Mariah is NOT the more relevant out of the 5 divas. She is the most visible as she always has to have a product out there but her sale have been declining for the last 3 years. Whitney chooses not to be out there as she is a semi-recluse but when she steps out she COMMANDS attention. WAtch BET Celebration of Gospel on Jan 30 2011 to see how the crowd reacts to her.

That does not happen to an 'irrelevant' artist and I'd bet you money that mariah wouldnot get the same response.

Having said that I'd say that Celine would be the most relevant one of of all the 5 in respect to getting airplay etc but I bet if she toured,she'd make more except than Madonna.

Worldwide, the relevant ones right now are Madonna and then Whitney. Janet has no relevancy WW see how her last 3 albums ddid, Mariah's last albums all flopped WW.

Having said that , those 5 ledgends/divas are irreplaceable. No one and I mean no one will achieve what they did and that includes Beyonce.