The Official Mariah Carey Thread
 

What is there to say about this woman that hasn't been said? We all know her, even if not all of us love her - she's a musical legend, with one of the most talked-about and memorable voices (for better or for worse, depending on your taste) in the history of music. She's broken a few records, she's flopped, she's risen back up, she's lost and regained fans, she's grown worryingly orange the past few years...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey

She's Mariah, the 21st century R&B diva. I'd say pop diva, but Madonna or Kylie can have one of those, they've earned it.

So, I'm a huge fan of hers (although I... hate the way she looks these days, damn those implants. I long for the 1991-1997 period. She was beautiful then). She's coming off the massive success of The Emancipation of Mimi and apparently ready to send us a new album next spring (awesome. That was fast compared to last time). Anyone else wanna discuss her, good or bad? Discuss, then. But no flaming amongst yourselves. And try to keep any insults (because I know some people hate hate hate her) short of outright bashing (don't want the thread closed, people!), mmmkay?

Well I've loved her for a good portion of my life, and she is undeniably talented. People like to put her down for many reasons, but they're just jealous of everything she's accomplished, and how many circles she's spun around the people that they like. 0=)

In all seriousness though, I do love her. I had the opportunity to meet her before The Emancipation of Mimi came out, while It's Like That was still the single. We Belong Together was on the verge of being released. She was filming a special for BET, and I was invited to go to the taping. It started about 2 hours late, and there were maybe 30 or so of us in the audience? So, graciously, Mariah had her people order us some pizza and soda and stuff. I live in Boston, but I'm originally from New Jersey, and this was at the NBC/BET studio in New York, so it was nice to have some good pizza because you can't get it in Boston. Anyway...it started and she performed It's Like That, We Belong Together, Shake It Off, and Vision of Love. She recorded each song several times, and it was live. Some people have seen the videos from the show and think she lipping it, but I can assure you that it differed each time she sang it, and personally I don't think they picked the best performances to air...maybe she looked the best in them? Anyway, she sounded amazing. They had premiered WBT on Hot 97 about a week before, so some of us already knew the lyrics, and sang along with her and she was really touched since it wasn't released yet.

The next section of the show was an interview with AJ (who used to be a host on 106 & Park). They cut a lot of that, along with most of the SIO performance from the actual show. But she's ridiculously funny. She plays the diva bit up, but she's really down to earth. She was constantly cracking jokes, and she made the 5 or 6 hours go by like nothing. Then, after people started leaving, she signed stuff for the people who waited a couple extra minutes and she talked to us. She signed my copy of Butterfly for me, and my copy of Charmbracelet which I ended up giving to a friend. She's beautiful, tall, fairly thin (though that's changed a bit), and just amazing. She's one of the nicest people I've ever met, and she's sincerely thankful to her fans. You could tell it wasn't an act.

Then, this past summer, I saw her on tour in Boston. My seats were third row, floor. She sounded and looked amazing, and was great! She responded to the signs that people held up, sang happy birthday to the guy in the row in front of me because his sign asked her to sign I'll Be There for his birthday. She sang Happy Birthday and I'll Be There.

So that was kinda long, but those are my MC moments. Love love love her!

She's one of the artiste's I seriously dislike for no reason. Maybe because her music never appeals to me.

However, she has some undeniably OMFG-FRICKING-AMAZING-WTF songs, namely We Belong Together and Shake It Off. Those are the only 2 that I like.

Sorry to say but I hate Mariah Carey, just looking at her makes me -------. and when I saw the video of her dissing Madonna, that made me dislike her more. I must admit though, I LOVE "Hero" and a couple others.

That video cuts off the beginning part. In an interview before that, Madonna had said "If I were Mariah Carey, I think I'd kill myself" or something to that extent. So they asked Mariah what she thought about that comment. MC's comment was much more tasteful, in my opinion.

I'm not a fan, but Mariah does have some great songs and I was rather glad when she made a comeback last year. I've run into stories about her being nice to her fans and that makes me think better of her because she seems to be genuine that way. She may be a diva, but at least she has the career and records to make it understandable and still remembers her fans.

