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Irrelevant but... (46,855) by Billy from Greece Lately (namely, almost the past year), I've been obsessed with Sarah Vaughan. Yet another aries diva, just like Mariah, Diana Ross, Aretha, Elton John (!), Chaka, and the list goes on. I remember Mariah mentioning her quite a few times (even earlier this year) as an influence, but I never really delved into her catalogue and body of work, until (relatively) recently. If you haven't done that either, do it. The woman is a wonder to behold. Her voice went through various changes through the decades, becoming quite dark and heavy towards the end of her career, yet retaining an undeniable allure. She may be considered an "acquired taste" (in the sense that her style is probably less immediate than Ella's) but the breadth of styles and genres she crossed is impressive. I personally prefer her post-1960s work (while her late 1970s work is some of her best). Listening to her improvisations on her "Live in Japan" set, as well as her little stories and the kind of humor interjected in between, reminded me a lot of Mariah, especially in the impromptu performance in Carlyle (2012). A true artist. (Friday 19 September 2014; 21:45)

Wendy Williams (46,854) by Travon..SweetSweetFantasy from USA I am so upset after watching the 6th season, 5th episode of Wendy Williams. She said Mariah Carey is a ticking bomb that men will never date. She also compared Nick with a better career at this time. She then had the ordasity to compare Mariah to Jennifer Lopez. Wendy said Mariah needs to take notes from Jennifer Lopez's career back in 1998, when Jennifer Lopez first started to buckle down and do music. On the contrary to Wendy's statement, Mariah outsold Jennifer that year with number ones? Wendy oviouslly doesn't look at the platform Mariah provided for Jennifer. Just saying. I'm dissapointed because it seems Wendy hates Mariah and she is doing everything she can to discredit this woman she claims to love as fan. On her first episodes she had the nerve to say lambs aren't true fans of Mariah. Wendy seems a sick lady and I will no longer support her disrespecting our faces. I can't right now. How do you guys feel about Wendy Williams' thoughts on Mariah? (Friday 19 September 2014; 20:35)

The Elusive Chanteuse Show (46,853) by Lee TS from USA It's exciting to see Mariah adding additional dates and I hope she continues to do so while on the road. I hope the tour really becomes a world tour and brings her all around the world to places she hasn't visited. Maybe she can treat the tour like a long extensive vacation with dem babies, being on the road and enjoying her time performing for the fans. This could be Charmracelet World Tour 2.0 where it puts her in a good place vocally and her writing new music. And we all know what came after. But as of now I want her to come out looking beautiful, sounding powerful, and just enjoy her time on stage as the elusive chanteuse. (Friday 19 September 2014; 18:30)

Just a bit of gossip, lol (46,852) by Lee TS from USA I do enjoy Ariana Grande and I think she's a talent. Yes, she's no MC by far but I don't think it's horrible for Mariah to get that comparison. It shows Mariah's influence and impact on pop music. Miss Grande has been getting a lot of bad press lately for supposedly diva behavior and I find it funny she only allows her "good" side which is her left side be photographed. Mariah much? Haha. But that'll be perfect for MC and Ariana if and when they ever meet, they'll both get to be on their good side. So here's the tea, Mariah's makeup artist Kristofer dates Ariana's ex-choreographer Isaac, rumor has it Isaac was fired because he told Ariana to lose weight. After being fired, Isaac has been showing love to MC on his instagram and Ariana's fans call him out for being shady. And Kristofer has been working with Ariana a lot lately and lambs on twitter are even saying she's trying to steal MC's makeup artist lol. It's actually all very silly. I think Ariana has a very pretty voice and is still spanking new, she's trying hard to escape MC's shadow where she won't even talk about Mariah anymore. As a longtime lamb and a new fan of Ariana's, I hope they'll cross paths one day. Maybe at an award show or sing together on stage a la '98 Olivia Newton John Aussie performance. It can be cute. (Friday 19 September 2014; 18:06)

