Re: mariah scarey (35) vs. Madonna (47)
Granted that Mariah has 17 #1 songs tying her with Elvis Presley and both she and Elvis have three less #1’s than The Beatles (who currently hold the record as having the most #1 songs in U.S. music history), but being up there in the record books with Elvis and the Beatles doesn’t make her a legend. Elvis Presley and The Beatles are legends, but Mariah isn’t and I don’t think the American media will ever declare the diva a legend even if she surpasses The Beatles’ record in the near future.
I think a lot of people here in the U.S. love
her songs, but I don’t think those same people love…
her. I think a lot of the straight guys love her and I think I know what they love about her, LOL, but I think most of the straight women here in the U.S. love to hate the diva. With the LGBT community, I think some people love her and some people love to hate her.
Anyway, I think Mariah Carey being up there in the record books proves to you that if you’re a really good songwriter to write so many #1 songs and a diva like she is, then you can be up there with the legends in the record books and you don’t even have to be a legend yourself! Isn’t that great?!
The latest tours of Madonna and Mariah Carey were stadium-type tours. But I think Madonna is the more popular recording artist because here in the United States, all 32 dates of Madonna’s “Confessions Tour” were sold out. In Mariah Carey’s case, only 6 out of the 25 dates of her “The Adventures of Mimi” tour here in the U.S. were sold out. And it’s been reported that Mariah’s shows in the cities of Seattle, Denver and Hershey were cancelled due to low ticket sales. Madonna didn’t have to cancel any of her U.S. shows, especially since they were all sold out.
You can compare their tours here:
Madonna’s tour:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_Tour
Mariah Carey’s tour:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Mimi
I have a feeling that Mariah won't ever become a legend, but I think Madonna will. I believe some people in the American media have referred to Madonna as the “Queen of Pop”, but I don’t think anyone has ever said that about Mariah...I think they usually just point out that she’s a diva.
Pardon me about my JUB screen name, but I didn’t spend time to think of a name when I registered and so I just quickly nonchalantly pressed some keys without looking, but I’m thinking about contacting an administrator to change my screen name to “mainstream_music_lover” because I’ve always loved Pop and R&B and Hip-Hop music and I’ve listened to radio and read Billboard magazine since I was a kid, so I know much about what’s going on in Pop and R&B and Hip-Hop music today.