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Originally posted by Ømega
This song could have waited to be the 2nd single im not here for her first single to have ft. i want a straight up MC ballad as first single.. i want them power vocals
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Mariah's lead singles do fairly well when they are uptempos/midtempos. When she tried a ballad, it flopped (in the USA, anyway):
Vision of Love: #1
Emotions: #1
Dreamlover: #1
Fantasy: #1
"Honey": #1
"Heartbreaker": #1
"Loverboy": #2
"Through the Rain": #81 ----> BALLAD
"It's Like That": #14
"Touch My Body": #1
"Obsessed": #7
I kinda understand why she released "Through the Rain" as the lead single in 2002. She was desperate for critical acclaim and I don't blamer her, taking into account how messy 2001 was. But this is not time to release ballads as lead singles. And I hope shes uses a different singles formula this era. Uptempo/midtempo - ballad - midtempo is not working anymore. Uptempo - midtempo - ballad would be a better choice.
Plus, I don't mind her to work with rappers. I have a feeling she will send a solo version of "Triumphant" to pop radio format. I hope I'm right. This is the first time since 2001 a MC's lead single features rappers in its original version. She's changing the formula already.