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Re: Tomas Mottola (70,987) (71,020) by B from USA Celine had a huge overseas fan base that also bought (purchased) her English-language albums. When my mom bought me a third copy of Butterfly for Christmas that year the receipt said she had purchased Celine's Let's Talk About Love. I wish I had kept that receipt. Has anyone read anything about this before? Why would Columbia (Sony) or The Record Store (which was the only record store where I live which is no longer in business) do this? The purchase of that album didn't benefit Butterfly, it benefited Celine's album. I guess Tommy was determined to prove he could succeed without Mariah at not only her expense but at any cost. (This is a true story.) (Sunday 8 January 2017; 23:35)

Mariah (71,019) by Angela from USA ( San Jose, CA) I'm glad Mariah is taking break. It's obvious to me that someone finally got into her ear and convinced her to take a break and really assess what's going on with her career. I'm just so worried about her. This brings back so many memories from 2001 when Mariah had her emotional "exhaustion" issues. It's like a repeat. You know she left a message saying she was shutting down everything and the next thing you know she was in the hospital. Mariah has been working very hard these past couple of years and she has had some personal struggles. She has been touring (Vegas, Christmas shows) along with dealing from her divorce from Nick and now her engagement with James is over. We forget that Mariah is a human being. I just love her so much. Her music has really helped me through some negative life changing moments in my life. I know I'm being dramatic but no other artist has touched me the way Mariah has. She is truly "My Saving Grace" and I will be praying for her. I love you Mariah and I will always support you. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 23:23)

Media and social media break (71,018) by Marissa from USA The more I think about this media/social media break the more I wonder what the motivation to do that is. Is she getting ready to sue/get sued by DCP and no longer wants to discuss it? Is she stepping away so she can ween Mishka off her social media and find a new social media manager? Is she getting ready to completely clean house and thus wants to reduce the level of responsibilities and involvement that her team has? I honestly hope it's the latter, but I'm curious what this is about, because it's weird for someone to take a break from social media when they were never actually posting themselves in the first place. It's not like she's doing it to regain her sanity from negative comments when she never sees them anyway. Something's up and I want to know what it is. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 23:20)

Thoughts (71,017) by Joe from United Kingdom So... do we think the "break" will result in Stella being fired? Seems to me that this is quite a drastic act for MC that may be part of her getting her stuff together like she did after the divorce from Tommy. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 23:08)

Voice mail, new team (71,016) by T from USA It was nice for Mariah to talk directly to us. It's been a while. In a dream world she would let go of being a "pop star" for a moment. Leave those stages for the JLo's and Rihanna's of the world. If only she would go back and make a solid music album. Something undeniably good. If only she could surround herself with LA Reid and Walter Afanasieff. I know a lot of fans have been asking for that for years but just imagine a ten track album of just her and Walter. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 22:37)

Re: Audio (71,005) (71,015) by RibbonB from USA Hopefully it means she has taken the social media reigns from a teenager. Now she needs to fully and personally check what is being put out there about her. It is beyond time to stop with all the TMZ and Daily Mail stuff. Time to see what the real media says or doesn't say. It is just a good time for a break and I'm so glad she is taking it. I hope it does last until her tour in March. Send Mishka to school. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:51)

Raw audio (71,014) by Jimbob88 from UK Choosing an audio message is symbolically significant, she made audio messages during her Glitter meltdown (and historically). The implicit message is: "I'm at rock bottom so will record an audio message to reach out to the lambs." The older lambs will recognise this. I'm glad she's taking a break, hopefully this will involve rehab because I do genuinely believe that the problems extend beyond technical issues or an evil manager. Mariah has a self-destructive streak that has long preceded all of this. True lambs will know and accept this. She's also a survivor, I can't think of anyone else in the industry who is as tenacious as her. You don't write someone off who has achieved things of the magnitude she has. She just needs to sort out of a few issues. We're rooting for you MC. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:28)

What Mariah should have done (71,013) by Danny from Uk As some have aready said, in hindsight (which is a wonderful thing), as soon as Mariah experienced problems on stage during NYE she should have stopped the performance and told the audience what was happening then made a joke of it whilst putting the spotlight on the technical department, that would have shown them. Instead she played into their hands and because it went viral due to the time of year and amount of people viewing it was history made. It's a shame as many people haven't seen Emotions live so would have been a nice moment and exposure. The positives are a well needed break and maybe opening her eyes a little to the vampires around her and also the exposure and publicity people who haven't talked about her for a long time suddenly have an opinion which could translate into sales and hype in the future. Fingers crossed. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:21)

Break from media and sosial media (71,011) by TJ from Norway I'm so glad she takes this step. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:11)

Re: Is it the 90s? Voice message (70,995) (71,010) by TJ from Norway I'm sorry to say, but voice messages again? This is so 2001. It started good, ended bad. I hope for difference this time. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:06)

You all are peasants (71,009) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I can't with Mariah's World making fun of us regular people haha. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 21:03)

Re: Hiatus (71,003) (71,007) by Shezz from Pk Some people are always on another plane. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:54)

Thoughts on voice message (71,006) by Marissa from USA First of all, throughout the years I've seen several lambs on this board saying that they miss/wish Mariah would do a vintage voicemail again, so here it is. Before I thought these sabotage accusations were just Stella being paranoid and going over Mariah's head creating an irreparable mess, but given the fact that Mariah herself is saying this, I can no longer be mad. She's been in the business going on 27 years and she knows full-well the consequences of these accusations. Clearly she is well aware of the risk and isn't scared, so why should we be? This is no longer Stella popping off at the mouth without Mariah's consent. I'm glad she's taking a break and I truly hope it's for the better. Maybe if she stops trying to seek attention for all the wrong reasons she will recognize her wrongs and see how useless her team is. She needs to refresh her spirit and take care of her voice. Hopefully this isn't one of those "breaks" that lasts for only a week or so. She truly needs the time and space to think, reevaluate and recharge. Also, I think she's recognizing that Mariah's World is a flop because otherwise it wouldn't make sense to pull back from social media and the media if you have a project to promote. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:53)

