Thursday, February 28, 2008

Touch My Body: 34 on the Hot 100 Chart!

YES good folks, 34 on the Hot 100 and 18 on the r&b chart. WE DEFINITELY GOT A HIT ON OUR HANDS, and downloads haven't even been released yet. This can totally be #18!

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50
1 1 FLO RIDA LOW/JEALOUS
2 2 CHRIS BROWN WITH YOU
3 3 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (JODY DEN
5 4 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG
4 5 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE
6 6 TIMBALAND/ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE - SINGLE
7 7 SNOOP DOGG SENSUAL SEDUCTION
8 8 SEAN KINGSTON TAKE YOU THERE
10 9 WEBBIE, LIL' PHAT & INDEPENDENT
9 10 BUCKCHERRY SORRY
11 11 MILEY CYRUS SEE YOU AGAIN
14 12 FIASCO*LUPE SUPERSTAR
23 13 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR
15 14 ALICIA KEYS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN
16 15 LINKIN PARK SHADOW OF THE DAY
13 16 TAYLOR SWIFT TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
12 17 FERGIE CLUMSY [FEAT. SOULJA BOY TELL
29 18 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I
18 19 J. HOLIDAY SUFFOCATE
17 20 JORDIN SPARKS TATTOO
19 21 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY - SINGLE
21 22 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER
22 23 JEAN*WYCLEF SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL)
24 24 KEYSHIA COLE I REMEMBER
31 25 JONAS BROTHERS WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES
20 26 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE
27 27 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE
100 28 FLO RIDA FEATURING ELEVATOR
25 29 BROWN*CHRIS KISS KISS
35 30 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ALL-AMERICAN GIRL
26 31 PLIES HYPNOTIZED
28 32 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA LOVE LIKE THIS
34 33 TREY SONGZ CAN'T HELP BUT WAIT
57 34 MARIAH CAREY TOUCH MY BODY
30 35 TAYLOR SWIFT OUR SONG
39 36 THE-DREAM FALSETTO
40 37 MARIO CRYING OUT FOR ME
33 38 KANYE WEST FEATURIN FLASHING LIGHTS
32 39 BRITNEY SPEARS PIECE OF ME
36 40 SANTANA FEATURING C INTO THE NIGHT
38 41 FERGIE BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
50 42 SHAWTY LO DEY KNOW
41 43 BILLY RAY CYRUS READY, SET, DON'T GO - SINGLE
52 44 FAT JOE I WON'T TELL
44 45 RODNEY ATKINS CLEANING THIS GUN (COME ON IN
49 46 ENUR FEATURING NATA CALABRIA 2008
51 47 DAUGHTRY FEELS LIKE TONIGHT
37 48 RIHANNA FEATURING N HATE THAT I LOVE YOU
42 49 YAEL NAIM NEW SOUL
43 50 GARY ALLAN WATCHING AIRPLANES - SINGLE

R&B 100
1 1 KEYSHIA COLE I REMEMBER
2 2 ALICIA KEYS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN
3 3 J. HOLIDAY SUFFOCATE
4 4 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE
7 5 CHRIS BROWN WITH YOU
23 15 USHER FEATURING YOU LOVE IN THIS CLUB
20 18 MARIAH CAREY TOUCH MY BODY
45 46 JANET LUV
93 61 ASHANTI THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU
76 63 FLO RIDA FEATURING ELEVATOR
75 65 TIMBALAND/ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE - SINGLE
81 66 MARY J. BLIGE HURT AGAIN
84 67 ALICIA KEYS TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR
83 76 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
73 79 JACKSON*JANET FEEDBACK

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

TOUCH MY BODY VIDEO!!!

Here is the link right Touch My Body Video



This is one of my favorite videos by her but you can't take it too seriously, it's hilarious, she looks incredible, and her acting is great. I quite enjoy this, what do yall think about it?

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Touch My Body Video Debut

The video will debut TONIGHT @ MIDNIGHT over on VH1.com.

VH1 will premiere the "Touch My Body" video on Wednesday, February 27th at 6am ET/PT, and repeated every hour on the hour thereafter.

BET will also be playing the video starting at 11am ET/PT on Wednesday.

Monday, February 25, 2008

45 Second Preview Clip of Touch My Body!!!


VH1.com Videos

She looks amazing, this is gonna be a great video, it looks funny too.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

For the Nostalgia - My Saving Grace (Oprah Winfrey Show)

Hey folks of good goodness lol. I haven't forgotten about the For the Nostalgias just slowed them down, don't wanna run out of videos. Now, this one is here is one of my favorites. The first time she ever performed My Saving Grace live, it was on Oprah. Not too long before Charmbracelet was released, she went on there to talk about the everything she had been through. Back to the performance, it was majorly stellar, especially the beginning where she goes low rather than high. Oprah was sooo into the performance and moved by it, she was waving her hands and tryna sing along even though she didn't know the words lol. I still have this performance on video tape, the whole show for that matter. I was so amped about Charmbracelet after seeing this performance, I was also very moved and touched. My Saving Grace is an extremely touching and personal song for Mariah, I feel it everytime I listen to it. So as usual, good folks, relive the SPLENDOR.


Friday, February 22, 2008

E=MC² CONFIRMED ALBUM TRACKS

*Touch My Body
*Lovin' You Long Time
*Bye Bye
*Migrate
*Love Story
*Cruise Control
*Thanx For Nothin'
*O.O.C. (Out of Control)
*That Chick
*For Real, For Real
*Last Kiss
*Heat
*For the Record
*Side Effects
*I Wish You Well

VH1 Previews E=MC²

VH1 Previews E=MC²

Yesterday, Island/Def Jam honcho L.A. Reid hosted a few journalists in his office for a special preview of Mariah Carey's upcoming E=MC² album, tentatively due April 15. While Reid looked on, Mariah's A&R man and long-rumored beau Mark Sudack played 12 of the album's cuts from his laptop, often passionately (and adorably!) singing along. On the album, there was drama, there was death, there was disco. What follows is a track-by-track breakdown of our impressions of the album. Note that this isn't the final track sequence, that L.A. ticked off the producers list to us but it is by no means etched in stone and the tracks that we heard weren't always mastered.

One final note: so much of this album is sung in Mariah's chest voice. The vocal gymnastics and whistle notes, while there ('cause, duh, it's Mariah!), take a backseat to clear, purposeful singing, and Mariah sounds better for it. Oh yeah, Mimi's back.

