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In the final, Maccabi successfully defended its title, defeating TAU 90-78. As the song has sold more than 600,000 downloads, it has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. The semifinal matchups were:. To date, the digital download of "We Belong Together" (counting sales of the original version and the remix) has sold over 698,000 copies. The following teams were involved:. Though other songs such as Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", Will Smith's "Switch", and Gorillaz' "Feel Good Inc." had also featured free downloads to succeed on the charts, "We Belong Together" is the single that enforced the new digital filters in Billboard's charts: free downloads no longer count towards a song's position. The semifinals took place on May 6, with the third-place and championship games on May 8. With the situation explained, Carey was accused of using manipulative chart tricks that people believed she had employed when Virgin sold Carey's "Loverboy" (2001) single for an extremely low price.^[17] In regard to this, Bronson also stated that all Carey's previous singles had reached number one legitimately and fairly.

The 2005 Final Four was held in Moscow, Russia. Had the correct filters been in place, "We Belong Together" would probably not have climbed to number one until the following week.^[17]. The semifinal losers play for third place; the winners play for the championship. According to Billboard's director of charts, Geoff Mayfield, their filters were not in place at the time to enforce their policy about free downloads not counting towards the charts. The Final Four, held at a predetermined site, features the winners of the four quarterfinal series in one-off knockout matches. The situation prompted letters to be written to Billboard columnist Fred Bronson, asking if it was possible that free downloads were accidentally counted while compiling that week's Hot 100 chart.^[17] Originally, Bronson stated that the downloads did not help the song reach its position, but subsequently replied in his "Chart Beat Chat" column on June 3, 2005 that Billboard had indeed made a mistake. In the quarterfinal round, the first-place team from each group is matched against a second-place team from another group in a best-of-three series, with two of the three possible games scheduled at the first-place team's home court. Apparently, these free downloads affected the Hot 100 chart placings the week that "We Belong Together" ascended to number one.

Now, the first- and second-place teams from each group advance. During the final week of May 2005, the DJ Clue remix of the song, being sold exclusively through iTunes, was offered as a free download through Carey's official website. Before, only the group winners advanced to the Final Four (see below). It also reached number two for four weeks on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts, and the United World Charts for a total of five consecutive weeks. New for the 2004-05 season was a quarterfinal round. In the UK the song debuted at number two behind Tupac Shakur and Elton John's "Ghetto Gospel". As in the regular season, each Top 16 group is contested in a double round-robin format. It spent two weeks at number one.

The second phase, known as the Top 16, then begins. It debuted at number one on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart on June 27, becoming Carey's second single after "Fantasy" (1995) to top the chart. At the end of the regular season, the field is cut from 24 to 16; the surviving teams are divided into four groups. markets. Each team plays two games (home-and-home) against every other team in its group. The song was a success in several major non-U.S. The first phase is the regular season, in which 24 teams, divided into three groups of eight, participate. 'We Belong Together' is an enduring standard that reaffirms her position as a great songwriter and singer, with the unique ability to merge across all musical genres and cultural boundaries".^[16] The song was the most played single of the year, appearing at number-one on the year-end Hot 100 Airplay charts.

The Euroleague is currently contested in four phases. Antonio Reid said of the song's success: "Mariah proves once again that the word-of-mouth power of her fan base is unsurpassed in the pop, R&B and hip-hop markets. Most of the founding clubs came from Spain, Italy and Greece. It became the first song to break the 200 million one-week BDS audience barrier.
The Euroleague was established by ULEB, the Union of European Leagues of Basketball, which in turn was created by a group of 24 elite club teams. It also reached 223 million audience impressions as counted by Nielsen BDS, breaking the record held by Mario's "Let Me Love You". The Euroleague is a high-caliber professional basketball league with teams from all over Europe. On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song remained at number one for sixteen weeks, tying the record with No Doubt's "Don't Speak" (1995) for second place only behind the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (1998) with eighteen weeks.

