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Re: The "perfect" R&B album (outside of Mariah's world) (97,010) (97,012) by Lady B from USA The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 05:02)

Re: Ari on Mimi (97,007) (97,011) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Thank you for pointing out one of the hiccoughs. Although it was unnecessary to help me in my argument, I appreciate the support. Many people in the world hate America and Americans. If only Americans hated donuts. (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 02:19)

The "perfect" R&B album (outside of Mariah's world) (97,010) by Anonymous from USA What's your perfect R&B album? I know we love and praise Mariah here, and she embodies perfect R&B, but who else's album do you go to for this fix? Mine is Toni Braxton's The Heat. I never get tired of it. I love Toni. (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 01:52)

Re: Merry Christmas and AIWFC RIAA certifications (96,957) (97,009) by Nikki from usa Most likely because it's an EP. Those aren't considered to be albums. An Extended Play is too short to be an album and too long to be a single. They typically have 6-8 songs on them. Had she sung a few more songs on it than it would most likely be considered a live album. In which case, you'd see it there. It might be a good idea for her to do a live album now. It could be streamed. She could play it on Youtube or a variety of other platforms since views and streaming now count toward the RIAA certifications. The die hards can buy and the regular folk can stream free. (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 01:17)

That trend though (97,008) by Nikki from usa After the MIAM album, there's been an ongoing trend when Mariah releases new music. It's a stand off single that's solely used to promote another project. "Infinity" was to push her residency. "I Don't" was to push her reality show. "Oh Santa" is used to promote her Christmas special. You'll notice when Mariah's doing an actual promotion like she did for her last true singles "#Beautiful" and last year's "AIWFCIY" she begins promo early and does a lot of it. Last year, Mariah was revving up hype at the end of October. She debuted her new versions of the music video and began social media campaigns on November 1. Meanwhile, "Oh Santa" debuted on December 4th as a prelude to her Christmas special debut that same day. Delivering a new song this late literally only gives Mariah 2 weeks of play value before Christmas is over. She's not doing anything else to promote the song and it's not easily found on other platforms. Clearly, this wasn't intended to be a new hit. (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 00:59)

Re: Ari on Mimi (97,005) (97,007) by Lady B from USA "She has, with a few hiccoughs along the way, shown herself to be quite a decently behaved person." She licked a donut at a store and said "I hate Americans, I hate America." (Tuesday 22 December 2020; 00:14)

Re: Ari on Mimi (97,005) (97,006) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines The lack of push from Spotify definitely hurt it. Oh Santa! isn't even on Ari or JHud's featured pages. Some people say that's because it's a Mariah song that's only featuring both artists, but then Rain On Me is a Gaga song featuring Ari and yet it's one of the first tracks you see on Ari's page. Up on Twitter, Reddit and other forums, Ari's fans are also quite disappointed because they know from experience just how accessible her new music usually is due to Spotify's automatic playlisting function. The fact that they had to search for Oh Santa! to play it (many weren't even notified when it dropped) was something new for them. Ari has 70 million listeners on Spotify (a huge chunk of that from the US) and yet the number of listens for the song remain so low especially considering she's arguably the biggest female star in the world right now. Oh well. Guess Mariah should work with The Weeknd or BTS next. (Monday 21 December 2020; 18:45)

Re: Ari on Mimi (97,004) (97,005) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I think Ariana is a pretty cool person. She behaved immensely well in the immediate aftermath and subsequent to fallout of the bombing of Manchester Arena. She has, with a few hiccoughs along the way, shown herself to be quite a decently behaved person. And her voice is extremely unique and beautiful. If Mariah's voice is honey, Ariana's is velvet. Unfortunately, I think most of her songs are boring. How "Positions" stayed atop many a chart for so long baffles me. But like most modern music I "huh" it and forget about it (modern music being mostly unmelodic pap it is easily forgettable). But Ariana is great. Her duet on Over And Over Again with Nathan Sykes is hauntingly beautifully/beautifully haunting. It is, though, alarming, that O Santa! bombed. Featuring Ariana on a song should have sent it skyrocketing. Instead it fizzled and fell. Mariah's inability to get anything but AIWFCIY to chart well unfortunately means she is possibly in the denouement of her career. Not even Ariana - or Santa - can save it now. (Monday 21 December 2020; 16:02)

Ari on Mimi (97,004) by Norman from USA Ariana's clip of her speaking about the AIWFC compilation she was asked to de a part of last year is very sweet. She totally fangirled and got emotional about it. It was endearing. It's in her upcoming Netflix special. (Monday 21 December 2020; 15:10)

Here Comes Santa Claus (97,003) by Terna from Nigeria I kind of like the new version better than the 2010 one. Production wise it's definitely better and [Snoop] brings his flavor making [magic] with Mariah's re-recorded vocals which sound fuller. Plus for the most part Jermaine is kept on mute. (Monday 21 December 2020; 14:56)

Re: The Rarities special edition 4 LP's (96,996) (97,002) by Terna from Nigeria It's on LP. Duh? Haha. (Monday 21 December 2020; 14:52)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,989) (97,001) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Hey. Butterfly is the song of my life. (Monday 21 December 2020; 09:02)

