Mariah Carey: "IT'S TIME" 👑

[jenglisbe]

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

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[kmbgs]

Nov 26, 2024 15:43:30 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

If she isn't also 1993, 1994, and 1995, Billboard about to lose all of its credibility.

[Push The Button]

Nov 26, 2024 10:48:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

"AIWFCIY" re-enters the Hot 100 at #16 (chart date 11/30/24). It is #6 on the streaming chart.

Merry Christmas rises 47-36 on the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 19k sold.

Can't wait to see "Rockin" suddenly leapfrog it the day after Thanksgiving. *roll eyes*

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

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[JamaicaFunk²]

I ordered it!!!! lol

[ryang]

Nov 27, 2024 19:12:20 GMT -5 JamaicaFunk² said:

I ordered it!!!! lol

After that clip (and the Black Friday markdown), I had to as well! lol

[shakemaki]

Nov 26, 2024 18:34:09 GMT -5 kmbgs said:

Nov 26, 2024 15:43:30 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

If she isn't also 1993, 1994, and 1995, Billboard about to lose all of its credibility.

Well I maintain there was no arguable reason to exclude her entirely from the greatest 21st century list given a solid half a dozen or so that actually made it on, so I don’t give their staff much credit with her.

Honestly, the media and entertainment industry’s decades long obsession with snubbing her where credit is due needs to be studied in-depth.

[groovetheory]

I really thought they'd go all out with the 30th anniversary celebrations but this feels like the least they worked since '19. I was expecting a campaign for AIWFCIY to have multiple weeks at #1 after the slips last year and maybe a diamond cert and a no. 1 for the album. Or even make C(BPCH) finally chart on hot 100.

Apart from the tour and the very low-key anniversary release, there isnt much happening. Or is it about to start?

[JamaicaFunk²]

Nov 28, 2024 0:05:33 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Nov 26, 2024 18:34:09 GMT -5 kmbgs said:

If she isn't also 1993, 1994, and 1995, Billboard about to lose all of its credibility.

Well I maintain there was no arguable reason to exclude her entirely from the greatest 21st century list given a solid half a dozen or so that actually made it on, so I don’t give their staff much credit with her.

Honestly, the media and entertainment industry’s decades long obsession with snubbing her where credit is due needs to be studied in-depth.

Off the top of my head, 8 top 10 albums, 5 number one songs, 5 more top 20 songs. Weeks alone atop the Hot 100 is like 30 weeks.
I found it strange too that she wasn’t included.

And yes the 30th anniversary seems a major bust. Honestly, holiday music in generally feels like a big letdown this year.
Happy thanksgiving, though! Maybe that’ll turn things around.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 26, 2024 18:34:09 GMT -5 kmbgs said:

If she isn't also 1993, 1994, and 1995, Billboard about to lose all of its credibility.

I'm pretty sure their ones for the individual years of the 1990s were just who won Artist of the Year in their year-end issues. Mariah is held back there because so many of her albums were released in late summer or fall, so they split years (for instance Music Box had weeks at #1 in late 1993 and in 1994, and the singles from the album were split in those years, too, as opposed to most of that happening in 1993 or in 1994).

Nov 28, 2024 3:53:40 GMT -5 groovetheory said:

I really thought they'd go all out with the 30th anniversary celebrations but this feels like the least they worked since '19. I was expecting a campaign for AIWFCIY to have multiple weeks at #1 after the slips last year and maybe a diamond cert and a no. 1 for the album. Or even make C(BPCH) finally chart on hot 100.

Apart from the tour and the very low-key anniversary release, there isnt much happening. Or is it about to start?

Well, Merry Christmas isn't Diamond, so not sure how they could just get it that cert. I also don't think Mariah has much interest in promoting holiday songs she didn't write. But yeah, this anniversary has been low key overall (no night talk show appearance right?), but considering how much she does every year, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. Plus as JamaicaFunk² mentioned, it's been low key for holiday music in general so far this year.

Meanwhile this was cute:

[Positive Tension]

I'm actually OK with the laidback feel of the 30th anniversary, especially if that's the general feeling for holiday music so far. Her tour seems to be going well, and "AIWFCIY" is doing fine. I'd still love for it to break the record for most weeks at number 1, but the song is so much bigger than the charts that it doesn't really matter.

I've mentioned it before, but much as Mariah would probably prefer to promote Christmas songs she's written, she'd have a much better chance of getting another Billboard entry with "CBPCH," so she'd be wiser to focus on promoting other classics/standards. A lot of her originals are great, but I don't know iif I see anything else catching on the same way another classic/standrad would.

[Coco Yu'Kneek- Saint]

These guys are awesome all their rnb covers are A++

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[groovetheory]

Nov 28, 2024 7:39:03 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

I also don't think Mariah has much interest in promoting holiday songs she didn't write.

I dont know how close it is but with enough streaming/playlisting and radio push CBPCH may be able to chart. She doesnt actively have to do anything actually.