| September 30, 2000...HUGE NEWS DAY |
- Update #2- So sorry...
I tried all day Saturday to get this news up but tripod's uploader was down!!! Sorry for the delay on news!!
- More News on TRL
As you all know, TRL will show more footage of Mariah from the set of All That Glitters on Monday's show at 3 pm EST! However, Danielle found out that Friday's show will reair on Monday morning at 8 am EST!
So this is great news for people like me who missed the show on Friday!!!
- Even more news on TRL
Matt, has captures of All That Glitters at his site and also a realvideo of it! Click below to check out his All That Glitters site!
mariahworld.com
Also, Nik created a realvideo of it for his site, Mariah Mania! Click here to directly download it from the site!
Jon and Jen typed out the news tidbit on TRL Friday and here is the transcript:
Mtv Interview guy (John Norris) said he caught up with mc on the streets of Tribeca ( not sure spelling) where she is wrapping up filming of all that glitters:
"Alot of people at first were like the 80's! That's to close to now! No one's nastolgeic about that! And I'm like "Yes they are!" you know? So its taken now everythings in that's 80's , like fashion wise and stuff and it's... People are going to think that I'm going to be jumping on the band wagon, cause I had this freakin' idea along time ago you know." Mc on the idea of All That Glitters
John: I've never met anybody like you before you, you've got something really special. MC: I guess I should be happy that you're into me, but its just that I'm not into the games." Lines taken from a scene from All That Glitters!
"This is totally not an autobiographical movie at all. People have been writing "It's a story loosely based on her life" It's not based on my life..." MC responding to the asking of if All That Glitters is based on her life.
"You can't call my name now, cause it's not Mariah!" Mc said while hugging some fans or kids on the set.
"I can not think like "Oh what are the critics going to say? Or "What are", you know? "What are bitter people going to say?" I can't really focus on that especially when I'm trying on giving a good performance." Mc responding to what are the critics going to think of her acting in All That Glitters!
John said that it will be in theatres next spring. And to watch trl monday for more on the set with Mariah!
- Mariah does NOT sing on Grinch Soundtrack
Tim told me that Mariah was mentioned in Friday's USA Today article and SUMar235 sent me the actual article. I am a little sad that Faith is singing a song Mariah co-wrote but MC is probably too busy right now to sing it herself!!!
Bringing joy to the weird, actor Jim Carrey and rapper Busta Rhymes link voices on grim hymn You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, a track on the all-star soundtrack for How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Faith Hill's Where Are You Christmas?, written by Mariah Carey, James Horner and Will Jennings, will be the first song released from the Interscope collection, due Nov. 7. 'N Sync contributes a new tune. Other originals include Smash Mouth's Better Do It Right, Barenaked Ladies' Green Christmas (produced by Don Was), Ben Folds Five's Lonely Christmas and The Eels' Christmas Is Going to the Dogs.
The Ron Howard comedy, starring Carrey as the yuletide killjoy, opens Nov. 17.
- Vote for Mariah
Jesse and Nini let me know that Mariah is up for 3 ArtistDirect Online Music Awards. Here are the categories MC is in!
1. Fav. Female Artist
2. Most Talked About Artist
3. Fav. Tattooed Artist
In the urban/Hip Hop category
1. BEST OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Vote at the following address:
http://adoma.artistdirect.com/cgi-bin/pop/vote_pop.cgi
- Mariah in Globe Tabloid
Mariah is in the Oct. 10th issue of The Globe Tabloid. I scanned the picture and added it to Gallery 40 and you can check out the article below because Mariahlamby (aka Danielle) typed it out for you! How sweet she is! Please note: Of course this article is false because it is from a tabloid and we all know that Mariah is happy with Luis! I added this to the site here to give you all a good laugh for the day!!!
X-men vixen Halle Berry quickly bared her claws when she heard Mariah Carey was getting too chummy with her handsome fiance, soul singer Eric Benet.
Halle left a promotional tour and hastily hopped a plane from Los Angeles to Toronto, where Eric was filming All That Glietters with sexy songstress Mariah, who's currently linked to singer Luis Miguel.
"Halle confronted Mariah," confides and insider, "Mariah was really shocked and said she had a man she really loved, so why should she go after Halle's?".
Another source tells the GLOBE that Halle's sudden appearance also caught her boyfriend by surprise.
"Eric said it was crazy," the source reveals. "It looked like Halle just pounced on him and Mariah as if they were guilty of something. Eric told me they're close friends, but not lovers."
But insiders on the set say Mariah and Eric were definitely palling around and getting very close. Says a friend: "Eric told me Mariah's the greatest. He really digs this woman."
And the feeling was mutual. "Mariah told several cast members that Eric really turns her on," (yeah right) the friend confides. "She said he's super good-looking, very deep and sensitive. And she loves being with him."
Halle still has heartbreaking memories of her devastating divorce from baseball star David Justice three years ago. Friends say the sexy actress is wary about her current relationship because Eric has postponed their wedding twice. "All this has made Halle very insecure," notes a source. "Although there was no affiar, Halle did the right thing because it could have easily turned into one."
Mariah has denied she was trying to put the moves on Eric, But she understands where she's coming from, says the source.
"If I had a gorgeous guy like him," Mariah told a friend, "I'd be jealous, too, when he was out of my sight,"
A friend of Eric also thinks Halle showed up in the nick of time.
"I think if Halle hadn't appeared on the scene," confides the friend, "Eric would have gone off the straight and narrow,"
- Mariah in The National Enquirer
Mariah is also in the National Enquirer this week, Oct. 10th issue! Once again, Danielle typed out the article. I didn't scan the image because it's a pic of MC we have seen a million times. She is lying on the couch from the #1's party in the black dress.
MARIAH- $100 MILLION personal fortune
PRINCESS OF POP Mariah Carey did not even have digs of her own after leaving the $10 million mansion she shared with her ex-hubby, music titan Tommy Mottola - until she bought a posh $9 million Manhattan penthouse. Then she splurged on a fitting centerpiece - Marilyn Monroe's cherished white baby grand piano, which she snagged for a cool $662,500.
"My accountant was dying," Mariah says with glee. No big deal - since the multiple Grammy winner has sold more than 128 million albums since htting the big time in 1990.
The 30-year-old "Heartbreaker" currrently makes sweet music with Mexican singer Luis Miguel.
- Mariah in J-14 Magazine
Maureen let me know that Mariah is in the Novemeber 2000 issue of People Magazine
- Picture from All That Glitters Set for People.com
Jen found a nice picture of Mariah on the set of her movie, All That Glitters at People.com (the picture is located in Gallery 40). Here is the little article that goes with it and hopefully this picture will be in next weeks People Magazine!
HEARTBREAKER: In New York, Mariah Carey worked on a scene from her new film, All That Glitters, in which she finds out that her mother (Sonya Hensley) is homeless. (people.com)
- New Pics/Mariah in US Weekly
Mariah is also in the October 9th issue of US Weekly. I added that scan into Gallery 40 along with pics from the All That Glitters set and other various pics! Check them out if you like!!!
- Bit's O Info
Here is some various information on Miss Mariah that people have sent me:
n my 1999-2000 high school yearbook, there is a picture and caption of Mariah under Music News. It reads, "Superstar Mariah Carey releases Rainbow in November and begins a world tour in February 2000. Carey is named Billboard Music Awards Artist of the Decade and is awarded the distinguished American Music Award of Achievement." There is a picture of her from the Billboard awards holding her award w/her hand up in the air.
Hello! Mariah was #4 with "Honey" on MTV cribs countdown. Tyrese (spelling?) was the host he talked about Mariah making "All that Glitters" he said he visited the set in NY and talked about the "Honey" video he said the house was now being used as a museum in San Juan, PR.
hey reg- jessica simpson was on hotzone and ananda asked her about her next album....so jessica began naming off producers and people who she has worked with and she mentioned Walter A....then she went into detail saying how he worked with Mariah and did alot of Mariah's early stuff up to now...just thought i'd let yaknow..:*)
Hey Regina! Today at my school's homecoming pep rally they played Mariah's 'Dreamlover' during the homecoming king and queen slide show. When I heard it I jumped up in the bleachers and started dancing!
I was just watching Two Of Kind, a show that stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, and on their wall, there was a pic of Mariah from the Butterfly album (the pic w/ her eyes closed). It wasn't a poster, but a cut out of that pic from the poster. LOL I don't understand my description either. Just had to let u know :)) <<
- Help Fellow Fan
E-mail The Mariah Fan@aol.com your replys:
Hey Reg! I already sent you a letter from my school but I don't know if you got it! Well anyways, I am doing a research paper and I am doing it on Mariah! I need to have you ask people to send me some things on how Mariah has influenced their lives, why she is a good role model for today's young dreamers, what it is about the music they like, and why she is different from any other singer! Thank you so much!!!
Please guys send these to me!!! I need public views on this soooo!!!
-Update #1
- Mariah on the set of All That Glitters!
Nini and Maria let me know that yesterday, Mariah was in the Daily News! Nini typed out the article and I scanned the picture, so checked out the EXCLUSIVE scan below, along with the article!!
Pop Diva Mariah Carey looks mighty sultry on the
Mercer St. set of "All That Glitters," a forthcoming
movie in which she stars as a young singer who dates a
deejay who helps her get into the music business. The
role shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
- Mariah on TRL yesterday and Monday!
Yesterday, TRL presented a special Behind the Scenes footage on the set of All That Glitters! Sadly, I missed it because I was getting my hair highlighted, but MiZnAsTyJ and Honey B Fly saw it and told me about it. Basically they showed some footage from the set and they had a sit down interview with Miss Mariah! MiZnAsTyJ told me they said they were going to show even MORE footage with Mariah on Monday's show!!. Honey B Fly could only make one screen capture and sadly the picture has writting all over it!! Oh well, check out the picture to see what MC looked like below:
http://himariah.tripod.com/atgcap1.gif
| September 29, 2000... |
- Mariah/Westlife and Phil to perform hit song together!Thanks to Jake for the following article:
(SEP. 26) WENN - THIRD - INTERNATIONAL MUSIC NEWS - WESTLIFE TEAM UP WITH PHIL COLLINS Irish boyband WESTLIFE are set to perform their British Number one single live for the first time next month (NOV00) with MARIAH CAREY - and PHIL COLLINS, who had a hit with the original. The performance of cover song AGAINST ALL ODDS will take place at the MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS (NOV00), with ROBBIE WILLIAMS and MOBY sharing the bill.
Westlife band member NICKY BYRNE is surprised at the single's success after so little promotional work.
He says, "We haven't been able to perform this song because our schedules have been so busy, just like Mariah's.
"But we are all keen to get together with Phil Collins, which would be something special. We just have to make sure we can fit in the time.
"With other singles we have worked really hard to let our fans hear the song, but this one had next to no promotion. I wouldn't have been too surprised if it failed to make the top ten.
- Fanclubs
Thanks to Jake again for this next article!
LOS ANGELES, Sep 22, 2000 (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) -- FansRULE.com(TM), an entertainment/information Web site providing fans of sports and entertainment personalities with on-demand news, celebrity participation, fan interaction and merchandise opportunities, has acquired Fan Emporium, Inc. and related website fanemporium.com. Fan Emporium hosts official fan clubs for celebrities, such as Mariah Carey, John Mellencamp, Michael Bolton and Cyndi Lauper.
FansRULE.com caters to an entertainment audience seeking round-the-clock industry-insider news, access to online celebrity appearances, trivia-driven games and contests.
In addition to the membership benefits of an online presence, FansRULE.com offers an array of offline services typically associated with fan club membership. The combination of coupling an on-demand information source with more traditional fan club offerings creates an entertainment package with wide audience appeal.
Fan Emporium, Inc., founded in 1983 by Joyce Logan, operated successfully as a fan club management company. Logan, the author of Celebrity Fan Clubs, expanded the company's fan club offerings and format with the creation of an online venture, fanemporium.com. Logan's innovative approach recognized the need to service both computer-friendly online surfers and long-time, offline subscribers.
Logan has been named the vice president of fan services for FansRULE.com and will manage offline fan club services.
In acquiring Fan Emporium, Inc., FansRULE.com assumes ownership of fanemporium.com, the company's individual celebrity online fan club sites, and the offline fan club management agreements. Financial terms of the acquisition are confidential.
