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Re: MAC collab (70,044) (70,045) by Licia from USA I totally get what you're saying. It seemed like it was more important to have the focus on the drama for the show rather than the MAC line. It's still kind of cool that it sold out despite the lackluster promotion. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 13:38)

Re: MAC collab (70,040) (70,044) by Gigi from USA I knew about the MAC launch with the YouTubers, but I was wondering if Mariah ever spoke in depth about her MAC collaboration during one of her TV interviews? I try to catch all of her TV appearances, but I don't recall her ever having it in hand and talking about it like she has in the past with her other collections. I know it doesn't matter now, as the collection has pretty much sold out. It just would've been nice to hear her talk about the process from start to finish. The only thing I've read is Stella bragging on Instagram about how she made "the call" to make it happen (as if MAC would've never approached MC otherwise... ). It's such a great collection that I think (at the time) her promoting it would've been a nice distraction from all the James Packer drama vs. going the Tanaka route. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 11:35)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,042) (70,043) by darrian liu from taiwan I do agree, if MIAM was released in 2013 after the success of #Beautiful, it would've sold a respectable number in its debut week, and could possibly be her 7th no. 1 album. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 11:14)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,038) (70,042) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines MIAMTEC would've sold possibly double its first week sales if it were released around June-July 2013, which we all know was around the time the accident happened. If it were, it would have been a slightly different album, a few tracks shorter perhaps (I would like to know the ones that still weren't done by that time), but at least she would have charted higher and the follow-up singles would have had a better shot at success. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 10:27)

#5 in Canada (70,041) by Matty from Vancouver Canada AIWFC is #5 on Canadian iTunes. (Christmas Baby Please come Home is at #185.) (Sunday 18 December 2016; 7:06)

Re: MAC collab (70,040) by Nikki from usa Yes, you missed quite a few things. Mariah had a major MAC coming out party and she invited a load of YouTubers with makeup tutorial channels. None of them are huge, but they all have a few thousand subscribers. Most of the collection has already sold out and apparently this is a limited edition. MAC had to do a whole restocking of items on the 15th for online and most stores, but again most items are going fast. The same thing happened for her HSN line. I actually emailed them a few years ago. Mariah's line sold out so fast I was waiting for news of a restock. I was hoping to get a pair of one of her boots the following year. They told me it wasn't restocked after the first year and aren't sure what happened. The demand was still there for more, but they stopped making it. Mariah seems to get engrossed in a project, go all gong ho on it, but then gets bored and moves onto a new project. That's when it pays to have a team in place to carry on what was already started. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 6:57)

Re: J.Lo was edited out of AIWFCIY Carpool (70,037) (70,039) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I like how "yass-girled" is apparently a verb now. I may steal that J.Lo style sometime. Haha. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 3:25)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,036) (70,038) by darrian liu from taiwan MIAM also suffered a 73% drop in the second week of sales - it sold 16,090 copies in the next week, falling right out from the top 10 into #18. Janet has also consistently place her studio albums in the top 5 - top 3 even, excluding her first two albums. It was her third album, Control where she really became big. Mariah also had much anticipation for MIAM since it had been 5 years after the release of MOAIA, so we can say that MIAM is a quite highly anticipated project. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 1:47)

Re: J.Lo was edited out of AIWFCIY Carpool (70,033) (70,037) by Edward from USA Andrew, yes, Mariah looked stiff and stoned on the Carpool Karaoke, but come on. I definitely wish she would loosen up a little bit and just have fun, carefree fun just like the rest, but at the end of the day, that's the Mariah we have today, either we take her or leave her, that's about it. I'm mostly happy fort the success of the song, these welcomed views are definitely going to factor into its next chart position on Billboard. Making excuses as to why she probably acted the way she did, it's ridiculous and deluded. It's not like this is the first time she's been this way. Whatever she's done to her face, maybe encouraged and yass-girled by Crustella, doesn't look good on her at all. She was fine the way she was. These chick implants and stuff make people loose their natural look rendering them looking like bloated stiff dolls. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 1:14)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,027) (70,036) by steven from usa If we use Janet Jackson as an example. Her album sales dropped 74% the next week with sales of just 30,000. Her first week sales I believe were not a testament to her popularity but rather anticipation of her new album since she rarely releases new material. Mariah consistently debuts in the top 5 every album. (Sunday 18 December 2016; 0:29)

Carpool (70,035) by Luke from United Kingdom I thought she looked fine and acted fine. There isn't much she can do while seat belted into a car lol. She was probably thinking she would come across as really full of herself if she started going wild to her own song. It's better to leave that to the other artists (excluding Demi who isn't one ). She looked really beautiful as well and strangely reminiscent of her 1994 self. So glad she didn't wear sunglasses again. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 23:53)

