Love her as we may, it’s fair to say Mariah Carey‘s latest album campaign was a dismal disaster. It’s quite apt, then, that one of the singer’s only televised promo spots was the equally as disastrous World Music Awards 2014.
Having taken place in Monaco way back in May, production complications meant it never aired anywhere prior to today.
Luckily for Mimi fans, its UK premiere brought with it the songbird’s opening number – a live rendition of ‘Meteorite’ from ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’.
Check it out below…
Yet again, elusive live vocals. It wouldn’t be so jarring had she been doing anything other than standing still.
Mimi will need to really evaluate her entire product moving forward, as the record-buying public are much more savvier than in times of yesteryear. As such, these lip-synched “performances” are a no-no.
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The reality is that we now live in a Beyonce and Rihanna world. And, perhaps more relevant to Mariah, one that also sees the likes of Ariana Grande dominating the “vocal starlet” lane. Therefore, Mimi – from our vantage point – needs to assess what her unique selling point to today’s audience is – polish it and re-present it to the world on her next musical outing. Because, while she may have “nothing left to prove”, it’s important for those who cling to that stance to digest the fact that – as a major artist on a major label – she has everything to prove when huge corporations are plunging money into her projects. Until she goes down the independent route, it’ll continue to be the case with each new release.
And given the magnitude of her name, it’s only fitting that she’s afforded the major label machine to push her music. Moving forward, though, she’s tasked with tending to her own machine (see: the live vocals she continues to hide) to really re-engage the masses. Because at this point, there literally is no difference between “live Mimi” and “MP3 Mimi”.
Lmaoo. Is she Lipping??
Sam you forgot this.
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There were live vocals too.
I think it was a decent performance from her, with live and lip-synching vocals as well. She was better in the past, but there were lots of worse performances by her in the last 5-6 years…
Sam’s Mariah Carey ESSAYS tho…..
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I love Chanteuse, it is a solid album. Dedicated (Feat. Nas) needs to be a single ASAP!!!!
Death!!!! Lip syncing for the Gawds honey! Rihanna would neva!
Rhianna should lip synch. Maybe then she wouldn’t sound like a goat being sacrificed for Kwanzaa.
NOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!
Oh my gosh! LMAO please don’t drag Rih like that.
I really loved the Flawless Remix tho! Thiefyonce did her thing! Icki too
I like that Rihanna brought disco back with Nobody’s business. Now Katy (Walking on air), Beyonce (blow), Mariah (meteorite), Usher (she came to do it) and many others are doing it. That Rihanna reign.
Searching for Rihanna’d impact… I see. L M F A O
“Schoolin’ Life is Disco/Funk” and it Ca em out in 2011. Bnobody’s Business came out in 2012. Rihanna didnt bring back S*** if you ask me
What is “disco/funk”?
You forgot ‘lay up under me’.
What are you own, I just googled schoolin life or whatever and there’s no way that is disco
It’s more like Janet Jackson type rock from the 80s, early 90s.
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I just googled Lay up under me and yes that does sound disco but not Schoolin life or whatever
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But nobody started making disco until Rihanna did it. Just like Beyonce didn’t work with dream and Sia until Rihanna worked with them.
Last time I checked. Lay up Under me came before Nobodies business. So your point is void.
I know that, but people didn’t adopt the sound until Unapologetic came out.
Shut the f*** up @LB. You sound ridiculous and Jealous. “Lay up under me ” came way before Nobody’s Business.Rihanna didn’t inspire S***. If anything, Bey did it first.
And btw, does Rihow own the Dream or Sia?? Is she the only one that has the right to work with them? You sound pathetic and highly pressed.
Delusion. You could say people didn’t adapt till 4 came out. Since you have no other evidence to back up that thesis besides your personal opinion. And you can eliminate Beyonce from the list either way, since she did it FIRST. Just like she did ghetto, ratchet first.
Of course she doesn’t own them, but nobody could invite Sia or Dream into the studio until Rihanna put them on. Just like nobody could even have Calvin Harris’ number in their phone until Rihanna put him on.