Audio (71,005) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Just listened to the audio, it's good that she's taking a break, I hope she lays off the staged paparazzi shoots too. Just go to dinner without calling them to inform where you are. Lay low. You deserve a break. However I hope the break includes a break from her team. By the way why the sudden social media break? Like I'd understand if she was managing her own social media and was sick of seeing the backlash and all. But she doesn't do her own social media work and neither does she probably see the stuff written, so then what gives? Is Mishka busy? Haha. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:53)

Re: Her voice (71,001) (71,004) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha imagine if she used Mishka's voice. I would have a "on the bathroom floor" moment. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:48)

Re: Hiatus (70,991) (71,003) by Lannister from USA Did you hear a different message than I did? And I mean that literally. I didn't hear her say anything about her dad or rough childhood in her twitter message. Are you referring to something else. And good for her for taking time for herself. She owes us nothing. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:27)

Editing the West Coast feed (71,002) by RibbonB from USA Stella's demand that DCP edit the West oast feed is lame, because I live in LA and had already seen the footage when it aired on the East Coast via twitter and the links and trending topics were already in full swing. Editing the West Coast would have only confused things even more. She has herself to blame for not stopping Mariah's performance and demanding the equipment work. M. can only blame herself for not having a backup plan, besides backup dancers. I am so glad she is reflecting on this and hopefully her recent career choices. Best wishes to her and Roc and Roe. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 20:21)

Her voice (71,001) by RibbonB from USA Glad she used her own voice, because with all of her social media surrogates the message would have been suspect. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 19:58)

The significance of the voice mail (71,000) by Tiina from Finland I think this is a good sign. The fact that she wanted to speak to us directly like back in the day. Maybe Mariah is taking back control. Get some rest, Mariah, and use this time to reflect on your career. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 19:56)

Also (70,999) by Hilton from USA It's sad to say that some of you on this message board are nasty and unbelievable and I am appalled at seeing people cheer on this behavior. Yet it's the same people who want Mariah Carey to get her shit together. The love is hard on here and sometimes you can feel it but some of you really are immature with the name calling and tantrums. SMH. Wow. Unreal and pathetic. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 19:53)

Sad (70,998) by Hilton from USA It was nice to hear Mariah on a voice message once again. Brings back memories from the olden days. I must admit, regardless of what anyone says Mariah is a human being just like the rest of us. We all have seen how they've beaten her up over the years. Regardless of circumstances and anyone's opinion on whatever has happened to her, she has feelings and clearly she's hurt. I don't think Mariah has one bad bone in her body. Shit, we all live this life and make bad choices and go through the things. She's just like you and I. Everyone that wanted her to disappear, well this wish has been granted. I hope she comes back stronger than ever. Mariah, I love you and I will never forget the many times you saved my life. Love, Hilton. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 19:47)

Re: Is it the 90s? Voice message (70,995) (70,997) by Edward from USA Exactly what she needs to do. She's been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, fake boyfriends, fake reality TV show, staged pictures. She should just take a break away from everything. Pull the plug on that reality show that shouldn't be mentioned, and rest and focus on her family, music and everything else. She must be reading some of the advice from the non sycophants people who really want the best for her, who really know she's capable of way better things, who think of her highly enough to let her know when things are not right. I for once want to miss her, I want to anticipate new music together with her reappearance, maybe with a new look and outlook on things. We'll be here waiting for you Mariah, as we've always been. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 19:44)

Mariah's new audio (70,996) by Lila from United States Here we go. This shit is never going to end. Now Mariah has done an audio message where she says she was foiled and put into the hands of a production company with technical issues that capitalized off the circumstances. She's going to address the NYE performance in time and that's she's going to take a break from media and social media moments and be with her loved ones. That last part is a great idea but everything else, I need her to stop because when you take everything into account everything that has been said, it seems that, at the least, Mariah's team dropped the ball and, at the most, both teams dropped the ball. DCP had nothing to gain from trying to "sabotage" Mariah's performance, Mariah herself said that she did not sound check Emotions, and, according to Stella's version of events, DCP offered a joint statement. At this point, it just looks like desperation. Let it go. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 18:41)

Is it the 90s? Voice message (70,995) by Shezz from Pk Wow that was so out of nowhere. The voice message on Twitter. Regardless of the subject matter the fact that she did that again after sooo long was great. And wow so maybe Stella does convey some of our messgaes to her. She wants to take time off and be with her loved ones and family (unfortunately who she considers family now we cannot control). So obviously this really got to her, maybe it'll help her rebuild herself. Write some more inspirational anthems perhaps. She feels victimized in how they handled it. Best thing to have done was to take a page out of Adele's book. Discuss it calmly on a major talkshow and sing the hell out of those songs live. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 18:35)

Mariah left Twitter message (70,994) by Licia from USA So from this message she will really address the NYE mess when she's ready. She feels that DCP were trying to embarrass her and she's taking a social media break, but will still be fulfilling her contractual obligations and she looks forward to starting the tour in March. She also thanked all her industry friends and the real fans who have supported her. (Sunday 8 January 2017; 18:18)

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