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#1 To Infinity still big Japan (54,989) by NHYTG from nyc #1 To Infinity is well promoted in Japan: now #14 in the Japanese iTunes album top 100 while it was #45 yesterday. Nice to see the album doing so well over there. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 21:12)

BET (54,988) by Giovanni from USA Is so boring. Who even watches that channel? They have absolutely nothing going on on it that it's surprising it's still on. Award shows are crap now a days. Nothing but lame, untalented people. That's why I'm so grateful for artists like Mariah. Still hoping for another great piece of work. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 20:35)

"Lamb, I'm gonna call you" (54,987) by Billy from Greece Aww, Whitney. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 19:35)

Lee / Mariah's blackness (54,986) by Randy from USA This is just my opinion. I think the black community doesn't embrace MC because she has never really come out and said she's black. My best friend explained that she doesn't look like Halle Berry, Faith Evans or Barack Obama the other mixed celebrities who are considered black. My other close friend said she remembered MC saying early on in her career, during an interview, that she wasn't black. I searched and could never find such an interview, however what I did find was MC in 1991 at the Soul Train Music Awards winning an award and thanking the black community for embracing her. She has separated herself by holding onto the label biracial. Racist America has never had a biracial pre Civil Rights Era, everyone who had any black heritage was just that, black. MC should embrace all of her races. The final nail in the coffin, in my humble opinion, is while she has soul, Mariah's achilles heel is always going to be her live performances. If she "showed off" more like a Patti, Whitney, Chaka Khan, instead of standing still and singing the songs like the record and in some cases lip syncing the high full voice belts, she would have gotten a lot more respect from the black community as a vocalist because of the impromptu belting, scatting, riffs and runs that go along with singing live R&B and Gospel. I don't want to argue with anyone, this is my humble opinion. I answered a question and did not attack MC. It's sad that I have to end with a disclaimer to post here. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 19:33)

Infinity (54,985) by Ms. Giselle from U.S.A Ain't none of my business, it's tea though. "I'm not racist, I have many black friends, so I can say these things about Beyonce." (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 18:05)

Bikini Riah (54,984) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah finally in a bikini and looking great in this picture. Finally she is ditching the wetsuits. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 17:55)

Bet Awards (54,983) by Lee from USA I understand that we as black folks need our own awards shows. My gripe is that Mariah is not really that embraced by BET or any other black media outlets. How come that Whitney won a BET Honor and a Lifetime Achievement Awards, but Mimi just got a Bet Honor? How's that fair? They treat her like a mistress: loved in private, but ignored in public. It took Mariah 15 years to grace the cover of Essence whereas Mary J Blige was on the cover at least twice a year. The black media doesn't stick up for Mimi when she is in trouble as much as they do for MJ, Janet or Whitney. Two radio show hosts got suspended for poking fun at Whitney, but when it comes to Mimi being ridiculed, there's is no outrage, suspensions or terminations. Where's Al Sharpton? The NAACP? Jesse Jackson? (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 17:20)

L.A. Reid (54,981) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When Mariah releases another album, I hope she doesn't rely completely on Reid's opinions and direction. Reid is given a lot of credit for TEOM, and while it is true that he has a big role in its success, sometime Mariah gets too grateful and gives him all the credit. For single choices especially, she needs to be really careful. Reid isn't really great with single choices. Mariah shouldn't choose them either, they should get a group of young individuals to choose a song if they want a radio hit. Plus I hope the standards album thing is not a plan for the next album. I'd like to hear few more original MC recordings before she starts covering songs for full albums. Butterfly and E=MC2 were two big chances Mariah lost to get more hits. I think even Memoirs could have been bigger had Reid pushed the UOOMF remix and the Angels Cry remix and dropped his beef with JD and released the H.A.T.E.U. remix, which was an awesome one. Inseparable would also make a good single. Now someone or the other will jump up and teach me how we blame everyone but Mariah, so I'll just clear this out, yes Mariah is to blame to a big extent especially since she dropped promo on E=M2 and in many other things, but I am specifying Reid because Mariah believes Reid is her savior. TEOM wasn't a success just because of Reid, the songs were on point and all the stars aligned for Mariah to make her comeback. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 17:03)

