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Originally posted by MCBeth
The utter delusions in this thread.
At least it's not as bad as in some other threads.
OT: Mariah by far.
What impact is the Hive talking about? Mariah's debut single Vision of Love is the ultimate reason why Beyonce is even a singer (her words, not mine). This single is credited by many such as Christina Aguilera and co. for inspiring them to become vocalists....so in a sense it revamped a new generation of vocalists and their vocal style that you see today. Singers like Christina Aguilera, Tamar Braxton, JoJo, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Brandy, Deborah Cox, Melanie Amaro, Mary J. Blige and many many more list Mariah as their inspiration. Songs like Hero, Without You, Fantasy, Vision of Love, Always Be My Baby, Honey, Heartbreaker, and We Belong Together are classics and had impact on pop culture and music. Fantasy is credited for polarizing pop/rap collab that many artist like Beyonce have used to this day (BECAUSE OF MARIAH).
Mentioning touring means nothing because back in the 90s Mariah didn't tour (it wasn't the thing that it is today), she just released albums regularly. If Mariah had seriously toured a la Whitney (100+ dates), she would have had great numbers because the demand was there (see: album sales, single sales, etc). Actually, she had record braking concert tickets in Japan for selling over 150,000+ tickets under 3 hours and so forth.
Media coverage also means little, I mean by comparison Miley Cyrus has more coverage than Mariah at her peak, does that mean she had a bigger peak? It's like Amanda B. has more coverage in the media but she is more relevant that Adele? Some of the ******** y'all spew. Back then, Mairah was a good girl next door (up until her divorce/1997) so she didn't attract a lot of attention.
Here is a quick read for the misinformed.
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