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Article: Mariah Carey at Caesars Palace (65,631) by Kajal from UK- Birmingham Really nice to hear a positive review for our lady - she deserves it and she is truly great. (Friday 26 August 2016; 11:54)

Elie Saab (65,630) by Malcolm from Asia I looked for Elie Saab's designs, just what May suggested and his style is really great. He already designed for Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, JLo, Taylor Swift to name a few. So I made another edit from his, this and this. I do also believe that Mariah must try shorter hairstyle, it fits perfectly on her. (Friday 26 August 2016; 10:39)

Article: Mariah Carey did not throw James Packer computer out (65,629) by Gloria from Hong Kong Give us a break. When you give yourself a name of "Truth" yet barely believing it, it's almost as absurd as the false report. I meant no offense, just saying. (Friday 26 August 2016; 6:05)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,608) (65,628) by Tevin from USA I wish Mariah did what she did in the Daydream era. It's kind of ironic that the Daydream era was her most technical live singing wise (minus the runs in the butterfly era), but the Daydream cd was one of her most easy cd vocally wise. Probably the only two that would have been easier to record was Memories, and Charmbraclet. Anyway the point is she should record a solid album with simple lyrics, clear and catchy hooks and in a key that she can perform live, and that would allow her to pull a Daydream live moment and out sing or sound better than her recordings. Anyway my two cents for the night, just incase you guys want to cash out now. (Friday 26 August 2016; 4:39)

Re: Tragedy in Italy (65,621) (65,627) by Andrew from UK I'm the first in line when I think Mariah is doing, or has done, something wrong in recent years. A random earthquake in Italy? Argument for arguments sake. With all due respect to the dead, not her circus, not her monkeys. In saying that: there was a justified anger at the silence in Orlando. Your position is bizarre. Who cares what Mariah Carey thinks about global natural disasters? Next up: Mariah Carey's position on the middle east peace process. You're nonsense, mate. Laughable nonsense. (Friday 26 August 2016; 3:52)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,611) (65,626) by Andrew from UK Are the songs lowered enough to allow full live vocals? Talk semantics all you like. It's dancing around the issues. (Friday 26 August 2016; 3:31)

Mariah's voice (65,624) by Terna from Nigeria When I read some comments on Mariah here especially about her singing and voice, I sometimes chuckle because if you understand music, you'll know that most commenters here really just are casual listeners. Have you ever even tried as a Mariah Carey fan to delve deeper into the technical aspects of music and voice? I know I sure did. You'll be surprised how many things about her music, her technique and her tone on certain songs suddenly make sense for example. Ok guys. Let me try and disect her voice, really break it down for you to see exactly why this woman's voice is outstanding. Randy once called it the holy trinity. Tone, talent and technique. Mariah possesses all three in droves. Her tone is like no other, instantly recognizable and very pleasant to the ear. This places her in a special category of singers you never really get tired of listening to. The talent as you already know is there it's what enables her to sing on key, without being pitchy, and sing the same song a million different ways. Technique wise Mariah's voice is at the peak a voice can be trained, all registers are accessible to her and her Vocal bridges smoothened out thus her ability to transition easily (DFAU that sustain starts in chest voice and ends up somehow splitting into superhead voice, while still belting in chest voice) and inhuman vocal range. Just even the sounds she makes and the ease at which she sings, her agility (she has the ability to sing fast) alone sets her a bar above the rest. All these attributes combined with superhuman stamina, resonance and forte (volume), make her a singers' singer - the standard. Thus the ever so popular phrase "you're the next Mariah Carey". (Friday 26 August 2016; 1:55)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,609) (65,623) by Terna from Nigeria I'm sorry but you lost my attention when you used "off key" and "Mariah Carey" in the same sentence. Mariah Carey even on her "worstest" (yea I know this isn't a word) day cannot be found singing "off key". That woman sings with perfect pitch. Have several seats with that claim. (Friday 26 August 2016; 1:40)

Celeb comments (65,622) by RibbonB from USA Celebrity comments generally mean nothing, change nothing and so what if two celebs took to twitter to express empathy about an earthquake. Fine if they do, fine if they don't and for the victims it's just the opposite. (Friday 26 August 2016; 0:09)

