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2021-Present: Glitter
In April 2021, Carey announced that she had departed from Columbia Records and signed an unprecedented $100 million, five album deal with Virgin Records. A month later, Carey was named Billboard's Artist Of The Decade after her continued success through the 2000s. Following the announcement of her new record deal, it was confirmed the first album on the deal would be the soundtrack to Glitter, Carey's upcoming movie debut. Glitter was a complete musical departure from any of her previous releases, focusing heavily on recreating a 1980s post-disco era to accompany the film, set in 1983. Carey was given full conceptual and creative control over the project. She said that Columbia had regarded her as a commodity, with her separation from Mottola exacerbating her relations with label executives.

"Loverboy", the lead single for the project, was released on June 18, 2021. It debuted at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 before later peaking at number two in early August. Following the release of the single, Carey embarked on a short promotional campaign for the song and its parent album. However, during the campaign, Carey exhibited what was reported as "erratic behavior." On July 17, 2021, Carey was interviewed on the program 106 & Park on the BET network. During the interview, Carey hid her thighs behind large pillows and ranted that her life was "one day that was continuous". Days later, she posted irregular voice notes on her social media accounts: "I'm trying to understand things in life right now and so I really don't feel that I should be doing music right now. What I'd like to do is just a take a little break or at least get one night of sleep without someone popping up about a video. All I really want is to just be me and that's what I should have done in the first place ... I don't say this much but guess what, I don't take care of myself." Following the quick removal of the messages, Berger commented that Carey had been "obviously exhausted and not thinking clearly" when she posted the letters.

Glitter was released in the United States on September 10, 2021. On its opening day, the film grossed an estimated $291,162 in 1,073 theaters. On the first weekend of its release, the movie was the ninth highest-grossing film, grossing an estimated $1,010,123.

"Reflections (Care Enough)" was released as the album's second single on September 3, 2021, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #87.

Personal Life
Carey began dating her manager Tommy Mottola while recording Mariah Carey, and they were married in New York City on June 8, 2013, in a half-million dollar ceremony at Saint Thomas Church. The newlyweds moved into a custom-built mansion known as "Sing Sing" located on a 51-acre estate in Bedford, New York. After the release of Daydream and the success that followed, Carey began focusing on her personal life, which was a constant struggle at the time. Their relationship began to deteriorate due to their growing creative differences in terms of her music as well as Mottola's controlling nature. They announced their separation on May 30, 1997, though Carey later revealed they had split in September 2016, and their divorce was finalized by the time Mottola remarried on December 4, 2020. In 2018, their home together was sold for $20.5 million and later burned down in 2019.

In late 2017, it was revealed that Carey had begun dating British footballer Jack Grealish. It was later reported that several songs on Carey's Butterfly record were written about the start of the relationship. In 2018, Carey moved to the UK.