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In lieu of touring for the future (111,581) by Nikki from usa
If or when MC wants to get back on the stage I don't think she should do traditional touring. Mariah's never been one for that anyway. She gets bored. I think she should do a one off type of Unplugged performance instead.

She can reimagine the songs back to back if she wants to and give us the highlight reel. She can have it on different channels and platforms or even release it with an album. If she's up for it, she could do it in different locations. NY one time and maybe somewhere in the rainforest for another. Just 1 off concerts with whatever works best for her voice.

It would allow her to have fun, be creative, and not have to do it again night after night. More like a special or two here and there instead of an actual tour.
(Sunday 28 September 2025; 12:30)
HFIA (111,579) by Nikki from usa
You think it's a farewell album? That would be interesting since she just signed this new deal with Gamma and has her own label under it. I'm not sure how she'd be able to make 1 album and dip. But, she could certainly focus on other artists if she wanted to. I just think Mariah loves creating too much and the freedom to do her own thing to dip.
(Sunday 28 September 2025; 12:24)
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Head scratcher (111,578) by Nikki from usa
You don't think they paid off? It got MC her 50th Billboard entry, got her back on radio airwaves beyond Christmas, and another iTunes #1. It also got MC her first ever music video award. I'd say they paid off. She got creative freedom to do what she wanted and actually got some recognition for it this time. I'd call it a W.
(Sunday 28 September 2025; 12:18)
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Was the mv Bianca or Mariah? (109,364) by Nikki from usa
I saw at the end something called "Bianca Industries" on the building. So, how many of those men did "Mariah" kill? Looks like she poisoned a lot of them, then there's the blinding, the binding, and dropped from a building. Mariah's slaying people literally, I'm kinda here for it. I wonder if the other videos will tell a story.

I'm surprised by the Mr. Beast thing. I know he talked about being in an MC video several weeks ago, but I'm surprised he'd do it if he knew he was getting dissed in it. He's a sensitive type and not the best of people. What he's willing to do for views at the expense of others is pretty bad.
(Monday 16 June 2025; 05:04)
Tommy and fools be a bit slow (109,192) by Nikki from usa
We all know Mariah's history. But, as she stated, she's just playing.

Mariah's literally listing her music videos' cameos. An evil king and castle was Honey. Motorcycle guy is Sweetheart and Beautiful. Computer nerd is Touch My Body. Construction and customs is We Belong Together as a nod to Wentworth Miller. 12th to never is Mine Eternally where Trey Songz leaves Mariah's butt in the rainforest. I think it's brilliant she's bringing up her previous works and music videos. Mariah's right - she doesn't take herself as seriously as others do.

Everyone has started referencing their previous songs in lyrics just as Mariah has done for awhile now, so she's raising the bar. It's a whole new flex.
(Monday 9 June 2025; 04:12)
Branding/brand deals (108,267) by Nikki from usa
I think she should release her own variety of bath supplies. Bath salts, oils, bombs, and bubble baths. Also for dogs and puppies. She's a bath queen and could easily corner that market. Different scents, some for luxury, some for moisture, relaxation, or just that clean feeling.

I don't know that Mariah would ever want a full time brand like Rhianna. She's married to music and creative projects are her mistress. She likes to try new creative things which is why she doesn't stick with anything. Mariah always want to try something new.

However, I do think if she just had a licensing deal only with a group to release bath supplies and only do the creative aspect from time to time, then that would work out for her.
(Tuesday 25 February 2025; 03:30)
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Andrew (108,266) by Nikki from usa
When you talk, does it make sense to you? "Mariah has more control over her career now than ever before, so no, she's not forced to be there, she chooses to be there. Once she agrees and signs the contract, she is contractually obligated to fulfill the terms, including any concerts or tours outlined in the agreement."

Yes, that means she has to be there and she signed in 2017. At no point did I say she was a slave. I stated she had her old residency scheduled already under Stella and Jay Z took over. He was her management and scheduled her around the clock. She had to be there, because J signed her up as her manager. Which explains why she fired him in 2019.

