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Pregnant Christmas Cd (32,153) by Mama from Australia Anyone else think the reason she did the Christmas album artwork so early was because she wanted to do so before she started putting on weight related to pregnancy? (Friday 3 September 2010; 1:01)

New Christmas album (32,152) by Ben Eli from South Africa I can't wait for the new cd, it will make it an extra special Christmas, just like the first one did when it was so huge everywhere. I still remember hearing it in every shop and centre and still to this day, wow. MC will always be number one, and they can't take that away. Wishing all the lambs and MC and NC well. (Thursday 2 September 2010; 22:56)

Merry Christmas II You (32,151) by Stacey from the USA I love this title. So perfect. (Thursday 2 September 2010; 19:26)

Christmas album (32,150) by Will from England As exciting as this news is, I'm going to wait for Mariah to un-veil the album title herself, just so I don't get excited about a title which may not be an official one. There have been many cases in the past where supposed album titles have been released where they have been stated as being the "official title". Take MOAIA, Dream said it would be called "MC3". With E=MC2, it was another title. The same goes for other albums as well. Although this is some exciting album news, I would say just wait until something official is released from Mariah's team. Who knows, maybe this is the actual title. But until there is firm confirmation, I'll remain wary. (Thursday 2 September 2010; 12:30)

Christmas CD title (32,149) by JAS from the USA I like it: Merry Christmas II You. I also think HSN will be a great spot to promote and launch the CD, if the Rap-Up article is true. I'm so excited for this. (Thursday 2 September 2010; 4:02)

MC on Idol (32,148) by BT from the USA I've been hearing alot about MC being on Idol. However, when Idol starts in January, won't MC be just having the baby (if she's 4 months preggars as everyone is saying)? That doesn't really make sense if that is the case. It's also interesting how much buzz and publicity MC has been getting about this pregnacy. That is a testament to the magnitude of MC's star power. (Wednesday 1 September 2010; 20:17)

Pregnancy rumors / MDJ top videos (32,147) by Stacey from the USA Good for her. Pregnancy is such an amazing thing, how it happens, progresses, etc that when it's your first time being pregnant, you want to enjoy it privately before annoucing it to the public. I'm not a celebrity and I feel the same way. I told family and friends I was pregnant with my daughter only after I heard the heartbeat at 10 weeks. I'm even more paranoid now about telling folks after my miscarriage. So, good for MC for wanting to enjoy it privately, if indeed she is pregnant. That's the way to go. MDJ videos, if choosing a favorite song was going to be hard, this is off the charts. Oh man, I've got to think about this one, lol. (Wednesday 1 September 2010; 18:03)

MC is spiritual about the rumor (32,146) by JAS from the USA That sounds more like it. Cindy Berger said she was superstitious, but obviously Mariah just wants to be low key and careful until she feels its time to announce something. That's called a leak tweak. Lol. It also sounds like more of what Mariah would say. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 23:11)

Top 20 Mariah Carey videos (32,145) by Special K from California MDJ is hosting a top 20 favorite Mariah Carey videos countdown. I hope The Roof wins. Shout out to Sergio Valente. Hey B Angie B, you know I love Justin Timberlake but his arse had no business being on that countdown. They might as well have put Justin Bieber on that mug, lol. JT but no Usher? That list is bunk. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 22:46)

Angela (32,144) by Stacey from the USA Thanks for the message. I totally agree with what you said. The funny/ironic thing here is I don't bring up the same examples over and over again. That's the point I've been trying to make this entire time. I responded to three people on the same topic using those experiences and that was it. I can't remember the last time I talked about those experiences. I betcha those annoyed by them can't either, lol. Apparently mentioning on this one topic was one too many times for some here. I know folks like you appreciate a thoughtful opinion and those are the people who will continue to be my audience and vice versa. Thanks again for the post. BTW: Well said about Nick speaking on MC to the media. Completely agree. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 19:48)

"TLD" open house (32,143) by Bob, IAA "The Lamb Directory" from the USA "The Lamb Directory" has it's "open house" starting September 1st. The entire MCA family is invited to check out what's been keeping me "pretty much" (but not quite) out of everyone's hair here on the board this past summer, lol. Sorry, no cookies or coffee, but we do have other things you may want to check out. We are still building, so "pardon our dust" as they say. Anyway, just Google, Yahoo, Bing, or whatever you do "thelambdirectory" and you'll find us. Or e-mail us at bob.tiaas@yahoo.com for more info. And as always, thank you Eric, for everything. Hope to see you all there. Enjoy the day everyone. M4E (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 16:43)

