Mariah Carey: Official Topic

[ThisTime]

Its helps better than the debut cover, Music Box, and E=MC2

[Stardust]

Its helps better than the debut cover, Music Box, and E=MC2

 

 

of course, fake boobs shadows helps better in our present days than some stylish classic DIVA cover (like Daydream album cover). excuse me, but it looks cheap for me. i thinik MC will be classic only in her next life again.

[rakesh]

Its helps better than the debut cover, Music Box, and E=MC2

 

 

of course, fake boobs shadows helps better in our present days than some stylish classic DIVA cover (like Daydream album cover). excuse me, but it looks cheap for me. i thinik MC will be classic only in her next life again.

 

 

i didnt like the cover either... but watch what u r saying. despite going thru a lota hard times, atleast she's stayed strong and never drowned herself in crack; right?

she just prefers being the real herself rather than be fake and her fans dig it; whats ur problem then?

i dont know what ur definition of 'classic' is; maybe, dress well & sing, but with a mix of drugs ????

Edited September 7, 2009 at 10:43 PM by rakesh

[rakesh]

Watch and hav a laugh

 

Here's a clip from the X Factor 2009 auditions where Fouad, a Mariah Carey fan, performs his rendition of "Vision of Love." It's crazy but beautiful if only to hear the whole audience singing to "Hero"!

 

[ThisTime]

I so did not mean to put "Its helps" in that last post. & I was just stating that I liked it better than some of her other album covers

[dj4celine]

Rakesh, calm down Don't get so defensive cos peeps would say what they want to say. Everyone's got their own opinions

[Stardust]

Its helps better than the debut cover, Music Box, and E=MC2

 

 

of course, fake boobs shadows helps better in our present days than some stylish classic DIVA cover (like Daydream album cover). excuse me, but it looks cheap for me. i thinik MC will be classic only in her next life again.

 

 

i didnt like the cover either... but watch what u r saying. despite going thru a lota hard times, atleast she's stayed strong and never drowned herself in crack; right?

 

 

ouch, of course not, she was only in crazy house, right?

 

i dont see your point to start any kind of discussion to start fight between MC/WH fans again. both of them had problems in the past and its over.

 

i said that i did not like MC visual image since 1995 and i have right for it.

 

so, also watch what u r saying

Edited September 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM by Stardust

[rakesh]

Its helps better than the debut cover, Music Box, and E=MC2

 

 

of course, fake boobs shadows helps better in our present days than some stylish classic DIVA cover (like Daydream album cover). excuse me, but it looks cheap for me. i thinik MC will be classic only in her next life again.

 

 

i didnt like the cover either... but watch what u r saying. despite going thru a lota hard times, atleast she's stayed strong and never drowned herself in crack; right?

 

 

ouch, of course not, she was only in crazy house, right?

 

i dont see your point to start any kind of discussion to start fight between MC/WH fans again. both of them had problems in the past and its over.

 

i said that i did not like MC visual image since 1995 and i have right for it.

 

so, also watch what u r saying

 

 

 

MC was in the crazy house for less than 2 weeks not like forever which's what ur idol was. how's it that u can compare a breakdown to an addiction? its like making fun of someone for being hospitalized after suffering an injury. MC didnt wake up one day and decided that im gonna get myself a breakdown. WH's problems with her husband, i can understand; there r a lota things one cannot control themselves; but who asked her to drown herself in crack-pool?? she brought the addiction to herself!!! how 'classic' is that?

im not the one to judge on WH's personal matters and i dont care what she does behind the scenes as long as it dont bother other artists. my problem is YOUR COMMENT... someone who idolizes an artist with addiction problems should not be questioning some other artist's classiness

u definitely hav the right to not like something but if u wanna make tasteless comments like 'MC will be classic only in her next life again', u gonna hav to deal with a response too

Edited September 8, 2009 at 08:49 PM by rakesh

[rakesh]

Rakesh, calm down Don't get so defensive cos peeps would say what they want to say. Everyone's got their own opinions

