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She\u2019s found a new archnemesis as her crown is threatened<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s only room for one diva in town, and that\u2019s Mariah<\/p>\n
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Sure, she has that five-octave range and can do whistle notes like no other, but everyone knows Mariah Carey\u2019s true talents lie with her epic diva tantrums. And after taking on half the music industry, it seems the megastar has now set her sights on a brand new rival; Taylor Swift. With the younger singer smashing chart records left and right \u2013 including one of Mariah\u2019s \u2013 we\u2019re told the All I Want For Christmas performer is turning green with envy. We hear she\u2019s even banned Taylor\u2019s music from being played in her house\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cMariah is bitching up a storm behind Taylor\u2019s back,\u201d says an insider close to the 54-year-old, who is mum to 12-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan. \u201cShe\u2019s been bitterly complaining about Taylor, saying she doesn\u2019t understand the hype and gets squarely on her nerves. The funny thing is, she used to love singing along to her songs with her kids, but now that\u2019s just a no. She\u2019s banned any of Taylor\u2019s music in the house. Even the suggestion of that would send her into a fit. Mariah really sees Taylor as this jumped-up impostor, saying how the standards have really dipped in recent years. She says this is a sign that folks don\u2019t have the same taste in music that existed back in her heyday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Taylor is set to overtake Mariah in record sales<\/p>\n
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It follows the breaking news that Taylor\u2019s song Cruel Summer has entered the top five in the Hot 100. It means the 33-year-old has now had 27 tracks enter that top tier \u2013 tying with Mariah\u2019s own record. Which, friends say, is a huge part of the problem. \u201cMariah never had an issue with Taylor until she became a threat,\u201d says the source. \u201cThat\u2019s why she\u2019s upset \u2013 because Taylor might beat one of her sales records. Everyone knows Mariah\u2019s had public feuds with a lot of other singers over the years, and it always happens when she\u2019s feeling threatened. She\u2019s so proud of every record and accolade she\u2019s ever earned and loves to brag about her number one status in the pop community. She takes this stuff super seriously and the fact that Taylor\u2019s now tied with her and set to beat her in other records is a huge deal. She\u2019s been living in denial about other singers coming for her crown, but now it\u2019s happening. She gets super annoyed hearing other stars hyped up \u2013 and even worse \u2013 compared to her as if they\u2019re anywhere near her level. As far as she\u2019s concerned, no one is on Mariah\u2019s level.\u201d<\/p>\n
The superstar has feuded with plenty of other singers, including Jennifer Lopez, who she dismissed with the infamous words, \u201cI don\u2019t know her\u2026\u201d Jen later claimed it was all one-sided, explaining in 2014, \u201cI don’t have a feud against her at all. I know from back in the day that she’s said things about me that were not the greatest, but we have never met. We don’t know each other. I think it’s kind of like from word of mouth or things that have happened in the past that I’m not really aware of, but I don’t know.” Mariah also fell out with rapper Nicki Minaj, when they appeared together on American Idol in 2013. The hotheaded stars \u2013 who had duetted in 2009 on Up Out My Face \u2013 repeatedly clashed on the panel, with full on shouting matches breaking out during auditions. There were rumours things got so bad, Nicki threated to shoot Mariah \u2013 an allegation Nicki denies. Mariah then managed a two-for-one with Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato, after claiming to be \u201cbetter\u201d than the Thank U, Next singer. Demi stepped in to defend her friend and J-Lo on Instagram, writing, \u201cMariah is a legend and is so talented but consistently disses people. . . It’s nasty the way she treats Jennifer.\u201d Mariah later re-used her catchphrase, saying, \u201cI don’t know her either. And so I wouldn’t say anything to her. She should come up, introduce herself to me, say, ‘Here’s my opinion, what do you think about it?’ That’s how you handle s***, okay?”<\/p>\n
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Years ago, when Taylor wasn\u2019t a rival for Mariah<\/p>\n
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Rapper Eminem was also the subject of Mariah\u2019s wrath throughout the noughties, after he claimed they\u2019d dated for six months and said, \u201cI just don\u2019t like her as a person\u201d. She denied the relationship, saying, \u201cI hung out with him, I spoke to him on the phone. I think I was probably with him a total of four times. And I don\u2019t consider that dating somebody.\u201d He responded with a track about her and then-husband, Nick Cannon called Bagpipes From Baghdad where he rapped, \u201cNick Cannon, you pr\u2013k, I wish you luck with the f\u2013kin\u2019 whore\u201d. In 2009, Mariah released her own clapback song, Obsessed, where she apparently dressed up as the rapper in the music video. A furious Eminem then released an even meaner diss track called The Warning, where he told Mariah, \u201cBitch, shut the fuck up.\u201d One of Mariah\u2019s more iconic rivalries also broke out in the noughties, when Xtina claimed the diva was \u201cnever cool\u201d with her. She explained in an interview, \u201cOne time, we were at a party and I think she got really drunk, and she had just really derogatory things to say to me.” She later added, \u201cShe hasn’t been nice to me, no.” Mariah hit back by claiming Christina had shown up at her party uninvited, but added, \u201cIt is in my heart to forgive and I will keep her in my prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mariah loves being on stage<\/p>\n
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But Taylor\u2019s not shy of taking on her musical rivals, either. The star \u2013 who\u2019s been writing songs since she was 14 \u2013 famously wrote Bad Blood about Katy Perry, after the I Kissed A Girl star accused her of stealing backup dancers. Katy called Taylor a \u201cRegina George in sheep\u2019s clothing.\u201d But they resolved things in 2018, with Katy recently appearing in the music video for You Need To Calm Down. Taylor\u2019s biggest feud was with Kanye West, who invaded her stage in 2009 at the VMAs, with his now-iconic line, \u201cI\u2019mma let you finish\u2026\u201d and then went for the singer again in 2016, with his track, Famous. His wife at the time, Kim Kardashian, then waded in, claiming Taylor had consented to the song and sharing an edited video on Snapchat. There have also been clashes with Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj, Joe Jonas, Calvin Harris, Damon Albarn, and, of course, Taylor\u2019s frenemy, Karlie Kloss.<\/p>\n
Our insider continues, \u201cTaylor is used to people picking on her. She just laughs it off when she hears these stories about rivals being jealous. It\u2019s been going on for years and it\u2019s water off a duck\u2019s back at this point. But Mariah won\u2019t be letting this go and it\u2019ll get even worse as Christmas approaches. She considers that season to be exclusively her territory, and knows Taylor\u2019s highly likely to record something festive. If Taylor tries to dethrone Mariah as the queen of Christmas music, all hell will break loose!\u201d<\/p>\n
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