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So many responses (51,434) by Kate from UK I did not expect so many responses haha. It's so interesting to hear them as a new fan, I can only image what its like for the fans who have been loving Mariah a long time. (Monday 6 April 2015; 14:12)

Subconscious uncoupling (51,433) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End My bullshit detector is flawless. Just because Mariah is willingly putting her children's wellbeing ahead of her pride so they won't have to go through all of the turmoil she went through in her own parents divorce doesn't mean Thirsty is husband/daddy of the year. Everything he says is vetted by a publicist and let him tell it you'd think the divorce was the greatest thing that ever happened. If things are so damn great then why the hell is he knowingly breaking up his precious family? He's going overboard with faking it big time, because Mariah's being the bigger person by consciously making dysfunction functional and that's why I love her. If she had any good things to say about him she would have already said it. What's that expression: If you don't have anything good to say, then say nothing at all. Food for thought. Prediction: To no one's surprise, Mariah and Thirsty will be seen celebrating the twins' birthday anniversary together. Bittersweet, thy name is April 30th. (Monday 6 April 2015; 10:57)

Kate / nostalgia (51,432) by Bill from the UK I was born in the early 80s so I got to live through Mariah's career as it was taking off in Europe, it's what is so great about being a 90s kid. I remember I first saw her on the MTV chart countdown my older brother used to watch. I was 9, almost 10, when I walked into the room and was standing there dumbfounded at this beautiful woman running around a field singing about her dream lover. Literally frozen to the spot as I tried to take in her looks and her voice and the song. Something clicked in me then and I just knew she was special and would be an important part of my life. When Without You was released, I was a fan. The cassette single was the first Mariah item I ever bought (I wanted to buy the singles of Hero and Dreamlover but I had no pocket money left). I loved that sepia cover and loved Never Forget You as much as Without You. I then bought Music Box and used to listen to it in bed on my Walkman after lights out, learning the lyrics, gazing at her other album covers that were in the inlay and wanting to hear them so badly lol. I've got more stories which I will post later. Great topic. (Monday 6 April 2015; 9:10)

Nostalgia (51,431) by David from Australia I love reading all your stories. I was born in 1992 so I missed early Mariah. The first time I remember a Mariah album in my life was in 1998 when my dad bought a new stereo and with it came a bunch of cd's including Butterfly and #1's. I never listened to Butterfly (which is my fave album now haha) but I loved #1's. I played the hell out of Fantasy remix and Sweetheart. I still remember sitting in the kitchen so many times listening to the cd while everyone else was trying to watch tv in the other room. Still have the radio I used to play it on. No digital devices then so I carried that radio and cd everywhere I went haha. Then in 1999 my sister bought the Rainbow cassette and being young, I left the cassette on the wet floor of my grandparents' shed and when my sister came back for it, the cassette and packaging was completely damaged. She was so angry at me haha. My last memory when I was only a casual fan was buying the Loverboy single and it had a sticker for the forthcoming Glitter album. I didn't become a lamb until much later though, but they're fond memories to look back on. (Monday 6 April 2015; 9:06)

Nostalgia (51,430) by Skip from United States Interesting question, Kate. For me, I was in grade school when Mariah debuted, so I have memories tied to all of her releases. I don't think nostalgia plays into my feelings for the albums now, except maybe for "Music Box" - it always takes me back to high school. There's something about the melancholy in that album I connected to at the time and, while I don't feel that way now, it was definitely my "teen angst" album. The real nostalgia comes from remembering hearing Mariah constantly on the radio. I remember when the DJ on KIIS-FM here in Los Angeles premiered "Emotions" and liked it so much that he played it twice in a row. I've never heard a DJ do that, before or since. I remember when radio couldn't wait for new singles, so they played "Prisoner", "Now That I Know", and started spinning "Without You" long before "Hero" had even peaked. And I certainly remember the Daydream era, since that was the absolute pinnacle of her career. The constant airplay for the three commercial singles plus "Forever", not to mention the times I heard "Open Arms" played when it wasn't even a single here in America. Point is, that's the nostalgia for me. I haven't seen another artist have that much constant success with albums and singles since then. They were them good ol' days. (Monday 6 April 2015; 6:25)

Addicted (51,429) by Dove from USA Thanks guys, for the warm welcome back. I guess I am addicted. I'm glad I never started smoking because quitting stuff you like is tough. I'm going to try to moderate myself, though, because I was coming on here first thing when I woke up, during breaks and lunch at work, and at night before I went to sleep. Even more on the days I didn't work. It feels good to feel appreciated, so thanks. I appreciate everyone here, even the ones I don't agree with, because you make me see things from a different POV. (Monday 6 April 2015; 3:27)

