Report: Mariah Carey To Make ‘Epic’ Return To Sony Music

Published: Sunday 18th Jan 2015 by Sam
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Mariah Carey‘s marriage may be a done deal, but the diva appears to be pulling all the stops to ensure her career doesn’t follow-suit.

As chronicled here on That Grape Juice, the 45-year-old’s latest album ‘Me. I Am…Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse’ tanked terribly upon release last May.

And it seems the project’s performance (as well as a series of chart disasters preceding it) have Mimi ready to make a major move. Not so much to pastures new, but to a familiar faculty.

Details below…

Fresh from confirmation that the star has signed a lucrative Las Vegas residency deal, reliable Carey source Roger Friedman over at Showbiz 411 has revealed that the songbird is looking to return to her Sony Music nest. This time with L.A Reid‘s Epic Records.

Originally signed to Columbia Records by ex husband Tommy Mottola, Carey enjoyed the lion-share of her success at the label (a Sony imprint) before leaving for an ill-fated stint at Virgin Records in 2001 (see: ‘Glitter’). Shortly after, she’d go on to sign with Universal’s Def Jam, where she’s been since 2002.

Per the new report, Carey’s main incentive is that her loyalists from the Def Jam days arela_reid_thatgrapejuice gone, most notably former label chief Reid. And, as many will recall, it was he who shepherded Mimi back to relevancy after her infamous breakdown. What would follow would be a quiet storm in 2002’s ‘Charmbracelet’ and a full-on chart onslaught with the ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ in 2005 and ‘E=MC2’ in 2008 – highs her career has struggled to achieve since.

From Sony’s end, there’s added attraction in that beyond Mariah being one of the last  true single named entities left in the industry, the bulk of her biggest hits were achieved during her years with them. This immediately makes the ability to revisit/cash-in on her iconic catalogue much easier (see: Barbara Streisand’s recent ‘Duets’ album).

As at writing, Friedman claims Carey’s return to Sony is a “done deal”. He went as far as to add:

“I’m told that Carey dined last week in L.A. with Reid and Epic’s new Marketing/PR whiz Laura Swanson, who worked for Reid and Carey at Def Jam previously. “The band is getting back together,” joked an insider. It’s a done deal.

Exciting developments, if indeed true.

Still, there are a number of caveats here; the most prominent being that it’s clear at this point that more than just a label switch is needed to bring Mariah back to the top. There are some fundamental changes that need to take place, which largely center around image, relate-ability, and performance consistency. But that’s a conversation for another day.

In the here and now, we’ll simply give kudos to camp Mimi for at least setting the wheels in motion.

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  1. Iggy on top January 18, 2015

    She to fat to even move so how can she move to Sony? She would eat the pin when she trying to sign the contract. FAT B****

    • Carey_like_Mariah January 18, 2015

      Bahahahahahahahahahha U MAD!!!!!!!!!!!

    • SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

      B**** Uggly is a done deal. Nicki done canceled out her career lmao

    • Career Ender January 18, 2015

      LMFAO

    • #1lamb January 18, 2015

      Back to school you go. Make sure you get the basics. To vs Too vs Two

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      Lmao I can’t even

    • SMH January 18, 2015

      Lmao sorry, but that shiit was funny.

    • Doc January 18, 2015

      You are obviously too broke to afford a quality education because you can’t decipher pin from pen. Maybe Mariah will be gracious enough with her millions to break off a little to send your non spelling behind back to school.

  2. LDC January 18, 2015

    Who didn’t see this coming from a mile away? Hardly s surprise.

  3. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    OMFG

    • Ozzy January 18, 2015

      GETCHO ASS BACK TO TWITTER.

  4. GRUMP January 18, 2015

    1995, 2005, 2015. The slayage is coming. This album tanked for a reason. The resurgence is right under our noses. Remember “I can’t stop writing songs”, Watch out.

  5. #TeamTinashe Stan (In Loving Memory Of Aaliyah Haughton) January 18, 2015

    People pay attention to image way too much so that they can pair them up with the Beyonce’s and Rihanna’s. Shameful I’m here for more Mariah music.

