Mariah Carey is one of the video stars--and there are many, whose handlers have made them successful by selling the look first, and making sure that the music didn't interfere with it--

Unfortunately, Mariah doesn't look the way she did ten years ago--People talk about her operatic voice,(as I said, I watched her on MTV Unplugged, and have my doubts, but I leave that to others to argue) well, those operatic divas tend to fill out, and she is moving in that direction, as well. She is not unattractive, but she has gotten to be considerably more solid--Her marketers have emphasized the "look" as opposed to the sound, and now her looks have changed--I am sure she noticed it before we did, and probably feels like those added pounds have kept the record sales down.