There's Only One Mariah, Period, End Of Story
 Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Good grief.  New Zealand's "Stuff" Entertainment News published an article today called "Let the Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis feud begin."  Poor Mariah.  After being in the spotlight for about 18 years, Mariah has been compared to everyone from Ciara to Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson to Celine Dion, and countless up-and-comers that never quite made it.

Stuff reported that Mariah doesn't see a similarity between Leona Lewis and her music, saying, "Honestly, there has been so many, 'This is the new her,' and I'm like, 'Okay, show me the new her.  Can she come and work for me and be my double?'"

"And I'm not [in] particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn't really hear a true similarity, particularly in her style of music...it is what it is and critics have compared me to so many people who are not really singers, and they're certainly not writers...If I was to focus on the comparisons and really dwell on that, it would bring me down so I just try to pray that I lose the spirit of jealousy, it's not a good one - envy is a really powerful thing."

We're totally siding with Mariah on this one.  People are obviously trying to stir up a tiff where there is none - and, really, Leona Lewis is 23 years old and brand new to the music scene.  Mariah, no matter what she does with her career from this point on, has already established that she's a music legend.  It reminds us of the internet rumors that were going around earlier this year that Mariah said she'd rather be on stage with a pig than Jennifer Lopez (which was a complete fabrication).

Didn't we learn in kindergarten that every person is completely unique?  Why do we constantly have to compare talented women to each other in the media?

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