    And at that listen and get Jazmine Sullivan’s new album “Reality Show” it’s literally the best album I’ve heard so far in 2015.
    http://youtu.be/ed2nSh7QraY

  6. Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

    She should just retire and focus on vegas gigs. No one is interested anymore. She’s a legend tho 😉

    • Skyfall January 18, 2015

      Just how people lost interest in Beyonces album after 5 months

      • Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

        B**** hop off my d*** for once. Beyonce didn’t promote her album AT ALL and still sold more albums than the girls with “hit” singles and all the promo in the world. Fall back b****

      • rihanna is groupie January 18, 2015

        beyonce last album outsold hers. HER 2 tours were smashes

      • metzo January 18, 2015

        Not when the album is still in the top 30 of the albums chart a year later n still moving in #’s! Try again

      • Tyler January 18, 2015

        Rihannas albums are the ones who lose steam quickly right after being released. Not Beyonces.

  7. Maxine January 18, 2015

    No one cares anymore shes still going to flop no matter who she partners with her time is up!

  8. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    she must make another Eminem diss song on the next album

    • S****** Blonde January 18, 2015

      Slim is a God, she better no f*** with the King.

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Lol. Eminem is great with words and destroys Mariah but Obsessed dragged Eminem in a funny way, that video >>>>>>
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        Eminem’s songs were fiery but the Obsessed video >>> 😆
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        When Eminem got hit by a bus 😆

    • Avi January 18, 2015

      I hope she does so that Em can come back and demolish her again like he did on “The Warning”. Em has made it crystal clear to Mariah that her cheesy attempts at shade won’t be tolerated with him. He damn near dares her to try him.

    • SMH January 18, 2015

      Why? So Eminem can drag her to death and end her career again? Obsessed was the weakest attempt at a response ever, and it only made Em decapitate her.

  9. Beysus January 18, 2015

    If she keeps up with this “classic R&B” thing, she’ll keep flopping… She needs uptempo songs! Give us another Emancipation!

    • RCi January 18, 2015

      Mariah has been making the same music since Emancipation, she needs new producers and a new sound. She has one of the greatest voices but seems stuck… IMO

    • Kayla January 18, 2015

      F*** love uptempo

  10. @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

    I will literally die if there is a feature with her and ariana on this album

    • Career Ender January 18, 2015

      Queen Mimi would never!!!!
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      She doesn’t have time for lessors

      • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

        I’d like it to happen just to see what the stans say

  11. 7 January 18, 2015

    Billboard 2010’s decade rankings (so far)

    **Beyonce**
    -Most Defining Artists of the decade: #1- Beyonce
    -Best album of the decade: #2- BEYONCE by Beyonce
    -Best Music video of the decade: #6- Countdown by Beyonce; #1- Telephone by Lady Gaga x Beyonce .
    -Best Song of the decade: #8- Countdown by Beyonce

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      Telephone was better than video phone yes

      • metzo January 18, 2015

        The telephone video is everything! The song is not all that to me but the video slays me

    • #1lamb January 18, 2015

      What? You want a cookie? I love Beyonce but that Beyhive does the most. Looks at Mariah’s countless billboard praises, #1’s, and awards (two songs of two different decades)
      #worldStop #CareyOn

    • LB January 18, 2015

      Sorry but compared to Mariah, those accolades are very basic.

  12. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    Oh and people are so “interested” in Beyonce right? The irony is that both of them had their last #1 in 2008. Lol

    • Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

      Beyonce is the only one still getting platinum albums tho 😉

    • 7 January 18, 2015

      Lmfaooo. But One just had a x2 platinum selling album, a top 5 BB100 hit and keeps gaining momentum.
      The only thing Mariah has been gaining over the years is weight.

    • NaQu January 18, 2015

      Eff a “number one.” When was the last time Mariah put out an album that went multiplatinum? I’ll wait…since she is too, apparently! 😉

  13. #1lamb January 18, 2015

    Mariah Carey can not and will not be stopped. So haters get ready! For unlimited over time is now available for all shifts! Stay on the job 24/7

  14. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    These basic h*** need to remain absent from this post. Don’t worry about Mariah when Rihanna already out your face in the backseat. Mariah will forever be superior to your fave.

