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Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,709) by Tevin from USA She needs to release Rarities 2 and Daydream 30 first, then she can go to another company. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 18:03) this is a reply to message 111,703

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,703) by Bobby A from United States Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if MC and Gamma part ways after the HFIA deluxe version is released. Gamma is too small for a legacy artist like Mariah Carey. She needs a major label like Atlantic under Craig Kallman. Craig Kallman could create a business plan to increase MC's streaming sales with a duets album as her first Atlantic release. A Mariah Carey and Teddy Swims original duet would be a #1 streaming hit. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 13:04)

HFIA review after a week (111,708) by Lighty from China After a full week of non-stop listening to the new album, I finally get to sit down and write something about my feelings towards this album. To me, Caution is the superior one because it's more current and the songs are just a whole lot catchier, and of course Mariah's voice was a tad better at the time, but HFIA is just more heartfelt. If Caution is Mariah catering to a younger audience, then HFIA is she going back to where her roots are. Every song on HFIA is somewhat reminiscent of some existing songs in her catalog, which to me is a good thing. 1. Mi - Triumphant "I don't care about much if it ain't about me, get 'em get 'em get 'em", they just flow flawlessly together. Mi is a great mood-setter / album-opener, while Triumphant could have been MIAM's It's Like That if it wasn't for the unnecessarily excessive rap parts. 2. Play This Song - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time The first three notes are just identical. I wasn't sure about Play This Song at first but after several listens, especially after she performed it live on Kimmel, the song began to grew on me and now I like it a lot. While I'll Be Lovin' U is a full on "I'm so in love" cheerful one, Play This Song sounds more like mature love. 3. Type Dangerous - It's Like That Similar hard beats, announcing "The diva's back". 4. Sugar Sweet - Touch My Body Little fun song, light, cute and sweet. Sugar Sweet should've done better on the charts if given a proper music video and higher profile feature artists (no offense to Shenseea and Kehlani). 5. In Your Feelings - Circles / I Wish You Knew The Mariah talking straight to your face mid-tempo ballad that we all love. 6. Nothing Is Impossible - Hero Melodically not really similar but both are inspiring ballads where Mariah belts her heart out higher and higher. 7. Confetti & Champagne - 8th Grade Same vibe. Confetti & Champagne and that cigarette? 8. I Won't Allow It - You Don't Know What To Do Repetitive but annoying chorus. YDKWTD + Levitating (Dua Lipa) and the 70s vibe is so on point. 9. My Love - Out Here On My Own Among all of Mariah's cover songs, these two might be the simplest in the arrangement and production. Mariah's vocal is where it shines. Years go by, Mariah's voice gets deeper and more soulful album by album, and her current voice suits this song really well. Before HFIA came out I checked out Paul's original version of My Love and it didn't resonate with me. But when Mariah's version came out, I almost cried the first time I heard it. Such a beautifully written (thanks Paul & Linda), beautifully sung and beautifully produced classic. 10. Jesus I Do - Meteorite Both soulful uptempo numbers. Didn't expect the Clark Sisters collab turned out to be something like Jesus I Do. What a nice surprise. 11. Here For It All - Portrait / The Art of Letting Go Definitely the best vocal performance on HFIA. Starts out calmly like Portrait, then burst into something chaotic like The Art of Letting Go, and the last reprise part is such a treasure. Took me back to the Butterfly days when I sometimes play Butterfly and Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) back to back to feel the different but somewhat similar thrill and excitement from the two songs. If Mariah still had her Butterfly/#1's voice, she might've pulled another Testimony from Divas Live 1998 on this reprise. No wonder she put this song on the last and named the album after this, it's her best ballad in years. HFIA is what MIAMTEC should have been like. Concise, not too many features, not overproduced. It just lack the hits like #Beautiful and the beltings. But as Mariah always does, she did the best with what she got, and that's more than enough. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 17:30)

Streaming (111,707) by Lara from Middle East Mariah's fans fall in the non streaming category. Which is why she won't be able to score high nowadays. Unless physical sales count more than streams, or she manages to break through the younger population (without looking desperate) which she has failed so far. Taylor's new album got 140m + stream in 12 hours, but she has been building the anticipation since her last album. Somehow I feel Mariah would like to have a successful moment but same time she's not able to put on the effort needed mentally and physically. How do you explain someone who in her 5 years of career managed to make 5 albums needs now 7 years to make a new one? She's 56, medicated and probably suffering a chronic injury, thank God she's still putting good music for us. She's doing "the best that I can with what I have". Appreciate her input while it lasts. The charts don't matter anymore. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 17:01)

