Macy’s 2013 ‘4th of July’ Firework Spectacular was chock full of star power with the likes of Cher, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and Pitbull all taking the stage. However, it was the performance of headliner/Pop icon Mariah Carey that seemed to be the night’s most anticipated event.
Lending electric showings of her latest Miguel-assisted hit ‘Beautiful’, ‘America The Beautiful’, and ‘Hero’, the performances come as her first live act since her backing track backlash at a BET Awards outing days ago.
Does Mariah let her multioctave range shine through this time? Or did she enlist her trusty pre-recording for a flawless redo?
Tell us below:
Much better Mariah! Thanks for the reminder of your abilities.
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IGNORE what Nick said about “best selling artist” @ S******.
Oh, and this was partly lipped, not fully. The high notes at the end were absolutely #beautiful.
Haha, i’m used to it, Mariah believes her own hype.
But Nick is the one that said it though, not Mariah so how is it Her “believing her own hype?”
Because she let them do so, i’m not mad, as i say I’M USED TO IT.
Lol. But how do you know “she let them do so?”
Are you a spy?
Because they continue doing so, i also read somewhere that she will not appear in any tv, awards, ect, ect…shows, if she’s not introduced that way, could be a lie, could be true.
@S******…
I don’t think that’s true.
‘Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand’ are the ONLY three Diva’s who could ever demand such a thing.
Madonna, to an extent, also.
LOL. 🙂
@Jared
Arethat is the most arrogant among those, i don’t think Madonna cares much about her records sales as much as her fans, i believe she really lost interest in break any kind of record.
You mean how Madonna believes her own hype? Kinda the same way.
Madonna does it, Mariah does it, Celine does it. Who cares? All of them are in a way. Numbers can also be manipulated.
#pressed!
But is she not the bestselling female artist according to soundscan…we all know sales before soundscan were inflated for dear life..so Nick is right
Baby soundscan means US and CANADA, what do you mean that Madonna sales were inflated in the 80’s when she had her best selling album in the 90’s.
Really?
So does that mean that both Whitney, Michael and Celine’s sales were inflated also, prior to 1991, seeing that they all, more or less, made their solo debuts between 1979 – 1984 respectively?
Well, Nick siad “best selling artist,” not best selling female artist. Knowing that S****** would likely say something about it I was just saying that there’s no point.
@SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE)
Why i have the impression that you think i hate Mariah?
Is she or is she not the the bestselling female artist according to soundscan?????Why would reputable sources still refer to her as bestselling when madge is over 100million records ahead????When thriller numbers are estimated btwn 65m-110m,why such a huge margin of estimation???sorry i’ll stick with soundscan 😉
@S******
I wouldn’t say that you “hate” her, but I think you dislike her and try and play nice sometimes because you don’t want to come off as a hater. I hate when people say they like Mariah (or any other artist) but shade them every chance they get.
You don’t have to like/love her but just be honest…
@SLAYRIAH
That SITTING ON A HAY STACK LIKE A DAMN COW was probably him…you know how these madonna fans swarm mariah videos before any other
@DOSSOME
Thriller was at 65 mark by the time MJ died, it must be now between 68-70, i agree that his sales were inflated probably because he wanted to be compared to The Beatles and Elvis but there is not question that Thriller is the best selling album of all times, i don’t know why his fans insist in such invented sales, as if 65/70 weren’t outstanding, Thriller is the epitome of success. On Mariah there is also no question that she is the best selling female artist of the 90’s but that’s it, the 90’s, if you compared her sales to Madonna, you will notice that Madonna has always been the biggest star worldwide, Mariah could top her in the US but just as Barbra is not bigger than Madonna in the rest of the world, Mariah would not be still the best selling female artist ww, Madonna’s sales in a worldwide scale are only comparable with MJ, Elvis and The Beatles, when it comes to global sales, she leaves any female artist in the dust.
@SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE)
That’s not true, i dislike lots of things about her and some of her fans but as far shades her on purpose, not.
@DOSSOME
I don’t have a youtube account, lol, not all Madonna fans are the same and the same applies to the lambs.
@S******…
I agree.
In terms of Global sales, according to Billboard. Biz and other intl’ sales sites, only ‘Madonna, Nina Mouskouri, Yma Sumac, Joan Sutherland and Doris Day’ are the female artists with the most sold records worldwide – 300+ Million each, certified or not.
‘Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Johnny Mathis and Pat Boone’ are the best selling male artists of all time – 400+ Million each, certified or not.
@S******…
Not Pat Boone, sorry. I meant ‘Julio Iglesias’.
@Jared
Propaganda. Julio Iglesias didn’t sold that much, 300 million my ass, Nina too, she was only a popular in France and Germany i think, and her sales there weren’t are great, some music critics say that her worldwide sales could have not past the 25 million, people think we are really that stupid to belive a non global star has sold more or the same as Elvis, the Beatles, MJ and Madonna.
@S******…
You’re both correct and incorrect.
Generally speaking, when ‘Worldwide Record Sales’ are taken into consideration, the continents which are, generally, appointed are that of: North America and Europe – and, in some cases, the East Asian regions – specifically, Japan.
You have to remember that ‘Asia’ is a continent with 3 Billion people altogether (India, a country in South-Asia, houses 1+ Billion people alone as does China).
‘Africa’ is a continent with 1.5 Billion people. South & Central America and regions/continents with 500+ Million people and so forth…
It is, indeed, quite possible that artists from their respective country/continent can outsell any mainstream artist from the western world any day.
Madonna has barely surpassed 5 Million units in ‘Africa; 30 years since her debut whereas, Miriam Makeba, a South-African singer has sold a, reportedly, 150+ Million records in Africa alone.
You see?
Julio Iglesias has sold over 60+ Million Records in Spanish/Portugese Africa alone, so, it is quite possible that he has sold over 300+ Million Records Worldwide.
