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OSD / Abraham (51,886) by B from USA I knew last week that Bruno's run would be over this week. I never even entertained the notion that Uptown Funk would break One Sweet Day's sixteen week record. I know how you feel, Abraham. The wait is killing me. I want to hear this single today. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 21:03)

Music Box tour / "Vanishing" (51,885) by Billy from Greece Several years ago, I downloaded a live version of "Vanishing" from the Music Box tour. I listened to it, I adored it, but I did not revisit it that often. I am now looking at various clips from the same tour and it's like being in front of a gold mine. Especially now that it's been more than 20 years, you realize even more clearly that the woman is not only a national but a global treasure. When we talk about real music, you know, real music that matters, voices that will last a lifetime such as Ella Fitzgerald's, Sarah Vaughan's, Whitney's, you cannot not include Mariah. It's like listening now to concerts by Sarah Vaughan recorded in the late 1950s or early 1960s and you wonder if the people in the audience then were aware of the legendary moment they were experiencing. I wonder the same thing about the people that attended those early concerts of Mariah, or those that went to the MSG 1995 concert, for instance. When the legend of the artist is established something changes. It's still magnetic, but it's the mystique of the early years that leaves you wondering and marvel at the rare treasures that YouTube offers us now. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:59)

Mariah (51,884) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am imaging this scene (Mariah's reaction to the news of Bruno Mars falling to #2). MC standing with a champagne flute in her hand, she looks at the screen with the headline "No record for Uptown Funk", she raises her eyebrows while shrugging and says "They try but fail, every darn time." Then she takes a sip of the champagne, turns around and walks away singing slowly under her breath "uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up". (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:53)

Infinity (51,883) by Abraham from USA The wait is just too much. I hope "Infinity" will be Mariah's 19th number one. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:51)

One sweet day (51,882) by Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway I'm so happy that Mariah still has the record for most weeks at number one. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:34)

Hello (51,881) by Tevin from USA Hello everyone my name is Tevin. I am new to posting on this board even though I have been visiting it for a while. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:26)

What the funk? (51,880) by Andrew from UK Uptown Funk fell from number one? Want a little positivity? Well, no, this is not good news. You are all deluded. It's not good news, it's fucking great news. Now here's to "Infinity" bringing a little "funk" of its own. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 20:25)

God bless Paul Walker (51,879) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter He just saved Mariah from getting dethroned. I just let out a squeal. See You Again has knocked down Uptown Funk. UF can now hang out with WBT, we still own the top position. Yes we, because Mariah wouldn't be Mariah without her fans. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 19:52)

Re: MC1989 (51,878) by Jono from USA I don't think the record will be broken. "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth just dethroned Uptown Funk thanks to the Fast & Furious 7 success and its dedication to the late Paul Walker. Billboard doesn't predict Uptown Funk being able to come back and challenge Mariah's record, so for now it joins six other songs that got stuck at 14 weeks. Don't get me wrong, I think Bruno is unbelievably talented and certainly worthy, but I like that our Mariah gets to keep her record. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 19:09)

Mariah's iconic impact on pop culture is the stuff of legends (51,877) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End All the things I associate with MC that make it so easy to spot when someone's straight swagger-jacking her. In no particular order. 1. Poses. Mariah's poses are a visual trademark. She has her own silhouettes that are instantly recognisable. Didn't she patent some of them back in the day, during I wanna say Music Box? 2. Voice and tone. She's the only singer I know of who can't be imitated even for comedic effect. It's a testament to how much she's forged her own lane. I've heard good or at least passable Whitney, Barbra and Celine impersonators but never Mariah. 3. The hair styles. The "I dream of Genie" high pony tail, the curls, the sleek straight Rapunzel tresses etc. 4. Her smile. See Joseph Kahn for reference. 5. Hand singing. She's a dancer in her own way with how her whole body choreographs naturally whenever she's passionately performing a song. 6. The rarity. 7. Her skin. The other rarity. 8. Her speaking voice. If she'd never sung a song in her life she would still be known for her voice. 9. Mariahisms. It's like her own language with the Lambily. I don't know any other person who could publish a book full of just inside jokes and lingo. In fact, I want it. Can we have it Mimi? 10. Her songwriting, music and production. There's a very district Mariah sound. She builds a wall of sound that makes remakes either redundant or lacking. Emotions come to mind. Even songs as sparse as EFA become intimidating in their perfection. Long live infinity. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 17:49)

Shelly (51,876) by B from USA The Voice was my Bianca. It's sad that some people only come here just to complain on a daily basis. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 16:55)

Bill / B (51,874) by Dove from USA Bill, it's "I will rise steadily sailing out of their reach." B, thank you. I'm glad you're back too. I missed you when I thought you were gone, although I did enjoy your alter ego. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 15:46)

