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Re: Yeah, Celine is a great singer but (73,682) (73,715) by Special K from USA (Thursday 16 March 2017; 23:33)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,707) (73,714) by Martyn from England, UK I can't believe "I Don't" is your 2nd most played Mariah song. I've listened to it twice and have never listened since because I hated it so much (Thursday 16 March 2017; 23:29)

Re: Celine vs Mariah (73,710) (73,713) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "Céline sung about a sinking ship", dead at that comment, I can't deal with you reducing one of the most well known songs worldwide down to this haha. But in all seriousness though, Mariah and Celine are both great singers, let's not pit them against each other, we'll reserve the pitchforks and torches for those who try to shade Mariah and Celine has been nothing but sweet to Mariah, even sending her flowers to welcome her to Vegas. And I'm not blaming you for pitting them against each other, I'm just seeing a lot of arguments regarding this for the last few days. We love Celine (even though I don't know any of her songs apart from the sinking ship song), she's a sweetheart and I have only recently come across some of her recent interviews and she has a good sense of humor. I think she'd get along with Mariah nicely since they both have a good sense of humor among other common things. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 23:21)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,712) by Bill from the UK AIWFCIY followed closely by the beautiful Vision of Love. Never gets old. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 22:56)

Alone In Love (73,711) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Nice to see this song get some love from time to time on this board. Out of all the remaining tracks on the debut album that weren't released, this had the biggest potential to be a hit, and that has sadly gone unfulfilled. One of the more sophisticated songs in the album. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 21:50)

Re: Celine vs Mariah (73,699) (73,710) by Tijl from Belgium I can only agree. Céline is a very talented vocalist but her songs do not evoke any emotion with me. Mariah wrote "The roof", "Petals", "The art of letting go". Céline sung about a sinking ship, just saying. No tea to spill though. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 21:39)

Re: Todd from Australia (73,705) (73,709) by Todd from Sydney, Australia Oh you guys. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 18:55)

Butterfly (73,708) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Hard to believe that this album is turning 20 years old. If I listen to this album right now it still sounds fresh and could fit on radio currently just goes to show us that our girl is truly one of kind. On another note I would not mind Mariah and The Trackmasters working together along with Dave Jam Hall. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 16:32)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,707) by Jamie from UK My top 20 Mariah songs on my iTunes: Can't Let Go I Don't Touch My Body Vision of Love Almost Home We Belong Together Always Be My Baby Infamous Against All Odds (Solo Version) My All Emotions Fantasy Looking In Everything Fades Away The Roof Migrate Dreamlover (Def Club Mix-Edit) Side Effects Slipping Away Thanx For Nothin (Thursday 16 March 2017; 16:20)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,703) (73,706) by Edward from USA I do agree with you Licia. I would take Mariah over Celine, but to lessen her accomplishments that's something I wouldn't do. Out of al the three though, Mariah has the best catalogue. Music we connected too because it was raw and came from an honest place. Mariah experimented, but eventually stagnated into one sound, a sound and formula that has turned boring over time. She won't do EDM, but there's a lot more she could experiment with. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 15:19)

Re: Todd from Australia (73,702) (73,705) by Licia from USA We all have a crush on Todd. He's everyone's boo. Lol (Thursday 16 March 2017; 15:07)

Re: Poke & Tone (The Trackmasters) (73,695) (73,704) by MusicfanJ from Germany Oh I would love if she works again with them. 20 years since Butterfly was released. Unbelievable. I think it still sounds so fresh and new. Could be released just nowadays. I love the lyrics so much on that album. Rnb at its best, and the ballads were also beautiful. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 15:07)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,692) (73,703) by Licia from USA You're right it's all about preference. My point was that some of you are acting as if Celine brought nothing to the music industry and that her achievements and contributions are less. My point is she's just as great as Mariah is even though I prefer Mariah hands down. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 14:50)

Todd from Australia (73,702) by Jeff from USA Is it weird that I have a crush on Todd from Australia? You are beautiful, Todd. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 14:33)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,691) (73,701) by B from USA Barbra and Celine both have throaty theatric voices (vocals). Celine and Barbra both lip. Everyone lips. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 14:33)

B from USA (73,700) by Jeff from USA I'm right there with you, B from USA. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 14:32)

Celine vs Mariah (73,699) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) This Mariah vs. Celine should be null and void because both women are great in their own right. Both are apart of an era that can never be recaptured. But when I put both of their catalogs up against one another I would have to give the edge to Mariah and by a wide margin simply because Mariah's catalog has a variety of moods, emotions, and colors, whereas Celine's catalog is very bage and bland. Also while Celine is an amazing vocalist her voice does not move much as Mariah's voice does. I say all that to say Celine is cool in my book but there is only one Mariah. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:56)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,698) by B from USA Three way tie: Breakdown, The Roof, and Side Effects. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:45)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,697) by Martyn from England, UK Mine is Till The End Of Time followed by Everything Fades Away followed by The Art Of Letting Go. Unfortunately I've made the switch to Spotify now. I'll miss play counts. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:44)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,696) by Musti from UK Mine is I Don't at the moment, which isn't a surprise since I listened to it 50+ times on the day it was released alone. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:43)

Re: Poke & Tone (The Trackmasters) (73,686) (73,695) by B from USA I would also love for Mariah to work with The Trackmasters again. I'd also add Dave Hall ans David Foster. I'm desperate to hear the song or songs she wrote with Diane Warren. Hard to believe Butterfly is about to turn 20 later this year. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:42)

Re: Most played MC song in iTunes (73,689) (73,694) by Licia from USA My most played is Faded and then the Beautiful Jeezy Remix. Don't be embarrassed. I listen to both of her Christmas albums year round along with the Temptations and Jackson 5 Christmas albums. I have no shame. Lol. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:39)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,687) (73,693) by B from USA Mariah's catalogue trumps Whitney's and Celine's combined. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:36)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,690) (73,692) by B from USA Celine, like Whitney was, is an interpreter of songs. However, Whitney was the better interpreter. In their primes Mariah was the better singer followed closely by Whitney. Mariah and Whitney had universal appeal, Celine is an acquired taste. I still own Falling Into You, her best album. Mariah was friends with Whitney and is friendly with Celine. It's all subjective and based on personal preference anyways. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:35)

Re: Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey (73,687) (73,691) by Musti from UK I don't find either Barbra or Celine more talented than Mariah. I love both ladies but Mariah will forever be the (underappreciated) best. The thing with Barbra and Celine though is that they never made a noticeable change in their sound like Mariah did. Mariah progressively lost a chunk of her core album-buying audience after she went into R&B and hip hop. I'm not saying she did wrong. I personally prefer her post-97 catalogue to her earlier stuff when her voice was in its prime. But the audience is too untrained to care for that detail or the fact that her previous work was filled with R&B undertones. After the success of Funny Girl, Barbra started making more movies and OSTs in the 1970s and also went into pop briefly. This is the time she scored her 5 #1's. After that she went back to her core audience and started doing the classics again. At no point (as far as I know) was her image called into question. Same with Celine. With Mariah, it's not just the shift in her sound but also her image. I think the audience has more or less accepted Mariah as an R&B artist, most certainly since TEOM (although I still hear "I prefer the old Mariah" every now and then). But her image is destroying her, and I don't think it's the sexiness. It's the way she is going about expressing that sexiness. The uber-diva act too, of course. These are what Mariah needs to work on. Clearly recycling the same sound over and over again doesn't mean you will not be respected, although I would definitely like it if she were to try different sounds/concepts next time. (Thursday 16 March 2017; 13:32)

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