The titles are dated back to 1958 when the first European Champions cup was played. According to Mediabase and Nielsen BDS, "We Belong Together" became responsible for breaking numerous airplay records. 2005 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel). On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the song remained at number one for fourteen weeks, tying the record with Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" as the longest running number-one on the chart. 2004 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel). Carey also became the first female lead artist to simultaneously occupy the top two positions on the Hot 100 chart when "Shake It Off" (the albums' third single) ascended to number two during "We Belong Together"'s fourteenth week at number one. 2003 FC Barcelona (Spain). Its run at number one was briefly interrupted by Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" when it debuted at number one as a result of strong CD sales, but "We Belong Together" returned to number one the following week.

2002 Panathinaikos Athens (Greece). On the Billboard Hot 100, the song ascended to number one eight weeks after its debut, and spent a record tying fourteen non-consecutive weeks at the top. 2001* Virtus (Kinder) Bologna (Italy). It also became the first song to simultaneously occupy the number-one position on the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the Pop 100, Pop 100 Airplay, Top 40 Mainstream, Rhythmic Top 40, and the Adult R&B Billboard Radio Monitor chart. 2000 Panathinaikos Athens (Greece). The song had major cross over success, charting on a record thirteen different Billboard charts. 1999 Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania). Before 2005 and following 1999, Carey's popularity on the radio had declined as a result of the lower airplay chart positions.^[15] However, "We Belong Together" became Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 due to strong airplay, and it proved to be the biggest hit of Carey's career; it has also become her label Island Def Jam Records' biggest hit.

1998 Virtus (Kinder) Bologna (Italy). "We Belong Together" was released to radio on March 26, 2005. 1997 Olympiacos (Greece). but if you weren't a fan of Mariah's work before, you're not going to start now".^[13] This sentiment was echoed by a reviewer from Virgin.net, who also wrote that the lyrics were made up of clichés, and "no matter how impeccable her voice [is], it cannot compensate for the sheer lack of inspiration behind this 'music'".^[14]. 1996 Panathinaikos (Greece). Helen Duong of UkMusic felt that it was "bearable.. 1995 Real Madrid (Spain). While the song has proved to be popular with fans and critics alike, it also received some unfavorable reviews.

1994 Joventut Badalona (Spain). pop/R&B song writing".^[5]. 1993 CSP Limoges (France). there's a classic sensibility to the lyrics and sound of "We Belong Together" that makes for perfect.. 1992 Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia). In its countdown of 2005's best songs, the magazine placed "We Belong Together" at number two.^[10] Billboard also noted Carey's voice, hailing the song as a "return-to-form R&B groove ballad...with her vocals taking center stage".^[11] In a New York Times article, Kelefa Sanneh proclaimed "We Belong Together" 2005's "song of the summer", and offered the opinion that Carey's different and challenging singing style here may have contributed to its popularity,^[12] while Johnny Loftus of Metrotimes opined that the song was "straightforward, heartfelt and classy.. 1991 KK Split (Pop 84) (Yugoslavia). Apart from being influenced by Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and Babyface's "Two Occasions", Slant wrote that "We Belong Together" is subtly reminiscent of Janet Jackson's "Come Back to Me" (1990), as both had similar themes and simple musical backings.

1990 KK Split (Jugoplastika) (Yugoslavia). A critic for Slant Magazine wrote: "the wobbly diva [keeps] cool with breathy, rapid-fire verses until the final full-voiced climax that, though scratchy, proves that The Voice has indeed returned...Mariah's finally got her own anthem". 1989 KK Split (Jugoplastika) (Yugoslavia). "We Belong Together" received generally positive reviews, and many critics believed that the song marked the true "return of the voice". 1988 Olimpia (Philips) Milan (Italy). Carey also preformed a remix of the song at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. 1987 Olimpia (Tracer) Milan (Italy). After performing the song at Live 8 in the UK, Carey was criticized for touting "We Belong Together" as her new song to the audience in attendance; many thought this was inappropriate for such a concert.

1986 Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia). It was after the broadcast that the song began being played on daytime-oriented Adult Contemporary radio station formats, leading to its subsequent record-breaking impressions statistics. 1985 Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia). Carey's performance of "We Belong Together" on The View helped expose the song to a daytime audience. 1984 Virtus (Banco di Roma) Rome (Italy). It was also Launch's most-watched video of 2005, with 7.5 million streamed performances. 1983 Pallacanestro Cantù (Ford) (Italy). The music video was successful on several music-video countdowns such as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, BET's 106 & Park, MuchMusic's Countdown (where it spent two weeks at number one) and MTV's TRL, where it retired at number one.

