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Nicki (36,838) by Geezy from USA by way of NYC As family and a unit, can we all come together and not give this woman anymore shine on this messageboard. She's looking for attention for her flop album and its re release. We need to focus on our queen and not worry about all the other nonsense. (Wednesday 28 November 2012; 2:47)

Nicki/Christmas tree lighting (36,837) by Licia from USA I have been trying to ignore the Nicki debacle, but I can't. This is a classic case of when twitter ranting goes wrong. Girl shut it. I'm a black woman and I found nothing in Steven's statement racist. You can't go around calling racism every time someone criticizes you or because you didn't seem to get what they meant. She needs to read and comprehend what he was trying to convey with the Bob Dylan reference. What he said is true, AI is supposed to be about the contestants. Not Mariah or Nicki. On a happier note, I can't wait to see the Christmas tree lighting performance. Although I am a Scrooge when it comes to spending my money on gifts, the Christmas music makes me happy. Lol. (Wednesday 28 November 2012; 0:21)

Happy Holidays (36,835) by Gilbert from USA Hi Mariah family. I know it's past Thanksgiving, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy one and a happy upcoming Christmas Holiday. I re-uploaded Mariah's Christmas albums to my phone so when I'm in the mood for Christmas music she is there for me. I wish everyone the best. Big big hug. (Tuesday 27 November 2012; 0:08)

Discography (36,834) by Jennifer from USA Does anyone have information about the different releases (as in international, special editions) for Merry Christmas II You? (Monday 26 November 2012; 20:36)

Rihanna (36,833) by Desiree from USA She has 12 number one hits and sometimes records may be broken, but we never know. (Monday 26 November 2012; 19:43)

Kris (36,832) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada My thoughts and prayers are with you and your fiancee. Surround yourselves with love as much as possible, and ask for support when you need it. I would be interested in taking a look at your list. You can email me here: deedre.statz@gmail.com (Monday 26 November 2012; 16:58)

Kris / discography / Aussie tour (36,831) by Tony Sciacchitano from Australia It was near impossible to get tickets for Mariah, but I got great ones still. In that week and a half, I have Christmas (25th), my birthday (29th), new years, then Mariah (3rd). Somebody (Whitney) up above saw the hard year I've had and said that this is your reward for pulling through it all, that's what I think. Also is there any way Kris can contact me in regard to his discography for sale? I've got a huge collection and am always looking for the few from around the world I need. Thanks. (Monday 26 November 2012; 10:55)

Kris (36,830) by Andy Tjondro from Indonesia Hi Kris, I'm so sorry about your fiance, hopefully you can help to finance the treatment and everything is gonna be just fine. Please send me the list of your collection to andy.tjondro@gmail.com. Thanks. (Monday 26 November 2012; 8:58)

Live in Morocco (36,829) by Paul from Usa Hello everyone. I hate to sound like a negative Nancy, but I am just sharing my thoughts. Has anybody seen the concert Mariah did in Morocco? Seems like there was absolutely no passion coming from Mariah. I've you search for the song Without You that she performed, it was terrible. If I remember correctly, that concert was kind of last minute. What are your opinions about this performance? I just don't feel like her heart is in the music anymore. Maybe it's time for her to hang up her mic. (Monday 26 November 2012; 7:20)

Roc at the piano (36,828) by RibbonB from USA That picture is absolutely priceless. It will be awesom if dem babies are musically inclined, especially if one or both are able to sing well. (Sunday 25 November 2012; 21:46)

Discography for sale (36,827) by Kris from USA Hello everybody. I have been a huge Mariah fan since the Fantasy video came out, and I started collecting Mariah singles since then. I have a wide variety of singles, promos, and rarities that I have been collecting since 1996 and include titles from all of Mariah's releases. Recently, the love of my life was diagnosed with cancer, and I am trying to help out with medical bills. I know I can sell these items on ebay, but I wanted to see if there was any way that I could sell the entire collection to one of Mariah's hugest fans and give them a good home. I am willing to submit a list of items to anyone who is interested. Please know that this is not a scam, and any money from these treasures of mine will go towards my fiance's treatment. I hate parting with these items, because I had planned on giving to my own kids when the time came, but, unfortunately, I don't have a lot of other options at this time. Any suggestions or interested parties would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read, and happy holidays. Remember to stay triumphant by any means necessary. (Sunday 25 November 2012; 20:53)

