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Happy "New" Year (51,514) by Ardis Logic from Earth Ha ha yeah, a little late but that's what it seems like. "New life, new relationships, new label, new management, new publicist, new residency, new, well, everything." I have a good feeling about all these changes. It's great to make changes. Good things can come from all this. New folks, new ideas, new #1's, who knows? The future is looking good for the golden goddess, I love it. *Cheers* (Thursday 9 April 2015; 15:06)

#1s (51,513) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So according to the press release, Mariah will be singing her 18 #1's "like she's never sung before". I wonder what that means? Is she changing up the keys? Will she be singing the 2015 remixed versions? Will there be guest performers? They are really keeping this era under wraps, which is frustrating but I won't complain. It's good that they are building up mystery around this project, dropping just enough hints to get the public intrigued. I hope everything plays out according to plan. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 14:36)

Torture (51,512) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh, I don't think I can survive till April 27th to hear the single. This is torture. All this while I was whining about when we'll get the new single, but now that we have the date, I just can't wait. I need to hear it, I need to see the video. MC you are killing me here woman. I am getting a feeling that this song will be awesome (although Mariah has rarely, if ever disappointed me with her music) and that this might really be the comeback MC needs. All the recent changes being made in her camp is making me feel positive. Now I just hope they get the publicity right and most importantly, I hope MC nails the vocals at Vegas right. That's all she needs to get her throne back. She doesn't need to get on stage and be half naked like all the others. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 14:30)

Excited (51,511) by Luke from United Kingdom This definitely has a different feeling than last year when she was releasing MIAM. Although I was excited the whole process felt tense, this is completely the opposite. Everything seems to be running smoothly, she's hiring a new team (out with the old, in with the new) and she seems detirmined. I do think Island Def kinda lost hope with her. Luckily she didn't lose hope in herself. I think a cameo of Wentworth would be good but not the whole video, I think that might look like they're recycling old ideas. Regardless, I'm sure this year is going to be better the last year. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 12:50)

Infinity: WBT part 2 and the Chamber Group is now on team Mariah (51,510) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End It's official, Mariah just tweeted: "Work hard, play hard. We belong together. Infinity. LA Reid." Yay. Infinity is the new single slated for an April 27th release and it's an uptempo bop. Obviously it's a love song. Throw in JD and Brett and it's the same recipe that made WBT song of the decade. Are you guys so excited? I'm excited. I wonder if it's literally the musical sequel? Wouldn't it be awesome if Wentworth Miller was playing her love interest in the video again? Also, Welcome aboard Chris Chambers, your resume in music speaks to me. Now, hustle. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 10:17)

OK now I'm convinced (51,509) by nikki from usa This is going to be a rant, so sensitive souls might want to skip. J.Lo sang live on AI without a hiccup. A fan uploaded her first and second take, proving that singers really do sing multiple times before a performance is shown. Only AI didn't screw it up this time. Sure, 90% was chorus drowning her voice out in playback, but she got great reviews. She did a good job with the imagery. I'll give props there. But, guess what? There's no "live feed" on YouTube or anywhere. Due to what happened with MC in '12 right down to the media saying AI was going to kick MC off mid season and replace her with J.Lo, and trying to pin the poor ratings on her, I think it was staged. She was set up. In Mottola's book he was asked about MC yet turned it into praise for J.Lo. In 2013, Jen brought up how MC was mean to her in 2001. Then, made that sour grapes remark about the residency this year. I do think Mottola pulled some behind the scenes garbage due to the deja vu the first time this happened with Glitter. But, again deja vu, the only reason this was able to be pulled off was because MC didn't have a proper team in place to avoid it. I'm glad Mariah's getting rid of the old and ushering in the new. Now, lets deja vu TEOM. I may be the only one, but I would love for MC to sing If We and Lead The Way live. There's a lot of good music that should be heard. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 9:57)

The Chamber Group (51,508) by nikki from usa You know, I thought Cindi was dead. She hasn't made any publicity, spun stories, cleared the air, or even made simple statements on Mariah's behalf in 3 years. Thank goodness she was able to contact Page Six, a gossip column, to let everyone know she dropped Mariah. Interestingly enough, Mariah already has new representation. This is a first. In the past when a manager went bye bye Mariah was left to fend for herself for awhile until she had a replacement. Someone other than Cindi has been making statements for MC over the past couple of months and recently started making headlines on local media. Officially, Mariah is now represented by The Chambers Group. They are all over social media and describe themselves as: ideas and insight across media, film, music and brands. A boutique PR/branding and digital agency. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 9:25)

