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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Feb 23, 2015 10:35:23 GMT -5
"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a phenomenal, underrated gem. Is definitely one of her best ballads. Simply gorgeous. Is gonna be so weird hearing her sing these songs again after so long...even if its done in a medley.
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Post by Caviar on Feb 23, 2015 10:45:53 GMT -5
JESUS!!!!!!!!!!! I want a FULL live performance of this song ASAP! :'(
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Post by JamaicaFunkΒ² on Feb 23, 2015 18:52:31 GMT -5
Take your breath away type of vocal. Now they kii kii over thin voiced girls and call them the "big voices of today"Β :kii:Β I guess Ashanti just came out the wrong year! This might be my favorite live performance by her ever. Not only was it flawless, but the slight changes she made in note selection made the song even more interesting and beautiful.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Feb 23, 2015 20:40:05 GMT -5
^It's one of my absolute favorites!
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Feb 24, 2015 2:52:03 GMT -5
You guys should check this one out, she varies the notes on other parts during the end as well. This performance is especially impressive considering she sounds flawless, and she's SITTING DOWN which takes a lot of breath control.
She was so emotive during these performances of IDWC. She probably was really feeling the cong considering what was going on with her and Tommy.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Feb 24, 2015 11:24:55 GMT -5
^Beautiful!
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Post by Mean A$$ on Feb 24, 2015 15:22:17 GMT -5
That Tokyo concert should have been an HBO special at the very least.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 19:01:32 GMT -5
Looking back do you think Mariah would've been Selena Gomez on July 23rd 2013 on the Billboard 200 albums chart?
Selena sold 93,000 copies (385,000 to date) that week. The first single went to #6 on the Hot100.
Mariah had just had massive exposure with American Idol and her first single reached #15 on the Hot100.
(I still think that Mariah told Island/Def Jam that she was pushing back the album until further notice way before we found out and that's why the label stopped servicing the song to radio and promoting. I think they really got fed up with her and decided to focus on acts that will actually be releasing an album on time).
I can't help but think that had Mariah released "The Art Of Letting Go" on July 23rd we'd be talking about a GOLD (if not PLATINUM) selling album right now.
The question is, do you think she would've been #1 on the Top200 album charts that week, would she have sold over 94,000 copies?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 19:07:28 GMT -5
^Yes
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 24, 2015 21:24:41 GMT -5
Looking back do you think Mariah would've been Selena Gomez on July 23rd 2013 on the Billboard 200 albums chart? Selena sold 93,000 copies (385,000 to date) that week. The first single went to #6 on the Hot100. Mariah had just had massive exposure with American Idol and her first single reached #15 on the Hot100. (I still think that Mariah told Island/Def Jam that she was pushing back the album until further notice way before we found out and that's why the label stopped servicing the song to radio and promoting. I think they really got fed up with her and decided to focus on acts that will actually be releasing an album on time). I can't help but think that had Mariah released "The Art Of Letting Go" on July 23rd we'd be talking about a GOLD (if not PLATINUM) selling album right now. The question is, do you think she would've been #1 on the Top200 album charts that week, would she have sold over 94,000 copies? Mariah would certainly at least have had a chance at #1 that week. MIAM sold nearly 60k upon release without the benefit of a notable single or any real promotion, so an extra 30k when she had better press and publicity (not to mention sales in general being better) is easy to imagine. Mariah screwed the project over with her inability to complete the album, but I wish her team had taken the approach Madonna's team has in making her singles pre-orders. Once there was no definitely date of completion for MIAM, I wish songs like "TAOLG" and "You're Mine" had been pre-order songs instead of individual songs released. Then those downloads would have added to album sales.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Feb 25, 2015 1:22:45 GMT -5
How much has her latest album sold to date?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 1:53:14 GMT -5
How much has her latest album sold to date? Welcome to your first music thread.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Feb 25, 2015 1:55:30 GMT -5
How much has her latest album sold to date? Welcome to your first music thread. I'm a late bloomer.
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Post by musiclover98 on Feb 25, 2015 2:21:41 GMT -5
Mariah is her worst enemy and always has been. Her insecurities are her main hinderance. The album was basically finished but Mariah didn't feel right about it and went in adding vocals and layers and new songs. It's unfortunate. She needs someone to basically snap her back into reality and tell her no when she needs to hear it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 2:31:38 GMT -5
Considering the first half of what was rumored or released I for one am glad she went back and added extra splashes because its a album i enjoy. Yeah she would have had bigger numbers if she released the album after #Beautiful but what is the fucking point if the album is not good??
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Post by MFM29 on Feb 25, 2015 9:09:40 GMT -5
I think if she went with "the art of letting go" album title and the close up head shot on the cover at that time #beautiful was released, it'd have been a hit. It would be more focused on a mature side of her, kinda of follow-up of Butterfly. Maybe I could see her getting so love from the grammy's. but she choose to go with a childish title and an album cover showing her body as a main focus. so people wouldn't take the album too serious.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 25, 2015 10:14:32 GMT -5
I think if she went with "the art of letting go" album title and the close up head shot on the cover at that time #beautiful was released, it'd have been a hit. It would be more focused on a mature side of her, kinda of follow-up of Butterfly. Maybe I could see her getting so love from the grammy's. but she choose to go with a childish title and an album cover showing her body as a main focus. so people wouldn't take the album too serious. TAOLG remains one of my favorite tracks from her, ever... Just very emotional and relatable. I do think if promoted correctly it could have been a big hit, and I think it would have made a great album title, too... Oh well.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Feb 25, 2015 11:17:33 GMT -5
Her Daydream era hand movements were the best.
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Post by pnobelysk on Feb 25, 2015 13:06:26 GMT -5
I think she WOUDLVE beaten selena . However I don't Think we'd be talking anything near a platnium album .
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Feb 25, 2015 16:13:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 16:51:27 GMT -5
It's because of her tummy tuck a few years ago. Notice the mole that used to be there is gone too.
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Post by BDGeek on Feb 26, 2015 20:31:26 GMT -5
Count me in on the love for "The Art of Letting Go." Excellent breakup song that belonged on the standard edition of an otherwise great album.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Feb 28, 2015 9:32:31 GMT -5
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 28, 2015 9:58:03 GMT -5
That Fifth Harmony performance was pretty good, love them paying tribute. I also really like their song "Like Mariah" there.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Feb 28, 2015 11:23:50 GMT -5
That was adorable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 15:13:32 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 15:19:27 GMT -5
Anyone who shows Mariah love is welcome and appreciated but what I appreciate the most is they chose the less octave classics from Mariah, thanks girls. It was cute until they switched back their own songs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 15:20:21 GMT -5
It's always nice to see people paying tribute to Mariah's legacy whether it's acts like Aretha or school talent shows like the one posted (and everything in between).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 15:25:29 GMT -5
Yeah just depends on the school and where you went to school regarding the talent, some of those bitches in my school went OFF! from 2:30 on it felt like a suburban Connecticut school.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 21:47:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure why everyone in this thread is always shading the piss out of 5th Harmony but I'm 100% here for it.
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