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Unforgettable (78,239) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I have had this on repeat non-stop since they released it. I haven't played any of her recent tracks as many times. I love it. This shows there is no shame in jumping onto hot trends. She really did elevate the song even though it was already hot. This was one of her best moves in recent years and I'm just a little upset that this remix is not getting a lot of publicity. There is a rumored music video already filmed for this, let's hope they push it more. This needs recognition. (Friday 1 September 2017; 17:20)

Mariah out with Tanaka (78,238) by Jamie from UK Could it be that Mariah is finally covering up in nice dresses? She looks lovely in these night out pics with Tanaka. Hope this style Carey's on. Lol. (Friday 1 September 2017; 14:21)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito / Mi Reflejo (78,237) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I love Christina's Mi Reflejo album. Well, the Spanish versions of her hits not so much but the other songs I adore. That was the first time I ever heard of Luis Fonsi as well. He's got great range. And the song he sang with Christina, Si No Te Hubiera Conocido, is beautiful and definitely a favorite of mine. I also listen to Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti, Cuando No Es Contigo and of course, her impressive, dreamy rendition of Contigo En La Distancia from time to time. (Friday 1 September 2017; 14:07)

Re: All the Hits merch (78,236) by Jeff from USA Hi Matty, the merch I saw was t-shirts, key chains, lanyards, etc. There were some Rainbow-esq looking materials as well as the cover shot from #1s to Infinity. I ended up with a black tee with MC on the front and the All the Hits tour dates on the back. The t-shirts were $40 (US). Hope that helps. Have fun. (Friday 1 September 2017; 13:50)

Re: Vision of Love / Kansas (78,218) (78,235) by Tevin from USA Wow, I was not expecting that. She needs to do that ending like that more often. Those smooth vocal runs sounded amazing as well. (Friday 1 September 2017; 05:58)

All the Hits merch? (78,234) by Matty from Vancouver Canada For anyone who's been to All The Hits Tour; what's the merchandise table like? What are they selling, and what's the best Mariah merch available? I'm going this Sunday night in Vancouver (and Monday is a holiday in Canada), so yes mama, mama is getting lit. (Friday 1 September 2017; 02:48)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,232) (78,233) by Licia from USA I'm definitely shocked that this is the song that tied with OSD (I'm not a fan), but the people have spoken. They [it] apparently love the song. Even though I'm not fond of the song, I'm more than happy to let Daddy Yankee and Luis have their shine. Anyway who really cares? We all know that she wouldn't hold a lot of her records forever. Who would ever have thought some biracial girl from New York would ever hold any records against Elvis or The Beatles? Yet Miss Mariah did it. No one could ever take away what she's accomplished and no matter how hard they try they'll never forget all she has accomplished either. (Friday 1 September 2017; 02:15)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,230) (78,232) by Edward from USA I meant to say he was singling [sic] mostly in Spanish. I hate posting from a phone, lol. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 23:44)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,223) (78,231) by Dennis from Miami, FL I like Fonci's voice since I've heard his voice on Christina's Mi Reflejo record. That song helped me a lot to memorize Spanish subjunctive. I don't care about that record. My only concern is that Mariah will get some negative press due to losing that achievement and the haters will be happy one more time. Anyway she's a big girl and can handle it. I haven't listened to OSD in years, I skip it every time I listen to Daydream. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 22:47)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,229) (78,230) by Edward from USA As I said in my post, Justin definitely gave the song a push, but the song was growing on people. Another clear indication that the song was most likely going to be successful is the fact that Justin is first not singing mostly in Spanish, and second he's nowhere featured in the video that has reached nearly 4 billions views. The video that broke and set the record doesn't feature him. I'm not taking merits away from Justin, I'm just saying that it's evident that millions of people seem to like the song hence its popularity. That's why I cringe every time I think how Mariah lost an excellent opportunity with Justin when they made that Crapfinity mess. As a fan I obviously want Mariah to keep this record. Many great songs came close, but none past the 14 week mark. At least she broke the previous record, set a new one and most likely keep it for many years to come. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 22:06)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,223) (78,229) by jaker20 from US Actually Edward, it was exactly Justin's version that got the song to where it is now. The song without Justin was released in January, and got multiple remixes, and lingered on the chart for months but never reached top 40. So if the song was so hot, why didn't it chart higher? It was after Justin's remix version was released in mid April that the song took off, entered the top 40, and was no.1 in just a few weeks. Would the song have reached no.1 without Justin? Maybe. Would the song have reached no.1 if the song was only Justin and without Fonsi and Yanke. Maybe. But that's not what happened here. That's not the fact. It was the combination of both that got it to break record, a similar fear accomplished by MC with B2M in the 2 big artists collab is better than one. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 21:21)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,223) (78,228) by MusicfanJ from Germany I can understand that the Elvis fans didn't like "Touch my body". He is still the king. Luckily autumn arrives slowly so I hope it will be "over" with the endless playing of "Despacito". I have nothing against Luis or Daddy Yankee I just don't like the song. (From the beginning.) (Thursday 31 August 2017; 19:36)

