Mariah Carey: "IT'S TIME" 👑

[jenglisbe]

I feel like there's way too much in the book for it to be a movie; if it is a movie, it would gloss over stuff and be a standard biopic and pretty lame.

There's basically 1-2 hours worth of stuff just from her childhood and teen years. If it's a miniseries, episode 1 would be the childhood stuff and episode 2 the search for a record deal and then making her debut (I could see the episode ending with Arsenio Hall and/or the Grammys). The third episode would be the pressure to maintain success and the marriage to Tommy, as well as the cracks starting to show (like the dinner with the knife). Episode 4 could be the stuff with Derek and the divorce and label issues (that meeting in Japan has got to be a scene). Episode 5 would be the Glitter/breakdown episode, perhaps capped off with the Cam'ron scene (that has to be in the series, too). Then episode 6 would be the making of TEOM, the huge comeback, and the pseudo-happy ending.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

I guess she heard the playback criticism.

[Ivy Leegue™]

I saw on Twitter that Mariah killed it on her recent performance. I can't wait for Sunday. I just found out I have a club seat!

[#LisaRinna]

"100 best christmas songs" playlist on Spotify:
Mariah is #6 on the list, with Buble #1, Brenda #2, Ed Sheeran #3, Fairytale of New York at #4, and Sia at #5.

The bullshit begins....

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 14, 2024 7:55:37 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

I guess she heard the playback criticism.

And put the gerls to sleep...

[#LisaRinna]

11/16 Billboard charts

Billboard 200
RE 93 Merry Christmas

Streaming Songs
RE 34 All I Want for Christmas Is You

Top Album Sales
RE 36 Merry Christmas

Catalog Albums
RE 30 Merry Christmas

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
RE 36 Merry Christmas

Top R&B Albums
RE 7 Merry Christmas

Top Holiday Albums
4 3 Merry Christmas

[jenglisbe]

Apparently there are some viral TikToks about this classic ballad!

[Dreams]

I have never felt so bored with Xmasriah before in my life. I feared it would come to this eventually, especially now that she’s been as idle
musically for as long as she’s been. I really think she’s in dire need of a new album release; an actual, non-Christmas album. She’s been swallowed up by Christmas/AIWFCIY.

[JamaicaFunk²]

Nov 14, 2024 10:25:29 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

11/16 Billboard charts

Billboard 200
RE 93 Merry Christmas

Streaming Songs
RE 34 All I Want for Christmas Is You

Top Album Sales
RE 36 Merry Christmas

Catalog Albums
RE 30 Merry Christmas

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
RE 36 Merry Christmas

Top R&B Albums
RE 7 Merry Christmas

Top Holiday Albums
4 3 Merry Christmas

A great start. Next week will be Buble and her at 1 and 2 again on holiday albums I’m guessing. We don’t discuss that chart too often, but what does the top 3 usually look like? (Can we get that diamond cert finally?)
Wish AIW was on Hot 100 just for the extra chart points.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 14, 2024 14:54:58 GMT -5 Dreams said:

I have never felt so bored with Xmasriah before in my life. I feared it would come to this eventually, especially now that she’s been as idle
musically for as long as she’s been. I really think she’s in dire need of a new album release; an actual, non-Christmas album. She’s been swallowed up by Christmas/AIWFCIY.

Yeah, and this is another reason I wish she had put "Where Are You Christmas?" on either one of these "AIWFCIY" singles or the Merry Christmas anniversary edition. That would have added some excitement to this year, as well as be another song she could add into her setlist since it needs new life.

Nov 14, 2024 14:57:29 GMT -5 JamaicaFunk² said:

A great start. Next week will be Buble and her at 1 and 2 again on holiday albums I’m guessing. We don’t discuss that chart too often, but what does the top 3 usually look like? (Can we get that diamond cert finally?)

It fluctuates a bit during the season because some albums are more streams dependent (streams of course increase as Christmas nears), while something like the Charlie Brown soundtrack is more sales dependent and does better early on. Last year as Christmas neared, the top 3 holiday albums tended to consistently be Michael Buble at #1 and then Nat King Cole and Mariah Carey at #2 and #3, respectively. Mariah was usually 15-25k behind Buble in terms of the SPS totals.

I wouldn't hold my breath for the Diamond cert this year. Merry Christmas does 300k a season at most in the U.S., so it takes roughly 3 years to do 1 million. It was certified 8x platinum in 2020 and then 9x platinum in 2023, which tracks. That would mean 10x platinum in 2026, though maybe 2025 depending how many of these 30th anniversary editions they're shipping out.

