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Mariah needs to get real (39,000) by Jeanette from USA Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Donna to me are women who can sing but it's a shame that the music industry is being overshadowed by Gaga, Katy and Taylor. The songs to me that Mariah Carey should have released would be And You Don't Remember and You're So Cold and So Blessed. I love the Emotions album. Whitney Houston in an rare video was saying how she loves Mariah Carey and even singing a part of Vision Of Love. I feel that yes Mariah has changed over time, but she to me has lost a part of her. Once upon a time she released an album with no problems, now these days it seem as it is hard to get an album off the ground. I think Mariah should just fade away and stop releasing these unsuccessful songs. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 16:49)

The Art of Waiting (38,999) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia I guess that's the kind of art that we all lambs are having right now. Hehe. Just kidding. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 16:04)

Mariah is R&B (38,998) by Jamie from UK Oh and I forgot to mention, Mariah has had a mainly R&B fanbase since Butterfly. So really there isn't that much competition between her and Gaga and Perry who are mainly pop/electronic. She should just release the album whenever she's ready and personally I don't care how long she takes. Shouldn't we be grateful she's already released tons for us to enjoy since 1990? Plus she broke her arm, I don't want to see her performing until she's fully recovered. Poor thing. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 15:44)

Album, new single (38,997) by Jamie from UK Lady Gaga and Katy Perry have the same fanbase, so they have competition. Mariah's fanbase is slightly older in general. So for Mariah it probably won't make much difference whether she releases the album in November or January. What will make the difference is a worldwide hit single or a high quality album on par with TEOM (preferably both which is why TEOM was so big). Interesting facts: The Emancipation Of Mimi was the world's second best selling album in 2005. E=MC2 was the 26th. Memoirs was 46th. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 15:16)

The Art of Letting Go (38,995) by clueey23 from USA I just wanna know why everyone is so concerned with Gaga and Katy Perry? I know that they are popular, but when it comes to material, MC is still unmatched. The ladies are on their third albums. I don't think MC should release the album next year. The album should be released as soon as her arm heals. MC should release a 2nd single and hit up every show to promote it after 'The butler' comes out. Seriously, waiting after other artists release material is silly. Because Gaga and Perry aren't the only artist coming out. And Mariah doesn't sing pop or pure pop. She is more of a r&b artist in my eyes, and has always been since 1990. Gaga and Perry's singles are good, but childlike in my opinion. Like most music these days, it's designed to appeal to 12 year olds. So I honestly don't see them as competition. Their singles are being played because of the same clear channel deal MC used for #Beautiful, like every other artist does. MC should just come with new material sooner than later and do cross promotion for her Christmas music and the new material. If she wants to look like she is an insecure diva who is afraid to release her material because of Gaga or Perry, then yes, wait until sometime in 2014. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 14:26)

My two cents on the album release (38,994) by Will from England If Mariah really wants to avoid directly competing with Gaga and KP, then from what I see, she has two options. She can either wait untill after the hype for the two albums to have died down, and release her album then. (Providing that there are no other major releases from other artists. Adele, I'm looking at you.) In which case, the second single would need to be near the end of the year, followed closely by the album to catch the Christmas sales, then enter the new year with the next single. Or, she can release the second single within the next two weeks, followed closely by the video, then release the album beginning of September. That way, her album would be out for a quite a bit before LG's and KP's albums come out. She needs to have a really attention grabbing single that will force the attention back to her, and a decent video, and I agree with a comment below that it can't be "we'll see what happens", the promotion needs to be "you will listen to this song because you won't be able to escape it until you buy it". (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 12:22)

2nd single (38,993) by Lainsky from Philippines I guess it's about time if MC is releasing her album this year. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 11:19)

TAOLG (38,992) by Commodore from USA I agree with the previous post about the album being pushed back to January, but if my theory is correct, the schedule will look like this. November around the time M is prompting Christmas music she tells that the new album will be released on January 30 or something. Then it gets pushed back again to April which is when she normally releases her albums. I think it was smart to use #Beautiful as a buzz because even though it was a great song, it didnt scream a new era like TMB did or ILT or even Obsessed did. She needs a heavy hitting pop/R&B song to crossover like those did and if she wants to use a rapper, do a pop version with just her and a Hiphop version. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 7:19)