Tragedy in Italy (65,621) by THE TRUTH from USA Once again Mariah is so wrapped up in her own ego that she couldn't even say a word about this travesty. Lady Gaga and Mark Zuckerberg aree putting their money and celebrity where their mouthes are, God bless them. Mariah for all the prancing around in her underwear flashing her diamonds on James yacht there in Italy, you'd think she'd have the decency to step out of her bubble for a second and say or do something. Hell she's been going to Capri since the 90s and her brother lives in Italy too. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 21:12)

Brat Ratner Rat Pac Tea (65,616) by RibbonB from USA I just stumbled accross this on the twitter this AM. M. has some questionable buddies according to these industry comments. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 19:29)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,615) by Special K from USA Hmm, I've seen Mariah twice in Vegas and I'm telling you she was singing live and her voice sounded really good. To me she can sing her 90's songs with more ease than her recent hits. That girl sang LTT and I about died. Call me crazy but to me Mariah is singing in a lower key and yes, she can still hit them high notes. I swear during LTT she hit a note that literally rang in my damn ear. Mariah's issues are consistency, not being able to hold notes as long as she used to, and lip synching way too damn much during these tv performances because she is either lazy or too focused on how she looks. She doesn't appear to take the live tv performances seriously. During her Essence Festival performance there were times when her voice cracked, she couldn't hold certain notes and looked at the background singers for vocal support but that's okay though. I wish Mariah felt the same way. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 18:56)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,611) (65,614) by Tyler from USA Thanks you so much for the receipts. Mariah has been giving steller vocal moments performance after performances yet we focus on a few high notes lipped. In cases like My All, she sounds ten times better and stronger than the pre records. I cannot wait until Mariah releases new music. So over the discussions about miming, Stella, Nick ect. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 18:48)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,607) (65,611) by darrian liu from taiwan Actually she does lower keys of songs. I'll Be There is lowered by one semitone, Emotions is lowered by 3 semitones, Vision Of Love by 2 semitones, My All by one semitone, LTT by one semitone, IDWC by one semitone, Hero by one semitone, Fly Like A Bird by one semitone. So your argument that she refuses to lower the key of the song is invalid. She's been lowering keys of some of her songs since Emotions came out. And uh, struggling to produce notes an octave lower than studio vocals? She doesn't struggle until D5/Eb5, belt wise and the highest note she belted recently in studio is an A5. That's not even an octave, that's just 3 notes away. Head voice? Recent vocals from SSFT show that her head voice still retains much ease up to A5 while her most recent highest studio note in head voice is from Infinity at C#6. Hell, she actually hit the long C#6 head on (albeit it being in the whistle register) in Kelly and Michael and the quality is just as good as the studio version. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 12:10)

