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Post by kmbgs on Feb 15, 2010 10:52:03 GMT -5
^For the amount of money she is charging for tickets, you are absolutely right that singing 14 songs is an insult. I really wanted to go see her in Boston, but oops cheapest tickets in the house, with fees included, would have made it over 70 bucks. Sorry Mariah, I paid that much for Kelly's best seats in the house, and Ms. Clarkson sang her ass off for 2 hours. HELL NO am I gonna pay that much to see you lounge around singing a setlist that I quite frankly don't really like.
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Post by weaver on Feb 15, 2010 11:42:25 GMT -5
So I keep looking for Tennessee but I don't see it in any store anywhere! I guess I'll have to order it from Amazon....
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 15, 2010 13:57:58 GMT -5
I agree about the tour. And seeing as she isn't even selling out small arenas, hopefully this is a wake up call to her. Not only can she not charge those prices for the show she is doing, but people don't want to pay to hear music from Memoirs (as this is technically a tour to promote that album). Lessons learned? Eh, probably not for MC.
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Post by bruno on Feb 15, 2010 16:25:10 GMT -5
Download "Up Out My Face" on iTunes for Free
The music video for Mariah's new single "Up Out My Face" feat. Nicki Minaj is available to download for free on iTunes! Get it now!
Mariahdaily.com
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Post by sweetsoulodyssey on Feb 15, 2010 17:08:45 GMT -5
My perfect setlist for her concert in Australia (if she ever decides to come for this tour) would be:
01 - Butterfly Intro/Daydream Interlude 02 - Touch my body 03 - Standing O 04 - Fly like a Bird 05 - Up out of my face 06 - Angels cry 07 - Emotions 08 - I want to know what love is 09 - Without you 10 - Obsessed 11 - Always be my baby 12 - It’s a wrap 13 - Honey 14 - Vision of love 15 - I’ll be loving you long time 16 - Candy bling 17 - My all 18 - H.A.T.E. U 19 - Heartbreaker/If you should ever be lonely 20 - We belong together 21 - Languishing 22 - Hero
Well I can dream :)
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Post by neverduplicated on Feb 15, 2010 17:57:00 GMT -5
I was just reading celebrity quotes on Mariah Daily Journal (http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/quotes/celebquotes.shtml) and it was really sweet hearing all the wonderful things fellow musicians have said about her. I encourage everyone to read all of them, but here are a few of the ones that really stood out to me:
Damizza: "Tabloids are always saying she's off on holiday but she's the hardest working person I've ever met in my life. She works 23 hours a day, literally, she never sleeps and she takes care of everybody. When I hear someone say something about her I usually get offended because she gave me my shot, she gave Shade his shot, she gave us all our shots. She gave ODB his first light of day past Wu Tang Clan, and she invented the whole pop-rap collaboration. Nobody would have done a song with ODB at that level - this is a lady who'd sold a 100 million records at that point. She did not have to do that record, she wasn't trying to get street credibility. When we did 'Cry Baby' for her album a long time ago, I called Snoop and said what we wanted to do and he said "'Vision of Love' is my favourite record of all time." Everybody has a soft spot for Mariah. She's the greatest in the world."
Shania Twain: "She hasn't been given enough credit in my opinion. She has to be some sort of a genius actually just to have focused on becoming a stronger person and not letting people like the media destroy her completely. There are some people out there that can't handle the pressure of being a celebrity and the criticism and knowing that besides success there is always failure that you have to lean to recover from, and Mariah has proven to be the type of person who doesn't let anyone or anything break her down. She knows how to keep her life on track and if that isn't intelligence then I don't know what is."
Mary J. Blige: "I love Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey's music saved little ghetto children's lives. Songs like "Visions of Love" gave us hope and we would sing those songs and try to hit every note like Mariah -- which we can't. I don't think she knows what a big part she plays in Mary J. Blige's life. And then to meet her... she's such a beautiful person that you can't do anything but defend her when [the media] starts acting stupid on her. She doesn't deserve that."
Walter Afanasieff: "She actually knows every song ever written. She's a walking encyclopedia of songs, from every Stevie Wonder song all the way to every Police record ever made. She carries around this 'hard disk' full of songs. And there's nothing she can't sing."
Nelly: "Mariah Carey, she's possibly the best singer I've heard. And you watch someone such as Mariah, who went from the highest of the high to the lowest of the low, and come back like she never missed a beat, and stand up and smack everybody in the face like, 'I'm still here; matter of fact I'm better” that gives you inspiration. That keeps me going."
