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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)

New song (84,318) by T from USA I love With You. (Thursday 4 October 2018; 18:05)

Re: With You - Andrew - nostalgia (84,287) (84,317) by T from USA Well with all due respect you can't be that big of fan or have that much of a connection to her if you abandon her right before the album drops merely based on the first single. I mean what if all the other 10 songs are the classic Mariah you love and are yearning for? That's another point of contention, everybody wants the Mariah they "grew up with" but then have a problem if she's been "doing the same song for the last fifteen years". Which is it? (Thursday 4 October 2018; 17:57)

First single always the right choice (84,265) by T from USA I think the chances of Mariah coming out with something in the tempo of Heartbreaker or Emotions or Someday is not going to happen. First of all they are too pop leaning for her tastes and maybe that's the problem. She should embrace some of the songs that brought her to the dance in the first place. But I do know this, in terms of first single selections the only one that may have been "wrong" at the time was Loverboy (and that wasn't even the original version of her first single so it doesn't really count). Otherwise she has always picked the the right choice to lead off the era she's embarking on. Vision of Love, Emotions, Dreamlover, Fantasy, Honey, Heartbreaker, Loverboy, Through The Rain, It's Like That, Touch My Body, Obsessed, #Beautiful. (Wednesday 3 October 2018; 14:45)

"With You" impacting AC and Hot AC October 15th (84,253) by T from USA It's nice to know where they are planning on focusing this era so that way there is no misunderstandings. Mariah's last "top 40" Rhythmic album was Memoirs and that's how it should be. I wish they would've taken the AC route for The Elusive Chanteuse as it would've worked nicely with American Idol in marketing. It was a stretch to think Mariah could still be radio hit material at the age of 43 unfortunately. But I think they are going to write the wrongs from the last era. It seems it will play out more like Janet's Unbreakable (but with better promo). Think of all the over 37 year old girls that tried at Pop/Rhythmic this year and failed miserably. I wonder if Madonna has taken notice. PS. I guess iHeart was for nothing as she will still have a hard time at radio. (She's going to need a bigger than WBT song to make any sort of dent.) (Wednesday 3 October 2018; 02:46)

Mariah's voice and breath control (83,981) by T from USA It's a fact that high heels and corsets change the alignment of the diaphragm and reduces breath control. So many years of Mariah walking around in super high heels have hurt her chances of ever getting her voice back to the stage it was at when she wore flats. (Monday 24 September 2018; 14:14)

Video misses the mark (slightly) (83,819) by T from USA Just thinking what a statement of her return it would've been if she was in a power suit (think Madonna in Express Yourself or Beyonce). Something really strikingly different than what we are used to with Mariah. It would also symbolize that she is the boss in this situation and it would be a return to form of the 90s when she was more covered up. That slight difference would've been all she needed to get people talking. If only she could've swallowed her pride for one video and just done things that would benefit the project as a whole. Other than that, she looked amazing the mood and atmosphere were on point. Song is great. She needs to be less Barbie and more bitch. (Saturday 15 September 2018; 18:54)

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