It's why she hired a smaller manager. None of this changes the fact Live Nation didn't get another tour from her until Christmas of 2022. It's 2025. That's 3 years, Andrew. I'd be wary of calling someone a liar when you can't even retain basic information. She is under contract to do tours and she's done 1 in 5 years. Best believe they are blowing up her phone. She's also still under contract with her 3 album deal from Sony. Caution was the first and she still owes them 2 more albums. Do you ever check the news section on this site at all?
(Tuesday 25 February 2025; 03:21)
Remaining Vegas shows (108,241) by Nikki from usa
Did you all forget? She does have to be there and keep doing shows. She signed a touring deal with Live Nation at the end of 2017. Her new residency had already begun that year, so they missed out on that and 2017's Christmas season too. Stella was out and Jay's team moved in. Live Nation only had her half the time because the residency took up so much time. It's why she needed an album out in 2018, so they could schedule her next year. Right after the AMA's in the pink dress LN sent her to Asia for a 1 month greatest hits tour before sending her back to the US to finish promoting her album and then doing Christmas shows before having her go on tour for Caution. She still had her residency and then the 25th anniversary of Christmas. Mariah was working around the clock which is why she fired Jay's management team for a smaller manager that would give her more breaks and smaller venues. Probably less commission too. Live Nation was looking forward to 2020 since all her old contracts would be up and 100% of her touring belonged to them, but that didn't happen due to the pandemic. It's why they're working her so hard now.
(Friday 21 February 2025; 02:38)
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Congratulations (104,525) by Nikki from usa
Don't mind them. A lot of people here are actually Celine Dion or Madonna fans that also like Mariah's 1993 work and they're upset she deviated from it. We will never hear the end of it. You can tell who they are because every gossip about Mariah that is negative they will believe as unquestioned truth and anything positive requires a receipt. They can't tell if she's singing live, singing with a track, or lip syncing. They just assume if she sounds bad it's live and everything else is trickery. There are a lot of gay people here and they get really upset about that topic for some reason, but you are not the only straight man here. English does have far too much slang, and too many abbreviated terms, so I can understand how confusing it must get for non native speakers. Welcome.
(Tuesday 12 December 2023; 20:32)
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MC, Ariana and JHud (104,524) by Nikki from usa
I'm actually wondering if Ariana and Mariah are working on something together.
(Tuesday 12 December 2023; 20:19)
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Article: Mariah Carey dethroned (104,490) by Nikki from usa
How was it removed from Spotify playlists? I see it as an option when I look for the track. But, Billboard changing its rules out of nowhere and right after they featured Mariah on their award show seems weird.

