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This decade was complicated (92,065) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines This 2010's was the rockiest one yet for Mariah and us lambs. We've lived through more challenges than we used to. We had to: - learn to defend Mariah from dem bashers in much more ways - stomach Stella's reign of terror, the nadir of Mariah's career - accept that Mariah had entered a new phase of her career - a certifiable seasoned veteran - get used to seeing her frequent the charts much less - see her lose a few records - let go of awful career decisions and failed potential singles - watch her make a mockery of herself in public with subpar performances, cringeworthy interviews, off-putting antics, various questionable media appearances and business ventures, and a handful of fashion misses. However, the decade also brought us some of Mariah's sweetest victories: - Roc & Roe - MCIIY - good holiday TV specials - MIAMTEC - Caution - many good public live performances to balance out the bad, - #JusticeForGlitter - being finally recognized by Billboard as an Icon - witnessing AIWFCIY chart higher and higher until it finally became her 19th #1 - breaking and making even more new records. 2018 was an awesome year to be a lamb. We never would have guessed that 2019 would actually top that, especially in an increasingly fickle industry. One thing's for sure: Mariah definitely knows how to end decades with a bang. She was right - you can never write off talent. And with AIWFCIY officially making her the first solo act that has topped the Billboard charts in 4 decades, we're already off to a great start for 2020. I'm grateful to y'all fellow lambs for both driving me crazy and keeping me sane and making this decade much more fun as a Mariah fan. New year, new decade, new chapter, new start. Here's to another 10 years of A+mazing moments, may they be bleak or festive or anything in between. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 23:48)

Hopefully new music soon (92,064) by Bobby A from United States I hope Melissa has said to MC that she has to put new music out after Vegas run. So, MC has all the month of January to record two hot uptempo songs that could be released while she records the rest of the album from March to July. MC has to be motivated to put new music out in 2020 since she had a fantastic Christmas back at number #1. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 21:59)

New album (92,063) by We are Lambily from USA Let's hope Mariah is really smart about this. She is gonna deliver a great album, she has never disappointed me before. But I really want her to beat the Beatles, I pray to God she calls some major names. I really want Mariah to do a features album. Drake asked her for the sample, ask him for a feature and make a fun song. A ballad with Ariana would be explosive. Call Beyonce and write that powerful women empowerment song. A throwback 90s song with Bruno Mars. But if nothing happens and we end up with offset, I'm good. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 21:46)

Article: Mariah becomes first artist at No. 1 in four decades (92,062) by Travis from USA All hail the iconic legendary musical queen. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 20:53)

Re: Melissa Mariah's manager (92,054) (92,061) by Korey2 from United Stated I totally agree. I was wondering if it was new blood on her team or what, but this makes a lot of sense. Let’s hope this team sets up the next album amazingly as well. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 18:20)

Re: New #1s album art (92,058) (92,060) by We are Lambily from USA Honestly I hope they wait until 2025 until they give us a new #1s album, nobody wants that now. Strategically it’s not even smart, Mariah is hot now. Her catalogue is getting played on the radio, she is the most streamed artist who debuted in 1990 who is alive and she is still selling. We want a new album, and better radio deals. #Beautiful had an amazing radio deal. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 17:11)

Mariah the gimmick? (92,059) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I don't see why some of y'all think Mariah being a holiday fixture is such a bad thing. For one, her other non-seasonal signature hits such as WBT, ABMB, Hero and Without You are gonna keep that from ever fully happening. AIWFCIY is more like a cherry on top kind of success. So what if time eventually comes that she's mostly gonna be known for a holiday hit? At least she has that. A guaranteed career revival off the sheer power of one song every holiday season is an extremely rare blessing - not even The Beatles, Elvis, Michael, Whitney, Madonna, etc. have that. That's the type of longevity that pretty much every act post Mariah's Merry Christmas has aspired for with their own holiday-themed releases but none of them have achieved even a small fraction of AIWFCIY's success. Mariah has been past her prime for decades now. Still, she continues to reaffirm her legend status by majorly coming back twice now in different decades. On top of that, she has a Christmas standard, which in no way cheapens or diminishes her legacy one bit. If anything, AIWFCIY is the one thing that separates her from most legends. Most others are gonna have to keep working and hustling while she could decide to quit right now and still be getting her coins. Mariah's likely gonna grow old to be like Barbra, Diana, Cher, Dolly etc. and still make headlines once in a while, and there's nothing wrong with that because those women rock, but she'll do them one better because she'll be the one with the enduring Christmas hit. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 16:53)

