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Elusive MC and Forbes (90,329) by Nikki from usa How many times has Mariah actually been on Forbes during her 30 year career? A handful? She's frequently non existent even during her heyday. Ostentatious artists like Madonna or Lopez want you to know what they make. They want the world to know they're successful. Mariah really doesn't seem to care. The reason those artists are always present is because they actually have their people turn in those reports on how much they're making right down to publicly announcing their deals. Mariah doesn't do that. Here's just one example: People wrongly believe her big tours have never sold well. That's because there's no info on them. Mariah never used a huge corporation to sponsor her back in the day. She'd use locals to the lands she was visiting. They'd release her numbers in the respective countries, but if you don't have access to their local papers and can't speak the language than you'd never know. MC never turned those stats into Pollstar. The stats for her CB tour is the North American continent only. I've seen countless places claim that's what she made for the whole tour: 30 million. I had kept an exhaustive list at the time of venues, how they sold, and the ticket prices to find a mean for each concert. I had to find locals in foreign places who could read the local papers to tell me all that info. My criteria has CB making 87 million total and I rounded down. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 22:32)

Thirsty? (90,328) by Nikki from usa Do we know really? Everyone always thinks they know what things mean. Not everything is autobiographical when it comes to Mariah. Sometimes MC's disses are very specific, but sometimes they're more abstract. These lyrics: "You send the bright lights. Even change your name." Nick Cannon didn't change his name. Damizza did. He's still involved with radio and the rap industry. He still had Mariah's name in his mouth off and on since the mid 2000s. I think diss tracks like Obsessed and Thirsty are about more than just 1 person. Which is why she's not naming names and says it's not about "that" person because the whole song isn't. Mariah said "Thirsty" isn't about Nick and even Nick asked her if it was about him. Of course, she'd be telling the truth if it were about multiple people. In which case she'd be "lying, not lying". Or, she could have different people in mind. The song was co-written with one of her background singers, so she could be referencing Tatum Tot's exes instead of her own. Just like in Loverboy, "Re-re has a new boyfriend." (Sunday 14 July 2019; 21:41)

Re: Scott (90,327) by Nikki from usa James Packer even confirmed she wanted to wait until marriage and made them sleep in separate rooms. Damizza never happened. She gave him his shot by taking a radio personality and allowing him to produce for her. She even gave him his producer's name, "Damizza". After her remix became a hit he had work as a producer. That took a hit in 2001 when she cut ties with him believing he was giving information to Mottola. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 21:06)

Re: Xavier (90,326) by Nikki from usa No, she and Damizza never hooked up. He made a lot of hoopla over how he was releasing a book that feature pictures that proved he and Mariah were an item. In addition, he claimed they were together while she was with Mottola, Jeter, and Miguel, but "didn't mind she had other boyfriends". It caused a stir and his book sold well. Then, he got backlash because his pics looked like fan photos. They weren't romantic in the least. A few months later Eminem claimed the same thing. Damizza introduced Eminem to Mariah at the request of Eminem. Despite Eminem also claiming to have pictures he's absolutely refused to show them. Even after Mariah went publicly on MTV live twice to give him the green light and her blessing to do so. He did continually "threaten" to each year he had a new album out though. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 20:51)

Article: Mariah reclaims her crown at Festival d'été de Québec (90,325) by Betty from Canada I was there front row with my blue poncho. When they swept the stage during her ensemble changes, it was like a waterfall pouring from the stage. MC was very brave and really made it Through The Rain. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 14:28)

Re: Mimi Town Road / voice of the generation (90,322) (90,324) by John from USA Erratum: I meant to say Mariah, not patient. I work in health care, and I use that word a lot, hahahahahaha. Force of habit. Sorry. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 01:35)

Article: Mariah Carey on sex, shade, and those epic memes (90,323) by Xavier Peoples from United States I'm pretty sure she was making James Packer wait until they got married so that eliminates him. Was it confirmed that she was with Damizza? If you take away those 2 it would be 5. I believe her. (Sunday 14 July 2019; 00:41)

Mimi Town Road / voice of the generation (90,322) by John from USA I hope this collab materializes. This will help reintroduce the patient to young listeners who are no longer used to hearing her voice. She should concentrate on doing features with artists that are still prominent and certified hitmakers of today. She did a similar strategy before TEOM, where small collabs, culminating in I Know What You Want with Busta that reintroduced her to the early to mid 2000s listeners. She was the voice of an entire generation for a while (90s) during which time her voice is literally everywhere and her songs almost automatically become hits just because she sang them. Prior to the 90s, and for a while that was arguably Madonna and to a lesser extent Janet and Whitney in the 80s and early 90s. In the early 2000s it was Rihanna who can seemingly do no wrong, but even her radio/airplay and hit-making power seems to be waning now. Taylor Swift (and I squirm while typing this) is unfortunately, the voice of this generation. Her new song, You Need to Calm Down, sounds like trash to me, but is a hit just because its her voice and name that's stamped on it. Knowing Mariah's and her team's penchant for not carrying out great ideas and suggestions from fans in messageboards like this though, this collab will probably not materialize. How many opportunities has Mariah and her team missed out on already? (Saturday 13 July 2019; 23:43)