#94, what? (32,142) by Deric from the Philippines "Vision of love" alone is far superior on Bey's entire catalogue. Butterfly album itself makes all JT's effort a trash. What's wrong with VH1? What's their criteria of ranking such. Arghh. So bleak. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 16:34)

IDK about her colleagues (32,141) by P-Nasty from the USA Do people think that these artists have time to vote on a poll by VH1? Not really. I'm not sure about that because of the love that she receives from some of the artists. I mean, Beyonce, Rihanna, and a lot of the artists apparently respect her, so I doubt they would rank her lowly. A lot of them respect her, so I think it's a bunch of bitter critics and bitter colleagues who haven't had a hit in over 20 years. C'mon, George Michael is on the list (hahaha). But the funny thing is, when Mimi puts out her next CD, VH1 would be fighting tooth and nail to have her on. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 16:12)

The VH1 list (32,140) by Mike from the USA Mariah is a great artist, in my opinion. And to be honest, I'm not even angry simply because she is at 94. To be honest, I'm surprised that she made the list. I know that if that list was by Rolling Stone magazine, she would not have been included, because they show her even less love than VH1 etc. I think what angers me about the list is the artists that weren't included, like Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight. And again, Mariah being 94 wouldn't have angered me if the artists that placed higher were worthy. There is no way that Justin Timberlake has proven himself a greater artist than Mariah, after just two albums and a hiatus from the music industry since 2006. And Beyonce, I love you to death, but you're not a greater artist than MC. Not yet, at least. But whatever. It's VH1's opinion, and they're entitled to it. Actually, the list was chosen by industry experts and other artists, so I don't even think VH1 is to be blamed. (Tuesday 31 August 2010; 1:39)

"Greatest of time" lists (32,139) by Special K from California Those "Greatest of all time" lists make me sick. The ones that include fan participation are okay. Besides, what do they really mean anyway? The Cure at #74. Oh boy. (Monday 30 August 2010; 21:34)

#94 (32,138) by Angela from San Jose, California Hmm, that list was composed by Mariah's on peers and music critics. My goodness. Honestly, what's more shocking to me is the fact that Alicia Keys came in at #100. Justin Timberlake at #64? What kind of foolishness is that? (Monday 30 August 2010; 14:41)

Robert from the USA / Stacey (32,137) by Angela from San Jose, California Hey Robert, I understand what you are trying to say. It can't be easy trying to protect your wife's privacy while answering questions about her at the same time. Not an easy balancing act at all. After re-evaluating the situation, I think Nick is doing the best he can do and his answers are very articulate and respectful. He is treading new waters. Folks like Brad Pitt are pros at this sort of thing. Hey Stacey, after being on this site for many years, trust me, the same subject matters or comments get bought up and repeated over and over and over again, sometimes by the same fans. Some may get irritated and others may discover a new point of view. No harm, no foul. (Monday 30 August 2010; 14:38)

VH1 is still around? Wow (32,136) by Bob, IAA "The Lamb Directory" from the USA Mariah at #94? Ah, what do you expect from a bunch of geriatric hippies anyway? To be honest with you, I'm surprised she even made the list. Well, she's #1 on my list, and always will be. Enjoy the day. M4E (Monday 30 August 2010; 6:40)

JAS / Guido / #94? (32,135) by Stacey from the USA JAS, I take everything that happens online with a smile on my face. But uh, if others felt the same as you, they obviously didn't care enough about it to post or name me in a message directly. But, you did, so... (shrugs). Anyways, this conversation has run its course. Guido, I completely agree with your post about MC and Nick. Having been married myself almost 9 years (September 1st), I can tell you marriage is all about supporting your spouse. That's Nick's job just like it's MC's job to stick up for Nick. He's married to her. He should be up in her business, lol. I don't expect MC to be #1 on every list, but she should be higher than 94. Are you kidding me? The girl who set the trend infusing mainstream music with rap, the girl who has more #1s than any other female artists, the top selling female artist can't muster a better than 50 spot? Sad day in music. I'd like to know how this list came about. (Monday 30 August 2010; 2:23)

BSquared (32,134) by Stephen from London, England I totally agree, that list was very insulting. Mariah has co-written and produced 17 out of 18 number 1 singles. It's disgraceful that less artistic artists were higher up on that list. It also insults what she has achieved, especifically with the Fantasy remix, like you said. (Monday 30 August 2010; 1:51)