FansRULE.com employs a proprietary profiling application designed to capture and retain user profile information. Operating as eBackStagePass(TM), this sophisticated fingerprinting engine allows for targeted e-commerce promotions, on-demand polling and focused consumer interaction.
FansRULE.com partners with entertainment and sports celebrities to manage fan club memberships and activities. By providing fans with on-demand and traditional fan club management services, innovative entertainment options, exclusive news for members and merchandise selections, FansRULE.com creates an opportunity for fans to celebrate and interact with their favorite celebrities
- Mariah in Teen People
Prinie let me know that you can find a picture of Mariah in the November issue of Teen People! She is in the beauty watch section on page 156!!
- Mariah shutdown for Billboard 2000 Award?
Ma'ayan told me that he checked out the Billboard Website and they showed the nominees for the Billboard 2000 Video Awards! It seems, that Mariah is not nominated for anything, while Luis is nominated for best clip of the year for "Amarte es un placer!" How sad :(
- Mariah lookalike and Anderz mentioned on Howard Stern
Alex told me that Howard Stern mentioned the following link on his show today:
www.laurasmariah.com
He read the the statement on the fron page and the link to the interview with Anderz.
- Toni and Mariah
Victor told me that Toni BRaxton was not wearing the cut off style in her video, "I Don't Want To!" He said that she was wearing the waistband folded in!!
- MAX BEESLEY GETS MUSICAL
Thanks again to Jake for this next article:
(SEP. 28) WENN - THIRD - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - MAX BEESLEY GETS MUSICAL From WENN Los Angeles bureau chief SOPHIE VOKES-DUDGEON British actor MAX BEESLEY is following in his SPICE GIRLfriend's footsteps - warming up his vocal chords for his big-screen singing debut.
The hunky actor stars alongside MARIAH CAREY in the currently- filming movie ALL THAT GLITTERS, playing a cool club DJ in the 1980's.
Carey plays the role of a naive young singer who comes to understand the music world through the course of the film and through her relationship with Beesley.
But it's not only Max's acting ability and his flawless New York accent that's been gaining him respect on set - he's been taking a leaf out of his girlfriend MEL B's book and having a sing.
A set source says, "He doesn't have a huge singing part, but he does go acapella on the piano for a little sing along in one of the scenes.
"He was quite impressive actually. The whole movie has a very musical theme." (SVD/WN/JM)
- Fan Artwork
Honey B Fly made some nice Mariah artwork and you can check it out by clicking the links below!
http://himariah.tripod.com/fanny5.gif
http://himariah.tripod.com/mtwork.gif
| September 27, 2000... |
- New DesignWell, I hope you all like the new layout for the NEWS page! It matches the main page and a HUGE thanks to my very good buddy Alex!!
- Westlife tops UK charts
Thanks to Alan and Dee for this next article:
LONDON (Billboard) - Irish pop heroes Westlife achieved their sixth
straight instant U.K. No. 1 single Sunday - this time with the help
of Mariah Carey. Their collaboration on Phil Collins' "Against All
Odds," released on Columbia, earned Carey her 17th U.K. Top 10 hit,
but only her second No. 1. Collins' version went to No. 1 in the U.S.
and No. 2 in the U.K. in 1984. The track was pursued on the chart by
Zombie Nation's "Kerncraft 400," which entered at No. 2, while the
chart-topper of the past two weeks, Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight),"
slipped to No. 3. Also debuting in the Top 10 were Billie Piper at
No. 4 with "Something Deep Inside," Pink at No. 5 with "Some Girls,"
Sisqo at No. 6 with the title track from his album "Unleash The
Dragon," and Anastacia's "I'm Outta Love" at No. 7. Madonna's "Music"
arrived at the peak of the U.K. album chart, while one of her five
previous U.K. No. 1 albums, 1990's "The Immaculate Collection,"
stormed back 30 to 8 in its 161st week on the chart. The album's
title track enjoyed a third week at No. 1 on the Eurochart.
- Happy Half Birthday Mariah!
Hillary let me know that today, September 27th, is Mariah's Half Birthday! So Happy Half Birthday Mariah!!!!
- New Pics
There are about 7 new pics in Gallery 40 today. Marc sent in some pics from a show called Festivalbar and MC looks really pretty! Also, Minerva sent in two more lovely pics of Mariah and you can check them out in Gallery 40.
- Mariah Reigning Diva of the Summer!
Marccb1@cs.com told me that on Jagnet, Mariah was named Reigning Diva of the Summer. Coolio eh?
- Bit's O Info
Here is some various news I received:
On Friday and Saturday..they were re-running the old series of Real World and in of the show i think it was the Los Angeles one..they played Vision Of Love. Just to let you know...
Check out this site to find out information on All That Glitters!!!
Hey Regina, I just wanna say that our homecoming song is "Thank God I found You" so everyone is gonna buy the single. So maybe that will help Mariah
For two days in a row Z90 has been playing "CTTA" this morning when I heard it the DJ even encourage listeners to run out and get it! And yesterday this girl called in and she had "Daydream" playing in the background! One time last week some guy called int he was playing "CTTA" =)
hey regina! ok, so this is some kind of news...my friend said that MC was on the news here in NY a few days ago and they just said some rumors about her and they said she was going down 2 NYC 2 finish filming ATG and that earlier this year she asked her hotel to have pink toilet paper, laced bedset, and an "oray of puppies and kittens for her to pet". (LoL) and they said that she wanted the town to announce her arival to all so that she could dress up incase any fans came....well i just wanted to let you know about that gossip...LoL....and other friend said that MC was going 2 TRY 2 make an appearance on TRL or @ least call in on thurday....9/28....buh bye! Mariah rox my world! LoL
- Mariah's "Hero"
Last night on a radio station I listen to called, Delilah, Mariah's "Hero" was played. A woman called in because all summer her daughter saved up her money and bought herself a bike. The little girl couldn't afford a nice bike but still it was a bike she bought with her own money since her mother was a single mother and they didn't have much money! She would ride the bike to school everyday to be a safety captain to the younger kids. She loved doing it but recently her bike was stolen. The little girl begged her mother to please let her to continue to be safety captain because it was something she loved to do and made her feel special. The girl now walks 1 hour to school everyday and then walks 1 hour to get home. The mother burst into tears while telling Deliliah this story and asked her to please play a special song for her brave daughter. So the song that Deliliah picked was Mariah's "Hero!" Isn't that so ncie?!?
- Against All Odds #1 in Ireland too
John let me know that Against All Odds, featuring Mariah and Westlife, is also #1 in Ireland. So now it is #1 in UK and Ireland. Way to go Mariah!!!!
| September 26, 2000... |
Update #2- New Pics
Minerva just scanned 9 new pics for me from Spain! All these pics are exclusive to the internet and are all very LOVELY pics of Mariah! You can check out these 9 beautiful pictures of Mariah in Gallery 40! If you choose to use them in your newsletter or website, please credit this site because a lot of webmasters arn't doing that and yeah, that's pretty upsetting, in fact!
Update #1
- Welcome Home Mariah
Well Mariah is back home now in NYC and we want to say that we are happy she is back home and safe!!!
- Re-Release of Rainbow
Thanks to Mariah Carey Archives for this next article:
Mariah's latest multi-platinum album "Rainbow" will be re-released all over the world, but this time it has a bonus CD with Mariah's duet with Westlife, "Against All Odds". This new edition is already available in the UK and within weeks it will also be released in Israel, Taiwan and many other countries. It is still unknown if "Rainbow" will be re-released in the USA.
"Rainbow" was first released in November 1999 and entered the Billboard album chart at Number 2. The album is certified three times platinum by the RIAA and sold over 8 million copies worldwide.
Thanks to Mariah Online, I have the scans of the front and inside cd. It seems that this is a 2 CD set and AAO single is included with the normal Rainbow Album! I personally think this is so cool and I am praying it is released in the USA so I can buy it! Click on the links below to check 'em out!
Click Here to Check out the Front Cover!
Click Here to Check out the Inside CD
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Website!
Thanks to Mike, Ronnie and Candice for the following link to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis's website! Yesterday in the news I mentioned that they talked about Mariah on their website saying that they just finished 12 songs with her for her news soundtrack! Check it out for yourself at the following link:
http://www.flytetyme.com/
- Mariah in Allure
Yesterday I told you that Mariah was in Allure Magazine, thanks to Ashley! Well Ashley scanned the pic and I added it to Gallery 39 By the way, Mariah is in the October 2000 issue of Allure, if you want to pick it up! Should hit stands on Friday hopefully!
- Jessica Simpson Listens to Mariah's Music before shows!
On Mannia 2000 show, they were talking to Jessica Simpson and they asked her what she does to warm up and she said she likes to listen to Mariah's older music. Direct Quote is:
"I'm listening to Mariah's old stuff!"(she put her thumbs up)"I usually listen to Stevie Wonder & Mariah Carey when I warm up."
- Fantasy debuets #1
Thanks to NCG911, Alan and Jake for the following information:
1995 "Fantasy," by Mariah Carey, became the second single ever to
debut at No. 1 on the chart. The only other artist to accomplish
that feat was Michael Jackson with "You Are Not Alone."
- Mariah in Holland!
Mark tells me that Mariah dropped 6 places this week from #72 to #78 in the Dutch Mega Top 100 Chart!
- Westlife Defy The 'Odds' On U.K. Singles Chart
Thanks to Art for the following article:
Irish pop heroes Westlife achieved their sixth straight instant U.K. No. 1 single Sunday (Sept. 24) -- this time with the help of Mariah Carey. Their collaboration on Phil Collins' "Against All Odds," released on Columbia, earned Carey her 17th U.K. top 10 hit, but only her second No. 1. Collins' version went to No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 in the U.K. in 1984.
- Vote for Mariah on TRL?
PureHoney710 is sad that she hasn't seen the latest video by Mariah with Westlife on TRL or anywhere else for that matter, like all of us. She wants us to go and vote for Mariah on TRL. I don't know if this will work but maybe it will get MTV to see that they should get the video and start playing it! If you want to help out MC, please request her at the link below! Put her name is as "Other!"
http://mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/tubescan/trl
- Mariah inspired Float and Mariah's Rainbow Interlude
It's so nice to see fans using Mariah's music in everyday life. Here is two stories!
we're building our homecoming float, and i'm chairperson, so when i found out the theme was MYSTERIES, i added in a little of my own flavor, so our float theme is a pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow! :D its a big rainbow (in mariah color order) on clouds with a big pot o' gold...i'm so proud :D
In Computer Art Class in college, we have to take a song or story and illustrate it on the computer! Well I took the Rainbow Interlude and at the moment, I am creating an image showing the whole song because I think it has a really positive message! My teacher liked the idea too, so that's good :)
- Petition for Germany
Here is what Dennis sent me:
Hi Regina! This is Dennis, webmaster of the Mariah Carey fanpage "Butterfly-MC"!
Uwe (webmaster "Mariah Carey Fan") and I, we started a petition and it
would be amazing if everybody participated in that one and helped out
Mariah in our country, Germany!
Our aim we wanna achieve with this
petition is that MTV Gemany plays more often Mariah's music clips,
escpecially the new ones like "Against All Odds" (duett with Westlife)
and "Crybaby" and "Can't Take That Away". Is has to be said that Mariah is being neglected by this TV station over here, meaning that they refuse to play her music clips. When asking them for what reason they do so, they always respond that "Against All Odds" has been already released - but hey, now it is available in the duett version in all German CD stores.
And what about the clips like "Crybaby" and "Can't Take That Away"?
O.k., these two tracks won't be commercially released, but MTV Germany
promised to play the music clips as many German fans had written a lot
o' mails to the TV station to beg them to give a certain rotation to
these clips.
Hopefully, all fans over the world will support our petition so that MTV Germany will be shown that their ignorance towards MC fans will be soon spread all over the world and that they will be losing their reputation if they keep on neglecting Mariah and her fans as well! Thanks for taking the time and reading this one.
Here's the link to the petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/helpmc/petition.html
Thanks,
Dennis
- Mariah in Spain
Here is what Mari told me:
Hi, all the SPANISH fans!!:
Mariah could come to the Spanish show "La gala de la Hispanidad" again. Just the fans have to telephone to TELE5:91396613 and say that we want to have Mariah in the show.Fans, WE CAN DO IT!!!
