Two decades ago, Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi was a dramatic comeback for the pop queen. This year, it's due for a comeback of its own with a heavy-duty deluxe edition.

Available May 30, The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) arrives from UMe on five LPs offering a host of bonus material, including seven previously unreleased tracks and many more classic remixes. Billed as being "personally compiled" by Carey herself, the 45-track set comes with a 28-page booklet and a letter from the singer explaining the significance of the album on her storied career - all housed in a six-panel LP jacket. A new remix by KAYTRANADA of "Don't Forget About Us," a track issued on the "Ultra Platinum Edition" of the disc released shortly after its original release, has been issued as a preview of the larger set.

Though no CD has been planned, a digital edition will be available on the same day, albeit with five tracks less. The bonus material of the digital track list has been anonymized, though the first "disc" nearly mirrors the first two LPs of the vinyl set (which will also be available on their own). the aforementioned KAYTRANADA remix will be included, and the presence of featured artist metadata on several of the remaining tracks confirms the presence of two tracks from the "Ultra Platinum" set (a remix of "We Belong Together" featuring Jadakiss & Styles P and the Twista collab "So Lonely (One & Only Pt. II)"); two remixes of album opener "It's Like That" (one by Scott Storch featuring Fat Joe and a version by mixer David Morales featuring the album's original guest appearances by Jermaine Dupri and the late Fatman Scoop); a take on "Shake It Off" offering verses by Jay Z and Young Jeezy; the So So Def remix of "Say Somethin'" with guest appearances by Dem Franchize Boyz; Dipset's version of "Your Girl" featuring Cam'ron and Juelz Santana; and two versions of "Don't Forget About Us": the Desert Storm remix including raps by Fabolous and Styles P, and another mix offering features by Juelz Santana and hip-hop group Bone-Thugz-N-Harmony. (Many of the remixes were previously compiled earlier in the decade when, for the 30th anniversary of Mariah Carey's 1990 debut, both Legacy Recordings and UMe issued a series of "MC30" digital EPs with rare and even unreleased versions of tracks.)

A set of this size underscores the dramatic reversal of commercial fortunes for Carey when Mimi first dropped. After a decade of commercial dominance in the '90s, with 15 No. 1 hits (including the Boyz II Men collaboration "One Sweet Day," at the time the longest-serving No. 1 song in pop chart history) and a super-influential musical approach that fused classic, melismatic pop and cutting-edge R&B and even hip-hop, Carey's career threatened to unravel in the 21st century. In the summer of 2001, Carey promoted the soundtrack to her film debut Glitter with a series of erratic appearances that led to a hospitalization and eventual diagnosis with bipolar disorder. The film, released weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks in America, was a critical and commercial disaster, and Virgin - the label Carey signed to that year after parting ways with longtime home Columbia Records - ended up buying her out of her $80 million contract. Signing to Island, Carey's attempted comeback Charmbracelet (2002) yielded no hit singles.

The Emancipation of Mimi - utilizing a nickname that only close associates knew her by, as a symbol of letting her guard down - was a stunning about-face. Working with a galaxy of talent including So So Def Records impresario Jermaine Dupri (who co-wrote and co-produced her irresistible "Always Be My Baby" in 1995 and collaborated with her several times since), genre-bending duo The Neptunes and longtime friend James "Big Jim" Wright (a protégée and associate of hitmaking duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis), Mariah had killer material to bring out her expressive multi-octave range, easily more powerful than what many considered to be weaker vocals on Charmbracelet. Adopting a freer but no less glamorous public image, Carey drew in core fans and made new ones on Mimi: "We Belong Together" would top the Hot 100 for 15 non-consecutive weeks in the spring and summer of the year, and "Shake It Off" would follow at No. 2. After sending a lot of hip-hop flavored cuts to radio, including collabs with Dupri and Snoop Dogg, the "Ultra Platinum" reissue, with an expanded track list, hit stores just before Christmas and gave Carey another chart-topper in "Don't Forget About Us," which peaked at No. 1 for the last week of 2005 and first week of 2006. (Mariah has since upped her total of chart-toppers to 19, including 1994's perennial holiday chestnut "All I Want for Christmas is You"; if she scores another, she'll tie The Beatles' total.)

