Mariah Album Drama? Amazon Shows Three-Week Release Pushback

Anyone who has made their way over to Amazon.com to pre-order Mariah Carey's new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will notice that the release date has changed. Instead of August 25th, the original date, the newest drop date is September 15th, a full three weeks than originally planned.

Mariah and her camp have yet to comment on the change, but it seems likely that the change is real and permanent. Mariah recently Twittered that she was still working on the album. Is that the reason for the postponement? Or, is it to allow for more promo time, since her new single "Obsessed" is under-performing (the word flop is too strong since its only been out for download two weeks)?

Either way, the pushback does her no real favors. The new date puts her out of the eligibility bracket for the 2010 Grammys, and puts her in competition with fellow comeback diva Whitney Houston, whose album I Look To You is due for a September 1st release.

Expect confirmation from Mariah soon.