Nostalgia (51,426) by Reuben Walton from United States I was born 1/13/1991. I wasn't around for Mariah Carey. I don't remember Emotions. I'm not sure if I remember Music Box, but Dreamlover was among the songs I always heard on the radio when I was a little bit older. I think maybe I had heard AIWFCIY throughout the 1990s, but I don't remember when it was released. I was 4 when Daydream was released, and I don't know if I remember when it was released but very often I would hear Fantasy on the radio when I was a little bit older. I do have a memory of riding in the car with either my mom or dad and hearing the DJ/announcer on the radio say something like "Mariah Carey's new album is called Butterfly, coming out soon", they might've been introducing Honey or something. I'm pretty sure that was in 1997. It could've been before or after they played a song from Daydream, and then they were then plugging her upcoming album. I think it was summer 1997. I do remember hearing Honey, at least the high notes at the end "I need it, need it" are a distinct memory of mine. As a kid I think that Dreamlover/Fantasy/Honey may have blended into each other as one general vibe memory of being a 1990s kid. I loved My All when it came out as a single (I wasn't listening to her albums at this point yet), that minor key guitar opening, plus the video reminded me of Titanic I think (the movie being a big childhood obsession of mine), because her lying on the back of the boat reminded me of Rose in the end or something. That and the MHWGO video. I loved My All. MC lying on the boat reminded me of Titanic I think, the whole dark sky with water thing, much like Céline Dion's video for "My Heart Will Go On". I also thought she was saying "'cause I'm drowning you in a warm pool/whirl pool, without you by my side". I had swimming lessons and couldn't swim and it scared me to see the blurry water surface above me and putting my head underwater scared me in general. My sister used to play #1s all the time when it came out. I remember hearing Emotions/VOL as like brand new songs. I thought Emotions was like a really old song just because the production was so 80s. I loved WYB, especially Whitney Houston's vocalizations towards the end. Heartbreaker was probably something that sort of blended into the general uptempo type song thing for me, but I think I liked it. My sister really liked TGIFY and so did I. (Monday 6 April 2015; 2:06)

Celeb dirty laundry (51,425) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA Who runs that site? A bunch of 16 year old school girls? First off Mariah only had 1 role which was panned: "Glitter". So I don't know what in the world are they talking about. Lee Daniels and cast are the ones who want Mariah on the show. She doesn't have to try and get on. All she has to do is "Lee, dahling. Come over for a splash." Lol if she wants on it's like that. (Monday 6 April 2015; 1:45)

Nostalgia (51,424) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA I don't think of one exact album. When Mariah came out I was 6 almost 7 in the fall. I remember the first time I saw her was when I came home from school off the bus. One of my older sister loved to watch BET, back then it as music videos all the time (good ole' days) lol. I remember I used to lay on her bed while she would be doing her homework. I remember I heard this weird space sound thingy on the TV. I looked over and it's this girl with brown curly hair that looked just like mines. I was mesmorized and curious about her. Skip months the song that made me crazy about her at that age was "Someday" that was my jam lol. It was played on the radio a lot and my friend and I would play it over and over again on my cassette tape player. My first full album I actualy bought myself was Daydream. Glitter means a lot to me too because I skipped school on 9/11, me and my friends in high school signed into home room, snuck out the back lol went to the mall and bought Glitter first day and I remember my mom came to the school after she heard about the plane and everything and I wasn't there. Cell phones weren't big around that time so she didn't know where I was. Short story I was grounded for like the remainder of the year lol, my senior year none the less. (Monday 6 April 2015; 1:37)

Welcome back Shelly / Nick / relationships (51,423) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada I haven't posted in a number of weeks. Just haven't felt I could contribute anything to the discussion. But it's really nice to see you back Shelly. I just want to make a comment with regard to Nick. I've seen a lot of people jump on him for things, and I just what to point out from a spiritual standpoint that every relationship is about choices from both people. Nick and Mariah came together because they chose to. Things evolve and change. I'm sure Mariah has learned a lot about herself because of Nick, and that's ultimately the point of any relationship, regardless of whether it works out or not. And, she has two beautiful children out of it. (Monday 6 April 2015; 1:13)

