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Spotify numbers (106,014) by jaker20 from US
I would say Caution and BER.

For Caution, even though the album itself isn't a hit, it's a reintroduction to her classics. In the age of algorithms, releasing new songs allowed for her catalog to sneak into those playlists and random streams. That wont happen if you have no music. It helps that the album itself is great.

For BER, it reintroduced Fantasy and Daydream to a new audience. BER is a great remix because it's still recognizable as a Mariah song, unlike Yes And.

I hope Mariah just keep releasing good albums and not worry about the charts. It pays forward down the road.
(Tuesday 19 March 2024; 18:18)
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Music right now (105,977) by jaker20 from US
There's little true talent out there too now. The last one for me was Adele, who is no longer a major player. I'm sad that her career might be cut short, because she didn't take care of her voice. But now we're in a Barbie moment. You just have to look the part and make a few bland music, and the public will eat it.
(Thursday 14 March 2024; 18:11)
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Caution and Eternal Sunshine (105,963) by jaker20 from US
"So which brings me to why does it take Mariah so long nowadays to release an album?"

Mariah has no frequent collaborator anymore. That's her missing recipe. No artist can do it alone. Her focus on Christmas took her out of the loop. She needs a team and needs to be collaborating with new musicians, because frankly her career outlived her partnerships with JD, The-Dream or Afanasief, etc.

Mariah needs someone to bring those creative juices out of her like she does when she freestyle during her concerts.
(Tuesday 12 March 2024; 23:50)
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Photoshoot (105,956) by jaker20 from US
Sorry but get over yourself. Seriously, you are so cringy, just no one here wants to tell you straight up (no pun to Paula's more original song). Mariah's not going to be have a comeback as a major pop girl if Yes And Remix even hit no.1. No one even cared about Beyonce's latest, just a few weeks ago we want her to do the same. And now that song is dropping like a rock, and even Beyonce don't care about it enough to make a video. Charts these days are useless.
(Monday 11 March 2024; 22:13)
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SIO (105,926) by jaker20 from US
I think it's because they are sped up versions, but they may take them down at some point. But it's also genuinely one of Mariah's best bops and also one of her best videos so I'm not surprised.
(Saturday 9 March 2024; 16:03)
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SIO (105,907) by jaker20 from US
What a true pop classic, Shake It Off. Tiktok is doing its thing and Mariah knows what's up by posting about it.
(Friday 8 March 2024; 19:09)
Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,886) by jaker20 from US
There is more hunger for new Mariah music than in the 2010s. Mariah is more popular now after AIWFCIY hit no.1 in 2019 and everyone rediscovering her catalog. I didn't think even Mariah herself expected it and that's why she's unprepared every year. She's going to have this problem every year, but in a way it's a good problem to have.
(Thursday 7 March 2024; 02:44)
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Cardi B (105,858) by jaker20 from US
I love Cardi but I'm relieved that Mariah isn't on it, because it's just not catchy. Yes, the video is also rachet [sic]. It doesn't seem like it's not even going to debut in the top 40, which is surprising for a major current rap artist.
(Monday 4 March 2024; 03:40)
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Angels Advocate (105,840) by jaker20 from US
Oh you are right. I was thinking of the botched release of Bye Bye lol.

The potential for Angel's Advocate release has definitely passed. I was merely pondering over the missed opportunities with that album and the could have beens in this age of collaborations and remixes. Yes, And remix is literally her 3rd most popular song right now says a lot. It makes me wonder how much she has on her vault that's from that era that actually exists, who really knows. Look at al the amount of songs on MB30th anniversary.
(Friday 1 March 2024; 23:07)
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Angels Advocate (105,834) by jaker20 from US
If this entire album was released at that time, it would be her massive album streaming, if it was released as planned, which was literally just before Spotify exploded and all those names attached took off. A real missed opportunity, and those songs are most likely sitting in different vaults everywhere. But in fairness to Mariah though, it was a turbulent time for her, with her miscarriage and all.
(Friday 1 March 2024; 20:36)
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Angels Advocate (105,830) by jaker20 from US
There's also tracks already done that didn't get released from Timbaland, Westlife, Swizz Beatz, Jamie Fox, and others that's not on your list. Heck, Angels Cry ft Neyo is still not on any streaming service, but is one of her most popular YouTube videos.
(Friday 1 March 2024; 20:31)
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Angels Advocate (105,821) by jaker20 from US
Its been 15 years since that was announced. If that album was actually released, that would have been her streaming monster. I'm 100% sure of it.
(Thursday 29 February 2024; 23:44)
Cardi (105,818) by jaker20 from US
Hey maybe that's a good thing. We'll know when we hear it, if it's worth hopping into lol.
(Thursday 29 February 2024; 19:29)
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Daydream is now Mariah's biggest album (105,817) by jaker20 from US
Surpassing Music Box. Isn't that incredible? Time really is the true test of everything. Mariah has always referred to Music Box whenever she's talking about a time to massive success and sales peaks, but never about Daydream.

