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Love Story and the Katy Perry reference (38,173) by Blake from USA "Love Story" from E=MC2 is the song I always wished would have been a single, because it's such a good song. The MTV acoustic snippet she did in 08' was so good. This song is way better than Taylor Swift's hit song that is just lame in my opinion. "It's a love story baby, just say yes." Cheesy. Where Mariah's has very cohesive thoughtful lyrics and a catchy melody. Too bad. I guess we file that one away with Migrate as "what could have been". I only said Mariah's videos could be alot more creative like Katy's, because Katy's has a storyline, where Mariah just wants to lay down and act sexy in her videos. For me, that gets old. I don't want Mariah to be something she is not musically or artistically, like Katy's Alien theme E.T., or 80's braces TGIF, but Mariah needs to have story lines again. Otherwise its just weird and boring. I love the storyline of ILT and WBT tied together, but she doesn't seem to care about making quality videos anymore. #Beautiful and Triumphant could have been much better videos. It's the same ol' thing; her on camera wearing near nothings and lacking any storyline. She is better than this. (Friday 7 June 2013; 16:31)

#Beautiful (38,171) by Anonymous from Personally, I think #Beautiful is a better song/single than It's Like That. As for the second single, I don't care if it's a ballad, as long as it isn't a We Belong Together retread. (Friday 7 June 2013; 14:29)

Stacey (38,170) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I totally agree. Mariah needs to get the second single ready asap. It needs to be fire, and receive its debut two weeks before the album drops. A strong accompanying video is definitely needed, to send the song further up the charts in this very visual age. I do hope that the song is not a rip off of WBT, as I am fed up of hearing WBT knock offs from Mariah and JD. If she chooses a ballad, then I hope it is fresh and something that will capture audiences. If it's an up tempo song, then I hope its an absolute banger. I'll leave Mariah and her team to choose the appropriate style of song, but whatever it is, the video needs to be on point. Whilst I love the #Beautiful video, I am well aware that it won't do much to capture non fans, so do think Mariah needs something fresh there too. I don't agree with the person who used Katy Perry as an example. I think Mariah should still keep it her, and not try too hard to look like someone of little substance such as Katy. She needs a themed video. ILT and WBT really captured audiences. So did Honey. Something dramatic would be amazing. #Beautiful is a great song and has set the tone. This era is building, but lets hope it doesn't lose momentum, and that Mariah's team continues to do the good work. Mariah needs to get herself on TV and get word out there now. She could easily have another top 10 single if she did so. (Friday 7 June 2013; 12:08)

Anticipation of 723 (38,169) by Blake from USA I totally agree with you Stacey. I was just thinking how I hope the next single is rolled out before the album drops. What I think is cool is how #beautiful is how its so different for Mariah. I want the next single to explode in the way WBT did but not as a cookie cutter piano driven ballad. I love Mariah's creative process with trying new things. I was never a fan of "Loverboy" or "Obsessed", but I have to appreciate those songs for trying new things musically and artistically, plus they were hit singles. I think if Mariah focused on creative videos like Katy Perry, her music would sell better. Just my opinion of course. And yes, please give us a good album title Mariah. We are waiting dahling. (Friday 7 June 2013; 3:53)

enwar00 (38,168) by Stacey from USA I don't know what kind of single she should release as #2, but in order to set the stage for a strong album sales start, it has to be a radio friendly, commercially great song. WBT was that kind of song that set TEOM on fire. The beat, lyrics, gosh everything on that song was sheer perfection. I can't remember if it was MC or another producer, but one person said there is a song on the new album that will blow people's mind. If that's so, release that song. Depending on how #Beautiful is doing at the end of June, maybe debuting the new single at Macy's 4th spectacular would be the way to go. The album would come out two weeks after that. Let the single blow up with a video right behind it (a good one, lol) and then you'll see the album flying off the shelves (ala TEOM). The buzz is great with this new album. She just needs to deliver with a good #2 single and promotion. (Friday 7 June 2013; 3:52)

Gilbert - Re: album cover (38,167) by John from USA If given a chance, I would have to redo Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel's album cover. I've always imagined the album cover looking like this: Picture Mariah sprawled on the bedroom floor face down (head tilted so that the right side of her face is showing, of course), mascara tear on one eye, her back bearing broken wings. Around her are torn pages of a diary as well as old pictures from her past. Too literal? Well, it's still better than the actual cover, which I think totally misrepresented the album. Come to think of it, I don't quite remember any album cover with multiple pictures of the same artist that had actually been successful. (Friday 7 June 2013; 3:26)

