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Billy from England / Triumphant (45,492) by Martyn from England, UK I have never understood the hatred for Triumphant. It's in my top 10 of all time. So empowering, and an incredible chorus. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 10:37)

Migrate (45,491) by THE TRUTH from USA Truth be told, without Tommy she never would have had the massive support from Sony or any other major. Although WB was courting her simultaneously it was not at that level, Tommy championed her obsessively almost to the point of losing his job. Record companies were not investing in artist development on that level back then. She was a remarkable emerging talent back then but labels were very conservative and radio had to be aggressively primed for her. Yes Benny was a powerhouse, as was Sandy Galen but none of these super managers lasted for very long and with good reason. You have to be manageable or a have a genius marketing mind like Madonna. Mariah doesn't want leaders around her, she wants sycophants, hence; JD, and Nick. Not to be rude but if Butterfly drinks are an indication of what's in store, I'd say sending flowers or balloons to Benny Medina might be a great move on her part. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 9:46)

One More Try (45,490) by Darryle from USA I believe it's about the miscarriage. I have a few reasons for that. One being the heartbeat. I believe that could be the heartbeat of her child. Two are the lines: "I'm looking out for angels", "Just trying to find some peace." I think these lines mean that Mariah's looking to heaven or God trying to find if her child has become an angel and she's trying to come to peace with that. Also the line: "I don't want to learn to hold you touch you think that you're mine." This line would mean get attached and love it because that would bring more pain knowing that she would only lose it. Three being all the goodbyes she adds in the song would be her parting ways. Last is her voice. I think Mariah chose to sing in such a high voice on this song is because she's trying to replicate or imitate a child like voice because the songs about a miscarriage. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 7:59)

Celebrities praise Mariah Carey: part 4 (45,489) by Dove from USA I found this fanmade video on YouTube. Even though I know Mariah is one of the best selling artists of all time, sometimes I forget and I feel like I'm the only one, so when I hear other people are just as in love with her it makes me really happy. I especially related to the Mary J Blige part at about 7:13. When I was little Mariah gave me hope when it felt like I had nothing to live for too and I also felt like she was an angel. I want for her to keep burning her light and not fade away. I hope they do have a 25 anniversary concert to honor her next year featuring celebrities who love her as much as we do. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 6:35)

Lee / relevancy (45,487) by Edward from USA Lee, I never stated that Madonna was relevant. One thing she has done better than most though is keeping her old fan base coming to her concerts. Madonna, Michael, Mariah, Whitney, and Celine have all won their place in music history. Out of all the remaining acts Mariah is definitely the most relevant. She's only 44, I think she still has another great and successful album under her weave. She just needs a great manager, publicist, label, and great music. Every time those four factors have come into place, she's had great success. But she's been more successful when she has listened and allowed to be guided by those who know the business. Tommy made her keep "Hero" and suggested she should record a Christmas album ("Merry Christmas"). The man may have been wicked, but he had an eye for talent and great music. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 5:55)

E=MC2 is a great album (45,486) by jaker20 from US But the promo is terrible, and it's partly due to the timing of the album with her marriage to Nick. As soon as Bye Bye dropped, her career also went bye bye. I'm not blaming Nick for her failed career since. I'm just stating facts. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 3:43)

Edward, Truth (45,485) by Lee from USA If Madonna was so relevant, then why hasn't she had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 since the late 1990s but had the number 1 grossing tour of 2012? It surely isn't the music that drawing her fans in. I thank the heavens that Mimi don't need to resort to that nonsense to make her legacy. But I agree with you that Mimi needs some new people around her to help preserve it. (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 0:53)

New message from MC, tour (45,484) by nikki from usa "Hi lambs, welcome to the brand new mariahcarey.com. Stay tuned as we continue adding more sections and pow moments to the site. We're also gonna be coming up with some festive contests for the lambily. Lastly, I just wanted to thank everyone for always supporting me. You know Me. I Am Mariah... It's only the beginning. The elusive chanteuse dahlings. I can't wait to see you when I hit the road, starting very soon and I'm very excited about it. Love you much, bye bye." Mariah (Tuesday 22 July 2014; 0:27)

