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My number 1 (36,515) by Stella from Greece My number 1 will always be my Mariah, simply because there is no other voice compared to hers and there will never be another (past or present) voice better than hers. Fact. Also because Mariah, unlike other divas, is blessed with an enormous songwriting talent, great live performance skills and a ravishing beauty and genuinely good personailty. But since we doing Top 12's lol, here is mine: 1. Mariah Carey 2. Patti LaBelle 3. Celine Dion 4. Shirley Bassey 5. Shirley Murdock 6. Aretha Franklin 7. Roberta Flack 8. Dionne Warwick 9. Donna Summer 10. Kelly Clarkson 11. Adele 12. Cyndi Lauper (Sunday 14 October 2012; 15:31)

Lol (36,514) by Licia from USA I think Desiree just wants to ruffle ya'll feathers a bit. Every site has that one person who goes from site to site saying how much they think this person is better than so and so. Yet they keep going to the site of the person they dislike. Just laugh and pay her no mind. Lol. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 13:24)

In response to Desiree's "Dozen Divas" list (36,513) by Anonymous from I'm offering a baker's dozen. 1. Mariah (who else?) 2. Olivia Newton-John 3. Karen Carpenter 4. Gladys Knight 5. Janet Jackson 6. Sarah Brightman 7. Nivea 8. Nicolette Larson 9. Julie London 10. Stephanie Mills 11. Gogi Grant 12. Yuri 13. Blu Cantrell (Sunday 14 October 2012; 8:47)

Tobby and Licia re: "Charmbracelet" (36,512) by Anonymous from I agree with the both of you. To me, "Charmbracelet" is the lamb's album. This is the best album Mariah ever put out. Here's a brief description of her albums and why I feel the way I do: "Mariah Carey" - good album, but made to be commercially successful. "Emotions" - basically "MC part ll". "Musicbox" - showing signs of in depth writing, but not quite a "with feeling" album. "Daydream" - trying something a little different, but not heartfelt. "Butterfly" - her "I'm free from that jerk, now what?" album. "Rainbow" - Yawn, wake me when it's over. "Glitter" - shades of "CB" starting to shine through, because it was semi-autobiographical, but a lot of filler. "Charmbracelet" - Mariah's songwriting masterpiece. Her true feelings of that time in her life and what she learned while she was going through it. She shared her pain, healing, and inspiration with her lambs because she knew her lambs would get it, understand it, and benefit from it. Part of her healing was through us (just as we have used her to help us heal). The greatest gift an entertainer can give their fans is to believe in them. Mariah proved she believed in her lambs with "CB". To continue: "TEOM" - back to the commercialism, which I will admit was a good call. "E=MC2" - "TEOM" part ll". "Memoirs . . . " - about as close as she got to "CB" from a feelings standpoint, but the writing was less than spectacular ("Windex"?, come on). So there you go. My opinions. Enjoy the day everyone. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 8:09)

Desiree (36,511) by Nattalie from USA Man, I don't even know who my number 12 is. Why are you here? I think it's kind of dumb to be at your 12th singers fan board. I have my top 5 line up and only go to two message boards out of all the people I like. Now if you are visiting your 12th and all the above maybe you should consider meeting people outside of message boards, because all this stuff aint healthy to be on the computer/phone all the time. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 7:44)

Top 12 female singers (36,510) by mike from usa This page is about Mariah, not Whitney Houston, so go to her page. Mariah should be number 1, not the last one. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 6:28)

Desiree (36,509) by Geezy from USA by way of NYC As this messageboard for anyone post I find it pretty odd that on your list of favorite female singers you would post on your least favorites forum. As reading most of your recent post you sound like a fly by night fan, meaning when times are on a high you ride the wave and when times are tough you follow the rest of the world and kick Mimi's back in. Honestly, we as the MCA community don't need fans like yourself posting here. This is a forum for people who love and respect Mariah the artist for her great work and contributions to pop music and it's culture. We may not like all her choices, songs, ect, but at least we give her her just due and she reigns at the top of our list rather then the bottom. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 5:28)

