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Re: Selected Target stores only (86,465) (86,472) by MusicfanJ from Germany Completely agree. Your comment about Cher was hilarious. I think there are many reasons why it's only 50.000. One is surely the disconnect not Mariah's age. I'm just happy that the horrible "management" from the last year is gone. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 20:55)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,465) (86,471) by B from USA I don't understand the disconnect between Mariah and her fanbase.She delivers her best album in years and they don't buy it. It performed better than expected which is promising but I was hoping it would do even better. I think word of mouth and the reviews will keep the album the charts for a few weeks and if she does do a remix of A No No with Cardi B and Lil Kim it will be the song that will sell the album. Plus, people buying tickets to her tour should also help keep the album on the charts. It was only projected to sell 40,000-44,000 copies. MIAM sold 58,000 copies in its first week so Caution selling 50,000 after everything that's happened in the last four years is impressive considering how far her star has fallen in the last four years. Unlike MIAM I think Caution has more commercial potential. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 20:35)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,465) (86,470) by B from USA Due Sunday, Billboard's more authoritative data may differ slightly from that reported by Hits. As long as the numbers land in that ballpark, however, they should earn "Caution" a Top 5 position on the Billboard Top Album Sales (pure sales) and Billboard 200 (consumption) charts. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 20:21)

Re: Everytime I Close My Eyes (86,468) (86,469) by Bobby A from United States Not really. MC's and Babyface vocals are set to a different beat/track compared to the original. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 19:11)

Re: Everytime I Close My Eyes (86,432) (86,468) by B from USA I've never heard any of the remixes. Is Mariah featured more prominently on any of them? (Saturday 24 November 2018; 17:47)

Re: Stay Long (86,456) (86,467) by B from USA I actually enjoy it. I don't skip any and if I do it's the songs that were released before the album was released. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 17:41)

Re: GTFO - the greatest album opener (86,453) (86,466) by Bobby A from United States Great observation. Giving My Life was probably one of the first songs recorded. This is how I think the last 4 years went down in the studio from the first song recorded to the last song recorded. 1. GTFO 2. With You 3. Giving Me Life 4. The Distance 5. One Mo Gen Poo Bear Sessions in Spring 2018 6. 8th Grade 7. Runway 8. A No No 9. Portrait 10. Stay Long Love You 11. Caution (Saturday 24 November 2018; 17:07)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,454) (86,465) by Special K from USA Man I hate to be kill joy but I'm hearing Caution only sold 50,000 copies in the first week. That's exceeding expectations? Really? No that is hella bleak. Then you have fans buying and streaming multiple times so even them numbers are inflated. Dang, Janet Jackson and Cher were able to sell over 100,000 in their first week. Don't get me wrong I think this role out has been nothing short of perfection and the album reviews are glowing however there is huge disconnect between Mariah and alot of people who say that they are her fans when it comes buying her albums. If Cher, who is dang near 100 years old, can pull 100-130,000 in first week sales then dang it Mariah should be able to do so as well. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 14:42)

Caution is a great album flows (86,464) by Sheila from United States It just flows and I like every song. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 12:48)

Re: Stay Long (86,456) (86,463) by Bobby A from United States I used to do the same thing last week until I just focused on the chorus during an accidental play after 8th Grade. And just last night, I heard the short breakdown towards the end of the song. It really is a feel good song as MC said. It could be one of songs she chooses for the Caution World Tour set list because it doesn't have a lot of key changes. She better perform Giving Me Life as the opener. I love this song now. We need a mashup with The Roof. It is definitely The Roof Part 2. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 12:14)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,454) (86,462) by Bill from the UK What are the sales figures? More importantly, how far away is it from the 66 million copies some here were predicting it to sell (equalling Michael Jackson’s Thriller was the prediction, if you recall). Caution is a great album but let’s be realistic. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 12:00)