Top 25 (46,851) by Jamie from UK It's not really in order after the first 5, it would take forever to try and figure out which I like slightly more when there's like a 0.001% difference: 1. I Still Believe 2. We Belong Together 3. Fantasy 4. Mine Again 5. Open Arms 6. Always Be My Baby 7. Can't Let Go 8. It's Like That 9. I Still Believe (Stevie J. Remix) 10. Obsessed 11. Don't Forget About Us 12. Silent Night 13. After Tonight 14. My All 15. Faded 16. Cry 17. I've Been Thinking About You 18. My All (Stay Awhile) 19. Christmastime Is In The Air Again 20. Prisoner 21. Get Your Number 22. Heartbreaker 23. Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix) 24. If It's Over 25. All I Want For Christmas Is You (So So Def Remix) (Friday 19 September 2014; 16:49)

Top 50 greatest Mariah songs (46,850) by KeShawn Taylor from United States Here is my opinion of Mariah's greatest 50 songs. Feel free to comment. 50) Alone In Love 49) It's a Wrap 48) Stay The Night 47) For The Record 46) Subtle Invitation 45) To Be Around You 44) Dedicated 43) Outside 42) It's Like That 41) Melt Away 40) Mine Again 39) When I Saw You 38) Through The Rain 37) Make It Look Good 36) Sent From Up Above 35) Never Too Far 34) I Wish You Well 33) Vanishing 32) I Wish You Knew 31) I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time 30) I Still Believe 29) Faded 28) Whenever You Call 27) Underneath The Stars 26) Can't Let Go 25) All I Want for Christmas Is You 24) Someday 23) Thank God I Found You/Make It Last Forever Remix 22) #Beautiful 21) Till The End of Time 20) Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) 19) Love Takes Time 19) Forever 17) Dreamlover 16) Butterfly 15) Close My Eyes 14) Hero 13) The Roof 12) Don't Forget About Us 11) Fly Like a Bird 10) Honey 9) One Sweet Day 8) Without You 7) Emotions 6) My All 5) Breakdown 4) Always Be My Baby 3) We Belong Together 2) Fantasy 1) Vision of Love (Friday 19 September 2014; 15:52)

Mariah in Australia (46,849) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands (Friday 19 September 2014; 15:08)

The tour (46,848) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I do hope in addition to songs from the new album, Mariah sings some songs from E=MC2 and Memoirs. Not just the singles, but some album cuts like Side Effects and Inseparable. I would also love for her to film one of the shows to later put it out on DVD. I have not been lucky enough to catch her tours so I love watching it and getting the feel of it from the taped shows. (Friday 19 September 2014; 14:39)

Here is my top 25, so hard (46,847) by Fernanda Sousa Fontes from Portugal Hi everyone. So yeah, this top 25 was hard. There are so may great songs. I decided to isolate a top 3 per album (didn't include Merry Christmas II You and Unplugged) and I got 39 songs lol. I managed to get the top 25 but it breaks my heart I had to remove a few. - Vanishing - Can't Let Go - If It's Over - The Wind - All I've Ever Wanted - Everything Fades Away - Music Box - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) - Looking In - Melt Away - The Roof - Close My Eyes - Petals - Rainbow (interlude) - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Bringin' on the Heartbreak - We Belong Together - Don't Forget About Us - For the Record - Side Effects - Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue) - Standing O - H.A.T.E.U. - Faded - You're Mine (Eternal) (Friday 19 September 2014; 14:11)

Top 25 songs (46,846) by Eternal from Italy 1. Vanishing 2. Looking In 3. Butterfly 4. My All 5. Forever 6. Languishing 7. Anytime You Need A Friend 8. Vision of Love 9. Love Takes Time 10. Can't Let Go 11. Without You 12. Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix without rap) 13. Emotions 14. Make It Happen 15. Miss You Most 16. Melt Away 17. The Roof 18. Honey (Bad Boy Remix) 19. Through the Rain 20. Fly Like A Bird 21. I Wish You Knew 22. We Belong Together 23. Don't Forget About Us 24. AIWFCIY 25. O Holy Night (1994 Version) While compiling this list I was thinking about other singers/bands that I listen to and how I could name only about 5 to 10 songs that I really love. She has without a doubt the most solid and extensive catalogue of all of them. (Friday 19 September 2014; 13:53)

Now: my top 25 favorite MC songs (so hard) (46,845) by Anonymous from 1) The roof 2) Close my eyes 3) Outside 4) Never forget you 5) I still believe/pure imgination 6) Melt away 7) Christmas time is in the air again 8) underneath the stars 9) Lead the way 10) Miss you most 11) Lead the way 12) Fourth of july 13) Butterfly 14) I'll be there 15) And you don´t remember 16) Twister 17) Crybaby 18) Till the end of time 19) Vanishing 20) Love takes time 21) H.a.t.e.u 22) Hero 23) Dedicated 24) Thank God found you/Make it last forever 25) I wish you knew (Friday 19 September 2014; 6:19)

