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Adam (51,484) by Bill from the UK What on earth are you talking about? Alienating JD? Where did that come from and what evidence do you have of that? (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 18:06)

LC / Cindi (51,483) by Bill from the UK With respect to your post LC, Cindi is one of the top publicists in the industry and as the CEO of the largest publicity company in the world, she clearly knows her business. What you say about Mariah's bad moments spreading like wild fire on social media is true, but all a publicist can do in that situation is issue some kind of statement, or advise Mariah to, if appropriate. What you say about remedying the situation with interviews etc. is more the job of a manager. If my memory serves me correctly, Mariah ditched Cindi after Glitter and then teamed up with LA for a great comeback. It looks like the same sequence of events again. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 18:04)

Bye bye Berger (51,482) by Kyle from USA This parting is awesome news. This shows that Epic Records has gotten through Mariah's head and convinced her change is needed if she wants to stage a huge "comeback". I'm sure this was a mutual decision. 15 years is a long time. Mariah is refreshing herself, her career and her image and I say bravo. I saw on Twitter a stage designer for her residency released a hand sketch of part of the stage. There are so many things going on behind the scenes with Las Vegas, Epic Records, new video and single that we have no idea about. Promotion will start picking up very soon and I'm thinking this might be the "secret release" single she was wanting to do with MIAM. The single will drop, she'll bang out a few performances (live) before Las Vegas starts and we will see where it leads from there. Our girl is smart. She is very business savvy and willing to do what it takes to stay relevant. As many of her past and present producers have publicly stated, "Mariah is the hardest working person in the business." (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 17:40)

Cindi Berger (51,481) by LC from USA I honestly don't see this parting of ways as a bad thing. Let's face it. Mariah's image right now is the worst it's been since Glitter. She needs someone to come in an help her clean her image up. So far, Cindi has done nothing notable. And maybe it's because her methods are dated. She has been with Mariah for 15 years, but that was way before the social media age. Social media is the number one place for people to spread news. And, in my opinion, Mariah needs someone who is young and knows how to fight that social media backlash. As a young person who is always on social media, when Mariah's Rockefeller performance came out, I saw how quickly that spread. It went viral on YouTube, on Vine, was a trend of Facebook, was all over the social media accounts of every major news publication, and it spread all over the world. And outside of that, every performance is "Did she lip that? Was that live?" Or "she can't sing like the '90s anymore", every picture is "she is so photoshopped" or "she looks fat", every song is "she can't sing this live" or "this is studio manipulation". You'd think that a great publicist would be able to remedy that situation. Maybe with a few performances or interviews or something. But, nothing happened. So, let's hope that this move is actually helpful to Mariah and her career. I'm not saying that it is an amazing move because that's up to Mariah in the end, but, I know that she knows what she's doing. Go MC. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 16:53)

Cindi (51,480) by B from USA Honestly, I think this parting is for the best. Cindi might have helped Mariah during Charmbracelet but Medina and Reid were responsible for helping turn Mariah's image around. Cindi hasn't been doing Mariah any favors. I think these moves are being calculated and are part of a bigger plan that is being worked out behind the scenes. Cindi was never able to make Mariah relatable or humble because she has an ego herself. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 14:11)

Cindi Berger, adios (51,479) by ADAM from USA I think the fact that Cindi Berger her longtime publicist has dropped her as a client is very telling and not good. Cindi navigated MC's career from Glitter through Charmbraclet up until today. I am honestly very surprised by this. I think her severing ties shows that Marish not only doesn't care about her career anymore but also is fine with trimming another long lost confidant and friend. You can add her name right behind JD's to people Mariah continues to alienate. I think MC is so far gone in her own head that only she believes her own hype and her payroll of yes people from B. Scott to Rachel to Debbie Allen. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 13:43)

Her. She is Cindi...The Elusive Publicist (51,478) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End I'll just leave it at that. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 13:28)