It's Like That vs. #Beautiful - Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory (38,166) by John from USA I found ILT's Hot 100 chart trajectiory: 53 (debut) - 36 - 24 - 20 - 19 - 20 - 16 (peak) - 16 - 17 - 19 - 24 - 30 - 36 - 27 - 33 - 45 - 51 - 53 - 64 - 66 (last appearance on the chart). ILT had a 20-week run on the BB Hot 100 charts. Now, compare that with #Beautiful's trajectory so far: 24 (debut) - 20 - 20 - 17. Thoughts? (Friday 7 June 2013; 3:15)

#Beautiful (total weekly single sales question) (38,165) by John from USA With two fairly similar versions of #Beautiful (original) at #19 and #Beautiful (explicit) at #125 at the moment, I wonder: What would the total single sales be (and approximate iTunes position if you count them together)? I know that remixes, if sufficiently different from the original, Billboard usually counts them as two different singles. This was done pretty much after the sales for JLo's I'm Real and its remix (that was totally different in form and composition) were credited together, propelling I'm Real into the Billboard Hot 100. Now, the two versions of #Beautiful are virtually the same, with the exception of the muted "a" and "f" words. Just wondering. (Friday 7 June 2013; 3:06)

Stacey (38,164) by enwar00 from usa I was thinking the same thing today, how #Beautiful is comparable to ILT chart-wise, so far at least, and can be setting up the album in the same way. I was wondering what the second single is going to be. Are they going to go with a ballad a la WBT? Seems played out and kind of killed momentum with the last couple albums, no? You never know though, because ballads have been scoring on the charts recently. Or will they break the formula and just go with a killer song regardless of tempo. It's kind of exciting thinking of this and the possibilities. For some reason though, I still feel like ILT was a bigger hit than this one has been, not sure why. (Friday 7 June 2013; 1:06)

Album cover (38,163) by Gilbert from USA Hey guys, this is just for fun. If you could change an album cover, which cover would you have preferred? For me: Mariah Carey, promo pic that had her face with the microphone (CSK 73348). Emotions, the picture that was in the insert which was in color. Music Box, the insert where the photo was a bit on the blue-ish side (Dreamlover video look). Daydream, I would've like to have the cover of the Forever single. (Friday 7 June 2013; 0:34)

Moving on up (38,162) by Stacey from USA It's good to see #Beautiful rise to #17 this week. I was a bit worried interest was maybe starting to slow. Good to see otherwise. MC's last big era was TEOM. ILT was the lead single and rose to #16. It was a great single with great promotion that generated a lot of buzz for TEOM. WBT was released a week or so before TEOM dropped in April and really blew the album up the charts. I can see #Beautiful doing the same thing, maybe even doing better on the charts than ILT as the lead single. But, MC has to have that #2 song ready to go. With six weeks untill the release, #Beautiful has the time to set up the 2nd single which hopefully will be released right before the album drops. She could blow up the charts again. Know what I mean? Now Mariah, about that album title? (Friday 7 June 2013; 0:08)

Stephen, I agree with you too (38,161) by Edward from USA At this point, Mariah is just another singer to them. Rihanna is their priority now, since she has been bringing the money in, mostly in single sales, but also her albums have been selling well lately. As much as I hate to say it, I underrstand this is business for them, it is about the money. Promoting Mariah the way she used to be promoted might actually cost them more than the money they would make in revenues from the album. By producing, writing, and singing her songs, Mariah is entitled to a huge chunk of the profits from the album, and since nobody is selling records like they used to, it only makes sense to taste the waters first before throwing down the house promoting a project that might or might not meet their expectations. Videos come out of the artists' pockets, and the record labels are relying more and more on social media like Facebook and Twitter. The face of promotion has morphed from posters on the subway to the internet, where the recipients and responsibles for the promotion are the artists themselves. Mariah doesn't have the backend she used to, so she'd better come out of her shell and promote at least dking short interviews. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 23:32)

I agree Stephen (38,160) by Blake from USA MDJ has dropped the ball. They used to be better at updating "daily", now I read the news on the web and see the same news a week later on MDJ. The info zone hasn't been updated since Jan 2010. That site needs a major makeover and the staff has to want to keep lambs updated. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 21:45)