P!nk: "I love her style, I love especially her covers and samples. I think 'Glitter' is great. It´s a shame that the press never understood how honest this movie is."
Toni Braxton: "I really admire Mariah Carey. I think she's a underrated, because she's a great producer, a wonderful writer, and no one gives her props for that. They always say 'Oh look, did you see what she had on?' And this and that. I'm like she's 30 years old, she's not 70 with breast hanging like chickens. She's young, she's beautiful, she has a great body. I just think she's wonderful, and I think people beat her up a lil' too much."
(More Toni) "I like the things that Irv Gotti is doing with hip-hop tracks and R&B with Ashanti. To be honest, Mariah Carey really pioneered that. All people wanted to talk about was her shorty-short shorts, but forget the chances she took. "Mariah with ODB...what was she thinking?" When I heard it, I said, "I get it, Mariah. Hands up, girl!"
Kelly Clarkson: In reply to the question, "Everyone has posters on their bedroom walls growing up, who was on your bedroom wall?" Kelly said, "Oh, I had Mariah Carey, Reba McEntire, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, had a bunch. I had a lot of Mariah Carey though."
Beyonce Knowles: "'Vision of Love,' when I first heard that song, I knew it, my mind was made up - I had to be a singer."
Britney Spears: "Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston were my biggest influences. Madonna and Janet were too. I love their style (Mariah & Whitney) and the way their voices electrify you."
"When I was little Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and I love listening to Michael Jackson...Yeah, I've always loved Mariah Carey, I guess because she writes her music, most of her music, and because she comes up with the BEST melodies. Her range is just from here to there, and she's probably my role model."
Celine Dion: "If Mariah was to ask me to duet with her, I will travel immediately 20000 km in order to sing with her for sure!"
Missy Elliot: "Mariah, she listens to RAP. She's just straight up cool."
"I remember, when my manager asked me to work with Mariah. I thought I would faint immediately. I mean, the legendary Mariah Carey wanted me to rap on her CD? I was shocked, excited, honored and happy."
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Post by shaq91 on Feb 15, 2010 18:00:29 GMT -5
When will her two remixes be on iTunes??
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Post by bruno on Feb 15, 2010 19:43:02 GMT -5
UOMF tomorrow!!!
[b]"Up Out My Face" Download Campaign [/b] Attention Mariah fans!
Mariah's new single "Up Out My Face" feat. Nicki Minaj will be available for digital download tomorrow, February 16th and we need your help to promote the song so that it reaches as many people as possible.
On Tuesday at 12:01 EST, we will be posting all the details to the campaign contest designed to promote "Up Out My Face" and get as many downloads for the song.
Signed Mariah items will be given away to our visitors who will help us support Mariah and spread the word about "Up Out My Face." Get ready!
Mariahdaily.com
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Post by Active Aggressive on Feb 16, 2010 9:09:23 GMT -5
Some of those quotes are hysterical and I was JUST talking about MJB's quote in Random Thoughts the other day.
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Post by MiMi's Slave on Feb 16, 2010 14:37:09 GMT -5
Up out my Face is #125 on top songs on itunes
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Post by MiMi's Slave on Feb 16, 2010 15:06:17 GMT -5
#104 itunes
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 16, 2010 15:18:10 GMT -5
Is the song still free today?
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Feb 16, 2010 15:19:21 GMT -5
The video is free, not the song.
But yes, the video is still free.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Feb 16, 2010 15:37:20 GMT -5
#103 on iTunes Other songs in the top 1000: #155 100% #296 Obsessed (going up! ) #966 We Belong Together (re-enter after 2 days off) #983 Touch My Body (re-enter)
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Post by MiMi's Slave on Feb 16, 2010 16:17:01 GMT -5
the video is going down for the fact that it doesn't count as a sale
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Post by vipanonymous on Feb 16, 2010 16:58:24 GMT -5
#93 =D
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Post by shaq91 on Feb 16, 2010 18:20:45 GMT -5
New Album Available Exclusively at Target and iTunes
Mariah Partners Exclusively With Target & iTunes On Remixed Album Of Duets Mariah has completed her 13th studio album, Angels Advocate, a collection of newly remixed duets with some of her favorite artists, performing Mariah's favorite songs from her #1 R&B album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (released September 2009). Angels Advocate, on Island Records, will be available March 30 exclusively at Target stores nationwide, iTunes.com/target and Target.com.
