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We LOVE both legends, buuuttt Madonna debuted 7 years before Mariah, they aren't peers, so these comparisons aren't relevant or revealing in any way. Besides, Madonna is factually bigger and is the QUEEN of POP. Mariah Carey is the Queen of Christmas and has a legendary career in her own right beyond that jingle. :gayriahcat2:

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7 hours ago, QuanticXplosion said:

Do Mariah stans seriously compare her to Madonna with a straight face? Like, Madonna could be getting 500l daily streams in total but she will still be bigger than Mariah because she is Madonna... Michael Jackson's only peer. 

Don't be ridiculous. We all know Madonna is the best selling female artist of all time but their streaming stats are pretty comparable which is why this thread was created in the first place.

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14 hours ago, Popboi. said:

Yes, I'm sure Crazy - Live at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/12-23/2020 is making a big difference

the difference between them is minimal, so if you take out Madonna's 200 songs you can be sure it will make a difference for her.

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On 7/17/2024 at 1:37 AM, Chris said:

Queen Madonna.

 

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I guess she is more relevant to the younger generation than Marissa Cary after all.

 

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madonan chose to use young teen artists so the new generation knows that she is still alive

 

Dua Lipa
The Weeknd
Anita
Maluma
Justin Timberlake
Britney
Sam Smith

 

She always needed a boost from someone younger to stay relevant.

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42 minutes ago, Poncho Barlliams said:

madonan chose to use young teen artists so the new generation knows that she is still alive

 

Dua Lipa
The Weeknd
Anita
Maluma
Justin Timberlake
Britney
Sam Smith

 

She always needed a boost from someone younger to stay relevant.

The Weeknd is the current king of streaming. I'm hoping Mariah has some hot streaming names on her next project too... otherwise... it will look dire. 

 

I mean, she did hop on an Ariana song earlier this year... sadly, the song wasn't well received and it wasn't the main version of the song - just a remix... but for what it was, that one remix did pretty well... 26 million streams and counting... It will reach sth like 35m in its first year. <3

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Does Madonna have that song with Abel that is still pulling numbers? I'm sure that that helped to give more exposure to the rest of her music.

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6 hours ago, modeblock said:

We LOVE both legends, buuuttt Madonna debuted 7 years before Mariah, they aren't peers, so these comparisons aren't relevant or revealing in any way. Besides, Madonna is factually bigger and is the QUEEN of POP. Mariah Carey is the Queen of Christmas and has a legendary career in her own right beyond that jingle. :gayriahcat2:

Mariah is The Queen of Christmas... that's often used as a drag. But she wasn't the Queen of Christmas up until idk... 2005 or 2007 when the song truly pushed ahead and got its own life. 

Sometimes people are denying that Mariah Carey has had a successful career before that... 

 

Looking at her stats...Xmas craze comes on top of everything that she has achieved.... 18 other #1's and over 135 million albums sales not counting her first Xmas album. 

 

CM: (sales)
 

1990 - 14,4m - Debut album

1991 - 8,6m - Emotions

1993 - 26,7m - Music Box

1994 - 14,4m - Merry Christmas

1995 - 20,5m - Daydream

1997 - 10,9m - Butterfly

1999 - 7,5m - Rainbow

2001 - 2,1m - Glitter

2002 - 3,0m - Charmbracelet

2005 - 9,1m - TEOM
2008 - 2,1m - E=MC²

2009 - 1,1m - Memoirs

2010 - 1,0m - Merry Christmas II

2014 - 305k - MIAMTEC

2018 - 185k - Caution

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1992 - 7,0m - MTV Unplugged

1998 - 16,5m - #1's

2001 - 4,7m - Greatest Hits

2003 - 530k - Remixes

2009 - 1,2m - Ballads

2010 - 130k - Best Of

2011 - 200k - Essential

2015 - 400k - Infinity

2020 - 80k - Rarities

 

 

Only the 3rd best selling female ever has these stats. 

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Oh dear lord not another one of these topics. 

 

Yall need to go out. If you live in the north hemisphere it's literally summer. 

 

Enjoy it :gaycat2:

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2 hours ago, stevyy said:

I mean, she did hop on an Ariana song earlier this year... sadly, the song wasn't well received

They shipped it but it got shipped back.

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2 hours ago, Poncho Barlliams said:

She always needed a boost from someone younger to stay relevant

Can Mariah survive without Christmas though?

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3 hours ago, stevyy said:

Mariah is The Queen of Christmas... that's often used as a drag. But she wasn't the Queen of Christmas up until idk... 2005 or 2007 when the song truly pushed ahead and got its own life. 

Sometimes people are denying that Mariah Carey has had a successful career before that... 

 

Looking at her stats...Xmas craze comes on top of everything that she has achieved.... 18 other #1's and over 135 million albums sales not counting her first Xmas album. 

