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Are #1's really that important? (50,071) by Ardis Logic from Earth Personally I would say the quality of the music is more important to me than scoring another #1. I enjoyed certain songs off MIAM, but there are also a few songs that are really not that great. By not that great, I am referring to the sound quality, and how she invites certain rappers to just say whatever they want on the album. That is really getting old. (Actually that has been annoying me since the Glitter album.) Don't get me wrong, some of her collaborations with rap artist have been really good. Then there are those songs that just make me roll my eyes. I would love to have a whole album that flows together. Better quality music, like "real" instruments, instead of all this computer generated sound. Take it back to the days of the Motown "classic" R&B sound. And above all, don't struggle to hit notes that you don't think you will be able to perform live. If you can't hit the notes anymore fine. Your real fans will still love you no matter what. (Friday 13 February 2015; 1:57)

Patti Labelle (50,070) by Bill from the UK Hi Amber, Patti was not Mariah's godmother from birth. This happened fairly recently, within the last ten years I believe. I'm not sure what happened in Mariah's personal life, but I imagine she would have got baptised (again?) and at that point would have asked Patti to be her Godmother. Patti is very spiritual like Mariah, I love her gospel stuff. (Friday 13 February 2015; 0:23)

Mariah needs to collaborate (50,069) by jaker20 from US It's not about having another no. 1. It's about growing as an artist. And everyone even the greats needs to grow. When they hit their peak, they have nowhere to go but down. But if you climb a different mountain then you have a new peak to climb. MC needs to collab to show she is a team player. Rihanna does not have MC's vocal abilities and songwriting genius. But Rihanna works well with music peers. Like any other professions, sometimes working well with others wins over talent. Talent can only go too far. Your peers up your game and bring you to another level. During her 90s peak, she's fearless with collabing. But now I think MC is a little scared of teaming with major artists. Fear comes with age and insecurity. I mean how can she team with Lady Gaga or Madonna, MC can't dance. How can MC team with Maroon 5? But a true artist finds a way to make things work. MC is so far from over. It is all up to her. How about a duet with Sam Hunt or Luke Bryan to gain country fans. She has to change gears, the 90s pop overstayed its welcome. There's so many creative and musical avenues she can explore. It's not always about another number but just letting creative juices flow. She can only sing VOL so many times. And for the most part she sings it so bad it just reminds comparison to her past glory she can't reach as high. Climb new mountains. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 23:44)

Amber C / Mimi L. (50,068) by Jay from USA Mariah's mom was married when Mariah first came out. Her stepfather was the one that sued early in her career because he claimed he wanted to make a doll based on Mariah and she agreed to it at first because she thought he was joking. But when he was seriosuly wanting to do it, she declined. I believe also, he claimed to have paid dental bills that Mariah never paid back before she was famous. I don't know if he had connections with anyone in the industry. I think her brother's connection was who hooked Mariah up with Ben Margulies. I think the reason why Mariah had a hard time to get a deal at first was because no one wanted another Whitney, except Tommy had thought Mariah would be perfect for Columbia to have someone to rival Whitney. Which makes me wonder what plans Warner Brothers had for Mariah before she signed with Columbia. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 23:42)

Music quality vs. commercial success (50,067) by MC1989 from Spain I don't care that much about scoring a number one. I would like to see Mariah going back to more soul roots, a change of style close to Amy Winehouse or Adele in terms of arrangements. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 23:30)

Kylie on Mariah (50,066) by MC1989 from Spain I didn't know that Kylie Minogue dissed Mariah. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 23:03)

Number ones (50,065) by George Golden from UK If Rhianna can score a top ten with four, five seconds, we have a problem. She is currently at number 6. Mariah should seriously wake up now because Rhianna means business. Someone that sings with sir Paul is looking for a number one hit. Mariah needs a monster hit. A big uptempo number in the realm of uptown funk, something really massive that people will find hard to resist. She needs a song that will be bigger than any negative press, a song that people can really groove to. With this upcoming number ones album, she could release about 5 new tracks with big hit makers. The hip hop has to go now, back to pop/rnb grooves. She could even throw in a few edms into mix. She should basically try new things. No more rap collabos because it has been beaten to death. Please Mariah, your fans will be seriously let down if someone like Rhianna surpasses you. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 22:26)

