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Saving this era? (44,466) by Keagon michael from USA Me I am... will debut with 50,000 copies sold in the USA. How sad but I get people are not buying music like they used to, but where is the promotion? No hit single and no promotion could equal a waste of Mariah's masterpiece. Which took 5 years to make. And now it will flop worse that MOAIA. Unless she and Def Jam do payola at radio for YDKWTD, there is no saving this era in my opinion. Her team should have her scheduled on Ellen, Fallon, The View, Conan, ettc and yet she is busy going to the park in a dress with dembabies. I just don't think she cares anymore. The general public could care less about this album. Wow. I am so sad for Mariah's legacy, because this album is too good not to remember her for. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 22:10)

More reading than a school library (44,465) by Marissa from USA Yas Alexis Carrington. You read the life out of some of these delusional idealists on here. If you have even a slight critique you will be accused of being negative. Like you said, there are many of us who've earned the right to be able to speak our minds. I just need people on here to accept that people are going to share their opinions regardless of whether it's perceived as negative or positive. There will never be a time on this messageboard or any messageboard where everyone will be singing Mariah's praises 24/7. There's nothing that can convince me that Money and Heavenly weren't at least 95% lipsynched (I'm aware that WBT was live). They sounded exactly like the album versions. I know some people don't want to believe that she lip synched a gospel song, but from my observations she and that choir were lipping for the Lord. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 21:42)

Re. Alexis, being negative vs being real (44,464) by Joe from United Kingdom Thank you for your post. It gets tired when an honest lamb says the truth and because other people choose to believe in this live/lipped trickery and we don't were accused of not being true fans. If they choose to believe that's fine. I don't think there any less of fan because of it so I don't understand that because we know the reality of what is live and what clearly isn't were suddenly being non-fans or being negative. Our ears are cleaned out good and well thank you. That's my final word on this subject. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 21:35)

Money concerts / Tommy Mottola (44,463) by nikki from usa I give credit to Tommy for promoting Mariah, but that's about it. As the head of a label that's his job for everyone on his roster. I'm glad MC is being given more credit for her output, but I still don't think its enough. He didn't seem so much of a strategist as an opportunist. Celine Dion and Shakira both had multi million dollar sales and fan bases before he signed them. J. Lo was already known for movies, had a background in dancing, and emerged her with the latin explosion. Then, had to jack Mariah's stuff to keep her afloat. Even Beyonce and DC had been together since their tweens and had already been through a record label. After he was fired, what happened? He tried to make his wife a new star and that flopped. He took over Casablanca records and tried lifting that off the ground with Lindsay Lohan. I'm kind of shocked that the general populace seems to not understand that tours have to be paid for. Generally speaking, an artist only takes home about 10% of the tour gross. That's if they're smart and don't overspend which MJ and Madonna were/are known to do. I don't know what MC's take home is these days, but in the 90's she was making $3/cd, so it wasn't needed for her to tour. She still doesn't since she's wealthy, but I think she should. During CB tour she said it helped her voice. It might be easier to be more hands on with maintenance when you know you have to constantly sing. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 21:01)

Mariah's health (44,462) by Benjamin Fisher from United States Does anyone else think Mariah seems really tired and flustered sometimes in recent interviews? I wonder sometimes about her health. She seemed great last summer, was in really great shape, and seemed really ready to put his record out. But then everything got derailed by her injury on the set of that "Beautiful" remix video. Maybe Mariah's having difficulties balancing spending time with her kids and getting this record out. And I wonder sometimes about her mental health. I remember everything she went through during the 2001-02 period and wonder sometimes if she is taking good care of herself. I'm not really happy with the lip-synching either. But I wonder sometimes if she does it because there is no other choice (besides just not putting out an album or risk damaging her voice or losing it completely). Most of us are aware that her voice got really damaged in the 90s by that relentless pace she kept up. I wonder if she lip-syncs because she has to, on orders from her doctors maybe? I look at her latest interviews, and I see someone who looks exhausted and frustrated. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 20:47)

