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| The Official Mariah Carey thread | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 06:24 PM (23,738 Views) | |
| FuckBuddy | Dec 18 2012, 12:07 AM Post #1841 |
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it was about time billboard chart rules allowed christmas classics to re-enter the hot100, even though this new chart peak still doesn't represent the song's huge and timeless appeal. surely this has to be the most genuine hit of her career |
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| Vancho | Dec 20 2012, 01:53 PM Post #1842 |
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66 49 62 35 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 5X PLATINUM Columbia | 64222 | Legacy 8.98 3 25 29 0 3 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey GOLD W.Afanasieff,M.Carey (M.Carey,W.Afanasieff) Columbia | DIGITAL | Legacy 25 Edited by Vancho, Dec 20 2012, 01:55 PM.
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| Riverwide | Jan 6 2013, 10:30 PM Post #1843 |
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Tommy Mottola Insists Mariah Carey Should Be Grateful For Him Anyone who has followed Mariah Carey‘s illustrious career will be well-versed in the stormy nature of her relationship with Tommy Mottola. The powerful music exec signed the songbird in her late teens, flexed his corporate and financial muscles to ensure she became a global megastar, and went on to marry her in 1993. At the time of their grand nuptials, the budding diva was 23 while Mottola was 20 years her senior. Unfortunately for the duo, their marriage would crumble in 1997 amidst claims from Carey that Mottola was too controlling and that he abused her “mentally and emotionally”. Despite this, Carey’s run-in with her ex and his new wife in 2005 suggested any issues were water under the bridge; an observation which makes the existence and timing of Mottola’s new book ‘Hitmaker’ particularly suspect. Set to hit stores on January 15th – a day before MiMi makes her televised debut on American Idol, the memoir sees the industry supremo relay his “side” of the story. And while freshly released excerpts suggest he won’t be throwing his former bride under the bus, he does make a number of interesting remarks. According to the New York Post, Mottola accepts that he may indeed have been strict, however he insists that it’s his firm approach that would serve as the prime catalyst for Carey’s blockbuster success. Relaying a time when the singer was keen to take a break between projects and he denied her, instead sending her back into the studio, he writes: “My feeling was that there’d be plenty of time for Mariah to celebrate just a little ways down the road. I’m not talking 10 years, just a few.” Mottola adds that he shut down his former wife’s dreams of following hip-trends at the time and collaborating with the artists setting them. Perhaps most interestingly though, he cites the still-selling ‘Merry Christmas’ project as an instance where his iron-hand was proven right. For, according to the thrice married Motolla, his now re-married did not want to record the classic album – arguing that he was trying to turn her into 50′s singer Connie Francis. He writes that he nearly laughed in her face, asking “does she even know who Connie Francis is”. Other chapters of the book relay how Motolla had “great chemistry” with Mariah and how, despite being married upon their first meet, he was “flirtatious from the moment I set eyes on her”. Summing up his heavy handed approach and MiMi’s comments on it since their split, the 63 year old writes: “If it seemed like I was controlling, I apologize. Was I obsessive? Yes. But that was also part of the reason for her success.” |
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| Riverwide | Jan 10 2013, 01:45 AM Post #1844 |
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Now THIS is how a true diva smacks down a wannabe! http://tkyle.tumblr.com/post/40031399750 "I didn't know she sang. I thought she rapped...or whatever." ![]() |
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| Beautiful Stranger | Jan 10 2013, 03:47 AM Post #1845 |
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LMAO at the look on her face as the Wahwah started the question. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 10 2013, 05:40 AM Post #1846 |
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I know! It's amazing!
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 11 2013, 12:08 AM Post #1847 |
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yet another FABULOUS response during this latest interview Q: How messy did it get between you and Nicki on set? A: I can't even discuss those types of things - here's what I meant by messy moments: you just have to adapt, and I think my thing is I have to be myself and if that means, in that moment, I DON'T HEAR YOU, I DON'T SEE YOU, YOU DON'T EXIST TO ME AT THIS MOMENT, that's what it is. ![]() i'll be adopting this instantly iconic phrase in numerous future occasions Edited by FuckBuddy, Jan 11 2013, 12:09 AM.
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 11 2013, 12:15 AM Post #1848 |
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i'm obsessed watching this over and over again. bless u mimi, it's still january and yet u've made my entire year Edited by FuckBuddy, Jan 11 2013, 12:16 AM.
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| Riverwide | Jan 11 2013, 12:44 AM Post #1849 |
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OMG! That stuff is pure GOLD. I adore her. I truly adore her. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 11 2013, 01:37 AM Post #1850 |
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They won't even look at each other here. Look at the STATE of Mariah too. ![]() |
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 11 2013, 01:38 AM Post #1851 |
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god, i love her to bits too. the woman is GENIUS |
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 11 2013, 02:00 AM Post #1852 |
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"didn't know she sang, i thought she rapped or whatever"
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 11 2013, 02:09 AM Post #1853 |
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i'm now reminded of another glorious mimi incident taking place a good decade ago Q: what do you think of j.lo? A: I DON'T KNOW HER |
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| Riverwide | Jan 11 2013, 02:26 AM Post #1854 |
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And who could forget this gem from back in the day... "I really haven't paid much attention to Madonna since like 7th or 8th grade, you know, when she used to be popular."
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| Beautiful Stranger | Jan 11 2013, 02:28 AM Post #1855 |
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That comment would have been funnier if TAB hadn't just spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. |
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| GimmeSomeRiver | Jan 11 2013, 08:14 AM Post #1856 |
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When I lay in bed I touch myself and I think of you
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EPIC shade. |
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| Vancho | Jan 14 2013, 09:06 AM Post #1857 |
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I think even when she was a top seller her music was mediocre. Apparently she's the best-selling female of the 90s
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 15 2013, 12:13 AM Post #1858 |
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why mansoning her achievement? she's most probably the biggest selling recording artist of the 90s overall. her album sales were phenomenal back in the day and u can't argue with that no matter how u regard the quality of her material. btw, both her debut and butterfly were top notch pop albums, in my humble opinion. |
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| Vancho | Jan 15 2013, 12:19 AM Post #1859 |
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^I can't deny that her record sales have been phenomenal, but, like I said, I don't think the albums' quality reflects this. I find most of her stuff forgettable. |
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| FuckBuddy | Jan 15 2013, 12:50 AM Post #1860 |
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i totally understand your stance, it's just that i think she's been harshly misjudged even when the music was at least adequate. |
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