Vision of Love is favourite of mine, We Belong Together when it comes to the newer songs. I think she can be beautiful but wish she'd dress better these days.

I've always been a fan of hers. I originally got into her music during the Butterfly period, when the video for Honey was frequently played on VH1 and MTV. I have that album, and I bought her "#1's", which is fantastic. I'd say my favorite period of hers would be Daydream-Rainbow. I think her very best songs were from that time. I do like her Emancipation of Mimi stuff, but I think that she's sacrificed a bit of her true music in order to be more commercially successful. That's the only problem I have with her, like with "It's Like That", which I find somewhat ridiculous.

OMG I love Mariah! That crazy *****!

I met her a few times and she has an awesome sense of humor. She's really sarcastic!

But anyway, yeah I think she's one of the most amazing artists out there.

She writes, produces, sings, plays instruments and she's crazy!

DAYDREAM is like one of the best pop/R&B albums EVER! It was seriously ahead of its time.

I really hate the way she looks now too. It's like ew... plastic surgery gone wrong or something.

Plus, it looks like she's got too much botox in her face.

On the vocal side, she still got it even though it's not a strong as it used to be.

She's still WAY better than "crack wrecked my voice" Whitney.

(that comment that she made was in response to Madonna's comment)

(Good, the duplicate's been removed. Why do my threads keep cloning theirselves, anyway? it's FREAKY!)

So, she's one of my favorite singers ever, although I don't listen to her anywhere near as much as I used to. Her voice is a little anemic now, but it blew me (and many others) away back in her heyday - I think Rainbow actually started her slight decline. Not a bad album. Glitter was crappy, but I liked half of it - I may be the only person in the world who loves Want You. I love how dark and twinkly and sexy it is. Eric Benet's was like the only GOOD guest spot on the whole album. Way too many guest spots, and BAD ones to boot.

Charmbracelet was pretty, but very safe and boring. Her voice was HORRIBLE. I was honestly worried at how tattered it sounded, like she'd damaged it beyond repair. It's still annoyingly gusty now though.

Butterfly - minus The Beautiful Ones - and Daydream are her two best albums, bar none. Emotions is definitely very underrated, though. It's her fourth-best (Merry Christmas is her third-best. I LOVE that album so much).

The video for Honey is awesome, and one of her last good videos. Boy had a cute video, though. Didn't really care much for any of the videos off Mimi, although the album itself was really very cool. Three of the four bonus tracks on the re-issue, though, sucked. Don't Forget About Us was pretty, and... I wish Sprung had made the U.S. edition. Secret Love can stay on the international versions and away from me - it's horrible.

More Mariah thoughts to come later.

another thread for an artist who I like :P

actually one of my current favorite US/EU songs is 'Say Somethin' feat Dem Franchize Boys (So So Def remix)' :D

I think Emancipation of Mimi is Mariahs best album. I know her vocal abilities peaked on her earlier albums but I don't care about that. I love EoM's hip-hop beats & I'm a fan of JD's productions. Mariah + JD = awesome music :yes

When I got cable TV, Heartbreaker was one of my favourite videos, then I liked Through The Rain, not sure on the title, but something like that. When she released It's Like That, I kind of enjoyed it, didn't think much of We Belong Together at first, but it got to me after a while. Get Your Number is a great song. After those experiences I decided to download TEOM and what I heard was a surprisingly GREAT album. Fly Like A Bird, anyone? I rarely buy CDs and I actually bought TEOM. That says something.

i really lyk Mariah Carey. My fave songs would probably be Hero and All I want For Christmas is You.

You didn't like the video for Through the Rain? That one made me cry. I also thought that Heartbreaker was hilarious :D

I remember thinking Through the Rain was okay. But then it was ruined for me forever by the sheer AWESOMENESS of the Mad TV parody video, I'm Not Insane (also featuring Whitney Houston!).

Heartbreaker was cute, though. It was Mariah still looking pretty even AFTER her boobs started to inflate and she overdid the tanning. I think. I know she had her twins sometime around/after 1999, around the same time she started to look a bit orange.

i really liked her 'butterfly' album. the lyrics are beautiful and poetic. the songs are emotional. unfortunarely, the next two albums did not compare to 'butterfly'. it is a pity.