1. "Migrate" (co-produced by Danja) -- After announcing itself with Mariah's patented whistle notes, this club track gets to bangin' and it takes that task really seriously. It's about as meta as a banger gets, with Mariah explaining during the chorus how her night goes: "From the car to the club / We migrate / From the bar to the V.I.P. / We migrate." And so it goes, from the party to the after party, from the after party to the hotel. There's a slight autotune effect on Mariah's voice on the last "migrate" of each chorus, which I assume is to put her on equal ground with the man she shares the mic with here. T-Pain, mercifully shows up for just a guest verse -- this is not a full-blown duet. It's a feisty track, with tough Storch-esque beats that Mariah's bravado attempts to match: "If you're inked up thuggin', that's what I like," she says. See, I always thought she went for the pretty boys. Already we're learning stuff!

2. "Touch My Body" (co-produced with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream) -- There isn't much to say about this ultra-femme track that wasn't said when it leaked. Hard to believe that that was only a little more than week ago -- in the time since, it's become so ubiquitous that it's kind of hard to imagine what radio was like before it. Even L.A. seemed taken aback by how quickly it has caught on -- he described the track's out-of-the-gate success as virtually accidental.

3. "Last Kiss" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- One of the album's many declarations of eternal love, this one is "We Belong Together, Part 35." It's nice but extremely safe. One thing that's very much in its favor are Mariah's vocals, which are nimble as they are in "We Belong Together" (she changes up her flow more times than I could count) and maybe more robust than they've sounded in over a decade. There's a nice little duet at the end of this one between Mariah's full chest voice and her higher register. Of course, if she didn't show off that stellar natural resource, this wouldn't be a Mariah Carey album.

4. "Lovin' You Long Time" (co-produced by DJ Toomp) -- Pure and utter joy is this one, which is most reminiscent of the lovely Mimi outtake "When I Feel It." Except this one's, like, 10 times better. The chorus of DeBarge's "Stay With Me" is the foundation of this track (as opposed to the verses, which provided the foundation for the single remix of Biggie's "One More Chance" and Ashanti's "Foolish," among tracks). However, the sample sounds more weathered, and overall, the track comes off as a '60s throwback rather than an '80s one. One hundred percent feel-good and packing in a killer breakdown and conclusion that's a wall of Mariah voices, this was the first song that felt like the work of unstoppable pop genius.

5. "Thanx for Nothin'" (co-produced by Jermaine Durpri) -- A mid-tempo ballad that sports a beat rougher than anything Jermaine Dupri has laid down for Mariah and a guitar line not unlike Mimi's "So Lonely" (though this track is more sassy and less dour than that), "Thanx" suggests that Mariah and Jermaine aren't sentenced to live in the shadow of their former glory and can actually make relatively new sounds together. Lyrically, this break-up track is a cross between the self-deprecating "Mine Again" ("I never knew enough about you, babe / And I guess I only have myself to blame") and the streetwise posturing of "Get Your Number" ("Seems like all I do is think about your pseudo-romance / While you're somewhere burnin' diesel in the streets, havin' laughs"). Mariah packs in so many lyrics that she barely has time to sing them, and sort of just growls them. It's not nearly as ridiculous as that description might make it sound.

6. "That Chick" (co-produced by Stargate) -- Instant. Classic. An absolutely brilliant disco track that plays on Mariah's strengths and sexiness without ever crossing the line into indulgence. It's slick, it's chic (and Chic, with its slap-you-on-the-ass bass line), it's silly ("La da da a oooh wee-wee" goes the bit between the chorus and the verses) and it carries a killer middle 8 that's as exhilarating as the one in Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T." (you know, the best part of one of the best songs ever that goes, "Don't you know nowwwww / Is the perfect time..."?). Mariah makes references to 2Pac and Biggie, compares herself to ice cream and the lottery and maybe even references the long-lost track from the Charmbracelet sessions "Touch the Sky." Oh, and also she delivers the most her line of her career, complete with a 10-cent word: "I brings that levity." Maybe one day they'll bottle the essence of Mariah, but until then, we have "That Chick" and I seriously am counting down the days till I can hear this track again. This needs to be a single, like, now, and Mariah needs to dust off those "Heartbreaker" remix roller skates for the video, pronto.

7. "Cruise Control" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- Another J.D. track that deviates from what could have been a detrimental pattern, this is a reggae-lite extended car metaphor ("I need a caddy wit some cruise control," belts Mariah). The chorus consists of her spelling out, "C-R-U-I-S-E control" and the second verse finds Mariah adopting a Jamaican affect for kicks: "When da door open I de gals pon de block / They be hop-on, to rob the clock / Me say no mam / Step up step up / Bottle broken / Tink I'm jokin'." Seriously, she says that. Damien Marley gets a guest verse, and I have to say, his shtick is a little more convincing.

8. "Side Effects" (co-produced by Scott Storch) -- You know how sometimes Southern rap almost has a heavy metal feel? Mariah and Storch exploit that by turning out a Southern-fried power ballad that's a thinly veiled portrait of her time under Tommy Mottola's reign ("Hell we built, and I dealt with it…Kept my tears inside ‘cause I knew if I started, I'd keep cryin' for the rest of my life with you / I finally built up the strength to walk away / Don't regret it…"). For someone as guarded as Mariah is publicly, it's shockingly frank (she alludes to "violent times") and really naked (the titular side effects refer to the toll the relationship has taken on her: she's "still a little depressed inside" and "still a little defensive thinkin' folks be tryin' to run my life"). This is another highlight, and having a rapper so associated with drugs (Jeezy) on a track called "Side Effects" that isn't about drugs at all, only makes things cleverer.

9. "Love Story" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- Anther ode to endless love ("This ain't no fairy tale or fiction / This is truly ours for eternity"), this ballad is more of the baby-making ilk. It's like Prince-lite with a synthesized beat a la "The Beautiful Ones," but not as effects-laden (i.e. the beat doesn't have the backwards sound). The melody is reminiscent of Mimi's "Joyride," and that should give you an indication of how sweet this track is.

10. "OOC" (co-produced by Swizz Beatz) -- This one has a pummeling thump so pronounced, it's somewhat surprising that it's not the work of Stargate or Tricky. "OOC" stands for "out of control," and while the track isn't exactly wild, it's a fun mix of The-Dream's "Ditch That N…" with a melody like Blu Cantrell's "Hit ‘Em Up Style." Besides the hypnotic refrain of "Forever and ever," the track is most notable for including the word motherf***er. As in, "I know y'all motherf***ers feel like we / When you're messin' with the one true lova / That makes you OOC." Hardcore!

11. "Bye Bye" (co-produced by Stargate) -- When Mariah first started promoting Mimi, she described "We Belong Together" as a cross between "Breakdown" and "One Sweet Day." That description is infinitely more appropriate for "Bye Bye," a song about death that's "for my people who just lost somebody," "for my people who lost their grandmothers" and seemingly for Mariah's departed father, Alfred Roy ("You never got to see me back at No. 1"). It's nice that Mariah's on a confessional kick, although a track with the "We Belong Together" sonic template and lyrics tailored appeal to everyone on such a basic level seems like too easy of a combination for someone as established as Mimi. This one's like insurance -- in case nothing else is a hit, here's a sure-shot. But ultimately, it turns out that the album is too good for that.

