The Mariah Carey Thread

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the back of the "E=MC²" case is kinda risque. she's topless, and you can see most of her side bewb haha.

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by Cyria

Yes, she's a diva but I get the impression she's honest about what she's good at and what she's not. I feel she's earned it and she doesn't seem nasty or arrogant the way some other celeb divas do. So far I've heard good things about how she treats her fans.

Would a name change to the Official Mariah Thread be good? She's a big star, so there should still be things to talk about even after E=MC2's release.

Yeah, my friend met her a few years ago and said she was a very sweet person. And I do think that she's honest about herself as well. I know I love her.

And I agree that the thread's title should be changed since this will definitely end up expanding beyond just this specific album, as it has at parts already.

MC was on American Idol. Anyone watch it? It's gonna air here in a few minutes, but I've already seen it on Daily Motion. Pretty boring, most of the contestants chose really boring choices like "Without You" and "Hero". So predictable. Why didn't anyone do "It's Like That"? I would've killed to hear David sing "Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion"!

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Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

MC was on American Idol. Anyone watch it? It's gonna air here in a few minutes, but I've already seen it on Daily Motion. Pretty boring, most of the contestants chose really boring choices like "Without You" and "Hero". So predictable. Why didn't anyone do "It's Like That"? I would've killed to hear David sing "Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion"!

Why would someone trying to showcase good vocals sing It's Like That? I think the song choices were good though. Here are my opinions on the performances:

When You Believe: Fantastic and in his own style. Loved it.
Without You: Extremely disappointing and cookie-cutter version of the song. Blah...
Vanishing: Best performance of the night.
Hero: Original cover, but the vocals were just alright.
Forever: Very good performance.
Always Be My Baby: Original cover that was entertaining, even if the beginning was a little dull.
I Don't Wanna Cry: Yeah, umm...no.

Anyways, so I bought the album today as well as the Adventures of Mimi Deluxe 3-disc edition at Circuit City. I'm so glad because I got the last copy of Adventures since it was only 11.99. I can't wait to watch it

Originally Posted by bondingo

Why would someone trying to showcase good vocals sing It's Like That?

I was just kidding, but really I was so bored with all the ballads. I would've liked to have seen songs like "Vision Of Love," "Someday," "Emotions," "Make It Happen," "Dreamlover, "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Fantasy," "Honey," "Heartbreaker," or "Shake It Off". Anything a bit more up-tempo would've been nice.

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Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

I was just kidding, but really I was so bored with all the ballads. I would've liked to have seen songs like "Vision Of Love," "Someday," "Emotions," "Make It Happen," "Dreamlover, "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Fantasy," "Honey," "Heartbreaker," or "Shake It Off". Anything a bit more up-tempo would've been nice.

I thought you might have been kidding, but I wasn't entirely sure, haha.

I definitely agree with you about those songs though. It would have been much more interesting if they sang songs like those. And as interesting and different the Always Be My Baby cover was, I would have rather heard someone like Sayesha sing it to the original melody. Her voice and vocal trills could have made it her own even without a complete change in arrangement.

[Halla]

Mariah is going to perform on the AI result show, right?

I hope she performs a song off E=MC, but hopefully not Touch My Body.

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Originally Posted by Halla

Mariah is going to perform on the AI result show, right?

I hope she performs a song off E=MC, but hopefully not Touch My Body.

Yeah, she'll be performing on the results show. I'm not sure what she's singing, but I would think it will be Bye Bye.

[Halla]

^ oh yeah, I forgot it's going to be the second single. probably the worst track off E=MC too

I chanced the thread title.

[Cyria]

Has anyone seen her two new Macy's commercials? I think they're both cute.

I guess I'll be checking out her AI appearance on YouTube. Looking at that song list, I hope the contestant did a good job on Always Be My Baby (my favourite).

[Kaiouforever]

I like Bye Bye...but of course, the songs on this CD don't seem to be quite as catchy as her last album; they take quite a few listens to stick to you, but they are nevertheless good.

Originally Posted by bondingo

Yeah, she'll be performing on the results show. I'm not sure what she's singing, but I would think it will be Bye Bye.

Yepp, she did, and her renegade backup singer was in full force. Whoever it was screamed over top of Mariah during the same part that he/she did on Oprah, and MC seriously gave him/her a death look. Hilarious. I'm counting the days until we see MC with a new set of singers, lol.