 

CM: (sales)
 

1990 - 14,4m - Debut album

1991 - 8,6m - Emotions

1993 - 26,7m - Music Box

1994 - 14,4m - Merry Christmas

1995 - 20,5m - Daydream

1997 - 10,9m - Butterfly

1999 - 7,5m - Rainbow

2001 - 2,1m - Glitter

2002 - 3,0m - Charmbracelet

2005 - 9,1m - TEOM
2008 - 2,1m - E=MC²

2009 - 1,1m - Memoirs

2010 - 1,0m - Merry Christmas II

2014 - 305k - MIAMTEC

2018 - 185k - Caution

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1992 - 7,0m - MTV Unplugged

1998 - 16,5m - #1's

2001 - 4,7m - Greatest Hits

2003 - 530k - Remixes

2009 - 1,2m - Ballads

2010 - 130k - Best Of

2011 - 200k - Essential

2015 - 400k - Infinity

2020 - 80k - Rarities

 

 

Only the 3rd best selling female ever has these stats. 

Oh, I agree. I don't use Queen of Christmas as drag because I don't see it as a bad thing to be associated with the most global known holiday in the world. But I have stanned Mariah since 1996, so I know she has classics upon classics. :clap3: 

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1 hour ago, Chris said:

Can Mariah survive without Christmas though?

Her last charting song... was 2022's Big Energy REMIX.... 3xP in Australia and Gold in the UK with a peak of #21. 

 

#6 - AUS

#20 - NZ

#20 - Ireland

#21 - UK

 

Obvi, Madonna had some major songs since then as well: , Frozen Sickick, Popular and Vulgar to name the most prominent ones.

 

Their respective last studio album had no real hits. Medellin did ofc better than any Caution track. But it has a total cert total of 65k. 

 

Neither of them had a solo hit in ages. 

 

The Caution tracks all flopped, I mostly blame the roll-out of the era. "A No No" had the most horrible remixes.

 

I hope we get a new Mariah in the future. I'm curious to what she can deliver. Same for Madonna. 

 

Mariah's commercial lifeline, Merry Christmas, did so well last year (2023):

 

#2 - Netherlands

#2 - Germany

#4 - Canada

#4 - Italy

#5 - Hungary

#6 - Denmark

#6 - Norway

#6 - New Zealand

#6 - Lithuania

#7 - Iceland

#8 - Sweden

#8 - USA

#9 - Belgium (F)

#11 - Australia

#12 - Belgium (W)

#13 - Poland

#15 - Switzerland

#18 - Finland

#35 - Japan

#35 - Portugal

#40 - UK

#41 - Ireland

#44 - Greece

#44 - Austria

 

AIWFCIY was #1 in 22 countries. 

 

So, the success is mounting I would say. 

 

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2 hours ago, Chris said:

Can Mariah survive without Christmas though?

Surviving from your own compositions is much more worthy than surviving on crumbs from young artists.

 

As you are a fan of Beyoncé, I am not surprised that you delegitimize the importance of a songwriter

 

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3 hours ago, Poncho Barlliams said:

Surviving from your own compositions is much more worthy than surviving on crumbs from young artists.

According to who exactly?

 

I am still so confused on how her other songs like Hung Up and Like a Prayer are also some of her most streamed songs rely on "crumbs" from "younger artists".

 

Life is a mystery indeed.

 

 

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Because Madonna has a more versatile, fun, unique and catchy library

 

Mariah should be happy with her buddy the elf x-mas money 

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2 hours ago, Chris said:

According to who exactly?

 

I am still so confused on how her other songs like Hung Up and Like a Prayer are also some of her most streamed songs rely on "crumbs" from "younger artists".

 

Life is a mystery indeed.

 

 

Neither of these songs is a hit on Spotify, and both are streamed less than Mariah's compositions like 'WBT', Fantasy or Obsessed

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Fantasy: 415,168,703 plays

Obsessed: 408,337,308 plays

 

Hung Up: 442,485, 133 plays

Like a Prayer: 459,872, 279 plays

 

:confused:

 

 

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18 hours ago, Poncho Barlliams said:

madonan chose to use young teen artists so the new generation knows that she is still alive

 

Dua Lipa
The Weeknd
Anita
Maluma
Justin Timberlake
Britney
Sam Smith

 

She always needed a boost from someone younger to stay relevant.

If Madonna "always needed a boost from younger artists", then how come she managed to secure global and chart topping success without them? How come she didnt start didn't start using them before 2008?

 

MATM doesn't count since it's for Britney's album.  4 Minutes happened 25 years into her career, and the others came WAY later.

 

It's a shame we can't say the same for Mariah, who started using younger artists and bands very early into her career.