12. "I Wish You Well" (co-produced by James Poyser) -- We were told that this was hot off the presses and a very rough version of the song, but even in its unpolished state, it was a stunner. A piano ballad that features Mariah, some gospel-tinged backing vocals, a piano and that's it, this track is a throwback to the fan-favorite "Vanishing" from her 1990 debut. Part feisty ("You can't manipulate me like before") and totally spiritual (Mariah name-checks a bible verse in the chorus, although I couldn't catch exactly what it was, and she ends the song repeating, "The Lord is my salvation / I will trust in him"), "I Wish You Well" will have fans wetting themselves. It's gorgeous and in its simplistic way, the type of risk that Mariah should take more often.

The risky moments on the album ("Lovin' You Long Time," "That Chick," "Side Effects" and "I Wish You Well") bode well for the future. Though E=MC² feels extremely safe, there's enough variation to signify some artistic growth. She's cranking out hits and that's fine because that's what she's always done (hitmaking is her medium), but when she goes out of the Top 40 comfort zone, the album truly soars. Over 10 years after she first sang about it, it's only now that Mariah has worked up the courage to really spread her wings. The next question is: how high can they take her?

Source: VH1

Thursday, February 21, 2008

For the Nostalgia - When You Believe (Duet with Whitney Houston/Live on Oprah)

These two are my favorite singers in the known world, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Not only my favorite singers, but in my opinion, the Best Singers in the world (at once). Whatever they have done, no matter where their voices are now (even though Mariah's in a great vocal place), no one hasn't topped what they have already done vocally, I don't think they ever will. So when it was announced that these two vocal superpowers were going to record a duet together, I was the happiest man in the world and THEN some. Like WOW, you have NO IDEA, this was like...Christmas, Birthday, Halloween, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Summertime, everything all at once, the truest SPLENDOR of all. I was 14, when it happened and I can honestly say with the combination of that and some other things, 1998 was one of the best years of my life. Ok, ok, I'm gonna stop and get to the point. This performance is the 1st one ever and one of the very few. Both singers did their thing, Mariah killed it, Whitney killed it, the whole show was great, I still get chills thinking about it. Just enjoy, Relive the Splendor, MY SPLENDOR.

Album Wars '08 - Round 3 Begins!

Album Wars '08 makes it return after the busy time period of the debut of Touch My Body. In the 2nd Round, Rainbow and Glitter went head to head, Rainbow took the early lead and beat up on Glitter. However, Glitter got some crucial shots on Rainbow that made it seem like it was gonna stay neck and neck. But after that Rainbow went for the juggler and finished it off to advance to the 3rd Round against The Emancipation of Mimi! The winner will face Mariah Carey the album.

Round 2 Results

ALBUM WARS '08: ROUND 2 - RAINBOW vs. GLITTER

Rainbow 37 (66%)
Glitter 19 (33%)

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

For the Nostalgia - You Pick Your Favorite MC Videos of All Time

We're gonna do something new for you, good folks. There's gonna be alot of goin on cause Album Wars will return as well. But we are going to countdown your FTN(For The Nostalgia) Top 10 Mariah Videos of all time. I will set up a poll of the most popular videos and you can pick your favorites. You will be able to vote for more than one video, so we can tell what you really love the most.

That will begin this coming Friday February 23th and last for one week until March 1st. After that I will gather all the top 10 and countdown to the most favorite MC video of all time picked by YOU. Each day a video will be played from video 10 til we get to number 1.

Touch My Body Debuts at #57 on Billboard's Hot 100

Touch My Body Debuts at #57 on Billboard's Hot 100

Touch My Body is this week's HOT SHOT DEBUT on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart at #57 (Billboard issue date: March 1, 2008).

This is Mariah's highest debut on the chart that is based on first week's airplay alone.

In comparison, after their first week of airplay, "We Belong Together" debuted at #81 and "It's Like That" was #104 (#4 on the bubbling under Hot 100 chart.)

On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song debuts at #23 this week and becomes Mariah's highest debut on the chart since 1997's "Honey" which debuted at the same position.

"Touch My Body" also rockets up to #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, an incredible 58 spots jump from its last week's debut at #78.

An All Access banner from Island Def Jam announces "Touch My Body" at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay (Greatest Gainer) as well as the fact it is the #1 most added record across all formats this week.

Source: Billboard and MariahDailyJournal

Brett Ratner Talks About "Touch My Body" Video

Brett Ratner, the director of the upcoming "Touch My Body" music video called in to KIIS FM 102.7 in Los Angeles today at 9:05am PST and revealed some interesting facts about the video to Ryan Seacrest and the morning show crew. Ratner also confirmed that the video is scheduled to premiere on TV on Monday, February 25, 2008.
Below is a transcript of the interview:

Ryan Seacrest: "Touch My Body", it's Mariah Carey's new track. Randy Jackson's been working on this with her. Lots of buzz about Mariah's entire album. Single is called "Touch My Body" [Ryan plays the song and sings along with it]. So the video's gonna be coming, they're actually making the video or just completed the video, and Brett Ratner, famous movie director, is doing the video with Mariah, so it's gotta be great, I wanted to know how provocative it's gonna be, what do you do when you have lyrics like "Touch My Body" and Mariah Carey, what do you do? And what does she touch? That's what I wanted to ask him, so here he is. Brett, how are you baby?
Brett Ratner: I'm good, how are you guys?

RS: I'm good. Are you in the process of several things at once here?
BR: God, because of the strike... I love doing music videos, as you know, I'll never stop doing them as long as they keep asking, and Mariah of course is my buddy and she said "Brett, you gotta come hear my album, I want you to do this video" and I swear to God, she completely blew me away. I think it's the best album she's ever done. You know, I did "We Belong Together" so, I think she's won like three Grammys for it and I used of course my guy Wentworth Miller from my show "Prison Break".

RS: That guy pisses me off because he's too good looking.
BR: I know, right?

RS: We don't need him in our town.
BR: So I knew there was no way, unless I got you to be in the video, there was no way to top Wentworth Miller in this video.

RS: Well the problem's my abs are so big and tight right now. And I started talking about what the video, I listened to the lyrics, what the video might be like, and I read that you were gonna do the video, so now I'm dying to know the storyboards.
BR: I know, three people called me, they were like "they're talking about you and the video" and I said - you know what? I gotta call them and fill them in because it's too good.