#94 (32,133) by Bsquared from Boston Seriously? What a load of crap. Super sad that Mariah doesn't get the credit she deserves. Even if you were not a Mariah fan, you can't deny that she has done incredible things in music. Her style of singing influenced a whole generation of singers. Her remixes made the importance of a remix equal to the single itself. The Fantasy remix completely changed Pop music. Not to mention all of her Billboard success, awards, record sales and so on. (Sunday 29 August 2010; 21:06)

VH1 is a joke (32,132) by P-Nasty from the USA I mean, c'mon #94. But then again, who watches VH1 anyways? Not me, and I doubt anyone else on MCArchives watches it. It was a poll but we didn't vote since we don't care. The highest rating they get is usually 3 million viewers due to their trainwreck reality shows. AGT gets 10.8 to 11 million viewers on Tuesday nights. (Sunday 29 August 2010; 19:40)

Top 100 artists list (32,131) by JAS from the USA Mariah should definitely be ranked higher on the list, but the fact that she is on it is still phenomenal. I don't Get Bob Dylan in the top ten or Madonna in the top twenty above Aretha and Tina Turner, but the rankings seem quite random. Congrats to all the artists, but the list should be alphabetical, IMO because it's just so random. (Sunday 29 August 2010; 14:38)

#94 (32,130) by Ryan Vien from Canada VH1 has mariah at 94 for the greatest artist of all time. What a joke. It really is sad to see Mariah always under rated. The numbers speak for themselves. I wish that she got the respect she deserves. She has broken all kinds of records. 27 weeks at #1 in Brazil is ridiculous. It's sad that radio doesn't spin her as much, seems like they don't want her to be successful sometimes. (Sunday 29 August 2010; 5:47)

100 Greatest artists of all time (32,129) by Mark from the USA Apparently Mariah is at number 94 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time. It's great that she was included, but she is much too low on that list. Top 50 would have been nice. Here are selected artists and their rank: Madonna 16th, Aretha Franklin 27th, Beyonce 52 (um, what?), Whitney Houston 60, Justin Timberlake 66, Mary J. Blige 80, Alicia Keys 100. An ok list. (Sunday 29 August 2010; 1:34)

Guido (32,128) by Lynn from the USA I don't comment often on this site, I mostly read everyone else's comments. I seem to toggle between MDJ and this site and I post on that site under another name so that I'm not confused with Lynn who runs that site. But Guido, you said exactly what I have been thinking about the pregancy rumors and Nick's comments. Some people do forget that if Mariah is pregnant, it's his child as well and, therefore, he has as much say in the situation as she does. As you said, neither of them have confirmed or denied the rumor, which is their choice. If they are expecting, it will be revealed shortly and I don't feel that they need to announce anything because they are not obligated. Most people wish them the best and are happy for them if it is true and there are others who will continue to call her names if it isn't, which is another sad situation. I'm happy for them if they are, if they aren't, I'm happy that they are supportive of one another. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 19:46)

The message (32,127) by JAS from the USA Anyone can google this, but Roger Friedman posted the original "exclusive message" on his Showbiz 411 site. He said it came exclusively to him via Cindy Berger and he posted today that he never said it was on her web site. Other outlets steal and modify to their own liking these days. Roger Friedman was also the source of the Marc Shaiman story, he also claims that Mariah told him via email that he was her favorite collaborator since the days of working with Walter A. I actually find that more hard to believe, lol. Anyway, the truth of the matter is publicists often leak, unleak, re leak and tweak information all the time. It's still a waiting game. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 6:04)

Re: Will from England / Chinese Whispers (32,126) by Alexis from the USA Funny, we have that game but we call it "Telephone" in my part (West Coast) of the U.S. It is interesting how people do the same things all over the world in different ways. I think this statement reminds me of how Mariah's comments about Westlife got smaller and smaller until her quote was truncated to "Mariah says Westlife is egotistical" when her whole statement was much more positive. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 5:12)

JAS (32,125) by Guido Raphael from Paraguay You sure ain't the only one, girl. Lol. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 1:47)

Alexis from the USA (32,124) by Will from England Ever played Chinese Whispers before? If you have, then you'll see that the word of where this statement came from has been changed slightly. If you haven't, basically, the game centres around a word, which is passed around a ring of people, and the aim is to see whether the word is the same as it was in the beginning, but usually, the word has changed as you go along due to mis-hearing/mis-understanding. I think that's what has happened here. From what I've read, Mariah supposedly made the statement on Showbiz 411, not through Cindi I may add, and not on mariahcarey.com or Twitter. There is an article on here where the "original statement" came from: "Mariah sends us a message...". I say supposedly because I think it's strange that Mariah didn't put this on Twitter straight away because that sounds like the sort of thing she would put up. And the fact that it came straight from Mariah is even stranger. So that's made me question the authenticity of this article. Eric, any thoughts? (Saturday 28 August 2010; 1:18)