 

Boyz to Men

Westlfe

Usher

Ludacris

T-Pain

Nicki Minaj

Nelly

Blood Orange

 

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On 7/13/2024 at 4:58 PM, HardBambi said:

OMG the lambs are trying to deny results when the facts are clear:

 

Madonna 5 songs over 300k

Mariah 2 songs ober 300k


 

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I love seeing Stevvy have meltdowns and pulling up his spreadsheets

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13 hours ago, Charmed Life said:

If Madonna "always needed a boost from younger artists", then how come she managed to secure global and chart topping success without them? How come she didnt start didn't start using them before 2008?

 

MATM doesn't count since it's for Britney's album.  4 Minutes happened 25 years into her career, and the others came WAY later.

 

It's a shame we can't say the same for Mariah, who started using younger artists and bands very early into her career.

 

Boyz to Men

Westlfe

Usher

Ludacris

T-Pain

Nicki Minaj

Nelly

Blood Orange

 

Hmm... and yet she has had more solo #1's than any other female, why?

 

1990 - 4 weeks - Vision of Love

1990 - 3 weeks - Love Takes Time

1991 - 2 weeks - Someday

1991 - 2 weeks - I Don't Wanna Cry

1991 - 3 weeks - Emotions

1993 - 8 weeks - Dreamlover

1993 - 4 weeks - Hero

1995 - 8 weeks - Fantasy

1996 - 2 weeks - Always be my Baby

1997 - 3 weeks - Honey

1998 - 1 week - My All

2005 - 14 weeks - We Belong Together

2005 - 2 weeks - Don't Forget About Us

2008 - 2 weeks - Touch my Body

2019 - 14 weeks - All I want for Christmas

 

collaborated #1's:

 

1992 - 2 weeks - I'll be There (Trey Lorenz)

1995 - 16 weeks - One Sweet Day (Boyz II Men)

1999 - 2 weeks - Heartbreaker (Jay Z)

2000 - 1 week - Thank God I Found You (98° and Joe)

 

#oops?

 

Mariah's appeal for a duet was her vocals. I don't think the same could be said about Madonna. 

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On 7/20/2024 at 5:52 AM, slik said:

Because Madonna has a more versatile, fun, unique and catchy library

 

Mariah should be happy with her buddy the elf x-mas money 

Mariah has the edge when it comes to demographics. She has solid hits in both AC and hip-hop/RnB fields. 

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You guys need to chill and stream the new Queen of Pop Jade's gay anthem Angel of My Dreams

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20 hours ago, stevyy said:

Hmm... and yet she has had more solo #1's than any other female, why?

 

1990 - 4 weeks - Vision of Love

1990 - 3 weeks - Love Takes Time

1991 - 2 weeks - Someday

1991 - 2 weeks - I Don't Wanna Cry

1991 - 3 weeks - Emotions

1993 - 8 weeks - Dreamlover

1993 - 4 weeks - Hero

1995 - 8 weeks - Fantasy

1996 - 2 weeks - Always be my Baby

1997 - 3 weeks - Honey

1998 - 1 week - My All

2005 - 14 weeks - We Belong Together

2005 - 2 weeks - Don't Forget About Us

2008 - 2 weeks - Touch my Body

2019 - 14 weeks - All I want for Christmas

 

collaborated #1's:

 

1992 - 2 weeks - I'll be There (Trey Lorenz)

1995 - 16 weeks - One Sweet Day (Boyz II Men)

1999 - 2 weeks - Heartbreaker (Jay Z)

2000 - 1 week - Thank God I Found You (98° and Joe)

 

#oops?

 

Mariah's appeal for a duet was her vocals. I don't think the same could be said about Madonna. 

Only in the US!

 

Madonna is way bigger worldwide, but that's not the point. The user I quoted tried to shame Madonna for leeching off younger artists, and I said Mariah did the same, but much earlier in her career. Mariah's tally of US #1's (solo or otherwise) is irrelevant.

 

"Marah's appeal for a duet was her vocals"?

 

Yes, let's ignore the fact MICHAEL JACKSON, the most successful and influential solo act of all time, literally asked Madonna to work on a song for his Dangerous album. He didn't ask Mariah. All she had to make do with was a re-recording of a song that was (almost) a quarter of a century old.

 

#Oops? :rip:

 

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On 7/20/2024 at 12:22 AM, slik said:

Because Madonna has a more versatile, fun, unique and catchy library

 

Mariah should be happy with her buddy the elf x-mas money 

Absolutely.

 

I can listen to Madonna's albums one after the other and never get bored. I can't say the same about Mariah.

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Not this fight for a second year in a row :rip:

At least they both get good streams. I would love for my fave to get those streams. Her discography is of the same quality as both Madonna and Mariah.

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