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Despite rumors, R&B divas Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige will not have a SoundScan showdown next month when their albums drop.
A label rep for Carey, who is signed to Island/Def Jam, has confirmed that the songstress' eleventh studio album will drop on November 20, while Blige's "Growing Pains" is scheduled for release on November 27 via Geffen. Both Def Jam and Geffen are under the Universal Music umbrella.
"Growing Pains", Blige's eighth studio album, is the follow up to 2005's triple-platinum, Grammy-winning CD "The Breakthrough".
Carey, whose last album was the 2005 smash The Emancipation of Mimi, has been busy developing her own perfume line, "M," in tandem with cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden.
A commercial for the fragrance features a scantily-clad Mimi, dabbing perfume on herself amidst clouds, pools of water, and airy background vocals.
Album sales beefs aren't dead, though.
According to a Columbia Records rep Nas' greatest hits collection will go head-to-head with Jay-Z's new concept album, "American Gangster", on November 6.
The Queens rapper's compilation will feature 12 of the top tracks from his eight solo albums, as well as two new songs, including "Less Than An Hour," a collaboration with Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo Green.
"American Gangster" is Jay-Z's musical interpretation of the movie by the same name, which stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and opens on November 2.
