The Word Route

Ranked second on VH1’s list of the ‘100 Greatest Women in Music’ in 2012, music diva Mariah Carey is all set to make her next album with the biggest producers for 2013. This time, her buddies Jermaine Dupri and Brian-Michael Cox will share music space with her, helping in producing the album. Carey, who was working with them the whole night and the following morning on the album, says, “We have our own chemistry”. American Idol & Disney Single Her last single, ‘Almost Home ’ for the Disney film Oz the Great and Powerful, is all set to hit the screens on March 8. The song is a theme for the Wizard of Oz prequel and in her words, “gives you the feeling of reaching home and being with people you love.” ‘Almost Home’ made its debut at No. 18 on the R&B song chart and at No.9 on the R&B Digital Songs chart. It is considered rare for an American Idol sitting judge to make such a debut. While former judge of the reality show Paula Abdul did it twice in 2008 and 2009, Jenni...