide attention after technical difficulties caused Carey's [[in-ear monitor]]s to malfunction, resulting in what ''The New York Times'' referred to as a "performance train wreck."<ref name="5eqQz"/> Carey cited her inability to hear the music without in-ear auditory feedback as the cause for the mishap.<ref name="6gRlu"/> Carey's representatives and [[Dick Clark Productions]] placed blame on each other.<ref name="NbZL3"/> On February 3, 2017, Carey released the single "[[I Don't (Mariah Carey song)|I Don't]]" featuring [[YG (rapper)|YG]].<ref name="Billboard Artwork"/> Later that month, she voiced the Mayor of Gotham City in the animated film ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''.<ref name="CareyCast"/> In July 2017, Carey made a cameo in the comedy film ''[[Girls Trip]]''<ref name="OxmbP"/> and embarked on a tour with [[Lionel Richie]], titled, [[All the Hits Tour (Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey)|All the Hits Tour]].<ref name="MAqsy"/> She was also featured in the official remix for [[French Montana]]'s single "[[Unforgettable (French Montana song)|Unforgettable]]", alongside [[Swae Lee]].<ref name="jwRwY"/> In October 2017, she released a new soundtrack single, "[[The Star (Mariah Carey song)|The Star]]", for the [[The Star (2017 film)|movie of the same name]].<ref name="1H5vo"/> The song was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[75th Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2018-nominees-full-list-1202634435/|title=Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=December 11, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214021531/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2018-nominees-full-list-1202634435/|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey also developed an animated Christmas film, ''[[All I Want for Christmas Is You (film)|Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You]]'', for which she recorded an original song called "Lil' Snowman". The film was released [[direct-to-video]] on November 14, 2017.<ref name="ws5Lf"/><ref name="f7onU"/> On December 31, 2017, Carey returned to perform on ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' after the technical difficulties that hindered her previous performance, in what ''[[The New York Times]]'' described as a "made-for-television act of pop culture redemption".<ref>{{cite news|last=Deb|first=Sopan|title=Mariah Carey Redeems Herself on New Year's Eve in Times Square|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101060656/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.html |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=September 17, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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