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Re: "If We" / "Glitter" (57,823) (57,824) by B from USA The Glitter soundtrack was ahead of its time. It's an introspective concept album that is now consider one of Mariah's best. If We, Lead The Way, and Never Too Far are my favorites from the album (soundtrack). (Sunday 15 November 2015; 16:00)

"If We" / "Glitter" (57,823) by Billy from Greece I have often discussed my adoration of the "Gliiter" soundtrack for all kinds of different reasons. I'm giving it a play right now and I remember listening to "If We" for the first time. Wow, what a revelation that was. Such a hook, just an instant classic since first listen. Nate Dogg's part is so smooth too. Actually, the whole album felt as a revelation back then. Obviously, we knew that Mariah could blow like no other, but boy her vocals were so up front in that record and her performances - presumably through the character of Billie - different in a way. I remember the belting on the ballads. Wow, such a slap in the face (in a good way). It was also the first time that her tracks were so groove-oriented and the records so radio-ready, meaning tight and immediate. Great piece of work that will be a cult classic forever and for always. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 14:20)

Beacon show should be Gospel (57,822) by Ty from USA Mariah should stop playing and do her Christmas moments and finish this show off with "Heavenly", "I wish you well" and a extended version of "Fly like a bird". (Sunday 15 November 2015; 13:49)

Article: Madonna and Mariah get insulted after success (57,821) by Martyn from England, UK This article is so weird, it's like somebody has put it in Google translate from another language or something. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 11:43)

Let's talk about Christmas (57,820) by 90sMariah from SG Nothing gets me in the mood for Christmas than a Mariah Carey tune and let me just say that no other artist on earth can do a Mariah Carey song than this person right here. Enjoy and Merry Christmas. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 11:14)

Paris (57,817) by Lee TS from USA I will get hate for this but how come M hasn't tweet or gram anything in support of Paris? Instead, she's telling people to get tickets to her show. How odd. Let there be some peace on earth. Oh my gosh I totally deleted what I was going to write, I thought I was being silly. But my second message continuing on from Paris had me thinking maybe M is in Paris herself. Ok let me gather my thoughts, I was like why would M tweet about a random fire in Harlem when she's out of the country but she's mum on what's going on in the world right now. Doing some instagram stalking, I concluded M was in Chicago not too long ago and up in the air again. But then, get this, Jeff Beacher the silly guy from Infinity video wrote on Stella's instagram a couple days ago that he landed in Paris. It sounded like he got there first and can't wait until she gets there too. And we know Stella is attached to M at all times for the moment. Am I being paranoid? Looks like the clan are in NY. Silly me. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 6:11)

Latin press (57,816) by nikki from usa It was my understanding that Baby was referring to the Latin press not actual heritage. I have to agree, it's always wrong by a huge margin. You can count the number of things they get right on less than 1 hand. I remember talking to a few Thalia fans that were trying to convince me that Mariah's always bad-talking Thalia. As someone who has collected pics and read every article in English on MC I could ever find for 20 years, I can say Mariah has mentioned Thalia all of twice. One - for sending a huge bouquet of flowers to her and Tommy's wedding and two - for meeting her and saying she was "really sweet". I don't think JLo was used as a term to represent the Latino market, but to represent the type of "artist" whose income primarily comes from endorsements. MC doesn't own restaurants and where did this 96 million figure come from? The Richest is one of the worst sources of information and accuracy is not their objective. 520 million was a number tossed out a few years ago and I'm not sure exactly where it originated or how that number was accumulated. MC has been getting written out of history. People magazine published a 90's edition of music and Mariah wasn't even mentioned - they claimed it was a decade of Madonna. Mariah is so synonymous with her whistle register and 18 #1's people think that's all she is. Eminem fans think her fame is based off her body. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 5:48)

Gospel and Christmas DVD (57,815) by Manny from U.S. I was watching Mariah's 1994 JTTW, at St John's church. At the end, the breakdown gives me life. I rewind it like 20 times. I'm not exaggerating. I also rewind the end of "Jesus (oh what a wonderful child)". I like her gospel "moments". I would love to hear complete gospel songs from her. Since Mariah is "the queen of Christmas", it would be awesome to have her Beacon shows on a DVD or televised. I haven't been able to see travel to NY and see her. Having a better audio than the ones on YouTube would be perfect. (Sunday 15 November 2015; 4:05)