I'm really hoping Merry Christmas II You finally gets certified Platinum this year.

Wish AIW was on Hot 100 just for the extra chart points.

Yeah, that helps with things like the year-end chart and the all-time chart.


Meanwhile:

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Nov 14, 2024 10:15:03 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Nov 14, 2024 7:55:37 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

I guess she heard the playback criticism.

And put the gerls to sleep...

[#LisaRinna]

I gave y'all fave "Butterfly" (the song) a pity spin tonight after over 2 years of not playing it... I thought the lambz should know 😂

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 14, 2024 17:35:43 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

Nov 14, 2024 10:15:03 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

And put the gerls to sleep...

OMG her neck and veneers moved! #Popemergency

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Nov 14, 2024 17:38:33 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

I gave y'all fave "Butterfly" (the song) a pity spin tonight after over 2 years of not playing it... I thought the lambz should know 😂

You've become such a grouchy troll nnnn

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 14, 2024 17:46:51 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

Nov 14, 2024 17:38:33 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

I gave y'all fave "Butterfly" (the song) a pity spin tonight after over 2 years of not playing it... I thought the lambz should know 😂

You've become such a grouchy troll nnnn

I'm just tired of the overly PC games hunni nnn

[weaver]

Nov 14, 2024 17:49:47 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Nov 14, 2024 17:46:51 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

You've become such a grouchy troll nnnn

I'm just tired of the overly PC games hunni nnn

How is liking Butterfly PC? Let's not do that in the Mariah thread even in a joking way. My heart can't take it with the shitshow going on in real life. But we already knew you are an unusual lamb who does not appreciate Butterfly.

Sidenote - it is for real sorta troll-ish to randomly post that you gave the song a "pity spin." Oh ok cool? LOL

[die Lotterie]

Speaking of unsual lambs, let the dance-riah lamb slide in and post these recent electronic tracks I've been listening to in 2024 featuring Mariah's vocals for those who may be interested. 🔥

[NeRD]

Is Mariah rumored to be dating anyone?

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Nov 14, 2024 19:31:19 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Is Mariah rumored to be dating anyone?

No but she wouldn't advertise it until it was real REAL so none of us would know till they been officially seen together.

Come to think of it has she even herself announced she was dating Bryan all those years lol 🤣

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

For all the people on social media criticizing Mariah remember she has been singing her ass off for nearly four decades now and has nothing to prove we know she can sing. Respect the elders, it's fine to say she isn't in be prime but than specifically for people who only want to hear her sound like she is in her prime. She ain't and that's perfectly fine.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCTPsGiou1k

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

[jenglisbe]

I'm posting the IG video, but I first saw it on Facebook and the comments there are killing me:

http://instagram.com/p/DCVY4WaPLeH

• "That's one thing I appreciate about her music, you gone pull out Merriam Webster"
• "Mariah was out here doing the Lord’s work & SAT prep!"
• from a Sesalie about 'incessantly - "Lmao I remember when I was a kid singing heartbreaker I always thought she was saying my name. And my family sucks because they let me believe it for years"

[Eqbk]

Yes at her praising "Underneath the Stars" and "Clown" in that Buzzfeed puppy interview. Fantastic taste in her own music.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 14, 2024 18:34:16 GMT -5 weaver said:

Nov 14, 2024 17:49:47 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

I'm just tired of the overly PC games hunni nnn

How is liking Butterfly PC? Let's not do that in the Mariah thread even in a joking way. My heart can't take it with the shitshow going on in real life. But we already knew you are an unusual lamb who does not appreciate Butterfly.

Sidenote - it is for real sorta troll-ish to randomly post that you gave the song a "pity spin." Oh ok cool? LOL

It's overly PC because y'all let Mariah brainwash you for years into thinking it's her magnum opus when it's not!

[JamaicaFunk²]

Y'all I just realized Ari and Mimi wrote Yes, And? about all of our post-election blues.
Like every word. Can this beauty get its moment in the sun??

[jenglisbe]

"AIWFCIY" re-enters the UK chart at #38. It's the top holiday song. "Last Christmas" re-enters at #43.

Also, I wish I could see this in person:

[#LisaRinna]

Nov 15, 2024 5:14:35 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

[Ivy Leegue™]

I hope that Mariah bar is still open when I go to NYC in December, but I feel like all these pop-up type events (ESPECIALLY the ones in NYC) have lines down the block and are impossible to get into or are super crowded.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

Nov 15, 2024 13:58:16 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Nov 15, 2024 5:14:35 GMT -5 Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint said:

A friend of mine said if Mimi fucking for beats they cool with it as long as we get the album!