Idim Mohammad is a pakistani singer and has sold over 100+ Million reocrds in Asia without EVER having crossed over into the Western World.
I believe in this theory and think it is true. 😉
@Jared
You are also both correct and incorrect since the market in those countries with 1 billion or so of population is very poor, the market is much bigger in countries such as France, Italy or Germany, hence that’s why the US is the biggest market and its population is not even close to the population of India or China, where the market is even smaller than the UK, AFrica is another axample of propaganda, are we gonna pretend that people in Africa buy more records than food.
@S******…
True…
You have a point there about ‘Marketing’.
It probably is propaganda, as you say. But, if that’s the case, it makes no sense. By all means, the reported sales of artists, belonging to the Western world, will probably be more reputable than that of an artist from ‘Thailand’ per say, however, in saying that, who do you truly believe?
Madonna is no doubt the ‘Biggest Selling Female Artist of All Time’ from the western world, but only in N.A, EUR & S.A and Australia by and large.
Continents such as ‘Asia’ & ‘Africa’ and the sub-continents ‘Oceania’ and’ The Middle-East’ have rarely contributed to buying her records, but she can tour there because of her extensive global marketing campaigns over the years.
You know? It’s a hard call.
And, remember, not all countries in Africa are famine-ridden. ‘Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Angola and Ghana’ do have large business industries. 😉
@Jared
I’m not talking only about Madonna but also about MJ and the likes, however Madonna has been even more succesful in Australia than Kylie Minogue, that says a lot, in the Middle-East she is also very popular and, no matter if she sold in Africa 5 million or 0, when you put together all her records sales she beats every female musician by miles, the same can be said of Elvis and The Beatles, Africa didn’t love them as much as AMERICAN or EUROPE, they’re white, you won’t find Africans buying records of white people, it’s a cultural thing but they beat everyone else with their discography sales.
LOL.
Yes, I understand your point, but you can’t exactly say that “Africans don’t buy records of White people” – that is, somewhat, of a biased generalization. By all means, Africans who are educated about the western world and western music, or of whom live in the western world, will of course do so but those who live within the continent may not. To say “It’s a cultural thing” is wrong but what I think you meant to say is that they “aren’t familiar” with many White, western artists – including many famous Black ones also – that is, more so, the case.
Today, there are so many hybrids of African and Western music (Digital Afro-Beat), so they must know something. The same goes for East-Asian music: K-Pop, J-Rock, Bollywood Music etc…
And what? Madonna has sold more than Kylie Minogue in Australia? DAMN. Then again, she has sold more records in the U.K than in Asutralia. 🙂 🙂 🙂
She’s still the DIVA. No doubt about it. Great performance!!!!
Sitting on a hay stack like a damn cow
First comment on Youtube, don’t judged me, it was funny, lol.
S******, didn’t she sound so much better. I loved Hero performance. It was good but not great but atleast she sung live and sung all her high notes and added more high notes. She needs more vocal lessons and practice. Also, S****** how big is your WHITE penis.
lol, What’s up with the last question? let’s leave all the dirty conversations for the Rihanna posts and focus on the queen, the one and only, Mariah Carey. <3
@Stephy kids don’t behave like that, i haven’t measured my d*** yet, would/could you come and do it for me?
@Blondey It would be a pleasure to measure your WHITE PIPE! To bad I don’t live in California
@Stephy
I live in NY but i’m on vacation in California.
You’re a mess!!!
But, yes, I saw that too…
My friend spat out all of her food when she read that – she laughed so hard. 🙂
Lol.
It’s just as funny as when people talk about how Madonna is an old h** looking w****, her man arms and hands and her crypt keeper looking face. Oh, and how she slept with TONS of dj’s, record execs, producers etc. to get where she is today. Oh, and how she is an egotistical megalomaniac HAHAHAHA So funny. 🙂 I see what you mean. It’s hilarious !!!!
We won´t judge you. But let me just say Madonna is looking absolutely HORRIBLE, especially in the face. It´s a f****** disaster. If you get so much surgery at least you should do it like Cher and look good. If it´s not going to look good on you (everybody´s faces and skin is different) it´s better not to touch it that much. Not to mention her face is so hairy now, and her arms and especially hands are a veiny disaster.
About Mariah: I would say she looks absolutely stunning for her age right now. For her the most difficult thing to maintain is her weight, but she ages so much better than Madonna, especially in the face, and that´s the most important thing when it comes to beauty: the face. Of course she is younger. But you know, I find kind of weird you had to comment about Mariah like that. When she just gave these great performances. Weren´t you saying the other day Madonna outsings Mariah in 2013???????? LOLOLOL Madonna can barely speak for a while if the crowd is too loud. I´ve seen her struggling to finish a speech at some MTV awards a few years ago, not even her speaking voice was able to not break when she had to talk louder than usual.
How is it going in California hun? 🙂
I knew Mariah could still sing live. She is just so f****** lazy nowadays. Maybe its because she is more concernded with being a mother now instead of a full time POP star. But I don’t care what anyone says. I really enjoyed Hero performance. She changed up the vocal runs and it was COMPLETELY LIVE. She sound good not amazing but good. Mariah stop being lazy start putting in the work again please!
Sorry but she sounds more than good. I mean these performances alone now, in 2013, after all the vocal decline and vocal pressure and over use, are better and her voice is better and more special than a newbie like Ariana Grande with a “virgin” voice. That´s how good she is.
OH MY GOD. HOW CAN SOMEONE SOUND THIS DAMN GOOD. WHERE ALL THE HATERS NOW?
Probably suffering a meltdown…
Just watched the HERO performance,OMGGGGGG,PURE SLAYAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard it was lipped. Could you post it for me please??