Listening to whole Daydream album, it really sounds so fresh and it flows perfectly from one song to another. Fantasy alone is one of the most perfect pop songs ever made. It's so timeless.
(Thursday 29 February 2024; 17:25)
Controversial (105,808) by jaker20 from US
Her vocals have very little, if any, bearing to her career trajectory now. The public isn't checking her for the vocals in 2024. No current artist is successful for their great vocals. The last one is probably Adele, who by the way has been having so many vocal issues. Obsessed, Touch My Body, that's her most popular songs right now. And maybe that's part of AIWFCIY's longevity because of its playfulness, not necessarily the vocals.

I think she was on to something with Caution. Remember, Mariah said she didn't like her vocals in it. But that album received some of the best reviews of her career. But I think the timing was wrong. If that album was released now, it would be a bigger hit.

Because the Mariah post 2019, after AIWFCIY first hit no.1, is more popular and beloved than the 2010s Mariah. Unlike most of her contemporaries, everyone even the kids and teens actually know her now. What's lacking is a quick follow-up to sustain that Christmas buzz. It's the era of collabs, and I think she's experimenting on that with the Ariana and the rumored Cardi B collab, if that is true.
(Wednesday 28 February 2024; 09:27)
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Cardi B (105,792) by jaker20 from US
Cardi B and Ari are still within the same broader range of Mariah's category. Besides in this day and age, artists dabble into everything that categories really don't mean all that much anymore. Country artists doing rap, Beyonce doing country, Billy Eillish does what she wants. Its all kind of mixed up now. I think music categories isn't as clear cut as it used to be.

Let me add, Mariah herself has incorporated all these genres into her albums and played with jazzy influences like Portrait and Subtle Invitation, then Mariah's had a couple of gospel influenced songs throughout her albums. And of course Mariah's had a huge influence in bringing hip-hop to the mainstream. So its not a huge jump for Mariah to do these.

She doesn't necessarily need to pick one of these lanes, since she's already doing all of them. What we want is more of them. Or rather, we want, well anything, since she's not releasing much at all.
(Tuesday 27 February 2024; 16:20)
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TEOM era will probably the last great era (105,788) by jaker20 from US
I agree. People still don't realize how iconic that is.
(Tuesday 27 February 2024; 15:50)
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Mariah's just lacking a good collaborator (105,774) by jaker20 from US
Someone that she has chemistry with. Like Beyonce has JayZ who is essentially Beyonce's co-producer and is a full-time music artist and is in the studio full time. Or Taylor's parents, who are her money partners (I'm not insulting her, but let's face it, they're good with money and promoting her).

Mariah is on her own. In fact, her best career inspirations are the twins, who are probably behind her social media ideas. But she's not surrounded by musical nor business partners. She can't do it alone, especially a musical empire as big as hers.
(Monday 26 February 2024; 23:40)
TEOM era will probably the last great era (105,773) by jaker20 from US
The timing is also wrong. It should be just before It's Time moment or immediately after the holidays. Her timeline is just so messed up.
(Monday 26 February 2024; 23:37)
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I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,756) by jaker20 from US
It's definitely giving shot on [iPhone] low budget video. which is shocking because it was directed by Brett Ratner, who did some of her best videos ever. It's a great song and it deserved better.
(Sunday 25 February 2024; 23:39)
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MC remix album (105,753) by jaker20 from US
She also had lot of remixes shelved on the MOAIA, the only one that survived was the Ne-Yo and Nicky Minaj, both of which turned out to be more popular than the originals and two that went to MIAMTEC. I agree about the #Beautiful remixes, I think there's about 3 out there and they all bops. I think this is where a good management comes in, Mariah can't broker these deals to put into an album nor create new ones obviously.
(Sunday 25 February 2024; 18:52)
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Final Billboard placement for YAR (105,752) by jaker20 from US
We don't really know that 49% means that's also the portion of the remix compared to the original. That's just the overall increase of the total.

I would personally guess that the remix is already way above 50% of the total, if we consider that the remix has been stable on Spotify and way ahead of the OG on iTunes, and that the fact that the original has been freefalling in the past weeks before the remix was released. Like you said before, it's up to Billboard.

This is another situation where Mariah boosted a song, like BER, but didn't get credit. Do we want a top 10 credit? Sure. But all things considered, this is absolutely great news, not bad.

I don't remember the last time a song went back up to the top 10 after it's nearly out of the top 40 because of a remix. Without the remix the OG would have completely dropped out already.
(Sunday 25 February 2024; 18:27)
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New album (105,714) by jaker20 from US
Probably. But I wonder how that would impact the Merry Christmas 30th anniversary. I wouldn't be surprised if she's got a lot lined up for that. But then, maybe she would surprise us. I actually think it works, get it swept up by her Christmas buzz.

(Saturday 24 February 2024; 16:14)
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I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,713) by jaker20 from US
I don't think you are understanding what I'm saying lol. I'm not disagreeing with you. Oh well. Bye I guess.
(Saturday 24 February 2024; 16:01)
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Yes, and remix ends up at #12 on Hot 100 (105,712) by jaker20 from US
You're framing it in a negative way, while I see it in a positive way. Slow down on being so negative. And also, the right word is "rebound", not jump up. Very different word connotation.

The song would have been out of the top 40, it was on its way down. Not a lot of songs have that kind of chart trajectory. And that is credit to Mariah's name.
(Saturday 24 February 2024; 15:56)
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