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Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love” is the most influential vocal performance of all-time.

In May of 1990 Long Island native Mariah Carey “realized a dream, and visualized the love that came to be“.  “Vision of Love,” her “first single – ever,” was released in advance of her self-titled debut album. “Vision of Love” spent 4 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 that summer, the longest run of any song that year. Lyrically “Vision of

Playlist: An hour with Lady Gaga

February 26, 2015
Lady Gaga is a curious case. She catapulted to the stratosphere with her breakthrough debut album, The Fame, in 2008 and quickly became one of the world’s biggest stars. However, by the end of the run of her (technically) third album in 2011, her star seemed to be dimming a bit.

The 19 “97” Albums of 2014!

January 6, 2015
If anything should be noted about the albums released in 2014, it’s the fact that they seemed to matter way more this year in comparison to recent years. While commercially that may not be the case with sales going down overall, artistically, the album had a bit of a rebirth in

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