    • Ozzy January 18, 2015

      LMAO

  15. @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

    Last I checked rihanna didn’t struggle to sell her albums.
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    Not my instagram getting more followers this week than people buying the elusive album

    • Career Ender January 18, 2015

      Rihanna struggles for a simple 1 mil
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      Even Lana outsold Unapologetic on the U.S.

      • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

        Who is lana? Is it an actress?

      • SMH January 18, 2015

        Stop the lies. Everyone knows beyonce struggled for a whole year just to match Unapologetic’s sales.

      • XXX January 18, 2015

        I see no lies. Beyonce outsold unapologetic in less than a year and in the US, less than 2 months. Unapologetic is over 2 years old. Clearly the only struggle there is Unapologetic.

  16. S****** Blonde January 18, 2015

    This will be interesting since Sony is not the same anymore.

  17. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    People have so much “interest” in you get they pay your 4th album dust? Then had to rely on a gimmick to sell your 5th. You Beytches are so damn pressed over the true queen… The one who made Beyonce even wanna sing in the first place.

  18. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    Where is 9/11 and Flop Off on the charts? *waits*

    • thruthurts January 18, 2015

      hanging in the top 20 for 2 months now without any promo and its been certified gold

    • Terny January 19, 2015

      Löl… Ouch!

  19. Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

    How has Rihject put Beyonce in the backseat? Beyonce has several multi platinum albums. Rihanna does not. Bey has sold more albums inthe U.S. with half the hits and two less albums. I want even mention touring. Delusional AF

    • SMH January 18, 2015

      Rihanna has sold more albums WORLDWIDE, and has more hits worldwide as well as in the U.S.

      • Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

        Rihanna has two more albums and has not outsold Beyonce’s WW album sales. That is a lie!

  20. Arianator Barb January 18, 2015

    Yassss, I’m here for Mariah!!!

  21. AJ January 18, 2015

    A small tetechnicality I know, but she was signed to Island Records not Def Jam (even though both were operating as one group under Island Def Jam Music)

  22. #1lamb January 18, 2015

    I do not and never will understand why some lambs attack Beyonce? I mean the attacking the hive, yes, but Beyonce herself? That’s stupid. Beyonce is doing it and I feel Mariah passed the Torch while she still works for the sake of loving music. They both praise each other but the fan bases like to tear each other apart. That is not what these ladies would want.

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      I could never understand why they stan war. Their acts where never similar.
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      Mariah has always been a bout vocal performance and ghetto drumb and bass remix’ while beyonce was trashy parking lot music outside of the local wallmart

      • LB January 18, 2015

        I CAN’T!!!!

        STAAHHPPP

  23. Kemar (@S_C_Jr on Twitter) January 18, 2015

    Interesting. L.A. Reid has had a rocky start over at Epic but it seems he’s finally gotten it right w/ Meghan Trainor. I wonder if they’ll be able to recreate another comeback? She should also get a new manager. Benny Medina would be good to reteam up with but he’s working with J. Lo now. She needs a good manager.

  24. Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

    Beyonce’s 4th album may have under-performed but her 5th SLAYED! So how is anyone losing interest in Beyonce. When she is still more relevant than alot of the new girls after 17 years. Worry about getting ” I am has been FLOP” a certification

    • Doc January 18, 2015

      That’s because idiots will buy music based of popularity and not quality that last album of Bs was trash. She is not even in the same league as Mariah. People don’t recognize real music or musicianship anymore. It just speaks to the lost sense of the current younger generation.

  25. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    anyway, this is great for Mariah imo. I still think there are other things she has to work (performing especially). But at the end of the day, she doesn’t need to sell another record.

    *NP: I Wish You Well*

    • SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

      Work on*

  26. Terry B January 18, 2015

    There’s no public interest in her. Sony & Epic won’t revive her. She’s had a long career! What’s with artist feeling that they’ll be successful forever?

  27. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    I swear I’ll ignore the Toronto local municipality worker

    • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

      Why are u dodging the Twitter drags and locking your real account h**?

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Twitter is not a career and I don’t have time for false accusations

      • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

        Screams! But you’re ALWAYS on TGJ h**. Kiiii you got exposed!