Top 25 (46,844) by Randy from USA 1. Right To Dream 2. Butterfly 3. My All 4. Through The Rain 5. Outside 6. Never Forget You 7. Bye Bye 8. Petals 9. Heartbreaker 10. Never Too Far 11. Loverboy 12. Languishing 13. Close My Eyes 14. Looking In 15. Always Be My Baby 16. Vanishing 17. Fantasy 18. Touch My Body 19. We Belong Together 20. I Stay In Love 21. Obsessed 22. Reflections (Care Enough) 23. Twister 24. Someday (Video version) 25. Can't Let Go (Friday 19 September 2014; 3:31)

Songs from TEC for tour (46,843) by T from USA I hope she makes a statement (said in the vein of TAOLG) and performs 7 songs from the album. She can always tour a proper greatest hits tour in the future and it will always do well but this one has to have the intention of getting the album heard. It's such a good body of work. I'm hoping: 1. Cry 2. Faded 3. #Beautiful 4. Make It Look Good 5. You're Mine Eternal 6. You Don't Know What To Do 7. Meteorite Those would be the perfect representation of the album and would help sell copies imo. (Friday 19 September 2014; 3:10)

Billy / Billboard (46,842) by Musti from UK I completely agree. I love those little mentions or, even better, full length articles. Like the ones Billboard have been increasingly putting on their website about Mariah's achievements over the years. She's their queen, and I get the impression that now that she has surpassed Elvis they want her to beat the Beatles too. Fingers crossed for the next album. (Friday 19 September 2014; 3:00)

RTD / HMMITTN (46,841) by Manny from U.S. I would love to hear Mariah sing either "Right to Dream" or "Help Me Make It Through The Night" live. The simplicity of the guitar and her voice makes it so raw. The cracks in her voice and tone along with the lyrics makes her sound so vulnerable. I can feel her pain in the songs. The first time I heard these songs, I had them on repeat. (Friday 19 September 2014; 2:50)

Emotions C&C Club Mix No. 1 (46,840) by Skip from United States In my Emotions anniversary celebration yesterday, I listened to some of the era's remixes, and I realized I had a couple questions about the C&C Club mixes of the title track, specifically the one entitled "Club Mix No. 1". I only have this mix on a vinyl and was wondering, does anyone know if it was released on a CD single anywhere? Is it the only remix to feature the additional lyrics towards the end ("Got me feelin' so good, you got me feelin' so nice, baby, you got me feelin' so good, baby")? And do we know if these lyrics were actually edited out of the original version? Considering how they are placed just before the whistle note section, it feels like maybe they were. I would love anybody's knowledge on this. Thanks. (Friday 19 September 2014; 2:00)

How many songs from MIAMTEC? (46,839) by Angelo from Italy Hey friends, counting every tour since 1993, I've noted that Mimi always choose 6 songs from the album associated to the tour, with the exeption of the Music Box (5) and the Rainbow (7 plus 2 interludes). So, with so many songs after 25 years and the weakness of the MIAMTEC sales (shame), how many songs will she choose, and which? I think 5 songs, here my thoughts: 1) Cry (she did this even in France this summer, she loves it) 2) #Beautiful (excellent single, you know) 3) Thirsty (she told us, inviting even that band from US ) 4) You don't know what to do (this song is a bomb live) 5) The art of letting go (the song from MIAMTEC era) So, what you think? (Friday 19 September 2014; 0:20)

Top 25 (46,838) by Mirage_Nunez from America 1) Love Takes Time 2) Butterly 3) Cry 4) Don't Foget About Us 5) Vanishing 6) Till The End Of Time 7) To Be Around You 8) Underneath The Stars 9) Long Ago 10) Melt Away 11) Slipping Away 12) Everything Fades 13) Mine Again 14) Fly Like A Bird 15) My All/Stay Awhile 16) I Still Believe/Pure Imagination 17) O Holy Night 18) O Little Town Of Bethlehem 19) Saving Grace 20) Had Your Chance 21) Languishing 22) There Goes My Heart 23) Inseparable 24) Lead The Way 25) I Wish You Well (Thursday 18 September 2014; 23:06)

