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Diamond certification for Merry Christmas (112,712) by Edward from USA

"Merry Christmas" officially received RIAA Diamond certification on December 15, 2025. "Mariah Carey" has been stuck at 9× Platinum for 25 years now, so I think that album pretty much ran its course. Unless there's some sudden, unexpected renewed interest in it, and judging by how interested this generation is in her music other than Christmas, I doubt we'll see that happen in another 25 years.

(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 15:14)


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Diamond certification for Merry Christmas (112,711) by Chicago Lamb from USA

Mariah reportedly now ties Whitney Houston and Shania Twain for 3 Diamond certified albums. Perhaps the webmaster can substantiate this but Mariah's debut album is 9x Platinum. Therefore, she will take the lead at some point soon?

(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 14:20)

The demo tape (112,710) by Bill from the UK

I will always say that Ben Margulies was the best writing partner she ever had, hands down. Original, varied, unique creations with interesting arrangements. Every song sounded completely different to the other, and like nothing else before them. Walter who.
(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 10:08)


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Article: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" record-breaking 20th week at No. 1 (112,709) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands

Why do you spread false information? A simple Google search tells you that the "biggest hit" varies by metric (sales, streams, longevity), but recent massive hits over the last 7 years (2018-2024) include Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" and "Perfect", The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights", The Chainsmokers' "Closer", Luis Fonsi's "Despacito", Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", and Miley Cyrus's "Flowers".
(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 09:46)


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Article: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" record-breaking 20th week at No. 1 (112,708) by Zachariah from Croatia

So proud to be her fan and the fact that she has the biggest hit of the year for the last 7 years.

(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 08:56)

The demo tape (112,707) by Bobby A from United States

It is a shame that Ben Marguilies' and MC's professional relationship ended after the demo tape. It would have been nice to see what they could have created for Emotions.

(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 08:51)


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There's so much Mariah press this week (112,706) by jaker20 from US

AIWFCIY is breaking records, and the album Merry Christmas is doing 10x platinum, and the Here For It All Christmas show this weekend apparently breaking the TikTok record.

(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 05:22)

Article: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" record-breaking 20th week at No. 1 (112,705) by Dove from United States

Yay. So happy for Mariah and for us.
(Tuesday 16 December 2025; 02:34)

The demo tape (112,704) by Stacey from USA

Exactly. Legally, what Eric said is what should happen. Will it? Nope. Here's hoping someone gets the "illegal" bug and releases those songs, lol. What a treat that would be.

(Monday 15 December 2025; 23:16)


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Correction (112,703) by Edward from USA

Billboard Hot 100 (dated December 20):
#1 All I Want For Christmas Is You
#2 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
#3 Last Christmas
#4 Jingle Bell Rock
#5 Santa Tell Me
(Monday 15 December 2025; 22:15)

The demo tape (112,702) by Bill from the UK

Yes and no. So, Mariah had her original demo tape (the one Tommy got his hands on at the party), that she put together pre-fame. For the longest time, the songs contained on it were Alone In Love, All In Your Mind, Someday, Vanishing and Do You Ever Wonder. That was according to "Her Story". This tape however seems to have another song (unreleased). That may well be Hypnotized, or another song entirely.

When Mariah was signed to CBS (as it was back then), the process of putting an album together involves the artist producing several songs in demo format. These are presented to the executives who then "green light" the selection to go into recording/production, or go back to be revised and changed, or the direction changed etc.

It may be that the demo Mariah referenced was the beta version of what would end up being her debut album. I guess we won't really ever know for certain. It just drives me mad that there are things like this out there that will likely forever remain a mystery.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 21:05)


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AIWFCIY (112,701) by Dave from USA

Congrats to MC on another historic moment in a monumental career. Regaining her own record back is boss.

(Monday 15 December 2025; 20:52)

Someone's Ugly Daughter by Bianca (112,700) by MusicfanJ from Germany

Absolutely. I find it quite interesting that her voice almost changes with each album. For me the biggest change was with Butterfly, Rainbow and MIAMTEC.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 18:08)


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I see you up there (112,699) by Dove from United States

I caved and subscribed to watch the new Christmas special. I'm glad I did, it's making me feel merry. I still wish I could just buy it so I can watch it every year but maybe they will release it later. I think it's time for another Christmas album. I love that she sings Sleigh Ride at her Christmas shows. I enjoy her and I'm here for what she's giving us this era.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 16:28)

