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The Official Mariah Carey thread
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 06:24 PM (23,716 Views)
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AMAZING

https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/472232524689989632

https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/472232947349995520

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One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey decided to ride the subway! The Elusive Chanteuse posted several photos of herself Friday, May 30, riding public transportation in New York City while wearing (what else?) a glitzy gown.

"Glimpses of our joyride on the 1 train," Carey captioned the pic of her smiling while seated on a train. "#subwayincouture." In the photo, the diva wears a sparkly pale-blue floor-length number by Atelier Versace, featuring a mega-high slit and low-cut bodice. The glaring lights of the subway were apparently too much for the singer to handle, because she's pictured wearing shades while riding underground. See more pics of Mariah's glam looks here.

The Grammy winner, clearly enjoying her NYC subway experience, shared another pic of herself flanked by two suit and tie-clad pals. "Laughs pon de subway," she wrote alongside the image, which included producer Jermaine Dupri and BET Music Programming President Stephen Hill.

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The photo, also shared by Dupri and Hill, revealed that there may have been some confusion among the trio regarding what train they had taken. "So me @stephengranthill and @mariahcarey just step on the D train at 205th," Dupri wrote. Hill added, "So tonight @jwarhol and @mariahcarey and I jumped on the uptown. 1 metro card between us."

Carey also chronicled her big night out via Vine. The singer's account featured clips of her getting out of an NYC "#yellowcab," walking down subway steps to take the 1 train, crossing streets, and staring at heaping piles of garbage.

Prior to hopping on the train, Carey hosted the Fresh Air Fund gala at Chelsea Piers on Thursday, May 29.
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She is fabolous ! Those Vines are hilarious, "I mean I figured since I'm underdressed we might as well just take the subway". Her running on the streets like a 12 year old girl :lol2:
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Billboard: "How To Solve the Mariah Carey Problem"
How To Solve the Mariah Carey Problem: Former Record Exes Chime In


Mariah Carey's latest album, Me. I Am Mariah… the Elusive Chanteuse, entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 3 with 58,000 sold, her lowest total for a non-holiday album since 1991's Emotions entered at No. 4 with 156,000, when SoundScan first started tracking sales.

Not even in her darkest days, being hospitalized for emotional exhaustion and erratic behavior in 2001 after signing a $100 million, five-album deal with EMI's Virgin Records, and starring in the universally panned Glitter, has an album done so poorly. Even the soundtrack to that disaster sold more, debuting at No. 7 with 116,000 copies.

Island Def Jam's Antonio "L.A." Reid famously came to Carey's rescue in 2005, guiding Mariah to her comeback with the multiplatinum The Emancipation of Mimi, which returned her to the top of the charts, proving it's still possible she can regain her commercial footing.

Still, these days it's a lot tougher to get traction in the marketplace. So we turned to a trio of veteran, one-time record label executives to ask what they'd do to jump-start the Elusive Chanteuse's career, and came away with some constructive suggestions.

Ed Eckstine, son of the legendary crooner Billy Eckstine and a former President of Mercury Records, where he guided Vanessa Williams to a successful singing career, approached the dilemma as a music man. He is currently producing a documentary on his father, My Dad was a Singer.

"As Mariah Carey enters her mid-40s, she must adjust to 'ever-shrinking' radio opportunities," he says. "She has to downsize her commercial expectations, but that could allow her to take some chances artistically."

Eckstine says Mariah should explore taking the Celine Dion route of a Las Vegas or Atlantic City residency, "a big show with bells and whistles, an over-the-top diva-ready extravaganza" might be the answer, where she can perform her hits and not worry about new material.
The veteran record man also suggests Carey might tone down the "va-va-voom" imagery, record an EDM-dance-Europop album or reunite with Clive Davis to provide her with some quality material.

"Dial up Pharrell and tell him to bring Nile Rodgers with him," he concludes.
Tom Vickers, a former A&R and music publishing executive at A&M, Capitol, Mercury and Almo Irving, thinks the 44-year-old Mariah has a disconnect with what was once her core audience: 14 to 18-year-old girls. "The biggest issue is she's a mother with two children of her own trying to appeal to teenagers."

His recommendation? Collaborate with hit songwriter-producers like Dr. Luke, Max Martin or "this year's model."

"Don't compete with women 20 years younger, but come with more mature versions of what they're doing that could hit a slightly older demographic," he says. "Unfortunately, Mariah is no longer perceived as a role model by females nor a sex object by men. She's caught in between, which undercuts her relevance."