Featured duet partners with Mariah on Angels Advocate include: Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Nicki Minaj, Fabolous, R. Kelly, The-Dream & Ludacris, T-Pain & Snoop Dogg, Akon, Trey Songz, K-Ci & Jo Jo, and OJ Da Juiceman & OutKast's Big Boi.
Source: MariahCarey.com Newsletter
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Post by bruno on Feb 16, 2010 18:33:39 GMT -5
#87!!!!!
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Post by mikeshere on Feb 16, 2010 18:46:46 GMT -5
Nobody Knows This Is Even Coming Out.. So She Needs to Do Someting.. Time To Start Treating This Like a New Album And Really Get on her grind promoting after the tore.. Oprah, SNL, GMA, etc.. If she doesnt Im Afraid this might be one of her loewst selling albums to date.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Feb 16, 2010 19:08:08 GMT -5
This bit better have newly recorded songs on it, not including 'Skydiving'.
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Post by KMJ1 on Feb 16, 2010 20:17:38 GMT -5
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Post by vipanonymous on Feb 16, 2010 20:53:30 GMT -5
#79
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Post by HolidayGuy on Feb 16, 2010 21:02:21 GMT -5
The album is not going to sell as much as its parent album, so, just based on that, it's going to be one of her lowest-selling albums. Maybe it can sell as much as- fittingly- Remixes.
As it's not a full-out new album, the outlets she played when Memoirs was released probably wouldn't out her on for this release (i.e. GMA). Ithe sn't she supposed to do the Storytellers showits , which was delayed when Memoirs' release was pushed back?
The download contest and free video promo probably has helped raise awareness of "Up" today. With limited rhythmic airplay and no pop airplay, there's only so far it will go, though.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 16, 2010 22:17:29 GMT -5
100% is set to debut on tonight's Olympics, right?
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Post by grouper6 on Feb 17, 2010 0:31:43 GMT -5
The album is not going to sell as much as its parent album, so, just based on that, it's going to be one of her lowest-selling albums. Maybe it can sell as much as- fittingly- Remixes. As it's not a full-out new album, the outlets she played when Memoirs was released probably wouldn't out her on for this release (i.e. GMA). Ithe sn't she supposed to do the Storytellers showits , which was delayed when Memoirs' release was pushed back? The download contest and free video promo probably has helped raise awareness of "Up" today. With limited rhythmic airplay and no pop airplay, there's only so far it will go, though. Does this album count as a new release or will sales be added to MOIA? What is the guess for 1st week sales?
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Post by MiMi's Slave on Feb 17, 2010 2:07:34 GMT -5
UOMF #68 ITUNES
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Post by Legoman on Feb 17, 2010 6:32:28 GMT -5
Whoopy!
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Post by neverduplicated on Feb 17, 2010 7:09:54 GMT -5
The album is not going to sell as much as its parent album, so, just based on that, it's going to be one of her lowest-selling albums. Maybe it can sell as much as- fittingly- Remixes. As it's not a full-out new album, the outlets she played when Memoirs was released probably wouldn't out her on for this release (i.e. GMA). Ithe sn't she supposed to do the Storytellers showits , which was delayed when Memoirs' release was pushed back? The download contest and free video promo probably has helped raise awareness of "Up" today. With limited rhythmic airplay and no pop airplay, there's only so far it will go, though. Does this album count as a new release or will sales be added to MOIA? What is the guess for 1st week sales? My guess would be that since they are calling this her 13th studio album, it has a new title, and will probably have a new album cover, it will chart separately. As for 1st week sales, I have no idea. Most of that depends on whether or not UOMF can become a hit and what kind of promo she does. Hopefully it can get a top 10 debut on the B200. UOMF up to #63 on Itunes. Also, the video jumped to #2 on BET's 106 & Park yesterday!
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Post by weaver on Feb 17, 2010 7:35:36 GMT -5
Nice iTunes updates. That's good news. I tried to request it thru Mariahdaily/mediabase the other day, and the song isn't even ON the Philly rhythmic station request list, but Angels Cry is. wtf? It was the Mariah Daily link, too. I guess I should report that to them, or something.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Feb 17, 2010 10:31:55 GMT -5
@ this being a Target and ITUNES exclusive. I guess I won't be getting my hands on a copy after all, unless I order it from Target.com. So, it looks like UOMF remix video WAS filmed in a Target, LOL.
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