Guido (32,123) by JAS from the USA Lol. Preach. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 1:12)

Alexis (32,122) by Robert from the U.S.A. The message was sent from Mariah to Showbiz411.com. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 1:00)

Stacey (32,121) by JAS from the USA Glad no hard feelings, but trust me, I wasn't the only one. Lol. (Saturday 28 August 2010; 0:40)

Re: Robert / Nick (32,120) by Guido Raphael from Paraguay How can Nick be stuck in the middle? He is Mariah's husband for over two years now. And if MC happens to be pregnant, it's with his child. So the privacy about her condition (if she happens to be in one), it's shared 50% with him. Just like any other normal couple. Even though people want to make him feel so little compared to Mariah, whatever happens to both of them, even if it happens to be separated own projects, the other would also complete known about it. They are husband and wife. It's a 50/50 situation here. That's why I believe that if both haven't confirmed or deny anything, it's by mutual agreement. This is not a new record or a single from hers that we're talking about, it's a baby. Their baby. So even though it's nobody's business to know about their private life. If they happen to ask about it (which they do and will keep doing so), Nick has all the right to answer whatever the hell he wants to answer. And in this matter, he has the same right as Mariah to confirm, deny or keep creating buzz around it. Just because it's Mariah, your beloved diva for whom you care a lot more than Nick, some of you are forgetting even though the mother is the one who carries, the child is as much of hers as it is from his father. Most of all if it happens to be a damn good husband like Nick has proven all this years. And this is coming from someone who's not even near of being a big fan of him. But a fact is still a fact. (Friday 27 August 2010; 22:12)

The "superstitious" message from MC (32,119) by Alexis from the USA Does this message actually exist? The articles are saying it was on her site, but I didn't see it there. Nor on her Twitter. Did it come from Cindi? Where/when did this statement supposedly get released? (Friday 27 August 2010; 9:40)

Nick / ISB / Che / Special K / Broadway / JAS (32,118) by Stacey from the USA Nick can say whatever he wants about his life and career. As long as he ain't yelling "fire" in a theater, I'm cool with it. MC can only hide a pregnancy for so long. Trust me, lol. So, let's all just get along and hope she really is pregnant and enjoy all this fun speculation. ISB, she sounded great and I love the fact she allows her fans to choose songs they'd like to hear. The CB concert I attended in 2003 chose CTTA. That performance meant a lot to me with what I was going through at the time. Che, Mariah did look great in that t-shirt and long black leather coat. Ohhh, how I want a long leather coat like that someday. Special K, glad to hear you and Baby K are doing good. Motherhood is challenging, but so worth it. Trust in your own instincts. They'll carry you far. They grow up way to fast. My little girl is 2 years next month. Good to see you around. Broadway, can't wait to hear what sounds they come up with. I love this direction MC is taking. Very suave. JAS, this whole conversation has been fun. I say as lighthearted as possible. It seems you were the only one bothered by my posts. You and I both know I don't bring up these examples as "often" as you'd like to think. I can talk about what I want and agree with who I want. If that bothers you, emancipate yourself from any side effects and ignore those posts, lol. No hard feelings. (Friday 27 August 2010; 8:31)

There is love (32,117) by Brad from the USA Hello lambs. This is obviously one of the most important and precious times in Mariah's life. Place it in its proper context, outside of fame. What could be more important and personal than what she is experiencing? There is likely so much that preceeded this stage that we do not and should not know about. Let it be enough that with all the highs and lows during her twenty years and counting in the public spotlight, she is able to know that from the "family" that exists well beyond the walls of her sanctuary, there is love. And when she is ready to turn to us and have it be a shared experience, in a sense, we will greet her with those open arms, hearts and minds that she so cherishes in her lambs. Untill then, be sure to fill your life with the important things to you, as she is doing, and let there be love, miracles and blessings for all of us. (Friday 27 August 2010; 4:56)

Take care of yourself Mariah (32,116) by Tommy from Bay Area, USA It's pretty obvious now whether Mariah is pregnant or not. It will be more evident when she performs in Singapore next month. Though I'm not her manager or people who handles her career and scheduling, I do hope she goes away and take a break for the rest of the year. But it may seem unlikely if a Christmas album is to be released this year. I just want the best for her and for her to not have any stressors at the moment and just relax. (Friday 27 August 2010; 1:11)