Tommy again? (111,706) by Edward from USA "HFIA" is a great album and we should all be happy about that. Some people need to realize that Mariah's longevity itself is something to celebrate, 35 years in the business and still this relevant is no small feat. At this point, the conspiracy theories are just exhausting, there's not a one-eye man with crooked teeth and twisted fingers trying to sabotage her. Back in the 90s and 2000s, adults bought CDs and singles, which boosted sales. Today, everything revolves around streaming, and teens are mostly the ones driving that now, it's a completely different game. You don't even have to buy "HFIA", it's available on every streaming platform. But to match a single album purchase, you'd have to stream it over 1,500 times, which is nearly impossible for the average fan. Other than the holidays, when she reigns supreme on all streaming platforms, unfortunately, she doesn't benefit as much from the streaming-heavy system. So, as I stated here before the album even dropped: don't stress over "HFIA" on the charts. Don't let numbers distract you from the fact that Mariah has given us something precious with this album. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 14:56)

Here for everything but it all (111,705) by BFF from United States Yeah. I concur with this completely. Can we please stop hearing about Eminem and Jennifer Lopez already? Does Andy Cohen not have anything more interesting to ask her? I am sick to death of the "I don't know her" nonsense. Mariah has a brilliant new album out, and these people opt to ask her about dumb feuds from the 2000s or a mediocre "grunge" album she made in 1995 while goofing off after hours with Walter and company. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 14:30) this is a reply to message 111,696

Here for everything but it all (111,696) by T from USA A quick Google search of Mariah Carey's name and the top 5 news articles are about: a secret MJ duet, a secret rock album, Eminem, still not knowing JLo, and the Christmas tour. Gee, I wonder why the album is not in the top 5 on Billboard? I guess a new artist can debut high because it literally is all about the music, but as an act reaches their sixteenth album all everyone cares about is everything else. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 03:39)

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,704) by Bill from the UK I see what you're saying but it's not 1995 anymore. Everyone who would buy the album will likely add it to their Amazon basket and have it delivered. Even if they did trudge out to a record store especially to buy it and find it to not be in stock, they'd then order it through Amazon. I think everyone who was going to buy the album in the first week would have done so, one way or another. There's not 20,000 fans left unable to pick up a copy. And if they were, it's there to stream. The numbers are the numbers, no point dwelling on them. Let's be thankful and grateful Mariah absolutely delivered with this album, it's the best she's done since Emancipation in my view. Still playing it non-stop. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 13:42) this is a reply to message 111,693

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,693) by T from USA I was worried about her signing to gamma and my worries were correct. It surely was a way to connect to what moves records these days which is streaming, particularly at Apple. The only problem with that is it was a big gamble as Mariah isn't, and probably never will be a streaming artist. Her strength is physical sales and unfortunately being independent meant many countries, many stores from Canada to Spain, just didn't have the album in stock. I'm not mad about the first week sales but I am disappointed. It was in her hands, and she did decently but what about actually singing some of these great songs on tv? Like Jimmy Kimmel and America's got Talent literally were both ratings hits the week her album came out. Why didn't she book onto these shows way ahead of time and sing HFIA? Nothing will help unless she actually has the product in the stores to purchase. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:38)

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,703) by Bobby A from United States Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if MC and Gamma part ways after the HFIA deluxe version is released. Gamma is too small for a legacy artist like Mariah Carey. She needs a major label like Atlantic under Craig Kallman. Craig Kallman could create a business plan to increase MC's streaming sales with a duets album as her first Atlantic release. A Mariah Carey and Teddy Swims original duet would be a #1 streaming hit. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 13:04) this is a reply to message 111,702

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,702) by jaker20 from US Caution had tour bundles, and HFIA didn't. So overall these are good numbers for her. Although these numbers are literally identical with Caution which was 51K overall, and 43 pure sales, which makes me wonder if they are Caution numbers and there's a mistake. Lets wait for the official numbers. She can't book all these shows that you were suggesting with the schedule she's put together. Have you seen her schedule? It is insane. Someone posted her schedule on twitter a couple of weeks ago which shows her being full up to the end of the year. So all these bookings you are suggesting probably won't make a difference other than just exhaust her. But hey, HFIA will be number 1 in album sales this week, so lets just celebrate that. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 10:31)

