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Lip syncing issue (57,692) by JAXGH from United States Mariah's songs have always been ridiculously hard to sing, this is the reason why she never toured in the beginning of her career. Her repertoire have always been in its own league vocally. When you are an audio engineer, a producer and have the greatest voice in the world, magic happens. She even said it herself in the 1995 "Stupid me making it so hard" interview as to why she had such long breaks in between each shows, it's because her songs are vocally demanding. Lets see you sing Vision Of Love, Emotions, Fantasy and Forever all in one night. Every single song is a vocal suicide. By 98, you'll hear her say to Stern "something's wrong with my throat but please don't be lewd" it's taken its toll. Damage have taken over. Not getting into each aspect as to why. Her nodules have made her sound beautiful but it's also damaged her chords. Mariah is in a lose-lose situation: she can't use her gift without the nodules, but she'll damage her gift with them. So she really has no choice but lip sync. Or she'll lose it all if she over uses it. You guys don't think Mariah knows her limit? The ridiculous part is, as each album goes by, the songs get harder. Example: Fly Like A Bird, Through The Rain. So it's even more demanding now. Just be happy she is stilling making albums and preserving her voice for recording sessions. I don't mind if she lip syncs, her voice is already damaged and she can't remove the nodules or she'll lose her voice. Her voice is very limited now, just accept it. Okay? (Sunday 8 November 2015; 4:03)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey and billionaire boyfriend cooling off (57,689) (57,691) by 90sMariah from SG Michael K's pseudonym for James Packer is Australian Shrek. Lol. It makes me laugh every time. (Sunday 8 November 2015; 2:22)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey's greatest hits on loop at Crown Perth (57,688) (57,690) by Lee TS from USA Lol I know right? The people in the hotel are being given the gift of music 24/7, having their souls cleansed and blessed every minute of the day. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 22:02)

Article: Mariah Carey and billionaire boyfriend cooling off (57,689) by Ignacio Pineda from United States I don't find him attractive at all, but as long as Mimi's happy that's all that matters to me. One thing I love about Mariah, she's a total diva so no man will tell her what to do. But, I do want her to end up with someone filthy rich so he can treat her like the queen she is. Diamond butterfly rings are my girl's best friend. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 19:23)

Article: Mariah Carey's greatest hits on loop at Crown Perth (57,688) by Ignacio Pineda from United States I would love to stay in a hotel and listen to Mariah Carey all day. Sounds like serenity to me. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 19:17)

Oh the insanity (57,687) by Randy from USA I've held my tongue for awhile on this Adele topic, but now I will speak. I agree that MC has been lip syncing the high full voice belts since that fateful day on Oprah in 1997. After Charmbracelet, when she knew we had widened up to it, she started recording a scratchy track to match the tone of the current state of her voice but when she starts flailing those arms, turning her head she ain't a bit more singing than the man on the moon. Now what I will say is whatever she does in the studio is more difficult than what Adele does, however Adele can replicate her magic live and MC refuses to. I agree with Andrew she needs to sing in her current range. Why can't she sing songs in the same register as Right To Dream, Help Me Make It Through The Night and Languishing. I doubt she can't sing those live. In addition, you guys wanna talk Macau, Vegas and Jimmy Fallon impromptu where her voice is great. But why she can't do the same for American television is beyond me. She always chokes at awards shows or again, lip syncs. Now about Adele, I love Hello but to be honest it is not anywhere near a quality a song or vocal as MC's best, Vision Of Love, Vanishing, Looking In, Outside, Close My Eyes, Butterfly, My All, Petals, Through The Rain, Reflections (Care Enough), Twister, Never Too Far, Through The Rain, Right To Dream and Languishing. None of Adele's songs match any of them. In fact, those songs in my opinion make MC the greatest singer-songwriter of all time. Some of those songs are better than anything the revered female singer-songwriters: Alicia Keys, Joni Mitchell, Lauryn Hill, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Carole King, Diane Warren have ever done. Which is why I'm still invested despite the smoke and mirrors surrounding her live performances. Adele is great but please don't think MC can't sit with paper and pen with Big Jim Wright at the keys and not come up with an emotional, timeless masterpiece better than Adele's entire catalogue, in less than thirty minutes. MC still has that capability, she just chooses not to use it because she hates "always" doing ballads. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 18:37)

Nickelodeon (57,686) by enwar00 from usa That was hilarious. I'm not fully awake so it took me a couple seconds. I remember Thirsty too. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 16:13)