Fan mail (38,991) by OGmattyICE from US Hi, I'm kind of new here and I was hoping to get some help. I have been searching high and low for a legitimate address where I can send fan mail. I wrote Mariah a letter about how her music changed and inspired my life and I want to send it through the mail so she can read it, but I don't know a address I can send it to. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 5:19)

Twitter (38,990) by Gatsby13 from Japan I think MC should delete her twitter account. Twitter makes the lambs more impatient. She should go back to the old style voice message. It is more personal and truthful. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 4:33)

New era (38,989) by Kikuraku from USA First of all, even though Mariah is extremely savvy when it comes to timing album releases, there's no way in hell she could compete with the Gagas and Katys without a bulletproof #1 single. #Beautiful could of had a shot at #1 if it weren't for all the bad press her "live" performances generated in its wake. To add insult to injury, Mariah has been super lazy promoting this song. Releasing a gazillion mediocre remixes is not going to work in this day and age, it's not the early 2000s anymore. She needs to shove her music down people's throats like 1D and Taylor Swift do. Get their management teams instead of winging it and trying to be Wonder Woman. We want to stop hearing Nick say "My wife did all of the stage production and what not" because truth be told, it's starting to get a bit frustrating and embarrassing. Triumphant was a weak track, Almost Home was attached to a terrible movie, and Beautiful was left to die of lack of attention. MC, what are you doing? (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 2:41)

The new era is 2014 (38,988) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia I believe that the new era would begin by January 2014. This is because it is already August and we haven't heard any news regarding the album, plus there are others big names who will be dropping their albums at the end of the year. There is no way Mariah's label would want to compete with that. All we lambs can hope is that Mariah would take the next couple of months to relax and recharge especially her voice. Or maybe Mariah could tease us with her Unplugged 2013. I can dream, can I? (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 20:42)

Rashidi / new video (38,987) by Edward from USA Rashidi, it didn't make sense releasing the Jeezy remix video even around the time it was being filmed, since #Beautiful was already deflating rapidly on the charts, especially on airplay. So, having it released now doesn't make much sense, unless she includes it as a bonus or something once the new album/single is out. I think we need to have new music instead of beating on an already rotting dead horse. It worries me that some of the events that were lined up with the release of this album are just passing by, like the release of The Butler. This movie is going to be a big event, since Oprah and some other big names are acting on it. As much I love #Beautiful, I think it shouldn't be on the new album should she releases it next year. If only she came out with some extra acoustic versions of some of the songs of the new album as a token of appreciation for having people waiting so long. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 19:45)

With Gaga and Perry, don't expect an album this year (38,986) by Edward from USA Katy Perry and Lady Gaga are both releasing albums in August and November respectively. I doubt Mariah's going to take the chance to get her efforts drowned by their albums, so I don't see an album release happening this year. My only concern is the fact that people get tired of waiting, and their attention shifts towards other things. I keep repeating the case with the Leona Lewis album. She put a single out, it didn't work out, and then they pushed the album back for a whole year. By the time the album got released, even though she had some great music and vocals on it, people weren't interested in it anymore. Now the focus is on Katy Perry and Gaga, and maybe it's going to keep being so until the end of the year. How could Mariah put out two epic albums basically in two years (Daydream and Butterfly) where she wrote most of the songs by herself? Now she's almost four years in working on this album, and everything has been a total mess in terms of coordinating the proper release of this album. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 18:49)

I wasn't saying that (38,985) by Brad Catoe from United States Sorry, that came out wrong. I didn't mean that she hurt herself on purpose. I meant that it's rediculous that she hurt herself for a video that isn't really that important. I know there were some people that thought that and yes, they are crazy. Haha. I think Mariah was lucky in some ways to have her single be that much of a hit and then she responds by falling off the radar. The new single should be out by now. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 18:06)