Amber C (50,064) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If I am not mistaken, Patti isn't actually Mariah's Godmother. She just calls her that out of love and respect for her. I think Patti and Mariah met after she became a star, and since Mariah was always a fan of Patti and Patti likes Mariah so MC calls Patti her Godmother. Patti didn't know Mariah up until after she became famous. Plus I do not think MC had diva behavior since she was a child. She had quite a hard life and if you even see her up until early 2000s, she was pretty humble and down to earth. The diva behavior came later as a disguise, an alter ego if you will, which later engulfed her completely. And what stepfather are you talking about? (Thursday 12 February 2015; 21:37)

Mariah makes a dream come true (50,063) by Ardis Logic from Earth This is so sweet what she did for this little girl. I love that about Mariah she has such a big heart. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 21:11)

Favor drama over logic (50,062) by nikki from usa Mariah goes on tour with 20 concerts, but only Japan goes viral. Mariah sings a 16 song setlist, but only Fantasy goes viral. Both are the very first while the others are ignored. This is why people shouldn't make judgments based off clips of bits and pieces. In Jamaica, Mariah took a lozenge out of her mouth and called it "Nordic medicine". She went live on Ellen and said she was suffering bronchitis. Being mental or drunk may be "sexier" ailments for some people, but it appears the reality is more mediocre. Travel and stress doesn't agree very well with MC this year and she's struggling with throat inflammation. She was blind-sighted by a divorce right before Christmas, fired help lawsuits, low propositions for labels that will ultimately not invest much in her work. All that in the past 2 months. You can plan for concert dates, but you can't plan an illness. Throat issues would require last minute changes to the setlist and how you can sing it. Missing a sound check makes it all the worse. The sheer fact MC's best vocals this year came from her Christmas shows only emphasizes how staying in one place with a controlled environment is crucial for her right now. Since Vegas will provide her with those conditions, how the show plays out will be entirely up to what she does. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 19:42)

Another threat (50,061) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Would be unfortunately Katy Perry. She has quite a few number 1s. Her last album had 2 major number 1s and the Super Bowl performance kind of gave her a huge boost. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 18:14)

Kyle (50,060) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Rihanna actually is the biggest threat. She is not past her peak. She just scored a number 1 with Eminem a while back. She is young and has a huge fan following. Don't forget that people thought Mariah's career has peaked and was going into decline when Glitter happened. No one thought she'd bounce back but she came back with 3 more #1's, so underestimating Rihanna isn't wise. Taylor Swift is someone who Mariah can worry about later. She has 3 number #1s. Once she reaches 10, that's when she's a threat. I would however love for MC to work with Taylor and see what they can cook up, they are both great songwriters. One other thing I see people saying is that MC will still have the record of female songwriter with most #1's, while that is true, at this point you guys are just clutching on to whatever you have. How many times did you hear Mariah being promoted as the female songwriter with most #1's during an interview introduction or video montage during performances on shows and concerts? It's always "artist with most #1 hits", "over 200 million albums sold" and "the voice". Mariah has many records under her name, but her being able to hold the 18 number 1s for so long is one of her top selling points, so if she wants to keep that image, the work needs to start. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 18:08)

Coinsidence? (50,059) by Amber C from USA Someone in the comments below pointed out that Aretha was Whitney's Godmother. Well then I remembered that Patti Labelle is Mariah's Godmother. Hmm interesting right? Also, Mariah has always had connections, the problem was non of the people around her believed in her for what ever reason (which I can't beleive, but I'm guessing it was her diva personality she had since she was a child). If Patti Labelle is your Godmother, and your stepfather and you brother had connections, why was it so hard for Mariah considering her level of talent and beauty? Please shed light on this someone. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 17:25)

El Mayordomo / The Butler (50,058) by Luis from Spain Hi. It's available on Amazon Spain. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 16:03)

My All live at Saturday Night Live 1997 (50,057) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia In my humble view, Mariah's best performance of My All would be at SNL 1997. That's where she looked the best, golden side-parted hair and she's wearing a red top, black suit and black pants, talk about sexy and classy at the same time. Her voice was on point, lower, middle and high range were all perfectly executed. She seemed to be in full confidence and in control of the performance. How I wish the new generations would be able to see this performance. Somehow, deep inside me, I wish Mariah could deliver her vocals just like this performance again. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 15:52)

Make-up and Mariah (50,056) by Luis from Spain Am I the only one who thinks she uses far too much make-up? In the TEOM era she looked fresh and natural but now she paints herself and looks older. Okay, yes, TEOM was 10 years ago but we have seen no-make-up pics of her and she looks stunning. She has a really good skin. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 15:46)