Mariah's official website (45,483) by Manny from U.S. Mariah has a new message on her official website. She mentions she will "hit the road soon". I'm excited. Last time I saw her in concert was in Vegas. It's long overdue. I haven't seen anyone mention that the WMA will be broadcasted in the UK. Finally, we will see Mariah open the show with "Meteorite" (Sunday August 3, 7pm). (Monday 21 July 2014; 23:54)

Re: The Truth (45,482) by migrate2008 from I enjoy your posts. Truth be told. We (the fans) are the victims of her side effects (Tommy, control issues). She had a great 4 years with Benny Medina. Maybe she saw Tommy in Benny? I am curious to see what's next. Will she continue controlling her own career? Or will she hire a manager like Benny? Time will tell. (Monday 21 July 2014; 23:48)

My 2 cents (45,481) by B from USA I'm happy. Mariah made the type of music she loves. The type of music I want from her. Yes, this era has been messy but it hasn't made me think any less of her or the album. She's still the greatest. Kids these days don't know what real talent is. Sad but true. (Monday 21 July 2014; 23:39)

Theories of Mariah decline (45,480) by Isabelle from USA There have been tons of theories about why her music career has declined. One of them is Nick Cannon, ever since they announce their engagement Mariah's music started to windle down. Nick Cannon made Mariah's personal life into an open book. The thing that people were curious about her was her personal life, now that Nick Cannon speaks about it, it may have turned people off. The second hasn't become a visual artist, such as Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna, Katy. Mariah's visuals from music and concerts are sort of lacking. Current artists are using visuals to get people's short attention span, making them feel like they are watching more than just a music video or concert but a film. Third has to do with ageism/sexism, many radio programmers have said they don't want to play women of certain ages because they feel like they would be able to bring the enough advertisers and listeners to stations if they play them on their station. We don't longer live in a society where we would have to call in to stations so they can play their music on the radio because we have different other sources to listen to our music. Which would effect an artist like Mariah wouldn't be able to reach out new audiences to her music. (Monday 21 July 2014; 23:19)

Triumphant (45,479) by Billy from England, UK Just been listening to this song after a while and I love it. (Monday 21 July 2014; 22:21)

Ageism particularly Edward (45,478) by THE TRUTH from USA Hi Edward, your observations about Madonna's album packaging, promotion, and success of her tours speaks to her success at recognizing and often leading trends. This has always been her genius. She manages to stay relevant at her advanced age. Madonna historically had brilliant mentors like Jellybean, Freddy Demann, Seymour Stein, etc. Her marketing strategies have always been inspired. Never much of a singer but always genius. Anyone calling Madonna "an exception" I'd ask, "Mariah isn't one?" I do think it's unfortunate to hear people mentioning Mariah, Cher, JLo, and Madonna etc in the same breath when we're talking about singing and songwriting, even post 2001 she's in a stratosphere all her own. Also, please everybody stop blaming JD for her failure, he's a junk manager but she hired him. As far as her marketing to a youth market, she should have just stayed true to the fans who made her a star rather than chasing the kids. Say and believe whatever you like about Tommy Mottola but he was a brilliant mentor and you can actually track her downward trajectory to their break up. Just because you divorce someone doesn't mean you need to now drive 180 mph in the opposite direction just to show you can. (Monday 21 July 2014; 22:18)

