Mariah Carey Gets Dumped!

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Dig this news item. This one line just plain SLAYS me.

LONDON (Reuters) - Pop diva Mariah Carey found herself out of a job on Wednesday when record company EMI paid her $28 million to walk away from the biggest recording contract of all time, in a move to cut costs.

British-based EMI Group confirmed weeks of speculation that it was severing ties with the U.S. vocalist after signing her to its Virgin Records label in a mammoth deal last year, only to see her first release "Glitter" sell a mere 2 million copies.
a *MERE* 2 million copies. Ye Gods! If I had a big stack of some random item and sold each for 50 cents each...I'd still have enough money to live like a king! *MERE*! HA!

― Lord Custos, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But they spend $10million on image promotion to make up for lack of musical talent. Mariah symbolizes everything that is wrong with the music industry.

― Dave225, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And the 28 mil in cold hard long cash wouldn't hurt too much. Anyhow, my question is: what degrading, demeaning, embarrasing thing would YOU do for 2 million dollars American (or 1.5 Million pounds sterling for the Brits in the audience)?

― Lord Custos, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

and can the rest of the ILM posse bring camcorders and give you a new nickname?

― Lord Custos, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How much is that in euro's?

― JoB, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

JoB, just deduct 10 percent and you have the amount in €€€. :-)
Hmm, didn't she state that she went a bit gaga cause she didn't have enough ice cream? Well, I bet she'll be able to buy a few Ben & Jerrys now.

― helenfordsdale, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have no problems with people saying that Mariah Carey's songs suck, because the vast majority of them do. I also have no problems with people saying that she's destroyed her voice, because she has. An enforced rest followed by working with a different voice teacher would do wonders for her. I am very suspicious of anyone who says Mariah Carey is untalented, however. You don't have to like someone to recognize their talent. Charlotte Church is a very talented singer; it's just too bad that she's being forced to sing in such an unnatural, unhealthy manner that her tone is inconsistent and grating, plus she sings a lot of stuff that's too mature for her voice to handle right now.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

also CC looks like a guinea pig doing an impression to his bar-doods of a penis puppet

― mark s, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had not considered that, Mark. Perhaps that explains the odd wobble her voice has developed.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

we burnt a Glitter promotional stand up Sunday night. It was the most rewarding experience of my dissappointing life.

― Brock K, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A far more rewarding experience would be to listen again to "Can't Let Go" from her (I think) second album. And her Jackson 5 cover (from around the same time) is great, too.

― scott woods, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Maybe they dropped her because she's crazier than a shithouse rat.

― Andy, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Vision Of Love" is a deeply underrated song aorund these parts. That was one of the best songs that came out that year.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

People have been suggesting she'll kill herself. I think she's more the 'cry for help' sort.

― Dare, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

From the New York Times:
A statement from Carey's publicist said the agreement to dissolve her contract had been amicable and emphasized she had received $49 million for her one album with the label.

So if "Glitter" only sold 2million copies, EMI is out $77million (less the profits from Glitter.) That's just evil.

― Dave225, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So Mariah Carey has accomplished what the Sex Pistols couldn't.

― nickn, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All I can think of here is that David Justice haters have been robbed of what was once a very effective taunt.

― Hot Stove Hand, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mariah Carey = Royal Trux. discuss

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Surely David Justice:Halle Berry::Derek Jeter:Mariah Carey, HotStove? Or are you saying Maria gets around?

― felicity, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

did anyone else see her cribs?? she got in the bathtub...with her robe on?! i think she and whitney are scoring from the same dealer.

― jess, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes! My Justice-taunting continues apace!

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oooh she was weird on cribs. Very drugged-up. You could tell she hadn't even been in half the rooms she was showing off.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There were a few songs off of her 1st album that were pretty damn all right (and I'll admit to enjoying them guilt-free one of these days). There were also a few tracks from that _Butterfly_ album, too - the one w/ Bone Thugs & Harmony comes to mind.

What's happened since that album, though - dear God. I think Mariah's supplying Whitney (and Bobby), and she's getting high on her own supply. (The "ice cream truck" TRL appearance springs to mind.) (The entire "Loverboy" / Jennifer Lopez fiasco also tickles a few neurons in this regard.)

Getting dropped for going double-platinum, though - and getting paid TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION for it? - that's the way to succeed in business.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think the 2 mil figure cited above covers all sales worldwide. All of the news stories I've read about the contract-breaking said Glitter only sold about half a million in this country. It's been a tepid year over-all, but for an artist of her stature, that's a positively mindboggling fall-off. You'd think she'd sell a token couple million, but no.

― Michael Daddino, Saturday, 26 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say she should cheese everyone off and make her Starsailor. It's such a shame to waste that range on the junk she's been making.

― Prude, Saturday, 26 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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