I completely forgot about that parody. Debra Wilson is a comedic genius, which is why I'm no saddened by her leaving the show :(

My favorite video is Loverboy LOL

I just loved how she tried to make a top out of a bandana

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4...erboy01gw3.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2...erboy02ez6.jpg

lol, I found the video incredibly funny for some reason...... massive flop.

The single was ultimately #2 on the hot 100 though, so by that standard it was successful.

Yeha, but remember, it only rose to #2 AFTER Virgin Records slashed the price of the single to 49 cents (back when physical singles were still actually important in the U.S. and sales of them actually counted for something). I used to have that single, the one with only the original and the remix on it, I believe. Wow, that was completely POINTLESS. The cover sucked, and I still maintain that she looks completely ****ty in that video. Yeugh.

Mariah always looks like a ho. It's like her style... like hello!

I just think now she's too fat to be in some of those outfits :o

I still love Mariah! Did anyone check out the tour?

She is someone who doesn't look better big. I wish she'd ditch the implants and self-tanner, though... and go back to dark hair. Then she'd look GOOD again.

Haven't seen her tours, but I'm not a tour/concert follower person. Apparently (APPARENTLY), she'll release two albums next year. I smell a Christmas album/best of (one of the two) as one of the two as well as a proper album. Just a hunch. Though she can't beat Merry Christmas - perfect booklet (doesn't have to looks for it now), great vocals (her voice is on a downward slide these days), and... yeah.

Yeah, I think she said that she wanted to release a new album sometime in 2007

You know Mariah - she never stays away too long between albums

Except the stretch between Charmbracelet and The Emancipation of Mimi. I mean, nearly THREE YEARS. That's long for her, especially considering that in the 90's, she released an album every year except for 1996.

LMAO

source: the daily telegraph

Oh! I didn't know the porn star was singing too. Now this makes some sense. I wonder why "Mary Carey" won't use her real name for her music career.

She... is trying to have a singing career. Good god.

I don't see a problem though. So the names sound similar. Big deal. Mary sounds a bit different from Mariah. Besides, you think we already don't get confused enough with all the rappers with names like Lil' Stinker and Lil' Willy and Young Duhhh and Young Roo-Roo? Mariah needs to get over herself.

Although Mary Carey's film credit titles are awesome. Double Air Bags 11 for the win.

I was on the floor when I read that. I can just imagine her saying like "I'm only doing Double Air Bags 11!"

I used to be a big fan, but since I've gone off US R&B/Hip-Hop, I've gone off her too. I did buy TEOM but wasn't impressed at all. Am I the only one who thought it was really, really overrated? I used to love Charmbracelet though. I saw her on the Charmbracelet Tour and she was briiliant! She even came off the stage and walked down the aisles of seats - but she didn't come anywhere near me though.

mi|kshake~

I thought Mimi was a really good album, among her best... but a return to form, her best album ever? Hell no! Her voice is ebbing away (although, thank god, it was in somewhat better shape than it was on Charmbracelet), and Butterfly and Daydream definitely owned her R&B leanings.

Then again, that's all just my opinion, so...

Mariah was cool back when Hero came out and, I forgot that album she had. The one with heartbreaker. Yeah. Mimi was good too but she`s just annoying now. Especially since she has that really high voice.

im mariah's die hard fan, as much as ayu's craziest fans!
goshers. i hate it when ppl hate on her and say these unagreeable things >___>

LAMB4LYFE~

I really love Mariah Carey. I own almost all of her albums and I've seen one of her concerts in finnish TV. It was two years old Adventures of Mimi Tour. I really loved all of the songs she performed and thought that "my god, I gotta listen to Mariah more". And thus started my fandom last November. :)

my personal favourite albums are Musix Box, Butterfly, Daydream, Charmbracelet, The Emancipation of Mimi and E=MC^2. I think Mariah has one of the most awesome voices I have ever heard from an female artists ever. :) She really has it in her. <3

I'm not sure of my personal favourite song yet, but I love songs like Boy (I Need You), Make It Happen, Always Be My Baby, Hero, Honey, Fantasy, Sweetheart, Crybaby, Say Somethin', Migrate, Bye Bye etc...