The demo tape (112,698) by BFF from United States

Didn't Mariah say that "Hypnotized" was one of songs on her demo tape? She tweeted about listening to this song back in 2015, so she clearly has access to some or all of the songs she registered and recorded prior to her record deal with Sony.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 16:26)


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Here For It All Christmas show (112,697) by BFF from United States

I watched/listened to a little bit of it. Honestly, a lot of vocals sound like she had a cold but maybe that's just the state of her voice these days? It seem that most of the show used pre-recorded vocals as with the Mimi anniversary shows. She seems to have pre-recorded a lot of content in her "current" voice to make it sound more believably live. There's no way to prove with absolute certainly, but the Christmastime show just seems to be more of the same. I'm happy that she's still out there, but it does seem dishonest to keep up the charade at such high ticket price points. On the other hand, I understand that the holiday season is now her main source of income, so there is pressure to keep performing to ensure AIWFCIY continues accumulating weeks at #1.

The Hot 100 chart hasn't officially posted for the week of 12/20/25, but it seems like a foregone conclusion that she will take the record back for most weeks at #1 and that she will be the first act to accumulate 20 weeks at #1. It's so strange that these random news stories keep being planted about her panicking that the song will not perform well this year.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 16:22)


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Someone's Ugly Daughter by Bianca (112,696) by Dove from United States

It does change a little every album but I group the albums together like this:

Mariah Carey
Emotions
Unplugged

Music Box
Merry Christmas
Daydream

Butterfly
Rainbow
Glitter

Charmbracelet
Emancipation
E=MC2

Memoirs
Merry Christmas 2 You
Me. I Am Mariah

Caution
Here for it All
(Monday 15 December 2025; 16:21)


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The demo tape (112,695) by Edward from USA

They can digitize it and leak it. I'm pretty sure that's not the only copy out there in the wild. That's what's going to eventually happen anyway.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 12:00)


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The demo tape (112,694) by Bill from the UK

Yes I just read more on the auction site and it clearly says it can’t be redistributed or sold etc. in any way. What a shame. Well, I hope whoever got it enjoys it for many years.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 11:12)


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Her status (112,693) by Can Tavukcu from Germany

Hi I just watched the Apple showing of her concert and it had me thinking if I as a fan don't fully trust that everything was live then I don't know how the general public should appreciate her anymore. I don't think that I am fully over the lip syncing thing in New Yorks eve so again if I am not over this, then I don't know how the general public should be. Someone like Taylor Swift is very mediocre to me but I trust her singing live more than Mariah and no hate to Taylor because whenever I say this people think I'm hating her, but I don't truly but for me she is not leaving me speechless or whatever so Mariah needs to do something to fully have people believe in her again or she should just stop at this point. I truly love her but again for me here for it all was not it.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 09:59)

The demo tape (112,692) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands

They only bought the tape, not the rights to the songs. So all you can do with the tape is listen to it. You can't play it on radio or tv and you certainly can not release the songs. I'm sure Mariah has another copy of the tape, but I don't know if she has the rights to the songs.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 09:58)


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The demo tape (112,691) by Bill from the UK

So Mariah's demo tape sold at auction for $54,050. A little out of my price range. I hope Mariah won the bid and will release it, or whoever did win it will digitise it for the world to enjoy. It had 5 songs that ended up on the debut plus 2 unheard ones (one of which I assume was Do You Ever Wonder which was mentioned in "Her Story" by Chris Nickson).
(Monday 15 December 2025; 07:13)

Someone's Ugly Daughter by Bianca (112,690) by Lighty from China

Is it every three albums though? I think Mariah's voice changes with each album, especially after Music Box. Even #1's and Rainbow are not exactly the same, vocally.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 03:41)


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Someone's Ugly Daughter by Bianca (112,689) by Dove from United States

I'm not a fan of Carrie Underwood but I like the Christmas song she did with Elvis. I think they did it how you said, using old recordings of his voice and adding her voice to the song. That might sound nice if someone did that to her old recordings and added other singer's voices to make it a duet. They could even change the music too. She could even add embellishments with her current voice.

I've always said Mariah's voice changes about every three albums. It's like she's a completely different singer. You can still hear that it's her, but she sounds different. I love this about her but I kind of wish she would have recorded more material in each era.
(Monday 15 December 2025; 01:56)


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Someone's Ugly Daughter by Bianca (112,688) by Dove from United States

It's a good idea.

(Monday 15 December 2025; 01:50)


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