Mara / Mimi L. (51,477) by Abraham from USA I agree, I'm really hoping Mariah will pull it off. Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't Mariah been everywhere but Vegas? It seems like she's been in California the majority of the time. Honestly all I can do is hope for the best. I don't think if Vegas turns out to be a disaster it will end Mariah's career. It will just be another bad ordeal she will have to her name. And another thing people will bash her for. If she performs as she did at the Beacon, Vegas will be a success. It's just hard to believe she will be singing her old songs. Especially one like "Anytime you need a friend". Mimi L. I agree with you as well. And I liked your idea. I was also asking "Where's the music"? I too thought a single would be out by now. Am I the only one who feels like music is dead as of now? I mean no one's hot at the moment. Madonna dropped her new album and it seems like it flopped. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 10:54)

Shelly (51,476) by Abraham from USA Thanks for responding Shelly. I'm really glad you're posting again. I love your posts. But I think you're right, by now there would have more promo. I'm just kind of surprised. Mariah has been in hiding since her "Ellen" appearance. I was expecting to see her anywhere promoting. I definitely hope to see her promoting for the new number 1's album. The radio call in from her and Brett has me excited. As well as the Christmas movie she will be doing. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 10:07)

No promo yet? (51,475) by May from Denmark Since I live in Denmark, and her whole show will be at Vegas, I was hoping it was just because I live in this country that I was not having access to some kind of promo. Not even in her official website there is huge promo about it, just the same thing that is hanging on her twitter. I was expecting that there would be at least some tv commercial for the Vegas show and some posters available. There is nothing, also no new tv appearances (though she has been busy with work and then the holidays) but then no radio interviews, just a call from Brett anticipating stuff but not throwing a date neither. I was hoping that by the end of this month there would be a single release mostly as feed and promo but nothing has been really said out loud to the public. I wonder what is up, is she going to keep up without having any commercial back up or is there a huge surprise noone expected coming on the way? (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 10:04)

Great post Jared (51,473) by May from Denmark I was thinking exactly the same, that some people feel like they are family with MC but reality, we like to accept or not, she may be just giving us a "public image for the fans", much like Joan Crawford used to have. While the stories of both mega stars are completely different, what I go is to the point that both have in common the dedication and passion to "live for the fans", so who knows if Mariah as well as Joan created a character just for us, in any way I love Mariah and while before she may have been seemed as "shy" maybe the experience and her freedom just made her be more spontaneous with the fans and in interviews. In reality none of us know how she is at her home 24/7. I also never liked Cannon, always found him immature and goofy but it was what she chose, she liked him and it seemed as if he liked her very much as well. But closed doors only them know what was and is going on. I haven't commented on Nick and the book because what I think is that if it's really confirmed that he did signed in order to release a book, maybe the book is not even going to be about Mariah but about himself and all his doodly-doo and probably maybe include some story about his marriage. It was the same with Damizza in the past and he went in an interview and said "babygirl (Mariah) can be calm because I didn't say anything she would dislike" - paraphrasing because I don't recall exactly. Maybe it is just the same thing all over again. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 9:55)

Jesus, Mariah and Judas (51,472) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Well, I for one am glad so many are willing to play Devil's advocate for Thirsty because I could never. Holding his feet to the fire is easy considering his heat seeking behaviour. Hateful people come for Mariah all day every day. At least when we side eye Thirsty we aren't claiming to be fans of his on a message board dedicated to him. Tell you what though, as soon as Mariah Carey comes out in defence of his actions I'll continue to read him for filth anytime I like. It's not like he would ever admit to being a douchebag, that's like DB 101, here's looking at you Tommy. On a funny note, I saw a comment last week some lamb made about how instead of the Jesus cover-up of "Mariah", Thirsty should have tattooed Judas on his back. See that's funny because it's the truth. We go ridiculously easy on him here, believe me. In other forums, not so much. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 9:50)

Nostalgic for Emotions (51,471) by Warrior Butterfly from USA My sibling and I almost missed the schools bus because I had to see the Emotions video. There was a disagreement on who sang it something like "It's Mariah Carey let's go" and not being satisfied until I read the video credits at the end. Mariah Carey "Emotions" Emotions Columbia Records Directed: Jeff Preiss Okay they were right now run. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 8:10)

