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This wasn't quite as awesome as the secret Beyonce album drop earlier this year, but we'll give Mariah Carey a B for effort. Whoever was responsible for retouching the photo gets an A though!

Mariah confirmed that she will be releasing her 14th studio album, Me. I Am Mariah, on May 27, and she posted the cover artwork above on Twitter and a video explaining the new title ... and the drawing on the back of the CD.

She says:
    "On the back cover of this album is a personal treasure. This is my first and only self-portrait. I drew it when I was three and a half and entitled it 'Me I am Mariah.' Please don't judge me for such a simplistic title. C'mon I was only three and a half, it was a creative visualization of how I saw myself with the purity of a child's heart before it was ever broken. I've kept this story private for so long, but because this album is a reflection of some of the peaks and valleys that have made me who I am today, I've decided to share it with those of you who actually care and have been there for me through it all. I've been through a lot, but I've always known me. I am Mariah. Along the way, there have been a couple nicknames and I've been inadvertently embodied many personas. Lately they've been calling me 'The Elusive Chanteuse.'"


A couple of nicknames? We think there's more than that...