‘Uncle.” (Should it be “Aunt”?) With her new album, “E=MC2” (Island Def Jam), Mariah Carey has assembled a collection of perfect little pop pleasures that will charm even the staunchest naysayer. Carey worked through nearly all her various personal and musical issues throughout the long, six-times-platinum run of 2005’s “The Emancipation of Mimi.” And all the success shows on “E=MC2.”

‘Uncle.” (Should it be “Aunt”?)

With her new album, “E=MC2” (Island Def Jam), Mariah Carey has assembled a collection of perfect little pop pleasures that will charm even the staunchest naysayer.

Carey worked through nearly all her various personal and musical issues throughout the long, six-times-platinum run of 2005’s “The Emancipation of Mimi.” And all the success shows on “E=MC2.”