 The album was supposed to be released in late 2007 , but Carey spoke about reason the album got delayed : " You can 't really put records out in December if you want the whole world to have a chance to actually hear it , [ and ] my fans all over the world are very important to me " , adding that she also wants to put out a pair of singles before the album drops . In a separate interview , she elaborated further : " This happened to me with The Emancipation of Mimi , I started writing more songs , I was like okay let me get these done , then I wrote four more songs and you know how it goes , so now I 'm like 22 songs in and clearly I have to cut some of those down " . It was then reported that the album will be released in February 2008 . However , the release was later pushed back yet again to April 2008 . 
