Italy and Capri island helped Mariah to built 'Charmbracelet'

TOKYO, Japan (Mariah Carey Fans Website) - After being hospitalized for an emotional breakdown last year, Mariah Carey flew to the tiny Italian island of Capri for a much-needed break.
It was hardly an idle vacation.

Within five months, the multiplatinum-selling diva had nursed herself back to health - and recorded all 15 songs for her new disc, "Charmbracelet," which comes out in the United States on Dec. 3. The experience, she said, was therapeutic.
"I put all the things I had gone through into my music," Carey told reporters Tuesday in Tokyo. "In general, in my life, I'm in a really good, happy place."
If the disc's first-week sales in Japan are any indication, Carey's career may on the rebound, too.

Despite her poor-selling album "Glitter" last year, Carey's 12th album has been at No. 1 on Oricon Entertainment's pop charts in Japan since its debut last week. Thousands of screaming fans have mobbed her appearances in Tokyo.

Carey, who arrived Monday in Japan to film her second video, "The One," appeared relaxed and smiled broadly as she spoke about the sudden turn of fortune that led to her hospitalization last August.
"I had worked myself very, very hard for many, many years and I never took a break," the 32-year-old said. "And last year, I had just become very, very exhausted and ended up just not really in a good place physically and emotionally."