You may or may not recall when the Glitter soundtrack was originally released - 20 years ago, on September 11, 2001. Suddenly, Carey’s biggest flop era was up for reconsideration. 1 on the iTunes albums chart and returned to the Billboard soundtracks chart. As the campaign spread across social media, Glitter’s soundtrack reached No. But Carey’s zealous fan base, the Lambily, wanted retribution for what they saw as an unfairly maligned chapter of their favorite diva’s career. The infamous Mariah Carey bomb was 17 years old, and up to that point, its star had largely rebuked it. In November 2018, one of the more surprising culture stories involved grassroots activism in the form of - what else? - a hashtag: #JusticeforGlitter. How 9/11, MTV, and Y2K-era celebrity culture continue to complicate one of Hollywood’s most notorious flops.
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