Re: The Rarities special edition 4 LP's (96,999) (97,000) by Bobby A from United States I ordered mine back in October along with Merry Christmas II You and TEOM. They haven't arrived yet. Charmbraclet, E=MC2, Memoirs and MIAM are supposed to ship in January. (Monday 21 December 2020; 02:01)

Re: The Rarities special edition 4 LP's (96,996) (96,999) by John john from UK I'm not sure but I ordered it last night as it's the only one I don't have. Apparently 10 week wait. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 18:22)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,988) (96,998) by The Real Deal from USA To Be Around You, Now That I Know, The One. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 17:01)

Re: The Rarities special edition 4 LP's (96,996) (96,997) by Chicago Lamb from USA I believe it includes a blu-ray. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 14:28)

The Rarities special edition 4 LP's (96,996) by TJ from Norway Do you guys know what is so special with this edition? (Sunday 20 December 2020; 10:19)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,989) (96,995) by Lady B from USA Are you guys competing for the video call? (Sunday 20 December 2020; 06:25)

Re: Daley - My All (96,987) (96,994) by Bobby A from United States Yes it was me. Time Travel is one of my favorite songs. He just needs a major label support again. When he started out in 2012, he was on Republic Records. They were going to pour a lot of money into him after his first album. However, the label executives wanted him to go full blown Pop. Daley said no to their request and he was eventually dropped by Republic. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 04:29)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,989) (96,993) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Edward, I chose TTEOT for Martyn. I still won't forgive myself for the conversation I had with him three days before the atrocity. The slightest difference would, ironically, the butterfly effect have created. I don't care how stupid I know myself to be, here. Empty chairs at empty tables. I chose Petals because Mariah had ruined Close My Eyes with the ruinous 202 version. But also in that (less facetiously) Petals reminds me of 2000 Mariah and the comforting wing that that brings. And Out Here On My Own because it's just a stellar piece of work and I love Mariah for giving that vocal to me but also despair at her for denying me it for so long. Perhaps I'd actually ask Mariah to sing Everything Fades Away because it is symbolic of every part of my life. The three songs I chose are by no means - possibly - my favourite. But they are the ones of which I'd ask Mariah to sing me a soft verse and chorus. What fun, no less. What three songs, verse and chorus, soft voice, would everyone like Mariah to sing to them? I am certainly very pleased you are on the mend, old friend. You should WhatsApp me one of these days. You, Randy, Jade and I, and, I dare say, some others, would have wicked fun with updates. I know they hold you I high regard - as do I - and I them. Email me at the email address already published here many times. Whatever way the cookie (I promise that I won't forget the milk and cookies) crumbles, happy everything. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 03:06)

Vocal talk through - Oh Santa (96,992) by 123 from USA I enjoyed this vocal talk through of the Ph Santa Remix vocal arrangement. Mariah went on to explain in the Apple interview that she vocally produced the remix so it was great to hear someone talk through the arrangement of three very different voices. (Sunday 20 December 2020; 02:18)

Re: Daley - My All (96,987) (96,991) by 123 from USA Glad you are doing better Edward. I need to dig into Daley again. I kind of forgot about him but I finally stopped being cheap and have a Spotify membership so I've been searching for all kinds of music and favoriting them. I'll have to look up time travel. I've been on a reggaeton kick lately and finding some "Spanish" r&b which I didn't really know existed but it can be exhausting going through playlists to find what I like. (Saturday 19 December 2020; 18:17)

Mariah Carey Apple interview (96,990) by 123 from USA Such a good interview. I love that the interviewer sticks to discussing her musicality which leads to some interesting discussion and pushes Mariah to elaborate. These are the type of interviews that I missed from back in the day. You can tell the interviewer studied up and did some research. There seems to be a new big male artist that is chummy with now and is going to collaborate with in the future. Not sure if it's Drake or The Weekend. I know she mentioned to big male artists she was looking to collaborate with on an album last December but wasn't sure who it might have been. I wonder if she will fund the features herself since her label isn't investing any major dollars in her projects anymore. I'm hoping she at least pushes the label to send out her singles to all radio formats or pulls a LLoyd and goes to the stations herself and offer exclusive interviews in exchange to be added to their playlists. (Saturday 19 December 2020; 18:11)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,988) (96,989) by Edward from USA Drew, very interesting choice of songs. I would ask her to sing to me "TTEOT", "Petals" and Definitely "Butterfly". When I first heard "Butterfly" it was surreal to me, she really poured her heart into it, not only lyrically, but melodically and musically. If that were to happen, I would die happy. (Saturday 19 December 2020; 16:54)

Re: Win a video call with Mariah Carey through Geojam (96,982) (96,988) by Andrew from the United Kingdom If you can ask Mariah anything why not ask her to sing your favourite song to you? Mariah singing to you alone is surely the dream of any fan or lamb. I'd ask her to sing Till The End of Time. And maybe Out Here On My Own. And maybe Petals. And life would be complete. (Saturday 19 December 2020; 16:39)

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