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JD Interview (42,873) by NYHotShotta from USA Thanks for posting that interview. For him to say people are buying into promotion more than the album is invalid. We live in a technological, social media era where information is given to people instantaneously. This album has been pushed back many times and it's supposed to come put next month so fans do wanna know so more info. Also all this nonsense about this album having one or no singles is bs because had Triumphant, TAOLG, and YME have been successful the more than likely would have been "commercial" singles. (Friday 25 April 2014; 4:56)

Billboard cover, May issue (42,872) by Mara from United States Ok, so we know why MC has been silent. She is on the cover of Billboard looking stunning may I add. It is stating an all digital release for the new album. So no hard copy at all? The simplicity of the Billboard cover is beautiful. This stuff is starting now. (Friday 25 April 2014; 4:35)

Canada ET / JD interview (42,871) by clueey23 from USA That was a nice interview. How MC feels about Stevie Wonder is how I feel about MC. Like I have no expectations of her because she really is that great to me. And I also get what JD was saying about that nostalgic feeling of buying an album and also people buying the promotion these days. Hello, it's what's discussed on this messageboard day in and day out. Anticipation is at an all time high and I love it. I can't wait to hear the album, hopefully sooner than later. And some of you guys have absolutely no chill and it's annoying most of the time. (Friday 25 April 2014; 4:19)

Oh no, Billboard (42,870) by Ryan from the Philippines Billboard can't keep a secret. Lol. I can't with them spilling the beans of Mariah's "all-at-once digital release" in their latest magazine issue. On the cover is an amazingly looking and classy Mariah. Her face on the photo will truly remind you of the Music Box cover. Will it be the album cover art? We'll see. (Friday 25 April 2014; 4:17)

McQueen's video upload (42,869) by Geronimo from USA I am so glad to see from that interview that Mariah "gets it" that many of her fans prefer something that Mariah has done in the past (even the 90s.) but don't really dig what she is doing lately. It sounds like she is confident enough not to play into those expectations and that is a relief to me. I like the direction she has been going in vocally and with her writing. I can't wait to hear what she has been working for all these years. (Friday 25 April 2014; 3:44)

Feel the momentum (42,868) by Roman from USA We're so close, can we not just get excited for the eargasms that are upon us? The album, the voice are both coming. I'm so happy I could hit a 5 octive high note. Mariah would not leave her fans hanging if there was bad news ahead. What we need to do as fans is stay positive and supportive. This has the potential to be ground breaking and one of Mariah's biggest albums. (Friday 25 April 2014; 2:37)

TAOLG artwork (42,866) by ACMRitz from United States I know this is totally unrelated and what not, but I was looking at the artwork for TAOLG and kinda noticed the resemblance between the visual qualities (the heavy photoshopping on the face) of TAOLG and TEOM photo shoot. I never really heard anything about a photo shoot Mimi did for TAOLG, so do you think they could have used an unreleased pic from TEOM for this artwork? Anyways I am excited for what this new era brings. We need to help Mariah get her 19th #1. (Friday 25 April 2014; 2:25)

Eternal from Italy (42,865) by Mara from United States The last part of your post, all I can say in the best Mariah fashion is "yes dahling." I agree 100%, find a new formula and get this one under your belt so to speak. (Friday 25 April 2014; 1:25)

Mariah Carey TV listing (42,864) by Justin from USA - Los Angeles Fuse has "Mariah Carey Takeover" scheduled for May 6th. That's a good sign. (Friday 25 April 2014; 0:43)

2 Mariahs (42,863) by Danny Braden from Uk I think we have 2 Mariahs and we always have one is the Mariah we know and love who reaches us with those personal lyrics and we get the humour and realness and then there's two: promotional awkward commercial "stats" and "anecdotes" Mariah who can be quite evasive and wishy washy in interviews especially with people she isn't comfortable with. I think those 2 sides of her are conflicting right now trying to please everyone while staying herself. Her priorities are still music and creativity it's an outlet for her and also an income she has a hell of a lot to sustain in her life but no longer has to prove it. We need to support her decisions and still have a voice and opinion as fans what we aren't happy with after all we buy the music we are promoters in ourselves so we deserve something real. (Friday 25 April 2014; 0:41)

Marissa and Sweetheart Aaron (42,862) by Randy from USA Thank you so much for posting those videos. I want to speak to JD first. He says that people buy the promotion now? People should basically be surprised when the album is on the shelves with the cover and the title? What shelves; there are barely any music stores. And who buys an album (caps) solely because of the way it is promoted? And YME was put out to show she was still singing? We never doubted MC could sing in a studio; she does it better than anyone. It's the live version that bothered us. Am I the only one who noticed TTR and My All has so background vocals on it, but every time she sang it live there are full choirs on stage? And even if YME was to assure us she could still sing, the one time she performed it it wasn't live. TAOLG was to prove she still sings ballads? She's never had an album without a ballad. He made no sense at all. That video had me fuming. (Friday 25 April 2014; 0:15)

Mariah's Vevo (42,861) by nikki from usa I was shocked to see that nearly all MC's remixes aren't on Vevo. That really sucks because that's a good portion of her catalog. It puts the original tracks and schmaltz front and center, but all of the diversity isn't there to be seen. She has so many music remix videos, it's a shame they're not being represented. In the world of Vevo, Rihanna has over 4.5 billion views, people like J.Lo are under 2, and Shakira is at 2.4. (Just a sampling of artists.) Mariah is just shy of 1 billion. Those music videos would put her over that mark. Not that the views are important, but it's great promotion and she gets paid for it, plus it shows so much more variety to Mariah's musical stylings. Right now, it just looks like she does ballads. The fact that she's near the billion mark in views is nothing short of amazing since she's an old school artist and the majority of acts today got most of their views within the last few years. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 23:59)