Re: the heartbeat on OMT (45,477) by TR from USA I always thought the significance of the heartbeat was more like trepidation or nervousness. The song is about the hesitance of giving love another try, so I thought she was referencing Nick (song is preceded by Money, quite obviously about him). She's saying she's been through a lot of hurt and the people she thought she loved ended up basically just teaching her about heartbreak ("Teacher, there are things that I still have to learn, and the last one I had made me cry"). Given how Memoirs ended with IWTKWLI, I thought this was an appropriate 80s cover-sequel to that song. She's nervous about putting her heart on the line again, and if he's just going to hurt her, he should "just let her go" because she can't handle going through that level of hurt again. So the heartbeat identifies how we all feel when we're anxious about starting something all over again, particularly if we've had bad experiences in the past. You're nervous, you're cautious, you're fragile, you're scared. Your heartbeat is the only thing you can hear sometimes, and it's so loud to you that you think everybody must be able to hear it. The brilliance here is that it's very faint at the end of the song, so it's almost as if she's conveying this exact message: "My vulnerability here is not as loud and obvious to you as it is to me." It's the most effective part of that song for me because the vocal just isn't doing it in my opinion (it almost doesn't sound like her at all). (Monday 21 July 2014; 21:25)

Static and clicking (45,476) by Warr-en-Peace from United States Anyone notice the insane amount of static and clicking in several songs, noticeably both Supernatural and YDKWTD? Also, listen to the single version of Beautiful and then the album version. In Miguel's last few lines in the first chorus there is major mic overload that isn't apparent in the single version. I realized that the song was remastered for the album to flow well and it was given a less bass-heavy instrumental. Doing this likely caused his vocals to change and go unnoticed. (Monday 21 July 2014; 21:20)

Radio / over 40 (45,475) by John from USA Guys, I didn't say that radio never plays songs from women over 40. I just meant that it becomes much more of an uphill battle at that point. Cher managed to get a hit with "Believe" because, in my opinion, she got very lucky (right song at the right time). All subsequent songs from her have flopped at radio. Madonna's last radio hit was "4 Minutes" in 2008, but I believe that was mainly because of Justin Timberlake. "Gimme all your lovin" was a top 10 hit, but only due to strong downloads (I never heard that song on the radio). Again, not saying any of these women or Mariah can't have more hits after 40, but I think we can all agree that women over 40 have to work much harder. Doesn't make it right (because it's not), it just makes it so. (Monday 21 July 2014; 20:42)

Mariah (45,474) by RockyRoc from England What is with all this negativity, despite the album sales and media attention, we all know her third coming is on it's way, just sit back and relax, before you know it she's snatched all your wigs. I'll be damned if I'm wrong. (Monday 21 July 2014; 20:11)

Regarding heartbeat at end of One More Try (45,473) by Michele from USA If the album is sequenced like Mariah has said it is, then the miscarriage wouldn't fit in. My guess about the song is that it is Mariah's relationship with the music/record industry. Even though the song was written by George Michael, it could easily be something that Mariah would say to the record label. "I wrote the song, I know it's wrong, just let me go." The heartbeat could be reflective of back in February (which would fit in more with the sequencing) when Mariah had that contest where she said "I'm giving you my heart", and she gave away the necklace that Tommy gave to her when Vision Of Love went to Number One. It's like she was giving away a part of her that had been with her almost since day one, and by a very influential person in the music industry. And it's like, okay, let's give this one more try in the music industry with a different approach. (Monday 21 July 2014; 20:04)

The Truth from USA / really? (45,472) by Edward from USA The Truth from USA, I completely agree with you about Mariah getting a mentor who knows what he/she is doing and following that mentor with humility, but must I remind you that Madonna's album MDNA was bundled up with ticket sales for her concert that year, and that's why it debuted at #1? The week after its debut, MDNA experienced the biggest drop in sales since SoundScan began tracking sales. Madonna's last two top 10 hits were featuring the popular acts of the moment, Justin Timberlake and Nicki Minaj respectively. Madonna herself has complained that people always have to mention of her age. She has some of the best grossing tours, yet she cannot translate that into album sales. At least she still has her tours. Age is definitely against women in the music industry regardless of the quality of the music they produce. Every once in a blue moon an artist of age crack in Billboard Hot 100 top 20, like Cher did with "Believe". In the 80's females in their 40's were popping hits left and right. I'm not making excuses for Mariah lack of promotion and effort, but ageism is definitely a factor, that adding up to a very messy era, is not helping her at all. (Monday 21 July 2014; 18:01)