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Im not always in tgj though
        .
        Still that ugly African chihuahua is not me 😆

  28. CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

    Giiiirl epic is a FLOP label tho

  29. mike January 18, 2015

    MARIAH STILL RAKING IN MORE MONEY THAT ALL YOUR FAVES OFF JUST HER MUSIC CAREER AT 45!!!!

    LOVE THIS WOMAN AND HER ABILITY TO JUST FIGHT BACK!.

    People don’t give her credit for her strength!

  30. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    She should go back to pop and make hits

  31. @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

    Not every artist can take a break from music longer than 5 years and expect people to be keen for it?
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    Ie: Gwen stefani, Mariah, boring clarkson, fossle donna

  32. SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE) January 18, 2015

    Career Struggles better slay with her little alter ego aka Ebola_Hive
    Lmfao

    *exits*

    • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

      Girl u better check the Twitter tea. She got exposed! We got her mug shot too!!! Screams!

    • Slay_Hive January 18, 2015

      B**** everybody is not a troll TrollRiah aka #1lamb

      • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

        Trollriya is a certified catfish. Don’t let me get started

      • #1lamb January 18, 2015

        #1lamb is #1lamb and not any other name on here. Get that right.

  33. kingbeybitch January 18, 2015

    SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE)  B**** don’t even come for 7/11 ho it peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 and its still in the top 20 also it was certified GOLD. Now have a seat!!!

    • katycat January 18, 2015

      looking for the lies! can’t find them

  34. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    I still don’t get how this became about Beyoncé
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    Here goes mid 2014 again
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    Plus those messy cheerleaders are back too

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      Lmao

  35. Terry B January 18, 2015

    This post becoming about Beyoncé is exactly why I don’t take ppl seriously when they say Beyoncé is irrelevant. These MC stans are so bothered by anyone who’s relevant. Mariah’s time is up! Get over it!

  36. Skyfall January 18, 2015

    I see all the pressed souls have come out if hiding, Beyoncé is working up to legend status but she still a lessor to Mariah

    • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

      Hunny ur avi better slay!! That’s daddy

    • LB January 18, 2015

      That’s true, Beyonce is about a door away from legend status but she’ll never outdo Mariah, never.

      • SMH January 18, 2015

        Sorry but Beyonce still has a way to go and millions more to sell before she reaches Legend status. 15 million total album sales is not Legendary status.

      • LDN Chick January 18, 2015

        @SMH Album sales isn’t what makes you legendary you damn fool. Not all legends of yesteryear have stellar album sales ala Mariah Carey, MJ etc. In fact Beyonce has sold more than some legends, that doesn’t make her any better. Thats the problem with you shallow minded bottoms on this site. You think its sales and nothing else. And Beyonce IS going to be legend as far as this generation goes.

  37. @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

    I’m not a fan of beyonce but these sheep are trying it. Beyonce is above Mariah as of mariah’ last few flops.
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    The facts of the 2000’s

    • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

      Girl peep the career ender tea. Cake exposed ha!!

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Oh shut up you flipin LA racoon looking biatch. Stop spreading lies

    • #1lamb January 18, 2015

      Didn’t you just comment on my comment saying you don’t understand the beef? Yet, now you coming for it…. Flip flop much?

      • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

        I don’t understand the beef I stan for neither of the two, but I was just commenting on the sheer delusions some people were making.
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        I’m not denying mariah’s past success or her ability as an artist. But CURRENTLY, she has been surpassed.
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        No clear bias between the two.

      • LB January 18, 2015

        No one has surpassed Mariah, she is the highest selling artist of the soundscan era and currently has got 18 #1’s, how many artists have done that?

        Artists today cannot even get Diamond certified albums, Mariah has got a couple of those.

        There’s not a single artist that has surpassed her.

  38. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    Im waiting for that cough cough b****
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    It better show the f*** up now before I sleep

  39. Stephy Jackson January 18, 2015

    Mariah can FLOP all day long. She still gon’ be more legendary than all yo fav’s (except Madonna)…

    Anyways, I just want NEW music & if she is getting back with them. She can FINALLY release the unreleased material from her debut, emotions, music box, daydream & butterfly albums. I want to hear her version of “where are you Christmas” that Tommy STOLE from her & gave it too that country woman…

    This should be great. The only way Mimi can comeback strong in MAINSTREAM is if she gets atleast 50% of her BELTING voice back. Lose more weight & start being a FULL TIME POP STAR again. She needs another HIT. A Monster hit, that people CANNOT ignore.

