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Sales (86,289) by T from USA The sales projections were raised from early projections by 3k. They are reporting that it could end up on the high end of 55,000. Here's a reminder to keep streaming this week. We are doing it and if it can surprise the whole industry and get to 60,000 in its first week it will be a huge success. It could even mean more promotion and a longer era. So keep buying, keep streaming it will make a difference. (Tuesday 20 November 2018; 15:21)

Re: A No No feat. Cardi B and Li'l Kim (86,286) (86,288) by T from USA Mariah has made a return to form with her new album Caution. It literally is everything. But a return to her exciting remixes (with Carid and Kim) would be the icing on the cake. Make it happen. (Tuesday 20 November 2018; 15:18)

Amazon sales (86,189) by T from USA Hey everyone. To improve the SEO for caution on Amazon and iTunes, make sure to post your reviews. I just reviewed on Amazon and the album has a total of 6 reviews now. We can do better. Reviews make a huge difference. And the Amazon algorithms pay close attention to how fast those reviews come in, since it indicates excitement for the new product. (I’m an author and do a lot of this for my books.) Please post your reviews. (Sunday 18 November 2018; 17:53)

Buy and stream, stream and buy (86,188) by T from USA Guys I don't want to sound like a broken record but we gotta buy more of this album and stream the crap out of it. If it fails to even reach 50,000 first week I'm afraid the label will abandon this project and Mariah herself may never mention it again. She is very sales driven and after the cycle it will end up being the latest Glitter, Charmbracelet, MIAMTEC. Lets do more for the first week so we can look forward to some more weeks. (Sunday 18 November 2018; 17:33)

Post for Mariah (86,154) by T from USA I hope everyone has posted a pic with their review of Caution on their Facebook/Instagram/Twitter. Mariah needs some help on the promo front. She's doing a lot on her own but if we can somehow get the word out with her it just might help sell more copies in the first week. Might help with better streaming. Now's the time to do it. (Saturday 17 November 2018; 23:58)

Caution hashtag (86,119) by T from USA When hasthtaging on twitter we should all come up with the same one so it starts getting attention. I like #CautionSpirit as I think it's one Mariah would pick up on and use. Simple #Caution works as well. Just noticed MTV and a lot of other media sources are using the hasthtag #MariahCaution. (Saturday 17 November 2018; 16:27)

YouTube that counts toward the albums chart (86,110) by T from USA If it's a video it only counts towards the individual song or single. Here's a good YouTube playlist that counts for the main album charts too. (Saturday 17 November 2018; 15:23)

Stream Caution (86,108) by T from USA Let's all stream like crazy on Apple Music and Spotify, can we organize a Glitter sized plan for Caution? I think if there is any chance she can get a #1 on the album charts it's going to take the streaming to do it. Currently in sales she's #4 but that could all change. It's only been one day. Can the lambs ban together one more time to make it happen? (Also buy it on iTunes as it currently sits at #4.) (Saturday 17 November 2018; 15:10)

Stream and buy (86,022) by T from USA What we did for Glitter was nothing short of amazing. We can do it again this week for Caution. It's so much fun watching it rise up the charts. I'm going to buy one physical, one digital and stream all week long. (Friday 16 November 2018; 14:18)

Caution the album (85,978) by T from USA The album is crazy good. Not since Butterfly have we had such a mood. (Thursday 15 November 2018; 22:04)

Re: Glitter #1 (85,976) (85,977) by T from USA "Glitter is the last, and I mean the last, great, slap you in your face vocal powerhouse album we will ever get from Mariah." I agree and I wonder if the reception of Glitter is what made Mariah change her mind from making albums like that ever again? I mean, we can never know how she must have felt when an album filled with her sanging was so ridiculed and ill received. Dare I say she's never sung like that again. Maybe it's due to vocal decline, but the Charmbracelet tour proved she still had the Rainbow/Glitter voice and yet she decided to do the opposite on the album. TEOM had shades of it but that might've been producers pushing her more then her own idea of what she wants it to sound like (her fav song on the album is SIO). I honestly think that yes, the vocals are not like they were in the 90's but also she left that style of music also in the 90's. Anyway, congrats to Glitter for finally reaching the pole position. (Thursday 15 November 2018; 22:04)

Mariah live (85,599) by T from USA She's sounding so good in Asia. I'm shocked. (Sunday 4 November 2018; 13:26)

Re: Abandon? (85,532) (85,545) by T from USA Would be very smart as TEOM needed Charmbracelet to set it up in terms of reintroducing Mimi. Caution could be the album that sets up a banger of a summer album. I can't believe she only wrote 10 songs and none with JD. The only question is will her schedule allow another album so quick, or will she be motivated to work her but off to make such a quick turn around? (Friday 2 November 2018; 14:19)

Re: Too many bubbles for my taste (85,180) (85,182) by T from USA Until we hear the official second single. The one that will ultimately sell the album, then I will make my decision on this era. I get why the first single was chosen. It will help her small theater/casino tour. It will grow on an radio format that caters to an older casino crowd. It is the introduction she needed in this era. A banger that targets the Beliebers would be good if that was the tour/era she was going for but it's not. Well, we will know for sure once we hear the second single. GTFO and The Distance are just album tracks that she gave away to give a little taste. By the way has anyone heard the With You live this weekend? (Monday 22 October 2018; 15:37)