He also counsels Mariah to seek out duet partners that could broaden her audience, such as John Mayer or even an international star like Pitbull, create an "event" record based on a theme (a period songbook, an unplugged album, etc.) or set her sights on international territories where she has shown strength in the past. "It was not a smart career move getting into bitchy cat fights with Nicki Minaj on American Idol," says Vickers. "She's bound to suffer in comparison."

Publicity guru Bob Merlis, who spent most of his career at Warner Bros. Records, where he applied his magic touch to everyone from Madonna to Morrissey, quipped, "She should do a country record and a Howard Stern interview, where she has the time to explain herself that she doesn't get in those tabloid sound bites."

What he failed to mention was how a sit down with the King of All Media in the late '90s surfaced again during her 2001 breakdown. She went on a rant against Stern during an in-store appearance at Tower Records, saying his form of humor greatly upset her, during her period of "erratic behavior," which included an infamous drop-in on MTV's TRL, where she handed out ice cream bars and began a modified striptease to the astonishment of host Carson Daly.

Nearly 13 years later, Carey is seemingly content in her personal life, the mother of two and the by all accounts contented wife of the ubiquitous Nick Cannon. Her professional happiness is another story. Perhaps nothing short of a reunion with ex-husband Tommy Mottola can help Mariah regain her career mojo. She's seemingly tried everything else.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6121302/how-to-solve-the-mariah-carey-problem-former-record-exes
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hilarious: http://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/mariah-carey-fail?bffb
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:lmao:

OMG. I adore this creature. Could she be ANY more amazing???
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Mimi gets 7.7 out of 10 from Pitchfork :shock:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19399-mariah-carey-me-i-am-mariahthe-elusive-chanteuse/
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It's a decent album actually.
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@MariahCarey thank u for recording One more try. Such an honour 2 have one of the best voices in the world singing my song.

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Gorgeous @MariahCarey ...... PS, love the album! Big kiss, The singing Greek. X
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I am addicted to "Meteorite".
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I love that track too!
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Jermaine Dupri is gone!

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You can blame the manager as much as you want, but when it comes down to it, it's the artist's fault if sales drop. The artist employs a manager, not the other way around.

This project was doomed from the start because of bad publicity surrounding it's original incarnation. The vultures swooped no matter how good the album might be and it never recovered from that or its failure to spawn more than one semi-hit single.
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the album should have been ready for release a year ago when beautiful made some impact and people were about to embrace her again. the momentum soon worn off though. these days a pop diva in her 40s can only rely on the lead single selling the album, if the set arrives a year after the hit single then what can u expect but a major flop.
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Is anyone else feeling The Art of Letting Go? Love the production, her vocals are spot on too.
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from usatoday

Nick Cannon confirms split from Mariah Carey

With rumors swirling that Mariah Carey's marriage to Nick Cannon is ending, Cannon has decided to go ahead and put it out there.

"There is trouble in paradise...we have been living in separate houses for a few months," Cannon told The Insider, denying infidelity to be the cause of the split.

Right now, "my main focus is my kids," he says of their 3-year-old twins. The couple have been married since 2008.
Edited by FuckBuddy, Aug 21 2014, 10:06 PM.
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Nick Cannon took to twitter to comment on tabloid stories about his marriage. See what he says below:


"I have personally been absent from social media for the past few months for obvious reasons but I feel the need to finally speak up...

During this challenging time for me and my family it saddens me that the media can be such evil bottom feeders...

Because my family & I haven't been forthcoming with personal information, people are quick to paint negative pictures and spread rumours

For the record I NEVER have, nor will I make a statement regarding my marriage.

So whatever your favorite gossip outlet is reporting has been created within their own imagination...

At this difficult time I would ask all civilized people to please respect my family and this process

What infuriates me most is to hear people slander @MariahCarey . I will forever be in debted to her for blessing me with our children...

I will always love her unconditionally for this and so much more. @MariahCarey is an amazing Mother and I trust her wholeheartedly...

So to see false reports in the media stating otherwise is absurd! While I would like to remain silent I can no longer allow this to happen.

I love @MariahCarey*and that will never change!!!

If the media wants to portray me as the Bad guy that's fine...

But it is unfair to drag innocent people into the equation...Others have lives, families, and careers and for the media to slander them is down right evil and illegal...

BTW Shouts out to the so called "Sources"!I hope the check was worth it.."Don't worry about my life, worry about why you're worried about my life!".And finally, "Trouble in Paradise" is the dumbest phrase I've ever heard! I would never say that sh!t

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