You don't know how to do / Alexis (44,461) by nikki from usa You should attempt to comprehend before flying off the handle. The point wasn't Mariah's always singing live, the point is you're not going to know unless you were there one way or the other. Yes, I've been to several of her live performances and watched her nail it live and come back here to see how so many of you "can tell" it wasn't. That is the point. Once again, I have already stated she did well in '95, but doesn't change the fact it was dubbed. Furthermore, when the footage/audio is altered, it isn't up to Mariah. "Mariah" isn't the one editing and producing every show or concert she's on and isn't the one to call the final shots. Knowing her tracks is irrelevant. It can always be added later if they think her voice sounds too thin live and then you say she's lipsyncing because you recognize the same vocal from the track. Unless you were there, you don't know it went down like that. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 20:41)

Carly (44,460) by Lee from USA I know, right. I always thought RS (or BS) was on someone's payroll. TEOM got 3 stars and ended up with three Grammys and selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. All of the people that liked Mimi has left and doing bigger and better things. All the goats are stuck there and are killing the magazine with cover stories about terrorists and skanks. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 20:28)

Everyone, shut the bleep up about stuff you don't know about (44,459) by Carlos Jaramillo from USA How moronic are all of you that continue to make a big deal about her singing live. If you like the album and cringe at the dubbed performances, then, just buy the album and always change the channel. That's it. Don't so openly spread your abounded ignorance relative to her abilities. And all of you that believe that "any" of that concert was sung live, please don't quit your day job and never pick up a part time or interest in video and musical editing/engineering. You will starve, 98% of you. Mariah Carey has been belting incomparable notes, even live, for 20 some odd years. She's over used her voice. When the larynx has been taxed at her level, it loses its "consistency". Regardless, every single thing that you hear on that album, Mariah was able to vocalize, "in a controlled setting"; and maybe even after 4000 takes. Sure, they clean up here, use intonation devises there but, "she" does every riff, vocal change, audible inflection, etc. She's just "no longer" able to do them, the perfect connections and takes, all at one time. She must have to keep the voice fresh, takes breaks in between held notes, paste together conjoining riffs to assimilate one long one, etc. etc. Who cares? Who? Hello, its called "art". She has nothing else to prove. She will "never" sing live the way she sings on the album. The sooner we stop being so damn delusional and, stop talking about what we are not educated on, the sooner we can go back to talking about things that matter. The music. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 19:31)

Rolling Stone 3 stars (44,458) by Me. I am Carly from USA Rolling Stone gave Mariah 3 stars. They gave her the same for Butterfly. There is no lack of success and applause for this album. Oddly TEOM recieved less. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 18:51)

Photo (44,457) by Me. I am Carly from USA Webmaster can you turn my photo please? Thanks in advance. This is me with Mariah's very sweet background singer at the Today show. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 18:26)

You all don't know what to do (44,456) by Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan from USA Mariah's voice is rough, I got that. I would rather wince a few times at her concert than applaud wildly for a mimed/dubbed performance. We've yet to hear a live performance of any song from this album. For you pious lambs, you keep saying that there is no way any of of us can prove that she is lip-synching because we're not audio techs, we weren't there, etc. Well, with that same logic, can you prove that she didn't lip synch? Were you there? Were you in earshot of her singing that you can prove sounds were coming out of her mouth? I'll wait. And to the fans bringing up her home concert releases, yea they were dubbed, but you can listen to the bootleg of MSG 95, and she slayed for life, in some cases better than the dub. I've yet to see any proof of MTV Unplugged being dubbed. And not all of her tv performances have been dubbed. Many of the night shows are live. She may have done more than one take but there isn't time to dub. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 17:45)

Pull down those Tom Fords and act like you see (44,455) by Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan from USA Some of you lambs (I grow more and more turned off by that title these days) remind me of atheists. Some atheists are so zealous in proving that there is no God that they proselytize like religious folks. It is a great hypocrisy. You so called faithful lambs are so quick to play the martyrs and saviors of Mimi that you jump all over objective fans with allegations of being disloyal, suggestions of finding another diva, or claims of being incompetent. The gag is that you then complain that objective fans are being negative. I've been a fan for nearly 20 years, spent thousands of dollars and hours being Team Mariah. Therefore, I'm entitled to rant, rave, and praise her however and whenever I want. See, when you've been in the trenches with Mariah (Glitter, Charmbracelet), you were requesting Boy (I Need You), buying multiples copies of Loverboy, you've earned your seat at the Mariah discussion table. There is no way you can be a serious fan of Mariah's and not be able to tell her live, vs dubbed, vs completely lipsynched performances. Many of us have listened to her music so much that you literally know all of her songs in detail. So when Mariah does a certain note a real fan can tell if it's from the album version they've listened to 10,000 times or if it is mysteriously lowered a step or octave. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 17:45)