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Same thing, Beyonce didn’t start working with them until Rihanna worked with them. Nobody was making disco until Rihanna put disco on Unapologetic.
‘Nobody was putting disco on a record until Rihanna’
Explain LAY UP UNDER ME then?
But nobody adapted to the 4 sound, Beyonce had no problem adapting to the TTT/Unapologetic sound and trying to snatch Rihanna’s s*** image. You cannot deny Rihanna’s influence on Beyonce.
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The fact that she only works with certain producers after Rihanna uses them is proof enough.
You’re not sticking to a coherant argument. We’re not talking about producers so why are you bringing them up? We’re talking about sounds. And by your logic, Rihanna only adaptated to what Beyonce has already done.
Just like Diva>>>>>Hard
Video Phone>>>>Birthday Cake
Baby Boy>>>> Break It Off
Lay Up Under Me>>>>> Nobodies business.
So please miss me with that disco thesis. You can’t use it with Beyonce.
Coherent
Yassss. Jasmine!! Clock him!!!! Well said. Sit the f**** down Navy member
Hard is a fusion between an urban sound and rock. Didn’t you hear the rock riffs when it is performed live. Beyonce is too ghetto to do rock.
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And the trap sound is something Rihanna made mainstream, which is why Katy, Britney, Miley, Selena and many other featured the sound on their albums. They didn’t do it after Yonce did it.
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The only reason Drunk in love was sort of a hit is because Rihanna made trap mainstream with TTT.
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As for the island sound, BYE FELICIA, that is Rihanna’s culture so you fail on that one.
And still, my point remains in tact. You cannot use the discoo arguement with Beyonce. Beyonce does most sounds and styles in her music before Rihanna does. Rihanna does it when they are becoming popular underground. Just like PIU was nothing but a rip off Bandz To Make her dance.
SCREAMING. popular underground? Is that why the only reason Beyonce will work with certain producers like Dream and Sia is AFTER Rihanna works with them?
Plus if you read my original post, you’ll notice this part, “I like that Rihanna brought disco back with Nobody’s business.” meaning it is irrelevant who did it first, the fact is Rihanna brought the sound back.
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Just like Sia could only find work with Christina Aguilera and David Guetta (who worked with her first) until Rihanna put her on the map; that’s when Beyonce jumped on the bandwagon.
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Drunk in love only happened because of Birthday cake and Pour it up.
You tried. You included BEYONCES name in your original comment as Rihanna had some type of influence on Blow being on te album. Rihanna did not bring back anything for Beyonce since she ALREADY did it on her PREVIOUS album that came out BEFORE nobodies business. Is it that hard to understand? I didn’t even bother to read the rest of your comment. I wo’t until you understand that fundamental point.
Well I am surprised you can read at all, it’s a pleasant surprise considering you’re a Beyonce fan.
as if*
Great. Is that the best you can come back with? Case closed.
I suggest you google ‘Nu-Disco’ and educate yourself. Its a whole genre of music and Rihanna didn’t start anything.
The World Music Awards are a joke nowadays. Mimi was as entertaining as watching paint dry.
The World Music Awards are a joke nowadays. Mimi’s performance was as entertaining as watching paint dry.
“Yet again, elusive live vocals. It wouldn’t be so jarring had she been doing anything other than standing still.”
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WHAT??? I’ll just go ahead and leave this here
http://youtu.be/Palw244GuL4
And thats sams point, she is dancing there.
If only Sam could also point out that Kelly Rowland hasn’t got a platinum album
Platinum albums? The same thing Rihanna struggles to get for a whole year after release? Yet shes so ‘huge’.
But Rihanna has got 6 platinum albums, how many does Kelly have?
Struggle! I dont make out Kelly is some kind of Queen of pop like you do. You’re telling me Rihannas albums cannot even sell over 2 million most of the time. Death.
But they dwarf Kelly’s sales
It’s more like Janet Jackson type rock from the 80s, early 90s.
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I just googled Lay up under me and yes that does sound disco but not Schoolin life or whatever
You’re such an idiot. Thatss Sam’s point exactly! If you’re gonna just stand still, why lip sync?
