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Old 04-03-2013, 18:47
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I think it's also fair to say that Mariah was a bigger star and success than Madonna in the US during the 1990s from the get go. Madonna never pulled 4 number singles from her debut album (or any for that matter). Even Janet Jackson was bigger than Madonna in the US and other countries for the majority of the 1990s. It's funny how it pains some Madonna fans to admit that she hasn't always been number one.

Mariah Carey's '90s material>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Madonna's '90s material.

Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion were the biggest female artists of the 1990s. Madonna was without a doubt the biggest female star of the 1980s.

As for Mariah's UK chart success, she was big during the early to late 1990s but her success post Rainbow has been patchy at best.
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Old 04-03-2013, 18:50
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Fantasy should have been number one, or Dreamlover
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Old 04-03-2013, 20:54
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I think it's also fair to say that Mariah was a bigger star and success than Madonna in the US during the 1990s from the get go. Madonna never pulled 4 number singles from her debut album (or any for that matter). Even Janet Jackson was bigger than Madonna in the US and other countries for the majority of the 1990s. It's funny how it pains some Madonna fans to admit that she hasn't always been number one.

Mariah Carey's '90s material>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Madonna's '90s material.

Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion were the biggest female artists of the 1990s. Madonna was without a doubt the biggest female star of the 1980s.

As for Mariah's UK chart success, she was big during the early to late 1990s but her success post Rainbow has been patchy at best.
Add Janet Jackson and Shania Twain to that list. Janet was doing better than her for most of the 90's and Shania just became a big seller with Come on Over and The Woman In Me.

The only time Madonna really was bigger than Mariah, Whitney and Janet was her Ray of Light album in the late 90's. Even Celine Dion sold more than ROL with her Let's Talk About Love album (thanks to My Heart Will Go On).
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:32
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I think it's also fair to say that Mariah was a bigger star and success than Madonna in the US during the 1990s from the get go. Madonna never pulled 4 number singles from her debut album (or any for that matter). Even Janet Jackson was bigger than Madonna in the US and other countries for the majority of the 1990s. It's funny how it pains some Madonna fans to admit that she hasn't always been number one.

Mariah Carey's '90s material>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Madonna's '90s material.

Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion were the biggest female artists of the 1990s. Madonna was without a doubt the biggest female star of the 1980s.

As for Mariah's UK chart success, she was big during the early to late 1990s but her success post Rainbow has been patchy at best.
Agreed. I was born in 1990 so was a child throughout the decade, and in my admittedly slightly unreliable memory Madonna was fairly irrelevant until Ray Of Light.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:34
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I would say Mariah Carey most popular era was 1993 to 1999, with Music Box, Daydream, Butterfly and Rainbow.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:38
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I always knew Music Box and Daydream were very successful and I think Butterfly is regarded by many as a fan favourite but never realised how many people don't like Rainbow. If I'm honest it isn't as good as the latter three though I love the two versions of Heartbreaker and X-Girlfriend.