I'm very hooked into Mariah's music. :) I wish she'd release something new soon. :3

I saw on wiki she would release new album on 2009
I think it's fake, isnt it?

^probably..

from wiki..hehe
it's the time for new album.. XD

its been time! :D
follow her on twitter!
http://twitter.com/mariahcarey
anyways, mariah needs to beat the beatles, and get more #1s!!! <3

^ 1 more?? so now she's same with the beatles, is that what u mean?

two more...

i am looking forward to the new album.. i want it now :(

cant wait for more information about new album.it should be better than e=MCII

hopefully, her album will be out this year :D

btw, mariah stars in a movie called Tennessee:

it will be out june 5th (limited) <--idk what that means

^ It means it'll play for a short time, or it'll only open and play in a selected amount of theaters, or both. I'm guessing both.

*MAJOR BUMP!!!!*

MARIAH IS FINALLY BACK!!

New Single: "Obsessed"



Lyrics

This is a nice, summery, upbeat song.. ballads will come later.
Apparently, this song is a major diss @ Eminem, since he's all insulting her and stuff

Upcoming album: "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" *what a beautiful title :')*
Release Date: August 25, 2009 ~

In this new album, there will be big ballads!
Everyone has their fave style of "MC song" and this album will have something for everybody~

Oh cool, she has a new upcoming album. *__*

Thx, I'll check out her new song.

the new song is HOTTTTTTTTT. i can see this being another chart topper.

i am so excited

omg, Mariah's gonna release a new album~~ *____* I want that. <3

And Obsessed is so hot song. I love it so much. <3

OMG.. Obsessed is damn HOT song. I really like it better than hot shot major single in E=MC2

cover of her new album:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/857...umcoveropt.jpg
SOO much better than the obsessed cover :tired
she's got some boobs xD


seriously guys, i've only heard obsessed and i already think this album is better than e=mc2. somehow i really didnt like that album lol.

Where did those come from? I don't remember her having such an impressive set before.

I also think I'll like this album more, because the last album was part of the new Mariah and I wasn't ready for that coming from her yet. Now I'm ready.

thanks for posting the cover, i was gonna do so, lol
i liked the obsessed cover, seems like the MOAIA cover is very.. summerish ~

Is it just me or does Mariah's boobs look photoshopped in the middle one? It looks really out of place :shrug

I like the cover sooooo much

lol, arent most covers in the music industry photoshopped? :innocent

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Imperfect.jpg

I am so obsessed to Obsessed. I hope this album is better than her last album.

Hopefully she would not scream that much in this album...

At least this cover is better than lots of Japanese albums covers tho... Especially that cover you can use Microsoft Powerpoint to make it, but I dont remember which Japanese group did that.

lol, her signature "wail" :D i dont know what its called, but its definitely not screaming :)

oh okay, i put quotation on "screaming"

Thanks for telling.

Confirmed Tracks

1. "Obsessed"
2. "H.A.T.E.U."
3. "100 Percent"
4. "I Want To Know What Love Is"


I can't wait for 100 Percent because it is Timbaland's song for Mimi :o!

I can't wait till 'Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel' is released in September!!!!!!

After listening to Obsessed for a few more times it has grown on me!

oh rlly? I don't think #4 is confirmed. Other confirmed tracks are: "Candy Bling " and "The Impossible" there's a preview of 100 percent on YouTube, too

Where do u get the mariah news? o_O

Also, Obsessed music video will premeire july 13

^^ Also, 100% is set to be the theme for the release of Precious, so it's not confirmed that it will be on the album. It may be a soundtrack only track.