#17 (38,159) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Congratulations to Mariah on reaching #17 on the Hot 100, that's a nice jump. The songs success continues to amaze me. Sales went up by 2% this week. That's pretty good going for Mariah. If that trend continues, it should be certified Gold next week. I really feel that if Mariah got out there and hit a few talk shows or something, she'd send the song to #1. It would be a great way to promote the album too. I must say though, she and her team are using twitter very well to promote her music. I get all my Mariah news and data off of twitter, as opposed to Mariah fan sites. It's just a lot quicker. I'm not throwing shade or anything, but I really do feel like MDJ has dropped the ball with Mariah recently. They don't seem to be on it as much as they used to be. Just an observation. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 16:17)

New era, the race is on (38,158) by Carol from Spain Ok, so it's 2:20 am and i just got off work. Arrived home and logged on to the internet to check on the news and here it was, 7/23 the new era is coming. I must say I am absolutely freaking excited and counting the days already. This will be Mariah's first summer release since Music Box (or am I wrong?). I have high hopes for this album, not in terms of critical acceptance, but in quality. I know Mariah is often overlooked for her most obscure work, but I'm hoping to find new music gems on this one. Freaking excited, that's how I am. #MC7232013 (Thursday 6 June 2013; 4:24)

#MC723 (38,157) by Musti from UK I'm so excited about the album. 723 being her birthday backwards, this is a special release day indeed. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of MC everywhere in the next few months. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 4:05)

#17 (38,156) by Blake from USA Yay, #Beautiful moves up 3 spots. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 3:15)

The new era / July 23rd (38,155) by Stacey from USA Well, it's about time we got a set date. The unknown release date was driving me nuts, lol. Now I have a date to look forward to. No push backs, Mariah. (Thursday 6 June 2013; 2:11)

Mariah Carey collection for sale (38,154) by Paul McDougall from Scotland I have lots of rare Mariah Carey CD's for sale, I am selling them on eBay. My username is bpm45d0. (Wednesday 5 June 2013; 23:45)

July 23rd (38,153) by Quaid Long from USA The new era begins 7/23. #MC723 (Wednesday 5 June 2013; 21:54)

Hot 97 performance / outfit (38,151) by Joe from United Kingdom Overall I enjoyed this performance. It was shaky in small parts and Miguel doesn't sing in the origional key (I still like his voice) most of the time. I think a stripped down acoustic or acapella performance would do the song more justice on a live front. Now Mariah looked great to me, I've become used to these sort of outfits and she looks good. I don't see why the media makes a fuss. It's not like she's 54, wearing tight purple leotards and doing strange yoga moves on stage/videos. I thought people would be used to it by now. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 22:49)

Pics of Hot 97 Summer Jam (38,150) by PieterLamb from Indonesia Nice to see her back in shape on the latest performance. But looking for some pics, especially on abs part, there is something un-usual on my oversight. [...] Not sure though. Maybe it's just about quality of the picture itself or my sight got blurry. Forget it. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 19:58)

Randy (38,149) by Anthony Early from Wales Not only did I mention Through the Rain, but explained how it made me a fan. Just saying. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 16:54)

Ballads (38,148) by Randy from USA My favorite songs are Butterfly and My All. They are just lyrically and vocally amazing. I'm surprised no one mentioned Through The Rain. I loved that there is no background or vocal layering on that song. I was pissed that everytime she performed it live, there was a wall of background singers, since it wasn't like that on the record. Additional favorites are Never Forget You, Vanishing, Lead The Way, Outside, Close My Eyes, Petals, Right To Dream, Looking In. This could really go on and on for me lol. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 8:15)

Some acoustic versions / #Beautiful remixes (38,147) by Edward from USA It would be mind blowing if Mariah released at least a few acoustic versions of some of the tracks from the new album. Leona Lewis did, but her album flopped due to moving the releasing date of Glassheart for a whole year, but Mariah so far has kept her word. By not giving a definite date for the album release, she technically is not pushing or delaying anything. As long as she gets it released within this year, it would be fine. I'm happy that she is promoting more, next would probably be the album name and soon after the remix for #Beautiful. I think they are managing her much more intelligently now. Every time releases a piece of information about this new era, #Beautiful spikes higher on iTunes. The video streaming on Vevo is increasing faster now. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 3:08)

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