RS: Is it that hot? 'Cause it could be so hot.
BR: This is like, I don't wanna exaggerate, but this is like when "Thriller" [by Michael Jackson] first came out. The anticipation.

RS: Is she wearing red?
BR: She's wearing red in one outfit. But I gotta tell you, I said, "you know Mariah, we gotta do..." - people don't know this, but Mariah is hysterical. I mean, she keeps me laughing all the time, and this record is kind of funny, it's called "Touch My Body", and to me I mean it was funny because I thought "There's no way we could do the video with just like the cute guy like Wentworth Miller and you singing to him "Touch My Body", people are gonna laugh." So I said let's really go with one of the funniest guys in the world, who I love, is this guy named Jack McBrayer, who's on 30 Rock. You know this guy?

RS: Yes, and that's a great show!
BR: He is hysterical. So we called him up, and it turns out, you know we call somebody and they're like "yeah, we don't wanna do music videos" but he turned out to be a huge Mariah fan, and he showed up, and I don't wanna give too much away but I gotta tell you, he is one of the funniest guys I've ever worked with. Ever. I mean hysterical.

RS: How does he get to be funny in a music video?
BR: Well, because his character, all I can say is that he fantasizes about what it would be like to be with Mariah.
RS: As do I.
BR: [laughs] And because Mariah, first of all, looks better than she's ever looked, I don't know if you've seen her in public. Have you seen her at all?

RS: Yeah, something's happened. I keep asking her what she's doing because I wanna do the same diet.
BR: No, it's ridiculous, she's been working out every day, she has this trainer that she flew in from St. Barths and this woman is like beating the hell out of her and her body, because she has an incredible body but she was always kind of like voluptuous, now she's just like fit. And she was like, we gotta show this body. So without kind of making fools of ourselves, we really took this all the way. Because we have a comedian like Jack, when it becomes fun and funny, you can go as far as you wanna go.

RS: When is this coming out bro?
BR: I just finished it last night, and I think the debut is next Monday [Feb. 25]. The problem is the record is so big right now, people are like "finish the video, finish the video!"

RS: That's the thing, we played the song a few days ago, and the video usually comes soon after, but you gotta rush this, right?
BR: I rushed it, we shot it in two days, I mean we've been talking about the way we do it is like we're two kids in a candy store. It's like ridiculous, 'cause the record company's really not involved, Mariah just called me and I flew to New York, I like literally, we spent like every night together for a week, like literally throwing ideas around, and then in the last minute we just came up with this idea, we flew back here [Los Angeles], and shot it, and I tell you, I've never had so much fun shooting a music video. When you guys see it, you're gonna flip out. You know what it is really? Truth is, it's a movie. It's not a music video, it's literally a movie. I love it. And by the way, the rest of her album is ridiculous. I think it's the best album she's ever done by far.

RS: E=MC2.
BR: MC².
RS: Oh, they didn't give me a little two, there's a big two. By the way girls, a squared would be a little two.
BR: By the way, we have dialogue in this video, it's hysterical.

Can't wait til Monday, the video sounds like it's gonna be hilarious and amazing.

Source: MariahDailyJoural

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Touch My Body Airplay Debut @ #22!!!

USA Today reports that "Touch My Body" debuts at #22 on this week's airplay chart, based on Nielsen BDS numbers. These are the same figures that are used for by Billboard, therefore the song's position on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart should be around #22 as well. Official Billboard chart positions will be published later this week. Ken Barnes of USA Today, analyzes the chart:


"It would be foolish to ignore the initial impact of Mariah Carey's Touch My Body,' which hits the chart at No. 22 in one of the highest debuts yet recorded.

Nobody comes close to Mariah's No. 22 debut, of course, but another superstar, Usher, scores an unusually high entry at 51 with 'Love in This Club'."


As promised earlier, here is a detailed explanation about the way Billboard charts are calculated:


Last year Radio & Records was merged into Nielsen BDS, which Billboard uses. So, there is no longer a distinction between R&R and Billboard in terms of the radio panels used. R&R/BDS are a radio measuring system whereby each time a song is played, the number of people listening to the station at that time is documented. The number of listeners for each time a song is played is then added together to get "impressions" (i.e. how many people have heard a song in a week). Keep in mind it doesn't measure how many separate people have heard a song since many people hear a song more than once during a week. This information is calculated on a weekly basis and correlates to the airplay charts Billboard uses to determine the Hot 100 and other charts. The Hot 100 Airplay chart uses a Wednesday-Tuesday airplay week, while R&R uses a Monday-Sunday week. Billboard uses a Monday-Sunday week for the Hot Digital Songs chart.

The airplay figures we post from Mediabase are not the same as the BDS figures and thus, the number of impressions reported from Mediabase and the chart positions determined by it may be different from the actual numbers and positions on the Billboard charts. However, the Mediabase figures make for a good estimate on a song's airplay performance in a given week.

Amazing, MARIAH CAREY is the QUEEN of RADIO!

Source: USA Today and MariahDailyJournal

For the Nostalgia - Fantasy (Daydream Tour Live)

Yo folks, sorry for the slowness lately, I'm back on my game though. Here is one of my favorite performances of Fantasy, if not for the vocals then for Mariah's dancing. I find it so amusing, I mean, not in a bad way, just seeing her dance, its entertaining. The vocal is great too though, she seemed really happy on stage, like it was her place of happiness. Even if she wasn't happy anywhere else and felt trapped because of you-know-who, the stage made her feel good and the love from the fans. Don't you just love MC plenty much, she just makes you happy and smile, even by seeing her happy. Feel this splendor, feel it and Relive it.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

For the Nostalgia - Always Be My Baby (MSG 2006)

She was on point in NYC with the vocals from what I hear, I love when she sings the classics now. It may not be perfect but its Mariah. ABMB is 13 years old, definitely a MC classic, I hope you good folks, enjoy it. It's like fine wine, it gets better with time. In fact, this song certified me as a lamb, I loved her before it but this is the SONG (and Forever) that made me OFFICIALLY a lamb lol. So yeah I hope you enjoy it and as always RELIVE the splendor.

Touch My Body HUGE Airplay Jump

MEDIABASE

Period Audience Spins Diff
02/16/08 33.416 M 3171 +868
02/15/08 25.218 M 2303 +648
02/14/08 19.079 M 1655 +583
02/13/08 13.514 M 1072 +574
02/12/08 7.009 M 498

The song jumped 8 million impressions yesterday alone, that is AMAZING. From the looks of things, she will have an IMPRESSIVE debut on the Hot 100, especially if things continue at this rate. And it all begins again, the Queen of Radio is BACK!

