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Listening party (42,464) by Myles from CT, USA Where the hell are the details? Tracklisting? Album title? Ugh I need to know. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 19:32)

Re: Billboard charts (42,463) by nikki from usa I have to say, I'm really impressed how high this song has climbed on so many charts. This song has been marginally promoted by her label, if at all, and MC only did like 7 radio interviews with a single performance of this song from the get go. Then, she remained silent ever since, for the past month. Yet, it still continued to climb. If she'd just sing it live a few times somewhere it would easily surge again and become a top 20 hit across the board. At the very least. I can understand complications at the label. But, because MC is a perfectionist and clearly isn't ok releasing the album until it's "right", I don't see her skipping promo duty for family time. Especially, since she's the one who wanted to go on tour. I was watching Glitter last night. The one really unique thing about this film is it really focuses on the behind-the-scenes aspects of record labels. From the purpose and roles of managers, producers, publicists, etc. The major role of publicists is to set dates for interviews, shows, and overall for the artist to be seen and heard by the public. They're usually employed by the label. If the label is in an uproar, perhaps Mariah is in between publicists right now. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 19:18)

Questions? (42,462) by B from USA Triumphant (Get Em) was a flop. #Beautiful featuring Miguel was a hit and peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Tracks Chart. The Art Of Letting Go was released to the fans for the fans by Mariah on her official Facebook page. You're Mine (Eternal) is still climbing the charts. Mariah delayed her album last summer so it wouldn't be overshadowed by Kanye's Yeezus. She's smart and she's talented. She is the voice and she has written 17 #1 songs. Her talent has and is not being questioned by the media, it's her fans/stans/lambs that are doing the questioning. It's sad. She's known for being a perfectionist and working herself into the ground and yet some of you are asking where is Mariah? She's in the studio mixing her album and doing touch ups. She's also most likely working on her body with her trainer. She always makes sure her body looks amazing when she has an album dropping. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 18:51)

Hits Daily Double (42,461) by Dan from US Hits Daily Double has it posted TBD album title out on May 6. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 18:07)

Billboard charts update (42,460) by Angelo from Italy Here is the You're Mine (Eternal) single charts update for this week: Adult Contemporary: #28 (peak: #26) Adult R&B songs: #23 (peak: #20) Dance Club Songs: #12 (...) Hot R&B Songs: #23 (peak #15) Pop Songs: #37 (peak #36) Rhythmic: #37 (peak #35) The Dance Club chart position is great, I think next week the single will climb straight to the top 5 of that chart. Without any promotion, I'm so happy for this single chart conditions. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 14:59)

[censored] (42,459) by JC from UK [censored] I really wonder what pieces she's going to be presenting us soon. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 14:01)

Mariah Carey melody (42,458) by Darryle from USA Can anyone tell me how to post a video on the messageboard? I found a really cool video of Mariah songs but don't know how to post videos. It would be greatly appreciated. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 12:46)

Listening party family timing (42,457) by Spir Ja from USA I loved the twitter video outtakes of the party, complete with staffing company hosting. Brilliant that it's a Roc and Roe moment. Both projects drop in a month. That's coordinating the family schedule right. Makes sense. All the hullabahloo regarding her album drop is because of corp politics. Poor MC, the drama she has to work around while the lambily sweat and it's clear she is having fun and Nick is just full force blooming. Neither of them give a flying [censored] if anyone hates their product, I wager. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 11:32)

Listening party (42,456) by Dav from Ireland Any reports from the listening party? What are the new songs like? (Thursday 3 April 2014; 11:08)

Where is Edouard part 1 (42,455) by jaker20 from US Lol. My post doesn't make much sense now. [Webmaster: I never received part 1, so I think there went something wrong when you tried to submit your message. Maybe you should post that part again.] (Thursday 3 April 2014; 10:37)

Edouard part 2 (42,454) by jaker20 from US That said, I think MC should still release an album. Maybe it's not that album she did with IDJ, but I have faith the album will be amazing regardless. Some of her best singles happen by accident, and not the ones they expect will be hit. Sometimes going with her gut works better than an overly embellished and belabored album. Also, I'm going to talk out of my behind here a little bit, but IMO I think MC should restructure her career so she is not heavily impacted by studio drama. I think there is more venue and platform outside of studio system these days than before. It is the era of indie imo. I'm not saying she should go indie. But as a true artist who has so much mainstream success that she is, I think she should explore her options in a more indie mind-set. Just build it and they will come, as they say. A lot of luck goes on in music industry these days. More hits are made by indies and artists you least expect, and it's harder for studios to manufacture hits and artists now. The public likes studio artsts less these days, IMO. think Butterfly had a bit of that energy, that independent, I'll-do-what-I-want spirit to it. If she takes more chances maybe she'll strike that luck as well. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 8:09)

Duet with Beyoncé? (42,452) by Chicago Lamb from USA Joey Franchize, DJ and morning show producer for Hartford, CT's Hot 93.7, shared a photo of himself at the event via Instagram. See it here. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 6:37)

May 6th (42,451) by Randy from USA G.G. That tweet did give me a bit of hope but I know better than to get excited. That may be him protesting the label getting in the way of the scheduled release. His thought process may be if he can show the label that the fans are demanding the album, it may pressure them into releasing it on time. Now at the same time, they may release it quietly. They could just be willing to let her go and just let it come out with no noise. As for Justin and this YME debacle. Where is the song on the Hot 100? That's the only chart that matters as it covers all genres and formats. MC could sneeze and it be a Top 40 hit on the dance charts. I wonder where is MC right now though? In the past, MC has straight up told us "things in my professional life are hard right now". Publicly she has stated there are issues with both Virgin and Sony in the past. Why should this instance with IDJ be any different? Finally, I want the album to come out on May 6th. The whole thing with family being a priority etc. I call bs on. She completed Rainbow in 3 months. I understand she can't do that now with a family but 5 years? And I know the album was probably ready last year #723. Mariah doesn't take long for a song from start to finish. Look at Love Takes Time, Loverboy, and the first three TEOM singles. So all the mixing, backgrounds, vocals, mastering is probably a piece of cake for her at this point. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 2:52)

