BeyondIdolization wrote:
Arvin wrote:
BeyondIdolization wrote:
But this was about which era she had the most star power. TEOM was basically as commercially successful as Daydream in the US. But with TEOM she also had endorsement deals with Pepsi and Intel, was launching her own perfume, had multiple magazine covers including Rolling Stone, multiple Grammy wins plus a well-received performance, was the 'Queen of TRL', etc. Did she have star power in 1995? Clearly. Was it on the same level as in 2005? Clearly not.
Most of those things you mentioned (i.e. product endorsements, multiple and major media coverage, her own product lines, etc.) did not happen during the Tommy years not because she couldn't get them but because Tommy shielded her away from them. I guess Tommy wanted to create a mystique around her so as not to get her overexposed, which we have to admit worked very well in her favor. Tommy didn't even let anybody with a movie proposal get anywhere near her and I remember her saying in an interview she got upset when she found out years later Debbie Allen wanted to approach with an idea for a project but she was barred from doing so.
The reason why is irrelevant. We can't change the past, we have to look at the facts as they are.
i agree. mariah was everywhere and on everyone's lips in '05-'06, whether they loved or hated her, the same cannot be said about the dd era b/c she was, to a ton of people, a voice on the radio.