Re: RJJ12 (65,571) (65,610) by 123 from USA Hi Will, thanks for your post. I agree completely that her voice now sounds a lot better than the Rainbow era. I was referring to just her tone. When here voice was in decent shape during that era, she focused on singing in that honey/silky tone she is famous for and stayed away from belting. Her tone is very honey/silky like again like during that era. Her belts are so much better. While she still avoids her high belts, her mid belts went from non-existent, to dry and brief, to now sounding full and resonant. She has never been this consistent vocally since the 90's and seems to slowly get better. I guess her having to perform more has lit a fire under her to finally start caring for that voice more often. I can't wait to hear how she sounds in the final Vegas leg and her SA leg of her tour. Let me not forget the Beacon Theater. Someone should make a video showcasing the evolution of her voice this era. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 4:06)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,595) (65,609) by Musti from UK I agree. The woman is clearly drenched in insecurities and the standard with which the public judge her singing has really worked to her disadvantage over the years. I don't think she has a problem reaching the heights that she did in the past. If anything, the Christmas shows, SSFT and Vegas show that even the high chest notes are still mostly (if not entirely) there. The only problem is she can't perform her coloratura/melisma tricks anymore. Her whistle has always been fluid but even that has taken a more dramatic form. The way she's been whistling on Hearbreaker lately is a good example. Or the way she often goes off-key at the end of Vision Of Love. I don't mind if she wants to engineer the hell out of a couple of album cuts for old times' sake, but I think it's time to embrace the new dramatic aspect of her voice. Her singles must represent her voice as it is now since these will be the songs she actually sings on stage. Coloratura is too much for the lay listener anyway. History is filled with examples of opera singers taking on different roles as their voices change over the course of their careers. There is no shame in it. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 2:15)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,595) (65,608) by Licia from USA 100% agree. All I've ever wanted was her to work with the voice she has now and stop trying to continue to try to relive 90s Mariah moments when she can't. As a fan from the beginning of her career I've long accepted that she does not have the voice she used to have, but when she just let's go and works with what she has, she's still great. I also agree with TJ about recording songs she can't replicate live. Why record a song you had to manipulate in the studio and then lip sync most of the parts during live performances? I'd rather you work with your voice limitations than you keep half assing performances. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 1:23)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,595) (65,607) by Andrew from UK What a load of old [censored]. So there'a nothing in which Mariah is not a victim but this time around it's the fans' fault. What genuine first-class nonsense. Mariah has spent a decade and a half pressing songs with vocals engineered into octaves she just can't reach and/or in a quality she just can't create. Her massive ego did that, nothing else. Watching her struggle to hit notes an octave lower than the notes of the engineered vocals when they kick in live is something most fans would rather not have to witness. She engineers the vocals to something she just hasn't actually produced from her throat. When she now performs the songs she once did produce from her throat - the 90's - she refuses to drop the key of the songs and produce live vocals. She actively chooses the pre-record and squints like a [censored] on stage, flapping her jaw and waving her hand about apparently in fear of the track not kicking in and her being made to look a fool. Many years ago I argued, as did others, for lowering the songs and singing live and not charging people a fortune to watch her have what appear to be spasms on stage to the vocals she originally put out on the CD's. Now many more fans seem to want this and she *still* doesn't listen because her super massive ego won't let her. The fans let go of her being a great vocalist ages ago. Mariah hasn't. The fans' fault? Heaven forbid it actually be because of her own ego. Prize-winning nonsense. (Thursday 25 August 2016; 0:48)

Re: LA's tweet (65,601) (65,606) by enwar00 from usa Lmfao best name ever. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 23:16)

Re: Beyonce rumor / So Gone (65,579) (65,605) by RibbonB from USA Mariah and Beyonce should do the "So Gone Challenge" together, that would put the silly rumor to rest and be a big boon for Bey, M. and especially Monica. I love a good viral moment. Some of the freestyles are so good and some so funny. Mariah and Beyonce could just do a snap chat together grooving to the beat, sipping tea, or a splash. Lol. And if they each dropped a few bars, people would lose their minds. That would be epic. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 22:17)

Re: LA's tweet (65,601) (65,604) by RibbonB from USA LA's tweet was about Lil Poopy. The Blind item must have been about Ciara. So they were not related, the Blind and the tweet that is lol. LA is a professional, he was just joking about an unsigned artist it seems, not an established artist like Mariah or even Ciara. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 21:34)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,595) (65,603) by Adam from Usa Very well said Mimi L. It's been a long time since I've read something here that hits the nail right on the head. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 21:19)

Re: Miming theory (65,593) (65,602) by Mike from FL, USA Agreed. Those are the moments I live for. When she is completely uninhibited and just lets those notes, and arms/hands fly. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 21:06)

Re: LA's tweet (65,594) (65,601) by Mike from FL, USA I thought it was in reference to the rapper, Lil Poopy or whatever his moniker is. Apparently he was telling folks that he had been signed by Epic and the tweet was LA's rebuttal. I could be wrong, so please correct me if I am, lol. And I almost forgot, what the hell kind of name is Lil Poopy? SMH. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 21:03)

Re: The voice dilemma (65,595) (65,600) by Luke from United Kingdom I agree, if she just embraced her current voice people would love it. Voice cracks are in. Look at Sia, her voice is the crackiest in all the land and people love her. If Mariah let her voice cracks show she's probably sound really fresh ironically. (Wednesday 24 August 2016; 20:59)

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