 

 

 

 

i think its only fair that i get a little defensive considering how much he gets defensive in the 'Whitney Houston' thread. Someone commented about WH's GMA performance [i think it was Nikosn] and he had to bring Mariah & her bad-points into that thread to defend WH. i did just about the same, eventhough it was a silly matter. So can u blame me?

im sorry that MC's classiness do not live up his standards

Edited September 8, 2009 at 08:54 PM by rakesh

[angeluk2]

Yeah Do You Think Of Me is a song from the Dreamlover single and to me is better than everything on Music Box:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteCJnCe0ZQ

This is one of my all time favs from Mariah!

[Stardust]

rakesh, dont act like a cheap, u r acting like typical crazy lamb, who is trying to attack Whitney to defense Mariah, LOL

 

what will be next?

 

yes, MC's classiness do not live up with my standards, so live with it, i still love her.

Edited September 9, 2009 at 04:08 AM by Stardust

[Scramasboy]

Well said Stardust.

 

 

To be honest, I am not a huge fan of either Whitney, nor Mariah, but I mean I don't care for that album cover for exactly what Stardust said, and many Mariah fans and foes alike agree, just like others love it, and let me say, Addiction isn't just "wow Im gonna try some crack" it's something that happens over time. I think it's dumbbbb in general but c'mon that was a rediculous fight or whatever the hell it was. If Celine had an album cover like that I believe I'd feel the same. Just like I didn't like the TC album cover because Celine's eyes looked wierd shapped and odd. But otherwise, she looked sheek[sp? lol]

Eh anyway, my 2 cents. :]

[dj4celine]

I just hope this thread and the Whit thread doesn't get locked again for the quarrels it is generating

 

 

Anyway, Rakesh, what I was trying to tell is that there were so many incidents of peeps dissing Celine in Mariah threads as well as Whit threads but peeps are like that. One can't go on and rebut every single time. It's just not worth it. But if you wanna, then you're more than welcome to do so. Just try to do it through pms so that this thread doesn't get locked.

 

The same goes for you as well, Stardust.

 

[Nikosn17]

Obsessed enters top 10 of Digital Songs - 71,686

 

Into the Top 10 of Digital Songs, Hot 100 Airplay, Streaming and Commercial singles.

 

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

1 1 CYRUS*MILEY PARTY IN THE U.S.A. 178575 -6 190346 806313

2 2 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING 146726 -8 159470 2629568

3 3 SEAN*JAY DOWN 145631 1 144671 964403

4 4 JAY-Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST RUN THIS TOWN 132769 2 130779 571137

5 5 DERULO*JASON WHATCHA SAY 111661 8 103487 356620

6 6 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY 97034 -5 102596 1911332

9 7 PITBULL HOTEL ROOM SERVICE 84134 3 81822 674671

7 8 COBRA STARSHIP FEAT. LEIGHTON GOOD GIRLS GO BAD 82831 -10 91867 1076292

8 9 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF/LOBA 80365 -3 83035 539413

12 10 CAREY*MARIAH OBSESSED 71686 4 69147 667582

11 11 CAILLAT*COLBIE FALLIN' FOR YOU 71422 0 71359 544636

10 12 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 66020 -11 74185 1754502

 

COMMERCIAL SINGLES:

 

-- 1 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF 4,859 0 4,859

1 2 CAREY*MARIAH OBSESSED 3,011 -16 3,578 21,258

2 3 JAY-Z RUN THIS TOWN/D.O.A 2,858 -2 2,926 17,663

-- 4 BON JOVI WE WEREN'T 1,418 0 1,418

6 9 MADONNA CELEBRATION 616 -3 632 2,700

 

Here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:

 

No. 1 - Black Eyed Peas (-4.8 million)

No. 2 - Taylor Swift (+0.5 million)

No. 4 - Kings Of Leon (+4.5 million)

No. 6 - Jay Sean / Lil Wayne (+9.3 million)