    Love my Mommy Mariah & my Grandma Madonna.

    Also, Paul. MC can come for FEMINEM all she wants too. She had enough balls to do it twice. No other pop act EVER claps back at FEMINEM. Except MC

    • CherylSoldierr January 18, 2015

      BYE janet slays her

      • Stephy Jackson January 18, 2015

        Gurl, don’t make me get you on Twitter. Love you Boo

    • SMH January 18, 2015

      She only came for Eminem once. And she never did it again after he spanked her and her husband, then ended her career.

      • Stephy Jackson January 18, 2015

        NO! She shaded him multiple times. One of the main reasons he got mad is cause she completely ignored his existence!

    • JOHNVIDAL January 19, 2015

      Mariah slayed Eminem in my book, with pure clash, and a bigger hit that people actually heard. It´s obvious the man was obsessed for whatever reason. Plus it´s appalling how some people aprove that man behaving like a pshyco with women and pop artists? What has anybody ever done to him? And you are right: Mariah Carey was the only pop star with enough balls to clap back at a rapper.

  40. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    @realmattphoenix
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    You had a fallout with slayriah the biatch?

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      Lol not really. I just don’t have respect for people that catfish.
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      I thought I could forgive it but then it decided to get involved with my twitter drag fest of thotzy. Then it was over

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Lmfao 😆

  41. Career Ender January 18, 2015

    Rosie can you please come pick up your p**** resident?
    .
    She has gone haywire

    • @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

      You shouldn’t be screaming for rosies help when her and her fave are easier to drag than the Rita whora parade.

      • Career Ender January 18, 2015

        Lol, Rosie’s 2013 dragging side effects still got people mad in 2015 though

  42. Lmfao_Hoe January 18, 2015

    I need Mariah to make a jazz album for real, no rappers included please. I will die for a Maxwell, Kem, Sam Smith, Toni, Janet, Jazmine Sullivan collb. Also invite her previous producer from her first 5 album reunion of that traditional Mariah sound of the 90s.

  43. DanYiel Teflon January 18, 2015

    I’m here to listen to good music…

  44. Biting Truth January 18, 2015

    Look at these sad a$$ stans desperately grabbing at every leaf and tree branch they can to avoid facing the cold truth that Mariah’s reign is over and has been for a while now. It doesn’t matter what label she signs to, who produces or manages her. No one cares anymore. The cooking timer popped out of that turkey years ago. All that remains are the leftovers that no one wanted.

    • mike January 18, 2015

      I don’t think lambs deny her best years are behind her. Its just amazing to actually still see here here still always a headline – good or bad! Its not like if any other of the young females are doing great aside from a handful like Bey, Taylor, Rihanna and Nicki to some extent.

  45. LB January 18, 2015

    There will always be room for Mariah Carey in this industry. Her talent far surpasses any diva that has ever graced this industry.

    Never has there been an artist that has done the amazing things that Mariah Carey has done. No one artist has come out to write and produce phenomenal iron clad hits like Mariah, and sing them in notes no Divas past, present and future can only dream of.

  46. LB January 18, 2015

    Any person can shake their as$ on stage but no one can do what Mariah Carey has done.

    No shade to Beyonce stans, but Beyonce is an artist who comes around every 25 years, her last name was Tina Turner. Mariah Carey is the type of artist who is one of a kind, a phenomenon, a rarity.

    Beyonce may be on top right now, but she’ll never surpass Mariah, never.

    Until she can write and produce an entire album by herself, she goes on to be a TIMELESS CLASSIC, then you can talk. Until then, pay homage to the queen.

    • DTG January 18, 2015

      Please. All Mariah Carey ever was was a Sony created knockoff of Whitney. She’s I Dream of Jeannie to Bewitched…Pepsi to Coke…Jason Vorhees to Michael Myers…Sega to Nintendo. In other words she’s an imitation.

      • LB January 18, 2015

        Girl bye, Mariah can do things many artists including your fav can only dream of.