You have brought up a valid point, what’s the excuse for this though then?
http://youtu.be/qGDH18R7GfA
Sis you need to worry about rihanna struggle lip syncing and non lip syncing performances. Beyonce is still a well respected performer. Like MJ and many other performers she lip syncs. But she is still one of the best performers to ever hit the stage.
Contradicting yourself??
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MJ killa Replied:
August 3rd, 2014 at 4:30 pm
You’re such an idiot. Thatss Sam’s point exactly! If you’re gonna just stand still, why lip sync?
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So why did she lip sync? Isn’t that Sam’s point?
You want an answer? Because she was advised to. Beyonce listens to professional vocal coaches you see, something Rihanna needs to do.
“You want an answer? Because she was advised to. Beyonce listens to professional vocal coaches you see, something Rihanna needs to do.”
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Is that so? Which vocal coach advised her to do so? How come Kelly Clarkson sang live?
Was Kelly Clarkson prepping for a Superbowl Performance at around that time??? But enough of that let me scroll through all of Rihanna’s performance footage real quick and see if she sounds any better.
“The reality is that we now live in a Beyonce and Rihanna world.”
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And it is apparent that in this world, pretty hurts, XO and Partition are absent whilst certain artists are now relying on VEVO views to enter the top ten. But that is non of my business.
And there are artists who rely on #1’s to sell album, but still can’t pull out impressive numbers…
Let’s see:
-15 #1’s in the U.S
– 7 Albums but has only sold 10M albums in the U.S with all those basic #1’s that nobody remembers… But that is none of my business
And the funny thing is if you ask artists that actually have a sizable amount of #1s like Madonna, Mariah Carey…etc, they’ll tell you that people remember the #1s, they remember the HITS.
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That essentially makes your “nobody remembers” opinion invalid. But you’re free to try again.
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Also over 150 million records sold in 7 years, don’t forget that.
Hahaaa. And Mariah and Madonna’s #1’s are actually memorable and they helped them sell diamond album and over 60 M albums in the U.S alone.
Why can’t Rihanna achieve none of that with 15 #1 ‘s huh?? Can we say basic? 7 albums+15 #1’s but still can’t sell past 10 Milli. even NYonce with only 5 #1’s sold way more with less Albums (5 to be exact)
And yet you claim Yonce is an album seller and is still struggling to outsell basic Rihanna.
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4 failed to outsell Talk That Talk
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Beyonce failed to outsell Unapologetic
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And that is just in album sales, if we counted record sales then Rihanna far surpasses Yonce’s numbers.
Don’t forget Yonce needs VEVO views to chart a song in the top ten.
Oh no! 😮
Never been a Mariah fan but….. this is not a good look. This album’s promo course couldn’t have been more worse than when she did promo work on ‘Glitter’ and ‘Charmbracelet.’ She is way better than this!
I want this Mariah back.
http://youtu.be/ccfi3PaKqlo
This is why i would not pay to see Mariah live.
Oh no Mariah. But I like the song though. Its cute.
F*** you haters.
When all is said and done, Marah> Beyonce>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rihject
Vocalist eh? Hahahaha
Speaking of pathetic, where’s Slayriah? Is she still alive from that epic flop of and album from her lip syncing fave?
Therefore, Mimi – from our vantage point – needs to assess what her unique selling point to today’s audience is – polish it and re-present it to the world on her next musical outing.
Mariah’s selling point is that she is a damn good writer and poet.
So, guys let’s talk about basicness and when forgettable
#1 singles doesn’t help you with album sales AT ALL.
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Mariah Legendary Carey: 18 #1’s in the U.S = over 60Million albums sold in the U.s alone.
Madonna: 12 #1’s in the U.S = over 50 Million Albums sold in the u.s.
Beyonce: Only 5 #1’s = over 15 Million Albums sold
Rihanna: 13 #1’s = Roughly 10 Million Albums sold
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HAHAAAA. LETS PLAY. GAME GUYS, LOCATE THE BASIC B****.
:’D
So, guys let’s talk about basicness and when forgettable
#1 singles doesn’t help you with album sales AT ALL.