IT WAS LIVE!!!!!!Who does multiple takes of her song to sound perfect then settles for a backtrack???twitterverse is hailing my queen
Nope, it was live. I saw it on my HD television it was live she was talking and singing at the same time. She even added new notes for HERO. I loved it.
Even her speaking voice before starting “Hero” sounds like pure slayage 🙂
She CAME SHE conquered. #MariahFourthofJuly lessors take notice all others #staypressed #DropsMike
Yaaasss!!! lol
As usual TGJ retracts his balls and stays silent on the SHADE since there is none to throw #BowDown the True vocal #Queen hath spoken
So would you rather them shade her? They’re giving props… Y”all ask for too much
She sounded, absolutely, terrific and Miguel is just Gorgeous.
It’s genuine performances, such as these, that remind me why I am a fan of Ms. Carey-Cannon
1990 – 2013 & she’s still going strong.
#Respect. 😉
AMEN!!!!! GO MARIAH!!!! OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED!!!
She is more imitated more now in 2013 than ever! The power of timeless true greats…
Strong baby!
I’m only excited for the ‘America the Beautiful’ performance TBH. She slayed it in 1990 and in 2005 and I’m sure she did again in 2013.
OMG MARIAH SLAY ON THAT PERFORMANCE YO!!
WHO SAY MARIAH CAN”T SING LIVE ANYMORE U GUYS ARE AN IDIOT!!!
She slayed hun!
Yes Mariah, you did your thing this go around. You showed the the naysayers yet again, why you are the Queen of vocals!!
A true queen!
Rihanna’s 14th VEVO certified video for the Madonna of the digital era. Most viewed artist on Youtube/Vevo and has the most subscribers of all VEVO channels with 9 million subscribers. Next, take a bow.
http://youtu.be/CvBfHwUxHIk
Is that Leona Lewis in your avi?
Yassss, love her “Glassheart” album, “Lovebird” is my song. The girl has got some serious pipes.
Oh, so that would explain your username. & thank god you got over the Rihanna twitter thing, I missed you.
Yeah, Leona does have a beautiful voice but,
Ariana>>> Leona
Im so happy for Rihanna, she is truly a successful pop star. Love Her
@SLAYRIAH CAREY (TOUR DE FORCE)
I like Ariana, I play “the way” on RIHpeat but I give Ariana 2-3 more years for her to be better than Leona.
Ariana is extremely talented but is inexperienced, she needs to horn her skills and slay like she is meant to do. She’ll own the other Nick/Disney girls (Selena, Miley, Demi) once she develops her voice.
She lookes gorgeous with the purple dress.
Yes She Did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, My Mimi *Tears*
Do you know/watch a reality competition show called “Big Brother?”
No, why?
Very good Mariah
Admittedly, I was not too much a fan of the ‘Hero’ performance.
However, I am glad that she sung it in the key in which she was most comfortable in and did not strain her upper register in trying to hit the high, belted, notes during the songs bridge.
She looks radiant nonetheless. 😉
I agree.
Even Mariah is really appreciative of the responses she’s getting for HERO,& they will still say she’s arrogant…That song will NEVER die…i heard she performed 4TH OF JULY too but that wasn’t aired
Lol, Mariah is definitely not “arrogant.” I love the HERo performance, her voice sounded amazing. notice how the haters aren’t on this post; because they know they can’t accuse her of anything this this time.
Omg, i was listening to 4th of July earlier. It would be nice if she performed that.
The “ones” that are on this post are very discrete 😉 …I was nervous for her and she just slayed that HERO performance..i’m so thrilled..
@Dossome
The “ones” that are on this post are very discrete
Haha i know, you think i’m one of those, i have love for everybody 🙂
@S******
Why would i accuse you of hating anyone dahhling…you know i love you,right?
I´ve seen a short clip of Mariah doing “Fourth of July” acapella. The nerve to say she can´t sing in 2013 and that even Rihanna or Madonna can outsing her… omg haters were really believeing their own hype lately. Just like how those few JLo stans were believing their own hype last May when both women were releasing their singles at the same time. What happened? LOL Now that I´m mentioning them… were are they? Their hate only lasted a couple of weeks lol. Well, probably it was just one with multiple user names, as usual.
Was Miguel wearing make up??
Lol
She did decent but of course no one will talk about this since no one was watching.
LOL, So I guess You’re NO ONE since you watched??
I’m guessing they would rather watch this right??
http://youtu.be/BMjUGWy3Gi8
#DEAD.
Lovebird>>>
And all of Lana’s 2013 performances are better than this:
http://youtu.be/DRwwKvds-jU
Honey, Rihanna can give all the bad performances she wants, she gets STANDING OVATIONS at the Grammy’s, your fav is the one who has something to prove considering the PUBLIC BASHING she got for that mess of a performance. Do you need reminding??
http://youtu.be/BMjUGWy3Gi8
And yet Lana’s performance is still more iconic while Rihfund’s performance was forgotten the next morning.
Call me when Chrisopologetic, Horse, J.H**, Ulcer, Cedric, or any of your other flop avi faves’ last album outsells Born To Die.
@Rosie: And yet Lana’s performance is still more iconic while Rihfund’s performance was forgotten the next morning.
First of all, TOTAL DEATH at Lana’s performance being “iconic”, badly iconic maybe but certainly not “iconic” in a good way.
Secondly, Rihanna has gotten MORE THAN ONE STANDING OVATION at the Grammy’s and her 1 performance of “stay” at the Grammy’s made it a WORLDWIDE hit in addition with a STANDING OVATION, you don’t get more iconic than that.
Rihanna doesn’t have to prove she can sing to anyone, the fact that she gets STANDING OVATIONS at the Grammy’s prove she is a good singer/performer and Lana is never going to touch her.
No one gives a s*** if Riherpes got a standing ovation, Lana has them too, just not at the Grammys (which are a joke at this point).
