Why do people keep going hard on her because she sounds like mariah , saying she wants to be the next Mariah. I doubt that is her intention, if you are not a singer you will not understand .. As a singer I know what happens when your growing up and you take particular liking to a specific singer 9 times out of 10 you will grow up sounding just like them .. I am the biggest Aaliyah fan ever and when I sing her music people think Im trying to be her and thats not the case , I just listen to her so much that now my voice is similar to hers .. just like if you listen to R&B singer Jaheim , he sounds similar to Luther Vandross , because he was all he listened to growing up .. and FYI Ariana sounds sooo much better than most singers in her age group.