Rumour alert (86,461) by Shezz from Pk Mariah has re-recorded some vocals for the A No No remix and it will be released next month. This remix has to materialise if Caution is to have any legs. I'm glad she had the commercial foresight to add Cardi B into the mix along with Lil Kim (if it is indeed in the works). They could have an amazing girl power moment with it like she did with Missy and Da Brat on the Heartbreaker remix. Hopefully they can line up a big video before her Christmas tour starts, if the label supports it. Don't know if anyone caught one of the recent radio clips of her saying that she's lucky if the studio has the budget for anything more than iPhone video these days. Either way something is coming for sure, with all the studio videos she's posted on her instagram. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 11:56)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,451) (86,460) by virgo.miss from australia Same here. I only buy physical albums. I want the album notes, the stories behind the album, the pics, the lyrics. I want to listen to it as the artist perceived it. I even love the wait to go and get it. Something to look forward to. No doubt at some point I will have to go to downloads, but I reckon I've got awhile yet and I'm going to buy everything I can so I have a bank of music for when I can't get the CDs anymore. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 11:11)

Re: GTFO - the greatest album opener (86,452) (86,459) by virgo.miss from australia I suspect part of the reason GTFO was chosen as the "buzz" single is that, due to the bad language, it could never get radio play, so they couldn't be accused of dropping it if it didn't perform. It could never be an actual single, so there is logic in using it as they did, even if it didn't come off that well. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 11:03)

Re: Opinion: Mariah Carey's new album, Caution, is the (86,455) (86,458) by Licia from USA Lol. Faded is my Migrate. It should have been a single. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 10:56)

Re: The biggest surprise in the elevator (86,437) (86,457) by Andrew from UK You can correct square brackets to parentheses where it is not even grammatically appropriate to do so but you can't correct "ouy" to "out"? Eric, honey. You may correct my spelling mistakes. But don't correct my English grammar. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 10:14)

Stay Long (86,456) by Hector from Mexico The only song I skip is Stay Long Love You. Sorry. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 06:27)

Re: Opinion: Mariah Carey's new album, Caution, is the (86,443) (86,455) by RibbonB from USA Yasssss, he got it right on Faded too. Should have been a single. Classic. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 05:52)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,442) (86,454) by B from USA With Caution Mariah made the perfect album for the streaming era. I think Caution, which has already exceeded sales projections, is going to do better than these forecasters are saying it will. Despite purchasing a digital copy and a physical copy I'm still streaming it day and night on Spotify. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 03:43)

Re: GTFO - the greatest album opener (86,452) (86,453) by B from USA I like GTFO. Despite being the weakest song on the album (which is telling because it's a good song) I think Mariah sequenced it first because it addresses the drama of the past four years and sweetly tells the vile interlopers to get the [censored] out and beginning the album with GTFO set the tone of the album and works thematically. Additionally, on Giving Me Life Eddie Murphy's character can be heard saying get the [censored] out. Wonder which song came first? (Saturday 24 November 2018; 03:31)

GTFO - the greatest album opener (86,452) by Bobby A from United States Before Caution came out, I was concerned how GTFO was going to fit into the context of Caution. GTFO is MC's most aggressive track ever. But after two weeks, GTFO is MC's greatest album opener. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 00:17)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,442) (86,451) by B from USA I still buy physical copies of Mariah's albums. (Saturday 24 November 2018; 00:11)

Article: Mariah Carey - Caution (86,450) by Pau from Mexico Love it. This is real talking. Treated as the legend she is. (Friday 23 November 2018; 22:21)

Re: Honey (86,445) (86,449) by MusicfanJ from Germany Interesting, didn't know it as well. Yes, Mariah and 2Pac. I once read 2Pac loved MC's "Vision of love". (Friday 23 November 2018; 21:59)

Re: Selected Target stores only (86,442) (86,448) by MusicfanJ from Germany Special K, I buy physical cd's. The streaming and only downloading is not my thing. I know I'm retro. The teenagers here are the same. Lol. They have only digital music and are listening with their smartphone. But a lot of grown-ups are buying cd's. And the vinyl is still a trend for music collectors. I can imagine a lot of teens would enjoy Mariah's new album. (Friday 23 November 2018; 21:55)

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