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,702) by jaker20 from US Caution had tour bundles, and HFIA didn't. So overall these are good numbers for her. Although these numbers are literally identical with Caution which was 51K overall, and 43 pure sales, which makes me wonder if they are Caution numbers and there's a mistake. Lets wait for the official numbers. She can't book all these shows that you were suggesting with the schedule she's put together. Have you seen her schedule? It is insane. Someone posted her schedule on twitter a couple of weeks ago which shows her being full up to the end of the year. So all these bookings you are suggesting probably won't make a difference other than just exhaust her. But hey, HFIA will be number 1 in album sales this week, so lets just celebrate that. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 10:31) this is a reply to message 111,693

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,693) by T from USA I was worried about her signing to gamma and my worries were correct. It surely was a way to connect to what moves records these days which is streaming, particularly at Apple. The only problem with that is it was a big gamble as Mariah isn't, and probably never will be a streaming artist. Her strength is physical sales and unfortunately being independent meant many countries, many stores from Canada to Spain, just didn't have the album in stock. I'm not mad about the first week sales but I am disappointed. It was in her hands, and she did decently but what about actually singing some of these great songs on tv? Like Jimmy Kimmel and America's got Talent literally were both ratings hits the week her album came out. Why didn't she book onto these shows way ahead of time and sing HFIA? Nothing will help unless she actually has the product in the stores to purchase. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:38)

UK charts (111,701) by Jamie from UK Mariah has charted at number 31 on the official UK album chart. She charted at number 1 on the RnB chart though. I still wish they would have released an actual single for both SS and PTS. If you go on Wikipedia there is a cover for PTS on the singles information. I'm still loving the album and can't stop listening too it, shame it didn't chart higher here but it doesn't take away the fact that it's a great album. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 10:23)

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,700) by Lighty from China Even the Japanese version is far inferior to what we used to have. Lackluster cd case packaging, boring bonus tracks, minimum release promotion. Gamma may have the most devotion to Mariah but big labels have the resources Mariah needs for sales. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 08:56) this is a reply to message 111,693

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,693) by T from USA I was worried about her signing to gamma and my worries were correct. It surely was a way to connect to what moves records these days which is streaming, particularly at Apple. The only problem with that is it was a big gamble as Mariah isn't, and probably never will be a streaming artist. Her strength is physical sales and unfortunately being independent meant many countries, many stores from Canada to Spain, just didn't have the album in stock. I'm not mad about the first week sales but I am disappointed. It was in her hands, and she did decently but what about actually singing some of these great songs on tv? Like Jimmy Kimmel and America's got Talent literally were both ratings hits the week her album came out. Why didn't she book onto these shows way ahead of time and sing HFIA? Nothing will help unless she actually has the product in the stores to purchase. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:38)

51k units (111,699) by Dove from United States I guess that's how many of us there are. It hit me today that this album cycle is pretty much done. It makes me kind of sad. I'm still going to be listening to the album nonstop but we're not going to be seeing her as much again. I hope she at least does more social media appearances for us, to stay connected. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 06:26)

"It's one of his classics" (111,698) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya it's something from one of his older albums and the song was more than likely released but without Mariah. I also wish Mariah wouldn't give half baked answers lol, girl spill the whole tea or don't. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 05:27) this is a reply to message 111,694

"It's one of his classics" (111,694) by Edward from USA This is how part of that interview went down. Andy: Did you write it? Mariah: No, it's one of his classics, and I sang along with him and did new background vocals and did... Judging by the way she's saying, this wasn't a duet post mortem. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:47)

"It's one of his classics" (111,697) by Lambi from USA Yeah it's already an existing classic and Mariah basically just "sprinkled it with her brilliance" as Ari would say. I'm curious what uptempo song it is. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 03:46) this is a reply to message 111,694

"It's one of his classics" (111,694) by Edward from USA This is how part of that interview went down. Andy: Did you write it? Mariah: No, it's one of his classics, and I sang along with him and did new background vocals and did... Judging by the way she's saying, this wasn't a duet post mortem. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:47)

Here for everything but it all (111,696) by T from USA A quick Google search of Mariah Carey's name and the top 5 news articles are about: a secret MJ duet, a secret rock album, Eminem, still not knowing JLo, and the Christmas tour. Gee, I wonder why the album is not in the top 5 on Billboard? I guess a new artist can debut high because it literally is all about the music, but as an act reaches their sixteenth album all everyone cares about is everything else. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 03:39)