Haha @ Rih being a good performer. Reception for the Diamonds tour are mixed at best, not to mention the scathing reviews posted by major newspapers/magazines.
b**** you’re reaching… of course this page will full of hate comments if she redo the BET disaster…. Now haters are clocked Ahahahahha… BYEEEEEEEEEE….
LOL…holding onto that compliment for dear life
Weren´t you among the ones saying Lana can outsing Mariah now? And Rihanna, Madonna and others can do it too??? lol Not even a new good vocalist (well not that good, especially not original) like Ariana Grande can outsing Mariah now, in 2013! It is what it is. I want Lana (who I love) to try America The Beautiful is this big arrangement… or even #Beautiful! 🙂
Okay:
Hero: 2.5/5
#Beautiful: 4/5
America the Beautiful: 5/5!!!
I know that performance was, clearly, dubbed but wow… She sounded, absolutely, incredible and breathtaking.
🙂
Honey Hero was amazing too, even her speaking voice before that performance sounds so damn good. Mariah is in another league. She´ll last forever.
Celine better step aside, Mariah is the queen of the universe.
LOL leave my Celine out of this 🙂
Both Mariah and Celine are the last real huge ones we have (I mean, the youngest who became huge ones)
Leave it to lambs to over exaggerate a Mariah performance. It was good, and I’m glad she is back to singing live. There are just way better singers in this day and age. People would know that if they turned off iTunes and went to concerts of singers who aren’t famous…(indie artist,local artist etc)
3.4/5 Performance! Good job Mariah!!
Very solid showing of her still being able to sing!!
Good lord I was so nervous for this performance! She knocked it out of the park and then some especially with America the Beautiful. I wish she would care this much about live performances more often.
Her voice is Gold!
Mariah was amazing tonight. Did anybody else catch how happy she was to be sitting around all that food in the first clip.
You are tired and predictable.
#Next
Lmfao okay I’m a lamb but that was hilarious. JESUS. F*** YOUR FOREHEAD LOL
Hilarious!
The struggle to shade tastefully continues…… 🙄
Oop hero was a mess how u cant even come close to your own shi* !!!!!!! A mess in the rest is prerecorded bs but it hilarious to watch her fail constantly
Really?
Not Mariah giving me flawfree live vocals a night after lipping for the gawds
“It´s like that”!
America the beautiful was amazing. I can’t wait to watch the other two on TV. I’m not watching this YouTube videos. Imma wait for it on my tv.
@SLAYRIAH CAREy, this (Beautiful) was a great performance. I still feel that she’s lazy, but she has a legacy to be so, unlike some people who hasn’t done a thing in music and think they can just sit and sing (Tamar!) Now cleary Nick forgot “Female” in that best seller part.
Girl stay the f*** in your lane. What do you mean she has a legacy to be lazy? You always come up with some dumb s***. Lol, I thought you learned your lesson after I showed you Mariah was no “Studio Singer” that you claimed she was “from the start.”
No, you didn’t “show” me anything. Like I said, sitting, I’m sorry, laying down while performing is lazy at it best. I still not seen an epic MC show, and his was good in a “at least she sang LIVE… most of the time. I wouldn’t even put her in the top 5 vocal list.
Are you f****** serious?? I posted nearly 100 performances. Yeah, I didn’t post actual videos BECAUSE I was on my phone and that would take time. I’m pretty sure you could have searched on youtube for one of the performances I posted, but then again, You were probably scared to be proven wrong.
Keep in mind, you said that she has a legacy of being lazy. I’m pretty sure that she wasn’t laying down when she was in her prime. It would have been better if you said she “got lazy” instead of “she has a legacy of being lazy.”
Well, Christina isn’t in the top 10 vocalists so #sit.
@Slayriah
I said “I still feel that she’s lazy, but she has a legacy to be so..” as in she done enough work in these 23 years to be lazy is she wants (although it’s pretty diva-ish) See, you people on here can’t comprehend s***! So read a book and then come back at me. BTW, I can’t stop listening to this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu2M-_W14is
Okay, well you should have made that clear. & I still don’t like you cuz you are a b****. MAriah has WAY BETTER vocal performances than that btw.
I love you too @Slayriah, lol
You don’t love me, you dislike me, but the feelings are mutual. #DelusionalButch
SHE SOUNDED A F****** MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The B**** can’t even sing ‘Hero’ anymore.
lmaoooooooooooooo.
Tired ass.
Why is it aretha franklin, patti labelle, diana ross, tina turner, charlie wilson, natalie cole, barbra streisand etc… can sing betta than this h** and they’re like 30 years old. i cant.
I’d love to see them sing ANY of Mariah’s songs without sounding like a complete train wreck. B**** you forget that Mariah’s songs are a completely different level than any other artist’s when it comes to difficulty.
Yes, Her songs are more difficult to sing than whitney’s.
Desperate hater!
Can we please discuss why she was sitting down the whole performance? That was sketchy, how hard would it be to be reaching those high notes sitting down? And on the close up shots, why were her pants undone? And the back of the pants was so low on her bottom.
What are you talking about? lol Wow the desperation…
She did decent…. But Taylor did AMAZING TONIGHT!!
Taylor sounded like s***, let’s not pretend. Her voice sounded thinner than her non-existent figure.
she sounded better then your pitchy fav tho.
LOL Taylor is on Ke$ha´s level vocally. People like Rihanna, Lana del Rey or Katy Perry clearly outsing her. I mean, how do you dare to leave a negative comment on a Mariah Carey post?
Awesome performances ! Anyone still calling Mariah fat after she lost all that weight has serious body issues themselves. She looks good. I’d rather a person look healthy than rail thin. That s*** aint cute.
People need to stop hating, she did good.I especially loved her performance of Hero, Mariah has still got it. In fact, she never lost it.
What has Christina Aguilera been up to lately? Haven’t heard about her in a while.