        When your fav can sing, write and produce ALL her hits and release albums that become legendary masterpieces, then you can talk.

        Mariah Carey is not an artist, she is a statement in the music business. A blueprint.

        Until then, be content with the fact that your favs music will be taken off a radio’s playlist before they ever think of taking off MARIAH.

  47. LB January 18, 2015

    That said, I honestly wish Mariah didn’t sign with LA Reid. LA’s old fashioned business model has got no room in the current industry.

    In the last 5 years, LA has destroyed so many careers he should be literally banned from signing artists and seek a permanent gig on American Idol/X-Factor.

  48. Gee January 18, 2015

    If this is true congratulations MC after a roller coaster year glad to see you are back fighting as always and for that, you are greatness.

  49. Eldela January 18, 2015

    The lames, I mean lambs, for the past 3 years have been swearing up and down that she’s coming back to slay but it still hasn’t happened, so… Just hope that her second rate gig in Vegas doesn’t bomb as bad as her music and marriage has.

  50. @RealMattPhoenix January 18, 2015

    One thing I will say about mairah though is that she is as lovebird stated, a statement.
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    When people say “old school” I think of mariah. I am not a fan of the old school but I know more mariah songs off the top of my head than Madonna songs.
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    For example, in terms of old school, I only know the names of the songs people bring up by Madonna because of this blog.
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    That being said, the only old fossildonna songs I know are “holiday”, “material girl” (because of singstar), “justify my love” (because of the old VH1 music video channel commercials) and that dumb song that goes “mmmmmmm” (because of illuminati troll videos on youtube), ray of light.
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    So yeh. Mariah >> hagraven madonna

  51. Rancor January 18, 2015

    The milk is expired. Mariah reminds me of those 50 year old mob wives on reality TV who strut around in cheap outfits trying to act like they’re still 25, not realizing just how ridiculous they look. She lost most of her audience and in the meantime isn’t making any new fans.

  52. Stephy Jackson January 18, 2015

    LovelyBird I’m so glad you finally see the TRUTH about Mariah! Its VERY hard to do, what she did. She took it upon herself to write, produce & compose an ENTIRE catalog of music. Classic music at that. She didn’t just add her name to writers credits or sit back and allow David Foster or Diane Warren to make all her hits for her. She also, took it a step further & executive produced ALL of her albums. NONE of these new diva’s will EVER have that under their belt. The only problem is, Mariah didn’t take care of her voice. Which is the main attraction to her. I’m sorry but Ariana Grande is s*** compared to MC. If anyone is the “new Mariah” its ADELE!

    Adele is the best BIG VOICED Diva too produce, write & compose power-ballads since MARIAH. I would rather ADELE take Mariah’s place as the next big diva. NOT Ariana. She is basic, whinny, annoying & soulless. She’s just a copycat of something that’s already been done 10x better. And, Mariah’s Christmas song will outlast EVERY female artist career of HER generation & this current one! Nothing you say can EVER take that away from Miss Carey. BYE

    • JOHNVIDAL January 19, 2015

      I agree. Adele is the most successful female since the 90s, since Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. And I agree with the comparison Mariah-Adele. If we are looking for people with this kind of success, plus known for a great voice, plus real songwriter that slays with songs which are becoming classics, you only have Adele after Mariah Carey. And Carey debuted in 1990, so it´s been 20 years since the industry last found one (Carey) 🙂
      That said, Adele is big voiced, an extremely beautiful voice, I love it, but not big voiced in the way Mariah or the other I mentioned are, just wanted to say that.

  53. CzarM January 18, 2015

    Heh. Yeah, good luck with that.

  54. girlbye January 18, 2015

    21 did give me music box era though!!

  55. Mark111 January 18, 2015

    LA knows the steps an artist needs to succeed.

  56. Truth January 18, 2015

    I swear when it comes to Mariah and Usher, you all are so f****** fake. You come here exaggerating to the heavens about how good and talented they are and how you’re looking forward to seeing them slay with new music, like it’s absolutely going to happen, but when that new music comes out and tanks you’re here in the comments section at TGJ instead of somewhere buying it. Rinse and repeat.