Childish Gambino / Donald Glover (70,034) by RibbonB from USA Wow, I am loving his new music. Such a breath of funky fresh air right now. Lol. I sure hope Mariah is cooking up something new and fresh, that JD is improving his chops. This is a good time for new music and I hope Mariah comes in on the right wave. The thing I love most about the new CG single is the excellent background vocals, the perfect interplay and dramatic effect. I love Mariah's stacked vocals and her background gymnastics, but I would love some more scaled back moments with selective dramatic moments, that might be better to perform live. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 23:21)

Re: J.Lo was edited out of AIWFCIY Carpool (70,032) (70,033) by Andrew from UK I say cut Mariah out and stick J.Lo in the original. It would have been far more entertaining. At least J.Lo isn't dead from the neck up and the ribcage out. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 22:16)

J.Lo was edited out of AIWFCIY Carpool (70,032) by enwar00 from usa The deleted scene is on YouTube. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 20:37)

AIWFCIY Carpool 10,000,000 views (70,031) by enwar00 from usa The Carpool Karaoke was viewed 10 million times in its first day. It's still #3 trending on YouTube. If it continues like this, and these views go towards AIWFCIY on Billboard Hot 100 in addition to the original video getting about 2 views a day plus sales and airplay, it will zoom up the chart the week after next. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 20:12)

Re: #8 (70,029) (70,030) by TRAVON AUSTIN from United States #7 now. Hi everyone. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 19:10)

#8 (70,029) by SM from Citizen of the World On US iTunes right now. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 18:26)

Re: Carpool Karaoke (70,019) (70,028) by RibbonB from USA Blackish is hilarious. She definitely should make an appearance on there. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 16:25)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,025) (70,027) by darrian liu from taiwan Janet Jackson debuted at no. 1 with Unbreakable back in 2015 with 116,000 units moved. Without equivalent units, she sold 109,000 albums in the first week. That is nearly double the amount Mariah sold in the first week of MIAM. Your argument is thus invalid. It's clear that Mariah's popularity has declined, she hasn't had a top 10 hit since 2009, and her last top 20 hit excluding AIWFCIY was back in 2013. That was also just one hit single among all flops (Triumphant, TAOLG, YME, etc). Whereas the Mariah of the 90s had at least 2 no. 1 singles in each album (in fact her lowest charting single in the 90s is Crybaby at #28, if we're counting the full-blown commercial singles only). It's ridiculous to say that Mariah's popularity has remained constant. Yes, less and less people are buying albums, but if Mariah's popularity is not declining, she would've scored a number 1 debut with MIAM with at least 150k sold in its debut week. #Beautiful would've been a solid top 10 hit. YME would've charted far better and Infinity would also gain much more traction. But in reality, her popularity and relevance have declined, thus her recent releases' sales reflect that. Let's just fight hard to get Mariah her 28th top 10 hit with AIWFCIY. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 15:19)

Stiff Mariah (70,026) by Terna from Nigeria This might have been when she broke up with James Parker before the media caught wind of it. That would explain her awkward stiffness and disinterest in doing the whole thing, but still had to go through with it because Corden had already planned it. She looks like she had been crying. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 9:17)

Re: Lionel Richie - joint tour (70,001) (70,025) by steven from usa She is not selling as much not because she isn't popular but because people aren't buying music like they used to. MIAMTEC debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 58,000 copies. That shows you right there. I think she is just as relevant and popular as she always was. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 8:37)

Re: Carpool Karaoke thoughs (70,017) (70,024) by Tyler from USA I know Mimi has been showing the boobs a lot but I don't think she was going for in the carpool segment. Sitting down in the car was a drastic difference to how she looked walking and standing up. I don't think she took the "seat belt" moments into consideration. She looked young and classy when we first saw the pictures of her walking in the ensemble. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 7:42)

Thirsty (Ground Line Remix) (70,023) by Ben from Sweden I love this remix (Saturday 17 December 2016; 6:44)

Article: Mariah Carey's reality show was re-edited (70,022) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Called it the moment I saw that lame scene. So I want to know how this is still considered a "docu-series" and not straight up scripted reality show with down right pathetic disregard for timeline. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 4:43)

Reality shows (70,021) by RibbonB from USA Here is an interesting take on how reality shows are made from Quora. This follows what I have heard from other industry people. Note big names sign off on these stories. (Saturday 17 December 2016; 3:36)

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