Btw I love the cover picture on the front of #1s. She is very very sexy in that pic.
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:03
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It still annoys be that she missed out on scoring her 3rd UK #1 with "We Belong Together" by a mere 392 copies
This annoys me too. That's virtually nothing when you look at the mass of people buying the records. It did well in the weeks after that, though. It dropped to 3 the week after, and rose back to 2 the week after that. Then I think it had a very slow drop out of the top 10, 20, 30 and then 40.
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:10
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This annoys me too. That's virtually nothing when you look at the mass of people buying the records. It did well in the weeks after that, though. It dropped to 3 the week after, and rose back to 2 the week after that. Then I think it had a very slow drop out of the top 10, 20, 30 and then 40.
Yeah it seemed to be in the charts forever.oh gosh I was so happy for her, I mean it, after the flop of Glitter and the movie and the breakdown, gosh I was just so happy for her having such a success. I liked Charmbracelet though too but Mimi brought her back to the top.
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:14
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This annoys me too. That's virtually nothing when you look at the mass of people buying the records. It did well in the weeks after that, though. It dropped to 3 the week after, and rose back to 2 the week after that. Then I think it had a very slow drop out of the top 10, 20, 30 and then 40.
It annoys me more as it would have been her sole UK #1 that was her own original material i know she has had two #1's but for me covers are a cop out
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Old 05-03-2013, 00:36
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She was popular in the UK really came out of Whitney's shadow, by the time she released Music Box and 'Without You' spending a month at the top. It went downhill after Butterfly I reckon because at least that album still had her trademark ballads.
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Old 05-03-2013, 00:38
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I think it's also fair to say that Mariah was a bigger star and success than Madonna in the US during the 1990s from the get go. Madonna never pulled 4 number singles from her debut album (or any for that matter). Even Janet Jackson was bigger than Madonna in the US and other countries for the majority of the 1990s. It's funny how it pains some Madonna fans to admit that she hasn't always been number one.

Mariah Carey's '90s material>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Madonna's '90s material.

Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion were the biggest female artists of the 1990s. Madonna was without a doubt the biggest female star of the 1980s.

As for Mariah's UK chart success, she was big during the early to late 1990s but her success post Rainbow has been patchy at best.
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:44
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I think, like Janet Jackson she was HUGE in the States but only middling here. Everyone would know who she was and she'd be a household name and that, but she wouldnt be releasing smash after smash hit single. Well, not middling, big but not as big as someone like Kylie or Madonna (or even Britney) in the 90s-early 2000s in the UK.

Britney's another one, nearly every one of her singles was a hit here in the UK but in the US according to Billboard a lot of her singles stalled outside or just inside the top 20.

A question to older music fans as well, did people listen to music so much back in the 90s? Like nowadays, in the street, on the bus, on the tube, in the shops, at the library, just walking, people have their headphones on listening to music all the time. Before I got a portable music player I didnt do this, just the radio in the morning and at night and a CD when I was cooking or whatever in the day.

That's a way the market's different now I think and why singles dominate.
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:57
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Janet was one of the big stars in the 90's but not anywhere near as big as her contemporaries. I have to say though that when Mariah was starting out I kind of pictured Janet and Mariah as not too big at the time until Mariah did Music Box that's when she became a huge International act. Janet never really was until she finally achieved International Superstar status with the Janet album
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:59
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I think, like Janet Jackson she was HUGE in the States but only middling here. Everyone would know who she was and she'd be a household name and that, but she wouldnt be releasing smash after smash hit single. Well, not middling, big but not as big as someone like Kylie or Madonna (or even Britney) in the 90s-early 2000s in the UK.

Britney's another one, nearly every one of her singles was a hit here in the UK but in the US according to Billboard a lot of her singles stalled outside or just inside the top 20.

A question to older music fans as well, did people listen to music so much back in the 90s? Like nowadays, in the street, on the bus, on the tube, in the shops, at the library, just walking, people have their headphones on listening to music all the time. Before I got a portable music player I didnt do this, just the radio in the morning and at night and a CD when I was cooking or whatever in the day.

That's a way the market's different now I think and why singles dominate.
You'd see the odd walkman, but generally listening to music was a home or around someone's house kind of thing .
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Old 05-03-2013, 08:28
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I think, like Janet Jackson she was HUGE in the States but only middling here. Everyone would know who she was and she'd be a household name and that, but she wouldnt be releasing smash after smash hit single. Well, not middling, big but not as big as someone like Kylie or Madonna (or even Britney) in the 90s-early 2000s in the UK.

Britney's another one, nearly every one of her singles was a hit here in the UK but in the US according to Billboard a lot of her singles stalled outside or just inside the top 20.