JD interview (42,860) by Gilles from Malta After JD interview, I would say let's be patient and be surprised. Soon the will album arrive. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 23:47)

JD interview (42,859) by Martyn from England, UK Absolutely crying at the girl who wanders on at 2:23 with a sign saying "Phredley Brown" hahaha. So random. Also, I don't think JD is denying that You're Mine was a single, I think he was getting confused. He says there was only 1 other single apart from #Beautiful, and I think the song he's actually referring to is Art Of Letting Go, he's just getting his dates mixed up. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 23:33)

Eternal / what JD really said (42,858) by Edward from USA Eternal, JD never said that YM(E) wasn't a single, he said that "The Art of Letting Go" wasn't a single, which is different. Obviously when he was asked about the single release on Valentine's Day, he must've mistaken it for "TAOLG", since he mentioned it, and made reference to the Facebook fan release. YM(E) is definitely a single. Pulling YM(E) as a buzz single at this point would be crazy. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 23:13)

YME / postponement / whatever (42,857) by Musti from UK A big yay to YME for reaching #2 on the Dance Club Songs chart. I really hope it hits #1 next week. In all honesty I was devastated when I first heard that the album was removed from release schedules. I don't think that necessarily means it's not coming out on May 6th. After all these "news" all come from gossip blogs. No one from Mariah's camp has confirmed a push-back and it's quite curious that no one is commenting on May 6th in particular, only saying it's definitely coming out in May. I wouldn't mind another week's delay or two. That JD interview has practically confirmed my suspicions that a new single will be released before the album. Or perhaps Mariah's camp are planning to release the new single and its video the same week as the album, hoping that album sales will push the single to #1. However one thing I'm sure of is that all this agitation from lambs (in particular the lamb that lashed out at JD on twitter) is creating nothing but bad publicity for Mariah, and perhaps even ruining her promo plans for the album. I hope everyone would just relax. One way or another the album will come out. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 23:06)

JD interview (42,856) by Eternal from Italy Thanks sweetheartaaron for the video of JD. He actually gave a bit more info about the new album and their plans. Did I hear it right, JD said that You're Mine isn't a single, but just a little song to prove that Mariah's really singing? So they're just going to pretend it didn't happen, the whole song, after tons of remixes and two videos and a much hyped BET performance? That nonchalant way he said it sounded like he was trying to minimise the failure of that song in the charts. I take it that in Mariah's books, anything less than a top 10 is a failure, probably even Beautiful, since it "only" reached #15. JD even mentioned how Mariah's really looking to get that 19th number one, so that explains why all these singles. Since after 5 singles and this trick still isn't working, it might do them both good to try something different. I doubt it's going to make much of a difference coming out with yet another single before the album. The album started out on the wrong foot and there's no way to remedy all these consecutive errors. Release that album, if it tanks, take another year or two off and come back with a real surprise album then, not a surprise album with a date attached to it. Stay off all the unnecessary twitter and instagram updates about working with so and so, untill the morning blah. Let the music speak for itself. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 21:48)

IMO (42,855) by Me. I am Carly from USA The album is coming out early. I agree that it will be DeM anniversary. Mariah is completely surprised that she hasn't had a new hit yet and wants it. Mariah is totally over her record company. Mariah is out of touch with the new way of promotion, even more than JD. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 21:29)

JD talks about Mariah (42,854) by ACMRitz from United States Jermaine did an interview talking about Mariah Carey and her new album. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 20:09)

Random (42,853) by B from USA Did her team release a statement or what? I'm confused? She still has her voice. I think she struggles to sing live because she has to do countless interviews before hand. I hope that she releases the album on May 6th. If she decides not to I'm fine with that too. I still believe she has her voice. The problem I have with her singles these days is the lyrics. She wrote the lyrics to her best songs all by herself. Maybe she should let go of her dependence on collaborators. No more JD, Manuel, and the countless others that cause her to deviate from her style. She needs a hit song with a hit video to promote the album, otherwise the press will dwell on the fact that the album has been delayed and that only #Beautiful achieved chart success. She needs need producers like Happy Perez, The Smeezingtons and Bruno, Calvin Harris. She needs a beat like We Found Love, yes it was EDM but it was still an R&B song. Either way I'll continue to support her and her career. Unite lambily. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 18:02)

Mariah's surpise album (42,852) by QueenMc from Usa, California (Thursday 24 April 2014; 17:55)

Manny (42,851) by TJ from Norway Oh my, oh my. How would that be like??Maybe like "Lord of the rings"? My precious? Hehe. I think it would be an ugly scene. If they release one in each country I would have a good chance. Like in Little Britain, I'm the only MC fan in the village. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 16:48)

Album releases (42,850) by Manny from U.S. I was watching Wendy Williams. A member of the Wu Tang Clan was interviewed. He said they were releasing an album but only one copy of it. It's going to be worth a lot obviously, like having a painting from a famous artist. He said something along these lines. They decided to do something like that since music can be disposable with all the downloading. I wondered how the lambs would react if Mariah released just one copy of her new album? (*evil grin*) (Thursday 24 April 2014; 9:58)

Mara / Gilbert (42,847) by Spir Ja from USA Mariah is brave to preach the gospel re: her personal relationship with Jesus. She is a testament and God holds her close. The line of the veil of deception is exceedingly thin and only a humble one can discern. Don't get deceived. I have been often. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 5:58)

Advice to your older self (42,846) by Marissa from USA I decided to go down memory lane on YouTube when times were better. Listen to what Mariah says at 2:27. She needs to listen to what she said back then now. (Thursday 24 April 2014; 3:13)

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