The numbers are not matching up (111,695) by Edward from USA Bobby A, those are solid numbers for a legacy artist. For example, Ed Sheen's [sic] Play dropped on September 12 and opened with 71k first week sales, 51k of which were pure album sales. Yet just two weeks later, it's already out of the BB200 albums. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 03:07) this is a reply to message 111,692

The numbers are not matching up (111,692) by Bobby A from United States HFIA is projected to sell 51,000 copies for its first week and debut at number #7 on the Billboard 200. Caution sold 51,000 and had a #5 debut with less promotion and no hit singles before its release. Seems like an powerful entity has its hand in keeping HFIA's true numbers hidden and distorted. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:32)

"It's one of his classics" (111,694) by Edward from USA This is how part of that interview went down. Andy: Did you write it? Mariah: No, it's one of his classics, and I sang along with him and did new background vocals and did... Judging by the way she's saying, this wasn't a duet post mortem. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:47) this is a reply to message 111,691

"It's one of his classics" (111,691) by Lambi from USA That too but IBT is more of a ballad in her own arranged key. I feel she's talking about more of an uptempo record. Mariah said something along the lines of "I added background vocals and sang over him", and I feel I'm That Chick is closer to that. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 01:58)

Mariah needs to be part of a major label #7 51,000 (111,693) by T from USA I was worried about her signing to gamma and my worries were correct. It surely was a way to connect to what moves records these days which is streaming, particularly at Apple. The only problem with that is it was a big gamble as Mariah isn't, and probably never will be a streaming artist. Her strength is physical sales and unfortunately being independent meant many countries, many stores from Canada to Spain, just didn't have the album in stock. I'm not mad about the first week sales but I am disappointed. It was in her hands, and she did decently but what about actually singing some of these great songs on tv? Like Jimmy Kimmel and America's got Talent literally were both ratings hits the week her album came out. Why didn't she book onto these shows way ahead of time and sing HFIA? Nothing will help unless she actually has the product in the stores to purchase. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:38)

The numbers are not matching up (111,692) by Bobby A from United States HFIA is projected to sell 51,000 copies for its first week and debut at number #7 on the Billboard 200. Caution sold 51,000 and had a #5 debut with less promotion and no hit singles before its release. Seems like an powerful entity has its hand in keeping HFIA's true numbers hidden and distorted. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 02:32)

"It's one of his classics" (111,691) by Lambi from USA That too but IBT is more of a ballad in her own arranged key. I feel she's talking about more of an uptempo record. Mariah said something along the lines of "I added background vocals and sang over him", and I feel I'm That Chick is closer to that. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 01:58) this is a reply to message 111,684

"It's one of his classics" (111,684) by T from USA Mariah covered MJ in I'll Be There back in 1992. (Friday 3 October 2025; 15:09)

So... thoughts on the VMA performance? (111,690) by Lambi from USA I got this one correct again about Mariah's dancing trauma as a little kid. I called it before she even referenced it on WWHL. I don't have enough fingers for all these rings. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 01:50) this is a reply to message 111,040

So... thoughts on the VMA performance? (111,040) by Lambi from USA To the real Lambilies, this was expected. I was honestly just smiling the whole time, I felt like her bestie hyping her up: "Go girl. Project." But yeah, to the casual viewer at home, this probably came off as stale and a little sad to watch, with her age in context. I thought the general public's sentiment would probably be, "It's time to retire." But I checked the YouTube comments, surprisingly passed the vibe check, it sounded like they are openly just accepting Mariah: "Only Mimi could walk across the stage like a robot and make it iconic." "She gives me everything and nothing at the same time, I love it." LMAO. I know Mariah is mortified of dancing because when she was a little girl, her aunt once used it as a determining factor if she was black or not. (It's so f***ed up) But I wish she could move past that. Heartbreaker-era Mariah doing choreography was so cute. I actually think she's a decent dancer, she has natural rhythm. Obviously not a showstopper but still entertaining to watch. People are accepting of her giving that little now, but maybe she can give a tiny bit more on the stage presence department. (Monday 8 September 2025; 23:51)

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,689) by BFF from United States Yeah, you may be right about it being her idea. But it did kind of irritate me when Questlove made a remark about it being Mariah’s best record. Even if he was joking, it just annoys me that people are diverting attention away from HFIA, which happens to be really great and that fans have been waiting on for seven years. Hopefully the deluxe edition will help revive some momentum after the Mimi tour and the Christmas residency. (Saturday 4 October 2025; 01:32) this is a reply to message 111,688