No. 7 - Mariah Carey (+5.7 million)

No. 8 - Jay Z / Rihanna / Kanye (+10.1 million)

No. 9 - Pitbull (-3.3 million)

No. 10 - Mario (-2.4 million)

 

And Streaming:

 

No. 1 You Belong With Me

No. 2 Use Somebody

No. 3 I Gotta Feeling

No. 4 Waking Up In Vegas

No. 5 Good Girls Go Bad

No. 6 Obsessed

 

 

 

 

She may be even higher than #10 on this week's HOT 100 :o

[Nikosn17]

Details From Inside Mariah's Vegas Rehearsals

Warning: Spoilers Ahead! The following report contains some spoilers for Mariah's upcoming shows at the Palms in Las Vegas. Do not read on if you don't want surprises to be spoiled.

 

Mariah arrived at the Palms in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 7th to start her rehearsals on the Pearl Theatre stage for her Sept. 11 & 12 concerts at the venue. The first photo below shows Mariah's caravan arriving at the Palms' private entrance at around 7:30pm PT on Monday.

 

At last night's rehearsals, choreographer Debbie Allen and the dancers were running through "Subtle Invitation" and "Close My Eyes." Only two dancers were onstage for the "Close My Eyes" number and they danced to it in a ballet-like fashion. Then a new song from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel was played and the dancers were dancing to it.

 

When Mariah arrived, there was a bit of downtime, she was very quiet, as she is resting her voice as much as possible. When the rehearsal started, Debbie wanted them to do "Obsessed" but Mariah segued into a ballad from Memoirs. A beautiful piano melody was played with Mariah's subtle vocals on top of it. Based on the audio from the rehearsal, we suspect it may be an interlude from the new album, but can't know for sure. The music then turned into the opening notes of "I Want To Know What Love Is."

 

They then ran through her entrance which will be set to an instrumental version of "Butterfly."

 

Two other pictures from last night are included below: stage set-up and Mariah rehearsing a song on the Pearl Theatre stage.

 

Source: Mariah Daily Journal

 

 

OMGG SUBTLE INVITATION :w00t: THAT'S LIKE ONE OF MY ALL TIME MC FAVORITES.

[dj4celine]

And 'Close My Eyes' is my own personal redemption song

 

 

 

OMD OMD OMD OMD OMD OMD OMD

 

 

[rakesh]

ok im sorry. i think its fair if i apologize, for disturbing the peace Edited September 9, 2009 at 06:25 PM by Edwin
remove the bait

[rakesh]

Mariah on TIME Magazine's Must List This Fall

 

TIME magazine names its 50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall and Mariah is on the list twice: for her new album, Memoirs of An imperfect Angel for September and film, Precious for November.

On sale Sept. 29

With no compelling commercial reason to vary her formula, Mariah Carey, the Nora Roberts of Pop, returns with more romance, more ballads (notably a cover of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"), a shorter dress and an army of the world's top hip-hop beatmakers to ensure that there's not a single underproduced moment. Expect sales to be vigorous. –Josh Tyrangiel

 

Opens Nov. 6

This teenager in 1980s Harlem has precious little to live for. She's illiterate and morbidly obese, her mother scolds and beats her, and she is pregnant with the second child by her absent father. Can Precious's life get any worse? Lee Daniels' Sundance prizewinner, based on the 1996 novel by Sapphire, asks a different question: Can this girl be saved? The answer comes from a caring teacher for whom no cause is hopeless. In an indie winner that's even more inspiring than it is harrowing, Gabourey Sidibe lends her full dramatic weight to Precious, and pop stars Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz shine in glamourless roles. But the big news is comic actress Mo'nique as the mother, a figure of surpassing horror and late-blooming pity. You should hear her name on Oscar night. –Richard Corliss

 

Source: TIME

[rakesh]

OBSESSED Airplay & Sales Update WE 9/8/09

Digital Sales:

Hot Digital Songs: #10 (Last week: #12)

Downloads this week: 71,686 (+4%)

Total downloads: 667,582

 

Singles Sales:

Hot Singles Sales (Walmart): #2 (Last week: #1)

Sales this week: 3,011 (-16%)

Total sales: 21,258

 

Airplay:

Hot 100 Airplay: #7 (Last week: #7)

+5.7 million audience impressions

 

Mediabase

76.331 million audience impressions with 13981 spins (Rhythmic - 6029, Pop - 4807, Urban - 2777, Urban A/C - 216, Hot A/C - 96, A/C - 15, Alternative - 1, Adult Alternative - 1, MTV - 6, MTV2 - 9, BET - 4, VH1 - 8, Fuse - 12).

 

All Access

CHR/Top 40: #16 (Last Week: #20)

+616 spins, 22.191 million impressions

#4 most increased spins with 143 stations playing

 

Rhythmic: #2 (Last Week: #2)

+72 spins, 33.894 million impressions

96 stations playing

 

Urban: #8 (Last Week: #6)

+38 spins, 15.027 million impressions

 

Urban A/C: #33 (Last Week: #30)

-34 spins, 0.657 million impressions

 

Streaming:

#6 (Last week #16)

[Nikosn17]

REHEARSAL PIC:

 

http://mariahcarey.com/bin/galImg/siteFiles/96be8c9281.jpg

[celinesounds]

She has the 90's look

[Nikosn17]

ELLE'S Interview with Mariah

 

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/myall15/45456.jpg

 

Photo: Bill Boatman/courtesy of Mariah Carey

 

Mariah Carey has sold more than 160 million albums worldwide, and, if radio play for the first single on her new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, is any indication, she's on the verge of racking up more No. 1 hits than the Beatles. But underneath the pop varnish, Carey's just a smitten newlywed in the middle of a home renovation, juggling a job and a new puppy. Sort of...

 

Congratulations on the album! Can you describe the new sound?

Each song is its own snapshot of a moment in a story. But overall, the vibe is R&B hip-hop with a lot of slow jams.

 

What kind of mood were you in when you wrote the album?

Each song has its own mood; some flow seamlessly into each other, and that was the purpose, and others are very different. The album has a sense of humor‹you can hear me laughing out loud at certain points‹but it also has deep and introspective moments.

 

Is there a track that holds special meaning for you?

Since I write almost all my songs, they all do. But a song like "The Impossible" is very much where my life is right now because I am actually in love for the first time.

Congratulations on celebrating your one-year wedding

anniversary with Nick Cannon. How¹s married life?

Amazing, better every day.

 

How do you two spend your free time?

We travel a lot. I think we've been to over 35 cities already.

 

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/myall15/Mariah-Carey_articleimage.jpg

 

Did Nick weigh in on the album?

We tend to do our own thing, but I did like sharing the process of this album with him, as we have the same taste in music and he's a great DJ and loves music.

 

You just bought a house in L.A. What¹s it like?

It's a Georgian manor. We basically redid the entire thing, from the floors to landscaping to the closets, which are inspired by my New York apartment, with a men's and women's department store-esque feeling! Of course, I have the salon and Nick has a basketball court, which is his favorite place in the house. And I love having the outdoor space so the dogs can play. It's not too small; it's not too big; it's not a monstrosity. It's a home.

 

Are you permanently moving to L.A.?

No, I'm bicoastal and always have been. When I came to L.A., I just used to stay in hotels or rented homes.

 

You've been looking great lately. How do you stay in shape?

When I want to lose weight, I'll avoid carbs and anything fried. I eat mostly soups with protein, and drink lots of water and chamomile tea.

You love your Jack Russell terriers. How's your puppy, Cha-Cha?

She's adorable. Nick got her for me as a present, but she loves me the best! She sleeps in the bed with me when Nick goes to work. And she gets along with Jack Junior, aka JJ, my other dog. We want to breed them!