Article: Mariah Carey and billionaire boyfriend cooling off (57,685) by Lee TS from USA If it was such a disaster in China he wouldn't feel the need to fly back with her just to make a cameo at the Halloween bash. But I do agree that they should keep business separate unless he can get her a major role in a major film. I like that he's camera shy and comes off as very unassuming, not stunting or flaunting his billionaire lifestyle. I hope they at least make it until Christmas so he can spoil Mariah rotten haha. Forget Aspen, give her the whole North Pole. I wonder if Mariah has met his kids yet, it'll be cute if all the little ones can get together for Thanksgiving. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 9:48)

Re: Oh the insanity (57,673) (57,684) by Norman from USA Andrew, I'm all for you sharing your opinions, even if I strongly disagree with them. That said, this bulimic fangirling thing you've got going where you love her to death one sec, and then can't stand the sight of her the next is just too much. All in moderation. You've raised some good points, but it's difficult to take them seriously when the rest of your post comes off like a tantrum. Just saying. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 9:17)

Re: Oh the insanity (57,673) (57,683) by Lighty from China Hey Andrew from UK, You may wanna go and check out WBT live on BET Blueprint, whole thing live. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 5:45)

Article: Mariah Carey and billionaire boyfriend cooling off (57,682) by Xavier Peoples from United States Wow, I wonder if this is really true? I am anxious to find out what happens between these two. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 5:35)

Re: B from USA (57,674) (57,681) by darrian liu from taiwan I think it could go diamond like how 21 did. I can't help but root for Adele because she seems like a girl-next-door and seems like she's really kind. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 4:02)

Re: Oh the insanity (57,673) (57,680) by darrian liu from taiwan I honestly seldom wanted her to sound like the record. I want her to improvise, to add melodies and be creative and play around with her songs. She got the voice to do it but she's not confident enough. I want another moment like the Jimmy Fallon impromptu performance. Hey, she doesn't always lipsync nowadays. Macau shows that she's actually improving and her voice is the brightest it's been since 2010. Won't you give credit to that? I mean look at the bigger picture because it seems like you're always nitpicking on every performance. If you look at the bigger picture, you'll hear that her voice is improving considerably. What I want from her is just to record simple songs with beautiful subtle layers because lately her layers in her songs have been a little bit messy. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 4:00)

Re: B from USA (57,670) (57,679) by darrian liu from taiwan Adele is 27 lol. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 3:52)

Re: (57,668) (57,678) by darrian liu from taiwan Mariah ain't a lipsyncing machine. She lipsyncs when she feels like she can't do as good as she usually does. Lipsyncing in moderation for me is okay, after all it seems like a smart move to preserve the voice. You can't deny that Mariah's voice isn't the same instrument compared to what it used to be. Mariah's voice is now thicker and richer and less flexible. However it's a better move to re-arrange her hits. After all, she still got the pipes and the musical genius in her. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 3:51)

Re: B from USA (57,674) (57,677) by Travon..SweetSweetFantasy from USA People who are saying, Adele is better than Mariah and more successful than Mariah, are completely blindsided by Adele's current success. Typical UK fans that love to hype up Adele. We get it Adele is currently doing well. 19 sold 7 million copies and produced zero #1s. 21 album sold 30 million copies and produced 3 #1s. Mariah Carey sold 18 million copies to date and produced 4 #1s. Emotions sold 10 million copies to date and produced 1 #1. Mariah Carey albums sales 185-200 million and Adele 37 million albums. So please stop. The comparisons are pointless and need to stop. (Saturday 7 November 2015; 2:15)

Re: Oh the insanity (57,673) (57,676) by Rene from US You made it sound like she lipsyncs all performances. Now, that would be Britney. And look how successful she's been. Are you going to see Mariah when she is in Europe? It would be hypocritical to go. Or just go with a sign "stop the lipsynching". (Saturday 7 November 2015; 1:21)

Mariah Carey is a selfmade woman (57,666) (57,675) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End Mariah's success has never and will never be contingent upon a man. The only thing a man can do for her is get out of her way and not drag her down. From Ben, Tommy and Walter to Morgan, Nickelodeon and JD, Mariah has shown consistent knowledge of that. It's beyond time to let go of any sexist notions that she isn't completely self sufficient as a woman on all counts. The monologues some of you have churning in your heads is scary at times. Seriously. From when are you people? (Saturday 7 November 2015; 0:21)