1982 Pallacanestro Cantù (Squibb) (Italy). While it is speculated that Carey used the dress as a publicity stunt to help promote her new album, she insists that the video treatment called for a wedding dress, and she simply happened to possess one.^[9]. 1981 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel). The video triggered much publicity as the Vera Wang wedding dress is the one Carey wore at her 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola, whom she later divorced.^[8] The media also compared the Eric Roberts character to Mottola and the Wentworth Miller character to Derek Jeter. 1980 Real Madrid (Spain). She runs away from her heartbroken husband-to-be and leaves the ceremony with her former beau. 1979 KK Bosna Sarajevo (Yugoslavia). It is then when she decides that she had her former boyfriend "belong together".

1978 Real Madrid (Spain). As she reaches the altar, Carey catches sight of her former boyfriend watching the wedding from a distance. 1977 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel). Once the wedding begins, Carey walks down the aisle towards her smiling husband-to-be (played by Eric Roberts). 1976 Pallacanestro Varese (Mobilgirgi) (Italy). Leading up to the ceremony, she debates whether her heart belongs with her former boyfriend or her fiancé. 1975 Pallacanestro Varese (Ignis) (Italy). The "We Belong Together" video begins the following morning where Carey prepares for the wedding.

1974 Real Madrid (Spain). In the "It's Like That" video, Carey's character was seen at a party the night before her wedding, when a guest (played by Wentworth Miller) revealed himself as a former beau of Carey's. 1973 Pallacanestro Varese (Ignis) (Italy). It serves as the sequel and conclusion to the video for "It's Like That" (the two music videos were filmed simultaneously). 1972 Pallacanestro Varese (Ignis) (Italy). The music video for "We Belong Together" was directed by Brett Ratner and closely follows the theme and storyline of the song. 1971 CSKA Moscow (USSR). The third phase presents Carey raising her voice an octave, expressing her sheer frustration and desperation.

1970 Pallacanestro Varese (Ignis) (Italy). After failing to distract herself, she ends up furiously pleading for him to return. 1969 CSKA Moscow (USSR). The hip hop influence on her vocal delivery becomes more prominent, and she uses just a few notes to deliver a burst of words. 1968 Real Madrid (Spain). In the next, she becomes increasingly agitated, and she tries to distract herself by listening to the radio. 1967 Real Madrid (Spain). In the first, Carey sings sadly, regretting the loss of her lover.

1966 Olimpia (Simmenthal) Milan (Italy). There are three phases in the song, each containing a different style of singing. 1965 Real Madrid (Spain). You gotta SING these songs.' When she did that on "We Belong Together" it became such a massive record."^[7]. 1964 Real Madrid (Spain). I told her, 'that's not gonna work. 1963 CSKA Moscow (USSR). She'd gotten into this whisper mode where everything was soft.

1962 Tbilisi (USSR). He explained, "When I went into the studio with Mariah my first thing to do was to change the format of how she'd been singing. 1961 CSKA Moscow (USSR). Upon Jermaine Dupri's insistence, Carey also employed the full-voiced style that defined her singing during the 1990s, rather than the soft and breathy style that she had often been criticised for. 1960 ASK Riga (USSR). It was obvious that if it was touching us, it was going to reach other people too."^[2]. 1959 ASK Riga (USSR). We realized that once we did it, it was an inspiration in terms of how I was singing it.

1958 ASK Riga (USSR). Said Carey, "People have to learn the art of subtlety. Ülker (Istanbul). The song also marks a change in Carey's style; a contrast to her favored melismatic style, Carey employed a state of vocal restraint, phrases several words per note, and sometimes sings counter to the rhythm. Efes Pilsen (Istanbul). While it is primarily an R&B ballad featuring a blend of quiet storm and soul ambience,^[6] it also contains sensibilities of hip hop music, most evident in Carey's fast-paced singing. Winterthur FCB (Barcelona). The song begins with a piano playing part of the chorus in C major.^[4] As Carey vocalizes, rhythm and bass are added into the background, creating an understated, relaxed tempo^[5] in a 4/4 time signature; a quarter note constitutes each beat.^[4] The song contains a mixture of different styles and sounds.

