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Re: For all you non believers Amazon music (93,821) (93,828) by T from USA What lies? You invented those in your head. You skipped over dozens of articles stating E=MC2 is #1 and focused solely on Showbiz. We all see right through you dude. Meanwhile it's #1 in many Asian countries too now. Go MC. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 23:46)

Article: Mariah 12 year old album shoots to number 1 on iTunes (93,827) by Steven Berning from USA Wait, does Andrew work for Showbiz 411? Haha. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 22:27)

E=MC2 (93,826) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Funny thing is Mariah celebrated the anniversary of TEOM yet she paid E=MC2 anniversary dust. Obviously something is happening, and it is good to see Mariah shining, and we should appreciate this moment for what it is and leave the negativity, conspiracies out of the equation. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 22:12)

Re: For all you non believers Amazon music (93,818) (93,825) by Aliya from Canada I'm pretty sure the people in charge of iTunes, which was developed by Apple, are some of the smartest people in the world. Therefore, I highly doubt that this is a scam, and that some lamb got into the system and made E=MC2 number 1. Remember, she is the best selling female solo artist of all time. This is not so hard to believe, especially since the album is on sale. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 21:57)

Re: E=MC2 (93,804) (93,824) by MusicfanJ from Germany Congratulation MC. That album definitily deserves more recognition. Like you've said it's perfect for the spring and summer. It's indeed an album very uplifting and fun. I hope it stays a while at number one. It has a lot of songs that are very enjoyable for "non-Mariah" listeners. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 21:35)

Article: Mariah 12 year old album shoots to number 1 on iTunes (93,823) by Travis from USA Anything Showbiz 411 has to say goes in one ear and out the other. This is supposedly a scam, so, people aren't allowed to reminisce and stream a past album that's enjoyable which happens to lead to chart success. Sometimes, I don't understand the way people think before they express it into nonsense. Mariah is one of the best selling artists of all time and derserves anything and everything that comes her way. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 21:31)

E=MC2 resurgence (93,822) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines If this teaches us anything, it's that Mariah, despite having a core fanbase that has dwindled steadily throughout the years, somehow has managed to maintain a loyal fanbase that's more media-savvy in their approach of showing their support compared to fanbases of other legacy acts that dominated the 90's, such as Celine, Janet, Madonna and Toni. A search through YouTube would reveal more fan or critic content on Mariah's material than any of her 90's peers. Her US fans may not support her albums as much as the former 3 in terms of making a splash in first week sales (and a #1 debut is still a legit bragging right), but I'd much prefer Mariah's success to be of the viral type. She's the only star of her magnitude from that decade that I know of whose antics are, for better or worse, the most meme-able. More importantly, she's the only one whose social media fan movements actually translate into actual sales and chart success, and for her older, mostly forgotten albums for that matter - an even bigger achievement in a world where streaming is king. Digital album sales, especially at this weird time where there are fewer new releases to compete with, may ultimately be insignificant in the grander scheme of things (to their credit, this is probably the only sensible one of the all the mind-numbing arguments pressed Madonna stans are making on comment sections on this news), but truthfully, any of those other artists I have mentioned would be lucky to have any of their past (and less popular) releases to just randomly find their way back to the top 10 of even just the iTunes albums chart off of any reason. Most other legends only experience these types of sales boosts after a hugely popular tribute event or, well, after they die. For some, it may only cause a spike in sales of individual songs and not so much for full albums. But Mariah's enjoying this now (for 2 of her most overlooked releases) and regularly every Mariah season (aka Christmas). That's more than enough cause for celebration. It's also a testament to the consistency of Mariah's output. Yes, she does have subpar releases, but the disparity in quality between her best and her worst isn't as glaringly obvious as that of other artists. I couldn't imagine this resurgence ever happening to any of Madonna's post-Music albums save for Confessions, any of Celine's post-2002 albums, any of Toni's efforts after The Heat, or any of Janet's pre-Control or 2006-2008 output. Migrate or Cruise Control still should have been singles (probably waiting for a TikTok celeb to discover them), but E=MC2 is #1, so let's enjoy that while it lasts. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 21:03)

Re: For all you non believers Amazon music (93,818) (93,821) by Andrew from the United Kingdom For the purposes of this board, I care about two things: Mariah and truth. Conversely, I despise two things: idiots and lies. Sorry 'bout dat. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 20:29)

Re: iTunes (93,814) (93,820) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I was, but ultimately opted to question why they passionately shade Mariah's discount-boosted sales while curiously don't do the same for the newer, more current artists today who discount their albums way more often and even at lower prices than Mariah's current promo. Never got any response from them, although they were too quick to reply to other lambs who defended Mariah by insulting them. So transparent. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 20:22)

Re: iTunes (93,810) (93,819) by Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway I check the iTunes top 100 rnb songs charts for many countries regularly to see if Mariah is charted. She is on the Brazilian charts all the time, but for the US, UK, Australia etc. she is [rarely] charted. Only once in a while you can find Mariah on the rnb charts. On the same charts you'll always find at least three Whitney Houston songs. This makes me a bit worried for Mariah's longevity. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 19:33)

Re: For all you non believers Amazon music (93,817) (93,818) by T from USA Do you question every artists #1 position or only Mariah's? (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 19:17)