- Vote for Mariah on MTVAsia
Ken tells me that there is currently a quickvote at MTVAsia asking
viewers what they think of Mariah's duet with
Westlife. Ken would like you all to go to www.mtvasia.com
and click on "Simply Irresistible". It is receiving a
good response from Asian people.
- Club Mariah
Club Mariah is a collection of 3 fantastic Mariah Carey clubs that can be found on Yahoo! The purpose of Club Mariah is to show Mariah fans that there are some clubs dedicated to Mariah that should be given lots of credit. These 3 Mariah clubs are perfect in each way possible and are good sources for information.
http://www.geocities.com/clubmariah
| September 25, 2000... |
- Allure MagazineAshley told me that MC is in the newest issue of Allure magazine. Ashley gets it in the mail, so it will probably hit stands around next week or the week after! MC is in the section called Flashbacks from the year 2000 and there is a picture of her from AMA's. Ashley will send me the scan soon, she said!
- My All Single for Sale
Kim is selling her US Maxi Single for My All/Breakdown! If you are interested in it, send her an e-mail at:
Emotion327@aol.com
The tracks are as follow:
my all (album verson)
my all ( classic club mix)
breakdown (the mo' thugs remix) feat. bone thugs-N-harmony
the roof (mobb deep mix)
fly away butterfly reprise (fly away club mix)
- CTTA on Radio
Here is what Ashley told me:
OMG on Friday night I was driving in the car and I think it was like 93.1 or something (massachusetts station) and I heard CTTA on! Its the first time I ever heard it (except for at the mall) I was soooo flippin excited! :)
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Website
MiZnAsTyJ told me that on Jimmy Jams and Terry Lewis's Official Website, it says that they just finished 12 songs for the All The Glitters soundtrack with Mariah! I don't have a link to the site sadly though for you all to check it out!
- Lack O' News
Well, that's it for today because that's all the news! If anyone comes over some information, please feel free to e-mail and let me know! Thanks!
| September 24, 2000... |
- UpdatesLike every Sunday, there is a new Quote O' The Week and a new Pic O' The Week Along with that, there is two new pictures in Gallery 39! I scanned the pic inside the October 2000 Movieline Magazine and added that and also Will Ward sent me a nice picture of Mariah! Check both of those out in Gallery 39!
- New Poll
It hasn't really been a full week but out of the 227 of you that took this poll, here is the results!
What is your favorite Mariah Remix Single?
Heartbreaker (41) 18%
Thank God I Found You (28) 12%
Fantasy (27) 11%
Always Be My Baby (26) 11%
Sweetheart (4) 1%
I Still Believe (32) 14%
Honey (11) 4%
Can't Take That Away (15) 6%
Anytime You Need A Friend (19) 8%
My All (24) 10%
So Heartbreaker Remix Single is your favorite and actually, that was the one I voted for because I think the remixes are just outstanding! I added a new Poll O' The Week and basically I want to know what Mariah did to make you one of her biggest fans! Check it out above!!!
- The Proper Translation
Yesterday I got a spanish article from Ricardo about Mariah and Luis and I tried to translate it in AltaVista but as we can see, it didn't turn out too well. Someone told me that "Mariah" means Sea Turtle in Spanish and that's why AltaVista did that! Anna, translated the article properly and added some notes at the end for us to know because she is a BIG Luis Miguel Fan!
The most exclusive one
However, since for Luismi (Luis Miguel) ³to love is a pleasure², he didn¹t wait long to fall in love again (this seems to make me think that earlier in this article they spoke about his past relationships, probably Daisy Fuentes). He searched for and found someone to whom he could sing ³O Tu O Ninguna² (You and No One Else - one of the songs from the ³Amarte es Un Placer² cd) and for the past year, that person has been Mariah Carey. Is it true that this New York singer has taken his breath away (leaves him breathless!) and that¹s why he needs to travel with oxygen tanks? Who knows? But as he himself has said on many occasions ³Only I know the real truth in my life.²
With Sofia Vergara, whom he knew years before and who was one of the models on the cd ³Romance², he dared to risk a scandal by inviting her to his yacht on his last visit to Miami, just before Mariah Carey arrived.
Anna¹s comment:
This is an old article; it makes reference to several past
events, such as that (untrue) story about Sofia meeting with him on the yacht just before MC arrived ; it also refers to an incident during LM¹s tour late last year when he suffered from exhaustion and the stress of facing legal battles in Argentina over a plagiarism suit and other legal issues. He needed oxygen when he left the stage; Mariah was with him and,
understandably, was concerned for his health. She canceled his appointments for the next day and made sure he stayed in the hotel room until he had recovered. The magazines had pictures of him in the limo with MC, and he¹s wearing an oxygen mask.
- Mariah and Westlife take it to #1
Mariah has just acheived #1 status in the UK for AAO with Westlife. This would be Mariah's second #1 hit in the UK, Without You being the first (I guess her covers are huge there!). Anyhow, here is an article that MiZnAsTyJ sent me:
MARIAH CAREY and WESTLIFE became Number One in the UK Singles chart on Sunday (September 24) with their cover of Phil Collins' 1984 hit 'Against All Odds'. It kicked off Modjo's 'Lady Tonight', which had been Number One for two weeks. It slipped to Number Three.
Zombie Nation's 'Kernkraft 400' became the new Number Two, with Billie Piper's 'Something Deep Inside' at Number Four, Pink's 'Most Girls' at Number Five, Sisqo's 'Unleash The Dragon' at Number Six and Anastacia's 'I'm Outta Love' at Number Seven in another busy week for new entries in the Top Ten. Sonique, Sugababes and S Club 7 rounded out the rest of the Top Ten. Other new entries in teh Top 40 were Green Day (18), Scott & Leon (19), Foo Fighters (29), Timo Mass/martin Bettinghaus (33) and Soulwax (40).
- Fanbook
Auragirl70@aol.com is making a fanbook for Mariah to show how much we appreciate her! Please send her entrees for her book because the more the nicer the book will be when Mariah receives it!
- Mariah Mentioned on T.V. Show Big Brother.
Here is what "D" told me:
The houseguests were given a challenge to guess if
statements were true or false about current events and
such. Well just to let you know, Big Brother is a
show where the people are locked in the house together
for 3 whole months with no outside contact! And here
was one of the questions that happened to include
Mariah :
True or False?
Celine Dion Loses eye while singing duet with Mariah
Carey?
Of course the answer was false and they voted false
too!
- Mariah mentioned on Blink 182 Making the Video
This morning before work, at 6:52 am, I was watching MTV and they had one of their normal newsbriefs. They showed a part of Making the Video with Blink 182, which will be premiering this week and in one of the segments one of the guys is wearing a blonde wig. He said something along the lines that he feels or looks like Mariah Carey. Then he started to sing a piece of Heartbreaker. I thought it was kind of cute!
- All That Glitters Gets Pushed Back!
Jake let me know that UpcomingMovies.com updated thier All That Glitters website and it now says that the movie will be released in April 2001 instead of March 2001! Check it out for yourself!
-MuchMusic with DaBrat
Here is what Heather told me:
I was watching MuchMusic(here in Canada) and Da Mix was on(that's a show) and they had Da Brat as a guest for a whole hour and near the end of the interview she talked a bit about Mariah and the fact that they are friends and how she went to her new years eve party in Alcopolco(hope I spelled that right) and how they were in Luis' mansion and stuff. Then she was asked if she could pick her favourite collaberation video and she picked the Always Be My Baby Remix and then they played it. It was pretty cool. I hadn't even seen the video before cause they never play it here.
- Mariah Carey Chat Clubs
Club Mariah is a collection of 3 fantastic Mariah Carey clubs that can be found on Yahoo! The purpose of Club Mariah is to show Mariah fans that there are some clubs dedicated to Mariah that should be given lots of credit. These 3 Mariah clubs are perfect in each way possible and are good sources for information. Check out the link below to read more about them.
http://www.geocities.com/googoogaggag/
| September 23, 2000... |
Update #2- New Pics
Mari sent me some new EXCLUSIVE pictures of Mariah and I added them to Gallery 39! Also, Gary sent me some new pics of Mariah from The Bachelor movie that were taken from a Japan book! Along with those pics, you will find a concert pic and just a beautiful pic of MC! All in all, make sure to check out Gallery 39 for all of these lovely pics!
- Fixed
The Toronto pics in Gallery 38 didn't work but I fixed the links and you can now check those out. Xoom is working perfectly now, so you should be able to access all the pictures VERY quickly now!
- The Bachelor on Starz
Here is what Ricardo told me:
I hope yall know about that chanell "Starz", especially those of you who have Direct TV. Well, "The Bachelor" is gonna be on one of the STARZ chanells on October 14th. I will tell you later about time and excact chanell.
- Mariah Carey Watch
Some of you were having problem finding the Mariah Carey watch at www.wherehousemusic.com Well Art went and found it and he told me that you just put Mariah Carey in search for "All." Her cd's will appear and on the right hand side there is a small picture of the watch! Just click on it and you can buy it!
- Mariah in Text Book
Here is what Hillary told me:
I was doing some reading for my computer class. My textbook is Discovering Computers 2001 and in Chapter 2 on page 2.35 there is a PIC of Microsoft Internet Explorer and they have the MSN screen displayed. On it, for the date of January 21, is a PIC of no one other than MARIAH and next to it, it says: "Mariah Carey announces first tour in 8 years." I could not believe it! If anyone has that textbook take a look inside!
- Mariah in Entertainment Weekly
There is a small section about Mariah and her lawsuit in this weeks Entertainment Weekly (hit stores on Friday). It's the same thing that other places have reported, excpet at the end, it says:
Carey's publicist contends, "several musicologists have stated that there is no copyright infringement. Mariah, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Sony did not copy that song."
Thanks to David for this information and also, David said there is a small picture of Mariah in there!
- Mariah in Teen People
Mariah is in the October issue of Teen People! She is on page 58 and it's an interview with "Dream" (a girl group). Sean "Puffy" Combs asks them:
'What musicians do you look up to?
Melissa: Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. When I was little I would listen to their CDs over and over
Ashley: That pretty much goes for all of us. When you look at them you're like, ''I want to be like that.''
Thanks to Michelle for this information!!!
- Luis y Mariah
Ricardo stumbled across this Spanish Article:
"La más exclusiva
Pero, como para Luismi Amar es un placer no podía tardar mucho sin enarmorarse se nuevo. Buscó y encontró a quien cantar O tú o ninguna y esa es, desde el año pasado, Mariah Carey. ¿Será verdad que esta cantante neoyorquina le quita la respiración y por eso tiene que andar con tanques de oxígeno? Quien sabe... Pero como él ha dicho en muchas ocasiones: "La verdad de mi vida sólo la sé yo".
Con Sofía Vergara, a quien había conocido años atrás y fue una de las modelos para su disco Romance, se atrevió a montar el escándalo cuando la invitó a su yate en su último viaje a Miami, justo antes de que llegara Mariah Carey."
I took it into AltaVista.com and translated it to English and I have to say I don't know if it is any easier to read in English! Ha ha and what's up with this Mariah Sea Turtle stuff?!? Anyhow though, here it is:
"Most exclusive but, as for Luismi Amar it is a pleasure could not take much without enarmorar itself new. He looked for and he found to who to sing or you or no and that it is, from the last year, Mariah Sea turtle. It will be truth that this New York singer clears the breathing to him and that is the reason he must walk with oxygen tanks? Who knows... But as he has said in many occasions: " the truth of my life to only I know it." With Sofía Vergara, that had known years back and was one of the models for its Romance disc, one dared to mount the scandal just when it invited it to his yacht in his last trip to Miami, before arrived Mariah Sea turtle. "
- My Music Awards
Two more MC fans e-mailed me about different categories you could insert Mariah's name into it. Basically, I think you should vote for Mariah in as many categories as you possibly can! You can do that by clicking the link below:
http://www.vh1.com/mymusic/
There is one category that Mariah should get, I think she would fit this category well. It is "Legend in Action" , the only thing is she wasn't nominated for it..but i still think that you should get people to go there and have them add her name...she truely is a Legend in Action..
It's for the "Double-Threat" category. They already have some nominees, but you can suggest Mariah Carey in the "other" box at the bottom. It's about singers that were in movies this year. You can suggest Mariah Carey for her cameo in "The Bachelor". Hey, it couldn't hurt. All you have to type in the 'other' box is - Mariah Carey "The Bachelor". Wouldn't it be hot if she won??