Exactly, how much more is streaming worth when Mariah is literally leading everywhere else from radio to actual sales? It's not like the streaming gap is massive. Is clicking a button on demand in the convenience of your own home really speak to what the public is into more then actually buying the song with your own money or calling up a radio station to hear it combined?
(Sunday 10 December 2023; 03:27)
View from here (104,199) by Nikki from usa
Bye Bye is when she first spent time with Nick. They were married 6 weeks later. She wasn't preggers then. That happened later. I do agree with Andrew, Mariah fell after #Beautiful and has been extra careful since. She broke her rib and dislocated her shoulder. The nerve damage she received down her left side got better, but she never stated if it fully healed, only that she did get full movement of her arm back. She's always worn high heels. They've just got higher and some of the corsets she wears aren't good for breath control. I think she's hyper focused on body structure for her diaphragm while hitting notes.
(Friday 24 November 2023; 09:18)
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Jimmy Kimmel (103,988) by Nikki from usa
Interesting talk coming from a Madonna fan. Perhaps we should go over her appearance and never ending face warp while she tries to relive her youth on stage and does the same things she's done for the past 40 years? But, hey, Mariah's only had an annual hit over the past 5 years, a hit Christmas movie special that went #1 in 100 countries, and old songs so good that they went viral after newbies heard them. What does she know about sales?
(Wednesday 8 November 2023; 06:55)
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Mariah, please be ready (103,987) by Nikki from usa
Honestly, that's my concern as well. I know what she's still capable of vocally, but there have been so many times where it's just basic upkeep and vocal maintenance as her problem. She's not even trying. She still has a good arsenal of vocal abilities and now that she's older she's got richer low notes accessible to her too. Over the past couple of years, it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of prep, planning, or management before performances. She just wings it. If she's going to draw this much attention to herself and then not deliver, I don't see things ending well. Her hardcore fans will always love her, but this is the public entering the chat.
(Wednesday 8 November 2023; 06:46)
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Article: Mariah Carey's savage insults to Wendy Williams go viral (103,986) by Nikki from usa
Yes, we saw that list, but it also showed who got the work done and some of that was the woman herself, Stella, Stella's daughters and some of it was Mariah. However, none of that includes going under the knife. There's no "surgery" to speak of. So, no, she didn't. The rest you can speculate all you like, but at the end of the day it is just speculation. Carey has been very upfront every year about whatever diet she's on and the exercise routine. She's had just about every body type over the years.
(Wednesday 8 November 2023; 06:38)
MC should come clean (103,020) by Nikki from usa
So, we're just making things up now? Mariah hasn't been dropped. Epic is just another branch of Sony, Mariah's under Legacy for older artists. They're not going to get rid of her, she makes too much money every Christmas along with her back catalog. She has a 3 album deal and has only delivered 1. If they dropped her, they'd have to pay for that. Which didn't work out well for Virgin. She delivered different compilations with new music in 2019 and 2020. She can release an album when she wants to, but there's no rush in such a climate. She just finished producing a Broadway show and was discussing making her memoir movie. She's doing a lot behind the scenes. Her deal doesn't include touring, she has a specific deal with Live Nation. The way you all rip her vocals apart no matter what she does just doesn't surprise me, she's not rushing to release new material. Madonna's deal is done, not sure why she was brought up in this convo at all, did she even get a new one?
(Tuesday 18 July 2023; 10:53)
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Boyz II Men performance (102,789) by Nikki from usa
Mariah stated that she did hundreds of hours of recording sessions in 2020 - quite frankly, she might be able to give us multiple albums over the years from those sessions. Yes, I'm sure she's exaggerating as she tends to do, maybe not, but it still sounds like she recorded a large amount of tracks.
(Tuesday 30 May 2023; 13:12)
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Randy follow up (102,788) by Nikki from usa
Almost Home - Mariah actually did write a song for that, but after she turned it in they practically re-wrote the entire thing. That's not what she wrote, but that's why they gave her a writing credit. She was still under contract, so when studio time came for her to sing it and she saw the finished project wasn't her song, she still had to sing it. The second part of songwriting is "how" you sing it, I'm not sure how much of the original of Mariah's writing in that sense made it to the final product either. However, it sounds like Mariah's style during the climax with all the extra Mariahs.
(Tuesday 30 May 2023; 13:06)
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Just stopped by to congratulate (102,787) by Nikki from usa
Congratulations on 25 years MCA. That's a lot of commitment.
(Tuesday 30 May 2023; 12:24)
Rainbow was bigger than Daydream (102,785) by Nikki from usa
20 years has passed since I talked to one of Mariah's old team members, so I'll spill. No, the actual promotion for Rainbow was extremely limited whereas they spent millions promoting Daydream. Rainbow was self-promoted more specifically by Mariah than any other album since her debut. Rainbow wasn't supposed to happen. The next project was Glitter, so her promo budget was cut in half. Half for Rainbow and half for Glitter. Mariah made a deal with Walmart to get more funding for her album, but it came with a promotional tour of their stores. It was the first time Mariah toured the Midwest since her debut. She not only did a lot of promo on any tv show she could find and anywhere Walmart wanted her to promote, but she also did any local radio station where ever she was. It was non stop interviews and performances. There was no "2 days rest" for live vocals while she was working 15 hour days, she did when she could. Baby girl's voice was sore for most of '99 when album promo officially began.
(Tuesday 30 May 2023; 11:12)
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QOC (101,706) by Nikki from usa
Sources for the definition of trademark, Bill? Surely, you can look that up. Or did you mean for the legal process of a trademark and and objections? I'm pretty sure I specified how that works, but anyone can look that up too. It's not a story I'm referencing. I would be mind boggled if you were asking for proof of Mariah's headlines over the past decade as if she's never been called the Queen of Christmas before since you've been on this board for over 20 years. Everything else is on public record and it's not hard to search.
(Wednesday 30 November 2022; 07:39)
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Macy's performance (101,705) by Nikki from usa
No - it's a moving float. All Macy performances are mimed by everyone. That's like saying it's ok for Britney to mime during a music video, but not Mariah because she's a Class A singer. Dude, it's a music vide, they all mime it, that's how its done. Macy's is never a live event because the float is moving down a street.
(Wednesday 30 November 2022; 07:31)
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Chart question (101,665) by Nikki from usa
What's interesting about that is all 3 hit the top for very different reasons. Fantasy hit because of a radio leak. Mariah mania was in full swing and people were crazy for new music from her. The leak was legit because they had to rush everything. The album is the same pic in black and white, sepia, and a close up crop of her face for the cover. They had to rush the music video and release. The song also covered multiple formats making it a shoo in.

