Minimal values of multiplicities of ideals have a strong relation with the depth of blowup algebras. In this paper, we introduce the notion of Goto-minimal j-multiplicity for ideals of maximal analytic spread. In a Cohen-Macaulay ring, inspired by the work of S. Goto, A. Jayanthan, T. Puthenpurakal, and J. Verma, we study the interplay among this new notion, the notion of minimal j-multiplicity introduced by C. Polini and Y. Xie, and the Cohen-Macaulayness of the fiber cone of ideals satisfying certain residual assumptions. We are also able to provide a bound on the reduction number of ideals of Goto-minimal j-multiplicity having either Cohen-Macaulay associated graded algebra, or linear decay in the depth of their powers.Theorem 4.2. Let R be a Cohen-Macaulay local ring of dimension d, with maximal ideal m, and infinite residue field. Let I be an R-ideal with analytic spread ℓ(I) = s and reduction number r. Assume I satisfies G s and AN − s−2 . Let J be a minimal reduction of I such that r J (I) = r and assume J ∩ I j m = JI j−1 m for every 2 j r, then the following are equivalent:The second result is a generalization of [10, 2.7], here a(F (I)) is the a-invariant of F (I):Theorem 4.8. Let R be a Cohen-Macaulay local ring of dimension d, with maximal ideal m, and infinite residue field. Let I be an R-ideal with analytic spread ℓ(I) = s, grade g, and reduction number r. Assume I satisfies G s , AN − s−2 , and Im = Jm for J a minimal reduction of I. Consider the following statements i) R(I) is Cohen-Macaulay (when g 2), ii) G(I) is Cohen-Macaulay, iii) F (I) is Cohen-Macaulay and a(F (I)) −g + 1, iv) r s − g + 1.