Unicaja (Málaga). As Carey had wanted her vocals to be the song's main force, the musical backing was sparse and unadorned, being led by a beat and simple piano chords. TAU Cerámica (Vitoria/Gasteiz). Because of the interpolation of these songs, their writers were given co-writing credit on "We Belong Together". Real Madrid-Teka. The reference is clearer on the Jadakiss–Styles remix, where she continues singing the rest of the chorus of the earlier song. Union Olimpija (Ljubljana). The latter line is the first line of the chorus of "Two Occasions".

Partizan PMB (Belgrade). Immediately after that, she changes radio stations and refers to Babyface's 1987 song recorded by The Deele, "Two Occasions":. CSKA Moscow. In the middle phase of "We Belong Together", she mentions Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1981):. Prokom Trefl Sopot. Carey and Dupri came up with the idea of drawing influence from other hits. Žalgiris (Kaunas). She wants her ex-lover to come back, as she lost a part of herself when he left, and no one can take his place.

Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius). Carey sings, "I didn't mean it when I said/ I didn't love you so.../ I was stupid, I was foolish/ I was lying to myself". Montepaschi Siena. The lyrics chronicle a relationship that had ended on the wrong terms, with the protagonist accepting the blame. Climamio Bologna. Instead, she feels that the song can be seen as a universal love anthem that everyone can relate to. Benetton Treviso. When asked about the story behind the song, Carey responded, "Basically, it's about someone you used to be with and you're not with them anymore for whatever reason, but you know in your heart that is the right person for you".^[3] The song is not about any of Carey's previously confirmed lovers (Tommy Mottola, Derek Jeter, or Luis Miguel).

Armani Jeans Milano. It was among the last records written for The Emancipation of Mimi; after Dupri and Carey had finished recording the album, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group, felt that something was still missing, so he encouraged them to write more songs."^[2] Following considerable experimentation, "It's Like That" (the album's first single) and "We Belong Together" were written. Maccabi Tel Aviv. The song was primarily written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johnta Austin, and produced by Carey, Dupri, and Seal. Panathinaikos (Athens). . Olympiacos Piraeus. Billboard charts, it is also considered her comeback single following the commercial failure of the singles from Glitter (2001) and Charmbracelet (2002).^[1] "We Belong Together" was also a success outside of the U.S.; apart from peaking at number one in countries including Australia and France, it was named the "song of the year" at the 2005 World Music Awards ceremony.

AEK Athens. After winning two Grammy Awards and breaking many chart and airplay records on the U.S. Bamberg. The song has now become Carey's signature song. Strasbourg. Its protagonist declares herself "stupid" and "foolish" for ending a relationship on the wrong terms, and she wants her former lover to return as she feels that they "belong together". Pau-Orthez. The song is an R&B ballad and has been noted for its quiet storm ambience, laid back piano-driven rhythm and Carey's subdued vocals.

Cibona VIP (Zagreb). It was released as the second single from the album in 2005 (see 2005 in music), and was both a critical and commercial success. Maccabi 91-82 Panathinaikos. "We Belong Together" is a pop–R&B song co-written and co-produced by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey for her ninth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). CSKA 78-85 TAU Cerámica. "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental). Panathinaikos (Greece). "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal).

TAU Cerámica (Spain) (official club name: Saski Baskonia, or simply Baskonia). "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix). Maccabi Tel Aviv. "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix). CSKA Moscow. "We Belong Together" (album version). "We Belong Together" (remix) featuring Jadakiss And Styles P.

"We Belong Together" (album version). Rauhofer/Atlantic Soul mixes"). ² ("P. DJ Clue, Jadakiss, & Styles P").

¹ ("Remix feat. Mastered by Herb Powers. Mixed by Phil Tan. Assistant engineer – Tadd Mingo.

Engineers – Brian Garten, John Horesco IV. Background vocals – Mariah Carey. Lead vocals – Mariah Carey.