OSD was massively promoted by the label because Boyz 2 Men had just switched to them and it was their first single with the label. A lot of tragedy had happened that year with a freak storm and a terrorist attack that killed a lot of people. The nation was in mourning and then Selena was murdered.

Mariah created buzz for Honey. She released the music video to late night MTV a month before officially debuting it. When she did, it made it to the top of the video charts before she released it to radio. By then, they were greedy for the song that caused such a commotion on music channels.
(Thursday 24 November 2022; 06:11)
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QOC (101,664) by Nikki from usa
It would be nice if people who talked actually had a clue what they were talking about. Trademarks are for products and goods, not censorship. Literally, nothing would change on how anyone used the phrase. None of these women's lives would've changed. Everything would continue as it always has. Mariah didn't "lose" anything, in fact, she generously stepped aside. The objection wasn't qualifying. All Mariah had to do was respond and the trademark was hers. She chose to remain quiet. After the 3 month period lapsed the case is closed. Mariah literally gave up a name for a merch line for no other reason than someone had a problem with it and she's painted as a villain while her quote unquote fans talk about checking her morals.

A trademark isn't a copyright. Some folks deserve some humble pie themselves. I find it interesting how many hear MC get dissed by ignorant haters and immediately take their side without question. Trademarks are for products only. It doesn't give her a "monopoly" on the holiday season. It's a product line. It doesn't change how anyone uses the expression. It only prevents others from selling other products under the phrase. It's not that deep or encompassing.

There is no current trademark on any of these things which gives Carey the right to use it. All she had to do was respond. She actually stepped aside and let the 3 month time limit lapse. She didn't "lose", there was no "battle", and she was denied for simply not bothering to respond. She let it go and she didn't have to. She's literally been called, "the Queen of Christmas" by every publication and it's uncle for the past decade. These ignorant stories do make her look bad and many of you pile on top. MC did something kind and you helped paint her as a villain.
(Thursday 24 November 2022; 05:27)
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Article: It costs Mariah $150,000 "just to walk out the house" (100,423) by Nikki from usa
I listened to this interview and feel this excerpt is slightly out of context. Nick was discussing business and how much he was learning from his marriage to Mariah. She does big international things and he's dealing with big money and acquisitions through their marriage.
I don't think he was describing Mariah walking out to the grocery store. It sounds more like album promo with "security" and "jets". The big money deals she's involved with. Also, James never gifted Mariah a boat. He rented one for her for a week while they were on vacation.
(Friday 10 June 2022; 06:58)

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