A question to older music fans as well, did people listen to music so much back in the 90s? Like nowadays, in the street, on the bus, on the tube, in the shops, at the library, just walking, people have their headphones on listening to music all the time. Before I got a portable music player I didnt do this, just the radio in the morning and at night and a CD when I was cooking or whatever in the day.

That's a way the market's different now I think and why singles dominate.
speaking as a non diva fan (lord the 90's wasnt a good time for me, esp the early 90's, janet, whitney, mariah, celine ) there was only janet that registered on my scale. maybe her music was trendier?... i always thought the others appealled to wimin!

the walkmans been mentioned, portable cassettes/radio type devices but personally it wasnt the best way to listen to music, technology has made it much better nowdays. you could listen to music in public if you really wanted to, but many cba.
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Old 05-03-2013, 18:03
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I always thought Dina Carroll was going to be the UK equivalent to Mariah, certainly when I was 8 years old back then that's how I saw her, but it wasn't to be.
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Old 05-03-2013, 19:09
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I remember seeing an article saying Lisa Stansfield was the UK's answer to Mariah. Even though I think Lisa was out first
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Old 05-03-2013, 22:06
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I remember seeing an article saying Lisa Stansfield was the UK's answer to Mariah. Even though I think Lisa was out first
Yes and her too. I used to get Mariah, Janet, Dina and Lisa mixed up. Looking back now I don't know how haha but I was 7 or 8, possibly 9 in my defence hahaha
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Old 06-03-2013, 08:05
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I remember seeing an article saying Lisa Stansfield was the UK's answer to Mariah. Even though I think Lisa was out first
i dont get that, as you say lisa was out first, here in the uk at least, in fact she was practically over by the time mariah started to gain popularity.
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Old 06-03-2013, 10:14
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i dont get that, as you say lisa was out first, here in the uk at least, in fact she was practically over by the time mariah started to gain popularity.
Yea I don't know why it stuck with me, but it was a very weird comparison.
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Old 06-03-2013, 18:37
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Mariah was huge in the UK, people of all ages have heard of her. About the whole chart posistion, she has never really promoted her stuff over here. She did a performance on X Factor not so long back, but people didn't even realize she had a single out until she performed.

Can't wait for her new album!
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Old 06-03-2013, 18:44
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It's BRILLIANT - I have played it over and over on my iPad, definitely a return to form for Mariah, I love it, I hope it's on the album when it is released. I wasn't too keen on Triumphant or her past few singles to be honest.

Btw any news about the relase date for the album or possible names?
Nothing as yet. I LOVE Almost Home, so proud of her. She still has it! It never left her x
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Old 16-03-2013, 00:02
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Did Almost Home chart?
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Old 16-03-2013, 11:41
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Shes an odd one. shes someone who's name was always mentioned, but aside from "All I Want For Xmas", I wouldn't know any of her songs aside from the obvious ones (Without You and the one using the Tom Tom sample).

I always lump her in with Whitney/Celine/Toni 'powerhouse diva' types.

With huge sales, she obviously touches alot of peoples hearts, but, she leaves me cold, along with the above acts (apart from Whitneys singles).

Alot of it stems from that glossy/polished, over-produced sound that happened to the soul/rnb market in the early 90's and which has never gone away.

Its a 'production thing' for me, where the bass is too the forefront of the mix and the whole sound comes across as FLAT, yet is topped by vocal gymnastics to cover up pedestrian song-writing, and leaves me under-whelmed!

I remember reading an in-depth Times article/interview about her, when she went off the rails, and it was very sad. She appeared to have been surrounded by hangers on/users and she came across as quite alone. The whole Tommy Mottola thing sounded quite nasty. This article revealed to me that she wrote her own material, so, impressd by that, I gave her a shot, but, as I said, unmoved artistically.
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Old 16-03-2013, 12:05
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Absolutely! I went to an all girls' school in the 1990s, and Mariah was very popular with us from about 1994 onwards, she was generally liked more than Madonna. Oh, and I remember the guys all fancied her!
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