Mariah Carey: "IT'S TIME" 👑

[jenglisbe]

Another print interview/article:

An email from Kelly Clarkson is referenced, so I guess they reached out to her for comment:

“When Mariah came out with her first Christmas record, she changed the game for all of us,” Clarkson said in an email, adding, “She paved the way for all of us to be able to have a chance at creating original Christmas songs because she proved to the industry how not only lucrative it could be — but how magical it can be to have a record that is a part of your life every year.”

The comment in the article about people being 'haunted' by "AIWFCIY" makes me think the next "It's time" video needs to relate to that. She's already poked fun at herself and the frozen memes with last year's video, so why not do something with that as well?

[schnetzka]

I want her to put this much energy into a new album era next year.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

[The Black Bird]

Nov 1, 2024 18:50:50 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

HA! The impact!

Shania Twain (and tons of other celebrities) made a comment on Mariah’s IG post. Lovely to see all the love.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 1, 2024 19:03:53 GMT -5 The Black Bird said:

Nov 1, 2024 18:50:50 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

HA! The impact!

Shania Twain (and tons of other celebrities) made a comment on Mariah’s IG post. Lovely to see all the love.

I'm gonna have to look for Shania's comment.

I love that brands/institutions like Target, United, and Jeopardy commented. Mariah's "It's time" has literally become the starting point of the season!

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Cackling how easy it is for her while they are working hard for it.

[#LisaRinna]

Happy 25th Anniversary to the Rainbow album! Officially released on November 2, 1999.

Mariah Carey is already one of the bestselling musicians of all time, but she’s not done selling just yet. One of the superstar’s most fondly-remembered albums is back on the Billboard charts this week, as sales of the title exploded following a special re-release.

Rainbow sold almost 1,900 copies throughout America last week. According to Luminate, that sum is up considerably from the period prior.

Just one week earlier, Rainbow sold just over single-digit copies on every available format. Carey witnessed the classic project’s sales sum in the U.S. rise 11,743% from one frame to the next—but what caused that spike?

Carey re-released Rainbow earlier this year to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. A new special edition arrived in June, just in time for Pride. Recently, vinyl copies that followers likely largely purchased some time ago finally shipped, which makes all those sales eligible for the Billboard tallies.

Rainbow returns to the Top Album Sales chart this week, thanks to those nearly 2,000 purchases. The title lands at No. 47 on the 50-spot ranking of the bestselling full-lengths and EPs in the U.S. Previously, Carey’s studio effort nearly conquered the list, rising all the way to the runner-up rung.

Carey and her fans also send Rainbow to the Vinyl Albums chart. The late-’90s favorite enters that tally at No. 21, as the wax copies that were sold weeks, if not months ago, now aid the title’s overall presence on the rankings.

[jenglisbe]

That total is down 200k streams from last year :(

Meanwhile, here is an article from someone who worked at the place where the original "AIWFCIY" video was filmed.

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 2, 2024 8:21:01 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

That total is down 200k streams from last year :(

Looks like we're in for a FLOP.

[Dreams]

Nov 1, 2024 18:13:02 GMT -5 schnetzka said:

I want her to put this much energy into a new album era next year.

LMAO!!!

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Are they reaching or is this 80 year old throwing shade. 😭

[colson]

Nov 2, 2024 12:55:04 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

Are they reaching or is this 80 year old throwing shade. 😭

Nobody ain't thinking about that woman. lol

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

I'll give Mariah some promo for next year release a single called IT'S TIME the next Friday that falls in Nov 1 and gag them with curiosity streams

[pnobelysk]

Nov 2, 2024 13:23:02 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

I'll give Mariah some promo for next year release a single called IT'S TIME the next Friday that falls in Nov 1 and gag them with curiosity streams

I think this is a great idea?

[jenglisbe]

Nov 2, 2024 12:55:04 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

Are they reaching or is this 80 year old throwing shade. 😭

Didn't she do a couple of similar things last year? I remember us wondering whether she threw shade then, too. Tbh I could see Brenda just being told what to do and her not having much clue (though "It's time" is uber-famous at this point).

It's wild but Brenda has some really nasty stans online who call Mariah names and such. They might just be Mariah haters who have latched onto Brenda since she's solid competition, not sure.

Speaking of, I am really anxious about this holiday season. Brenda had been gaining on "AIWFCIY" for years, and then last year "RATCT" was #1 for 3 weeks. If that momentum/trend continues, "AIWFCIY" may not get to #1 at all this season. The 30th anniversary should help, but I don't see those physical singles selling much since there's not anything actually new on them to entice fans to buy them. As long as Spotify has that 'Christmas Classics' playlist for older songs and no equivalent playlist for more modern ones, the older songs will have that big advantage.

[Dreams]

Brenda is 400 years old. Frankly, I doubt she's deliberately throwing shade or is aware of shit. I would bet she's being told what to say/post on SM (not that she herself posts ofc). IF that's even shade to start with.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

They knew who not to mess with ..

http://instagram.com/p/DB6wq5Pp-6f

[#LisaRinna]

nnnn this tweet is giving me

[shakemaki]

Some of yall acting like the elderly aren’t sentient beings, I can’t. Of course Brenda could deliberately be throwing shade. Old southern yt women are generally some of the shadiest organisms on the planet…

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

IF GOD ALLOWS ME TO LIVE TILL 80 I WOULD BE THROWING MORE SHADE THAN I DO NOW. I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT MORE BEING ONE FALLS WAY FROM A GRAVE 🪦

[bat1990]

Nov 3, 2024 20:58:14 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

IF GOD ALLOWS ME TO LIVE TILL 80 I WOULD BE THROWING MORE SHADE THAN I DO NOW. I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT MORE BEING ONE FALLS WAY FROM A GRAVE 🪦

Right, think about how Aretha got even shadier as she got older and gave negative fucks.

[sundaymorningguy]

Man, Butterfly really is one of Mariah’s top tier ballads and deserved better. Don’t get me wrong, I know what the record company was trying to do, but it deserves as many flowers as My All.

[The Black Bird]

Nov 4, 2024 10:07:04 GMT -5 sundaymorningguy said:

Man, Butterfly really is one of Mariah’s top tier ballads and deserved better. Don’t get me wrong, I know what the record company was trying to do, but it deserves as many flowers as My All.

Butterfly should've been her signature song by that point in time. It's designed to be an anthem!

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Butterfly, Fly Like A Bird, Can't Let Go , Anytime You Need A Friend are some of her most underrated ballads. Incredible work

[JJ]

I like the lyrics to Butterfly, but those are not my favorite vocals from her. Has she ever sung it live? Maybe I'll like that better.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 4, 2024 14:29:45 GMT -5 JJ said:

I like the lyrics to Butterfly, but those are not my favorite vocals from her. Has she ever sung it live? Maybe I'll like that better.

She had some beautiful live performances of it, but if you don't like the vocals on the album I don't see how you'd like these:

[#LisaRinna]

Quincy Jones passed away. Maybe we should all stream his favorite Mariah song today.

[Ernesto]

[colson]

I love Casual-riah

[The Black Bird]

Nov 4, 2024 14:29:45 GMT -5 JJ said:

I like the lyrics to Butterfly, but those are not my favorite vocals from her. Has she ever sung it live? Maybe I'll like that better.

I guess because of the whispery verses? That's probably what turned some people off when it was released.

I adore the song, love the vocals even more, those are some of her greatest vocals EVER imo.