Re: B from USA (57,670) (57,674) by Giovanni from USA I'm sorry Bobby but Adele is a great singer. Her voice is big and amazing so don't discredit her talent. It's like some lambs get threatened or jealous when an artist is more successful than Mariah. If Mariah had released an amazing song instead of "Infinity", she could have gotten a little more success. I think now her eyes have opened and she knows she needs to deliver with better quality music if she wants people to buy her album. But for now let Adele have her time. I have a feeling her new album will go platinum. I definitely plan on buying it when it comes out. (Friday 6 November 2015; 23:51)

Oh the insanity (57,673) by Andrew from UK I was quoting insanity for it's complete lack of truth. Scroll down. I think it well documented that I believe in honesty. And I shan't be warded off my fandom just because I don't do it in the way others do. I have posted many things here which do not make it, I temper and am tempered. Good fans here, like Gio recently, want Mariah to produce killer songs, to be more engaged, to be different. To be Mariah Carey again. And I want songs that are sung live, sounding like the record. Everything is lip-synced these days. I recently watched Live8 and I'm pretty sure Mariah was the only one to lip-sync: WBT - is there an actual video of her singing the last chorus live? Come on, we need to accept this is happening and demand something else. It's embarrassing. She can do it. She just wants to live up to being the best singer. She isn't anymore. Art Of Letting Go, indeed. Mariah is, painfully, a joke on social media, just read YouTube comments. Nothing is without foundation. What's the point on continuing to do this? Write and record songs in your register and just [censored] sing them like that. It's the tone of the voice more so than the acrobatics. We love the tone of her voice. Nobody is expecting Mariah at 25. She lost that. But at least we can get honesty and value for money/fandom. I'm not [censored], I'm reacting to a ridiculous comment that Mariah isn't a lipsync machine. She has been for many years. And it should stop. For a dozen reasons. I say it like I see it. And I want this [censored] to get better. The legend is being lost in lip-sync, [censored]. Vegas? NY? I even agree with a poster here who I find quite bizarre: go to the fans where they want you. You may not make as much money, but then it seems to be all about the money now. Elusive? You can't [censored] and tell the world you're fragrant. (Friday 6 November 2015; 23:39)

Tis the season in Europe too you know (57,672) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End I'm willing to bet that MC doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is in stead of Rockefeller. I'd rather she directed that energy towards televising one of the Beacon shows on ABC, BET or Fox anyway. Hell, make it a Hallmark tradition. They're already partnering with her for A Christmas Melody and the sponsoring of The Beacon residency this year. Why not expand it to a yearly Christmas variety show on the actual network? Plus, I wouldn't mind a surprise televised concert appearance or two in Europe to promote all her Christmas projects before or after the Beacon shows. Come on Connie, make it happen Team Mariah. Don't forget about us Euro-Lambs. We've never ever had you over for Christmas. These things make me. (Friday 6 November 2015; 19:09)

A new role for MC (57,671) by Ardis Logic from Earth I think it will be interesting to watch Mariah play a not so nice character. The only other "bitchy" character she has played before, is Bianca, as far as I know. The promo pic looks gorgeous, of course. Is it me or does it look like her breasts look smaller in the pic? Did she get "the girls" reduced? Or, is it just Photoshop at work? (Friday 6 November 2015; 18:33)

B from USA (57,670) by Robby from Chicago USA Andrew is from the UK and so is Adele. No pun intended here but you and I know exactly what he is trying to come up with. Comparing Adele 25 to Mariah 45 is senseless and stupid. Adele 25 vs Mariah 25 (20 years ago) would not even be a discussion because we know that Mariah will kick her a** (sensored). I am just so pissed with these people trying to emphasize, in a large scale, Mariah's lip-synching as if this is a complete disrespect to someone. Last time I checked, this is a Mariah website and so if you don't have anything nice to say, please leave. (Friday 6 November 2015; 18:06)

Re: (57,668) (57,669) by B from USA Andrew, why do you constantly bash Mariah? A lip syncing machine? Do you honestly believe Adele has never lipped a performance? (Friday 6 November 2015; 15:28)

(57,668) by Andrew from UK "[Adele] is not just a lipsynching machine, just like Mariah." LMFAO. B*****s be cray-cray. Seriously, some people who tell other people to stop following Mariah might want to heed their own advice, if not for their mental health. (Friday 6 November 2015; 14:46)

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