New Pics of MC in New York





She looks so amazing in these and very classy, so glad she's dressing her age lately. I can also tell she's a woman of color in those photos as well, her skin isn't that pale. Her hair is cool too, its very dark.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Touch My Body Umbrella Remix

I'm only gonna keep this up for a short time, don't want the blog to go under, but I just love this, it's an Umbrella remix of Touch My Body and it sounds amazing. WOW

Friday, February 15, 2008

New Layout

Hey guys, I was tired of the old layout so last night I got creative. Hope ya likes it, give me some feedback in the comments on what you think about it. Album Wars is on the way.

Mariah Shoots Album Cover in NYC

Mariah Carey invaded Lenny Kravitz's Crosby St. apartment building on Wednesday, commandeering the penthouse suite and roof to shoot the cover for her upcoming album, "E = MC²." Arriving in a black Maybach with three SUVs in tow, the diva sported custom-made Van Cleef & Arpels diamond butterfly rings and Christian Louboutin heels.


Source: MariahDailyJournal

Updated Confirmed Tracks for E=MC²

Here are all the confirmed tracks to be on Mariah's new CD, E=MC² as of now....

*Touch My Body
*Lovin' You Long Time
*Bye Bye
*Migrate
*Love Story
*Cruise Control
*Thanx For Nothin'
*O.O.C. (Out of Control)
*That Chick
*For Real, For Real
*Last Kiss
*Heat
*For the Record

Roger Friedman Previews Mariah's New Album

Roger Friedman Previews Mariah's New Album

Yesterday I spent more than an hour up at Island/DefJam Records previewing the new CDs from Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. Each is highly anticipated, and with good reason. They're pretty damn good.

Carey’s CD, called E=MC², is probably the more anticipated if only because her prior release, Emancipation of Mimi, was such a phenomenal success. Buoyed by several hits including "We Belong Together," "Don't Forget About Us," Emancipation spent months on the charts and won a number of Grammys. It re-established Mariah as a superstar after her failed Glitter project and subsequent Charmbracelet.

E=MC² (a play on the previous album's title) should have a pretty big impact when it hits the world on April 15th. Already the single, "Touch My Body," with its refrain "I will hunt you down" has taken off at radio. It doesn't hurt that it bears a resemblance to "We Belong Together." But the new single is catchy in its own right, and has an independent hook designed to be addictive.

I heard eight other tracks yesterday, but since the album isn't sequenced yet I can't tell you where they fall in order. In the order I enjoyed them came first "Bye, Bye" a powerful ballad that should be a single and will probably close the album. It's a natural singalong in concert, too, which could make it not only wildly popular but a possible Grammy contender next year. Look out.

The next most commercial number is "Thanks For Nothing," a witty and rueful tune with another great melody courtesy of Jermaine Dupri and Carey. As on "Bye Bye," Carey’s vocals are superb. Her infamous eight octave range has suffered a little wear and tear over the years, but Carey can still flutter from great highs to mellow lows like no one else.

Some other highlights I heard included "Cruise Control," featuring Damian Marley with a driving reggae subtext; "Migrate" with T Pain, which should be a single and perhaps the album's kick off track; "Last Kiss," with Dupri on vocals; a breathy disco dance hit called "I'm That Chick," and an out and out pop song, "Loving You a Long Time," which samples DeBarge's "Stay with Me" and recalls the melodic riff of the "Hill Street Blues" theme music.

The one thing I kept thinking from track to track is that Carey and her crew have put a lot of work into making E=MC² not just a hit, but a sustainable success. There's enough in the package that it will last as long as "Emancipation," spinning off singles, remixes, and videos.


Source: Roger Friedman - Fox News

Thursday, February 14, 2008

For the Nostalgia - We Belong Together (MTV Movie Awards) Happy V-Day!

Hey folks, sorry I'm late but I had to get some sleep lol. Ok so we are back in action, the Nostalgia has once again returned. This is a pretty special performance for me, so I saved it for Valentine's Day. It was pivotal time in the TEOM era, both the album and the single (We Belong Together) were number one. The special effects are great as well, how everything is in black and white but our girl is in color, thats hot. One of the best performances of WBT in the whole era and she looks stunning, it was like a 90's flashback to around the time of Always Be My Baby with a '05 twain on it lol.

Well anyway, I hope you all had a great and amorous Valentine's Day and that you're close to the one you love the most. And for those of us still tryna find that love, sing along with the song anyway, maybe he or she will hear it on a spiritual plain and you'll be one step closer to true love. I'm still waiting on my special lady to come into my life but until she does, I gots my Mimi lol, feel the love and relive the SPLENDOR.

The Return of For the Nostalgia and Album Wars '08

Later on today, both will return to form. Also hope to do something special for V-Day. Keep checking back.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Touch My Body debuts at #78 on R&B Charts after 6 Hours!

R&B 100
2 1 KEYSHIA COLE I REMEMBER
1 2 ALICIA KEYS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN
4 3 J. HOLIDAY SUFFOCATE
3 4 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE
6 5 SNOOP DOGG SENSUAL SEDUCTION
8 6 MARIO CRYING OUT FOR ME
10 8 CHRIS BROWN WITH YOU
29 28 MISSY ELLIOTT CHING-A-LING
-- 51 USHER FEATURING YOU LOVE IN THIS CLUB
-- 62 JANET LUV
-- 78 MARIAH CAREY TOUCH MY BODY
-- 83 MARY J. BLIGE HURT AGAIN
-- 92 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (JODY DEN
-- 95 FERGIE CLUMSY [FEAT. SOULJA BOY TELL

Too blankin' amazing! Go MC, get that 18th Number One Hit. Mariah Carey is the Queen of Radio and the Queen of Hits, and the Queen of R&B/Pop!

Touch My Body's First Day Radio Impressions

"Touch My Body" - First Day Radio Impressions

With only 6 hours (approximately) of airplay on Tuesday, February 12, "Touch My Body" recorded an incredible total of 498 spins (Pop - 218, Rhythmic - 180, Urban - 89, Urban A/C - 9, Hot A/C - 2) that account for a total of 7.009 million audience impressions. In comparison, after one day of airplay, "It's Like That" had 44 spins and a total audience impressions of 1.491 million (January 4, 2005). A cumulative amount of 545 spins was reached by "It's Like That" after four days of airplay. As for "Don't Forget About Us", after its first week of airplay (ending October 2, 2005), the song has registered 7.705M audience impressions via 356 spins.

THAT IS AMAZING, this song will be HUGE.