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Then can someone explain to me why someone so basic is outselling the “album seller” in album sales, and if we add record sales, the album seller looks even more basic
Lmaooo. You still don’t get it . Do you?? you wanna talk bout album sales? Beyonce has outsold Rihana both in U.S and WW in total album sales, and that with less albums!! Given that Rih has way more #1’s and album than beyonce, we would expect her to outsell Beyonce by far!!! But the fact that Beyonce has sold more albums than her speaks volume!!
The only reason whyvRih has outsold Bey in record sales is because of her Singles. She has more singles than Bey, and she has more better charting single.
TALK THAT TALK sold MORE THAN 4
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Unapologetic sold MORE THAN Beyonce
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So what are you talking about? Why is basic Rihanna selling more albums than the Album seller?
How did una sold more than Beyonce when it just went x2 Platinum?? We’re talking about the U.s (The country where Rih has those basic 15 #1’s)
Bye bitchh call me when Rih can see multi platinum status with all those unuseful #1’s
I’m talking about world wide and Unapologetic sold more worldwide than Beyonce.
Rihanna: 7 albums+ 13-15 #1’s = Only 10 Million Albums sold
Beyonce: Only 5 albums, Only 5 #1’s = 15 Million albums sold.
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@LB do the ratio bitttch!!! Rihanna is basic with #1’s that most people don’t know except for Diamonds, Umbrella and We found Love.
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The MOST ICONIC SONGS IN MUSIC HISTORY HAVE NOT PEAKED AT #1 . DONT MAKE ME CLOCK YOUR STUPID DUSTY ASS WITH FACTS.
“@LB do the ratio bitttch!!! Rihanna is basic with #1′s that most people don’t know except for Diamonds, Umbrella and We found Love.
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Don’t forget stay, unfaithful, take a bow and many others.
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What will people remember about Yonce besides Single ladies and crazy in love?
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And don’t forget that the basic b**** Rihanna is still outselling your album seller fav Yonce in album sales; and if we add record sales to that, dwarfing your fav.
-Irreplacable
-Halo
-Run The World
-If I were a boy
-Love On Top
-Naughty Girl
-Baby Boy
To answer your question
Honey, those are LOCAL hits, no one will remember those. Rihanna has got INTERNATIONAL HITS which will be remembered EVERYWHERE.
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That is the difference between Yonce and Rihanna.
But death. I am from the UK not America so SCREAMING @ this comment. Nothing about beyonce is local. All her hits are known internationally. She is one of the most covered artists on British talent shows. She had her own theme on X Fact UK with all her songs.
You live in a small world if you think receipts is the same as IMPACT on pop culture.
Impact on pop culture is what makes you remembered. Not your damn certification. Beyonce been in the game almost TWO decades with songs spanning across ALL of them which still get played and covered. So imma need you to sit in a dark corner.
An example being: Run The World vs S&M (a #1 in the US)
Run the World flopped statistically but it is one of the biggest girl power anthems in history. WTF did S&M do for pop culture besides that tragic Britney collab?
Mariah is starting her tour in Asia and Malaysia was actually in a bidding war to make Mariah play there first. She charted higher in Asian countries. Mariah knows what she’s doing Sam is mad because Mariah just don’t give a f*** and Beyoncé still can’t match her success even with all the bad pr
And don’t forget epic album seller Yonce is selling LESS THAN Basic Rihanna.
Again, Rihanna is basic with Basic #1’s that don’t mean S*** and don’t put her in the Madonna/Mariah/MJ category because at least their #1’s helped them all get diamomd albums. Rihanna has more #1’s than Whitney yet Whitney has more talent and sold more albums. miss Mr with tat b******* Navy!!
Beyhive in this Bitchh clocking heaux left and Right. Lmfaoo. And with nothing but facts!!!
@LB you Aightt boo??
Slim Talent oops I mean Rihanna is a singles artist at best….there’s no comparison really.
But the singles artist is selling more than the album seller, why?
But I still don’t get how Basic Rihanna with her Basic #1s is selling more than Album seller Yonce who also hasn’t got a diamond album (and is yet considered an album seller).