I’m going to post this mess here so everyone can see this; @Rosie: And yet Lana’s performance is still more iconic while Rihfund’s performance was forgotten the next morning.
First of all, TOTAL DEATH at Lana’s performance being “iconic”, badly iconic maybe but certainly not “iconic” in a good way.
Secondly, Rihanna has gotten MORE THAN ONE STANDING OVATION at the Grammy’s and her 1 performance of “stay” at the Grammy’s made it a WORLDWIDE hit in addition with a STANDING OVATION, you don’t get more iconic than that.
Rihanna doesn’t have to prove she can sing to anyone, the fact that she gets STANDING OVATIONS at the Grammy’s prove she is a good singer/performer and Lana is never going to touch her.
By your logic the SNL performance led to Lana’s album selling almost 4 million worldwide. And it’s STILL more iconic than anything the horse in your avi has ever done.
Much Better.I’m getting sick of her high notes. She doesn’t need to have them and every song she does. I also wish she would sing more songs from her last album instead of all the old ones.I hope on this new album she showcase all of her voice range not just the high parts.
@Slayriah
Yes, Her songs are more difficult to sing than whitney’s.
_______
Wait. What? Seriously? Stop it Babe…
In their primes:
Mariah would have never been able to sing “Run To You, I Have Nothing, I Will Always Love You, Didn’t We Almost Have It All and He/I Believe” with the equal amount of ‘Power, Resonance and Soulful Showmansip’ of Whitney’s voice.
Just as…
Whitney would have never been able to sing: “Vision Of Love, Emotions, Can’t Let Go, Butterfly and Honey” with the equal amount of ‘Range, Musicality and Versatility’ of Mariah’s voice?
Mariah was a ‘Dramatic/Lyric Colourutura Soprano’ with a much stronger and flexible upper register.
Whitney was a ‘Lyric Mezzo-Soprano’ with a much stronger and weightier mid-register.
BOTH of them have different voices and couldn’t sing eachother’s songs.
Exactly…
That B**** is always tryna shade queen whitney. I can’t with her thick ass…
No…
Don’t get me wrong, I love my Babe @Slayriah; there is no need to curse him out. I just think he was wrong on this ocassion.
But, each to his own I suppose… 😉
Shut up, I never shaded whitney, maybe Celine but NEVER Whitney.
Thank You!!!!!!!
They both have different voices,,, why is that h** and other lambs always tryna compare and say who is better?
I like Whitney more but I would never say that she had a better voice than Mariah or vice-versa.
LMFAO. But why are you calling me a “h**??”
#DontBeRude
I agree with what you just said but I meant Mariah’s songs are more diffiult to sing for the typical singer, for example American Idol Contestants and other amateurs.
In my opinion, Mariah’s voice is much more unique than Whitney’s. For a singer to take on a Mariah song, It requires ridiculous technique and timeing. Whitney’s songs are mainly about sustainability and power (which is more common among vocalists IMO). I’ve been watching these siging comps for a long time and I’ve noticed those trends; They struggled to sing Mariah’s songs and would often nail Whitney’s.
Yes, there is some truth to what you’re saying.
However, that’s the paradox and enigma of both Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, in my opinion: Whitney always sung a song differently when she sang in a live setting in comparison to Mariah who always, virtually, sang a song the same when she sung live.
Also, the reason why I think Whitney held back on most of her studio recorded songs, which is why you think they were just about ‘sustainability’, especially in the early years, is because she came out at a time when it wasn’t palatable for Black female artists to crossover – thus Clive Davis made her sing in a ‘White-esque singing style’ in order to sell whereas Mariah, at first, was seen as the ‘White Girl who sounded Black’ so if she sang her songs in an overtly- melismatic/gospel style, it was inevitable that she would sell millions, which is why her recording are much more soulful in comparison to Whitney’s.
Do you see the racialist politics of America?
By the way, you cannot tell me that people “nail” ‘I Will Always Love You & I Have Nothing’? They can barely “nail” ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody & The Greatest Love Of All’. LOL. 🙂
Yes, I see what you are saying.
I remember when Jessica Sanchez sang IWALY on American Idol and I thought she completely nailed it (she recieved a standing ovation from the judges). She then sang ‘My All’ and she had a real difficult time singing it.
The main point that I’m trying to make is that Whitney’s vocal type is more common than Mariah’s, which is why i believe the latter’s songs are much more difficult to sing.
Imaging Jennifer Hudson or Christina Aguilera trying to sing ‘My all’. I couldn’t even picture that struggle. lol, no shade, but I’m 100% sure that they’d be better off singing songs such as Run to you, Greatest Love of All, etc.
I’ve never been good @ explaining things but I hope you get what I’m trying to say.
Btw, It’s so fascinating how Mariah can transition from one range to the next so effortlessly. I’ve never really seen Whitney do that Tbh.
@Slayriah…
Oh yes, I definitely agree.
But that’s what I said before.
Mariah is a “Lyric, Coloratura Soprano” – A very agile light voice with an extremely high upper extension, capable of fast vocal coloratura. They key word here is ‘Coloratura’ – Singers with ‘Coloratura abilities’ can perform vocal runs, riffs, trills and wide octave leaps with extreme ease as rapidity which is why, in general, it is hard for the average singer to sing any of Mariah’s songs because the average singer does not possess coloratura abilities as well as a high, upper chest/whistle register.
The only con is that they lack full, resonant vocal power…
Do you understand what I’m saying.
Whitney, on the otherhand, is a “Lyric Mezzo Soprano” – Their voices are often light, smooth and sensitive but much more rich and heavier in vocal weight which is why they can sustain full notes for longer periods of time – this is common for the average female singer.