- Mariah loose and it's not fair!
Here is what Daphne wrote me:
Hey Regina, remember 8daysonline Divas' Poll? Well...here is the printed result in the magazine
Madonna 55.3% 82,284
Whitney 32.9% 49,033
Mariah 9.8% 14,528
Celine 1.8% 2,657
Barbra 0.1% 174
Aretha 0.1% 171
Here is the interesting bit, this poll is obviously rigged!
The last time I checked, Mariah was way ahead of Whitney. Whitney wasn't even close to the 40,000 mark. In fact, it is Mariah who should be in the 2nd spot. So, I'm requesting fans to 'complain' to 8 Days Magazine by emailing them. Perhaps it was a mixed-up on their part OR the poll is rigged.
letters@8days.com.sg
Update #1
- New Message From Mariah
As I reported yesterday, Mariah has left a new message on her official website! Well Lauren Ashley and Jen were nice enough to type up the message for us and here it is below!
"Hi! ya, I do believe that I left a message the other day but I didn't say that it was Mariah calling so I don't know if it got up or what happened...But it's like my...I guess it's about my last day shooting in Canada and then I get, I dunno, like 2 days off. Then, I get to finish the movie in my hometown, which would be New York, in fact. And, it's really, I'm really having a good time, I mean it's like I'm really exhausted but I'm really having fun. And I've met a lot of nice fans and people of that sort here and it's been really good and I'm really excited about the soundtrack and just, ya know, working really hard. And so I hope you guys enjoy it and um, I guess I'm gonna be in New York Tuesday or something. But, Ya, don't think that I forgot about you or that I'm not making music because I'm really excited, as I just said 2 seconds ago, 'bout the soundtrack and getting back into the studio and stuff. And, I'm really excited about the movie. So I hope that you like it as well and maybe I'll see some of you in New York. I enjoy ya, I miss ya and I love ya. Bye-Bye"
| September 22, 2000... |
- Tonjua Twist Commits Suicide. Exclusive Article!Chris and Mariahlamby (aka Danielle) let me know that there is a 3 page article about Tonjua Twist's death in the October 2nd issue of US Weekly! Danielle typed out the long article for us and also, inside there is 2 pictures of Tonjua and one of Mariah! Danielle told me that the article really touched her and I felt the same way! Tonjua had a tough life and I sure hope she rests in peace! Much love, once again to Tonjua's family and friends! Big thanks to Danielle for the article!
STYLIST TO THE STARS TAKES HER OWN LIFE
Tonjua Twist was a star you never knew. As a fashion stylist, she was in the image business, creating looks for such celebrities as Cindy Crawford, Michael Jackson and, for the last four years, Mariah Carey almost exclusively. Virtually every style associated with the pop superstar was Twist's. The trend of low-slung jeans with a ripped waistband came out of a photo shoot of Carey for her 1999 single, "Heartbreaker", when Twist simply ripped off the waiste of Carey's Levis to make her look sexier.
Trashy-chich airbrushed T-shirts were Twist's too, like the one on the cover of Carey's 1999 album, Rainbow, which sold 8 million copies. For a while, it seemed like every idea Twist executed wound up in the pages of "Women's Wear Daily", "Cosmopolitan", or "In Style" magazines. She was flying on private jets, and sleeping in $700-a-night hotel rooms. It appeared that Tonjua Twist was living an amazing life, until last May, when she ended it - allegedly swallowing more than 70 tranqulizers, antidepressants and sleeping pills in her Marian Del Rey, California, apartment. She was 36 years old.
The fashion world is ego-driven, a place where snobbery triumphs sincerity and cattiness is commonplace. But Twist was special, and photgraphers and celebrities sought her out. "I've been in this business in New York City for 15 years, and there was nobody nicer. Nobody," says Wayne Scot Lukas, a celebrity fashion stylist who knew Twist for about 12 years.
Twist began her career after graduating in 1987 from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. She started as an assistant at "Vogue". She became the fashion editor at "Self" in 1988, did a stint at Glamour in 1994, then went freelance, styling for David Letterman, Bill Murray, Christina Ricci and many others.
Professionally, Twist was known for her ability to put people at ease. In 1996, Tom Tavee, freelance photographer who worked with Twist on bout dozen shoots, was photographing jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany for the cover of his 1997 album "Another Time Another Place. Twist was styling the shoot, which was supposed to capture Mahogany driving a red Chevy Capri over the Manhattan Bridge in New York. But Mahogany was nervous, Tavee recalls. Twist's maternal instinct led her to offer to ride with him, curled up on the floor in the passenger seat of the car. . "She kind of held his hand across the bridge," says Tavee. Mahogany immediately relaxed. Photographer Chris Buck, who worked with Twist on a Chris Farley shoot, adds, "She had a wonderful sense of humor.... It wasn't just about fashionable clothes with her."
Twist was fastidious, orgainzed and commited to her job, which required combining mass-market trends with sophisticated looks to burn her clients into the public's memory. It was a mart approach, and wen it worked, Twist fueled a star's popularity by facilitating a visual and emotional connection between artist and fan.
She was a master of facades. But unfortunately, one of Twist's greatest creations was the mask of happiness that she made for herself: While her apparent joy for life and for her career touched almost everyone she worked with, inside, overwhelming sadness brewed. Many of her closest friends and family didn't even know that she was depressed until after the suicide.
Tonjua Lynn Twist was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 12, 1964, the first of three daughters for Martin Twist and Saundra Curry Twist. They were poor, uneducated, young parents. "This was not your typical little Kentucky family," says younger sister Tyra Twist-Amrein. "This was something out of Jerry Springer."
Life inside the Twist home was miserable. Martin was "abusive physically, mentally and verbally," says Twist-Amrein. Martin denies that he physically abused his daughters. He allows that he "smacked" Twist -Amrein once when she snuck out of the house. "I just don't think there was [physical abuse]," says Martin, "but it depends on your yardstick. I did paddle the girls - I won't deny that."
The family struggled financially until Martin started coal-brokerage company in the mid-70's. The business quickly took off, and by 1980 Martin says his company had revenues of $30 million. In 1977, he moved his family to the east end of Louisville, the "prominent side of the tracks," as Twist-Amrein puts it.
When Tonju was 16, her mother was killed in an accident after her car slipped on a patch of ice and hit a tree. Tonjua was devastated by the sudden death. Escape became her coping mechanism. She spent hours painting in the basement with headphones on. "Tonjua was a hider," remembers Twist-Amrein.
Two years after her mother died, Tonjua, then 18, gave birth to a son, who immediately was put up for adoption. But her sisters and friends didn't learn of the child until days before Tonjua's funeral. Martin and his now ex-wife were two of only a handful of people who knew; they kept Tonjua's secret until her death. Tonjua had managed to hide the pregnancy on her petite, lithe body wearing baggy clothes then she buried the whole experience after the birth.
In October 1994, Twist took an assignment from Mariah Carey, who soon hired her for more appearances and videos. By 1977, Twist was devoting nearly all of her time to the pop star. It was a dream gig; Twist was associated with one of the biggest names in music and earning about $300,000 a year. She went on tour with Carey and spent the last three years at her side.
Still, living your life in the service of a celebrity can be draining, especially, if, as in Twist's case, it was difficult to say no.
Last year, in Amsterdam during Carey's Rainbow tour, Carey asked Twist about a favorite dress that she wanted to wear. Twist couldn't find it among the truckload of costumes. So she frantically called her friend Beth Fredrick and Fredrick's husband, Don Palmer, In New York, and gave them meticulous instuctions about how to get into her Manhattan apartment and locate the dress among the racks of clothing. Assuming they found the dress, Fredrick and Palmer were to purchase a one=way plane ticket for it leaving that afternoon from New York
"Tonjua told us they were willing to buy a ticket for the dress- buy the dress a seat on the plane," says Palmer. The dress eventually turned up in Carey's travel gear.
"I can't imagine how Tonjua could have had a second of personal time when working with Mariah", says Carey Bennett, a costume designer who worked with Twist on Carey's wardrobe. Prior to concerts, Twist would set up the NASCAR- like pit stops Carey would take between songs to change outfits. During the concert, Twist was on-call to negotiate any clothing crisis that might occur. After the concert, Twist would supervise the packing of clothing and the loading of the trunks onto the tour truck. Then Twist would need to plan for Carey's next outfit. After three years ot this grueling shedule, according to Martin, she was burned out and "needed to be doing more than picking out tennis shoes," he says.
Last December, Twist told her family she was getting a long-overdue break from the nearly nonstop touring. Carey had invited Twist and her boyfriend, Stevie Salas, to Acapulco for a millennium party. But instead of letting her lounge on the beach, "Mariah used her like a little servant," says her sister Tyra, sending Twist on all-day errands. (Salas confirms this account.) Carey's manager, Louise McNally, who was also in Acapulco at the time disagrees: "Tonjua was not someone who got pushed around," says McNally, adding that Twist was asked to run one two-hour errand. There's no question that working for Carey was difficult, but for someone like Twist, who seemed to live to please other people, it could be dangerously consuming. Still, Twist looked like a consumate pro to those who knew her: happy with both the status and challenges of the job, even if she was physically and emotionally exhausting herself.
But Twist wasn't only having problems with her work; she had health worries, too - a "uterin problem," as she called it, that, she told her friends, would eventually require surgery. And her relationship with Salas was also deeply troubled. Salas is a second=tier musician who has played backup guitar for Rod Stewart, and Terence Trent D'Arby. Now he is a solo artist with a small fan base in Asia. For more than 12 years, until Twist's death, the couple broke up and got back together countless times.
In her relationship with Salas, as in her job, Twist was the peacekeeper and the nurturer, always trying hard to make things work out, while Salas played the role of temperamental star. She arranged her schedule around his and doted on his domestic and emotional needs. "You could see how hard she worked for it - she catered to him, always at his beck and call," says Twist's friend David Gilbert. "He'd be gone for a few weeks. He'd come back and say 'Oh, I'm going out to a party with my friends, and you're not invited.'" Twist's devotion confounded her friends and coworkers. "Everyone kind of scratched their heads and wondered why Tonjua put up with it," says Tavee.
But rather than pull back from the relationship after Carey's tour finished in the spring, Twist plunged in even deeper. On the theory that things would never work out between them if she stayed on the East Cost while he lived in Califonia, the stylist made a crucial decision. She left behind the support system she had built during the 17 years lived in New York and moved into a Marina Del Rey apartment with Salas.
About one month after moving in, Twist discovered that Salas was seeing another woman. She told Beth Fredrick that Salas asked her to check his e-mail when he was out of town. "There were several [e-mails] from a woman [Salas] had been seeing while [Twist] had been on the road," Fredrick says. "He didn't have the guts to break up with her face-to-face." Salas says that he did not instruct Tonjua to go into his e-mail account and adds, "I didn't leave her for another girl... I just couldn't be her boyfriend anymore."
Twist and Salas broke up for the last time. She was crushed, and her depression worsened. Even with all of their problems, she had regarded Salas as the one sabilizing force in her life. Just before she died, says Carey Bennett, "We talked about this mess of a relationship and how it was all exacerbated by the fact that she had been on tour with Mariah. She had given everything to Mariah and had come back [to find] no life left."
A few weeks after the breakup, David Gilbert had a sick feeling something was wrong. For three days he had been trying to get Twist on the phone. Since the Salas debacle, Gilbert and Twist had spoken almost daily - sometimes more than once - because "she was hysterical 24 hours a day for two weeks," Gilbert says. "At eight in the morning she would call me crying; at midnight she would all me crying" He found the sudden quiet frightening.
On Thursday, May 25, Gilbert notified the police that Twist was missing. Technically, she hadn't been gone long enough to qualify as a missing person, so the police did not follow up on the call.
The next morning, Gilbert, who lives nearby, drove to Twist's home to check it out for himself. One blind in the bathroom was tilted upward. Gilbert peeked throught the space and noticed that the antiquated electric heater built into the ceiling had been left on. "That's a big fire issue, and she's just too responsible and organized. She wouldn't have left that on," says Gilbert, who again alerted the local police. They arrived soon after and broke into Twist's home.
Twist's body was lifeless on her bedroom floor. She had overdosed on a mix of prescription medications and over-the- counter sleeping pills two days earlier. "Somewhere between 70 and 100 tranquilizers, antidepressants, a couple bottles of Tylenol PM and a couple of super-strong pain medicatiq\ons that were [Salas's]," says Gilbert.