Abraham (51,470) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That's exactly my concern too. There is basically not much time left. I am wondering each day why there is still no promo at all. Whatever happened to the new single and video? Why are there no more appearances? I thought right before going to Vegas she'd go on some major shows and perform the new single along with one of her #1 (each show will feature a different #1 track, suppose Ellen can have "new single plus Fantasy", Fallon can have "new single plus ABMB" or maybe each shows can have the new single along with a different 3-song medley for each show, so she can cover all 18 songs in 6 appearances). This would probably help get the attention of people that are not familiar with MC music to get interested in her back catalogue and what better way to get all of these gems in 1 CD than the new #1's album? Hence it'll act as a promo for the album and would also encourage fans and non-fans to check out the Vegas shows and also remind/inform them about it in case they had no idea that there is a show happening. Two birds with one Swarovski encrusted stone. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 6:15)

Andrew / promotion (51,469) by Mara from United States I kind of agree. I mean the shows start May 6th? Shouldn't she be out there rehearsing in Vegas? It just makes me nervous because it almost feels like ok, if she isn't rehearsing then we are in for more of the same ol show we have seen many times before. I know MC is the voice and as long as she sings and is in good voice that is all the public will care about, but come on. It is still Vegas and I would hope she has a surprise or two we haven't seen yet. Maybe she will have enough time to rehearse and pull it off and put it all together. I feel your nervousness Abraham. She should be relocating soon if she wants a sharp show. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 4:24)

Nostagia (51,468) by Stacey from USA Why not? I'll throw my hat into the ring. The year was 1993. I was 16 in my family room cleaning up. I had VH1 on with my back turned to the TV. Then the video for Hero started to play. Seriously, I turned around and was like "Who is that voice?" It was amazing and the rest they say is history. It's probably why I prefer Mariah's sound during the Sony years. Not to say anything since then isn't worth my time. Hardly. It's just that's the sound that captured my attention and still does. It's why TEOM and even MIAM are favorites. Anyways, I wouldn't worry about promotion for Vegas. Things are quiet because I imagine MC is working hard behind the scenes to get this gig right. Her career depends on it. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 3:56)

Nostalgia (51,467) by Alex from England The first album I ever bought was Butterfly (on tape) in '98 and I fell in love with it. Everything from the music, the booklet, the pictures to the color palette was perfect to me. I was way more into the ballads than the hiphop-y stuff and I remember hating The Roof back then when it has become my favorite song off that album overtime. The most vivid memory I have (I still often think about it) is listening to Close My Eyes on repeat at 3am with my window open looking at the moon. I did that every single night for weeks. I spent days looking up the words in my French/English dictionary to make out the meaning of the song. When I did, I just felt it was the story of my life, everything in that song was exactly how I had been feeling. It was like I had been hit like a truck realizing someone had felt the same and ended up on top. My mom was an alcoholic at the time, the rest of my family was horrible, I had never met my father and I was coming to terms with my sexuality so it was a lot to deal with (it's not a woe is me moment, dahlings ) and that song just opened up a part of me: strength and acceptance. Mariah's music saved my life and that very song means so much to me up to this day, I very often open my window at night and listen to it on repeat when I feel discouraged or sad to remind myself that there was a time I thought I would not survive and it makes me feel better and like I can overcome anything. Long story but I couldn't make it shorter, sorry. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 3:36)

Nick / Abraham / Christmas movie (51,466) by Dove from USA Well, I'm glad they are getting along and I hope they really are becoming friends again. I feel a little bit foolish for believing the tabloid story about him writing a tell all and publicly humiliating her. I am protective of Mariah because sometimes I do feel like I know her. Her presence has been a part of my life for a long time and I sort of saw her as a friend/older sister/guardian angel when I was growing up. Abraham, since Celine is taking over in August I doubt there will be any more promo. People who are in Vegas already may buy whatever seats are left the same day, last minute. I am super excited about the Christmas movie. My favorite movies are Christmas movies and I even like the low budget cheesy ones. I can't wait. (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 2:19)