MIAM legacy (45,470) by Jono from USA So the sales of this album and the impact of its singles are very disappointing, but I'd rather have this than a Mariah that could have easily sold out and created songs that would have taken off at radio, but sacrifice her signature sound to appease the masses. As Kanye West said, "radio is not a place where I want to be right now". Missy hasn't made a record in years because she is so uninspired by what's "in". Mariah has openly criticized how everyone has hopped on the "techno" trend. The quality of pop is at its low point. These artists are not going to sell out just to sell. Of course we'd all like to see Mariah ruling the charts, but the fact that 24 years in to the game she releases one of her best records in a sprawling catalog is a true testament to this woman's genius. This is an artist's album for the fans. Not for the record company or the sales. Every legendary artist has had an album or two that wasn't commercially successful, but was a true representation of their artistic vision. That's hard to accomplish when you have record labels that only care about making money. As for YDKWTD, I truly thought it had potential to be a huge hit, because it has a such a throwback sound to the point where it actually sounds fresh. But as lambily's personal little gem, it's nice as well. Ever time I've played the song to new ears, my friends have loved it. I'm happy as long as I continue hearing music from Mariah. I no longer care about her sales. She has nothing left to prove. (Monday 21 July 2014; 17:36)

The Truth (45,469) by RadChad from United States Your post about Madonna is true, but that seems to be more of the exception than the rule. I can't speak for other regions, but I know I hardly ever hear Mariah's new music on radio and that's a huge problem as far as garnering the general public's attention. She needs radio and that's what has been the major issue since Obsessed and #Beautiful from my observation. (Monday 21 July 2014; 17:29)

Over 40 radio won't play (45,468) by Kyle from USA I disagree with the "over 40 is too old for a woman musician to be played on Top 40 radio". It makes me sick. Let's not forget Cher was 55 when "Believe" hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And Madonna's MDNA album generated a top 10 single on the Hot 100 last year with "Give Me All Your Lovin' ". And she is 53. So, it is possible. Now, I also agree that marketing for these 40 plus women is key to success. There is a new generation they need to capture and they are "competing" with the likes of Katy Perry, Rhianna, etc, though I don't feel Mariah, Madonna and Cher are really "competing" against today's music "artists". These women are in a class all their own. I strongly believe we haven't seen the best from Mariah Carey. She is so creative and constantly writing. We haven't by far seen her last number one song. (Monday 21 July 2014; 17:04)

Over 40 taboo for women at radio? (45,467) by THE TRUTH from USA Hey John. Have we all forgotten that in 2012, Madonna at age 53 released MDNA which debuted at #1 on Billboard. "Give me your Lovin" off the aforementioned album garnered her 38th top ten single (at radio) and the associated tour was the largest grossing tour of the year, and the 10th highest grossing tour of all time. Let's stop making excuses for post 2001, celebrate her prior accomplishments which are legendary and unprecedented in scope, and accept that without a strong mentor and the humility to follow that mentor's direction there is not likely to be a bright future for MC at radio. (Monday 21 July 2014; 16:22)

E=MC2 (45,466) by John from USA I'm really enjoying all the love that E=MC2 is getting. E=MC2 and Slaydream are actually my two favorite Mariah albums of all time (MIAMETC and Music Box/Butterfly follow closely), and I have always felt that E=MC2 is one of her most commercial and polished records. I'm saddened to say that I truly think that E=MC2 was Mariah's last chance for an epic era. She had the TEOM afterglow, the general public was on her side, radio was playing her, and she looked absolutely amazing (probably the best she ever had). Not to mention that she hadn't yet crossed the line that is to enter into her 40s, which we know is taboo for radio airplay (for women, anyway). That era, in my opinion, was put in its grave too quickly due to lousy single choices and her getting married and falling off the face of the Earth. I love Mariah, and always will, but I still haven't gotten over that era. I'm not sure her career will ever recover from TEOM/early E=MC2 status. E=MC2 had everything going for it, and the hits were there. Such a damn missed opportunity. Just like MIAMTEC., but at least E=MC2 had a nice start, and was fun for us while it lasted. (Monday 21 July 2014; 15:27)

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