So, yes Babe… I think Whitney can’t do what Mariah does and vice-versa. 😉
Ohh mann, I need to meet you one day, you could really teach me a lot and then we could do other things. lol
& i agree with what you said even though I still think mariah is the best vocalist. I guess it’s just a matter of taste. I know you think whitney is best so we’ll just have to agree to disagree. <3
@Slayriah…
Okay. That’s absolutely fine.
Whitney will always be my #1 Female vocalist – I am most definitely a “stan”.
I love Mariah, but she’ll always be second to Whitney, in my opinion.
And LOL… One day. I just might give you my E-Mail. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I’m pretty sure S****** Blonde already has your e-mail. #oops. Lol.
I love me some mimi, but why she had MIGUEL looking like an outside s****??
Great performances Mimi.
To the haters: *I can see through you like you bathe in a Windex.* Stay grasping as straws. 23 years and they’re still pressed, many more years will follow.
The haters are obsessed.
I’m so glad you like the performance because out of all the Lambs here, you seem to be the toughest on Mimi’s performances. lol, Dossome always seems to love her performances. 😀
I did. She wasn’t lipping for the heavens like she did for the BET Awards. That was such a honest mess. 😆
It’s all good now.
I still loved the intro though. Tbh, Mariah makes an entrance like no other. #queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_U2MrP-8Sw
Ok, If anyoen mentioned ” It’s like that” i just wanted to let you know I stan for this song.
Also i loved the above performance ^^^ . #DIVA
@pop
I´ve been playing The Emancipation of Mimi today in the car. Mainly “It´s like That”. So in the mood for that song today. And I know you´ve always loved it. It´s probably one of the songs I´ve played the most from the Emancipation album sonce 2005. Maybe not among the best in the album, but personally I love it.
@slayriah
I also loved that intro. That “simple” lipped intro is above most young singers today 🙂
I Love this Song 😀
words fail to describe my love status.
I love TEOM , I feel it is the Signature album of the New Improved MC.
like it has ” we belong together” for god’s sake , who doesn’t like this song ?
TEOM had major “gems” , Why the f*** she didn’t release “Circles” for example as a Single ?
her and rihanna p*** me off when they don’t release the best songs in their albums as singles.
well lemme stop stanning for MC as my Status as a Navy started to be questionable. 😛
Somehow My Love life Enjoy her songs, IDK why is that!!!
Now imma need my Mariah to be more consistent and put in work in her upcoming performances…This is the quality performances she should be serving.She should retire #Beautiful now
@Rosie,
At least Rihanna has good performances. Lana still doesn’t have a strong performance yet. Rihanna completely slayed and destroyed everything Lana has ever done when she performed Diamonds/We Found Love on Xfactor.
Are you bringing up that mess of a performance to defend Rihfund? Forgotten the next morning in the UK, just like Lana’s Saturday Night Local performance had no impact on her sales worldwide.
This confirms for me that Mariah has nodules!
If you can sing this well there is only one thing that will force you to randomly lip sing a whole song at an awards show and thats if you have a condition that forces u to.
I think she has nodules that act up!
“Much better Mariah!Thanks for the reminder of your abilities”
_______________________
Awww Samantha..I know you had an elaborate “essay” typed just waiting for the show to turn out as you would’ve wished…Too bad 🙂
@SAM is nice though, Sometimes I feel like i’m the only one Who …. *coughs* Like Him.
P.S:
@sam is a Guy.
LOL I´m sure he had prepared a RIP Mariah Carey´s voice type of essay before hearing these performances. Haters can´t deal and are obsessed with this woman´s evey vocal move 🙂
i applaud @S****** for not being his FULLY normal shady ass.
MIMI served everything.
I don’t care if she lipped or sang live, it is still her voice.
and “CIARA” leaked in full M** and iTunes versions. #Oops
Sounded Tight, 4/5.
Kelly’s new album is almost @ 100k sold. I’m so proud of her. #TeamKelly
Best of DC
I Love Her , Her song “Down for whatever” is my Most played song EVER, you hear me, EVER. 😀
I STANNNNN for her dance songs in the Club. 😳
I Love Beyonce Too and she has been my fav DC member, Also i like Michelle. 😀
100k for a strictly-R&B album by a dark-skinned African american Female artist in 2013 is So Good.
O.M.G @Pop… Babe, I haven’t heard from you in a while, how are you?
Are you in Egypt right now? (I know that’s where you are from but I’m not sure if you’re there at the moment)
The conflict that is taking place there right now is absolutely terrible? What is your opinion on it? I hope you’re okay nonetheless?
I’m in Egypt, But not In Cairo, I’m Away from the Drama.
I’m in the north coast enjoying my summer vacation and will comeback to cairo in 9/7 to celebrate my dad’s B’day and “some stuffs”.
I’m OK, thanks for asking, so nice of Yuh. 😉
Long Live Egypt.
We made history the largest Protests Ever in the History of Mankind. *Dusts off Shoulders*
we just wanted freedom, when those discriminating , faux-religious-coated Freaks wanted to Act up, we kicked them Out.
I’m so happy. 😀
I thought Pop lived in Syria or Serbia.
@Slayriah…
No @H20/K*** is from/lives in Syria.
‘Syria’ is in the Middle-East
‘Egypt’ is in North-Africa
@Pop…
Okay. That’s fantastic. I just wanted to make sure. 😉
@Slayriah :
The Syrian one is “Allegedly” H2O.
the Serbian One I Think is @AKA.
I’m Egyptian. 😀
@jared:
Thank you. 😉
i thought Likica was from Italy or some other European country?
@Slayriah:
I think Serbia.
@Johnvidal is A Spanish wise b**** 😀 , @S****** is a New-York-ish guy and i feel jealous about it, @H2O/Noor is Syrian or it depends on where he wants his ass In, @jared Is a lot of races you know, @MC is From mama Africa Like me and she’s so Nice, @Prince Machiavelli is a french C*** but she show up just to Cuss and leave.