This is from Billbaord (78,227) by Edward from USA Following a first chart week of sales and streaming data tracking (August 25-31), Taylor Swift's Look What You Make Me Do after its August 25 arrival, and a first full week of airplay tracking (August 28-September 3), should storm to No. 1. On the new September 9-dated Hot 100, the track debuts at No. 77 powered by its first three days of airplay. According to industry projections, "Look," the first single from Swift's album Reputation, due November 10, could sell between 400,000 and 500,000 downloads in its first week. That could mark the highest weekly total since Adele's "Hello" sold 480,000 downloads in its third week. Along with first-week streaming totals, powered by its lyric video released August 25 and its official clip which premiered Sunday (August 27) during the MTV Video Music Awards, as well as a full first week of airplay, "Look" should vault to No. 1 on the Hot 100. If "Look" leaps to the top, it would prevent, or delay, further history from being made by the current leader, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito", featuring Justin Bieber, which this week (on the September 9-dated Hot 100) logs its record-tying 16th week at No. 1. It matches Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day", which reigned for a record-establishing 16 weeks in 1995-96. Thus, if "Look" dethrones "Despacito", the latter would, at least as of next week, remain tied for the longest command in the Hot 100's 59-year archives. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 19:32)

Re: Complex's list of 50 greatest 90s R&B songs (78,222) (78,226) by MusicfanJ from Germany Oh yes the 90ies rnb is the best. I agree with all your points. Funny that you mention Jennifer Paige's "Crush". Loved it so much back then because the part when she sang "it's just a little crush" reminded me of Mariah somehow. The quality [was] definitely better in the 90ies. (70ies and 80ies are of course great too.) Mariah truly ruled that decade like no other female artist. If you watch videos of that time it's almost unbelievable. Her look, her voice and her aura. I think the list [was] posted here, great songs on it. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 19:21)

Despacito Mijos, Despacito (78,225) by Edward from USA I guess that maybe, just maybe, if some of us were a little bit more appreciative of other artists’ accomplishments, whether we're fans or not, we could get the same treatment for Mariah when she has something out. I remember when Mariah released Heartbreaker and it was time to find out if it had reached #1 or just kept climbing, but I saw that #1, I went crazy with joy, those were the days. I guess probably there were some older people back then, fans of other artists of course, annihilating her and hating on her accomplishment, but people had spoken, and she was #1. No matter how much they hated it, attributed to single discounts, chart manipulations, she was #1, and that was that. I was happy and many were bleeding on the other side, I just didn't know. Yes, most music is crap nowadays, but the charts have their rules, rules that allow Mariah to chart every year with her Christmas song setting an unprecedented record, its rules allowed her to give a huge push to her singles through multiple versions of it. I don't think that the charts or the world is against Mariah, we always knew the Divine Trinity wasn't going to be forever. Elvis, The Beatles, Madonna, Michael Jackson, all of them shone bright when it was their time, Mariah's light just dimmed down, but she's still shining. One day she'll be like the rest, but that's life I guess. After "I Didn't", "Crapfiny", "Infamous", I long more for a great song than an effing #1 to be honest. Breaking her OSD and most #1's records won't wash away her accomplishments or give Fonsi and Daddy Yankee a Butterfly, a Daydream or TEOM, but they got there just like Mariah, with a song they wrote, even the part that Justin Bieber sings. And yes, the song it's in Spanish, big fat effing deal. The weird thing is that because of the English speaking Americans Despacito is where it is right now, #1 for 16 weeks, how fair is that? I guess music is the universal language. If you like it and feel it, you might not even care what's being sung, of course if you doing Despacito. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 18:12)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,223) (78,224) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada The song is where it is because people love it. Thank you Edward. Sigh. No one is saying you have to like it if you truly don't, or that you can't have an opinion. It just comes off like nothing matters but a completion for a record. If [Boyz] II Men can respond with respect, then so can the fans. I just think it is a shame not to embrace success with grace and I am sure people who were not Mariah fans as I am had grown tired of OSD. But, thankfully no one around me at the time was saying the song didn't deserve to be there. The conspiracy theories are a little much. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 17:37)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,216) (78,223) by Edward from USA Despacito is not where it is because of Justin Beiber, the video without Justin is the one that also broke the record with most streaming. It's simple, the general public just love the track, that's all. It's true that artists release different versions of their songs to give it a push, Mariah's done it countless times, the remixes for "#Beautiful", "You're Mine(Eternal)" with Trey Songz just to name a few. The "Justin-less" video for Despacito has reached nearly 4 billion views, it is completely in Spanish. Of course Justin's name has given it a push, there's not denying in that, but the work was already done when he asked to be on the song, I repeat, he heard her song and asked to be on the song. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee wrote and produced the song, that's also an accomplishment. Despacito is what it is, one of those songs that got people listening and streaming, it doesn't have to do with depth, it's a summer song. I don't see the need in trashing Despacito. Some here are doing exactly what Elvis' fans were doing when Mariah broke his record. Some said: "Touch Her Body", really? But it was what it was, Touch My Body wasn't deep in anything, it was just like Despacito, a catchy fun song to listen to, and yet it hit #1. People just seem to like Despacito better, some should just get over it. It's an effing song, we don't have to bleed as if we got cut open. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 16:57)