Future nostalgia (51,422) by Kate from UK Thank you B, Ardis, Warrior Butterfly, Billy and R&B Junkie for all your fascinating responses. I really look forward for my nostalgia in the future, also I find it very comforting that Mariah will be making albums for quite a while. She has such a strong belief system to substance abuse etc she isn't going to land a similar fate to her fellow legends Whitney and Michael. Do people view Mariah, Michael and Whitney as the last legends to dominate the industry? I feel like that's a common opinion. (Monday 6 April 2015; 0:37)

Kate / nostalgia (51,421) by Luke from United Kingdom Although I wasn't lucky enough to witness the release of her earlier albums, I was fortunate to have siblings with good music taste. The album that does it for me is Music Box. I was about 8 when two of my sisters would share that CD and they only had one haha. One of them would listen to it during the day and then leave for work, and then the other would take it and listen to it again. That album was on repeat for atleast a year of my life, not that I'm complaining. I always listen to Dreamlover once a day without fail and I'm sure it's purely because of that time in my life. I don't really know why they only listened to that CD alone though because by that time Mariah was well out of the 90's. I guess that's just the era they loved most. (Monday 6 April 2015; 0:23)

Nick (51,420) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA I think everyone has been way to fast to jump on this gossip bandwagon. Mariah is a big girl and beyond this fake/Marilyn act is a very smart business savy woman. Best believe she made him sign a confidentiality contract prior to the marriage. I'm sure her marriage with Tommy taught her a lot. I don't buy this whole story, He signed a book deal for kids books and he's coming out with a poetry book. Mariah also just tweeted a picture with him and the kids. None of us know what exactly happened. It takes two to make a marriage work. Mariah isn't perfect and neither is Nick too. The one thing I'm sick of seeing is the constant posts about her weight. Get over it. If you don't like what anyone writes then scroll on down, that's why it was invented for. Some of you are taking what some of us say and injecting your own insecurities about yourself into them. Further more no one said Mariah was fat, we didn't even use that word. That's what your insecurities about yourself is hearing about you. Not everyone is going to agree with you and you might not even agree with everyone shocker. Lol. You'd rather and she should rather the lambs say it then the outside public/media. At least when we say lose weight or relax your voice we care and mean well. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 22:42)

Promotions (51,419) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The album was supposedly scheduled to release on the first week of May. If that's true then shouldn't the promotions start right about now? Especially since I am assuming MC will need to relocate to Vegas days or even weeks before her first show. No word on the new single that will carry the album forward. I am getting a little worried. It feels like a deja vu of the MIAM era. I know Sony will do a better job than that and Caesar's team will also be promoting it, but as of now I can't find any scheduled appearances. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:58)

Nostalgia (51,418) by R&B Junkie from Poland Yes, I can tell you everything that happened around the release of every album I was waiting for. For example: The day I bought TEOM was the day of Pope JP2's death. I can tell, like it was yesterday, that his death was announced when "Say Something" was on the air. Sad story but true. On the other hand, there's "MIAM" that was like a soundtrack from last year's visit to Sarajevo (BiH) and Belgrade (Serbia) and its two songs that are much connected with that God-it's-so-beautiful place on Earth are Dedicated and YDKWTD. (In this place I want to say 'hi" to fans from these countries. ) (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:57)

Easter pic (51,417) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter MC and NC seemed to have put aside everything to celebrate Easter with the twins. Good to see that they are trying to give the kids a life as normal as possible. By the way MC looks great and NC seems to have lost weight. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:54)

Easter (51,416) by B from USA Mariah posted a picture of her, Nick, and Roc and Roe hunting eggs. It's too cute. Mariah looks stunning in her pink ensemble and Monroe is wearing a matching ensemble/skirt. I guess the tell all was false but can you blame us for believe he would stoop that low when he dissed her and rapped about having blank checks with her name on them. He's still a douchebag. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:49)

Think (51,415) by B from USA Think before you jump to conclusions. Paparazzi take photos at weird angles. They do this to get the worst view possible. Mariah looks slim and happy in her Easter pics. I think the photographers caught her in an awkward position that made her look fat and gave her rolls. Plus they can easily photoshop on a few extra pounds. Especially when the headline is Mariah is eating her feelings. I can't wait for May 9th. I'm going to be in the second row on the second night of Mariah's residency with my little cousin. I've never been to a concert and my first concert is going to be Mariah. I might have a heart attack, lol. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:25)