 

So, now that you're happily married and have completed yet another album, do you think you¹ll ever take a break?

I've been doing a lot of other interesting things, which I'm super excited about, like filming Precious. It's an incredible movie by Lee Daniels, inspired by the novel Push, written by Sapphire. I read it a long time ago, and it changed my life. Everyone should read it.

 

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/myall15/345646.jpg

Forget for a moment that you're an international superstar. How would you describe yourself?

Hmmm…festive, emotional, creative, "artsy," a jokestress.

 

How often do you think about music? Is it always in your head?

Constantly! It has been ever since I can remember. I always have a song that¹s a melody I¹m making up, or a song on the radio. Music is a constant for me and it always will be.

 

You've had so much success. Where would you like to be in 10 years?

I try to live in the moment. It says in the Bible, Matthew 6:34: "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

[Stardust]

She has the 90's look

yes, reminds me MTV Unpluagged look

[Nikosn17]

"Obsessed" Enters Hot 100's Top 10 at #7

Congratulations Mariah! After four weeks of being stuck at #11, "Obsessed" moves up four places to #7 and becomes Mariah's 27th top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart.

 

Of the 27 songs, Mariah has eighteen #1 songs, four songs peaked at #2, two at #3, one at #4,one at #5 and one at #7 (so far!)

 

"Vision of Love" - #1

"Love Takes Time" - #1

"Someday" - #1

"I Don't Wanna Cry" - #1

"Emotions" - #1

"Can't Let Go" - #2

"Make it Happen" - #5

"I'll Be There" - #1

"Endless Love" - #2

"Dreamlover" - #1

"Hero" - #1

"Without You" - #3

"Fantasy" - #1

"One Sweet Day" - #1

 

"Always Be My Baby" - #1

"Honey" - #1

"My All" - #1

"I Still Believe" - #4

"Heartbreaker" - #1

"Thank God I Found You" - #1

"Loverboy" - #2

"I Know What You Want" - #3

"We Belong Together" - #1

"Shake It Off" - #2

"Don't Forget About Us" - #1

"Touch My Body" - #1

"Obsessed" - #7

Mariah now ties Elton John and Janet Jackson for the #5 artist with the most top ten Billboard Hot 100 entries:

 

1. Madonna (37)

2. Elvis Presley (36)

3. The Beatles (34)

4. Stevie Wonder (28)

4. Michael Jackson (28)

5. Mariah Carey (27)

5. Elton John (27)

5. Janet Jackson (27)

Source: Billboard | MariahDailyJournal

 

:clap:

 

"100%" Not Included in Precious?

Mariah Carey's "100%" from Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire will reportedly no longer be included in the film. Instead, a new contender has joined the fray: Mary J. Blige, whose original track "I See in Color" was included for the first time in a print of the film screened last week at Lionsgate in Santa Monica. But it's the story behind its inclusion that is most interesting.

 

Blige reacted to "Precious" quite emotionally. What she saw on the screen hit her so close to home that she became personally invested in the film and wanted to contribute in some way. "I See in Color," which plays during a key scene in the film (and therefore has a leg up with the music branch), is the result.

Source: InContention | Ritcher

"I Want To Know What Love Is" on iTunes

"I Want To Know What Love Is," Mariah's second single from her new album, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, will be available for download at iTunes on Tuesday, September 15th.

Source: MariahCarey.com

[Black Kitten]

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel samples on Amazon now! :clap:

 

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002OKSQN2...8969&sr=8-5

[dj4celine]

Some of the songs are amazing

 

Thanks for the update, Dhena

[Nikosn17]

I'm so disappointed... you can't even imagine. Edited September 10, 2009 at 12:23 PM by Nikosn17

[dj4celine]

Two songs are so far very good for me. But I won't judge the whole album with just these 30 sec extracts. I don't think you should too, Nikola

[Nikosn17]

I know ... but I can't help it. So far it's disappointing.

[Stardust]

when album wull be leaked? i wanna listen it NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!