Mariah doesn't need to take any tips from Madonna, thank you very much. She has never been about the different images and the hoopla that surrounds it. Mariah just needs to keep doing her. I like the fact that shes a lil overweight and I also like the fact that she's sticking to her guns and making music she likes. She will do better in the long run for it. At the end of the day, you can compare her album to Whitney's, but the albums are very differenet. However, if you wanna go there, all I can say is that Whitney's album is pure rubbish. It sounds like a bunch of B sides recorded by Deborah Cox in the 90's. The only reason Whitney's album did well, is because Clive Davis brilliantly co ordinated her 'comeback' and marketed her to a T. The fact of the matter is, Mariah could release a golden record with an amazing video right now, and it would flop, jus pure and simply because the public are fed up with her. She should take 3 years off, and come back. She's done that before and its worked, and she can do that again, cos she has the talent to make it happen.