Re: For all you non believers Amazon music (93,815) (93,817) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I do not believe anybody here said there was a conspiracy. I asked if anyone could rebut the claims made by Showbiz411 as to the veracity of the unlikely rise of an album previously not selling anything to number one on iTunes. That people are now buying it on Amazon Music does not seem, on the face of it, to do that. "Post hoc ergo propter hoc" comes to mind. To be clear, let me write it in simpler Engish for you as I believe historically you have struggled: I am pleased that Mariah is at Number 1 on iTunes; I would like the claims of wrongdoing shown to be wrong. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 18:46)

Re: iTunes (93,812) (93,816) by Bill from the UK I would hope Charmbracelet is next to be shown some love. It came and went with a bit of a whimper, but there are some brilliant songs buried on that set. Lyrically, I rate it second to Butterfly. Vocally, I do appreciate the approach she took to the record, but I do have to be in the right mood for it. But tracks like Through the Rain, The One, My Saving Grace, Subtle Invitation, and I Only Wanted really shine. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 17:57)

For all you non believers Amazon music (93,815) by T from USA E=MC2 is up to #159 on the album sales chart (from #14,630) for a sales increase of 9,101%. And it's currently #3 on their pop dance album chart and #2 on their Soul chart. Is this a conspiracy too? (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 16:59)

Re: iTunes (93,812) (93,814) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Do let the Madonna stans know that if you idolise a total bitch, the chances are that you either are one or are very much on your way to becoming one. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 16:12)

Re: iTunes (93,810) (93,813) by Nicole from US At this point I don't want to know why and all that. Just very happy this happened. $4.99 for a lot of songs must have had a lot of people curious about the album in general. Twitter got everything amped up. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 15:44)

Re: iTunes (93,810) (93,812) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Make that a couple hundred at most. Many of Mariah's most passionate US fans have been known to purchase multiple copies of her albums as a show of support. I wouldn't be surprised if they're the same people who were hugely responsible for the pure sales of her last few albums. Now that it's discounted, that likelihood is increased. Granting that at the very least, 300 of the thousands of retweets of the justice hashtag for the album represents US fans who actually went ahead and bought it, that's enough to take it to the top at least for the day. It's a curious situation, and such feat is more impressive now than the Glitter one because it's actually on Spotify, it isn't part of a fan countdown to the release of a new album, and it is hardly the holiday season yet. But I think this is just a perfect storm of events, initiated by the fans who showed their support at an opportune time. Looked into the comments sections on news articles on Facebook about this and many people are really pleasantly surprised about the unexpectedly random resurgence. I am just hollering at the hardcore Madonna stans who, for some reason, have found their way there trying to downplay this fan movement in any way they can, instead of doing the same for their idol. Who knows, maybe this will happen to any of Mariah's other less successful albums in the future? I'm feeling Caution is up next. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 15:35)

Re: We need a #justiceformigrate (93,801) (93,811) by The Real Deal from USA This tweet is in the lead. It's getting the most traction from MC's question on her original tweet. Too bad he didn't hashtag it properly. He just put #Migrate. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 15:27)

iTunes (93,810) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Out of 1500 albums on the iTunes Mariah is at No.1 with E=MC2 and No.557 with Greatest Hits. There are no other entries in a list of 1500. At No.1500 is the Original Soundtrack to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Earth - a film which was on general release 17 years ago. Now I am no expert but I would hazard a guess that this has sold maybe a couple of copies at most. Which would lead me to postulate that, save for the collection of 90's singles, nobody is buying Mariah albums anymore (which is quite something in a list that contains such modern gems as Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits & Jim Croce - The Definitive Jim Croce). But E=MC2 is No. 1? I do hope I am wrong but this does not seem right. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 12:01)

Re: E=MC2 (93,805) (93,809) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "For all the Mariah fans moments like this should be celebrated, don't allow bitter people like Roger to dampen the moment." I think everyone is pleasantly surprised. But anyone with a reasoned approach to life (which probably excludes half the people on here) must surely be wondering if this is indeed real, how this happened and why this happened, given that it came from out of the blue. This is the second time this has happened to Mariah. It's not impossible but before yesterday I would gave said implausible. E=MC2 is my favourite post-Glitter Mariah album and I have long since said I prefer it to TEOM. I am glad for her. But this is somewhat strange and needs investigating. If for no other reason than for rebut the claims to punish those that you ate so confident to claim are lying. Without any substantial proof to the contrary. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 11:36)

Re: Scam? (93,806) (93,808) by Bobby A from United States Def Jam is behind it. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 11:15)

Re: Scam? (93,802) (93,807) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I'd be extremely surprised if either of my grandmothers were buying CD's. They're both dead. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 09:16)

Re: Scam? (93,802) (93,806) by Musti from UK Yeah I don't get how this can be a scam. Streaming by fans is last decade's news. And I haven't heard of any collective effort to suddenly bring E=MC2 back to the top. Of course there's also the album's price tag. It would be interesting to know how this happened. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 08:34)

E=MC2 (93,805) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Roger has had it out for Mariah since she parted ways with his BFF Cindi Berger. Also chart data and Billboard reported the album topping the iTunes album chart. For all the Mariah fans moments like this should be celebrated, don't allow bitter people like Roger to dampen the moment. Congratulations MC. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 03:16)

E=MC2 (93,804) by jaker20 from US This album sounds so fresh even now, any song in this album is radio and chart ready. (Tuesday 28 April 2020; 02:06)

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