Okayblets say she’s no Album seller. but she still sold more than Rihanna tho, with less material.. Explain??
Rihanna has sold more records because of her Singles and she has more albums than Bey. But Bry has sold more albums with less #1’s hahaaa
But Bey’s last two releases have sold less than Singles artist Rihanna LOL
Beyonce is NO MEGA SELLER like Mariah or Madonna!! But she still sold more albums than Rih. everybody knows THAT. Rihanna is just good at selling singles… That’s about it. She has decent selling albums tho, but not as big as Bey’s
But how come Yonce the album seller sold less than the singles artist with TTT vs 4 and B vs Una???
Okay, you’re starting to be annoying as he’ll. Beyonce sold more total albums than Rih overall so what’s your point? BYE.
But her last two albums sold LESS than Rih’s last two albums. She is no longer an album seller if Rihanna is not considered one.
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She is a has-been
Agreed.
Rihanna’s not a better album seller than the Queen Bey. The Navy still aren’t capable of comprehending the fact that the only reason why she’s even sold as much as she has is because she releases official albums annually.
So let me get this straight, Rihanna is considered a singles artist,and Beyonce is considered an album seller.
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Beyonce’s last two albums have sold LESS THAN Rihanna’s last two albums, and Beyonce’s singles since Single ladies have all been failures. What does that make Yonce then because she is certainly not a singles artist, and seeing that she is selling LESS THAN a singles artist now, she is no longer an album seller either.
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I’m guessing she is a has-been??
Beyonce’s 5 Albums>>>>>>>>Rihanna’s 7…despite all of her microwaveable #1 singles
And Rihanna’s Total Record sales >>>>> Yonce’s total record sales…despite her 5 big selling albums (of which 2 sold less than Rihanna’s)
“UNA” outsold “Beyonce”??? And how long is that going to last??? “Beyonce” is a month old album as opposed to “UNA” thats been out for what…two years??? Face it, with the exception of “4” no Rihanna album has outsold any of Beyonce’s lol. So the fact remains, Beyonce’s albums>>>>Rihanna’s.
But where is Beyonce selling? Certainly nowhere outside the US and even in the US it is collecting dust on the shelves because no one is buying it anymore.
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So at what point will Beyonce sell more copies than Unapologetic seeing that Beyonce has proven she needs the US market to sell albums because she cannot do it outside the US.
Not only is Beyonce a better albums seller, she’s the better entertainer of the two hands down. So yeah, the only “one up” that Rihanna has over Beyonce is her #1 song success. That’s good for a singles artist though
The US is the biggest music and entertainment market in the WORLD. Once you’ve made it big in the US as an artist you’re set. Thats where every Legendary Artist, Icon, or Mega Star has flourished. Rihanna hasn’t. So the same really cant be said about Rihanna because she’s such a flop at everything else outside of the singles department
they both benifited off janets black listing tgey aint sold close to 140 mil ww an 35 number 1 crossing 6 genres oh her songs that reached numer 2 and 3 are just as good
Rihanna is a “Singles Artist”. Beyonce is an Artist. Point blank.
Besides even if “UNA” or “TTT” did outsell “4”
Dangerously in Love>>>>>>MOS
Bday>>>>>A Girl Like Me
IASF>>>>GGGB
IASF>>>>Rated r
IASF>>>LOUD
Hell! IASF>>>>>Every Rihanna album. Oh, or are we gonna act like Beyonce’s earlier albums or efforts don’t count??? Negative! Rihanna’s merely a singles artist, she has always been. And Beyonce has always been the better album seller in comparison.
Mariah is an embarrassment with her fat tone deaf ass Ewwww
The reality is that we now live in a Beyonce and Rihanna world.
Only a selective group of people believe music is ruled by Rihanna and Beyonce, there’s more than chart positions and tours in the music industry, just so you know, there’s great music out there even if it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. I could live without those two, music existed before them and will continue to do so, once their time come to an end, on topic, i think the performance was good, i do not see the point in trying to change her performance style when she have an entire decade of success and made a career of 24 years career with it, so your advices are Reductive.
