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Poll: More iconic career: Mariah vs Whitney
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Mariah Carey
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43.38% |
Whitney Houston
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Mariah ofc. Not only is she the biggest selling female artist of all time but Whitney kind of dropped off after 98' whereas Mariah is still talked about, had one of the biggest comebacks in history and more iconic songs/imagery. MC also is in much more creative control of her career & wrote 17 out of 18 of her BB no.1's. When Mariah dies you shall see her impact.
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Whitney because she died, though Mariah in the long run >>>>>
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Whitney only have I Will Always Love You who is iconic but Mariah have AIWFC,Vision Of Love,One Sweet Day,We Belong Together etc.
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The way you people misuse words on here....
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Originally posted by JLO_FeEN
The youngins will vote for Whitney because she passed yet they don't even know her legacy.
But clearly it is Mariah. She has had more consistency over the past 3 decades. She's broken more records. And became one of the most iconic figures and vocalists in music history.
Whitney is iconic and legendary but her career was NOT.
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Do you even know what Whitney Houston's legacy is? Her cultural importance? How she pioneered a style of singing that every popular vocalist has learned from for three decades? How she set many firsts that were important to black singers, R&B singers, pop singers and female singers?
"Whitney is iconic and legendary but her career was NOT."- That doesn't even make sense. What made Whitney iconic and legendary? Her career.
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Not Mariah being local when she's one of the best selling female artist in the World, even selling more than Whitney
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Mariah's better, but Whitney.
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Originally posted by GlitterBitch
Mariah ofc. Not only is she the biggest selling female artist of all time but Whitney kind of dropped off after 98' whereas Mariah is still talked about, had one of the biggest comebacks in history and more iconic songs/imagery. MC also is in much more creative control of her career & wrote 17 out of 18 of her BB no.1's. When Mariah dies you shall see her impact.
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One, that's not true.
Two, whether Whitney dropped off faster or not, Whitney and her songs are more memorable than Mariah as a musician and her material. And in general Whitney is admired more as a vocalist, the only area Mariah has influence in. People know and idolize Whitney probably three times as much as Mariah.
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Originally posted by Chimier
That doesn't even make sense. What made Whitney iconic and legendary? Her career.
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Unfortunately, her drug use and behavior on Being Bobby Brown is what makes her iconic to a lot of people now, not her career.
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Originally posted by frenchyisback
It s unfair cus Whitney is dead and we all know artists become way more iconic when they pass.
When people asked that question 2 years ago on this board Mariah was ALWAYS winning and people kept talking about how irrelevant whitney had become, how she had ruined her career and legacy, and what a washed up has been she was and so on...
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And I can tell you have not lived long enough Whitney was cited as both legendary and iconic years before her passing. Stop making up ish because Whitney has and will have the more iconic career out the two
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Originally posted by Chimier
Whitney Houston not only became the most influential vocalist of the past three decades, but her success and accomplishments have a lot more cultural importance and value. She, like MJ, was vital to the progression of black popular artists crossing over in the modern era. And not just crossing over, but dominating the charts singing black music and/or in African American vocal aesthetic.
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Originally posted by DirtyMind
What's an iconic career lol?
Whitney had the more iconic albums (Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Soundtrack), songs (I Will Always Love You, Greatest Love Of All, Dance With Somebody), performances (91' Super Bowl, 89' Grammys), media profile (Bobby/Whitney, Robyn/Whitney, "Crack is whack") and film career (The Bodyguard). So she wins!
Her influence and impact on the music industry is far greater too. Everything about Whitney is more iconic than Mariah.
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Tell em
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Originally posted by JLO_FeEN
The youngins will vote for Whitney because she passed yet they don't even know her legacy.
But clearly it is Mariah. She has had more consistency over the past 3 decades. She's broken more records. And became one of the most iconic figures and vocalists in music history.
Whitney is iconic and legendary but her career was NOT.
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The lies and bullish made up in this thread I cannot, you need to stick to popular music that came out after 2008
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Whitney
I Will Always Love You, How Will I Know, So Emotional, and I Wanna Dance With Somebody still get recurrent play. I've heard Hero once since #Beautiful, and nothing else of Mariah's before #Beautiful since Obsessed, besides maybe once I'll Be There. Truth. And this is coming from someone with a couple dozen Mariah songs on their iPod
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I Will Always Love You automatically gives this to Whitney, by default.
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Originally posted by atrlster
Unfortunately, her drug use and behavior on Being Bobby Brown is what makes her iconic to a lot of people now, not her career.
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There's much more to Whitney's legacy than just her drug use. Her vocals for one, and her songs such as IWALY, IWDWS, IYBT, etc. also add to how iconic she is. Whitney has Mariah beat in every area except sales.
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I'll say Mariah but I feel like both are big icons.
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Originally posted by Genocide
One, that's not true.
Two, whether Whitney dropped off faster or not, Whitney and her songs are more memorable than Mariah as a musician and her material. And in general Whitney is admired more as a vocalist, the only area Mariah has influence in. People know and idolize Whitney probably three times as much as Mariah.
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What kind of blatant lie
Whitney's only memorable songs are IWALY & I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Mariah has Without You, AIWFCIY, Always Be My Baby, My All, We Belong Together, Hero etc...
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Originally posted by Chimier
Do you even know what Whitney Houston's legacy is? Her cultural importance? How she pioneered a style of singing that every popular vocalist has learned from for three decades? How she set many firsts that were important to black singers, R&B singers, pop singers and female singers?
"Whitney is iconic and legendary but her career was NOT."- That doesn't even make sense. What made Whitney iconic and legendary? Her career.
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Chile this thread and some of these responses I thought I was going crazy
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Originally posted by atrlster
Unfortunately, her drug use and behavior on Being Bobby Brown is what makes her iconic to a lot of people now, not her career.
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Okay keep on telling yourself that
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Originally posted by Miracle Whip
What kind of blatant lie
Whitney's only memorable songs are IWALY & I Wanna Dance
Mariah has Without You, AWFCIY, Always Be My Baby, My All, We Belong Together, Hero etc...
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No Mariah song is as memorable as IWALY and IWDWS. And it is arguable that IWALY alone is more memorable than Mariah as a musician.
Whitney is admired more as a vocalist and her songs are more recognizable. This is no question.
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