Marissa (54,977) by B from USA I didn't take it personally. I just don't think Mariah or us need to worry about who wins what (with the exception of being inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame). I'm happy Janet is being embraced. I've always loved Janet. I still hope that one day that rumored collaboration between MC and Janet comes to fruition. I'm still upset that Sony/Columbia didn't give Butterfly, The Roof, and Breakdown commercial releases because of creative differences and Tommy's manipulations. I think we all agree that Reid really dropped the ball with E=MC2. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 16:30)

Mariah and JP (54,976) by darrian liu from taiwan The spiritual advisor thingy wasn't that exciting lol, but it's better than all the negative stuff last year. Team MC is doing a good job at damage repair and building up MC's image back. Btw I just listened to E=MC2 and Butterfly and got a bit frustrated for all the potential that have been wasted. We all agreed Migrate should've been a huge hit but I think all the other released singles could've been hits as well but they're not released properly. Butterfly has at least 3 other hits in it that wasn't released due to the conflict. Ugh why should they put a leash on Butterfly? It could've been Mariah's third consecutive Diamond album but no, they just had to limit its success due to personal conflicts and creative differences. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 13:53)

Recent news and Vegas shows (54,975) by Amber C from USA I don't for one bit believe any lamb who says they don't care about Mariah's personal life atm. If you really didn't care then you wouldn't have cared a couple months ago or five years ago when you obviously did, because you never ceized to. Not to mention, you're a lamb so have several seats. However I'm annoyed by these "spiritual advisor" rumors. Absolute bs and they need to end now. This marriage baloney can wait until after Vegas, Mariah. But I thnk Mariah is in love with life right now. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 6:53)

B / BET Awards (54,974) by Marissa from USA As a black woman, I'm offended that the BET Awards in particular is seen as "not important". This is a particularly hot button issue for me because the "ethnic" awards are always the first to be written off as irrelevant. Those awards are sometimes the only validation that black artists can get for their work. If they are lucky enough to get to the Grammy's they'll most likely be nominated for an award category that isn't even televised. The BET Awards, Soul Train Awards, etc. are the only places where we can get recognition without having to wonder if it's just because we're a token black person. Nor would you have people like Rihanna mindlessly being nominated for "soul" categories in other mainstream award shows just because she's black. It just bothers me that people seem to have the mentality that if millions of white people aren't tuning in, it doesn't matter. B, this isn't an attack on you, it just prompted me to vent on something that's been bothering me for a while. Nothing personal. If your main point was that after all that Mariah's done we don't need awards to validate Mariah's artistry anymore, then I agree. (Forgive the tangent.) (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 5:59)

Hey Mimi (54,973) by MIAM from United Kingdom I'm not too keen on Mariah's antics lately so I won't comment on them, but I do have to say she is looking damn amazing, and I'm loving the current look she is going with. She looks stunning, really looking forward to her return to Vegas. Hey Mimi. (Tuesday 30 June 2015; 3:07)

BET Awards (54,972) by B from USA The BET Awards are not important. None of these awards really matter anymore. Even the Grammy Awards have lost their credibility by awarding artist with little or no talent and playing favorites. (Monday 29 June 2015; 22:57)

Lucia (54,971) by Lee from USA She won the best smile award. Mariah has done more in the last 7 years than Janet and Whitney. She resurrected her acting career and built her (and Nick's) empire up. If that is not much, then I don't know what is. The woman put two platinum-selling singles without help from a label. You said that BET would not associate with her when things are going tough, but they had no problem giving Whitney hardware while she was abusing drugs. (Monday 29 June 2015; 17:04)

