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New years eve (70,740) by Tameka walker from United states The music business is a difficult business. If any can have a come back it is Mariah Carey. She bounced back from 2001 and she will bounce back from this too. I do believe she was having technical difficulties. I could tell that because when I saw her she was messing with her ear piece. The one thing that no one can take away the fact that she is one of the best singers of our generation. A lot of people lip sync in order to make sure everything goes smoothly. All of the big stars do this. I remember Beyonce had lip sync and she caught negative publicity when she did it at president Obama's inauguration. She bounced back and now is nominated for nine Grammys. Mariah will bounce back too. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 7:19)

New options for Mariah (70,739) by Nikki from usa They say the craziest thing is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Mariah is too trusting and very much co-dependent. If she wants things to go her way she needs to bring back that Aries fire of inspiration, creation, and passion. Stop letting others lead her around by the nose. When Mariah is passionate about something where nobody can tell her nothing and she pursues it with vigor she has overwhelming success 99.9% of the time. MC is good at making records or breaking them. Pick something MC. You could do a single concert on every continent including Antarctica each with a different setlist and different vocal arrangement that is on point. But, each location is somewhere you've never sang before. Do some grand showing like on HBO, but only for the very best concert. After a few repeats you can release the live dvd that is a compilation of all 7, like Butterfly, for sale. Take some of those songs (Close My Eyes, Butterfly, When I Saw You, Melt Away, Whenever You Call) or instrumentals of them to create actual music boxes that wind up. Never follow trends. Dig deep and come up with music that's epic and simply honest. Your pain, trials, and tribulations are your credentials - use them. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 6:47)

99 problems but reality ain't one (70,738) by Nikki from usa I want to point out a few things I don't think anyone's considered about this decade about MC and also the media in general, especially TV. Remember when Adele didn't do so hot at the Grammy's, but it was blamed on the mic even though it just sounded like she was struggling vocally? The Grammy's took full accountability for it regardless. Now, remember when American Idol hired Mariah under false pretenses, blamed her for that year's ratings, and then blamed her for the shows entire demise 3 years later? Who does that? NBC Rockefeller is up next. They could've told her to buzz off and try again next year. Instead, she showed up to rehearsals as promised and delivered a lovely intro before they cut her ears. Mariah tried to "wing it' while deaf and they delivered isolated vocals all over the net the next day. Now, this has happened again at a much larger scale. Most people are aware that the music scene has changed where money/sales are concerned, but have you noticed TV has become more vicious? There are now thousands of channels fighting for viewership. Adele is a big name with a huge machine attached to her, so no one is going to mess with that. Mariah is a huge name with no machine attached to her. Nobody is scared of her or Stella and Mariah's proven she'll take crap without fighting back. Dick Clark used to be a shoo in for top talent, now their struggling to get headliners. It would make sense to do something to get a lot of views, so they can negotiate higher ad payments next year with more expensive talent, along with the added incentive of "show Mariah how it's done". Mariah can take the fall sense everyone thinks she's a diva and even if she outs them nobody would believe what she says. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 6:10)

I smell a fox in my henhouse (70,737) by Nikki from usa ABC and the DCP aren't being on the up and up. I was following their statements at first when they claimed Mariah never showed up to rehearsals, but at the same time, I've seen very minor "tech difficulties" that resulted in a commercial break or Please Stand By screens until those were fixed. It doesn't make any sense that they kept that whole thing on air and refused to do any damage control. Anyone with any integrity whatsoever wouldn't do that. I believed MC's camp about that, but ultimately it was allowed to happen, because she didn't show up to rehearsals. Until I remembered her instagram account and recalled a picture she took. Sure enough, she was at rehearsals. That's when DCP claimed she was at rehearsals, but not soundcheck. This is just getting shadier. Since her 2014 debacle Mariah's been pretty meticulous about her sound whether lip or live. She's been doing great and even put in the effort to be early for her rehearsal spot. What doesn't make any sense is why they cut her short and only gave her 30 minutes to rehearse an elaborate 6 minute set. It sounds like she was rushed off. If she didn't do anything with "soundcheck" than she wouldn't have known about the ear pieces. I do think ABC was trying for headlines and views. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 5:33)

Jamaica? (70,736) by T from USA Was it the Jamaica concert where this same thing happened on the song Fantasy? I remember a viral moment from a couple years ago where it exposed her lip singing to a song. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 5:19)

