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Mariah Carey in Madrid (85,763) by MC1989 from Spain I will go to Mariah's concert in Madrid on December 17. Who else here is coming? By the way, I wonder how much is she selling. In Madrid there are still tickets to purchase, 67,50€. The expensive ones are sold. But I don't see any promotion, no TV/radio adverts and the concert is in one month. (Friday 9 November 2018; 17:17)

The Mariah Experience (85,762) by RibbonB from USA This sounds very cute. I hope it is a great success. If I were in NYC I would definitely participate. (Friday 9 November 2018; 17:13)

All I want for my birthday is to see Mariah Carey (85,761) by Matini from United States Hi everyone. I hope you guys don't mind this bathroom floor moment that I'm about to have, but no one else would understand. All my life I've wanted to meet Mariah and I thought that for once I'd be able to see her for the MTV taping. Well, I've been emailing them for 2 days straight and even emailed them this morning and no response. I know some of you are thinking that I'm being dramatic, but I am super depressed about this. I haven't slept in 2 days and I've been having panic attack after panic attack although I've been taking my medication. I made it one full year out of the mental hospital this month and my birthday is next week on the 13th. I wanted to at least see her and maybe/possibly tell her face to face how much I love her and how she saved me from attempting suicide for the 4th time after she shared her story about her bipolar diagnosis, as I also suffer from it and felt alone. I don't know what to do, but I am losing hope in meeting her. I am really sorry for this post. I just wanted to vent. Maybe I'll feel better. (Friday 9 November 2018; 17:13)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,747) (85,760) by enwar00 from usa I would pick Butterfly. How about you? (Friday 9 November 2018; 16:54)

Rainbow (85,759) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Was completed within a three month span. I believe she rushed that album to complete her contact with Columbia record. But honestly I do like the songs on the album but as a complete body of work it is very lackluster compared to Mariah other bodies of works at the time. (Friday 9 November 2018; 15:15)

Paris December 7th concert (85,758) by Lara from Middle East I got the visa and hopefully will be able to attend her concert in Paris. Who's gonna watch her concert too December 7th? (Friday 9 November 2018; 14:52)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,751) (85,757) by Shezz from Pk That was my reaction too. Lets add a few more. (Friday 9 November 2018; 14:48)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,751) (85,756) by Tijl from Belgium Lol. You are cracking me up. Should have taken one more cup of coffee before writing my post. (Friday 9 November 2018; 13:32)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,749) (85,755) by RibbonB from USA Mimi always has some gems, but yes as a body of work it's not a favorite. (Friday 9 November 2018; 13:26)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,749) (85,754) by Edouard from France Rainbow is the first album I ever bought. I pretty much stole her previous albums from a girl I used to know. I bought Rainbow and I was instantly shaken. I was 16 and I mean Heartbreaker (both versions) were and still are everything. (Friday 9 November 2018; 13:26)

Re: Can Mariah still sing? Sheila I ask? (85,752) (85,753) by Edouard from France Thank you for sharing your experience. You were there and you witnessed the voice. I saw her in Paris in 2016 and 2017 and I will see her next month in Paris again for her Christmas show. She can sing. I can't even believe that has to be said and that some people wonder. Honestly guys. Can you guys sing? Do you know what it takes to sing and give even a tenth of what Mariah brings? Come on. That's ridiculous. (Friday 9 November 2018; 13:24)

Can Mariah still sing? Sheila I ask? (85,752) by Sheila from United States I saw her in Vegas, sitting at that piano singing Thank God I Found You (acoustic) - fully live. Her voice was beautiful, a little raspy but powerful. She can still sing. Can she hit the whistle notes? I'm not sure how much of that register she really has left but maybe. I'm not sure she can hit If It's Over or Vanishing with ease but how do we know? She is medicated and continues to hold back scared to go there, but she can still sing lambs. (Friday 9 November 2018; 12:56)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,749) (85,751) by Bill from the UK *TCTBTCTTAFM(MT) (Friday 9 November 2018; 12:48)

Japan bonus track (85,750) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The Japanese bonus track is called "Runway", for those who are interested. The track is another collaboration with Skrillex. In other Mariah news, she is set to be featured in Meek Mill's new album to be released sometime next week. (Friday 9 November 2018; 12:16)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,732) (85,749) by Tijl from Belgium Rainbow is an album I hardly ever listen to as a body of work. I do feel a bit juggled together as it contains songs who were originally composed for "All That Glitters" and Mariah wanted to finish her contract as soon as possible. The album did deliver with two number ones and some great remixes. And I will always have a weak spot for TCTTAFM. (Friday 9 November 2018; 10:14)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,738) (85,748) by Bill from the UK It's a shame it didn't get any votes, I think it's a great album. Except of course for Did I Do That. I do wish that Lauryn Hill collaboration had seen the light of day, and adding There For Me, which I believe was written during the time, to the record would have rounded it off a bit better. But who doesn't like Heartbreaker, CTTA, Bliss, Petals, Crybaby... great songs. (Friday 9 November 2018; 06:41)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,738) (85,747) by TJ from Norway There's a lot of songs on that album that I enjoyed when it was released. If you were told to pick just one album, which one would you pick? I guess one or three albums would get more votes than the rest of them. It doesn't mean that people don't like Rainbow, it's just that everyone has one album they prefer more. (Friday 9 November 2018; 06:12)

