Leona Lewis Is Not Mariah Carey, Says Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is reportedly tired of and confused by comparisons between her and British singer Leona Lewis. Maybe she should also be tired that she’s playing into the “pitting successful women against each other game.” Because no one wins that game. Except us!:

The chart-topping singer insists she “didn’t really hear any similarity” between Leona’s music and her own, and claims there will never be a “new” Mariah.

She said: “Honestly, there has been so many, ‘This is the new her,’ and I’m like, ‘OK, show me the new her. Can she come and work for me and be my double?’”

Mariah doesn’t need a double.

“And I’m not particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn’t really hear a true similarity, particularly in the 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.”

We don’t really get the comparison either, as both women have their own unique styles of singing that we really don’t care for. Also, we kind of suspect that this comparison smacks a wee bit of racism, and is born out of the fact that both women are “ambiguously ethnic,” as far as mainstream media is concerned. Ignore them, Mariah. Ignore them as you count your money in your bedazzled Hello Kitty mansion.

Mariah: Leona Lewis is not the new me [NZ Herald]