Re: New #1s album art (92,056) (92,058) by amends from Germany You're not the only one. It didn't change my life nor is it close to my favorite MC songs but I like listening to it. It's a jam. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 15:16)

Re: Another level of legend (92,053) (92,057) by Musti from UK I meant a hideous year for me. 2019 has been good to Mariah. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 13:20)

Re: New #1s album art (92,051) (92,056) by Dove from United States I love Infinity so much. I think I'm the only one. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 13:10)

Article: Mariah becomes first artist at No. 1 in four decades (92,055) by Betty from Canada Billboard really needs to give her another special award. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 13:07)

Re: Melissa Mariah's manager (92,044) (92,054) by Timothy from USA Wow. Now that tidbit makes this all make perfect sense. I hope this becomes a long-standing client-management relationship, as it bears good fruit. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 11:59)

Re: Another level of legend (92,050) (92,053) by We are Lambily from USA Musti, it's been a great year. Successful Vegas shows. Successful world tour, 22 sold out venues, grossed 20 millions. Amazing performance for 70.000 people, people said she was the highlight, everyone waited for her, Canada festival with almost the same amount of people. Icon Award. One of the best selling r&b albums, with over 400 millions streams. Top female artist. The millions records AIWFCIY broke is amazing as well, Mariah is too damn legendary Mariah has been making money this year, and repairing her image, she has gained like 3+ million followers since Stella left her on Instagram alone. Her social media game is recognised by my generation Z (or whatever we are called) as the best celebrity on social media. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 10:31)

Mariah (92,052) by We are Lambily from USA If Mariah was a man she would've been so celebrated by now, 2020 better be the year where we acknowledge her and award her with more legendary awards. Women in music better have her in their lineup next year. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 10:08)

Re: New #1s album art (92,048) (92,051) by Bill from the UK I hope they re-re-issue the album removing the monstrosity that was Crapfinity and replacing it with AIWFCIY. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 09:53)

Re: Another level of legend (92,040) (92,050) by Musti from UK I couldn't agree more. There are legends, then there is Mariah Carey. Her achievements and status will never be matched. I'm so proud of her. Congrats Mariah. Congrats lambily. What a wonderful way to wrap up this hideous year. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 08:31)

Re: Signature song (92,038) (92,049) by Bill from the UK You've just made yourself look even more stupid babes. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 07:23)

New #1s album art (92,048) by Dove from United States I hope the updated album art is the black and white photo of her face with her hair flying around from E=MC2. (The one Travis has as his avatar.) (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 04:45)

Re: Another level of legend (92,040) (92,047) by Dove from United States Yas. I'm so excited for this new era. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 04:39)

Re: Signature song (92,036) (92,046) by Stacey from USA Bill for the win. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 03:28)

Re: Roger Friedman (92,039) (92,045) by Stacey from USA Funny thing is he can't get the date right. What a loser. AIWFCIY was released in 1994. What an idiot. Consider the source and ignore it. This is a huge deal for Mariah. Even my sister who isn't a fan, texted me and told me the news. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 03:25)

Melissa Mariah's manager (92,044) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Fun fact: Mariah's current manager through RocNation Melissa also worked with her management team during TEOM era. She was Benny Medina's assistant. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 01:53)

Re: Roger Friedman (92,039) (92,043) by John from USA WTH? Miss You Much is Janet Jackson song. Roger Friedman truly has some seriously gigantic radioactive dead gerbil up his ashenhala. He and Stella's [censored] should do brunch sometime. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 00:14)

New milestone - congrats Mariah (92,042) by John from USA Congrats Mariah, on being the first artist to have a number one in 4 decades. That said, I think most of the argument here on AIWFCIY being number one for a third week and whether that would be considered the first number one of 2020 stems from the confusion between the date of announcement of the upcoming/next chart results and the actual chart date. For instance: Last week for instance, it was announced on December 23, 2019 that AIWFCIY remained at number one for a second week, but it was actually for the chart date of December 28, 2019. Today, December 30, 2019, Billboard announced AIWFCIY is number one again for a third week, but the chart date is for January 4, 2020, effectively making it the first number one of the 2020 calendar year. At least, that's how I understood it. Anyways, congrats again Mariah, and the Lambily. Hope this inspires Mariah to make more timeless music in the future - not just for chart purposes, not just for the Lambs, but for the world at large. The music scene sounds so same-y and repetitive without Mariah. (Tuesday 31 December 2019; 00:05)

The legend continues (92,041) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Congratulations to the one, the only Mariah Carey on her latest record breaking achievement. 10 songs with at least three weeks atop the Billboard Hot. (Monday 30 December 2019; 23:40)

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