Re: Love story (57,795) (57,813) by Jared from USA "This shit has Benny Medina written all over it." The paranoia is strong in this one. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 22:55)

Re: Article: How much is Mariah Carey really worth? (57,806) (57,812) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End May, even though I was hoping for responses from the usually silent 1/3 of MCA's visitors from Spain, but also it's diaspora, I nonetheless appreciate your post. I'm only puzzled at why you included Brazil, which as far as I know is not a Spanish speaking country, when I specifically asked about the Latin/Spanish press because of Latina magazine's blatant misinformation and misrepresentation of Mariah. In any case, I welcome anyone from any non-English speaking country to respond to my call. In Sweden, I'm used to reading false gossip stories directly translated from the Anglo press and minor facts wrong about her but at least no one would be dumb enough to write that her income is mainly from endorsements. She's known for her voice and music here, no matter what else people think, at least that is never belittled. I just thought it was/is an interesting topic. Obviously you did too, hense your quick response, no? (Saturday 14 November 2015; 22:42)

May, how ignorant can one be? (57,811) by Edward from USA May, I'm also Latino and completely agree with everything in your post about it. While nobody paid much attention to "I Wanna Know What Love Is", Brazil kept it at the #1 position for 6 months. I just can't quite wrap my mind around the ability that some people have to spew stupidity through their ignorant mouths. It never occurred to Ms. "Know-It-All" that Brazilians were Latinos too, and that that ¿Hablo Español? comment was very out of place. Then she has the guts to criticize Latinos for getting Mariah wrong, how ironic. It is like I want to puke every time I forget and realize I just read a couple of lines of any of her posts. She assumes that there are many Latinos here on the board, but that they don't post much. Like we Latinos need to have a specific name or label to be recognized as such, pure stupidity and ignorance. I guess next thing she'll file a petition to get Mariah's Latina Certificate revoked. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 20:22)

Re: Joy to the World (57,798) (57,810) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada So beautiful and perfectly timed for right now. We don't have to make everything so serious. We can just enjoy and appreciate all that we have. Thanks Bill. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 19:51)

Re: Love story (57,795) (57,808) by B from USA The album was written before she met Nick. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 17:50)

Re: Article: How much is Mariah Carey really worth? (57,794) (57,806) by May from Denmark I fail to see why Latinos should refrain when Brazil has one of Mariah's biggest pools of loyal fans. But here is the reality since you asked and since I'm latina, Latinamerican press and media doesn't care about Mariah Carey in general, and it never did. The only time she appeared in a bunch of magazines and tv was the time she dated Luis Miguel. If she ever appeared in articles they were those in tiny corners, with a small image and maybe one paragraph of text promoting one of her songs or a romance. The only other time she appeared in a spread in a magazine like "Hola" was when she had her nervous breakdown, and even in the tv it wouldn't appear much of it, because while lot of people admired her singing style and loved her ballads, she was not ever dominant in the media compared to other artists, not even in her peak times. It was not rare to say to someone "My favorite artist is Mariah Carey" and them having answering "Who?" MTV Latinamerica only showed her few videos and for a short period of time, like Fantasy, Without You and Heartbreaker. Only with the appearance of VH1 in the cable some time in the 2000s Mariah videos that were not usually known started to appear, I used to be hooked to that channel, it was the only one that showed videos like Boy and Say Something. Do the Latinamerica press get things wrong about Mariah? Yes, because they only pick up few things that comes from other gossip sites from America, which are not very positive to start with. To finish, I must add that the magazine "Latina" where this article comes from, is not even really "Latino" per se, it's an American magazine directed to Latinamericans living in America, hardly any of their articles contain much about Latinos living in Latinamerica, most are about artists living in the US, and many who are not even Latinos. I don't even know who consumes that kind of garbage magazines to start with, I know I don't, I never been fond to those "femina" magazines. Those magazines are cray cray. Overall when they publish Gwyneth Paltrow ridiculous methods of beauty. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 17:47)

When will the interviews she filmed last week air? (57,804) by Nick from USA I thought they were going to air yesterday but they didn't. Does anyone know when we will see the GMA, Kelly and Michael, Extra, and Access Hollywood interviews? (Saturday 14 November 2015; 17:01)