Thanks to MariahDailyJournal

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

My Thoughts on Touch My Body

After all the months and months of build up the day has finally come. Touch My Body premiered. I have to say I like it alot, especially the lyrics. But I don't know if I like this as 1st single, I'm almost sure it will be an urban hit but I don't know. I wanted more tempo, more drums. I love this though, its just different. What do you all think of it? You can post your opinions in the comments thing, where it says 0 comments, or however many. Just click that let your opinion of the song be known. Now I've been up for 24 hours, so I'm going to sleep now, anyone who emails me now will get what I'm sending when I wake up. Don't get me wrong I really LOVE this, just have to adjust to it being the 1st single.

UPDATE: OK I'm officially OBSESSED! I hear it now, I mean really hear it for amazing it really is. This will EXPLODE. All your bodies will be touched with an obsessive love for this song within a week or two, probably less. LOL.

1st Touch My Body Song Review

First "Touch My Body" Review by Bob Burke

MARIAH CAREY
"Touch My Body"
(Island/IDJMG)

How does an artist follow-up one of their biggest selling albums that included two number one singles when most had written the artist off as a causality of being relevant or not? If you're Mariah Carey, you keep it simple, and that's one thing MC has done with her debut single from her forthcoming album, E=MC². "Touch My Body" (co-written and produced with Tricky Stewart and The-Dream) is the perfect lead track to re-ignite her most passionate fan base, who've kept her relevant through good times and bad… times are pretty good for Mariah nowadays! This mid-tempo track is pure fun, sounding at times reminiscent of another Carey gem, "Always Be My Baby," but yet different enough to sound like something totally fresh and new. Mariah's vocal range is also kept in check and fits the song to perfection. The hypnotic "Touch My Body…My Body" hook is sure to stick after one-listen. While the thought of Mariah Carey exceeding expectations remains a question, simply because the bar she's set is so high, matching them is a good way to start. This "body" of work sounds like a hit! BET ON IT!

(Burke's Best Bet)

Source: Bob Burke - FMQB

Mariah to premiere Touch My Body on TRL the week of February 25th

According to tvguide.com, both Mariah and Janet Jackson will visit TRL and premiere new music (videos) during Spankin New Music Week (February 25th thru February 29th). Not sure if they will appear on the show the same day, but Mariah will appear and premiere Touch My Body on TRL, the week of February 25th.


Source:TVGuide Link of Mariah on TRL

Picture from Touch My Body Video Shoot



LOL The video is gonna be funny and great.

Pic comes from MariahCarey.com

E=MC² CONFIRMED ALBUM TITLE on MARIAHCAREY.COM


YESSSS I LOVE THISSSSS! IT'S OFFICIAL! E=MC IS THE TITLE, HERE'S THE OFFICIAL SCOOP FROM MARIAHCAREY.COM:


NEW ALBUM IN STORES APRIL 15th; FOLLOWS-UP WORLDWIDE 10 MILLION-SELLING, MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI

Performer and songwriter Mariah Carey has set April 15th as the in-store date for the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, E=MC2. The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC2 is the follow-up to The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), 2 #1 singles and countless more industry honors during its 18-month stay on the charts.

The first single from E=MC2 is "Touch My Body," written and produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and The-Dream, hit radio stations worldwide on February 12th.

The video for "Touch My Body" was directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner, and internet, cable and network premieres for the video will be announced in the weeks ahead.

In addition to C. "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream, other guest producers joining Mariah on E=MC? will include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. E=MC2 is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.

The Emancipation Of Mimi, released April 12, 2005, was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar - Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, bringing total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to more than 160 million worldwide, making her the most successful female recording artist in history. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.

SO ORIGINAL, JUST WHEN I THINK I CAN'T LOVE MARIAH ANY MORE, THERE SHE GOES!!!

New Album Title/Release Date: E=MC² in Stores April 15th?



LOL Don't even ask, I mean I like it alot cause it's genius on a thought-provoking level but at first glance, its hilarious.

This is ALL BUT CONFIRMED AS THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM. I mean think about it, the theme of the album was called like Woman Empowerment. E=MC² probably means Energy = Mariah Carey squared at her most empowered state yet. More powerful than ever, in voice, in inner strength and believe, in herself.

We are soooo close to being able to Touch Mariah's Body lol. Almost 8 hours until the premiere. Much...excited....haven't...been....to sleep....yet. LOL Here's what USA Today said:

Mariah Carey has set April 15 as the in-store date for her new album, E=MC². The first single, Touch My Body, makes it's debut worldwide today. The video, which premieres later, was directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner...


Source: USA Today

For the Nostalgia - My All/Stay Awhile Remix (Acappella)

This is quite the treat if you ask me and the perfect song to prelude the release of Touch My Body. All I can say is WOW @ her vocals by themself..it just makes me love this song even more hearing it this way and I've always loved this remix anyway. The texture of her voice is remarkable and out of this world, she is SO BLESSED. God, I love her so much, plenty much. I can't wait for later on today, too super excited for words. Just enjoy and relive this classic SPLENDOR cause tomorrow we'll have some new SPLENDOR!

Someone heard a 90 HQ Clip of Touch My Body

Appparently, someone over on a Prince message board heard a 90 second High Quality clip of Touch My Body, here's their describtion:

"What i got from the 90 seconds were a more "raw" sounding Mariah, the tempo was her usual but something in her vocals sounded a bit more "live" than in the past and sexual sounding which she never has been able to really pull off, she does have more of that on this than ever. I just wish it was faster, but maybe when i hear a full version and not a piece from a promo disc that was copied ffrom another promo disc, thats why im surprised its not all over the place already."
(...)
"outside of the tempo seeming familar production wise it seems unlike anything from her, at least to me"
(...)
"It was catchy, im not sure why they debated over this being the first single. Seems perfect to be a lead single."

source:http://prince.org/msg/8/258269?&pg=9

More anxious than ever, I can't sleep! lol For the Nostalgia is coming your way, very soon.

Monday, February 11, 2008

B96 to play Touch My Body @ 5pm ET

Yep you heard right, radio station B96 will play Touch My Body, a hour and an half before the countdown clock ends lol. So subtract a hour and a half from the countdown. Just like Scar said in The Lion King, A SHINING NEW ERA, IS TIPTOEING NEARER!!!!

Thanks to FOMM and Paul

Mariah leaving Beverly Hills Hotel



Heres an amazing pic of Mariah leaving Beverly Hills Hotel.

MC looking amazing coming off a weekend video shoot for Touch My Body in LA. Here she's leaving from Beverly Hills Hotel. Can't believe we're closing in on 1 DAY before we hear TOUCH MY BODY, I'm really super much excited. Yall know it's gonna be a stone groove.

Stay tuned for more updates, you will get your radio rip of Touch My Body here Tuesday Evening. Wednesday, the song will be removed but I will place a media player on the blog, so that you can listen to it here whenever you want.

