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Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,689) (98,694) by Bill from the UK You love me really. (Sunday 3 October 2021; 17:50)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,684) (98,693) by Anonymous from United States That's a good point, but "Butterfly" had more crossover appeal than "Candle in the Wind" due to the "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)" house mixes and received more airplay than the Elton John song. "Candle in the Wind '97" sold a lot, but I don't remember it being particularly popular on the radio. It only peaked at #32 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. "Butterfly" went to #14 on that chart based on airplay alone, and peaked at #16 on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart. I think Mariah could have had a shot at #1 even against "Candle in the Wind 97". To this day, I find it very frustrating that "Butterfly" never got an official release. It's one of her signature ballads and really deserved the recognition. (Sunday 3 October 2021; 16:31)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,686) (98,692) by Anonymous from United States I respectfully disagree, sir. How can you deny the splendor of the "Emotions" album? It has so much more of Mariah's personality in it than the debut! The debut album just had too many cooks in the kitchen and not enough creative control from Mariah herself. I love "Vision of Love", "Vanishing", "Love Takes Time", "Someday", and even "I Don't Wanna Cry" but almost everything else feels like filler to me. There's not a single song on "Emotions" I dislike. The only other album I can say that about is "Butterfly". (Sunday 3 October 2021; 16:24)

Re: Somewhat Loved (98,687) (98,691) by Stacey from USA Agree. I like the song. I like the sound. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 23:15)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,678) (98,690) by Stacey from USA Should have been a single. Missed opportunity. I can't believe no one has thought of this before now. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 23:14)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,688) (98,689) by Terna from Nigeria Haha. You stay [sic] always trying to make me "lose credibility" like [it's] a published critique, [it's] just an opinion Mr. Bill. There's a category of songs that are fan favorites I personally don't gravitate towards but some others swear by, [it's] just a matter of personality and taste. "To The End of Time" falls in that category reasons best known to me. Heck even Mariah herself doesn't like some of her own songs. Duh. Exactly my point. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 20:46)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,686) (98,688) by Bill from the UK The fact Till the End of Time isn't on your list makes you lose any credibility I'm afraid. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 18:09)

Somewhat Loved (98,687) by Terna from Nigeria This song gets better the more you play it, and her vocals sound so much better than on [Caution], I'm kinda left wondering are they recent vocals since she hinted it was written in 2012 (or was that a different song). It seems she's really working on her sound and I love that. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 15:02)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,679) (98,686) by Terna from Nigeria "And light years better than the debut album." Um no sir, [we're] not gonna sit here and act like that [debut] album isn't single handedly the biggest debut ever (all caps) for an artist. "Emotions" [pales] in comparison to the debut. Let's just put it this way. The debut album has "Vision of Love" and "Love Takes Time" two mammoth classics, and "Emotions" has "You're so cold". I only ever play four songs from that record: 1. Can't Let Go 2. Make It Happen 3. Emotions 4. The Wind Take these four out and you have fillers. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 14:39)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,677) (98,685) by Terna from Nigeria I love your optimism. Haha. "Can't Let Go" for me is the only non number 1 song I feel like should've gone to the top, that song is so hauntingly popular and mysterious like so many people know the song but don't know who sang it. Also "Anytime You Need a Friend". (Saturday 2 October 2021; 14:28)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,679) (98,684) by Dennis from Miami, FL Candle in the Wind 97' was at #1 around that time. It used to be the best selling single ever. Almost 9M copies sold in US alone. I doubt Butterfly could have gone to #1 at that time. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 06:58)

Weekend thought (98,683) by Bobby A from United States I really feel the one thing that MC has left on her bucket list as a singer songwriter is to write and perform the next James Bond movie theme song. She could write one with Jack Antonoff or Ryan Tedder that would make people take notice as to why she is still relevant after all of these years. (Saturday 2 October 2021; 04:43)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,679) (98,682) by Lainsky from Philippines Hello BFF! Yes, I actually thought of those songs too. However, I realized she needed those down time and other dramas that turned her the person and artist who she is now. I love the album Glitter so much! (Saturday 2 October 2021; 04:35)

Mimi got us waiting (98,681) by Bobby A from United States Mimi is enjoying keeping us waiting this year with her big announcement. We had announcement already by this time last year. She hasn't said a word since the last Twitter Spaces event. Taylor moved her November release date up a week because of Adele's anticipated November 19th release. Mimi and her team must be plotting her biggest impact this Christmas season. We probably won't have any new vinyl release from Mimi this year because of the vinyl manufacturing delays right now. (Friday 1 October 2021; 23:30)

