Mariah Carey has finished recording her new album

Mariah Carey has confirmed she's finished work on her new album.

The Type Dangerous singer has been busy recording her upcoming 16th record - the follow-up to 2018's Caution - and she quoted her own 2005 song It's Like That to tease the new collection.

Speaking to Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden at the new Apple Music Studios during a live broadcast celebrating the steamer's 10th anniversary, she said: "I’m trying not to tell too much about the new album. ‘It’s a special occasion/ Mimi’s emancipation’ — that’s a lyric from one of my songs.

"What is next? The album coming out. I don’t wanna tell too much about it because I just don’t want to reveal the whole thing. It’s finished.”

However, she did confirm the album has 11 or 12 songs, including some ballads.

She teased: "We got some Mariah ballads... A second single is coming soon.

"I’m very excited about it. It’s very summery. I like the beat as well.”

Last month, the All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker dropped new single Type Dangerous, which smaples Eric B. and Rakim's 1986 song Eric B. Is President.

During the live broadcast, she explained: "I’ve always loved Eric B. Is President. It wasn’t something like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna flip this’ — I just wouldn’t think of doing it.

“But then we were in this restaurant in Aspen and they had different music on, and they played Eric B. Is President and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh! I love this song!’

"We ended up in the studio a couple months later and we did it.”

The new song came after Anderson .Paak recently revealed he'd been working on new music with Mariah.

The 39-year-old singer-and-producer let the news slip while appearing on social media series Track Star - where guests try to identify mystery songs - and he correctly guessed her 1996 track Always Be My Baby.

Anderson - who was wearing a T-shirt with Mariah's face - said: "This would be Mariah Carey. The Mariah Carey.

"I remember in like 5th grade, or something, watching the music videos and having a huge crush. We’re working on some music on her new album.”