Simply this is UN. 😆
this just to keep you updated………
@Pop…
Girl, please…
I’m White: Noreweigan & Dutch, living in New York. Get it right.
LOL.
@JARED:
well that’s a Lot of …. NVM.
you are cool and that what matters the most to me. 😀
Aww @pop
I wish I could be in Egyptian beaches with you! I just came home, I was at the beach. FINALLY. This is a very rainy place where I live in the North of Spain.
And yes @MC is from Africa but lives in the USA now. And this other great user who rarely visits us called @Prince Machiavel lives in Quebec (Canada), they talk French there but is not France obviously 🙂
@JOHNVIDAL :
I’m waiting … For you. 😉
yes, I enjoy Beaches and s***, wish i can visit ‘Spain’ too to see you.
@JONHVIDAL, Thx You Boo, POP ROYALTY Can Be So Dumb Some Time! Yes I’m From Senegalia, West Africa And I Live In Canada Since I Was Young!!
I’m not Dumb, I’m ridiculous , just Like Life. 😉
I love you!
😳
Love you Too. 😉
That was for @Prince but anyway… lmao
As for Lana Del Rey… @Lovebird/Slayriah/Rosie
I do believe she is talented. Very talented actually, especially in the song-writing aria.
I love her awkwardness. In my opinion, this performance is the perfect, most melodramtic, combination of ‘ethereal’ and ‘mystique’ I’ve ever seen.
She is an emotive singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLjDQXdT7Q
I love your honesty and opinions Jared.
Lana isn’t all that bad… she doesn’t have much range or versatility but she uses what she has.
She’s still garbage to me and the fact that her one fan has the audacity to come for Rihanna who is way better than Lana is just puzzling..
Thank you.
And that’s not even her best performance, but it’s still beautiful. To be honest you’re one of the few sane posters on here, very honest.
Meanwhile @Slayriah I hope The Art of Letting Go (of My Vocals) flops harder than Cedric so you can shut the f*** up.
I wish Lana knew the art of letting go of her dreams of being able to sing…
Whatever, Flopriah. Can’t wait to see you response wen it gets pushed back again/flops harder than Memoirs.
Lana del Rey would be better without you stanning for her really.
Of course Lana del Rey is talented. She has created her own style and listening to her songs is so damn pleasant to me. She´s a great songwriter and she is also very involved in her great videos I think. Obviously, she is not good live (in general), but she admitted it the same month she debuted in the music industry. I really like her. It´s her only stan in this site the one creating controversy and backlash.
@JARED:
your Comments are iPad-Compatible or what ?
I enjoy Lana’s Studio Albums and her creative Vintage Music videos, fashion sense, and I almost Reblog everything she does in Tumblr 😆 , but she is #2 after Rihanna when it comes to ” not to see Live YT videos of” List.
Some artists have strong points and weakness points you know.
They look like they were having s** before the show
you know you wanted to Get some.
Mariah and Nick or Mariah and Miguel??
MIMI and the Miguel Guy.
or Maybe A Threesome……. 🙄
Lol. So I’m guessing Miguel got topped by Nick?
@S******:
Mariah topped him, nick was just ‘filming’ them. #yesIThrewThat
Since it’s still July 4 where I am and in some parts of the country I guess it’s not too late to post this critically acclaimed (especially the video), potential classic.
http://youtu.be/sxDdEPED0h8
I loved it. 😀
to me, this b**** is Art on Legs.
what’s your fav Line from ” Gods and monsters” ?!
Ooh, that’s a hard one. Maybe the first half of the second verse.
“In the land of Gods and Monsters
I was an Angel
Looking to get f***** hard
Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer
Life imitates art”
A little cringeworthy, but somehow brilliant. Some of the members of my fan club are going to try to drag those last two lines though.
I knew you would find it hard. 😉
mine is :
“Life imitates art”
they can drag, but you are the one who gives a f*** about it or “them” for that matter.
Now this is the Mariah I’ve been waiting for. Much better than that lip syncing mess.
I like the other Ariana Stan (DAYDREAMIN) more than you.
Lol. I’m surprised that there are people from countries such as Egypt and Syria that know about this site. I guess Samantha is going global.
yes, Lots of my friends from Middle-east know about TGJ.
@Slayriah…Hahaha,Believe me,i’m really critical of Mariah but i’d rather criticize her on forums where lambs make the majority than on this site where people simply want to insult everything about her……I’m more strict than @JohnVidal though though 🙂
LOl That´s not true!
SHE SLAYED, THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING VOCALS FOR DAYS ON HER NEW ALBUM ! YASSS !.
MARIAH SONGS ARE HARD TO SING, SO I BELIEVE SHE LIP -SYNC TO SAVE HER VOICE AND ALSO WHEN HER VOICE CONDITION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
#LEGENDARIAH
Yes the album is going to be FIRE!
Madonna has not sold that much more than MC. MC has outsold her nearly everywhere. Madonna is great in EUrope cause of the style of music. In the US,Brazil,Can,Braz,Asia MC>>>>…. She was above incredible. Sam is a bum, u should’ve been writing how outstanding she was. She is in another league….
Yes when she does incredible he just says “it´s nice to know you still got it Mariah”, but when it is not the best of her performances he writes an essay as if she was less important for doing a not that good performance…
Yes, good job Mimi! Hero is one of my least fav songs, but she makes it work live ! Great!
I want that pink top so bad.
Wow. Pop royalty. What amazing body you have & your glowing skin I think I’m in love.
Ha.
Thanks. 😉
Anytime.
😉
Mariah´s voice is like honey!!! I f****** adore it.
And the #Beautiful song is pure Summer!!! Going to the beach right now 🙂
And OMG she looks spectacular!
So excited about the album.
YAAAAAS!!!!!!! She smashed it!!!!!!