Desiree: You've got to be kidding! (36,508) by Edward from USA Desiree, you got some nerves. I don't believe in picking on anybody, but give us a break. Not only you placed Mariah at the end of your list, but you don't even acknowledge her legacy and voice. You might as well put Diane Warren there too, right? That's ridiculous. I love Whitney and Celine, but I'm first and foremost a Mariah's fan. So, I think you should take your message and take it to a Whitney Houston messageboard. I"m pretty sure they'll love you there. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 4:03)

Number 12? Lol (36,507) by RadChad from United States At this point I'm convinced she's just bassing in the attention she gets from her opposing views. It must be addictive. I mean, why else would anyone on this board put MC last on their "best" list? (Sunday 14 October 2012; 3:34)

Stephen (36,506) by RibbonB from USA Lol. I wasn't going to say anything, but I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure a Whitney board would appreciate her list. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 2:34)

Desiree (36,505) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I wouldn't go on the messageboard of my twelfth favourite female artist. Perhaps this isn't the right forum for you. Just saying. (Sunday 14 October 2012; 2:08)

My Top 12 female singers (36,504) by Desiree from USA 1. Whitney Houston - The voice 2. Celine Dion - Love ballads 3. Donna Summer - Disco queen 4. Ella Fitzgerald - The first lady of song 5. Sade - Jazz songbird 6. Anita Baker - Soul songstress 7. Dolly Parton - Country queen 8. Madonna - Risk taker 9. Pat Benater - Rock goddess 10. Sarah Brightman - Modern opera queen 11. Judy Garland - Broadway/movie queen 12. Mariah Carey - Song writer queen (Saturday 13 October 2012; 22:17)

Triumphant-ly No.1 (36,503) by Lainsky from Philippines Now that this single is making noise on the dance chart, I hope IDJ will promote more the no-rap-pop-ly Triumphant (I guess this is the remix) version. A new video and a promo single (discounted price will do since they are doing this with MC's singles eversince) plus singing this version on her every show guesting will make the public notice it and perhaps buy or request it. I still believe it's a great single, this version. (Saturday 13 October 2012; 13:31)

Rihanna and Obama (36,502) by Jamie from UK I think Rihanna can sing, I've heard her live a few times. Sure she's not the best singer or anywhere near as good as Mariah in her prime or Mariah now (well maybe a bit nearer lol), but she's decent enough. If you won't agree that she's decent, well she at least has potential. Just type "Rihanna can sing" on Youtube and listen for yourself. So Obama has Nicki Minaj on his iPod?? Lol. I wonder which songs. (Saturday 13 October 2012; 11:02)

Triumphant/Obama on MiMi (36,501) by Ryan from the Philippines Congratulations Mariah, Triumphant has finally made it to the top of the Billboard chart. It may not be the Top 100, but still it's a feat. I said it before, they should have ventured more on the remixes, especially the Vintage Mix. On the other hand, I won't be surprised if Pres. Obama chooses Mariah over Nicki. I honestly like some of her music, but I think she was just so disrespectful to Mariah. She just bursted out like a child to the point where she looked like a real loser for not handling MC's "highness" lol. (Saturday 13 October 2012; 2:06)

So sick of #1 talk / Rhianna / divas (36,500) by Nattalie from USA I don't care how many number 1's Mariah Carey came out with. I don't care how many Rhianna came out with. A number 1 has no meaning at all on how amazing or how talented you are. You know how many singers there that have great talent and have no number ones. So if Rhianna gets 25 number ones, do yo think that is going to convince me that she is better than Mariah? Like I said, it just shows how are world of music has gone down hill. I'm sorry, it's not Rhianna's voice that gets her to where she is. It is her personality and looks and willingness to do anything it takes to get to the top, weither it's wearing whorish clothes or shaving her head bald or tattooing Chris Brown on her forehead. Glad Mariah never felt the need to do that. Oh and lets all talk about the divas. I guess Patti Labelle is a nobody since she probably doesn't have a billion number ones or all the other gospel singers out there. What about Aretha? Stevie Wonder who can play any instrument? Do these people have to sell hot cakes to be the best? What if these people came out with these same songs we know of today but they never hit anything? Does that mean they are nothing? (Saturday 13 October 2012; 0:42)