Also, MC apparently debuted with 154,000 for the first DAY, and that's not even counting all retailers. Some places are predicting 600k for the first week!:

Mariah Carey looks certain to debut at No. 1 on next week's Billboard 200 with "E=MC²," based on massive first-day sales from the nine chains that report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart.

Unweighted sales for the Island Def Jam album are at 154,000 units on the report released today (April 16). That's more than five times the total garnered by the current chart-topper, Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J).

By comparison, Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" (Arista Nashville) had first-day sales of 150,000 and wound up shifting 527,000 in its first week.

Billboard estimates that the merchants who report to the Building Chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Starbucks, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Border's, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman Co. -- represent 80% of the U.S. retail market.

Carey's last release, 2005's "The Emancipation of Mimi," debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 404,000 copies.

Hits Daily Double: A Win Called Mariah
Can Carey's New Island/IDJ Album E=MC² Hit 600k?

Everywhere you turn, Mariah Carey's in your grill.
She's on Oprah, two American Idols, in your e-mail, on your computer.

Mariah Carey's new Island/IDJ album E=MC², looks like it will sell over 500k, based on one-day sales reports, though last night's Idol appearance could send it even higher. Wonderers are wondering if 600k is within reach. Needless to say, it will be #1 next week by a wide margin.

[Huaka]

Yeah, she sang Bye Bye. I didn't care for the song or her singing. =(. It just sounded off.

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Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

Yepp, she did, and her renegade backup singer was in full force. Whoever it was screamed over top of Mariah during the same part that he/she did on Oprah, and MC seriously gave him/her a death look. Hilarious. I'm counting the days until we see MC with a new set of singers, lol.

Also, MC apparently debuted with 154,000 for the first DAY, and that's not even counting all retailers. Some places are predicting 600k for the first week!:

I love how you all tell me she sang me she sang Bye Bye when all three of us Hawaii people watched it at the exact same time

And I noticed her death look to the backup singer. I'm pretty sure it was the girl on the end toward the center of the stage. And there's no way she'll replace them all because that guy (I think his name is Terell or something has been with her for a LONG time as a backup singer).

And yeah, congrats to Mariah on the sales. I know I bought my copy. She'll obviously get number one this week. Bye Bye's really growing on me too. The entire album is just one big grower.

Originally Posted by bondingo

I love how you all tell me she sang me she sang Bye Bye when all three of us Hawaii people watched it at the exact same time

And I noticed her death look to the backup singer. I'm pretty sure it was the girl on the end toward the center of the stage. And there's no way she'll replace them all because that guy (I think his name is Terell or something has been with her for a LONG time as a backup singer).

And yeah, congrats to Mariah on the sales. I know I bought my copy. She'll obviously get number one this week. Bye Bye's really growing on me too. The entire album is just one big grower.

His name is Trey Lorenz and he's been with her since the very beginning of her career in 1990. You guys might remember him from the "I'll Be There" live performance on MTV Unplugged which became a single.

I think Mariah stuff in general seems to really grow on people. That's probably why this album might have the largest first-week sales of her career. She's always had huge-selling albums, but they never had very big first weeks because they were growers. Most of her stuff is like that for me too, seems okay at first and after a few weeks I am in love. I remember the underwhelmed feelings that I (and the world) had for TMB, but now it's such a huge hit and I love it too.

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Trey, that's what it was. I knew it started with a "T" and was that kind of name. Anyways, yeah, that's why there's no way she would ever replace him. They've been together so long that it just isn't going to happen. The girls though I'm not too sure about. I'm pretty sure she was giving one of them the dirty looks. I think it was a lot more blatantly obvious on her Oprah performance than on Idol though. I seriously lol'ed at the Oprah one.

OK, totally off-topic, but I was looking at old pictures of Mariah and I am shocked how much she's changed. One of the rare cases I think plastic surgery was a good idea:

Before:

Spoiler:

After:

Spoiler:

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Wow, she's really changed a LOT.

[Huaka]

Nah, I don't think she had plastic surgery, maybe breast implants. Ahaha, because they look HUGE now.

Originally Posted by Huaka

Nah, I don't think she had plastic surgery, maybe breast implants. Ahaha, because they look HUGE now.

I know she's had her teeth done and at least her nose. She has this massive bulbous nose at the beginning of her career. Whoever her plastic surgeon is, snaps for him.