And the track claiming to be 100% of youtube is not the real song--it's a song called "everytime" that leaked during the Glitter-era and is a back-up vocalist singing a demo.

ooops i actually never heard the fake 100% until now. its not mariah! the preview of the song i was talking about is actually "H.A.T.E.U"

H.A.T.E.U sounds great but no one can beat Bye bye

hate u sounds good! i love these kind of ballads, mariah's are the best. :love

Her older songs obviously! :laugh

Obsessed
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs = 37
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay = 68
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 = 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay = 116

Obsessed will be available on iTunes on 7/7/09 :D

Hi Guys!
I have a question, maybe stupid one ^^'
I'm not a fan of Mariah, but I remember that once, few years ago, I saw a music video from her, and I really liked the song. but I can't remember what the name of this song was. I only remember that she wore a black dress and she was on the stairs, climbing down I think... hope you can help me, please ^^'

^ is that the song "it's like that"

^ahh..my first mariah video ever..:tipsy
good times~

totally love her songs, hate her face (too much like a doll) and outfits...

^ really??hahahha
my 1st mariah's video is through the rain

I just hope her new album will be as great as her last.

if not better :luv2

that's your first mariah vid? you're kind of a new fan, i thought you had been her fan for a looong time :yes

my first mariah video was always be my baby!

^hehehehe... 4 years is a long time for me :laugh

I really like Obsessed. I think I like it more than any singles from Emancipation.
And it's definately a more obvious first single than Touch My Body which was huge so this should do well.

We Belong Together :innocent

wow It has been 10 years that I have met M.C. in person while she promote Rainbow in Asia. I remember her ... body

^ hmm. I dont really like we belong together although sooooooo many ppl love it..hhehehe
for me, bye bye is her best song ever

OMG!! youre soo lucky! ~
how was she like?

i miss 1990's mariah. nothing, nothing beats that music. "always be my baby" is one of her best songs ever. And one of her best performances ever is the song "emotions" on this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cOuiiIzFsk

watch the end when she does the whistle register *_* (4:03-ish)

At that time, She had a big body already, I got her autograph, and touch her... hehehehehehh. I remember her hand was a bit cold. :(


She is very nice, but not her bodyguilds.

^well ur still supersuper lucky! *O*

yeah that is a long time! i just thought you had been a fan of her since like, forever lol~ idk i'm dumb.

any new news :tired

yeah, its forever. hmm.. newswise..
oh. i forgot to mention shes got a new perfume coming out called Forever, out september09
http://i42.tinypic.com/i1myoo.jpg

yes I am. It was so bad that not too many people at the time, she was sitting in HMV and not too many people to ask her autographs!

I was in line few times and she recognized me!

^:O wowww
theres always a better chance of seeing if not meeting a celeb in a place theyre foreign to :D

What's the scent? Her last one was too candy sweet for me. If I remember, it smelled like marshmallows and the sales lady was telling me it was sea breeze or something. :irked I love perfumes so much so I hope this new one smells better and not like some type of candy.

^An opulent floral with notes of Tuberose and Gardenia

M was smores/marshmallows
Luscious Pink was peony

i actually really liked luscious pink x]
hope her fragrances get better and better! :luv2
and everything else too~

EDIT: OBSESSED VIDEO WILL PREMEIRE 7/15 ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT ON NBC @ 9:00PM EST/PST !!!!!!

M.C. updated in her twitter. 14 minutes ago (as the time when I wrote this message), she's just finished recording a song for her new album called "Ribbon"

http://twitter.com/MariahCarey

I can't wait for the Obsessed music video!!!

:tipsy

Yahoo prematurely launched the Obsessed video this morning. They quickly took it down, but there are rips out there that you can download if you look hard enough.

I saw in wiki that obsessed already peak no #13 in billboard

hehe i watched it <3

here:
http://mariahnow.mcareyph.com/video/...Obsessed-Video

it's not in sync though

LOL Is that dude Mariah Carey? WTF.

eiii Thank u so much!

the final is.... shocking. wow....

I love that song, and the video concept is really really good.


She looks so beautiful (L)

^ really?? I dont like the video IMHO although the song is masterpiece

Mariah hit #6 for the opening week digital song billboard
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart...+Digital+Songs

billboard hot 100 #11
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart...1-50&g=Singles

hot R&B/hiphop #28 up 3 position
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart...1-50&g=Singles