A fan made mashup of A No No and Crush You (85,746) by B from USA Mariah shared an amazing fan made mashup of A No No and Crush on You and it's amazing. I love A No No and would love to see a video directed by David LaChapelle of Mariah cutting the lawn in a pair of Louboutins and reenacting a classic Ginger scene from from Gilligan's Island. (Friday 9 November 2018; 05:09)

Re: Wendy Williams (85,736) (85,745) by B from USA Wendell obviously has Mariah confused with Beyonce. (Friday 9 November 2018; 04:10)

Re: Mariah Carey giving advice on The Voice (85,707) (85,744) by Special K from USA You know Dee when Mariah does a really good job at something we fans sometimes don't know how to relax and just "enjoy" the moment. (Friday 9 November 2018; 03:00)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,738) (85,743) by RibbonB from USA I don't like it either, oh my. (Friday 9 November 2018; 02:26)

Re: Poor Rainbow, record rankings (85,738) (85,742) by B from USA Rainbow suffers from following Butterfly which is Mariah's best album. She wrote and recorded the album in three months to complete her contract and with that in mind it makes the album all the more impressive, in my opinion. (Friday 9 November 2018; 02:18)

Re: Those flowers won't last forever (85,734) (85,741) by B from USA I wish you well. (Friday 9 November 2018; 02:14)

Re: Bipolar and vocal issues (85,667) (85,740) by Deleted from Czech Of course people make excuses for other singers. How do people explain why Whitney started sounding so strained after '95? It was because Bobby Brown was being abusive and controlling, she was underweight, it was the crack, it was the cigarettes, it was the lack of rest, then after the autopsy results came in it was the missing teeth. When Michael Jackson's increasingly thin and strained voice became too obvious to hide with his vocal gimmicks from Dangerous onwards it was because of the stress from the allegations, the 25 nose jobs, the dancing, then it was the lupus, the inflamed lungs, the painkillers. People have made all of the same excuses for all of the other great singers and more. You just notice it with Mariah because you hold her to higher standards, and why? Because she set higher standards, and she was able to do that because she was a once-in-a-lifetime talent. That her voice is so extensively discussed and analyzed, so intensively scrutinised is a testament to that. You say nobody makes so many excuses for any other singer, I say nobody discusses or scrutinizes the voice of any other singer to the same extent as they do Mariah, full stop. We do the same thing with overdubs. Freddie Mercury was extensively overdubbed on every live Queen album, Steve Perry on Journey's live albums, but nobody doubts their vocal abilities. On the other hand we have people here seriously proposing the idea that Mariah could never really sing, that her voice was always "smoke and mirrors", in spite of plenty of fully live performances from the 90's which can match anything from the best singers in popular music. It must be easier to believe that she never had it to begin with than to accept that she had it and lost it. Losing it is more tragic. Mariah won't discuss her vocal decline because it is in all likelihood simply too painful for her to confront. There's no use being "mad for the deceit", better to have a little sympathy. Consider this: Mariah was known across the world for possessing a voice of transcendent beauty, she was the "songbird supreme" with legions of fans expecting her to step onstage night after night and sing the most vocally demanding songs in popular music, then one day she simply couldn't do it anymore. She struggled mightily with the songs she wrote for her own voice and sang with otherworldly ease just a year or two earlier. Worse, people scrutinized her every shortcoming and measured her by the benchmark she herself set. There was no escape, it was either mime to her own songs or let the world know that she'd lost the very gift that made her an icon, which in turn meant confronting the painful truth head on. She became a victim of her own talent and legacy. That's a crisis of identity for someone like Mariah, so much of her artistry, her self-esteem, her very personality came from knowing she possessed that gift. An integral part of her identity had been all but erased. I think that loss explains so much about how Mariah is today and the path she has been walking creatively since the late 90's towards increasingly artificial and superficial music. I see the cynical, passionless, computerized sound of "GTFO" and her other recent singles as the inevitable terminus of that path. She's finally become the musical antithesis of the girl who had a Vision of Love. I remember in 2015 on GMA when they surprised her with a clip from a 1990 performance of Vision of Love, one of the best live performances ever, just Mariah's impassioned voice, a grand piano and two backup singers. No computerised beats or samples, no guest rappers, no elaborate ensembles, no backup dancers, no distractions that would once have only detracted from her voice. She could have sung acapella and blown peoples minds. Her face watching that footage said it all, she looked completely heartbroken. The contrast between the heartfelt authenticity of the curly-haired Long Island girl and the artificiality of the Hip Hop diva of today couldn't have been more clear, however desperately lambs try to convince themselves that Mariah in '90 was nothing but a programmed puppet of Tommy Mottola. Oprah appearance aside, Mariah mostly still sounded sublime in '97 (e.g. Butterfly SNL and Letterman, My All SNL). '98 was when things really changed. Butterfly is one of the hardest songs in her catalogue and she pulled it off brilliantly, twice, in '98 there is no way in hell she could have tackled that song. (Friday 9 November 2018; 02:07)

Randy/Lee (85,739) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) I agree with the both of you. (Friday 9 November 2018; 01:27)

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