Nostalgia / Shelly (51,465) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA Wow Shelly reading your post made me tear up. I grew up unloved very, very bad abandonment issues growing up that I still struggle with today. I did like a lot of young girls did and I acted out and did horrible mistakes I can't take back. Mariah's music has always been my saving grace as well to me too. ATYNAF is still one of those songs I play to give me encouragement and to make me feel good. "I only wanted", I can't help but laugh each time I still hear this, I became a crazed stalker to an ex of mine In college. I played that one song everyday on my ex boyfriends VM for a week that and "BOTH". Lol, it's amazing how many of our lives has been connected to a Mariah song or album. I lost my V-Card to "My All". (Wednesday 8 April 2015; 1:55)

What's going on? (51,464) by Abraham from USA All these nostalgia stories are great but where's the promotion for Vegas? It's less than a month from stage time and nothing. Are tickets even sold out? (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 23:12)

Nick and Mariah (51,463) by Jared from USA This subject has been stewing in my head for a while now, and I just want to vent a little bit. Not at Mariah nor at Nick, but at the lambs/fans who feed the flames of gossip mongering on this board. I know that as devoted fans, we feel a strong connection or bond with Mariah. Some identify so strongly with her, to the point that they feel like they "know" her. Some clearly feel very protective of her, so much so that anyone who seems to cross her in any way suddenly becomes a target and the subject of nasty remarks (ahem, Nick Cannon). Let's be real and let's be honest: we don't know jack. Unless you are in her inner circle and you have facts that are not publicly known, you are delusional if you think you "know" what's going on. I never really liked Nick, but Mariah is a grown woman and her own person. I don't think she was hoodwinked, though of course, I can't deny that possibility. In any case, name-calling and lambasting Nick is kind of distasteful given that we don't really (emphasis) know what happened in their marriage. When I read some of the posts about Nick, I feel like Andrew is right to say that reason and sanity has fled this board. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 19:35)

Nostalgic album (51,462) by Jared from USA I was born in '85, so when Mariah made her debut, I wasn't aware of any of it. I was more into Thundercats, He-Man and Ninja Turtles. I think I started singing at age 6, just singing along to cassette tapes I had, which were mostly Disney songs. I was marginally aware of some pop music as a kid. For instance, Whitney's smash cover of "I Will Always Love You" was inescapable. I'm sure I heard Mariah songs here and there, but I truly became aware of her during the Butterfly era. I was a high school freshman. I remember watching MTV (back when they mostly only played music videos) and seeing the Honey video. I was mesmerized. My mom was in the same room, and I remember her saying, "she's so beautiful". I heard the entire album soon after while carpooling with a friend who was very into R&B back then. I was more of a Showtunes guy at the time. Lol. "Butterfly" the album is hypnotic, and I loved the melodies and harmonies so much that I bought a cassette tape (later, a CD). My favorite album is "Butterfly", sonically and lyrically, but the album that truly makes me nostalgic is "Rainbow". While I didn't love all the tracks, I was truly taken by Mariah's provocative transformation. I was still in high school and one of my close friends was - and still is - a huge lamb. So we found ourselves constantly talking about her, watching her videos, checking sites like Mariah Daily, mcarey.com, and MCArchives. Rainbow just evokes some great memories of that time. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 19:14)

Nostalgia (51,460) by Warren from Trinidad & Tobago I remember playing with my friends and having a great time with the radio being on. While we were all in the middle of our games VOL came on the radio and immediately I stopped because I couldn't believe what I was hearing. As the song progressed and then to the high note I was in such disbelief and was totally transfixed. Being from a small Caribbean Island, we had no computers or internet back then and so I had to go home and get on the landline and call the radio station to find out who was that. From that moment I was lambily for life. 1990 baby. From the very beginning. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 17:49)