Let me get this straight (51,873) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End So Mariah Carey, the record holder of solo #1 Billboard Hot 100 songs, was never supposed to update her original #1's from 1998 even after adding 5 new #1s ever? Lest we forget, Mariah was the first artist to put out a compilation album centred around her #1's, only it was to commemorate being the female record holder at the time. Why wouldn't she want to celebrate being the #1 solo artist in the game, period? I think it's a great effort to launch #1 To Infinity at this moment in time, 25th anniversary and all the new chapters she's started with Sony, Vegas etc. It's a brilliant move, don't believe me, just watch. And I pre-ordered the album the same day it was pre-released and lamb or not that's something I've never done before. That tells me the whole Reveal Mariah thing worked really well because I didn't even know there would be a surprise included for the initial pre-orders or whatever. I didn't need anymore incentives than knowing Infinity was gonna be #19 on the tracklist. It's going to do wonders for Infinity and beyond. I just also like having the physical thing quite a lot, I'm old school like that. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 14:30)

Someday (51,872) by B from USA Mariah included the MTV Unplugged because it's exactly the same as the album version except it's stripped of the 90's instrumentation that she clearly hates. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 14:17)

Shelly (51,871) by B from USA Shelly, you have a beautiful soul. I understand your reasoning for not posting but I'm glad you're back. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 14:15)

I need it, need it, need it (51,870) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If Mariah really meant that I can have her when I want her, then now will be the time, I want a snippet of the new single from her. (I am a girl, but so what?) (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 13:24)

Webmaster (51,869) by MC1989 from Spain I'm sorry I don't know what happens with the link. If you search on YouTube "Bruno Mars One Sweet Day", it appears a short video of Bruno Mars like in a kind of contest being asked about how many weeks did One Sweet Day spend at number one. He first says 10 weeks I think, and she sings a line from the chorus, and when he sees the correct answer (16 weeks) he says something like: Does that still happen anymore? That's why I said it was very appropiate now that he's about to beat that record. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 12:12)

RJJ12 (51,868) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks for sharing the Make It Happen compilation. I was doing a little soul searching (well not really) and I realized that starting from 1990 (when MC debuted and so did I, well the year of my birth whatever), if I add up the number of times MC ran around on stage to tone that body and shook her hands (for the double purpose of showing emotions while singing and at the same time to tone them arms), it's still more work out than I have done in my entire life. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 12:04)

Photoshop (51,867) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter All the new outlets photoshop shaming Mariah should just calm the fudge down. What's funny is that in order to compare the album cover versus "real body" images, they'll always pick the image where she is looking on her chubbier side and then run with it. They are comparing it with pictures from the Elusive Chanteuse shows gold mini dress (which was unflattering on its own) then the pictures from her Butterfly drink launch and the hideous dress she wore for the Chanteuse show (the gun metal off shouldered one). Then out of the many gorgeous shots of her singing at recent charity gala, they managed to pic one up where she seems to have a little bulge in the stomach region (which in all honesty can just be her dress bunched up at the stomach because she is kneeling) and compare it with the cover. Why don't they do a side by side of the picture of Mariah at the City of Hope gala just few days back wearing the gorgeous black dress? She looks really slim there. While her cover did get photoshopped, it's not as much as people are blowing it up to be. She's standing at an angle, she has good lighting and the cut outs at her waist add to the illusion of a slimmer waist. After all these effects. there's the additional photshopping. I don't get why people are blowing it up in a way that she has photoshopped away a 100 pounds (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 11:51)

Supafly (51,866) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Your post about Mariah coming with the new single to kick Uptown Funk out and defend her chart position gave me the chills somehow. I really like Uptown Funk, I do, and I was rooting for it to stay at #1 because I was scared Rihanna will collect one more with "FourFiveSeconds", but that was way before and I never thought that UF will potentially dethrone OSD. Like someone mentioned, I really wish MC doesn't lose any of her records, at least this year. So your post kind of made me visualize this scene. Bruno and his posse (along with Mark) dancing in the UF video, when the part that they say "stop, wait a minute" comes around. Only this time, instead of Bruno it's MC who says that and she walks into the scene and snatches Bruno's hat, throws it and her new song starts. Haha. At the end, she goes like "bow down to the queen". It's kiddish I know, but hey. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 11:12)

New photos (51,865) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Guys did you see the new photos from the #1 to Infinity photoshoot? I really like them. She looks fierce. You can check them here. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 10:09)

You betta sang heffa part 2 - Make It Happen (51,864) by 123 from USA Through the years, she still got it. You betta run across that stage like its your last performance. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 8:45)

Door left open for Mariah reconciliation (51,863) by TheOne from Philippines Any thoughts about this article lambs? (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 8:32)

You betta sang heffa (51,862) by 123 from USA I love this. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 8:10)

Andrew / May / Bill (51,861) by Dove from USA Andrew, I don't have a problem with people disagreeing with me. May, I liked the post (51,732) you wrote yesterday. It felt like it came from an honest place and many people probably share your point of view. I always like your posts. Bill thank you for always being so nice to me. I feel like I know you and some of the other frequent posters at a soul level. I think that's one of the reasons why I keep coming back here. (Wednesday 15 April 2015; 5:45)

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