Re: Fly like a bird (57,800) (57,803) by B from USA Fly Like A Bird is an amazing song. I think she should make a gospel album. If Mariah does record a standards or gospel album she should strip each song of instrumentation just Mariah, her world-class voice, and a piano. Vanishing is a Carey classic that should be included in the Great American Songbook. Vanishing also showcases her criminally underrated lower register. She should also do so for live performances like she did (does) in Vegas when preforming Thank God I Found You. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 16:48)

Re: Really random things (57,801) (57,802) by B from USA Mariah did look ten years younger in 2013 while promoting #Beautiful. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 16:46)

Re: Really random things (57,799) (57,801) by Giovanni from USA I think she will. Just look how gorgeous she looked in 2013. Flawless skin and face. She looked like she was in her 30's. But I feel her recent make up and ensembles have made her look older. An older person can look a lot younger based on how they dress. Mariah has worn many beautiful and not so beautiful gowns. Also it'd be nice to see Mariah back with brunette hair like on how she had it on "Ellen" where she announced her Vegas residency. She looked amazing. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 13:30)

Fly like a bird (57,800) by Giovanni from USA Is one of Mariah's best and strongest recordings ever. I felt like she tried to replicate it with "Heavenly" which is really good. But for me "Fly like a bird" is a bit more stronger and better. With everything that's been happening in this crazy world, it's the perfect song to be listening to right now. At least for me. The lyrics just speak to me. " No war and brutality", "Sometimes this life can be so cold", "Keep your head up". This song gives me life. I would really love another up lifting gospel choir type song. Nobody does it better than Mimi. So Mariah surprise me again with another amazing song. Carry us higher again. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 13:21)

Really random things (57,799) by Lee TS from USA I hope Mariah ages like Christie Brinkley. If she ever wants to dabble in country again or just for herself, I hope she collaborates with this man Chris Stapleton. This song is amazing. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 9:00)

Joy to the World (57,798) by Bill from the UK Just getting into the holiday spirit with this fabulous rendition, thought I'd share the love. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 8:26)

Article: Mariah Carey flaunts plenty of cleavage in gold armour (57,797) by Gemma from Australia How the hell do you think that picture is flaunting her cleavage? That is actually quite covered up for a Mariah picture lol. Does everyone agree? (Saturday 14 November 2015; 7:43)

Re: Article: How much is Mariah Carey really worth? (57,794) (57,796) by Lee TS from USA This is why Latinos should refrain from claiming Mariah? What the heck? I don't know what you're implying even with the JLo reference, but it seems all kind of offensive. like Latinos aren't as talented and their only way to achieve success ala JLo route. Anyways, I do agree the article is wrong on all levels and I doubt she made that much with so little output. But I'm sure she made a pretty penny with the Elusive tour, Beacon shows, Vegas gig, royalties, and GOW. But back to Medina, he did really try to brand M like JLo when he managed her. She was endorsing like crazy capitalizing off of the comeback. Thing with M endorsing things are they're usually one hit wonder, it doesn't stick. 2014 was horrific, 2015 building back momentum, and 2016 is going to be fabulous. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 7:36)

Re: Love story (57,780) (57,795) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Love Story could be about anyone, anyone but Thirsty. E=MC2 was pre-Nickelodeon. He hijacked that song knowing it was probably all about Derek Jeter. What kind of man who is truly in love would do that? He's a clown. It's almost as ludicrous as James Packer trying to claim any of the MIAMTEC songs as his and Mariah's. He would never. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 2:59)

Article: How much is Mariah Carey really worth? (57,794) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Martian Carey's networth is almost exclusively derived from her songwriting, production and singing career. To claim it's from endorsement deals makes her sound like she's no better than JLo. This is why Latinos should refrain from claiming Mariah. This Latina article is an entire mess from start to finish with the most basic information just pulled from their butts. It's like the writer (if you can call them that) went out of their way to be as wrong as possible. This shit has Benny Medina written all over it, but you didn't hear it from me. I know this site has a rather large Spanish eyeball percentage and even though most of you never post, I'd like to know how common it is for the Latin/Spanish press to get Mariah so wrong. Hablo Español¿. (Saturday 14 November 2015; 2:25)

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