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Matthew (38,633) by Gilbert from USA Hi Matthew, you brought up a good point and I'm not doing this to be negative at all, but I did feel that poor Miguel has to stand over her and make her feel like she is the queen. I mean, we all love Mariah and I think that's great, but I did feel that performance on the 4th of July where she just laid down on the hay was very tacky. Her legs weren't broken to where she couldnt stand and sing with him at least on some part of the performance. I kid you not when I seen it I thought, well is Mariah going to get her butt up to sing or is she gonna just have Miguel stand and feel like she being idol-ed. Come on, I mean I really hope some fans agree that it was a bit tacky for her to just lay there while Miguel was standing. (Wednesday 10 July 2013; 17:49)

Troopers (38,632) by Matthew from USA Well MC is definitely a trooper, but I think Miguel needs to get credit too. I'm not sure he knew what he was in for when he signed up to work with our girl. But he's been through two video shoots already, was asked to redo his vocals in Spanish, then had to go do yet another video for another remix. That's on top of having to awkwardly stand over MC while she lounges away during their promotional performances and the fact that he was relegated to a featured artist when the song is honestly a duet. Poor Miguel. lol. But on the other hand, he can't complain too much. This is great promotion for him as well. And he is working with a living legend. Still, I'm pretty sure in the back of his mind he's thinking that this chick better not do another damn remix. (Wednesday 10 July 2013; 6:56)

Giselle (38,631) by Anonymous from Did you take your pain pills today? Honey, Heartbreaker, My All, It's Like That, We Belong Together, Don't Forget About Us, I Still Believe, The Roof? Need I name more? (Wednesday 10 July 2013; 2:55)

Lol (38,630) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA Mariah's videos were events? LMAO. Since when? She's had a handful of videos that were good out of a 25 year career. Oh and I can't stand when fans say 23 years. She signed her contract in 1988 and was singing background for Starr. [...] (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 23:06)

Nick director (38,629) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA I think Island put a little money into the original video and the explicit version. But, Island doesn't put a lot of money into Mariah anymore, they save it for Rihanna and Justin. Having Nick do it is cheap for her and her management. I pray Mariah is resting and better. Mariah [...], I'm sure they gave you pain pills. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 23:04)

Gilbert (38,627) by Anonymous from I agree. Mariah Carey's videos were events, now her videos, especially those directed by Nick, look cheap. She needs a director like Paul Hunter. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 20:55)

Director of new video (38,626) by Gilbert from USA I know this is more of a complaint, but why Nick? I mean, his videos are pretty wack and he's just taking her down with him. I was reading past reviews and I'd go for a new form of Fantasy, Honey, Breakdown, My All, Dreamlover, I Still Believe, Don't Forget About Us, We Belong Together. I can respect the fact that they are married and he is her husband, but I still feel they need to keep that type of business separate. That's just me, but it was just my two cents. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 17:46)

Cracked ribs (38,625) by Licia from USA I just watched Nick on the Today show. He said that Mariah also cracked a rib and chipped her shoulder. Then after she got out of the hospital, she went right back to finish the video and she's still going to do the Sandy relief charity show. I hope she's up to doing the charity show, but if she cancelled, I would not be mad at all. She deserves a break and a few drinks after all that. Lol. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 17:30)

My Mimi, get well soon (38,624) by jaker20 from US I hope it's nothing serious. Wishing you fast recovery and lots of love. I love you and take care. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 13:32)

Stephen / #Beautiful videos / body double (38,623) by Edward from USA Stephen, I think Mariah is putting all these videos out because it is evident they are low budget videos, #Hermosa being the cheapest one I think. The clean and explicit video versions are basically the same, but editted differently. The one she just shot is being directed and most likely editted by Nick. The timing has been the problem here. I think Mariah is attacking from all angles because the platinum distinction is just about 200,000 downloads away, good hype for the album. I think they know by now #Beautiful has peaked, but a drasticu fall wouldn't look good either. As for Mariah's body double, she wasn't there because Mariah was dressed as Eminem, they were both dressed and hairstyled identically, but her double was younger and somewhat slender than Mariah. She was like a younger version of Mariah for their bodies were identical, legs and all. I was about 10 feet away from them, it was surreal. Get well soon Mariah. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 5:16)

Shoulder injury (38,622) by Terna from Nigeria I just saw it now on Facebook. So sorry Mimi, thank God you're safe and recovering get well soon. Lots of love. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 3:12)

Get well (38,621) by Licia from USA I'm glad Mariah is OK. Hopefully she won't miss the charity event. I don't see what the big deal is about another beautiful video. She did 2 videos for a lot of songs in the 90s and early 2000s. It's not new. I do wish we would have had a new single by now, but for whatever reason she feels that she needs to get this remix video out. For now I will just wait for the million posts about Nick Cannon directing this video and how he's ruining her career. Lol. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 2:33)

MC's recovery / ability to have a complete live performance (38,620) by RadChad from United States *Sighs* I've decided that I won't debate with people on whether Mariah was singing live in a particular performance or not anymore, because at some point it becomes exhausting and irritating. From now on all I'll do is state my honest opinion (after careful investigation) and keep it moving. So for those who want to believe she lipped one or two words in a performance or (better yet) want to believe that she can't possibly hit a whistle note or belt live anymore, under any circumstances, at all, ever. Be my guess. I'll just be content with simply knowing better. Moving along I just want to say I appreciate MC's efforts. The #Beautiful remix with Jeezy is hot and I'm not mad at a video (she's only trying to keep the lambs happy ), as well as keep things afloat until the next single and album release. I still have high hopes and wish MC the best with this project and a speedy recovery. I just want to show my girl some love, because I see her trying. Peace. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 2:26)