Mimeriah Lipsyncry
Amazing this was beautiful but I still prefer beyonces Macy 4th of july!
American Idol… BET Awards… Now this? Mariah, what are you going through boo? You keep getting more boring and your hand movements can’t compensate your horrible lip syncing. S T O P.
Yeah right…
yeah right her lip syncing isn’t horrible? or that her hand gestures can’t compensate for em? lol
After spending the whole day in a good mood thanks to finding these videos and Mariah´s #Beautiful voice this morning, I just want to watch this again and again. So good!
#Beautiful performance is the best so far, and not only by Mariah but also by Miguel. He has been struggling to do it nice in the previous performances (of course people only focus on Mariah)
Hero: amazing. I even liked her speaking voice and charisma in that little speech before singing the song.
America the Beautiful: damn omg. I though she was not in good vocal condition enough to nail that in the spectacular way she did it in 2005 during The Emancipation´s era. But she really did it again. With 2013 vocals and nailing that? Who else? Only true greats 🙂
Miguel is really beutiful too btw.
Songs of the day:
1. It´s like That (Mariah)
2. We belong Together (Mariah)
3. #Beautiful (Mariah)
4. Let the Groove in (Justin Timberlake)
5. Summertime Sadness (Lana del Rey)
6. Bloody Mary (Lady Gaga)
7. You´ve got the Love (Florence+The Machine)
@JohnVidal
LOL,i can only imagine how thrilled you are with Mimi’s showing yesterday…You’ve literally taken over the entire post 😀 …When i heard Hero,i knew she wasn’t playing…WHEN MIMI RISES,HATERS SCATTER..
I know! lol Never done this before. But for some reason I was in Mariah Carey fan mode the moment I woke up today, and then I watched this, and then I had one of those nice days in the beach, and then here I am again and I don´t know: Life is beautiful, Mimi is goddess! lol at least today 🙂
yup, going to the beach makes your Vision more clearer and you really enjoy stuffs More and MORE.
try playing ” I’ll be lovin’ you long time” while on the beach getting tanned and s*** and tell me what you think. 😉
I will always believe in MC.
OMG yaaaassss! lol I´ve never listened to that song on the beach. Never thought about it. I´ll do it today. There aren´t many days we can go to the beach here.
Songs of the week:
1.Bee Gees – Rings around the Moon
2.Bee Gees – Love You inside Out
3.Bee Gees – Night Fever
4.Bee Gees – Stayin Alive
5.Bee Gees – Massachusetts
6.Bee Gees – How Can you Mend A Broken Heart
7.Bee Gees – You Win Again
8.Bee Gees – Alone
Haha,this entire week i’m paying My top 3,Mariah,Prince & Janet serious dust…I’ve got to celebrate these amazing brothers..
I’ll be resuming lamb duties on monday 🙂
LIESSSSSSS
Wow a Bee Gees week! Amazingly weird .
I’m sorry, but your list gonna be dismissed if you don’t have “emotions” …………
that is my fav song of them.
DEAD @People Talking About MC “Lip Singing” While They Stan For A Model With A Wic, F****** LMAO, Pure Joke!!!!!
@Prince Machiavel
That’s what makes it all the more hilarious..kids here have been nursing delusions far too long…But hun,why sudden disappearance?We really miss you over here 🙂
@JohnVidal
You got no idea how obsessed i am with Bee Gees lately…I have every single album of theirs & their harmonies are out of this world.Phenomenal talent i tell you
@Pop…I’ve got all 3 versions of “Emotion” ..The original Samantha Sang version featuring Bee Gees is my favorite….I kinda like the Destiny’s Child version as well,it was interesting hearing Kelly do lead vocals for the 1st time
by this comment , we are heading to the top of “most juicy” .
I love Love Love Emotions by them , my mother used to play it when i was young and i have so much memories with this song.
her taste is kinda weird though. 😆
that was a reply to @Dossome .
Don´t forget the most juicy of all right now is also a Mariah Carey post (and I barely commented on that one 🙂 ). Mariah is owning. Since early May when the new era began she has been in the top 5 hottest stories of the week in TGJ, almost every week. Of course she´s always there several times in the same week in that other blog… 🙂
@JOHNVIDAL
dahhhling Divas always get it Right, remember that. 😉
But remember only “true divas”!
Oh and the 4th most juicy is thanks to her too!
@Pop…Weird???LOL,are you kidding me?The Bee Gees were the biggest music acts in the late 70s..My mum was so crazy about them and The Commodores…You should see how she worships her old LPs…Back then actually for a song to be Certified Gold,it needed to sell 1Million copies (platinum was 2Million) & Bee Gees were still scoring many Gold & Platinum hits in an era people would rather buy albums over singles,so i think your mum wasn’t the only “weird” one 😀
Dead at this thread heading for the most juicy…it stalled at 185 comments for hours only for a “certain” lamb to go insane 😉
Hey! You guys watched this the same night it was broadcasted. I watched it here in the morning. I´m crazy about music but I still don´t spend my nights in this blog LOL
well, She Is Weird and her taste is even weirder . 😆
I like them too, yes, i know what do you mean by “worshiping” their LPs, my mother is religious when it comes to “Abba” and stuffs like that, back in the day those people were relaxed and s***, the music was so good and diverse.
she likes diana ross ” which i don’t even like” , Cher/sonny & cher, pink Floyd, Tina turner and the Bee Gees, like you would know how her taste gonna be like with those artists. 🙂
yeah, this “lamb” is one of my All-time fav tho. 😉 😉
So why didn´t TGJ make their list of hottest topics of the week? Oh yeah Mariah ruled the week, in her 24th year of career, it wasn´t their precious Beyonce or Rihanna, so better not post it right?
A week later and these peformances still feel so right!
What’s up, I want to subscribe for this blog to take newest updates, thus where can i do it please help.