New single, new management? (51,507) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Infinity is the new single? I think I read somewhere that it's Faded meets Migrate. Not sure if that's authentic news. But anyways, we have a date. April 27th. Oh gosh, I can't wait. But I read she's heading over to Vegas next week for rehearsals so I don't know when she'll promote it. As for Cindi Berger's departure, I wouldn't be too worried about it. In fact I am glad that things are being shaken up a bit in the Carey camp because she had the same people around her for a very long time and it's apparent that none of them knew how to handle Mariah anymore. I think L A Reid is pushing Mariah to start over with a new team and it's a good thing. She's already hired a new management team. Anyways, I can't wait for the new single. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 8:52)

Infinity (51,506) by Emma from United States A bit over a week ago in the Mariah base on UKMix someone claimed the title of the single that was going to be released to promote the #1s re-release was titled "Infinity", they also said they were a music industry executive and that was how they knew. Fast forward and today Mariah included "Infinity" in one of her tweets although it had nothing to do with the rest of the tweet. It's no confirmation or anything but maybe that really is the title of the song? (Thursday 9 April 2015; 8:20)

Mariah's IG pictures and Uptown Funk (51,505) by Ethan from United States It looks great and promising with Mariah's IG picture with LA Reid in front of the Sony sign. And perhaps she's with a new PR group (see her tag). In addition, it looks like Uptown Funk might break One Sweet Day's record since it has the support from the First Lady in her 5th anniversary Let's Move Campaign. All other singles right now probably won't take it down. Rihanna's recent singles kind of flopped and perhaps Madonna's or a new Taylor Swift's single can take it down. Uptown Funk is a great single/song but I didn't expect to be that great and be on chart for that long. I hope it reaches 15th week and got taken down. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 6:47)

Is only natural for people to change (51,504) by Cgee54 from Usa I think it is natural for people to move on to other things. Noting lasts forever and thus things will evolve for better or worse. Lets hope for the best. I do think that Mariah needs a young and eager team that will work to get her to the top. She needs a team that will inject energy and fresh and innovative ideas. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 6:13)

One Sweet Day (51,503) by Lee TS from USA Oh dear, Uptown Funk is probably going to dethrone the record. I hope this lights a fire in M's booty. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 5:56)

New video (to me) (51,502) by Warren from Trinidad & Tobago I happen to come across this video quite randomly and it's the first time in a long time I am not so nervous about the future of MC's voice (despite the remarkable showing at Beacon). For once its actually pretty good and fair reporting. On a side note, things are starting to happen, the Vegas article and then the pic on Twitter with Reid and the for the pr firm. Let's go MC25. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 5:53)

New publicist reported by E News (51,501) by Travon..SweetSweetFantasy from USA According to E News Mariah Carey is now being represented by The Chamber Group. This group is run by Chris Chambers. Here is an excerpt from a news article about one of the benefits of being represented by this firm: "Many of TCG's initial clients have benefited from joining Chris Chambers' signature hands-on approach to public relations and branding, most recently in his capacity as Senior Vice President of Publicity & Artist Development at Sony BMG Music Entertainment." (Thursday 9 April 2015; 5:47)

Infinity? New single name? (51,500) by LC from USA A couple weeks ago, I saw an ATRL post of someone who said that according to a label executive, Mariah's new single would be an uptempo track named Infinity, and it would be released on April 27. Just a few moments ago, Mariah posted a picture on all her social media accounts of her with LA Reid and a person from her new PR team "The Chamber Group" next to a Sony sign, captioned #WeBelongTogether #Infinity. Could this mean that that person was telling the truth? Or is it just a coincidence? Whatever it is, I'm getting excited. I can't wait for this era to kick start. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 5:08)

Did Mariah confirm new single? (51,499) by Lee TS from USA Her cryptic tweet for Infinity. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 4:53)

Promo (51,498) by B from USA Mariah is on the cover of Vegas Player Magazine and she made the announcement on Ellen. I think the plan is to promote the residency and new single/video simultaneously. Makes sense since the single will be used to promote the reissue of #1's. It is also a great way to get Mariah's name back in the public gnat like attention span. Likely ticket sales are ahead of projections/predictions and M and Caesars are waiting until this single drops to start the blitz. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 2:57)

Nostagia (51,497) by Otti from Belgium My older brother was a fan of "Music box" since "Without you" was huge in Europe, along with "Dreamlover", "Hero" and "I'll be there" and later "Endless love". While I didn't pay that much attention to Mariah Carey, I thought she was another great vocalist along with Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, who had also big hits at the same time with "Whitout you". But the "Daydream" era, I don't know how, but did slip away. But then summer of 1997, I was at my cousin's house, watching MTV, when a video start with a girl captured at a chair, in a big mansion. We were really surprised that that girl was Mariah Carey, who we know from clips like "Without you" and "Hero". The video and song were verry sexy. From then on, I start to pay more attention to her work, with more releases from "Butterfly" like "The roof" and "My all". I thought this singer is brilliant and knows how to stay relevant. A year later I bought "Butterfly" and later that year "Number ones", which made me a fan for life. "Someday" and "Love takes time" become my favorites of her older number ones. "I still believe" which I thought was an older number one of her, until I saw the video, becoming one of her best video's ever. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 2:24)