Re: Mimi Town Road (90,320) (90,321) by RibbonB from USA Well, in her own words, One Sweet Town Road. Could be really epic if she somehow got a 19th number one, or jinxes the reign at number one to keep her record. Lol. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 16:15)

Re: Mimi Town Road (90,317) (90,320) by Musti from UK Well he's practically asking her help to end OSD's reign. But the song is already huge and his coming out hasn't affected its growth. M should jump on this. It seems like she hasn't yet decided whether she wants to remain contemporary or become a legacy act. This can help her make up her mind. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 14:10)

Re: Mimi Town Road (90,317) (90,319) by SM from Citizen of the World Could this remix already be done? Back in May Usher was in the studio with Lil Nas X and it was rumored they are working on a remix together. Not too long ago Mariah posted a photo with Usher in the studio, maybe this is all linked together. Well see, but this could be exciting. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 14:01)

Re: Mimi Town Road (90,317) (90,318) by Bobby A from United States MC should do it. If the remix is a hit, it will definitely be good for Mimi. Let's see what happens. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 12:31)

Mimi Town Road (90,317) by RibbonB from USA I wonder if this will happen? Lil Nas X has invited Mimi to join him on a remix. That could be cute. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 07:53)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,313) (90,316) by Bill from the UK Take your own advice babes. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 07:48)

Festival d'été de Québec (90,315) by Licia from USA I saw a few clips from this show. She sounded good from the small clips I saw. I'm hoping to find more longer clips. She has my respect for performing in the rain. (Saturday 13 July 2019; 00:45)

Grammy Album of the Year (90,314) by jaker20 from US Is Caution in the conversation for Album of the Year? I think she should be. Sometimes the Grammys snubs hot artists of the moment, and kinder to legends. (Friday 12 July 2019; 22:03)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,307) (90,313) by RibbonB from USA You need to go deeper, or better yet let it go. You have your opinion and everybody else has theirs. But opinions are not facts, so there is that. Onward. (Friday 12 July 2019; 18:26)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,311) (90,312) by RibbonB from USA Oh you upgraded to Madge, or is that a downgrade? (Friday 12 July 2019; 18:22)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,304) (90,311) by Licia from USA It was the most horrible experience ever. She never let me go on any trips (so what if I got an ankle monitor and can't leave the US) or be a video girl (she didn't want my awesomeness to take away her shine). The only good part was all the free booze and her letting me teach Roc curse words. Madonna treats me like a human being and not just her umbrella girl. (Friday 12 July 2019; 15:06)

Re: Recent interview (90,306) (90,310) by Licia from USA Yeah and from what was perceived and written. It was a hot mess. Either that person can't write or she was a bit more than extra that day. There's been plenty of articles written about her in the same way and they weren't this weird. So what if it was just Cosmo? It was relevant and important enough for her to participate. Lol. (Friday 12 July 2019; 14:57)

Caution Grammy chances (90,309) by Bobby A from United States I wonder has MC thought about increasing her Grammy nomination chances by re-releasing Caution to put the album back on the public's minds. Didn't Dua Lipa re-release her debut for the same reason? This special project she mentioned in Barcelona has to be the re-release of Caution. I think she and Usher did a remix to One Mo Gen. Something is about to happen. Whatever it may be, I want to hear those JD, Johnta Austin, and Bobby Ross Avila tracks. (Friday 12 July 2019; 14:16)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey on sex, shade, and those epic memes (90,300) (90,308) by Rene from US I think there are many levels of having sex. Come on people, let's use baseball as an analogy. She doesn't go all the way with anybody. I've had many sexual encounters but mostly first second an third base. She probably means full penetration. Who cares anyway? Her sex life is personal, we are just her fans. I don't care who she took to bed. But I've always been secretly obsessed with Jeter, the baseball guy. (Friday 12 July 2019; 13:43)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,305) (90,307) by Bill from the UK No, the letting go was of the past and looking towards the future. When she performed The Art of Letting Go live, she ad libbed and made reference to having to wear certain clothes and be a certain way, that was 100% Tommy, not Nick at all. There's plenty of kiss offs on Memoirs but they ain't about Nick because they were at the peak of their happiness. Go deeper than what's right in front of you. (Friday 12 July 2019; 11:49)

Re: Recent interview (90,297) (90,306) by Tijl from Belgium The interview is what the reporter put down on paper and his or her perception of what happened in that room. By the way, it's Cosmo not Time magazine. (Friday 12 July 2019; 10:05)

Re: Cosmopolitan (90,302) (90,305) by RibbonB from USA By family I was referring to Nick, just like Thirsty and all of MIAM and probably a lot of Caution. You have illusions about how she treasures family. She treasures absolute loyalty to herself. His is the same lady who has siblings as enemies and she cuts them off. When she breaks, she breaks. And by the release of MIAM they were separated. The writing of that project was all about their breaking up and letting go. (Friday 12 July 2019; 06:25)

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