Gilbert didn't get back to his apartment until 5 A.M. the following day. It was 8 A.M. in Louisville, and with a pit in his stomach, he picked up the telephone, and called Martin. Martin's reaction to the call was as Gilbert expected: "Wails, Moans, Screams," Gilbert recalls. "That was brutal."
Gilbert echoes most of Twist's friends and relatives when he describes his guilt for not having recognized the extent of her depression. In hindsight, the signs wer there. At 36, she was approaching the same age at which her mother died; the son she had never known of or spoken of was turning 18, and her reproductive system was faltering. In one phone call between Gilbert and Twist three weeks before she killed herself, she talked about suicide.
"You're depressed and I get it." Gilbert had told her. "I know what you're saying, but you need to go to a psychiatrist." Gilbert says Twist was completely lucid in her response.
"I am just not interested in life," she said. "I am just not interested in it." I don't like the way people treat one another."
Carey, however, maintains that Twist kept her torment so well hidden that it was impossible to see, despite their almost daily contact over three years. "The Tonjua I knew was the life of the party, says Carey. "She had an incredibly uplifting personality that must have been covering a lot of sadness."
- New Message from Mariah Herself
Mariah has left another new message on her Official Website. It seems she finished shooting in Toronto yesterday and has two days off until she flys home to NYC! She sounds really tired but she kept saying that she loves her fans. Isn't she just amazing?
If anyone has a little extra time and would like to do so, please type out Mariah's latest message, if possible, for the fans who can't hear Mariah!
- Ten Years Ago...
Ramsey told me that "Mariah Carey" rose from 3 weeks at #4 to #3 this week, 10 years ago on the Billboard Top 200 Album charts.
-Mariah helps Westlife to #1
Here is an article that MiZnAsTyJ sent me:
Mariah Carey's collaboration with Irish boy-band Westlife, a cover of Phil Collins' '80's chart topper, 'Against All Odds', looks like ending Modjo's two week spell at the top of the singles chart this coming Sunday. This will give Westlife a sixth number one from six releases, this one recorded with the USA in mind, where the lads had a top twenty hit earlier this year with their first ever single, 'Swear it Again'. Other big sellers of the week, so far, include Zombie Nation's 'Kernkraft 400', which looks like being the runner-up with Billie's 'Something Deep Inside', Anastacia, Pink and Sisqo making a possible six new entries into the top ten. No prizes for predicting the outcome of the battle for the album crown - Madonna's 'Music' has outsold current holder, Robbie Williams, all week, which will end his three week run at the top.
Meanwhile, talking of Mariah, two American songwriters, Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell, are claiming that she 'ripped off' one of their songs for her hit, 'Thank God I Found You', from her 'Rainbow' album. They say that the song bares a more than a 'striking resemblance' to their 'One Of Those Love Songs, recorded by Xscape in 1998. The pair are suing for copyright infringement, unfair competition and 'unjust enrichment' (whatever that means).
- Mistake on Regine's Song
Effendi, Matt and solomonlota@lycos.com told me that there was a little mistake in yesterday's news. It seems that Regine's song will not help Mariah's case because Regine recorded the duet with Jacky Cheug (song actually called "In Love With You") in 1995. So as you can see, that was recorded 4 years earlier then Thank God I Found You!
Sorry for the mishap!
- Mariah Watch
Jen told me that she was was looking at www.wherehousemusic.com and she saw that they were selling a mariah watch for 19.95 !
This is the info beside the watches picture:
The chart-topping diva of the 90's, Mariah Carey, is featured (in color, no less) on this cool watch. Hit a high note and induldge yourself with this time piece.
I am hoping to go to Tower tomorrow night and buy the watch myself on my charge card, ha ha! Here's hoping they have it, I guess!
- Mariah in Twist Magazine
Elizabeth told me that Mariah is mentioned on page 13 and page 22 in Twist Magazine!
- My Music Awards
Kristen told me that there is a section called, "Givin' It Back" on the My Music Awards section on the VH1 website. Mariah is not nominated for that but there is a space under the award to add in an artist name and Kristen fills we should add in Mariah's name. I agree with Kristen because Mariah has always does so much for her fans and I think, she personally deserves this award more then anyone for what she has done! So please go and vote for her!
http://www.vh1.com/mymusic/
| September 21, 2000... |
- New Pics!Mari sent me some pictures that she took of Mariah in Madrid. There are pictures of MC grabbing for Mari, coming off the airplane, outside her hotel, etc and you can view all of them in Gallery 39! So go check them out! The Picture Pages are working WONDERFUL now even though the last couple of months they have been down! Very Good News, in fact!
- Mariah considered a Fox
Well this next article is taken from a website for men, which you can easily figure out from reading this next article. I actually thought it was kind of funny and took it with a grain of salt! The article that Devin found was taken from here! Read below for the article!
I think it's time for me to make a confession. I own a great number of Mariah Carey's albums. The thing is, I can't say they're in any kind of rotation in my CD player. So why did I buy them? I'll give you three guesses.
-No, I'm not a mainstream pop fiend.
-Nope... not trying to make Tommy Mottola any richer.
-What's that you say? Because she's *#$%ing hot? BINGO!
I think it's safe to assume that Mariah Carey's extraordinary hotness is just as much an album-seller as her uber-octave vocal range. When you're flipping through the channels, do you stop at Mtv and go "My God, what a voice!" or "In a tank top with NO BRA?!??!" Exactly. Oh I can remember long ago, a cute, curly-haired Mariah, prancing through meadows, riding in hot-air balloons, and being more sweet than sexy. Thank god those days are over.
Imagine you're twenty-three years old. You've just scored three consecutive successful albums. You're beautiful, and most of the male populace of the world would like to do the "kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about." Then you marry the man who signed you to your record label, only to squander your ripe mid-twenties having sex with him. Then you get a quickie divorce in the Dominican Republic. What happens next? Apparently, your clothes immediately shrink, bras become "special occassion" attire, and Puff Daddy starts lookin' pretty dang hunky.
I definitely can't say that I blame her. If I were her, well, I wouldn't have married a Sony Records CEO in the first place, and I'd sit in front of the mirror at home all day. Wait a minute, that is what I do all day. With this abrupt jump from sexy girl-next-door to sultry sexpot sans bra, it's understandable that some are calling her some rather derogatory names. After all, seeing someone seemingly rediscover their sexuality mid-career is more than cause for a double-take. I can only hope, pray, and offer sacrifices in the dream that one day, hopefully sooner than later, Jessica Simpson will do the exact same thing.
Mariah Imposter
Well, it was finally figured out who was pretending to be Miss Mariah Carey on my messageboard. His name is Mikey and his e-mail address is MC2002@prodigy.net He said he got a very good laugh out of fooling all the Mariah fans. He also says he loves Mariah and it s huge fan but obviously he doesn't when he harasses her fans! So please feel free to e-mail him any and every one of your comments! I am VERY sure that Mariah would not appreciate someone playing games on her fans and pretending to be her!
- Something to Help Mariah's Case?!?
Lexi sent me some interesting news. She said this should be sent to Mariah for her case but Mariah's assistant Jill is not checking or replying to her e-mails so maybe someone will see it on this site! Read what she had to say:
Regina, It's Lexi. Anyway, you know how MC is being sued for "stealing" parts of "One of those love songs" for "TGIFY", right?You'll never believe this. Regine Velasquez (yeah, the same chick that people thought MC was racist towards) has a song (a duet, in fact! Imagine that!) Called "I will always love you" that is an almost DEAD-ON copy of TGIFY. In Regine's song, the verses are not the same melody but the music and the chorus are almost identically in melody, though not in lyric. What to do? I think you should Email MC's assistant ASAP and tell her that Mariah (or Mariah's representatives) can bring up this similarity in court to show that MC didn't steal Xscape's song. Here's why this could work: ok, a few years ago, Michael Jackson was sued for having a song that sounded a great deal like someone else's song (I'd give you names, but I forgot). Anyway, the case was thrown out, partially due to the fact that his song and the song he allegedly copied sounded a great deal like an even older song. This same M.O. may work for MC and her defense unless she gave Regine permission to "sample" her song (in that case, it could screw MC more because the plaintiffs will say she sold rights to their song ...big mess. But I doubt MC let anyone sample this, it's too soon!)
- Mariah Jumps over Madonna
Alen let me know that in the past 3 days, Mariah has jumped ahead of Madonna on the Greatest Diva of them all! Madonna had 30,000 more then Mariah but in 3 days we got MC in the #1 spot for 8 Days Magazine! Continue to vote for Mariah at the address below:
http://www.8daysonline.com/thisweekissue/index.htm
- Calling All Porutgal MC Fans
Here is what Monica e-mailed me:
Hi regina! I'm monica, 17, I live in lisbon, portugal and I love Mariah very very much. But unfornutaly I have no friends who like mariahand that make me feel very sad, because she´s my diva and I can't sharehow much I love her. So if you could help me, I would be thankful.I'm sure that others mariah's portuguese fans visit your site, 'cause it's amazing - I love your site.so if you transmite my wish and my mail (brancopreto@hotmail.com) maybe you'll resolve my problem. Thanks and keep shinning (sorry about my english).
- My VH1 Awards
Armand and Gina told me that Mariah is nominated for three awards for the 1st Annual My Music Awards show on VH1! The three nominations that Mariah picked up are:
Now, there is 10 people under every list but soon that will be cut to five. So we don't want MC edited out, so PLEASE go vote for her so hopefully she will show up to this awards show!
http://www.vh1.com/mymusic/
- European Sony Site Announcement
SuperStar9046 told me that the European Sony Site has been updated and here is what was said:
Look out for a flurry of TV appearances over the next couple of weeks when Mariah Carey and Westlife feature on the likes of Planet Pop, Pepsi Chart Show, Chart Hits and S Club TV. Keep an eye on tv listings for exact details.
- Magazine News
My VERY good friend Mark told me some magazines news for you guys.
- Petition for Germany
Here is what Dennis sent me:
Hi Regina! This is Dennis, webmaster of the Mariah Carey fanpage "Butterfly-MC"!
Uwe (webmaster "Mariah Carey Fan") and I, we started a petition and it
would be amazing if everybody participated in that one and helped out
Mariah in our country, Germany!
Our aim we wanna achieve with this
petition is that MTV Gemany plays more often Mariah's music clips,
escpecially the new ones like "Against All Odds" (duett with Westlife)
and "Crybaby" and "Can't Take That Away". Is has to be said that Mariah is being neglected by this TV station over here, meaning that they refuse to play her music clips. When asking them for what reason they do so, they always respond that "Against All Odds" has been already released - but hey, now it is available in the duett version in all German CD stores.
And what about the clips like "Crybaby" and "Can't Take That Away"?
O.k., these two tracks won't be commercially released, but MTV Germany
promised to play the music clips as many German fans had written a lot
o' mails to the TV station to beg them to give a certain rotation to
these clips.
Hopefully, all fans over the world will support our petition so that MTV Germany will be shown that their ignorance towards MC fans will be soon spread all over the world and that they will be losing their reputation if they keep on neglecting Mariah and her fans as well! Thanks for taking the time and reading this one.
Here's the link to the petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/helpmc/petition.html
Thanks,
Dennis
- Weekly Charts
RML612 sent me the lastest charts for Mariah for the week ending September 30, 2000
This Week Last Week
115 113 YTD RnB ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
43 43 TOP DVD MUSIC VIDEOS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
162 162 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
31 31 TOP DANCE SINGLES (BILLBOARD) (SoundScan)
31 30 YTD NON MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
31 31 YTD SINGLES (SoundScan)
42 31 R&B SINGLES CORE STORES (SoundScan)
43 33 TOP SINGLES (SoundScan)
53 53 YTD MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
22 22 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
166 165 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
83 83 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
143 142 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
31 31 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
39 39 YTD RnB ALBUMS (SoundScan)
89 88 YTD CD ALBUMS (SoundScan)
91 89 YTD ALBUMS (SoundScan)
98 96 YTD CASSETTE ALBUMS (SoundScan)
This Week Last Week
2 2 YTD MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
6 6 YTD SINGLES (SoundScan)
16 16 YTD NON MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
79 81 R&B SINGLES CORE STORES (SoundScan)
125 125 TOP SINGLES (SoundScan)
- Yet Another Article about MC getting sued!