For the Nostalgias are coming too, I miss them on days where I'm too busy or there's a lot of news, but you will most likely get your Nostalgia on today.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

"Tenessee" Info and Release Date



Elephant Eye Films has updated its site to now show Tennessee with a new release date, and a new poster!

Tennessee, with Mariah alongside actors Adam Rothenberg and Ethan Peck in the lead, is now scheduled for release in Spring 2008 (Winter 2008 previously).

Elephant Eye Films, as first mentioned here, is a New York City-based company that produces, distributes and sells independent feature films.



Thanks to MariahDailyJournal

For the Nostalgia - Yours (MTV)

Here's a live performance of Yours, that up until today I never seen before. It's really nice, and quite the enjoyable song. Charmbracelet really is an underrated album, packed with subtle hits. She looks amazing and I love the live vocal improvising she does, its like she can change it up so easily and still sound so amazing, if not better than the record version. Anyway, hope you enjoy it, and relive the SPLENDOR of ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TIL TOUCH MY BODY!!! LOL

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Details on the Touch My Body Video

"Touch My Body" Music Video Details

Mariah is shooting the music video to "Touch My Body" over this weekend - February 9th and 10th in an undisclosed location in Los Angeles, California. Below are the details currently known to us about the video shoot:

The director of the video is Brett Ratner who previously directed "I Still Believe", "Heartbreaker", "Thank God I Found You", "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together".

Auditions were held for some parts in the video on Wednesday, February 6 in Santa Monica. One of the roles required a "geeky" looking guy.

Actor Jack McBrayer, known for his role as Kenneth on NBC's 30 Rock will be appearing in the video.

Source: Dustin

Thanks to MariahDailyJournal

MC Shooting the Video for Touch My Body

Mariah is shooting her video Saturday and Sunday in Los Angeles. Jack McBrayer, Kenneth from 30 Rock, will be in it. As in THIS WEEKEND, TODAY and TOMORROW.


Source for the info: Webby aka Tom on fomm & HeroesofMariah

Album Wars '08 - Round 2 UNDER WAY!

In the first round of Album Wars '08, Rainbow pounced Charmbracelet and moves on to Round 2 to take on the very 80's Glitter. Who will win this next duel? That's up to you, so vote for your favorite between the two. Remember 3 days to vote (well 2 and counting now), and the WINNER will take on The Emancipation of Mimi.

Round 1's Results

ALBUM WARS '08: ROUND 1 - RAINBOW vs. CHARMBRACELET


Rainbow 40 (68%)
Charmbracelet 18 (31%)

Friday, February 8, 2008

Hilarious Video of Lambs Angry and Striking about all the Delays

All I have to say is don't be eating or drinking anything while watching this, cause you choke and die from laughter. This was created by the amazingly creative people over on FOMM (Friends of Mariah Message Board). All I can say is watch, it's hilariously creative, this is a substitute for For the Nostalgia today, please watch this and enjoy, its a new type of SPLENDOR. ROFL

Thursday, February 7, 2008

For the Nostalgia - Love Takes Time (Proctor Theatre in 1993)

Here's a classic performance of one of the songs she doesn't sing anymore. The vocal was pretty masterful, I really enjoyed it, she really had a lot of vocal poise back then. So I hope yall enjoy it, not much news today, just still really excited about this coming Tuesday and Touch My Body. So watch and relive the SPLENDOR.

Reviews from Latest Japan Listening Party

JAPANESE LISTENING PARTY REVIEW 7/2/2008

January 25 (Friday) - CAFE STUDIO Harajuku, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey's new party listening.

On this day, Japanese media first heard Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson's new sound, with a cocktail in one hand.

Mariah Carey
Review 1
Also presented on the same day were 5 tracks from Mariah Carey's upcoming album whose title and release date are yet to be determined.

I can't reveal the details, but I got the feeling that this might be a huge hit! Her 9th album could surpass her latest record, Mimi, that was extremely successful.

Review 2
I heard that the record would be released sometime in April. I also heard 5 tracks and I liked them. "Mimi" is my favorite album from Mariah. You'll like this album if you liked "Mimi."

It's similar to "Mimi" in that it features a lot of R&B music, but it is less R&B compared to "Mimi." It's a mixture of R&B and pop that she used to do. Mariah is perhaps experimenting with new things.

Touch My Body was played here as well. I'm sure this will be a big hit because the Dream produced it. The melody is pop, but it's like an up tempo version of We Belong Together, as up-tempo as hip-pop songs get.

The beat of "That Chick" resembles that of Because of You, and it's Neyo-ish. I may be wrong though. I hope That Chick is released as a single.

OCC is kind of pop but has an interesting rhythm.

She's become more and more intriguing an artist in the past few years. This is the best Mariah ever.

IDJ is planning the release of 2 albums by worldwide superstars in 2008. We will surely keep an eye on their releases.

SOURCE: Ameblo | Love Love Jack | Translation of Article: Mariah Connection Asia & Zahid

For the Nostalgia - The Roof (Butterfly Tour in Taipei)

Even though its not the whole song, (ignoring the fact that I'm super late for YESTERDAY's FTN) I still love this performance. Now I'm not opting for a a debate but it's pretty obvious its lipped, but its the splendor we focus on. I really dig the freaky dancing, real sexy, get ya freak on Mimi lol. The audio is a bit off from the video, that isn't the reason I say its lipped. But rather because other than the live effect, its exactly the same as the version on the record, but the SPLENDOR, we have to remember the SPLENDOR. So yeah I quite enjoy this performance and you will get today's For the Nostalgia on time. I'm still majorly amped that we're only 5 DAYS away from hearing TOUCH MY BODY. So enjoy this, feel the sensual vibes coming from the stage, and experience the song where we first hear, RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

GREAT NEWS - IT'S OFFICIAL - TOUCH MY BODY WILL PREMIERE 2/12!

YES folks, you read it right, Mariah Carey's new song, TOUCH MY BODY will premiere in 5 days! I can't even know what to say. FEBRUARY 12th @ 6:30pm ET!!! Check It out!!!

Go to http://www.allaccess.com/ and glance to your right and you will see the countdown clock, 5 DAYS and some hours until TOUCH MY BODY'S PREMIERE.



New Album Still to Be Released in April

According to Heroes of Mariah, Belgium and Japan had sources from Universal (IDJ's Company) all confirm an April release. Thus, we'd get it here in the US, a week later, so it won't be April 1st.

Also according to Heroes of Mariah, there was another listening party in Japan, heres a little bit of scoop:

New Album Listening Party In Japan
The album title hasn't been decided yet. It's not "That Chick".
The Universal Music Japan staff said that the album release was almost decided in April. "Wednesday" is generally a release date in Japan. Japan will become the first release in the world. Therefore, the release date of USA will not be April 1.