Anthony (70,735) by Mara from United States Anyone know if there is any truth to the story online that Anthony will no longer be working with Mariah in 2017 according to a Mariah representative since he moved the backup singers off stage to "make room for the dancers" without approval. The headlines certainly do keep coming, along with the recent *Aspen story*. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 4:54)

Re: Example of delay (Michael Bolton National Anthem) (70,716) (70,734) by Jo-B Sebsky from United States No problem. Again the issue here isn't hearing the music, it's hearing herself sing. Monitors are called monitors because they're used to monitor input, for singers it's a life line because on loud stages with huge speakers you can't hear yourself singing, the in ear monitors play your mic feed back to you in real time. Without them it would be like speaking and only hearing what you said 2 seconds later. This is why her adlibs were relatively on pitch and relatively on time. Anything longer than a short phrase would have messed her up because she'd be singing one thing and hearing what she had sung a second ago. It'd be like trying to sing a song while someone else is singing the same song a second late. She'd also have no confirmation of what she had actually sung until it reached her a second later. This is also why the dancers had no trouble staying on time, because they can hear the music. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 4:18)

This too shall pass (70,733) by Lannister from USA Very unfortunate but my main concern is for her the human being. In my heart of hearts I know she knows this too shall pass. The news cycle will go on. America loves a comeback story. She'll give a show stopping life performance with little production/clearly her voice, be it a National Anthem or a Grammy moment, and will be met with a standing ovation of those in the audience and open arms by those who are not. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 4:11)

Fired (70,732) by Lila from United States No, not Stella, who publicly accused Dick Clark Productions of sabotage, but Anthony, apparently, for moving Mariah's backup singers off the stage for the NYE performance and putting them at the base of the risers. Apparently, this was bad because back up singers can help with cues or whatever else. Goodness, everything is everyone else's fault. I doubt the back up singers were going to be much help though. DCP sabotaged the performance lol. I'm sure they also gave the back up singers poorly functioning equipment too lol. Anthony is just being used as a scapegoat because they know, for all their talk, they can't go up against DCP. I see Stella is still being kept although she admits that she knew, fully well, that her client's in-ears weren't working but she let her go onstage anyway and also did nothing to help the situation. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 3:30)

First casualty from the debacle (70,731) by RibbonB from USA Well Anthony is the first casualty from the NYE debacle. of course now she can promote her thirst bot/boy toy. She really needs to fire all the damn dancers and get a good set of background singers. Hopefully she cleans slate and sweeps all the frivolous help out the door. I am sure Anthony's shade about "hired help stripper Tanaka" and his comments about the show being created for dummies also didn't help. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 3:28)

Re: Dear diary... (70,721) (70,730) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I echo the sentiments of everyone here who praised Mariah on how she handled the situation. I may be disappointed in her determination to keep up this now fully exposed charade of her still being able to sing like she used to, but this may be her most mature and legendary act yet. The whole world was watching, things took a turn for the worse in the most embarrassing way possible, and yet she took full responsibility for it by standing there and powering through the madness when pretty much any other artist would have just stomped out or thrown a hissy fit of epic proportions right then and there. This is how I defend her against bashers out there. I simply go, "Face it - even Beyonce would've cussed her way out and sobbed in the corner but Mariah endured every painful moment." You don't get to be considered the (all caps) diva for nothing. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 2:40)

Re: Dear diary... (70,721) (70,729) by Martyn from England, UK Andrew, you've gone from singing Stella's praises to admitting Mariah shouldn't have hired her. I give it another month of messiness until you see the light and admit she's a horrendous leech who only has her own best interests at heart. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 1:15)

Marie Osmond (70,728) by Ian from United Kingdom She may be a cheesy hasbeen but Marie Osmond got it. She's been around the block and has probably been in this situation before and knew that there is nothing can be done in this situation. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:52)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey team: Here's what really (70,727) by Ian from United Kingdom Thing is the monitors were probably bass heavy, no mids, no highs, so they could feel the beat. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:47)

Re: Dear diary... (70,721) (70,726) by G.G. from USA Andrew, Stella isn't the only twat. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:37)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey team: Here's what really happened (70,723) (70,725) by Dennis from Miami, FL Because they danced to the rhythm. They don't need music, they need the beat only (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:34)

Re: Blame shady ABC and Stella (70,719) (70,724) by RibbonB from USA She could have and should have, but in the absence of that so could stellar. Stella could at least be professional afterwards. (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:26)

Article: Mariah Carey team: Here's what really happened (70,723) by Andrew from Australia If Mariah couldn't hear the music on stage, can someone please explain how the dancers could dance so seamlessly? (Wednesday 4 January 2017; 0:20)

