I've been taking Carey of myself

DOUBLE LOSS FOR STAR

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THE seven-year wait for an album had nothing to do with Mariah Carey being a diva, she had to overcome tragedy first.

Out today, Here For It All was being recorded when the superstar lost her mum Patricia Kerry and sister Alison who died on the same day last year.

Mariah admitted: "Going through all that other stuff while making the album, that was difficult. I don't know how I processed it.