Better Comeback: Confessions on a Dancefloor vs. The Emancipation of Mimi

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Just now, Last Midnight said:

I like the COADF album better, but TEOM is iconic too, and you will all deal. And I'd say TEOM was the better comeback and here's why.

While American Life was a flop album, the era wasn't nearly as embarassing and messy for her as Clitter had been for Mariah, and Cumbucket may have done better saleswise, but it still wasn't the massive comeback she needed, and the vocals just weren't there. TEOM started off slowly with only a top 20 hit with "It's Like That," but it was still her biggest hit since 2000, and even bigger than "Loverboy," despite charting lower. But it still debuted at #1 with her 2nd-biggest first-week sales to date, its second single went to #1 and was named Billboard's Song Of The Decade, its third single went to #2, blocked from #1 by her own damn #1 hit, the single from the re-release went to #1, it became her biggest-selling album since Butterfly, and won her the first Grammys of her career since winning two for her debut.

 

For Vadge, AL was a flop, but there was no messy breakdown, no embarassing flop movie (I mean, no one outside of her stanbase even remembers that Swept Away happened tbh. ) and her very next album was considered a commercial and artistic comeback.

I see your point although it's very US centric which favors the local chanteuse.

Confessions remains queen.

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38 minutes ago, Last Midnight said:

 

ofc, I think Private Dancer by Tina Turner is the greatest musical comeback of all time, but that's another story, which I will tell in a spoiler tag.

 The moment in the end of What's Love Got to Do with It film when an interviewer mentioned her being 40 and having no.1.

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1 minute ago, Nocturn said:

 The moment in the end of What's Love Got to Do with It film when an interviewer mentioned her being 40 and having no.1.

Seriously, the most amazing and inspiring comeback in modern music, when will Circus, TEOM, COADF, etc.?

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The one which was #1 EVERYWHERE

The one with the single that reached only #7 in US but sold +8,000,000 copies

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Confessions. The album was a perfect mixture of her roots with a glimpse into the dance trend that would begin 2-3 years later. This is also the last time she set trends rather than following them like she did with HC or MDNA. Blackout and The Fame also helped revive the dance craze/EDM exposure we see today. All credit to these credits and probably more that I haven't mentioned.

Mimi's record was huge. I remember everyone listening and knowing most of her singles. I mean We Belong Together is iconic and smashed. However, it was during the middle of the R&B/Hip-Hop takeover to which she hasn't seemed to move past with following releases. Both slayed effortlessly and it helped bring their careers after flop eras back into the limelight.

 

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The Emancipation >>> i personally think ROL & M are in a tie with the TEOM, but since u put the overrated COADF, i go with Mariah