Redemption (70,722) by Leito from USA Let's face it, Mariah may never recover from the NYE debacle. She may never be taken seriously (musically) again. The reality is, she needs a reinvention. Mariah needs to drop the diva act. She is no longer relatable. Humble yourself. Try taking up some causes (publicly) and show people you care more than your make-up/hair, diamonds, champagne and yachts. Hire a new stylist. As nice as your boobs look, people are tired of seeing them popping out. You can still be sexy, in a classy way. Vocal training, or retraining. Know and own your vocal limits. Lower/change the key, on songs you can no longer fully sing live. It's obvious (especially now) when MC is lip-syncing. She has gotten careless and lazy, way too many times. Some of us Lambs will say, "She doesn't need to prove herself anymore." We cannot continue lie to ourselves. If MC wants to continue being in the music world and the public eye, she has to show she is still passionate about it. Currently, her looks take priority over everything else. I wish her the best for 2017, but she really needs to get it together. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 22:44)

Dear diary... (70,721) by Andrew from UK So what's going on in the Stella Bulochnikov Archives today? First up, the Asian Superfan obsessing over Stella with a voodoo doll and. Over. And over. And over, again. Next up, some gay guy bitching about Stella's make up. And this just in: Stella's a twat. Who knew? But wait, what's this? Is it a bird, is it a plane? No. It's Stellabitch. Here to ruin everyone's lives with her dastardly plan to drug and manipulate Mariah. Mariah has just been torn apart by the public in, probably, every nation of the world. Stella may be a gobby prick, and, assuredly, not the person who Mariah should have hired, but Mariah chose Stella for her own ends, not for mine, nor for yours, nor, indeed, "ours". Mariah is both the question and the answer here. I do have to agree with Sheila (well, let Sheila agree with me ) that Mariah acted with total decorum. I have been telling people what I believe actually to have happened and how proud I am of her for the way she handled it. To stand there, and endure that, and not strop and walk off, well, what a [censored] legend. That's what I'll take from that. [censored] legend. The show had to go on. Of course, now, it kinda has to stop. Time to go home. But what a [censored] legend. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 22:35)

Re: What happened to YT? (70,710) (70,720) by Blue Riding Hood from Outside Simple. She got publicity. Some people wanted to know what were the songs she messed up. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 22:01)

Re: Blame shady ABC and Stella (70,704) (70,719) by Sheila from United States We blame Stella too much. Mariah when she discovered the earpiece wasn't working should have done a Whitney and dropped the mic and said "fix it". (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 21:18)

Re: Her former managers, I blame Jermaine Dupri (70,706) (70,718) by MusicfanJ from Germany Yes JD wasn't good at managing either. I never liked Tommy but he knew how to manage a superstar. Is it so difficult to find a manager who is nice, smart and a real professional? I mean money can't be the problem. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 20:13)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey team: Here's what really happened (70,696) (70,717) by Malcolm from Asia My question is, why is that the album version of We Belong Together was the one being played? Does that mean Mariah planned to lip the whole song? If it is indeed to help her and just a back-up plan, then how can they have that already instead of just the instrumental with the pre-recorded vocals at the climax? Is it normal for every live performances? So if that's the case, they can obviously cut it right before WBT starts (and for Stella being an aggressive, I know she can go straight to the booth just to stop it) to save Mariah from embarrassment. And also why Mariah knew that it's the album version that early? It's interesting. I wish she didn't sang along to it so that it doesn't look like she's lip syncing because no matter how Mariah's team or anyone defends that it's a technical malfunction, 90% of the people already named and believed it was a lip syncing fail, and Gigi was right, this huge reaction that they don't really care for Mariah anymore is the consequence on how she was presented herself and by her team in public for this past 2 years. A great live performance and appropriate behavior is the only way she can redeem herself from it, so good luck with that Dubai Jazz Festival in February, I hope she will be prepared on it and remind Stella what is the timezone in Dubai so that she can't be late. All eyes will be on her next performance so go hard on that one. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 19:58)

Re: Example of delay (Michael Bolton National Anthem) (70,712) (70,716) by Gigi from USA Thank you for all the explanations. I don't know anything about sound engineering, so I couldn't even imagine what she was experiencing. However, I was just wondering how she could hear that We Belong Together was the album version and she was able to lip sync the first couple of verses flawlessly if she couldn't hear anything at all? Not passing judgement, just wondering. (Tuesday 3 January 2017; 19:16)

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