AIWFCIY (36,826) by Jamie from UK I think most of us can agree that "All I want for Christmas is you" will outlast Mariah's entire discography in popularity. It will transcend several generations because classic Christmas songs have that power. (Sunday 25 November 2012; 0:06)

Evergreens (36,825) by Zachary from Croatia Here in Europe, precisely in Croatia, I often hear on the radio the Whitney Houston song "I wanna dance with somebody" and very often the next one or a few after is Mariah's "Emotions". Same thing is with "I will always love you", after that goes "Without You". As for "AIWFCIY", that is an epic song, out of its league and there should be a new term for those kind of songs. "Get your number" bangs in clubs very often, and I don't mean in gay ones, because we don't have those here. "We belong together" is not very common here but "It's like that" is. I don't know why. I guess we all have our own evergreens in our hearts and ears but Honey and Emotions do the trick for me. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 17:12)

PH evergreens (36,824) by Lainsky from Philippines Yes, it depends on what country. Here in the 7,107 island of the Philippines, Mariah's classic hits that I hear from the radio (Pop and RnB respectively) often are Hero, I'll Be There, My All, Without You, Love Takes Time, Open Arms and Heartbreaker, Honey, Emotions, We Belong Together, Bye Bye, Don't Forget About Us, Always Be My Baby and of course All I Want For Christmas Is You. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 11:44)

This generation (36,823) by M from USA What happened to actual singing, apparently auto tune singers can have 12 number 1 hits. Ugh! I can't believe this is what is going after MC's crown. What a sad situation. We can pray MC's number 1's are not done. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 4:15)

Evergreens (36,821) by Matthew from USA I have to agree with everyone else that says AIWFCIY is Mariah's ultimate evergreen. The song gets played every Christmas without fail, and is considered to be a Christmas classic already. I would also consider "Hero" to be an evergreen. That song might not be on the radio anymore, but please believe that it gets trotted out whenever something bad happens. Whenever tragedy strikes and people start losing hope, Hero always makes an appearance. They played it during hurricane Katrina, it was the soundtrack to the firemen and rescue dogs looking for survivors in the ruins of 9/11. And it was even sung at the president's inauguration. So even though Hero is not on the radio, I would argue that it should probably get evergreen status. Let's not forget that when anyone on these singing competitions says they are going to sing Mariah, nine times out 10 it's Hero. Lol. I guess because it's easier to sing than most of her other stuff. And finally, Mariah tends to encore with Hero when she is on tour, so she probably thinks of it as her evergreen. So AIWFCIY and Hero. I'll Be There comes close as well, but MC's version is a cover, so I'm not sure if that counts. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 3:54)

Only one true evergreen for Mimi (36,820) by Edward from USA Mariah's true and only evergreen is "AIWFCIY". One hundred years from now, when none of us is around anymore, and when four new generations of people have come and gone, people will still listen to "All I Want For Christmas Is You", unless we come to a time when Christmas is no more. At that time people probably won't care who Mariah was, and they might not even know her name, but they'll know the title of the song and the amazing voice behind it. The same goes for Whitney and her rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner". So, if we go by the definition of evergreen, each one of them only has one true evergreen, the rest will fade in time like everything else. If we were to ask most of Rihanna's and Katy Perry's fans how many songs they can name from Elvis Presley or even the Beatles, since they weren't part of their reality, I can assure anybody they wouldn't be able to name one song, but Elvis had 17 #1's and the Beatles 20 #1's respectively. I personally know Elvis Presley and the Beatles were legends, but I wasn't part of their glory days, hence my lack of knowledge about their catalog. I can name a couple of Elvis songs, and probably 3 or 4 from the Beatles, but I'm 32 years old. It's a good thing though, that the Internet will keep expanding even wider, and if somebody wanted to research about music and who was that lady behind AIWFCIY, they'll be able to google it and find out. "AIWFCIY" will always be to Christmas as Whitney's "TSSB" will always be to US patriotism. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 3:02)

