Mariah Carey plans to drop her next album in full digitally and by surprise just like Beyonce.

Late last year Beyonce reinvigorated the music industry after forgoing the industry standard of dropping singles to promote her album, instead releasing it in full and by surprise on iTunes, spending 3 weeks at No.1.

Mariah Carey hopes the same formula will work for her.

Mariah tells Billboard Magazine,

“You would think I would be all about the singles-driven situation, and I am in a way, but with this particular album I want my fans to hear it as a body of work.”

The release date is, obviously, a secret.