    • WizKey January 18, 2015

      These lonely queens and ugly girls don’t give 2 sh!ts about most of the artists they come here pretending to be on the team of. They just claim their names so that they can argue against so and so. Satisfied and content fans don’t waste time bickering about their favorites on the Internet or try to reaffirm their merit. Comments sections are for the disgruntled, bothered and insecure.

  57. OMG Logic!!! January 18, 2015

    If Grandma Tina Turner could take over the world at 45, so can Queen Mariah! I’m here for it.

  58. TheElusiveLamb January 18, 2015

    ^^ LMAOOOOO! So this is what you all do to make others look better? Flip flop and use every other artist to degrade Mariah? Ok. I’m not here to drag your favs, but just remember what you wrote now so in 5-10, don’t go playing a violin and writing sweet s*** on Twitter and TGJ.

  59. old school January 18, 2015

    I knew Mimi was gonna bounce back.
    My old divas about to show these young girls how it’s done.
    Mimi taking on Vegas.
    Madonna putting out another album.
    Toni Braxton up for a grammy w/Babyface.
    Come on Janet, girl we need u back in this game.

  60. NaQu January 18, 2015

    Mariah has had MULTIPLE opportunities to bounce back and reclaim whatever glory you all think she had, starting with “Triumphant.” But she continually fumbles and fails. Reconcile that her pop star days are over. The public has moved on. All that’s left are nostalgic fans who refuse to let go, but are big enough in number to make any of her latest commercial endeavors a success. She’s past tense, not a current event.

    • NaQu January 18, 2015

      *aren’t

    • Stephy Jackson January 18, 2015

      I’d rather listen to the PAST than the SHITT now.

  61. Rosie January 18, 2015

    NOT Epic though. If her stans thought Interscope was bad…

    • cake like lady gaga January 19, 2015

      LOL, so now interscope is a bad label? is this because ultraflop cant even go copper? why is Artpop gold and ultraflop isnt even copper?

      • Rosie January 19, 2015

        Nowhere in that post did I sad that Interscope was actually a bad label. Learn how to read dumb fagot.
        Why were you MIA in the last F*** post? You can leave 1047402 comments in every Lana post and you and the Little Cutters (*cough* Rima *cough*) can mention Lana in every other post possible but you f*** can’t even show up in F***’s own threads. The obsession. Why hasn’t Ass To Mouth sold 1 million worldwide yet? Why is it falling off the charts post-holidays faster than F*** fell after it “broke” its hip?

  62. FutureCIARA January 18, 2015

    This is kinda exciting though!

  63. cake like lady gaga January 19, 2015

    why did @Career Struggle block us on his real twitter account? 😀

    • Kii January 19, 2015

      That’s not him you have the wrong person

      • cake like lady gaga January 19, 2015

        LOL, not u trolling under different names now. I know this is you @Career Struggle, just like i know thats your twitter account

      • Kii January 19, 2015

        What makes you think that is his real account?

  64. Theman January 19, 2015

    Lol at these clowns on ThatFlopJuice.. Every chick on this site is a flop compared to Mariah. People have counted her out many times over. It doesn’t work. She’s that damn special. She’s sold two hundred million albums. She has what’s called career longevity. Who’s listening to Beyonce stans.. They can’t even get her a number one hit with her gazillion tours & thousands singles. Mariah was about all of this trash that yall over hype. Her voice was very strong recently & she’s more iconic than Madonna in terms of raw talent. Speaking of Beyonce, Taylor has sold nearly double what she has with two huge hits.. Catch up Queen of hype.. Everyone is always checking for MC, because she’s one of kind.. LA Reid also has had great success with Meghan Trainor.. By the way Mariah is getting paid 800k a damn show to stay in one place while your favorite has to travel the world ten times to look like she’s the biggest artist in the way….

    • Special Delivery January 19, 2015

      If everyones checking for her still why is her album still uncertified.

      • Absolved January 19, 2015

        IKR. Mariah’s latest album isn’t even hovering near gold status, but you have the audacity to comment on Beyonce’s fans not getting her a #1 one single when Mariah’s fans can’t even collect enough donations for to round out the sales of her latest project to 120k?! ROFLMAO! Beyonce’s latest album is double platinum. Sit your punk ass down, clown. You just played yourself in the WORST way with that. I’m literally embarrassed for you.

