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Y'all really be hearing things that don't exist. It's impressive.

Especially when it comes to great singing.

Her first year of eligibility was 2023....

It's not anywhere near close to 9.6 million. Since its last certification in 1999, it has sold about 60,000 copies in the US.

She cannot sing her songs anymore. It's "sing one line", then "yell like you're watching a football game", then "leave most of the hard **** to the playback or the backup singers" (or "gear yourself up to yell a semi-high note". No wonder she hasn't released an album in 590695060. Her voice is in dire straits.

They haven't improved because she can't sing. She's not talented, she's not a songstress.

Now how can that be when he was kicked out of New Edition for doing hard drugs, which was before he met Whitney? Not to mention his mother was a coke dealer and his plug.

Actually, it was Whitney Houston in November 1993 with The Bodyguard, then her self-titled debut album in January 1994. After that, it was Carole King with Tapestry in July 1995. Then Alanis Morissette with Jagged Little Pill in July 1996. They clearly got it wrong, which is why they deleted the tweet.

LOL at "interpretation" of something that was very clearly stated. Stop it.

That is not acknowledging anything about Christina's talent. What are y'all hearing? "She's alright" means "she's alright". It doesn't mean "the girl can sang". You are creating things that Chaka never said because you want to add to your "legends who have praised Christina" book. This isn't one of them. Chaka said Beyonce was a great singer and has chops. That is praise. "A lot of black people like her, she's alright" is not. That's a very neutral comment.

When it comes to Mariah, while being one of the most exceptional vocalists we've ever heard, she's also perhaps the weakest legendary vocalist in the area of live performing. That's never been her strong suit and she's said this herself. What saved her in the early years was that voice, but the moment it started to decline, the performances became far less interesting and far more lip-synced. Chaka has always been a vocalist who not only knows how to command the stage, but blow the roof off it night after night after night with her intense and unique R&B-jazz vocal fusion style. You put them both together on a stage any time in their careers and Chaka is devouring her. She knows how to let loose live in a way Mariah simply never has because she doesn't know how. So I understand how Chaka is miffed about Mariah's placement. And it goes without saying that she's absolutely right about the others.

This is not praise. This is literally indifferrence.

No it was not. The first female album to do so was Whitney's debut.

The same thing that happens to every other artist. They have a sales decline. IDK why anyone thought Adele would have 21/25 numbers in the streaming era.

I mean, it's not a surprise. Madonna was always very jealous of those who were born with immense gifts and talents. Then again, it shows just how hilarious and deluded she was. "Maybe this is what black people felt like when Elvis finally got huge". That's funny for so many reasons I just won't even get into. And while she thought she was in competition with Whitney, Whitney didn't even think of her. "Madonna and I definitely don't have a rivalry". And if she was somehow also implying that she paved any sort of way for Whitney, that has to be the funniest thing perhaps of all time.

Thanks for a paragraph of nothing!

Don't bother. I probably won't even be on here by then. And it's hilarious how you had to go and reference white artists when the topic is BLACK artists and my initial comment was on...BLACK artists. Crying at you not even being able to prove your point with what the topic is actually about. What's sadder is how it's YOUR own thread ????

Says the expert on writing posts about nothing. I'll look out for their diamond certifications that aren't coming,

And I'm saying none of them have even shown this to be even remotely true. You're saying "I'm right because shoulda-woulda-coulda-mighta-perhaps-maybe-one sweet day". Anyone can say that about anything. It doesn't make it true. Until any of those non-diamond records exhibit a huge boost in sales/streams that takes it to diamond certification, I will continue to be right while you will continue to be wrong and very very stupid and dull. Have a good day! Have fun! Sunday funday!

Queen scored new diamond certifications due the biopic? Really? (and Freddie is dead BTW. I said who DIDN'T die) None of these albums went and scored diamond certifications due to a boost in sales. Thanks for proving my point.

LMAO. That could be said about any album, any record, regardless of sales. So my point still stands. In fact, name one artist who experienced such a phenomena in their sales in recent years who DIDN'T die. Exactly.

A lot of these albums the OP listed aren't even close to going diamond. LMAO. Just because 6 is next to 7, which is next to 8, which is next to 9, which is next to 10, doesn't mean 6 is next to 10.

Well, unfortunately, they do now. Before certifications were based on shipments, not necessarily sales. Now, due to streaming and digital sales, physical shipments are obsolete, so....

Probably not lol.

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