Easter's Instagram pictures (51,414) by Ethan from United States Yes she deleted the collage with Monroe in it but she just posted the picture of the whole family. I love it how Mariah's been keeping her silence throughout the whole situation and she posted this picture to shut the media down. Her situation with Nick might be hostile and volatile but I think they keep that separately from their children for their wellness and it's the best way to deal with it. Great job to Mariah and Nick. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 21:16)

Help me make it through the night (51,413) by MC1989 from Spain Hi guys, I just wanted to share this amazing song with you. I'm going through a lot of pain in my life these days due to a complicated relationship and many other changes. "Help me make it through the night" made me cry today. Amazing vocals, amazing performance. This is the Mariah I need, the one who moves me with her incredible passion. No need of high notes and vocal acrobatics. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 18:54)

Re: Kate / nostalgia (51,412) by Billy from Greece Dear Kate, it's all about the nostalgia when it comes to pop music and favorite artists, trust me. From early memories ranging from the "Music Box" era to present day, Mariah is irrevocably linked to specific moments and milestones of my life. I'm very sentimental over late 1990s Mariah, since her music defined my adolescence. I vividly recall the days I purchased the "Butterfly" and "Rainbow" albums. Actually, I first got the "Butterfly" album in cassette (yes, they still existed back then) and I remember opening it as I was heading back home, being mesmerized by the photos in the booklet. I remember walking into a Virgin megastore on Tuesday, November 2, 1999 and seeing the "Rainbow" album stacked in the new releases section, while it was playing in the store and available for previews in a headphones section. It was like entering the twilight zone, eyes wide open. I remember buying the "Glitter" soundtrack first day of school, September 2001, left speechless as I was listening to "Lead the Way" for the first time once I got back home, then going into the living room to see what the fuss was all about in the news. Eerie feeling. Or rushing to an HMV to get "E=MC2" as soon as it was out during my Master's in the UK. "Memories, like the corners of my mind." Though "Butterfly" is hands down my favorite album, out of all her albums, "Rainbow" is the one that gives me the sense of nostalgia you're talking about the most. The sense of an innocent time in one's life lost. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 18:24)

Re: Nostalgia (51,405) (51,411) by Warrior Butterfly from USA I get nostalgia from Butterfly because that was the first time that I personally heard or saw Mariah on TV as it was happening. I waited for the official release and went to Virgin mega store and they had her "album art". I guess we can call it decorated throughout the store. The Virgin store always had these elaborate promotional designs in general, the one near me closed a while ago. Anyway and when you look at the top 10 wall, there were these long columns for each album for that week and Mariah had her very own just for the Butterfly CD. I looked at the CD itself and listened to the album. Bought it to the dismay of my family members, lol. At the time Virgin was the only place I could physically go to to get her international imports, yes $8.00 bucks in some cases but so worth it. Another nostalgia is Daydream, I heard it in passing in music class in grade school and didn't know it was Mariah. My teacher and other kids were all talking about it. Before everything was digitized I was a avid collector. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 18:23)

Re: Kate (51,410) by Ardis Logic from Earth "For the nostalgia." Yes, definitely. I love the classic era so much. I think after "Fantasy" everything changed. (Not bad just different.) At the time I was a teen going through so much. When I hear those songs now, they take me back and I'm reminded of how far I have come. They are also still very comforting. I know a lot if others feel the same. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 18:22)

Nick (51,409) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Nick is a vile creature. Not only has he time and again indirectly insulted Mariah, he kept his mouth shut let his dad say those disgusting things about his wife. Someone asked why would Nick risk his reputation by writing a tell all. Well first of all, what reputation does he really have? And in Hollywood one doesn't require a good reputation, they need controversies. Everyone hates the Kardashians but yet every single day the Kardashians are adding to their huge empire and now they are even accepted in the high fashion A list events where previously they weren't allowed. So yup. Secondly this book deal may have been signed a while back and at that time MC had one bad publicity after another. Plus everyone has always loved hating on MC. So Nick possibly thought people would sympathize with him for putting up within such a major diva. MC is no saint. And she is definitely not perfect but no one deserves to be betrayed like this. Anyways, the book deal is still a rumor and I hope it stays that way, these are just possible reasons for his actions. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 16:44)

Kate (51,406) by B from USA The first album I ever bought was Daydream. I still know every word and adlib. Every time I hear Fantasy I go back to when I was ten year old and first saw the video. I can still remember those details vividly twenty years later. (Sunday 5 April 2015; 15:45)

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