Thanks to my buddy Isa for the following article from Wall Of Sound:
Songwriter Seth Swirsky might have gotten his start
penning a jingle for Thomas's English Muffins, but now
he and fellow tunesmith Warryn Campbell want to turn
Mariah Carey into toast.
In a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Friday, the two hit Carey with a suit alleging that her No. 1 R&B and pop hit "Thank God I Found You" infringes on the copyright of one of the duo's tunes, Billboard Bulletin reports. The suit also names producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and three publishing companies as defendants.
Swirsky and Campbell claim Carey's tune, from her 1999 Columbia full-length, Rainbow, bears a striking resemblance to their ditty "One of Those Love Songs."
The plaintiffs' original song was penned for Traces of My Lipstick, a 1998 album by female R&B quartet Xscape, who are signed to producer Jermaine Dupri's So-So Def label, which is distributed through Carey's label, Columbia. Coincidentally, Dupri contributed to several cuts on Rainbow.
The damages being sought in the suit have yet to be determined. Swirsky's writing credits include the '80s hits "Tell It to My Heart" and "Prove Your Love" for Taylor Dayne, as well as Celine Dion's "Did You Give Enough Love," while Campbell has worked with Mary Mary, Dru Hill, and Yolanda Adams.
- Mariah Carey Sued For 'Thank God I Found You'
Another article that Isa sent me from Yahoo.com
(9/20/00, 5 p.m. ET) - Mariah Carey is being sued by songwriters Seth Swirsky ( Tina Turner, Celine Dion) and Warryn Campbell, who claim that her song "Thank God I Found You" from her 1999 album Rainbow borrows heavily from a track the duo wrote titled "One Of Those Love Songs," which appears on R&B group Xscape's 1998 album Traces Of My Lipstick.
The copyright infringement suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on Friday (September 15), specifically names Carey, Columbia Records, and producer Terry Lewis, among others.
Several factors appear to lend credence to the plaintiff's claims, according to the suit-- both "Thank God I Found You" and "One Of Those Love Songs" were manufactured and distributed by Columbia Records and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. Producer Jermaine Dupri acted as the executive producer of the Xscape album, and he also is the producer and co-producer of several tracks from Carey's album. Swirsky and Campbell are suing for copyright infringement, false designation of origin, reverse passing off, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment, among other objections.
Carey is currently in Canada filming her role as Billie opposite Eric Benet in the film All That Glitters. Her remaining shots will be filmed in the New York City area next week at various undisclosed locations.
| September 20, 2000... |
- Update #2-Mariah Drops on the charts
My friend Mark let me know that Mariah dropped from #58 to #72 on the Holland charts.
-Destiny Child comments on MC
RML612 told me that in the September issue of Ebony, Beyounce Knowles (lead singer of Destiny Child) said that Mariah is one of the celebrities that she admires in the entertainment field. Others were Lauryn Hill, SWV, EnVogue and Rachelle Ferrell.
Mariah Carey Get's Sued for TGIFY Single
Gosh, I think this is like the 8th time I have written about this. Here is another article from Rolling Stone about this whole incident. Thanks to Michele for this article:
Singer MARIAH CAREY, along with producers JIMMY JAM and TERRY LEWIS, their respective publishers and Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment have all been targeted in a copyright suit filed on Friday by R&B producer WARRYN "SMILEY" CAMPBELL and his songwriting partner SETH SWIRSKY. The pair claim that Carrey's 1999 song "Thank God I Found You" was stolen from their song "One of Those Love Songs," which appeared on the 1998 XSCAPE album "So So Def."
- Mariah Watch
Ryan bought the watch at Tower Records and he found a picture of what the watch looks like. He said they have different pics on the watches though and here is one. Since I am at school, I had to make it into a link. So click the link below to check out the watch!
http://members.tripod.com/~wildcathg/mariahw.jpg
- UK Magazine News
Kirst told me that there is an advertisment in the UK magazine "Heat" for Mariah's and Westlife's single for AAO. She said that it's the cover from CD2 and it is just a short advertisment. She doesn't have a scanner, so she can't scan it for us but can anyone us who lives in the UK do it?!?
- Vote for Mariah
logrich@idx.com.au would like you all to vote for Mariah at the following locations again!
http://www.8daysonline.com/thisweekissue/index.htm
(poll is at the bottom of the page)
http://www.freevote.com/booth/bestdiva
http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/polls/sexiest.jhtml
(vote for her in the sexiest diva category)
Sort of MC Related
Here is some various things that have happened to Mariahlamby (aka Danielle) in the past couple of days:
- Update #1
- New Message!
Mariah left a nice new message finally on her website for all of us and Josh was nice enough to type the whole thing out for us! What a sweet lamb!
Hi (High) Hi everybody...hi lambs O' the world. I'm on my way to ... the set of the movie in fact and yeah I do believe that um I'm almost done here in Canada and it's been really good...and i mean it took a lot to get to this point but I wouldn't change it for the world, and hey no matter what happens with this project it's been so much fun and really great work and I feel really happy about it so thank you all for being here and supporting me and everything else. and um I'm gonna be coming to New York next week and finishing up my movie there so I guess I'll be there from like Tuesday through Friday or something like that or maybe two weeks, you know me I don't know schedules, I don't know! (as Bianca) but um I just wanted to say I miss you all and I will hopefully umm hopefully get this soundtrack done soon and the movie will be out soon and I'm very exited about it! so um yeah it's been worth all the drama and all the years trying to get to this place so um (laughs) I hope you like it and um I will see you soon bye!! (High)
- Mariah Watch
Here is what Bflygrl0000 told me:
I was at tower records and i saw a Mariah carey watch. I have never seen the picture before and i never knew that there was a watch out. it was $20 and i am going to go back and get it. I thought it was cool cause i have never seen a mariah watch before.
- New Pics and Xoom
First off, a lot of people have been telling me that the picture pages are finally working really well. For about 2 months, we have all been having trouble accessing the pages on xoom and now since NBC took over, the pages seem to be working a lot faster and the pics seem to be showing more. So check it out if you got some time. I also scanned another picture and I am adding it on tripod. Check it out below:
- AAO to hit #1
Hillary got this next tiny article from the Westlife Newsletter and basically it seems that AAO is going to become Mariah's second #1 hit in Europe!
WESTLIFE ODDS ON FOR NO.1
Westlife look set to achieve their 6th consecutive No.1 single on Sunday, according to early midweek sales figures. Their Mariah Carey collaboration, 'Against All Odds', is expected to match the No.1 status of Phil Collins' 1984 original."
- Mariah being sued
ButtterfIi found a sample of "One of Those Love Songs," the song that Mariah is being accused of stealing for TGIFY! You can listen to it directly by clicking below. It's pretty short so it loads quickly!!
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=724196404/pagename=/RP/SHARE/soundclip.html/UPC=7464680422/disc=01/track=5/source=ENSO
- Mariah Being Sued for TGIFY
RML612 found this next article from EW.com and it basically says everything we already know but check it out anyway!
LEGALESE Veteran songwriters Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell filed a lawsuit Friday against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement. The two claim Carey's 1999 hit ''Thank God I Found You,'' from the album ''Rainbow,'' borrows heavily from their tune ''One of Those Love Songs,'' which was recorded by Xscape in 1998. Both songs were released on Columbia records and mastered by the same person, according to the plaintiffs. Mariah, the label, and her producer, Terry Lewis, are all named in the suit. The defendants' lawyers could not be reached for comment. OK. Leave that one off the ''All That Glitters'' soundtrack.
- Love for Tia
Here is what Phoenix told me:
Hi all. I'm not sure if anyone told you this news or not, but in that wonderful new film "Nurse Betty" starring Rene Zeilweiger, there is a great supporting actress whom is somewhat of a scene stealer. The young hispanic beauty with a great presence on film goes by the name of Tia Texada, whom we all know is in the All That Glitters film. Everyone should see this film, and be assured that Tia is a great talent, and will contribute a lot to Mariah's movie. She's getting alot of attention, for the movie is an early oscar contender, as is Zeilweiger for the Actress trophy! Maybe Tia can squeeze in!
- More News Coming Later
I a updating the NEWS section actually late Tuesday night because I wanted to get all of this news up. I will be updating the webpage again today in the afternoon from school! So make sure you come back to get all the latest news!
| September 19, 2000... |
- New Pics!Well there are A LOT of problems with the Pictures Page on XOOM now because I can't even access the Picture Pages! If anyone else can, let me know please! Because I am not accessing them, I know all of you won't, so I am adding the rest of the pictures from Sunday to tripod's account! So here are the other 5 that I promised on Sunday!
- Carey Doesn't Care For Benet
Thanks to Isa and Gina for this next article from Dotmusic.com
Mariah Carey's mates have rallied around her to
denounce allegation she trying to steal Halle Berry's
boyfriend.
Carey is currently filming her movie, All That
Glitters, with co-star Eric Benet – who currently
dates X-Men actress Berry.
She has been accused of trying to win Benet's
affections, but Carey says she is happy with her
current lover, Spanish singer Luis Miguel.
"Mariah is a very sexy woman. Some people get a bit
nervous around her," says an insider. "Maybe they
think she's too good-looking. Halle has been worried
for some time about what's going on, so she flew out.
"She's being totally over the top. Mariah is more
than happy with Luis and is not even considering
trading him in."
It is the second time the star has been linked with a
male cast member on her movie set. Earlier Melanie B
flew to the film set in Canada to keep an eye on
boyfriend Max Beesley.
- What Mariah Said to Boyz II Men
LilWillie e-mailed me to let me know that he saw the commercial for the latest Boyz II Men cd and here is what Mariah says on it:
"Noone can top them."
Yup that was it! Ha ha, it was filmed at this years Blockbuster Music Awards!
- Mariah Mentioned in Vibe!
Lilwillie also told me that Mariah is mentioned in the latest VIBE magazine a couple o' times! The first time is when they talk about "All That Glitters". It says:
"Somebody finally noticed that DaBrat sought to be in pictures. The silver-tounged rapper will play Mariah Carey's gal pal in "All That Glitters" a movie loosely based on Carey's life. Actor Vondie Curtis Hall is directing the movie, which will be filmed in Toronto, and we heard that the old school costumes and musical numbers are jaw-droppers."
Mariah was also mentioned in a review of the new Cleopatra cd. I'm just going to sum up the review to the parts where Mariah is mentioned.
"Forget Aretha, Gladys, and Chaka. The
singer who has had the greatest impact on today's youth pop and R&B
songstresses is Mariah Carey. Unfortunately, most of the Mariah wannabes curently duking it out on Top 40 and urban radio formats succeed better at aping Carey's histrionic tendencies than at matching her technical prowess or infectious spunk."
"Cleo impressively aspires to Carey's lyrical riffing
and resonant belting".
- Grand Opening!
SIRGSEJG@aol.com wants you all to check out his new site opening today, September 19th. Click to below to check it out!
mariahssingles.com
- Mariah on TRL
Last night, after class I was watching the TRL repeat and Jessica Simpson was on. Right now she is in the studio recording a new album and she mentioned that she was working several different musical directors, one being Walter A. She said that he wrote all of Mariah's stuff (which we know ISN'T true, Mariah did just as much, if not more) and that Mariah is one of her idols! So that was sort of nice for her to mentioned that! Thanks to Cheri for telling me this information too.
- Mariah Carey Sued for Thank God I Found You
Thanks to Dana and SwT4HuNni for this article that you can check out by clicking here! I posted the article below:
A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against Mariah Carey in U.S. District Court of the Central District of California on Friday (Sept. 15) over her hit "Thank God I Found You."
Seasoned songwriters Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell have filed suit against the pop star, her record label (Columbia), and producer Terry Lewis, among others, claiming "Thank God I Found You" from 1999's Rainbow borrows heavily from a 1998 song by Xscape entitled "One of Those Love Songs," from the album Traces of My Lipstick, which Swirsky and Campbell sold to SoSo Def Recordings through EMI in 1998.
Both songs were released on Columbia Records and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, lending credence, according to the suit, to the plaintiff's claim. Producer Jermaine Dupri, who acted as executive producer on the Xscape album, also contributed to several tracks on the Rainbow album.
Swirsky and Campbell are suing for copyright infringement, false designation of origin, reverse passing off, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, demand for accounting, constructive trust, and permanent injunction.