Lol. A music blogger like Sam obviously knows all of what you just said. Its tacticle writing honey.
Uhhhhh I thought this was a Mariah post.
LOL UNAPOLOGETIC-3.6 MILLION
STRUGGLEYONCE-3.3 MILLION.
SIT FLEAS. YOUR STRUGGLE FAVE SHOULD HAVE OUTSOLD RIRI BY NOW IF SHE’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE QUEEN LOL.
Artpop: 1.7 million.
They call her a singles artist, yet she sells more than “album sellers”, real singles artist and old artist that did both (MC). But ok. Bey clearly wants a hot, she even grab Nicki LeClown on a whack ass remix.
R8 is gonna be BIG.
That dress looks familiar
Did someone just say Hard was part Rock? *Screams* Freddie is turning in his grave.
I know, sometimes i just ignore these comments.
Death. I guess that makes Freakum Dress Rock when she puts the guitar rifts in LIVE as well.
WHERE
IS
SMELLY
FLOPLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!! I FREAKING LOVE YOU!!!!
Mariah, baby! I love you forever! But, just retire boo! You did great. you lasted 20 years. Just retire now. Don’t go on tour & embarrass yo self boo boo
Sorry haters Mariah’s touring in Asia and yes it’s in stadiums! Malaysia Philippines Japan China…Mimi ain’t playing #unbothered unlike some people she actually has a best selling market outside the us.
Lovebird is funny as hell because of How persistent he is lmao
Sam STFU! My my my you seem to have ALL of the answers buddy. Yet, you can’t explain why your favs haven’t been certified in over a decade unless it’s B. It was clear she sung the chorus and her voice was tired. Since this performance, she got paid $5 million for a private concert and is going on a huge tour in October. She will make millions while your blog will continue to flop. The only time you get comments is when you try to do FLOP journalism essays telling Mimi what she needs to do, but in case you haven’t noticed, this isn’t 1995 and you’re not Tommy, so no advice is needed from a pressed bottom because YOU FEEL Mariah drunk ass shaded B back at the Breakfast Club interview. EVERY artist knows not to listen to the radio if you are recording an album, bc your album will sound like their music. F*** you and any hater that exists in this world. I will not let anyone media bash Mariah so she can end up like Whitney, MJ, and etc. Mariah is Queen even with 150k WW soldccurrently. FYI: Every album, soundtrack, and remix album has sold over 2 million each, and that includes the top sellinh XMas album, and the second best selling XMas of 2010! DEAL!
Do you b****** really think mariah gives a flying hoot about your pointless dissertations on her career? She has sold 230 million records in 25 f****** years. She’s won countless awards, had 18 #1’s and has a legacy that’s f****** cemented. Mariah is an ARTISTTTT Mariah IS music b******. She doesn’t need wind machines, drag queen dancers and confetti. The Supreme songbird slays your mediocre favs b****.
YAWN!! Another self-plagiarized essay on Mariah’s career! This has got to be about the 25th time you’ve handed this one in Sam…Good Golly just report on the performance PLEASE!!
Mariah´s voice is so damn special even nowadays! Yes it was lipped (at least for the most part) but it´s her current voice and sounded amazing.
How the hell did Sam have the nerve to write some advice for Mariah carey… AGAIN????? Like I said a couple of days ago: why doesn´t he do it for Janet Jackson? Cause Lord knows she´s in a way more complicated position than Mariah, if she has any position at all (commercially I mean). Let alone all the other artists who dominated charts when Mariah debuted (95% of them are nowhere to be seen), or let alone all the flops Sam stans for, but never writes essays about them. It´s truly pathetic!
Mariah´s album is great btw!
Oh and btw, now that Sam loves writing essays about Mariah non stop, why didn´t he reported about Malaysia fighting for Mariah having the first date of her tour over there (a thing Singapure had on lock until that moment)? #biased
Pigriah can’t sing live cause she lost most of her voice. Her stupid fans continue to defend her as if she could still sing. Those days have long been over for pigriah. She just lips most of her songs. She is no better than Milli Vanilli. I hope the h** retires soon.