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Apr 2 08 1:45 AM

TEOM311 wrote:
MarkyMuzo wrote:
ArabianLamb wrote:
MarkyMuzo wrote:
ArabianLamb wrote:
MarkyMuzo wrote:
I wouldn't "screw those sappy ballads" though. Those "sappy ballads" are what made Mariah and still does.

Correction: WERE what made her, seriously none of her ballads on her last two albums really compared to her 90's ballads IMO.

Man after hearing Migrate I want a whole album of club bangers from Mimi image

Three words: We Belong Together

There's just no argument here, everyone knows Mariah's strength has been - and continues to be - her ballads.

Yeah I edited my post and wrote WBT and FLAB, but the other ballads weren't all that TEOM, I preferred the up tempos. Also most of the ballads on CB I personally hated.

Either way, if you look at the big picture, Arabian, there's still no question. Her biggest hits have been ballads.

It's Like That and Say Something would have gone straight to the top of the charts if that weren't the case. Preferring a style is one thing, but stats don't lie.

If you were to ask most people (in the general public) about Mariah and what songs they associate with her, more likely it would be Hero, or We Belong Together, not Honey or It's Like That.

It's true, her ballads are what she is known for. Three of her four signature songs are ballads (Hero, OSD, WBT - AIWFCIY being her other signature song). Her ballads are usually her best songs, too. Aside from SIO and O&O (which are midtempo jams really), the best songs on TEOM were Circles and FLAB...but that's not to discredit her uptempos...some of her best songs have been uptempos (Dreamlover, Emotions, Fantasy, Honey, Sprung, and now Migrate)...but the general public buys Mariah for her ballads...so while I want Migrate to be the second single, it's a song that will spend the most weeks at the top of the digital songs charts, but probably won't sell the album like Bye Bye probably will. Look at Flo Rida's Low, which was insanely popular and successful, but it couldn't sustain album sales.

I totally agree with everything you said. While we all love Migrate, doesn't mean the general public (some who are non-fans but still likes to listen to her music and some who are casual MC fans and doesn't go online listening to leak MC songs like we all do here ) will love it as much as we do. Most people (including casual and non-fans) love hearing Mariah sing ballads. One of my sisters is one of the casual MC fans and she loves Mariah ballads like WBT and DFAU. She's not so crazy about TMB or Migrate, she's waiting to hear another awesome ballad from MC esp. those that sounds like WBT and her old ballads (Hero, My All, Butterfly, VOL, LTT, IDWC, Can't Let Go, etc.) So, Mariah and IDJ are smart in releasing a ballad (whichever one from this album) as a second single. Migrate or That Chick can be the 3rd single.

Also, in American Idol, Mariah definitely should sing a ballad (either Bye Bye or Love Story) 'cause that's what's gonna help her album sales and the general public loves a Mariah ballad and haven't heard an amazing one since 2005's WBT.


Last Edited By: mcharms2003 Apr 2 08 1:49 AM. Edited 1 time.