Speaking of favourite MC songs (46,837) by Kenny from Canada Rich Juzwiak from Gawker posted his ranking of MC's singles. (Thursday 18 September 2014; 22:06)

Edward (46,836) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Thanks for the message. Wendy just isn't constructive. I see the appeal with her show, but it's not for me. I don't believe Wendy has any real opinion, she floats with popular opinion and seeks to take it a step further to grab attention for her show. Just compare the Wendy that appeared on radio to TV. There's a clear difference in her personality and demeanour. She disingenuous. (Thursday 18 September 2014; 21:50)

Elusive tour dates thus far (46,835) by enwar00 from usa As much as I want Mariah to tour the States again, I'm so happy for the fans and lambs of the land across the world, since she's been there less often. (Thursday 18 September 2014; 19:13)

Overall top 25 favorite Mariah songs (46,833) by KeShawn Taylor from United States Again, like the first list, this one is going to be based off of what comes to mind first. It is a very hard decision for me to make. Nonetheless, I'm going to do the best of my ability without having over thirty honorable mentions. Lol. 1) Vision of Love 2) Fantasy 3) My All 4) We Belong Together 5) Breakdown 6) Dreamlover 7) To Be Around You 8) Love Takes Time 9) Always Be My Baby 10) Forever 11) Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) 12) Fly Like a Bird 13) For the Record 14) H.A.T.E.U. 15) Faded 16) Dedicated 17) Make It Look Good 18) Subtle Invitation 19) Through The Rain 20) One Sweet Day 21) Emotions 22) Butterfly 23) Mine Again 24) Without You 25) Hero (Thursday 18 September 2014; 15:40)

My top 25 Mariah videos (46,831) by KeShawn Taylor from United States Here are what I believe to be Mariah's top 25 music videos. 1) Honey 2) Heartbreaker (original) 3) Through The Rain 4) The Roof 5) Fantasy 6) Emotions 7) We Belong Together 8) My All 9) Always Be My Baby 10) Dreamlover 11) Don't Forget About Us 12) I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time 13) Shake It Off 14) Touch My Body 15) Obsessed 16) Breakdown 17) Say Somethin' 18) Vision of Love 19) Make It Happen 20) It's Like That 21) When You Believe 22) I Still Believe 23) Triumphant (Get 'Em) 24) I Don't Wanna Cry 25) Crybaby Honorable Mentions: Loverboy (Remix), Heartbreaker (Remix) (Thursday 18 September 2014; 15:36)

My top 25 underrated Mariah songs (46,830) by KeShawn Taylor from United States Let me say first off this list is damn near impossible for me to compile but I'm going to do my best by just naming the first twenty five songs that come to mind and not any in particular order. I have so many top Mariah songs based on sound, genre, lyrics, theme, style, etc. that its unfair. However, I decided to stick to the underrated theme. But nonetheless: 1) Underneath the Stars 2) Breakdown 3) The Roof 4) Side Effects 5) Stay the Night 6) Mine Again 7) Fly Like a Bird 8) To Be Around You 9) Sent From Up Above 10) After Tonight 11) Faded 12) Dedicated 13) Make It Look Good 14) For The Record 15) Subtle Invitation 16) Lead The Way 17) Whenever You Call 18) Close My Eyes 19) Forever 20) Melt Away 21) Slipping Away 22) Now That I Know 23) When Christmas Comes 24) Inseparable 25) H.A.T.E.U. (Thursday 18 September 2014; 15:31)

Rolling Stone feature (46,829) by Billy from Greece There is a Rolling Stone feature on the 100 best singles of 1984 that has been circulating, and both (originals) "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" and "Didn't Mean to Turn You on" are included. In both tracks, Mariah's name comes up. Here's what the commentators wrote respectively, in addition to comments about the original versions: "Mariah Carey took it one step further in 2002 when she turned it into a full-on, symphonically orchestrated R&B song" and "Mariah Carey used the original instrumental bed for her 2001 version, which appeared on the soundtrack to her notorious quasi-biopic Glitter." Glad to see Mariah mentioned in such pieces. It shows that what she does/has done does matter indeed. (Thursday 18 September 2014; 10:33)

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