Complex's list of 50 greatest 90s R&B songs (78,222) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Has this article has been posted here earlier this month? It's a great list, and covers most of the essentials, some questionable ones and a few curiously missing classics such as "No Scrubs", "I'll Make Love To You", "One Sweet Day", and even Madonna's "Take A Bow", The Spice Girls' "2 Become 1" and "Too Much", and Jennifer Paige's "Crush" which are considered pop but are unmistakably R&B. God, the 90s was great. This is further proof that: 3) The 90s were straight-up dope for music in general. 2) The 90s truly is the golden age of R&B. 1) With 3 entries in the list (should be more), Mariah truly ruled the 90s. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 14:30)

Re: (78,194) (78,221) by B from USA I can understand why Mariah's AIWFCIY is a straight to video release. Because children's movies sell well especially holiday titles. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 13:24)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,216) (78,220) by B from USA I bought every single Mariah released from 1995-2002 and only one was sold for $00.49 (Loverboy). I paid $1.99 for both Heartbreaker and TGIFY. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 13:17)

Re: Mariah inspired by Whitney? (78,215) (78,219) by B from USA Mariah slayed You're So Cold. I can't imagine anyone other than Marah singing it. Same with TGTBAW. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 13:14)

Vision of Love / Kansas (78,218) by Billy from Greece She slayed and snatched wigs galore here. Wow. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 12:27)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,216) (78,217) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines True. Despacito is generic Latin pop at best. When it comes to truly great songs in that genre, I think of Smooth, Maria Maria, The Cup of Life, My All, and heck, even Let's Get Loud and pretty much everything from Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan as the standard. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 10:09)

Re: Slightly shocked at Despacito (78,212) (78,216) by jaker20 from US [It's] some sort of chart manipulation. I know chart tricks happens since the beginning of [Billboard], but Despacito is sort of the perfect storm of this "trick". The song has two versions, the original one, and the one with Justin Bieber, and both songs are charting on iTunes, radio and streaming. The Spanish one is rotated heavily on Spanish radio, but both version on iTunes count as one. So that's a lot of push. It is very weird how artists and studios do this to manipulate the charts, but I know MC was also accused of chart tricks in the past, especially during the Glitter era. Also studios/artists release different remixes now, and they stagger the release of each remix just at the right time either when the song is peaking on the charts to give it a boost. But in the case of Despacito, the end result is more impactful because having 2 different languages is clearly a bigger push. I think the song would still be no. 1 for 4 or 5 weeks or so but definitely not 16 weeks. The song is generic pop for me. Someone mentioned Macarena and that's how I felt about the song too. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 05:39)

Re: Mariah inspired by Whitney? (78,203) (78,215) by Tevin from USA Lamb from US, "There's got to be a way" honestly to me sounds like it should be a [Whitney] song. Dont get me wrong, Mariah killed it, especially that whistle note, but I always felt she sounded like Whitney with sligthly less power in that song. [It's] the only song (maybe "Your [sic] so cold" also), that I think would have fit Whitney better. (Thursday 31 August 2017; 05:20)

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