Re: Kelly Clarkson (98,665) (98,680) by RibbonB from USA Whatever happened to Juicy? (Friday 1 October 2021; 19:15)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,677) (98,679) by Anonymous from United States Don't forget about "Can't Let Go". It barely missed the #1 spot because the record label didn't want sales of the single to impede sales of the album. In general, I do not understand why the "Emotions" album is so underrated. It's definitely her second best album behind "Butterfly" and light years better than the debut album. And I agree on "Butterfly". If Sony had commercially released it, the song would have gone to #1. I think it went to #16 on the Hot 100 airplay chart. Ditto for "Forever", which went to #9 on the Hot 100 airplay chart and could have been a #1 single with a commercial release. "Can't Take That Away" or "Crybaby" probably could have gone to #1 with proper promotion as well. "Endless Love" with Luther narrowly missed #1. And let's not forget that "Loverboy", as messy as the released version was, could have been a #1 single if Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious" hadn't been released as a commercial single the same week. (Friday 1 October 2021; 15:32)

Re: Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,677) (98,678) by Bill from the UK I love how Migrate isn't on the list. (Friday 1 October 2021; 15:12)

Wish/Could've beens list #1s (98,677) by Lainsky from Philippines Feeling nostalgic as I listened to her music from the 90s, I thought of the "what ifs" and "if only" for many effing reasons behind Mariah's list of Billboard Hot 100 songs. Thus, I came up with the "could have been / wish list" of No. 1 songs. Yes, I got bored too lol! 1. Vision of Love 2. Love Takes Time 3. Someday 4. I Don't Wanna Cry 5. Emotions 6. I'll Be There 7. Dreamlover 8. Hero 9. Fantasy 10. One Sweet Day 11. Always Be My Baby 12. Honey 13. Butterfly (one of her best ballad) 14. Breakdown (fresh & unconventional sound of her) 15. My All 16. Sweetheart (JD deserves a No. 1 song) 17. Heartbreaker 18. Thank God I Found You 19. We Belong Together 20. Shake It Off (f**k Gold Digger!) 21. Don't Forget About Us 22. Touch My Body 23. For The Record (classic) 24. Imperfect (perfect as lead single) 25. Candy Bling (dunno but love it) 26. Caution (perfect lead single) 27. Giving Me Life (another fresh unconventional sound of her) Amassing 28 number 1 songs in her more than 30 years of a music career, why not? Lol! What a nice record if I only... (Friday 1 October 2021; 12:46)

Re: Hero 2021 (98,674) (98,676) by Bill from the UK There's a hero, when you're acting corny like Fritos. (Friday 1 October 2021; 09:03)

Caution Tour (98,675) by enwar00 from usa This video I came across reminded me how I enjoyed the Caution Tour. Loved finally hearing some different songs live. Wish there was an official release on Blu-ray or streaming. Also nice to see her give some love to MIAMTEC, which I insist was underrated and deserved better. (Friday 1 October 2021; 05:57)

Re: Hero 2021 (98,673) (98,674) by Edward from USA Vocally, I doubt it. Lyrically, definitely. (Thursday 30 September 2021; 17:21)

Re: Hero 2021 (98,669) (98,673) by Bobby A from United States Yes, that cute guy in audience who shook his head when MC sang "And a hero comes along" at the end of the bridge said it all. Does MC have another Hero in her? Only time will tell if she does. (Thursday 30 September 2021; 05:24)

Re: Andrea Martin (98,670) (98,672) by Bobby A from United States I felt the same way. She was one of my favorite songwriters. She wrote so many hits. So sad. RiP Andrea. (Thursday 30 September 2021; 03:59)

Re: Hero 2021 (98,668) (98,671) by Stacey from USA That performance is what made me a fan. I had the TV on and the video for Hero started playing. It was like a scene out of a movie. MC started singing and I turned around slowly. "What was this voice I was hearing?" So yeah, moments like that need to be left alone. They are to be enjoyed. (Wednesday 29 September 2021; 21:52)

Andrea Martin (98,670) by Terna from Nigeria I can't believe she's passed, so suddenly too. This news hit me like a tonne of bricks, maybe it was covid-19 related. She's one of the few songwriters that defined the 90's and early 2000's. Damn the Legends are dying off. (Wednesday 29 September 2021; 20:21)

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