- Mariah in Nick Magazine
I reported this about a day or two ago and Asheley was kind enough to scan it for us! Click on the thumbnail below to check out the two pics of Mariah in Nick Magazine
- Vote for Mariah
logrich@idx.com.au wants you all to vote for Mariah at the following locations!
http://www.8daysonline.com/thisweekissue/index.htm
(poll is at the bottom of the page)
http://www.freevote.com/booth/bestdiva
http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/polls/sexiest.jhtml
(vote for her in the sexiest diva category)
- Poll Time
At the top of this page, you will find a poll! I used to change them every week and I am going to start trying to do that again! So check out this weeks poll!!!
| September 18, 2000... |
Vote for Mariah!Tickles2214 wants you all to continue to vote for Mariah at www.8daysonline.com because Madonna is beating Mariah by more then half! Please go vote for MC!
Radio limited!
mschat99@webtv.net told me the following:
Thought you'd like to know that one of my radio stations (and likely more than one), don't have "CTTA", "Crybaby" or "AAO". She told me the songs they have of her & they are: "Heartbreaker", "Heartbreaker remix", "Honey", "Honey Bad Boy remix", "Fantasy", "Emotions", "Dreamlover" & "Love takes time". She might have told me "I Don't Wanna Cry" too, but I can't remember. When I asked her to play "CTTA" & "Crybaby", she said no, and that she has them at home but that won't do any good from work. : )
The whole reason I had called in was 'cause just as I flipped it, she
had played "Dreaming Of You" & said "That was from Selena Quintanilla,
we miss you". I called to tell her I thought that was nice of her to
say, and I think it's good to know she hasn't been forgotten by the
DJ's. : )
Mariah and Barbara
On Gary's way to work today, he was listening to 95.7FM in NH and they said it was a real slow day for entertainment news. So they talked about how Barbra Streisand was selling her 16 room place on Park Avenue for $10 million. They said she tried to sell it to Mariah
Carey, but that all buyers have to be approved by some board, and that
they did not approve Mariah living there. One of the announcers very
sarcastically said, "I guess they don't want Sean "Puffy" Combs there all the time." Then the female announcer said they probably
don't want all the media attention.
New Sites
Okay, two people e-mailed me today asking me to put up their sites on the NEWS page so you can check them out :) Here goes:
My name is marc I own Forever Bianca and Mariah Dreams of Butterflies!
My new site is Forever Bianca
Please let everyone KNOW!! Thanks!
I've made a site too and I'd like if you would visit it. My site is called MARIAH CAREY SUNLIGHT
Please click the banner below to check it out!
Buy "The Bachlor"
The movie The Bachlor, which features Mariah, will be released in the USA on October 3rd to buy. Right now you can pre-order it at Amazon.com. Click Below to check it out!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0780628535/qid=969296889/sr=2-2/102-5514137-0432106
No News...
There really isn't much news today sadly but if anyone comes across anything interesting, please e-mail me and let me know!! Thanks!
| September 17, 2000... |
EXCLUSIVE New Pics and Sorry!Well first off, I am SO SORRY the update today was so delayed! I am updating at 8:30 pm EST in the USA and I know a lot of my foreign friends missed today's news! I had to move my entire computer station into my art studio/room! Let's just say the computer station was NOT easy to take apart and put back together.
However, to make up for the delay in news, I scanned a ton of RARE pictures of Mariah that my GOOD friend Minerva sent me! A lot of them, you probably never saw and you can check out the eight LOVELY pics of Mariah in Gallery 39 on TUESDAY!!! Sadly, XOOM is shut down for the night and I can't upload them! I will update from school on Monday, so the eight pics will be uploaded on Tuesday! However, I have uploaded some to tripod and you can check those out below!
Updates...
As every Sunday, there is a new Quote of the Week and a new Pic O' the Week! The Pic of the Week is a picture I scanned tonight!!
TRL Unsensored
First off, Katelin told me that on Access Hollywood two nights ago, they were talking about the TRL unsensored show and they said they had a few crazy moments with guest on TRL, no-show guests, out-spoke guests and even nude ones: Mariah Carey! Then they showed a clip of Carson talking to Mariah in the shower. Ashley actually saw the show on Saturday and here is basically what Mariah said, "Hi Carson,I'm in the shower totally nude!" Carson was like, "Ok i've never done an interveiw with Mariah when she was totally nude and singing in the shower." Asheley said that Carson had a funny expression on his face. Finally, Lauren told me that they showed a little of Mariah's Heartbreaker video as people were requesting it. Also, they showed Heartbreaker when they were talking about videos that were retired!
AAO Single
My friend Peter in Germany let me know that his friend, Holgar, already picked up a copy of the latest Mariah Carey single, AAO with Westlife. It contains three tracks, so obviously the release date for September 25th was not correct. If you live in Germany, go get your copy now!
Bits O' Info
Here is some various Mariah News:
Hey Reg, guess what? I was in a store in Providence, RI called in your ear and I was going through the posters not expecting to find anything but to my surprise there was a new poster! In my opinion it is the best poster yet, "infact!" it is the cover of the rainbow tourbook!
Mariah is in the new nickelodeon mag w/ carson on the cover. It's a pic of mc from 7th grade and another nice pic though I dunno where its from!
Hey! How are you? I have some somewhat cool news about Mariah, I have direct tv and they played Crybaby on their "R&B Hits" station. Cool!
Luis would rather be with Mariah!
Christina sent me the following spanish article which basically means that Luis would rather be with Mariah then go to the grammy awards. I am adding the spanish article and then the translation that AltaVista gave me!
Spanish:
Mucho se rumoró de que el cantante Luis Miguel no pudo asistir a la primer entrega del Grammy Latino porque se encontraba en México, trabajando. Sin embargo, se supo que el ahora interprete de 'La Bikina' estaba descansando en muy buena compañía en su casa precisamente en el exclusivo barrio de Beverly Hills en Los Angeles, con su novia la cantante Mariah Carey.
English Translation:
It was rumored that the singer Luis Miguel could not attend the first delivery of the Grammy Latino because he was in Mexico, working. Nevertheless, the singer Mariah Carey knew itself that now she was resting in very good company in his house, indeed in the exclusive district of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, with his Sea turtle.
Mariah is Homeless
PopGoddess sent me an article, that you can check out by clicking here! I pasted the article below though:
Mariah Carey has been homeless for two years since her split with husband Sony executive Tommy Mottola. Mariah put all her possessions in storage after leaving her marital home, and has been "living out of suitcases" since then, never staying in one place for more than a month. Mariah tried to buy Barbra Streisand's old New York apartment for $5 million, but was snubbed by the residents committee because she wasn't "quite right." But the singer, currently filming her debut movie, "All That Glitters," doesn't mind the upheaval. She explains, "I haven't had a home since I left there, but hey, I'm glad. I've not been in one place this long since I started out. I certainly don't feel homesick. "I'm from Manhattan but my stuff is in storage all over the place. I have had to live out of many suitcases."
Graphics
Finally, for the night, Honey B Fly (webmistress of Exclusive Mariah) made some nice graphics of Mariah. You can check them out by clicking below on the links!
http://himariah.tripod.com/fanny1.gif
http://himariah.tripod.com/fanny2.gif
http://himariah.tripod.com/fanny3.gif
| September 16, 2000... |
Against All Odds Single already in UK?Well for Holland, the single seems to be released on September 25th but in the UK, you can find the single on the shelves already in some places. Here is what John told me:
Hey Reg, How are you? Just a quick note to let you know that Mariah featuring Westlife, 'Against All Odds' has hit the stores in Ireland and the UK. I was in my local music store only to my surprise to see the singles on display. I didn't expect them until like Monday when it is officially released.
Well I can tell you that in Ireland the tracklistings are different to what we were expecting. CD1 - 1. Mariah & Westlife, 2. Westlife only, 3. 'Against All Odds' Remix (Pound Boys Dub), and 4. Extra addition video of the duet for your pc. Plus CD 1 comes with a poster of Mariah and Westlife.
CD2 is mucht the same with an interview with Westlife but no video or poster.
I have to say that 'Against All Odds' is making a very big impact over here for Mariah and according to dotmusic, they are predicting #1 for Mariah, which will be her second only #1 in the UK and Ireland since 'Without You'.
Oh! also on the CD is a desktop wallpaper which is the same as the poster you get. But CD 1 is strictly a limited edition. I am so excited about this song! The airplay over here in Ireland is just unbelievable. Everytime you turn on the radio or MTV it is on. Lets hope by Sunday week that Mariah is #1... fingers crossed.
Billboard got corrected!
Here is what RML612 sent me and basically, someone wrote in and set the record straigh on Mariah's chart positions!!! This was taken from Billboard.com:
Dear Fred,
In last week's column you printed a letter from Adam Auriemma from Weymouth, Mass., which contended that Mariah Carey was third in the total number of weeks in pole position on the Hot 100. However, with the release of her chart-topping singles "Heartbreaker" and "Thank God I Found You," Ms. Carey moved ahead of the Beatles, assuming the No. 2 postion on the list of most weeks at No. 1, now trailing only Elvis.
As an ardent reader of your column and an enormous fan of Ms. Carey, I wanted to point out this mistake in the interest of accuracy. I hope you can clear this up for your readers, since I really love your column and would hate to see Mariah's accomplishments improperly chronicled in your space.
Thanks,
Thomas J. Webb
Jacksonville, Ala
Dear Thomas,
I promised I was not going to run Mariah vs. Madonna letters in the column, because we all know where that could lead, but in the interest of setting the record straight, I'm posting your E-mail. Yes, as reported in my Chart Beat column that ran in the print edition of Billboard the week of Oct. 9, 1999: "I'm not one of those who subscribe to the notion that Elvis Presley is still alive, but if he is, he might want to think about getting back into the recording studio real soon. Because if he doesn't, two of his long-standing rock-era records are about to be broken. The breakee? Mariah Carey.
It was just a little over nine years ago that the New York-born diva had her first No. 1 single, with 'Vision Of Love.' This issue, she racks up her 14th chart-topper on The Billboard Hot 100, as 'Heartbreaker' (Columbia) advances 16-1. The only artists with more No. 1 hits are the Beatles (20) and Presley (17), and Carey is within striking distance of the latter. With 14 No. 1 hits, she leaves Michael Jackson in fourth place, with 13.
The first frame of 'Heartbreaker's' reign is Carey's 59th week at No. 1. That ties the mark set by the Beatles in 1970 with 'The Long And Winding Road.' So if 'Heartbreaker' is still No. 1 next issue, Carey will pass the Beatles and will be second only to Presley, who has 79 weeks at the top. It's not unreasonable to think that that record could also be surpassed by Carey sometime in the next century."
And as everyone knows, "Heartbreaker" did get that second week at No. 1. Here's what I wrote in Chart Beat in the issue of Billboard dated Oct. 16, 1999: " Mariah Carey earns a second week at No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 with 'Heartbreaker' (Columbia), giving her an aggregate 60 weeks at the top with her 14 No. 1 hits. After 29 years and four months, the Beatles finally slip to third place among artists with the most weeks at No. 1. They reached the 59-week mark with their last chart-topper, 'The Long And Winding Road.' Now Carey needs another 20 weeks at No. 1 to pass Elvis Presley's record of 79 weeks on top."
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Mariah in Hitkrant
Nikki sent me a scan of Mariah in the latest issue of Hitkrant Magazine. Here is the translation that Nikki did of the article and you can see the scan of the article in Gallery 39!!!
MARIAH FINDS WESTLIFE SELFISH
They sing together, but they don't love each other that much. Mariah Carey and Westlife, you can hear them together on 'Against All Odds,' don't seem to get along so well. Mariah: "Recording wasn't a drama or something. The boys only were a little bit arrogant, when I was around them. Of course they have scored 5 international #1's, but still. It's a shame if people are not their selves anymore when they had big success."
New Pic
Along with the Hitkrant Picture, you can see a REALLY NICE picture of Mariah with one of her #1 fans, Mari from Spain! Mari has a butterfly tattoo and everytime MC comes to Spain, Mariah loves to see Mari's tattoo. IN the picture, you can really tell the two of them are so close and the pic is truly very nice! So check it out in Gallery 39 and if you want to contact Mari, e-mail her at:
lovemariah@terra.es
Greatest Diva of them all!
