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Originally posted by EnoughSaid
The song is doing fine with a new peak of #15 but in general Mariah has dropped the ball. She is 43 and still looks ever so youthful and released a song that received immediate praise and warmth from tough critics cause she released something solid, catchy and age appropriate. The video really killed the momentum, she needed to go for a simple grown ABMB cute type of video and that would have been loved and re-viewed helping her streaming wise but she went down a tarty blonde route which is what most people do not like about Mariah.
And the lack of radio promotion? Foolish, the song started out so strong and she needed to keep that momentum going. The two live performances? Terrible. And she looked the fool at Summer Jam too. I just hope she saves this with upcoming promo and urban/dance remixes.
An amazing song that wasn't backed the right way, this should have been an easy top 10 even #1 in my mind, the song is that good and perfect for the summer
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I think the video is perfect for the song, it's simple and elegant while having a bright, feel good vibe about it just like the song itself.
Promo wise she has been great because she actually did some! Even if she sang **** at least she got off her ass (well not for GMA performance but whatever) and did some! The song has sold well and been a decent hit.
Even more importantly it's got critics on her side now meaning they are more likely toreview the album thus promoting the record more.
At this stage in her career the main objective of her singles isn't to get #1 but to SELL THE ALBUM and imo #Beautiful has successfully done that.