  65. Theman January 19, 2015

    World*..

  66. DR January 19, 2015

    One thing for sure….
    Everyone in this world surely wants ONLY one thing. Either Mariah gets herself a duet with Bey, or, Christina. Aguilera. Riiiiiggghhtt?

    🙂

  67. loretta123 January 19, 2015

    she is a real diva and a legend

  68. loretta123 January 19, 2015

    this is the best song

  69. MariahIsMusic1 January 19, 2015

    Interesting.

  70. Special Delivery January 19, 2015

    The lambs of 2015 do too much talking (about other younger artists who currently own the music industry) and not enough purchasing. Mariah should just retire. She could partner with the pope and Jesus still wont make her relevant again.

  71. JOHNVIDAL January 19, 2015

    Mariah Carey is greatness and I love how strong she is. I love hearing about all this news and new moves.

  72. QDF January 19, 2015

    She’s a has-been.

  73. Theman January 19, 2015

    If your name ain’t Taylor Swift then you ain’t owning nothing. A real Boss sells singles & albums. Beyonce doesn’t. The only reason that Her pornagraphic album sold what it did was because of that stunt called a visual album & hype. The sales for it were highly front loaded. Mariah has fourteen albums and only one isn’t certified, let alone the fact that she has a few diamond ones, which your favorite isn’t capable of getting.. When you’re the most overhyped artist in the world who’s impressed over two million copies with no real hits. Taylor Swift >.. Bottom Line.. Sit down with the bull.. Her career outshines them all..

    • Absolved January 19, 2015

      Save it. You can’t spin away from the cold, hard and frankly SHAMEFUL *fact* that Mariah’s latest album has sold less than 120k in the almost year it’s been out! That’s pathetic with a capital FLOP. ;). Beyoncé has never done anywhere near as wretched as that! lol. 14th album, my ass. At this point that Carey woman is just wasting record label money. She better hope that wack ass Vega residency breaks even because methinks she owes people money for that stillborn Elusive garbage!

  74. Theman January 19, 2015

    Has berms don’t get paid 800k per show. People are coming to her not the other way around..

  75. Theman January 19, 2015

    Beens*

  76. Danny Bey January 19, 2015

    I don’t want Mimi to re-create any success (in the words of Jay Z “Want my old s***, buy my old album”). I just want her to slay again after a number of set backs. I know she has it in her. Normally when most divas reach a certain age and level in their careers, a lot of times their legacy is all they have to live off of at some point. But I think Mariah just might be an exception and just might be able to slay commercially again in today’s industry. She done it once before so whos to say she cabt do it again? She just seriously has to get those cookies in order. Lose some weight, rest her voice, and promote well. I’m seriously rooting for her. After losing 2 of top 3 favs (MJ & Whitney), Seeing as I’m not worried about my other fav’s career (Bey) Mimi is the last of that great generation of icons that I need to continue to slay, at least for their sake.

  77. Theman January 19, 2015

    This last era will set her up perfectly & so will this residency that will bring in millions for her. It ain’t nothing to spin it’s all facts. Having one album not be certified out of fourteen is pretty damn good. Would anyone give a damn about your favorite artist after that many albums.. Yeah.. Aight.. Beyonce has not ever sold close ten million copies in the US with all of the hype in the world, so your damn point. She ain’t getting no hits herself.. Strategic marketing helped her album. If it weren’t for that no one would care.. Hype > All other things….

    • leoleeee January 19, 2015

      Thank you for posting this. I don’t get why they bash MC for one uncertified album. Oh that alone makes her less successful then the next chick? 14 studio albums and she slayed on every single one. Even her “flop” Glitter outsold flops of other artists lol. Point is, we don’t need to fight for her next #1, we don’t need to certify her again,why? She’s accomplished so much. Her career accolades run circles around these new ager’s careers now. Music isn’t the same anymore, we can get music for free now, which is why nobody can really accomplish MCs success. She’s queen. and these Stans need to stop being so disrespectful because without MC your fave wouldn’t even be here right now. She paved the way, as Whitney, Aaliyah, Janet etc did.

  78. Theman January 19, 2015

    Also she looks great did you not see Ellen?

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