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,688) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly I think it was Mariah who asked for them to bring up SUD because there's no way all the interviews kept asking her about it when really no one other than lambs know about it. And I also don't get the point of her insisting on wasting time talking about it when it seems at least from what she says that she doesn't know who owns the rights to it and how she can release it. She's been randomly bringing it up and it never goes anywhere. She should just focus on HFIA and I'm a bit disappointed that she doesn't have much stories to share about her writing process when the question comes up either from the interviewer or the fans. She's very vague and very airy about it yet she keeps saying that people don't give her credit for writing her songs. I also get annoyed that she keeps saying "it's in my book" like girl one promo at a time. (Friday 3 October 2025; 22:15)

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,688) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly I think it was Mariah who asked for them to bring up SUD because there's no way all the interviews kept asking her about it when really no one other than lambs know about it. And I also don't get the point of her insisting on wasting time talking about it when it seems at least from what she says that she doesn't know who owns the rights to it and how she can release it. She's been randomly bringing it up and it never goes anywhere. She should just focus on HFIA and I'm a bit disappointed that she doesn't have much stories to share about her writing process when the question comes up either from the interviewer or the fans. She's very vague and very airy about it yet she keeps saying that people don't give her credit for writing her songs. I also get annoyed that she keeps saying "it's in my book" like girl one promo at a time. (Friday 3 October 2025; 22:15) this is a reply to message 111,687

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,687) by BFF from United States Yeah, that's why I was a little irritated during the US promo interviews when interviewers started asking her about "Someone's Ugly Daughter" rather than HFIA. She had a relatively narrow time interval to promote the album, and it really should be the focus because it's a great body of work. I think they should have put the album out much sooner, closer to the release of "Type Dangerous". She wasn't as busy with tour engagements during the Summer, so she could have devoted more time to the album. I know some people did not like "Type Dangerous", but it caught fire in a way like none of her single releases since "#Beautiful". They should have pushed the first single a lot harder and planned better so that "The Celebration of Mimi" shows were not diverting attention away from the album. She has tour engagements planned for all of October and into the first week of November, and then the Christmas residency starts on November 28. It seems like they are just going to let the album fade away like they did with "Caution". (Friday 3 October 2025; 16:41)

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,687) by BFF from United States Yeah, that's why I was a little irritated during the US promo interviews when interviewers started asking her about "Someone's Ugly Daughter" rather than HFIA. She had a relatively narrow time interval to promote the album, and it really should be the focus because it's a great body of work. I think they should have put the album out much sooner, closer to the release of "Type Dangerous". She wasn't as busy with tour engagements during the Summer, so she could have devoted more time to the album. I know some people did not like "Type Dangerous", but it caught fire in a way like none of her single releases since "#Beautiful". They should have pushed the first single a lot harder and planned better so that "The Celebration of Mimi" shows were not diverting attention away from the album. She has tour engagements planned for all of October and into the first week of November, and then the Christmas residency starts on November 28. It seems like they are just going to let the album fade away like they did with "Caution". (Friday 3 October 2025; 16:41) this is a reply to message 111,685

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,685) by T from USA Whoever is managing her needs to wake up. Fine, she's left the USA but if she's going overseas they should at least mention the new album in these articles. Pushing 'The Celebration of Mimi' at this point makes zero sense. She just released an album. That would be like Taylor Swift going around promoting 1989 right now. (Friday 3 October 2025; 15:11)

Help please (HFIA booklet) (111,686) by Zachariah from Croatia She looked like she in late 20's there. I was shocked. (Friday 3 October 2025; 15:14) this is a reply to message 111,682

Help please (HFIA booklet) (111,682) by Dove from United States I like her sexy looks but I actually really loved what she was wearing on Jennifer Hudson's show. (Friday 3 October 2025; 09:57)

Article: Mariah Carey arrives in Jakarta with Ondel-Ondel welcome (111,685) by T from USA Whoever is managing her needs to wake up. Fine, she's left the USA but if she's going overseas they should at least mention the new album in these articles. Pushing 'The Celebration of Mimi' at this point makes zero sense. She just released an album. That would be like Taylor Swift going around promoting 1989 right now. (Friday 3 October 2025; 15:11)

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