Cindi’s departure (51,496) by 123 from USA I think this is a good thing. Power publicist or not, the spin on the Glitter era wasn't the greatest and she even contributed to the crazy talk when she snatched the mike out of Mariah's hand when she was rambling. I believe Cindi and Mariah temporarily parted ways after Charmbracelet and didn't have anything to do with TEOM. Cindi is known as a power b#@$% and gets the job done. She is very direct and abrasive which can come off as quite, you know like in the clip. When Mariah was on the Rosie O'Donnell show promoting ISB she suggested she'd comeback to do a show on beauty since she had 500 hours of beauty school and Rosie said, yeah right, if I call Cindi to book Mariah on she's going to say "No, Mariah Carey is a big star" and hang up the phone. Cindi was Rosie's publicist at the time. Plus it would be nice for someone new to come in with new ideas who hopefully will not become a "yes" person. I know the job of the publicist is to protect and spin negative press and create positive press, but like the clip shows, sometimes it puts the client in a negative light. No wonder they say Mariah is a diva, her people around make her appear that way. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 1:51)

Butterfly live performances (51,495) by Rón from United Kingdom I really think that after Vegas and the #1s album that Mariah should do something similar to Whitney and release a live album with some of her best live performances, I mean she has many that she could choose. She would also have to add some new live performances like the MTV Unplugged album. I really think it is a massive shame that we have hardly any official live music. I love her raspy voice during the Butterfly era and I wish I could hear it in very clear quality. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 1:36)

"Vision of Love" Jamaica (51,494) by Jon from Netherlands As painful as it is to see that performance it has great ad-libs and it's a great rendition when she's doesn't go off on a tangent. Her voice was great. Her attitude was all wrong. That part when she sings in a crazy way and says "I'm just kidding" is enough to make me wanna go back in time, go to Jamaica, pay for the ticket, slap her and ask for the money back. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 1:25)

The First Vision (51,493) by Jon from Netherlands VOL has become my favorite song. It's been an addiction of late actually. It's interesting how an 18 years old girl writes a song like this and it's also curious that regardless of an extensive sucessful and acclaimed catalogue the first song is the best (or one of the best depending on who you ask). Also interesting that I don't feel like she ever gave a good VOL performance in the first years. It's as though she was holding back. 96 has great performances of course. Later on as well but I believe it's a song way ahead of the artist and one that the artist needs to grow into. The same way people talk about Halleluyah and Leonard Cohen. VOL is a song from someone with great life experience and Mariah has yet to give her most heartfelt rendition of this timeless song. I hope to be there to see it when she does. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 0:58)

"Vision of Love" Jamaica (51,492) by Billy from Greece I just love the way she sings the bridge in the Jamaica concert, especially the part "and I visualized the love that came to be". Brilliant. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 0:36)

Instagram / promotions (51,491) by Ethan from United States The promotions will kick in soon, probably in mid-April. The band has been rehearsing since the beginning of April without Mariah. There are some pictures of band members rehearsing in Vegas already (check @six7music and use #1sMariah or #MariahCarey). I've seen one picture of dancers auditioning for Mariah Carey residency. I understand that people are concerned about this since it can make or break her future career. It's a residency and not a live concert so everything will be meticulously planned. It's a business and remember Caesars Palace wants to profit this as well. Of course, Mariah doesn't want anymore bad press, especially she will have an album and movie/soundtrack coming out. Yes there will be some lipsynching but that apeopleies to almost every production I believe. Behind the scenes, I think people have been building props and working with lighting and everything will be rehearsing at the last two weeks of April I assume. They just need to hire top-level people to make everything work. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 22:40)

Bill / Cindi (51,490) by LC from USA I see where you're coming from, Bill. I guess I never looked at it that way. But, I think what I really wanted to say was that Cindi's way of representing Mariah to the public and the media might be dated. Like, in comparison to RocNation for example. You never see really negative wildfire stories spread about Rihanna or Beyoncé, but when they do, RocNation is quick to calm it down or stop the spread because they are newer and can battle social media. But, I guess the remedying would more the job of a manager. Thank you for telling me that. Also, I hope people don't think I'm bashing Cindi or anything, I'm not. I guess I'm just happy with the changes because it proves that Mariah definitely wants to succeed. She saw that Island Def Jam wasn't doing anything for her, she saw that Randy and JD were not compatible with her as managers, and maybe she saw that Cindi wasn't compatible as well. At least now we know that she is trying. That's all we can ask for. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 21:56)

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