What MC's people know (38,619) by nikki from usa Everytime Mariah does a performance her spins/sales increase. I hadn't heard Beautiful on the radio in over a week until the BET and Macy performances and now they've picked it back up again. BET was Sunday night and Billboard tabs on Tuesday, so that wasn't enough time to make an impact, but coupled with Macy's I'd be shocked if she didn't rise this week. Even though Mariah fell a single slot down the BB chart, she's raised in Social Media which is important for her album release. Beautiful has been in the top 20 of Billboard for over a month now, so it doesn't make sense to bury what ain't dead. Especially, now that #Beautiful is so close to platinum sales. Her Heartbreaker video costed over 3 million dollars, but these ones are very low budget and are hitting multiple genres. She seems to be spreading out formats instead of putting all her eggs in one basket. This also buys her time to finish her album properly. Ever wonder what Languishing would've sounded like as a finished product if Memoirs wasn't rushed? I'm looking forward to an album filled with songs instead of interludes. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 2:13)

Will (38,618) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I agree that Mariah has worked hard with the song. My biggest qualm is the timing of the promotion and the type of promotion. I can't see how wasting her budget on another video for #Beautiful can help the album, as it would be better spent together with the actual budget for the next single. However, I'm no expert and will leave it to Mariah to call the shots. She has a 23 year career and I don't lol. In the 90s she worked the fuck out of a big single like this, and I guess she's trying to recreate that strategy. Someone should remind her that is 2013 though. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 1:05)

God bless Mariah (38,617) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I hope she makes a swift recovery. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 1:01)

Get well soon Mariah (38,616) by Will from England Get well soon honey. I never dislocated my shoulder, before but from the stories I've heard, it's not pleasant. If she does go on and perform, and her arm is in a sling (you know it will be styled to have rhinestones on), who will do her hand-fluttering? It's not a MC performance without her hand getting its own spotlight lol. Since the topics below mentioned a body double for Obsessed (which should have been a tad obvious, Mariah's good, but she can't be in two places at once, even in a video), maybe she can bring in an hand-flutterer double lol. No, but back to seriousness, get well soon Mariah. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 0:39)

Shoulder (38,615) by Chase from USA Mariah fell on the set during the video shoot and dislocated her shoulder. She is doing fine. I'm sure articles about this will be posted here soon. I am grateful she is okay. I hope her recovery is quick and relatively painless. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 0:04)

New video for #Beautiful (38,614) by Stacey from USA I had high hopes for this era. #Beautiful was doing well, flying up the charts. Then we get an album delay, possible infighting between MC and IDJ. Now a new video for a song that is slowly falling down the charts. Like others, maybe her team knows something we don't know. I doubt it, lol. Honestly, it's time to get things in gear. Get a new single out with a good video, stop fighting with your label, and set a dang album release date. C'mon, this is ridiculous. If these people are such professionals, how come they are acting so unprofessional? (Monday 8 July 2013; 21:01)

Double (38,613) by Anonymous from For Obsessed a body double would have been used since she plays the stalker and the victim. (Monday 8 July 2013; 20:17)

#Beautiful, many clips? (38,612) by Orkun from The Netherlands It's to me very obvious why there are many versions and 3 video clips of this song. They are trying to give it a Platinum status in the USA. Which is hopefully gonna happen in the coming weeks. I'm not sure but I think it will be her 13th Platinum single. Extending her own record. PS: Macy's performance was fully lipped, including Hero. Altered, but lipped. Exept for a few vocals of Beautiful. Seriously. The speech in the beginning was dubbed too. They did say on the screen that it was pre recorded. So I'm ok with that. Keep it real, then I'm fine. (Monday 8 July 2013; 19:52)

Stephen (38,611) by Will from England Sorry to disappoint, but it looks like it's another remix video. 7 Well, at least no one can say that she hasn't tried to continue to keep the song going and promote it to the best of her ability, and not let it drop off the face of the earth. She released the single, performed it more than once, along with 5 remixes (some re-sung) and released three videos for the song. I do think this video has to be the last one, so she can concentrate on finishing the album sooner rather than later, and release it before the end of the year. August has to be the month that she releases the album, any later and the momentum that she has gained from #Beautiful will be lost and she'll be back to square one. She has the public's attention now, so she can't miss the opportunity. (Monday 8 July 2013; 17:42)

New video (38,610) by Sasha from Nomansland I saw on Twitter, it's again a #Beautiful remix video. (Monday 8 July 2013; 17:22)

New video / Jeezy remix (38,609) by Edward from USA I also hope the new video is for her new single. I think it is too late to try to revive #Beautiful. The Jeezy remix is fantastic to me, but everything was messy while promoting this single. #Beautiful peaked at 69 millions audience impressions, and so far we have lost about 15 millions of that. So, a new video for a dying single doesn't make sense to me now, unless they know something we don't know. I was wondering where she was filming in here in NY. I accidentally saw when they were filming part of the Obsessed video downtown. When I approached, I was like: why are there two Mariahs here? Then I realized it was her body double. It was a slender woman dressed and hairstyled exactly as Mariah. I genuinly thought she didn't use body doubles. (Monday 8 July 2013; 17:10)

New video (38,608) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom According to Mariah Daily, Mariah was due to shoot a music video this weekend. I hope it's for a new single and not the Jeezy remix, which I do like. I think it's time to put #Beautiful to bed and put a new single out there, whilst radio is still playing #Beautiful, as radio's affinity with the song will help give any new material a chance. (Monday 8 July 2013; 11:31)

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