Daphne would like you all to vote for Mariah as the "Greatest Diva of them all!" It's for the Singapore "8 Days" magazine and right now, Madonna fans seem to be cheating by clicking the "enter" button a million times, I am told. So go help Mariah out by clicking below!
www.8daysonline.com
Help a lamb
Here is what Mariahlamby (aka Danielle) told me to post for you guys to read:
I was wondering if you can post in your newsletter that I need help finding lamb graphics for my page? It would really mean a lot to me. I couldn't find one page of lamb graphics under any search engine.
Thanx soo much hun.
E-mail Danielle at the address below:
mariahlamby@charter-internet.com
New Site
Doowey has a nice new Mariah site and would like you all to check it out!
http://www.geocities.com/dooweysmariahpage/
Movieline Magazine
TSpoon of Mariah typed out the article about Mariah in the October 2000 edition of Movieline Magazine.
"The drama is about an abandoned child turned singing sensation (Carey) who enters into a relationship with her Svengalira ( a bit autobiographical... No??)."
You can check this out on page 84 and there is a picture of Mariah with a pink top and her cutoff jeans with her hands on her hips. Anyone got the scan?!?!?!?
Bits O' Info
Here is some various news on the lovely Miss Mariah Carey!
I just wanted to say that while I was in a local Foot Locker, I heard Mariah playing. It was the Heartbreaker Remix w/ Brat and Missy! I was so excited, but that's not all ... the Vulnerability Interlude came on and the rest of the CD!! I could not believe it. Of course I stayed in the store till the CD was through! I even asked the guy if he liked MC; he said she was OK, but really put it on cause he didn't want to hear anything else that was there. I am also very happy about Luis Miguel winning the 3 Latin Grammy's!!! I hope that MC and Luis will have time to celebrate. :) By the way, for those of you who were able to see the Latin Grammy's -- Doesn't Shikira (sp?) look very much like Mariah??!?! And guess who was sitting in front of her Tommy Mottola!
hi regina, i was watching howard stern, a re-run,and AJ Benza who is the host of E!'s "mysterys and scandels" as well as a tabloid writer was on & he talked about Mariah. he "says" (i dont know if its true, afterall he does write gossip columns) that he talked with mariah at a party or something and was telling her that shes so young and should get rid of tommy(the oldman-he called him:)) and mc agreed and said "i know i know" ...then somehow it got back to tommy and so tommy called AJ into his "office" and was telling him that mc is young and thinks shes missing out on things and not to put ideas into her head, yadda yadda yadda, SO after mariah leaves tommy(divorce) AJ called her up and told her she looks great and then tommy heard about that too and never talked to AJ again...haha!! He also said nice things like that Mariah is really funny and gets ripped on in the papers alot and he dosent think she deserves it.
I saw that episode of Hollywood Sqaures and thought you'd like to know that the star who got the MC question wrong was Jaci Velasquez! I thought it was odd since there was talk about her wanting to be like her or something. After he said Mariah was the answer, she had a kind of snobby look on her face, I thought. I don't get it.
| September 15, 2000... |
Against All Odds Single Postponed?Well according to Sony Music Holland the single has been postponed from September 18th till September 25th. Thakns to my Mariah4 buddy Eric from Mariah Carey Archives for this next article!
Sony Music Holland confirms that "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)", Mariah's duet with the polpular boy-band Westlfe, will be released on September 25, instead of September 18. You can already hear this song on radio and you can request the video at The Box. After the top 10 hit "Heartbreaker" and the success of "Thank God I Found You", the solo version of "Against All Odds" was released earlier this year. That version can be found on Mariah's most recent album "Rainbow", while the duet with Westlife can't be found on that album. The original version of "Against All Odds" was a big hit for Phil Collins 16 years ago.
After Mariah had recorded her version of "Against All Odds", she met the boys of Westlife in Los Angeles. She heard some songs of the group and was so enthousiastic that she suggested to record "Against All Odds" once again together.
"It has been a dream come true to work with Mariah", according to Westlife. "What really struck us was how professional she was. "Against All Odds" is a great choice of song. We love the track and we hope everyone else will too."
Mariah was also very delighted about the collaboration: "I really enjoyed working with Westlife. They are so refreshingly down to earth considering their massive succes and their talent is undeniable. I’m really pleased with the way the song came out; their vocals took the track to a whole new place."
Mariah on Olivia's new cd!
Thanks to my Mariah4 buddy Elin from Mariah Online for this next article:
30th Anniversary box Set!
Olivia is planning on releasing a 30th anniversary box set in 2001. This will celebrate 30 years since her first hit 'If Not For You' in 1971. Also plans to record duets including 'Hopelessly Devoted' with Mariah Carey, new songs and include some of those rare B sides.
Magazine News
Many thanks to Mark and Vanessa for the following magazines that you can find Mariah in!!
Bit's O Info
Here is come various information I got on the lovely Mariah:
Hey Reg-I found this poll on Vh1 for Rocks Sexiest Artists. Vote for Mariah Carey in the Sexiest Diva poll. Here is the address.
http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/polls/sexiest.jhtml
Hi Reg! Wednesday on Missions Makeover on MTV there was this Hair stylist named Chris Butler..or something like that and it had a little caption by him and it said he had cut hair for celebs like Mariah Carey!
Hey girly. Yesterday while I was trying to find lamb graphics (which I still couldn't find), I came across a link that said "Lamby was Mariah's favorite..." so I looked at it, and it's a story that a girl wrote for a contest.
In the story, the characters names are Mariah and Georgia. It's a really cute story. In the story, "Mariah" is 3 years old, and she whistles he he. I just thought it was cool that she used the name Mariah for one of the main characters, and mentioned a "lamby". Here's the URL if u wanna use it for your news, or just read it yourself:
http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/970518/970518short_st_kramer.html
AAO Tribute Artwork
John made a pretty nice desktop showcasing pics of Mariah and Westlife together! He created it to celebrate the release of the single in Europe. Check out this lovely artwork by clicking the link below:
http://wildcathg.tripod.com/Mariah AAO email.jpg
Homecoming Special in Asia Countries
Koh Chia Shin found out that Mariah's homecoming special will be played on STAR World, which can be viewed in Asian countries!! Here is more information about it from www.startv.com!
MARIAH CAREY'S HOMECOMING
Thursday, Sep 28 at 20:00(HKT) / 17:30(IST) / 16:00(UAE)
Friday, Sep 29 at 00:00(HKT) / Thursday, Sep 28 at 21:30(IST) / 20:00(UAE)
The pop diva of the decade and the biggest female record sales singer, Mariah Carey returns to her high school in Greenlawn of New York and stages a sensational concert for the students and youngsters. Joined by Jay-Z, 98 Degrees, Da Brat, and DJ Clue, Mariah Carey performs her greatest hits, includes Heartbreaker, Dreamlover, Vision of Love, Can't Take That Away, Rainbow, Butterfly, Thank God I Found You. It's truly an entertaining event especially for you and all her fans!
Hollywood Squares
Tom told me that yesterday on Hollywood Squares, one of the questions was
"Who is the only artist to have had a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 every year of the last decade?"
The person in the square said Elton John! The contestant disagreed with the square person, and the host said she was right to disagree and that the correct answer was Mariah Carey.
Artist that admire Mariah!
Here is what Brad told me:
On the website www.like.com it has interviews with artist, asking questions like who is your major influence and other trinkets. Anyway if you go to their search menu and type in Mariah Carey you can read the interviews of artists who love Mariah like Angela Via (who says Mariah is a big influence on her musically) .
On Rainbow: "She has an incredible voice and she is my inspiration."
On Mariah Carey :"I like a lot of big vocals."
On Butterfly: "That album was really fierce and different."
There are also countless other who either say she inspires them, or her album was the last they bought, or that they want to spend the night with her! It's a great site and it's good to see that a new rash of artist are inspired by our lamb, Mariah.
| September 14, 2000... |
Mariah calls Westlife Egotistical?SUMar235 sent me an article that shows that Mariah's words were not properly quoted from yesterdays article and even though she did say they were egotistical, it wasn't meant to offend the members of Westlife! Here is the article that yesterdays information was taken from:
Mariah Carey - West End Girl
Mariah Carey may be a New York native, but when she teamed up with Westlife she became a true West End girl in worldpop's eyes...
Against All Odds - Deciding to work with Irish heroes Westlife
worldpop: How did the collaboration with Westlife come about?
Mariah: I met Westlife at a party a couple of months ago. A friend of mine who works at Arista, Keith Affdellie, introduced me to the guys and they were really cool - my mum is Irish of course so that helped. I think it might have been Keith's suggestion that we should collaborate and do something global, so a duet was a natural choice.
worldpop: How did you manage to get the duet recorded on the island of Capri off Italy?
Mariah: Well, I was also there to record music for the soundtrack to my film All That Glitters. I also directed and produced the music video with the help of my friend Senna - we tried to document the making of the song, Westlife coming over on the boat and me coming from the World Music Awards on the plane.
Swear It Again - Westlife singing the F-word to Mariah?!
worldpop: We know Westlife fancy you, have any of them tried to ask you out?
Mariah: No, they haven't tried to come on to me - they've been quite respectful actually. You know what? They're trying to teach me an Irish accent but I can't master it yet.
worldpop: Can you give us an impersonation?
Mariah: I can't unless they're here to help me. They sang some Irish songs, and to me it sounded like they were singing the F-word a lot! I said, what's that word you're saying? And they were like 'No, no, no, that just means such and such in Gaelic!'
Fool Again - Ms Carey shows Westlife who's boss!
worldpop: How did Westlife take to you bossing them around in the studio?
Mariah: I don't think of myself in that way, I try to be accommodating to their way of thinking. The whole thing wasn't a drama or anything, but even though they're just starting out they can get a little egotistical, and they get full of themselves a tad, but why not? These guys have had five Number Ones internationally, and that's pretty impressive! At the end of the day they are really down to earth, and I hope that quality stays with them because it's such a shame when you see people whose heads get blown out of proportion after just two hits.
Flying Without Wings - will Westlife soar to the top of the US charts?
worldpop: Do you think Westlife will break America?
Mariah: America seems to be more open to a lot more different types of music these days, so I don't think it would take anything major to break Westlife in America. They've got their own great songs, they're really sweet people and more importantly they're talented. I was in the studio with them, and I heard them sing so I know they're good. I also think American girls will like them a lot.
worldpop: Do you think Westlife would be more popular in America if they stopped performing ballads?
Mariah: It goes in cycles, sometimes up-tempo songs are better, it depends on the time of the year. I think people like ballads at Christmas, and up-tempos in the spring and the summer, but that's my opinion and who the hell am I?.
Luis Takes the Grammy's
CKbe608, Honey B Fly, Art and Lara told me that Luis won for Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Voval Performance and Best Pop Album at last nights Latin Grammy Awards. He wasn't there to receive them though since he was in Mexico!!! Congrads Luis!!!
MC is #3
SwEeTeSt DeZiReZ told me that at AltaVista.com, MC is #3 in the Top Celebrity Searches!
Mariah in UK's Moore Mag
Kirst told me that Mairah is in the UK's Moore Magazine. It is just a small clipping about MC saving the seagulls. There is also a small picture of Mariah!
Mariah's Body!
Here is what Kyle told me:
HOT 103 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada reported yesterday that super star Mariah Carey has followed in the footsteps of Jennifer Lopez by insuring her body for 10 million dollars following an accident involving the singer/actress on the set of her up coming movie All That Glitters. Reports say the crew now refers to her a the 10 million dollar babe!
Mariah's Chart Postitions:
RML612 sent me Mariah's Chart Postitions for the week of September 23rd!!
# 1'S (Album)
113 110 YTD RnB ALBUMS (SoundScan)
188 190 CURRENT R&B ALBUMS CORE STORES (SoundScan)
AROUND THE WORLD (Video)
43 50 TOP DVD MUSIC VIDEOS (SoundScan)
BUTTERFLY (Album)
162 162 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY (Single)
30 31 YTD NON MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
31 37 R&B SINGLES CORE STORES (SoundScan)
31 30 TOP DANCE SINGLES (BILLBOARD) (SoundScan)
31 31 YTD SINGLES (SoundScan)
33 34 TOP SINGLES (SoundScan)
53 53 YTD MAXI-SINGLES (SoundScan)
DAYDREAM (Album)
22 22 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)
EMOTIONS (Album)
165 165 YTD CATALOG ALBUMS (SoundScan)