Mariah Carey used her American Idol contestants as backing singers on her new album (Picture: Getty)

Mariah Carey has revealed she enlisted the help of her American Idol contestants for one of the tracks on her upcoming album.

The 43-year-old singer, actress, and mother of twins was talking to Ryan Seacrest on his US radio show after premiering her new single, #Beautiful.

‘I was in the studio with Candice, Kree, and Angie last night because selfishly, I wanted to get some background vocals from them on another record as I did my mentoring moment,’ the Idol judge laughed.

‘I said, “I’m wearing a totally different hat right now, this is me the producer, that goes quickly through the part but we have to be precise,” but the girls only had a couple hours and I didn’t want to push them, but it was a great experience…so they did [backup] for a different song which I will not reveal the title yet.’




The singer made the confession after her brand new track was given it’s first play on radio.

#Beautiful see’s Mimi teaming up with 27-year-old recording artist Miguel and signals a luxurious new sound for the music legend ahead of the release of her fourteenth studio album which is expected to drop in time for summer.