So we will see, stay tuned and keep checking for updates because if they are planning a April release still, we will hear the new single VERY SOON (just don't know when).

Thanks to Heroes of Mariah

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

MC Album Wars '08

Since we have no new music, nor do we have any idea when to expect it, I figured I 'd start something fum. I'm calling it ALBUM WARS. We used to do something similar to this on the old mc.com message boards. Basically, I'm gonna put songs or albums up against each other in a poll and you vote for the one you want to win. The winner goes on against the next album. Got it? Hope so. Alright good folks, I will have it set up soon, so stay tuned.

Here are the regulations:

It'll be a post of one album vs. another album (MC albums only), like a tournament. Each poll will last for 3 DAYS. Which ever album wins will face another album the next week until one album stands. Make sure to vote in Album Wars '08. It goes along with the whole voting thing and plus it'll be fun. I hope ya good folks enjoy it.

The first round will be RAINBOW VS. CHARMBRACELET, THE WINNER WILL FACE GLITTER.

For the Nostalgia - Can't Take That Away (Charmbracelet World Tour)

Here's a performance of Can't Take That Away from Charmbracelet Tour, as chosen by the fans in the voting thing they did. I love this song plenty much, one of my favorites on the Rainbow album. It's a really good vocal and she looks hot. Not much to say tonight, just that I hope you enjoy the performance and also there will be a new poll up on the site in the very near future. So watch and RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.

Plenty Much Sorry Yall

No new song today and I honestly don't know when we will hear it. The guestimate I have at the moment would be February 19th, the add date that AllAccess confirmed. Stay tuned, we'll break news as it becomes available.

No Song Yet/Nothing Confirmed

For those of you who are wondering, there has not been any sign of a Mariah song premiere as of yet. We will let you know if it does play at 6:30pm, the time they claimed it would play on once of the stations. Also, MariahConnection has reported that That Chick is NOT the title of Mariah's new album from a good source. But we all knew that lol, or at least I did. HeroesofMariah has also reported that neither an album title or release date have been set.

Keep checking back for updates.

Thanks to MariahConnection and HeroesofMariah

Monday, February 4, 2008

For the Nostalgia - Honey (Around the World - Hawaii '98)

This is seriously one of my favorite performances of MC's ever. It first aired on MTV's Spring Break in 1998. Mariah was a focal point of the spring break that year, she hosted this luau with Bill Bellamy, I quite enjoyed it and still have it on tape to this day. Yall know, the one where she played with the dolphins, God, I love it so much. This is TRUE NOSTALGIA and SPLENDOR for me, everything about the performance, just reminds me of that great time not only in Mariah's career but in my life. The Butterfly Era was a truly special era, it just felt really good. MC's vocals were quite the wonderful, and she actually danced her behind off. She was really into it and was really enjoying herself too. It was like one of her best overall performances ever for me. Not to mention, she looked amazing and she winks at me at the end of the performance. Anyway I hope yall enjoy it, and feel how I feel when I watch this. For really really RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.


Touch My Body/Album Release Confusion

There's so much confusion going on right now as far as when we'll hear some new Mariah. As of right now, IDJ and mariahcarey.com have said NOTHING about anything. Everything we have has been based on reviews from listening parties and radio stations. I feel they should at least give us a press release, let us know something. Cause some of these poor lambs are about to go skin crazy hearing delay after delay from unconfirmed sources. They're stringin' us along, we're spiraling! LOL.

I've heard anything from Touch My Body will premiere tomorrow to it will premiere in two weeks to it will premiere in March. Same with the album, some still say April, others say May, and yet others say June. I really think the big "keep it a secret" thing needs to end and they need to let us know what the deal is. Just stay tuned and keep checking for updates. We may have a new song tomorrow then we may not, we just don't know.

For the Nostalgia - The One (Shining Through the Rain)

I'm just a late person yall, and I'm plenty much sorry LOL, I really am. The Super Bowl was on. This is a video of Mariah singing the song that was supposed to be the second single from Charmbracelet, "The One". I feel this song's release could've changed the direction that the Charmbracelet era went in. But anyway, this is a performance from the special called Shining Through the Rain that was aired on MTV. It's a great performance and the whistle notes at the end are great too, she really shows off her talent. The audience was super into her performance and you could tell they quite enjoyed it, even if they did lack rhythm...but we digress and move on, cause the song is a stone groove ROFL. So here ya go, folks of the good LOL, I hope ya enjoy the performance and as always, RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Touch My Body Update

As far as we know, certain stations will play Touch My Body this coming Tuesday FEBRUARY 5TH. We should have radio rip by Tuesday Evening if this holds true. I will only keep the link to the radio rip of Touch My Body up for 24 hours. So stay tuned. If anything changes between now and Tuesday, you will hear it from us. A new For the Nostalgia will be up shortly.

Rumor Mill: New Album Release Date - May 20th?

Thats the latest going around the popular fan forums of Mariah. I know a lot of yall are about to scream, she's killin us right? We'll live, we'll have the first single and some snipplets eventually. It would make sense considering the first single isn't even out yet and its February 3rd. This is just a rumor though, stay tuned for more updates and confirmation.

For the Nostalgia - Can't Let Go (Soul Train 1992)

Late, late, late, procrasinate lol. Sorry folks but you'll get another one later on today. This is Can't Let Go from Soul Train in 1992, Don Cornelius said it right. The beginning of the biggest success of the 90's. A Stellar performance, strong, powerful, and on point. The quality of the vid is a little ruffled but we deal with that. She even got to wear a short dress, pretty cool for the pre-Butterfly Mariah. Of course her and Tommy weren't married just yet. But yeah the performance is great, audience is into it. So go ahead, good folks, enjoy it, RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.

Friday, February 1, 2008

For the Nostalgia - My All (Divas Live 1998)

After a day off from the Nostalgia, we are back with another classic performance. This is a great performance of My All that our girl opened the show with at Divas Live 1998, the first Divas show ever and the first performance of Divas Live ever. I love the vocal on this performance, she sings it effortlessly. After singing the entire song, she breaks into the remix, the first live performance of it ever, she was really into it. Lovin MC Long Time yall, Lovin her long time, enjoy good folks and RELIVE THE SPLENDOR.



Video of Mariah in the Studio with Jermaine Dupri

This is pretty cool and about halfway through at 2:45, you can hear "Thanks For Nothin" playing a little. Mariah looks amazing and the video is funny. So I hope the good folks enjoy.

Much Clearer Clip of Touch My Body

Man yall, I'm seriously trippin. Even from 20 seconds, this is just...man yall just gonna have to listen cuz I can't even know what to say....


Much Clearer 20 sec clip of Touch My Body


Enjoy, good folks!