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The resurgence of Mimi (88,702) by Bobby A from United States I have said this before, but the only way MC will start selling music again in the millions is to release her first box set with rareties, previously unreleased tracks, remixes, and 12 new Timbaland or Nineteen85 and Tim and Bob tracks (Jon B.'s They Don't Know) or even work with bad boy Chris Brown. She needs something that will make the public purchase her music again. A box set released this year would be the perfect answer to her low music sales. Who doesn't want to hear Yours ft. JT or Reach For The Sky? (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 23:33)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,695) (88,701) by Special K from USA I'm 37 years young and I can't believe they still sell physical CD's. . (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 21:28)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,695) (88,700) by Dove from United States I don't have time to stream music the way young people do, with 50 tabs open on their computer playing the same song or album day and night to up the streams. I had a music subscription for about five months but I ended up always listening to albums I already owned so I ended my subscription. I like how CD's sound better than other formats so if I really like an album I buy it on CD. Places where I don't have a CD player I listen to the digital albums I buy - and those don't count towards streaming numbers. When Mariah releases a new album I do get iTunes and Amazon Music accounts to stream like a young person for about a week. I plan to do it for a month but I never do. My computer is new but in my mind it's going to crash like computers did back in the day when they had too many tabs open. Sometimes I have other things to do on the computer and don't want all those tabs open, then I get lazy to set it up again when I'm done. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 20:06)

Does anyone here even stream music? Part 2 (88,699) by jaker20 from US Well then lambs' time to jump into streaming, Oh my gosh, now I know why Mariah is flopping. What you all waiting for? I introduced my dad to streaming last year and he never looked back. He is on it all the time, in the car, at home and everywhere. To someone who said it's not worth it, it is absolutely worth it. Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, for an average of $10 a month you get millions of songs at the palm of your hands. I still buy CD's and I'm thinking of getting into vinyl but I'm dirt poor right now. But downloads is over guys, it will be gone in a few years, mark my works. Streaming is essentially going to obliterate downloads since you can also download songs if you have streaming subscription. If I was your neighbor I will set up your streaming service for you. You can do all that you mentioned x10. All these speculation of why Mariah isn't charting, and here I uncover the problem. If this reflects overall listening behavior of lambs then she really is in trouble. Her decline is so fast. This is probably why Mariah is still courting younger fans because she knows her future as an artist relies on them, because lambs can't stream lol. However great her music is, if no one's consuming it, its all for naught. Lambs, we need to get on with the times. Streaming is the future, you cannot stop it. You shoulda' known that it's bigger than you, No, no no, a no no. A bop. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 19:00)

Re: Caution: we're getting on each other's nerves (88,680) (88,698) by B from USA My bad I was busy focusing on the Minnesota R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 17:18)

Re: Still listening (88,679) (88,697) by B from USA I believed you've confused me with yourself. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 17:15)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,694) (88,696) by B from USA Madonna said she'd rather be dead than be Mariah Carey. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 17:11)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,692) (88,695) by Matthew from USA I'm a 90's Mariah fan and I stream music. I'm not understanding the concept of not having time to stream music. When I am on the subway or doing some programming at my desk, or at the gym, I pull out my headphones, I press the screen on my phone, and the music starts to play. I mean, I guess that is time consuming as opposed to the other methods of listening to music when you want, where you want. But no, I'm not getting it. Help. Is this some kind of inside joke? Also, in defense of middle-aged people, we do stream. Radio makes us feel old, and the cars no longer have CD players, they have baby seats, GPS and bluetooth speakers. So I'm just really confused right now and I'm imagining an old school lamb trying to configure a record player to their Toyota Camry. So yeah, I think I'm going to go back to my quiet corner now, because this thread is wild. Who has time to stream music is sort of like saying who has time to listen to music, no? Just tap the screen. Silly lambs. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 16:48)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,687) (88,694) by Edward from USA I always knew that comment would come down to bite her ass because nobody stays popular forever and I knew her turn would come. Besides, at that point it was a rumor what Madonna had said, there was no video or recording of her stating anything like that. It's good that Mariah came to her senses and praised her at the Grammys following TEOM. Madonna and Mariah are iconic and in the same boat now, Madonna can't score a hit and Mariah, well, she's annihilating the R&B charts in Tangamandapio. At least I still like Mariah's music. I stopped listening to Madonna after she released the album Music when I was 7. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 15:28)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,687) (88,693) by RibbonB from USA The queen must revive and rehab her hive. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 15:23)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,690) (88,692) by RibbonB from USA Exactly. I have Sirius XM in my vehicle, and a lil Spotify membership, I even watch Mimi's Vevo videos on YouTube, so they count, lol. But miss girl must know that she's not my life, not my world, I'm limitless, along with my choices in music. Mariah is and will always be one of my faves though. I always check for her and wish her the best and yes I buy her CDs for the collection and reflection, but I have limited time to stream anybody. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 15:16)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,689) (88,691) by Chicago Lamb from USA I've got a 5-changer cd deck on my receiver with surround sound throughout my home, and a cd player in my car. I've got a Sony speaker dock in my bathroom with an iPod loaded with music. I don't stream at all. A little old school but that's how I consume my Mariah music. Caution is a great album, still on repeat. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 13:47)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,682) (88,690) by Licia from USA All of this Ribbon. I know how to stream, I just don't have the time to do it. I honestly just don't care about it. I buy the albums and singles I like. I've done my duty as a fan. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 13:21)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,681) (88,689) by Todd from Melbourne, Australia Yes. I haven't had an actual CD since MOAIA. Then everything was iTunes or "finding online", but for the last 2 years it's been nothing but Spotify. I don't even think my car has a cd player come to think of it. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 12:06)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,685) (88,688) by MusicfanJ from Germany I do it like Dove, I have all the albums from my favorite artists on cd. And I still love to buy cd's and to collect them. I have digital downloads, but don't stream with iTunes or Tindal or whatever. I do enjoy and appreciate music more if I have it on a physical copy. Anyway I also think the group who are streaming the most are teens and young twens, it's not Mariah's fan base like Ribbon already mentioned. We may have less time than the teens, but we have money to buy good music. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 11:20)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,682) (88,687) by Bill from the UK The thing no one seems to have realised is Mariah was popular in the 90s. Fact. Mariah's fans from the 90s are now inching ever closer towards middle age. They still buy their music because they always did. So the fact her albums don't sell indicates that fanbase from back then has all but depleted. As it has been said, she needs to reinvent herself just as she did in 1997. A complete overhaul of image, style, music, producers, singing style etc. would be something that would be of interest to everybody - both old fans, newer fans, and millennials. Nick Cannon really shed light on it when he said she got offended when Ariana referred to her as a "legend", as she very clearly saw herself as competing at that level and wasn't ready to be relegated to that status. It's ironic really that in 1996 MC made that comment about Madonna, "Really I haven't paid attention to Madonna since second grade, when she used to be popular." Oh Mariah. What goes around comes around. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 10:18)