The cover, an idea (84,972) by T from USA I love the cover, the color scheme is so great. A pink "caution" labeled band-aid over her left breast (aka the heart) would've been so creative. Remember when she was sporting that band-aid during the beginning of the E=MC2 era? I think that would've spoke so much to the title Caution. (Tuesday 16 October 2018; 23:42)

If Mariah would (84,881) by T from USA If Mariah would surround herself with real music people, professionals and musicians she could come back like TEOM. It's what she did during the Charmbracelet area and we saw what happened in the years to follow. Since then she's been on her own like during Rainbow and Glitter. I feel real musicians like Babyface or Walter A could really be the key for Mariah. I wonder if her label was looking at Janet's Unbreakable era for the blueprint of this era. I mean "No Sleep" and "WY" could be akin to urban ac radio and if they think they can have that size of a hit maybe that's what they are aiming for. I do hope this is the last MC album in this version of herself. After this I hope she walks away from the chart chasing for good and just makes music with real musicians. (Monday 15 October 2018; 14:03)

Re: The ultimate disgrace (84,629) (84,656) by T from USA Maybe you should finally go? But you won't. You're stuck in 1995 dude. (Wednesday 10 October 2018; 14:22)

Portraits by Walter A (84,493) by T from USA I imagine what a retrospective song would sound like if it was produced and co-written by Mariah's long time old collaborator who literally was there for a big portion of Mariah's career. (Sunday 7 October 2018; 15:13)

Re: Maybe it's time to pass the pen (84,487) (84,491) by T from USA But we already have Adele now. And Celine Dion. I do agree that going back to "her roots" may be the only reinvention she has left and might pleasantly surprise the charts. Let her have one more hip youth orientated album before she hits 50 though. (Sunday 7 October 2018; 15:00)

AMA performance (84,442) by T from USA I have a feeling when Mariah needs an idea she reverts back to something she's done before. I'm thinking she will look back at her last time at the AMA's with the "I Stay In Love" performance. Meaning we may get a similar set up of her walking down the stairs but this time it will be Bryan who will hold her hand (instead of Nick Cannon). This would be completely cheesy. I know Mariah thinks the public wants/expects all this glitz and glamour from her, but I don't think she gets it. People want the unexpected from her. They also want her to remind them of the raw talent she once used to exhibit. To her she might find it "boring" but I believe she should do what she did on the MTV acoustic Love Story segment. Just imagine a blacked out stage and audience. With only one spotlight placed on Mimi. She's sitting there on an artist's stool with only a microphone in her hand singing her heart out. It's really the only way to differentiate herself from the Jlo's and Taylors who will be performing. (Saturday 6 October 2018; 14:56)

Album drop (84,440) by T from USA Maybe Beyonce was on to something by releasing the whole album all at once on her own through the Internet? I mean, she took all the power away from radio and the labels to make the decision if she's play worthy or not. If the album is indeed about all the portraits of her life then she could've spent the summer filming low budget "photography" music videos or snapshots and then she could've surprised everyone with an album drop and let the public decide which songs they want to be played on radio. I'm sure in the whole album there is one sure fire hit but this way we only get what the label/Mariah let us hear first. (Saturday 6 October 2018; 14:46)

AMA performance of With You (84,392) by T from USA If she just does the standard standing at the mic this performance will fall flat. I'm thinking of her Billboard performance of Infinity or recent iHeart performance. I honestly think a stripped down performance where the spotlight is just on her ala MTV stripped or something John Legend would do will really elevate the song. (Friday 5 October 2018; 16:40)

Re: Oh for fx sakes (84,390) (84,391) by T from USA Maybe because of the A/C leanings? Or maybe because she wasn't following radio trends at the very beginning? Now it's interesting because she's got one toe dipped in "not following any trends" and at the same time the other toe is dipped in the "what's going on at radio right now with Ella Mai". I wonder what an album would sound like if she did mature music coming from a 48 year old who really doesn't care about what's in anymore? But that's not Mariah is it? (Friday 5 October 2018; 16:38)

Re: A message for Adam (84,336) (84,343) by T from USA Andrew the question is would you be able to objective sales aside? If the album sells 100 copies or ten million will you be able to give it its due? You're saying she needs to deliver now more than ever and maybe she will, all this talk has been based on two songs (out of twelve possibly?). I laugh because I'm reading the comments from the people who aren't satisfied with this first single and they are asking for everything from a dance club song, a hard beat hip hop song and even a gospel song? So right then and there it proves no matter which direction she went, it wouldn't be universally accepted. 90's throwback songs are in now and she has crafted something that fits that genre as well as keeping staying modern. "With You" is anything but lazy and if you think she half-ass'd it then I cannot wait to hear the next song you write, produce and record. (Thursday 4 October 2018; 23:34)

With You about Nick Cannon? (84,323) by T from USA To me this is way more about her love for Nick. The breakdown line, loving her from a very long time. The vows that were bound to happen. The everybody makes mistakes but they muddle through bit. However it could be about her current state. But that's the mark of a good song it's pretty universal. I think this album is going to her Butterfly post 2008. Everything that happened since E=MC2. (Thursday 4 October 2018; 18:52)

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