Mariah Carey ditches producer Jermaine following bad sales

Singer Mariah Carey has parted ways with producer Jermaine Dupri after disastrous album sales.

The 44-year-old, who had worked with the producer for nearly 20 years, has now teamed up with Kevin Liles, reports contactmusic.com.

A representative of Carey told Page Six that he is “consulting with Carey.”

The pair joined forces to launch a beverage line, Butterfly, last year.

Carey and Dupri had been working together since 1995 and in that time, he was behind some of her most successful hits, including We Belong Together.

The decision to split was made after her latest album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, only sold just over 100,000 copies since its release in May.