UK evergreens (36,819) by Bill from the UK The discussion around Mariah's evergreens is interesting, because it depends on what country you are from really. Emotions, whilst a great demonstration of Mariah's vocal techniques, was a #1 in the US, but a minor hit (top forty) everywhere else. From a UK perspective, the only songs of hers I ever hear on the radio are All I Want For Christmas Is You, Hero, Without You, Endless Love and We Belong Together. Sometimes the urban stations play the Fantasy remix, but only when doing a "90s" or "vintage" playlist. A lot of her huge hits stateside were minor hits everywhere else (particularly her earlier recordings), so it shouldn't be that surprising that somebody from Europe doesn't consider a song like Emotions as evergreen as others may. (Saturday 24 November 2012; 0:06)

Mariah's evergreens will be determined by radio play (36,818) by Nick from Canada It's difficult to speculate on what people will or will not remember. Yes, Mariah is known as the singer of Hero, but Hero isn't really played on the radio anymore. To this day, I hear I'll Be There, Emotions, Dreamlover, Fantasy, Always Be My Baby and We Belong Together now and then on AC/mix radio. And of course All I Want For Christmas Is You is an annual hit. I think these songs will encompass her "evergreens". Those who do not cite Emotions, specifically, are crazy. I hear that song on the radio the most aside from AIWFCIY. (Friday 23 November 2012; 5:06)

Emotions/TJ from Norway (36,817) by Zachary from Croatia Emotions not being Mariah's timeless song?! Where have you been? Lol. A very big number of people who are not Mariah's fans and who I know, when they run into me, they often say that they have heard Mariah on the radio, that (their words) high pitch song where she goes really high, her big hit, Emotions? I lol always on that. Makes my day. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 22:07)

Jamie / evergreens (36,816) by Stacey from USA Jamie, Bob's message had already been censored when I checked the boards. I posted my response not knowing Eric had censored parts of the message after others had seen the uncensored parts. I wondered what all the fuss was about not yet knowing that fact. Anyway, Eric cleared things up. Moving on. There are a few songs that yes seem to get played a lot more on radio than others. However, I've also heard my fair share of ABMB lately on radio. That song has a timeless feel to it as well. You can't deny Fantasy (especially the remix that was so groundbreaking in music), and One Sweet Day (which still holds the record for most weeks spent at #1). All of us are going to have our own "evergreens" depending on the era in which we discovered MC. I grew up with her early music and therefore thing about songs like Dreamlover, I'll Be There, Vision of Love, etc. Oh my, VOL is absolutely an evergreen. I can't believe that one hasn't been mentioned yet, lol. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 21:46)

TJ (36,815) by darnell from United States I beg to differ. I think Mariah has plenty of "evergreens". One Sweet Day and We Belong Together were both songs of the decade and I think people still remember them. Always Be My Baby and Dreamlover were both songs that I had been familiar with since before I knew who Mariah Carey was. Both also, in my opinion, have a timeless feel to them and are memorable. Another song that I think is timeless is Mariah's rendition of Joy To The World; I always hear her version during Christmas time on the radio. That being said, I think your being a little modest when it comes to MC's music. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 16:45)

Zachary/timeless songs (36,814) by RibbonB from USA I agree with you Zachary. The real interesting thing is to date, Rihanna has amassed a few number one singles but she has never had a number one CD. That's very telling about today's music and so called number one artists. Lol. If this cd of hers goes number one, it will be her first according to Billboard as of 11/21/2012. And anyone who thinks Emotions isn't a classic hit is nuts. Lol. Don't Forget About Us, Touch My Body, Always Be My Baby, Emotions, My All, Mariah's list of timeless songs goes on and on. Some and I say some people may not like TMB, but they can never forget it. I have no idea what Rihanna's number ones are. Lol. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 14:47)

Evergreens (36,813) by Jamie from UK In 60 years, Mariah will be remembered for All I Want For Christmas Is You, Without You and Hero. I think those are her most memorable hits. That long list of number ones will only be memorable to the lambs. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 12:02)

Rihanna on top (36,812) by Lainsky from Philippines Well I just want to be honest that I am a bit (just a bit) surprised that Rihanna surpassed one of MC's record (span of time to reach 12 #1s) and now MC's 18 #1s is not far to be broken too. Well perhaps it's ok, the important thing is, MC has established her name and her records are meant to be broken at some point. I just wish MC will have a few more #1s in the coming years and I guess it is not bad to wish that. (Thursday 22 November 2012; 10:52)

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