Where is the video? (38,984) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia It's been several weeks since the shooting of the said video that caused M to dislocate her shoulder due to exhaustion. The least they could do is premiere the video on Vevo. This will at least pull some ratings for next anticipated album. Or they could release another single, Bring It On Home or Save The Day. Those two tracks have been talked about since 1902. But I do have a feeling that the next single would be a hip hop-based record with that rapper that was all over the news few weeks back. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 15:28)

Brad / Dionne005 / Zachary (38,983) by Musti from UK I don't think Brad suggested Mariah hurt herself deliberately. I do see his point in that by the time Mariah began to shoot the remix video, #Beautiful had already started to decline both in airplay and sales and it was highly unlikely that a new video of yet another remix was going to push the song into the top 10. The video ended up being a wasted effort and I guess it just wasn't meant to happen in the end. I also agree that it wouldn't be a smart move to compete with Katy or Gaga as they both have selling power. It would be great to see Mariah top the Billboard 200 again and those 2 ladies would seriously jeopardise that. But I also understand that she needs to be in good shape and fully recovered before she releases anything new and starts promoting. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 12:38)

On purpose (38,982) by Zachary from Croatia Are some of you dumb on purpose? She hurt herself on purpose? Please. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 11:50)

Some fans (38,981) by Anonymous from Ok, some of you are starting to sound crazy. You know who you are. Calm down and let the woman work. Mariah didn't hurt herself on purpose. How would you feel at work if people kept saying hurry up, dang. Can you work any slower, you said you would be done weeks ago and it's almost Christmas. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 10:55)

Can we get some news? (38,980) by Brad Catoe from United States Where's the album? It's so silly to seriously injure yourself for a remix to a song that has fallen off the charts. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of #Beautiful, but just because you fall off a box don't mean you fall off the radar. The album was supposed to be out weeks ago and now there is no news. What's going on? #Beautiful has become annoying haha. She should at least throw us lambs a bone, she knows we're waiting. Also, where's the second single? What's it called? If she was ready to perform it at BET, why hasn't some sort of news leaked. Oh and now she's competing with Gaga and Katy. That's all everyone is going to be talking about for the next few months. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 1:30)

Mariah is working long hours (38,979) by Gilbert from USA Okay Mariah, you mentioned you're working all these long hours and you slipped because you were exhausted from lack of sleep. Where is the Mariah freaking album? For awhile there I thought so much for Summer 2013 for you, it's practically over. Grr. I just want to rant for no special reason. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 0:33)

Special K (38,978) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Yeah, it's such a great song. Such a brilliant interpretation. For me, it's definitely in Mariah's top 5 songs, and is up there with All I've Ever Wanted and Whenever You Call, as being outstanding vocal displays. Mariah was compared to a lot of other females in the 90s, who were known for their belting. With these songs she showed she had more than just a voice she could belt with. There was more to her range than the others. She could experiment with different keys and vocal tones, yet still belt like the others. (Monday 12 August 2013; 22:55)

Mariah's "cups" (38,977) by nikki from usa No, this is not about her boobs. I was listening to "cups" from that Pitch Perfect movie that's been blowing up the radio stations lately and it struck me that the feel of it was a lot like Mariah's unreleased track There Goes My Heart Again. It's virtually acapella and all about the lyrics with an understated vocal. I would like a Mariah vocal song without a lot of music. She could sing a melody with her voice alone and with an interesting hook ala ("doo-do-doo-dop" like in ABMB or the la-la-la's from Close My Eyes) where she just sings sounds instead of words that will get into your head until you find a jackhammer to remove them. And major congrats to any of you who managed to follow that random train of thought. (Monday 12 August 2013; 5:24)

Stephen (38,976) by Special K from USA Hello buddy. I actually think Without You is hands down Mariah's all time best vocal performance in a song. It's damn near criminal that she didn't win a Grammy for that song. It's the way she sings in her lower registry and builds up to the climax. Banannas. Talk about a vocal track. And you're right, her interpretation of the song only speaks to her artistry. (Monday 12 August 2013; 2:00)

This is interesting (38,975) by Billy from Greece Black people doing White people doing Black people. (Sunday 11 August 2013; 17:19)

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