Pow (50,055) by Kyle from USA Rhianna is not a threat. She will not meet or exceed 18 number one singles. Her peak has past and I personally think she is losing ground. I think who we really need to watch is Taylor Swift. She writes her own material and everytime she drops something it shoots to number 1. And, people buy her albums. Mariah has still got some more number 1 material in within her. Epic needs to provide proper promotion. I still say Mariah will beat The Beatles record of 20 number ones. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 15:23)

Mariah Carey (50,054) by B from USA Mariah Carey needs a stylist like Rachel Zoe or Eric Daman. She needs a manager like Benny. She needs a team like she had in the 90's. If she makes these changes and works with the producers of the moment she'll easily regain her throne. Her last divorce inspired Butterfly and I don't think she loved Tommy and they didn't have children. I'm dying to hear her next studio album. It's going to be epic. You can quote me on that if you want. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 14:40)

Must see My All performance (Rainbow tour) (50,053) by Lee TS from USA Lambs you have to watch this My All performance. I was in awe and smiling when I saw this. This has to be one of the top My All performances ever. She sounded amazing and it was the Rainbow tour, like what? Seriously? Lol. Gosh I can't get over this. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 11:53)

Mimi L (50,052) by Dove from USA liked those dresses you posted, especially the gold one. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 9:16)

Re: (50,018) by Abraham (50,051) by Dove from USA I'm guessing the main reason they're releasing an updated version of #1's is to raise money for the next project. Since records aren't selling like they used to, maybe the artists aren't given money up front to record anymore. Since MIAMTEC didn't do well commercially, maybe they don't want to chance it. Also, a lot of people don't know what her #1's are, so this way they'll all be together. A part of me wishes it didn't include new tracks, or only two new tracks that were heavily promoted and would end up being #1's, so that the album would truly be all of her #1 hits. I know a lot of people may not buy it that way but I would. Especially if it was reasonably priced, $10-$13. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 1:36)

Nasty to younger artist (50,050) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Yet she had embraced Beyonce, Rihanna, Pink, Jazmine Sullivan, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, 5th Harmony, even Nicki at the beginning. I'm just saying some of this is just perception. Beyonce and Rihanna (if anyone) are her biggest threats, so if she was so insecure and nasty to other females why so much love and support for them? (Thursday 12 February 2015; 1:04)

Aretha (50,049) by B from USA Aretha was Whitney's God mother or whatever and was so insecure that she was rude to her during a recording session or so the story goes. My point is Mariah has never disrespected an artist like Aretha did and does. With the exception of Madonna, who asked for it. I don't get the hype surrounding Aretha. She has a powerful from the gut style of singing but her voice isn't as good or better than Patti's, Whitney's, or Mariah's. Mariah does embrace females. She just gave Fifth Harmony a shout out on Twitter and she praises Bey. I don't blame her for throwing shade Ariana's way when her whole career is built on being the next or new Mariah when she's clearly not. When I think of a great singer I think of Mariah, Whitney, Patti, Luther, and Bob Dylan. Mariah Carey is untouchable in the studio. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 0:54)

MC1989 Maybe not in Spain? (50,048) by May from Denmark The Butler is available here in Denmark, on DVD and also in Viaplay (which has updated stuff for all Scandinavia). (Thursday 12 February 2015; 0:41)

Jaker20 and how to get rid of the MC blues (50,047) by Randy from USA I don't like Rihanna and yet I agreed with your entire post. MC is too legendary to be so nasty to younger artists and Rihanna did sing live and I do not believe MC's Fly Like A Bird was 100% live. And yet at the time when I posted it, everyone attacked me. I'm gonna say this one last time. MC on wax is amazing. Live is something else. What the disconnect is, we can all speculate. But what everyone agrees with is image-wise, eternally 12, and being mean to other artist isn't endearing. I love her. The other day I put on a random shuffle of her catalogue and it reminded me through even my own negativity why this woman is an uncelebrated ICON. You're So Cold, I Don't Wanna Cry, Twister, Reflections, Obsession remix with Gucci, Mine Again and Without You played. Hardly any of that is related genre-wise or producer-wise and name one female artist who can write and produce such an enjoyable and diverse body of work. I challenge you all to shuffle all of MC and be reminded why we fell in love and be hopeful the voice gets straigtened out. (Thursday 12 February 2015; 0:24)

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