TJ from Norway - Rihanna (36,499) by Lourenço from Portugal Hey TJ. Well, concerning the Rihanna subject, I don't believe she has sold 20 million in the UK alone. She has had huge success regarding single sales, but you don't really see her albums getting to the top 5 that much, either in the US or Europe, so it leads me into thinking that despite having 11 singles reaching the top spot, her cd sales have never done as well (except for the "S.o.S" album). Going back to the Whitney topic, I agree with you when you say that most of her hits were prior to 92, still after that point and untill 2000 she kept selling hugely well, either with "The preacher's wife" or with "My love is your love". I mean, only with those two albums she sold more than Ri, who on a personal note, I consider to be talentless. She could pretty well be a porno star and be a great one, but she lacks the talent to be a real singer. (Saturday 13 October 2012; 0:21)

Oh ok (36,498) by RadChad from United States We get it now. You are not Mariah's biggest fan (she's not your favorite singer), you just like her in passing (casual fan). That explains alot. (Friday 12 October 2012; 23:50)

Another number 1 (36,497) by Zachary from Croatia I am so happy for her and her success. I'm really looking forward to hear what she has for us. (Friday 12 October 2012; 23:35)

Rhianna / Whitney (36,496) by Stacey from USA Rhianna is a classic example of how technology can make you sound better than your raw talent suggests. Britney anyone? People said the same thing about Mariah until her Unplugged performance. I wonder if Rhianna would sound the same with all of her songs stripped down to acoustic levels. Doubtful. Sure, Rhianna has 11 #1 hits. But, to put her in the same class as MC or Whitney is ridiculous. There is no denying Whitney Houston made her mark on music. She is amazing. But, to suggest MC would have gotten nowhere without Whitney paving the way is also ridiculous. MC's talent trumps everything. She would have made it regardless of who came before her. Mariah is that good. Look at Celine Dion. She released her first album in the US the same year as MC's debut album. She didn't peak as fast as Mariah, but her talent was present and people eventually started to notice. The rest they say is history. All three singers are amazing and I love each of them for different reasons. (Friday 12 October 2012; 23:13)

Rihanna, Whitney (36,495) by Desiree from USA I would like to start off saying I am a fan of Mariah Carey, but I always like Whitney better. But I apprecaite what Mariah Carey has done in the music industry. Whitney was the first female to have an album debut at number one and she continued to have hits even after "I will always love you". I'm saying that Whitney Houston had two albums before Mariah came out and both were a worldwide success. Rihanna on the other hand to me is a talent in her own way for she already has 11 number one hits. (Friday 12 October 2012; 22:32)

Idol (36,494) by Kim Vandestreek from USA Mariah, please don't leave the AI. You deserve to be there more than any person that has been (and will be in the future) a judge. Your longevity in a constantly evolving industry speaks for itself. If I were to ever audition here in Portland, Oregon, it would be because of you and the advice you would give to me. No one is more worthy than you to sit in one of those chairs with the Big A** Coke cups in front of you. Lol. Keep your head up high and remain Triumphant (as you always have). (Friday 12 October 2012; 21:52)

Triumphant #1 Dance hit (36,493) by John from USA So happy for Mariah. I still don't like the original, but the remixes are pretty good, and I'm so glad they're getting the recognition they deserve. I hope this momentum builds up and helps her when the new album comes out new year. (Friday 12 October 2012; 21:44)

My love Glitter (36,492) by John from USA I always talk about how awesome E=MC2 was (and my anger for why it wasn't managed properly), but I just wanted to say that I really love Glitter as well. I think Glitter and E=MC2 were her best albums of the 2000s. I actually think Glitter may have been her vocal peak. I remember only liking a handful of songs from it at the time it came out (Loverboy, Reflections, Lead the Way, All My Life), as I felt the rappers took over a little too much. But even If We, Last Night a DJ, Don't Stop, etc. are fun and have great vocals in them as well. Too bad this album was completely taken down with the movie. It really is an overlooked gem. (Friday 12 October 2012; 19:53)

Whoo hoo Triumphant (36,491) by RibbonB from USA Congrats to Mariah for her 16th #1 Club hit. Go MC. Triumphant is plugging along until her new record release. (Friday 12 October 2012; 19:21)

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