Nostalgia (51,458) by Mara from United States I remember it was the summer of 1990 and my sister got the VOL single cassette. The first time I heard it, I stole the tape off her and that was it. She was amazing, exotic, vocal ability beyond anything on the radio. I was 14 and always was a singer and loved Whitney. Well when Mariah came out that was it. We both had the brown eyes and long curly hair and similar cheeks. When Emotions came out I remember coming home from the record store and going up to my room with my headphones so I could hear everything and reading along to all the lyrics. I did this with every MC album on its release date that followed. I would try to emulate all her looks, sing her songs. I feel like I grew up with her. All here songs related to something in my life, be it a boy I liked in high school, to getting ready to give up at something. She was always there. Whenever it was a Friday night, my ritual was take a shower and "do my hair and makeup" to a hot MC song. She would always get me going and had that feel good vibe. My friends could not enter my car when we would go driving around without having to listen to MC. Another memory I have is Daydream came out on a Tuesday October 3 and I was pregnant with my son and he was due October 4. I made my was down to the record store 9 months pregnant to buy it like I always did on release day so I could read the lyrics along while listening. My son was born the next day and the song When I Saw You just fit that moment. Butterfly came out in the fall as did a lot of MC's earlier albums. I remember always playing that while driving to hayrides or looking at the leaves changing colors. Butterfly always takes me back to that time. There are so many more memories with her other albums. I just love her, there is nobody like her. Her music helped me get through so much as all of us. My Saving Grace and FLAB helped me when my husband and I were told we couldn't have any kids together. I felt like giving up and breaking down, and we met a doctor that really helped us. Miracles happen and we have a daughter. MC's songs always comforted me and she always seemed to have one song off of every album that just fit my situation perfectly at that same time in my life. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 17:15)

Nostalgia (51,455) by Dove from USA There are so many nostalgic moments but the ones that came to mind after reading all of yours is this one. I remember the first time I saw the video of Anytime You Need A Friend on TV I was 11. We had one of those big console TVs that are wood and sit on the floor. I was sitting on the floor super close to the TV so that I could change the channel if I didn't like the song because we had lost the remote control. Also because I have a lot of siblings and there was always a lot of noise at my house. This is kind of personal but I'm going to disclose so that the story is complete. My dad went through a period where he drank a lot (this is probably why I don't drink) and he was verbally abusive to my older brother and to me especially when we didn't do our chores but sometimes it would get more personal. My older brother is 2 years older than me. I think my dad could sense that he was gay because he used to call him a faggot. My brother had a plan since he was 10 years old to leave home and he did. He left home at 15, graduated high school at 16 (at the top of his class), and went to college. He didn't speak to anyone in our family except for me (online) for years. But back to 1994: my dad called me terrible names, too, that I don't want to repeat because I'll start crying, but he called me names because I was a little bit chubby. Looking back at pictures of myself back then, I was not that big, but in my mind I was unsightly, and I think his bullying led to an eating disorder that I struggled with for a long time. My mom went through a depression at the time. She couldn't do much because she had always been a stay at home mom and wife and my dad made all the money. My mom didn't speak English (my dad did), she had a bunch of kids, my grandma and aunt lived next door but my dad owned that house too, so there was nowhere to escape to. My mom would have us clean right when we got home from school so that he wouldn't be angry when he came home from work, we would pray that he would be in a good mood, and God would heal him from his alcoholism. I think that's another reason I sat so close to the TV so that I could turn it off when I heard his car pull up and run to my room. Anyway I have two friends who lived on our street back then that I've been friends with since we were 4 or 5. We would have falling outs but always make up. We got into a little fight and they went away for the summer without us making up. I had heard the song AYNAF before because my aunt next door had the CD and I used to listen to it but when a song has a video it gives it a new life. I remember I cried watching it. I think it was everything that was going on in my life and seeing her look so sad and lonely in the beginning but so happy and free in the end. I thought, if she can be so perfect and happy I can too. Someday I'll be free and beautiful and happy. I would pretend Mariah Carey was my best friend. All of her songs and albums have a connection to my life. But that one I had forgotten about until right now. I'm not trying to be all "woe is me" my first job after college was at Child Protective Services, so I know some people have had way worse childhoods, but when you're a little kid and you feel unloved and not good enough it's still painful. (Tuesday 7 April 2015; 16:55)

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