I think May 6th is gonna happen (42,450) by G.G. from USA Jermaine just posted on Twitter. All Lambs should change there screen names to May 6th. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 1:27)

What's really going on? (42,449) by Marissa from USA As a fan, I wish I knew how Mariah was really feeling during this period. I see her on Instagram smiling with dem babies and Nick and all of this other stuff, but is she really happy? I know she got a lot of flack during the Glitter era when she was leaving those messages on her website but at least we knew what she was feeling instead of having to look through the smiley facade like everyone else. A big consequence of her not releasing an album in 5 years is that she does less interviews, which gives us less opportunities to hear her speak candidly. This sucks. I just don't know if she's putting on a front for the public or if she's just truly unfazed by what's going on. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 1:15)

Album promotion whirlwind (42,448) by Justin from USA - Los Angeles Guys I really think Mariah is starting to step it up with the album promotion. She just finished her listening party for the new album, she is going to be on the cover of Wonderland magazine, she just released her hot new remixes which are climbing the charts. #19 up 10 positions on Billboard's dance charts. YME is #36 on the Billboard pop songs, and is #38 for radio airplay. It is slowly rising, I believe it has the chance to crack the top 30. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 1:08)

Faith (42,447) by Marissa from USA It's extremely hard for me to have faith that the album will come out on May 6 since we have no info on it, no title, no official tracklist, no promo pictures and now her label is defunct. We might as well brace ourselves for the announcement that it's getting pushed back. It will be a miracle if things work out at this point. I have faith in Mariah because we all know that anyone would want 5 years worth of work to hurry up and come out, but it's apparent that the business aspect is what's holding this up at this point. This era has reminded me that just because someone is a star doesn't mean they are as powerful as we think they are. There's so much red tape involved for anything to be successful in this business. I wouldn't blame her if she retired after this debacle. This era has been exhausting. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 0:59)

Record label (42,446) by Edouard from USA I've said it here before. All the infos I have were legit. IDJ will defunk and it did. That's why Mariah is holding her album due to copyrights, sales prospective and promotions - business, in short. And again, the news about her ranting on the management on a close door meeting last year (alledge diss on Kanye West story) was true. There was the reason why the album was hold so many times. The songs on the album based on my (close to her group) infos were really good and all are "potential singles" and Mariah didn't want to waste it and be a victim of label mess. And yes the one she posted about "final touch/mixing/studio etc" on instagram and twitter, she did really re-arrange and re-mix some of the tracks to sound mainstream. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 23:23)

New album (42,445) by Hanno van Leeuwen from The Netherlands Hello, I am new here since today, but I have been reading all these messages a couple of years. There is one thing that bothers me here and that is why everybody here wants so desperately a tracklist, an album cover etc. Lets just all wait until May 6. So far there is no delay, so lets just wait and see what Mariah has in store for us. I just know it will be great. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 21:48)

Listening session (42,444) by G.G. from USA I just saw pictures on different sites of Mariah arriving to the listening session in NYC. I can't wait to hear the reviews and first impressions from the people invited. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 21:48)

New era (42,443) by B from USA The last video played on VH1 this morning was You're Mine (Eternal). I loved the song the first time I heard it. It's still climbing thr charts. I think it will peak the week the album comes out. It's a great song and it was well recieved by critics including Billboard. #Beautiful and the Jeezy remix and You're Mine are great songs. I can't wait for May 6th. Counting the days. Excited. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 20:16)

But where's MC? (42,442) by Angelo from Italy I don't blame her for not writing songs or whatever, I blame her to not talk with her fans about the whole situation: 2th April and we don't know nothing about the album, it's 4 years waiting, with her [...] with us with "final touches" messages (end of 2012). This is not respect. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 17:59)

Album coming out soon in my opinion (42,441) by Me. I am Carly from USA I am certain that Mariah knew the changes were coming and I don't think it should cause any more of a delay that she was already aware of. I think the record company wants her album and I think Mariah doesn't want any expectations on her family and personal time so I still believe this album will be here very soon. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 17:19)

Alex, voice of reason (42,440) by Brad Catoe from United States Thank you Alex, so true. To be honest, some people on this board remind me of Tommy Motolla. Sing this way, sing that way, sing these kind of songs, sing more ballads, more pop songs. Let the woman be. She's not a factory, she's a true artist who needs to be inspired to write music. If she couldn't write or sing anymore we should applaud her for one of the most incredible artist of all time. Instead I just see a lot of criticism. Anyways, I can admit I am kind of biased, but Alex is right on. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 17:18)

Song babies and lambs / real babies and husband (42,439) by Me. I am Carly from USA I do t think it is a loss of respect but understand that frame of thought. Truly let's be honest lambs, Mariah has a job that she now feels more fulfilled by and more price for, at that is mothering her children. We are not number one anymore, her real life is. That doesn't mean she doesn't love music but at the end of the day she is a working mom, totally different from the totally self centered perfect pop princess of the past. But she still loves music, we may just go long periods between music as she focuses on her new babies and family (remember the songs were her babies before, and the lambs her family). All I am saying is there may be some jealousy. I admit to missing the intensity of Mariah being ours. (Wednesday 2 April 2014; 17:12)

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