The expanded Emancipation hits vinyl and digital May 30. Pre-orders and the full-track list are below. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) (Def Jam/UMe, 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

LP 1

Side A

1. It's Like That (feat. Jermaine Dupri & Fatman Scoop)
2. We Belong Together
3. Shake It Off
4. Mine Again
5. Say Somethin' (feat. Snoop Dogg)

Side B

1. Stay the Night
2. Get Your Number (feat. Jermaine Dupri)
3. One and Only (feat. Twista)
4. Circles
5. Your Girl

LP 2

Side C

1. I Wish You Knew
2. To the Floor (feat. Nelly)
3. Joy Ride
4. Fly Like a Bird
5. Don't Forget About Us

Side D

1. Makin' It Last All Night (What It Do) (feat. Jermaine Dupri)
2. We Belong Together (DJ Clue Remix feat. Jadakiss & Styles P)
3. Secret Love
4. Sprung
5. We Belong Together (Mimi's Late Night Valentine's Mix)

LP 3

Side E

1. It's Like That (No Rap)
2. It's Like That (David Morales Classic Mix)
3. It's Like That (Remix feat. Scott Storch & Fat Joe)
4. It's Like That (Instrumental)

Side F

1. We Belong Together (Peter Rauhofer Radio Mix)
2. We Belong Together (Atlantic Soul Radio Mix)
3. We Belong Together (Mimi's Late Night Valentine's Mix - Extended)
4. We Belong Together (Instrumental) *

LP 4

Side G

1. Shake It Off (Remix feat. Jay Z & Jeezy)
2. Shake It Off (Instrumental)
3. Shake It Off (Acapella) *

Side H

1. So Lonely (One & Only Pt. II) (feat. Twista)
2. Say Somethin' (So So Def Remix Radio Edit feat. Dem Franchize Boyz)
3. Say Somethin' (David Morales Radio Edit)
4. Say Somethin' (Instrumental)
5. Circles (Acapella) *

LP 5

Side I

1. Your Girl (Dipset Remix feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana)
2. Your Girl (Remix feat. N.O.R.E.)
3. Don't Forget About Us (Desert Storm Remix feat. Fabolous & Styles P)
4. Don't Forget About Us (Remix feat. Juelz Santana and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
5. Don't Forget About Us (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J. Martini at XO Vocal Edit)

Side J

1. When I Feel It *
2. It's Like That (Esentrik Remix) *
3. Don't Forget About Us/We Belong Together (Live on the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special - 10/6/2024) *
4. Don't Forget About Us (KAYTRANADA Remix) *

LP 1 and LP 2 Tracks C1-4 released as Island B0003943-02, 2005
LP 2 Tracks C5, D1-2 and LP 4, Track H1 released on The Emancipation of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition) - Island B0005784-02, 2005
LP 2, Tracks D3-4 from Japanese pressing - Island UICL-9024, 2005
LP 2, Track D5 and LP 3, Track F3 released as Mariah digital single (no cat. #), 2021
LP 3, Tracks E1-2 released on "It's Like That" U.K. CD single - Island 0602498810576, 2005
LP 3, Track E3-4 released on "It's Like That" U.S. 12" - Island B0004625-11, 2005
LP 3, Track F1 released on "We Belong Together" U.K. CD single - Island 9883483, 2005
LP 3, Track F2 released on "We Belong Together" U.K. promo CD single - Island MARIAHCDP7, 2005
LP 4, Track G1-2 released on "Shake It Off" U.S. promo 12" - Island MC-91205, 2005
LP 4, Track H2 released on "Say Somethin'" U.S. promo 12" Island B0007096-11, 2006
LP 4, Track H3 released on "Say Somethin'" U.K. CD single - Island/Mercury 9885446, 2006
LP 4, Track H4 released on "Say Somethin'" U.S. promo CD single - Island ISLR 16349-2, 2006
LP 5, Tracks I1-2 released on "Your Girl" #MC30 digital EP - Island 00602435707266, 2021
LP 5, Track I3 released on "Don't Forget About Us" U.S. promo CD single - Island 14171912000130, 2005
LP 5, Track I4 released on "Don't Forget About Us" U.K. CD single - Island 0602498518717, 2005
LP 5, Track I5 released on "Don't Forget About Us (The Emancipation Mixes)" U.S. promo double 12" - Island B0006059-11, 2005