Recent news (54,970) by B from USA I've enjoyed the recent media coverage. (Monday 29 June 2015; 16:43)

All hail the queen (54,969) by M from UK Hey Lamily. I've been keeping up with YouTuber Flannibal and he just uploaded a short video of "Mariah thoughts". I love these videos of younger fans getting they're thoughts out. Mariah slays all day, so let's support, share and like. (Monday 29 June 2015; 16:28)

Lee (54,968) by Licia from USA The BET Awards was not established until 2001. During that time Mariah didn't really have anything going besides negative stuff (breakdown, Glitter flop, getting paid to leave a record company). She didn't even get nominated until 2005 when TEOM came out when she was back on top. She was nominated four times (I think) and won one award and they honored her in 2012. If you are saying that Janet didn't have anything going on since the Superbowl incident, I could say Mariah hasn't had much musically going on since her last number one in 2008, but she still got honored in 2012. I honestly think they only gave Janet that award because she has been missed. Kind of like a "welcome back to the music industry we didn't forget you" thing. Has nothing to do with darker skin. She as well as Mairah should have been honored a long time ago because both have done so much. Anyway these awards really don't hold as much value as they used to. In this day and age it's a popularity contest. It's no longer about great music. (Monday 29 June 2015; 11:44)

The hand (54,967) by Lara from Middle East If you look at the palm of her hand in the picture from the article "Mariah moved..." it seems like it has a rash/burn? Or maybe it's just the light? Is it just me who sees it that way? (Monday 29 June 2015; 11:30)

Re: Recent news (54,966) by Xavier Peoples from United States Enwar, you're not the only one. Personally, I don't really care about Mariah's personal life. I just want her to be happy and to continue to make good music. If Mariah likes it, then I like it. (Monday 29 June 2015; 8:17)

Vegas, Australia, Israel orbust (54,965) by Leigh from USA Jet-setting around the world, basquing in Med seas on luxurious yachts, rumors from boyfriends to marriage. It all is irrelevant for Mariah the artist unless her recent interviews about the direction she is heading were a bunch of bs. And if they weren't, and JP has simply swept her off her feet to the point that her artistry doesn't matter anymore, so be it, as long as she is truly happy. I will be sadly disappointed if the latter is the case, especially since I am holding a ticket for the 7/8 show. And I really don't believe she will put her music on hold again. But if not, she must rehearse to avoid losing the media support recently gained or all of this work is for nothing. (Monday 29 June 2015; 7:38)

Good vocals when she finds happiness. (54,964) by Cgee54 from Usa I hope her voice reflects her happiness. I noticed that when she's down and depressed she sounds her worst. I'm hoping everything works out for her. (Monday 29 June 2015; 3:27)

BET Awards (54,963) by Lee from USA Guys, isn't it odd that Janet is getting an Ultimate Icon Award at the BET Awards, whereas our girl hasn't gotten anything at the Bet Awards? Janet haven't put a hit in nearly 15 years whereas Mimi put out more top 20 hits than her, Madge, Whitney, and Celine combined in the last 15 years. Hell, Mimi is the only black artist in history that ever scored more #1s than Elvis. The only time Janet has been relevant in this millennium is when her boob was exposed at the Super Bowl. This proves if Mimi's skin was darker, she would probably dominate the BET awards. (Monday 29 June 2015; 2:41)

Recent news (54,962) by enwar00 from usa I honestly haven't even been reading the news articles recently. Perhaps I care less about her personal life than I even thought I did. Or maybe I don't care that much about someone's vacation to read 100 articles about it. Am I the only one? (Sunday 28 June 2015; 22:40)

As much as I hate to admit it (54,961) by Licia from USA I actually agree with Alexis (I'm shocked too). I was wondering the same thing. When will she start rehearsals for the July shows? Don't they start back in a week? All this good press will go to waste if she sounds bad. The media is loving her right now, but they are just waiting for the opportunity to tear her apart. (Sunday 28 June 2015; 21:05)

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