Re: Still listening (88,679) (88,686) by anonymous from UK I was so upset by your message I almost considered changing my pic haha. Almost. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 04:08)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,681) (88,685) by Dove from United States I buy CD's and digital albums by my favorite artists but I don't stream. I like to own my music and there are so few new artists that interest me; paying for a subscription to a streaming service is not worth it for me. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 02:05)

Mariah (88,684) by jaker20 from US I want MC to be more serious about her look and tone down the sexy. I like her look just before TEOM blew up especially the the interviews she did. But she reverted back to Glitter and Rainbow look during E=MC2 and she stayed there. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 01:41)

Re: Caution: we're getting on each other's nerves (88,680) (88,683) by jaker20 from US Mimi gave us a great album. I was worried for awhile because of MIAMTEC and now I really believe she's headed in the right direction. I know her next album will be even more inspired. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 01:35)

Re: Does anyone here even stream music? (88,681) (88,682) by RibbonB from USA Most of us employed people can't sit around streaming all day, let alone specifically stream Mimi music. Take it up with the music stealing millenials, since you want to stereotype. Seriously, all these YouTube/Twitter stans probably do more stanning than anything of value. Mariah has to learn to cater to all her fan base and particularly suss out the paying fans, no matter the format. And these legacy artists, on the cusp of baby boomers, gen x and y and whatever other groups will want to hit all those bases. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 01:21)

Does anyone here even stream music? (88,681) by jaker20 from US All these non-stop talk of CDs and sales in 2019 explains why Mariah isn't even charting anymore lol. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 00:16)

Re: Caution: we're getting on each other's nerves (88,673) (88,680) by Randy from USA Whoa B. You must really ignore my posts. I never said she hasn't hit greatness since 1995/1996. My favorite song by her is Right To Dream. That was 22 years after Daydream. And that impromptu for the fans at Jimmy Fallon in 2012 was pretty great in my opinion. That letter B suits you. As a description I mean. I kid. I kid. (Tuesday 19 March 2019; 00:04)

Re: Still listening (88,676) (88,679) by Edward from USA Why do you do that? You know B has a fetish with underarm hair, and here you are rubbing your bush on his face. That's so mean. No wonder he still thinks "With You" is slaying the R&B charts. (Monday 18 March 2019; 22:32)

Re: Still listening (88,676) (88,678) by Bill from the UK I love Emotions. That album is divine. The whole Emotions era was brilliant and her look in those three videos was nothing short of breath taking. That was "Classic Mariah" through and though and I wonder how things would have gone had she not gone down the pop route of Music Box and stuck to soul. The mind boggles. For me, mis-step albums are hard to define. I think one is (CB, Memoirs, E=MC2), but when I listen to them, I love more or less every song haha. For me she's never put out a bad album which is why I love her so much. (Monday 18 March 2019; 20:36)

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