Def Jam (44,454) by Marvin from South africa Why doesn't Def Jam promote Mariah? What's going on and so I guess this is Mariah's last album with them. I am just a successful era. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 17:12)

Hunger and lambs chops (44,453) by Me. I am Carly from USA Mariah's fuel in the past was from heartache, her father abandoning the family, being bi-racial, being broke, not having unconditional love. She had therapy, reconnected with her father, we now have a bi-racial president and she has security and a beautiful family. I know that Katy party, Rihanna and Gaga are still on the quest for happiness through fame and that fuels the drive. Mariah can now make music for the love of it, again having her legacy in tact. The only thing I feel is, Mariah do things for the fans, number one tour areas that heavily promote you they deserve to see you like all us US people have. Number two, give us great videos. Other than that don't worry about non lambs. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 16:50)

So what are the first week figures around the world? (44,451) by thomas holt from Denmark Sorry if this has been posted before, but I was just curious to know. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 12:59)

Publicity for album and/or for LA villa? (44,450) by Eternal from Italy It came to me yesterday a possible reason why Mariah held the mini concert at her home instead of doing a BET Blueprint special for example (like in '05). She's been wanting to sell that LA house for a few months now, but it's still up for grabs. So she probably thought of "killing two birds with one stone" by using the NBC special to promote both her new album and the LA villa. Smart move of her if that's the case. Not to mention she can control every single aspect of the performance, right down to the audience. I think WBT was mostly live (but unnecessarily dubbed, still beautiful), Money was one of her least convincing lip syncs (every time she slouches atop something in that manner ) and Heavenly almost induced me into believing it was live. But come on, not even in her best vocal moments did she sound 100% like the record. She might have sounded better, sang higher, ad libbed, sounded worse, sang lower, but never identical. I love the new album, but she's really not trying. I might be considered negative, but facts are facts. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 9:39)

Lipping (44,449) by Darryle from USA I think that Money was lipped but only that song. WBT she may have sung over a backtrack but that's it I don't think she would go and re record it like that. It's one of her best live renditions of that song. As for Heavenly I just can't see Mariah ever lipping a gospel song. Her and Nick talk about how spiritual she is and God has blessed them and helped her get through such tough times. Her being so spiritual I just can't see her faking the emotion that would go into such an uplifting song like this. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 8:27)

Fake (44,448) by Darryle from USA The Mariah we saw was not fake. The Mariah on NBC wasn't fake it was just one we aren't used to. It was a toned down Mariah. She used less things related to the diva and ditzy image. She only used dahlings like once. Mariah always tones it down for serious interviews. If she were Oprah or Barbra Walters was interviewing she would tone it down a bit. I can't believe some of you think Mariah acts like what we saw before on shows like MTV all the time. It's probably a bit more of both a combo of seriousness and playfulness. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 8:23)

One more try (44,447) by Maurice from USA I have to say I really love this song and Mariah's version. I know some people would like more belting from her but I like how pretty it is. And the goodbyes she sings on the middle sometimes brings me to tears. I feel the emotion from her. This should also be released to adult radio. It's beautiful. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 6:51)

"Fakeness" (44,446) by Marissa from USA That was a great clarification PJW. When it was said that she was being fake, I knew that fake wasn't the word but I vaguely understood what was being said. You hit the nail on the head when you said that she seems irritable and from my personal observations, tired. I most recently got this vibe from her ET Canada interview. I understand how someone could interpret it as fake because she's giving honest answers but at times there seems to be some emotional disconnect, which is the irritatability, exhaustion and "over-itness". (Yes I just invented a word, but I'm sure you know what I mean lol.) I don't know what's going on behind the scenes in her life, so I'm not going to condemn her for it but it is noticeable. But hey, at least she pulls through and does the interviews. I'd rather see her slightly irritable than not see her at all. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 5:51)

Will from England / Mariah calaborations / lip singing (44,445) by Paul from Usa I really wish she'd shead the rappers, and bring some female singers on her her songs. Could you imagine Celine, Janet, Beyoncé, Shania, or someone younger like her younger fans that look up to her. I wish sometimes she'd bite the bullet and let go of all the drama and diva-ish behavior that goes on between her and other female vocalist. Like JLo. I wish on Divas Live she would have been more cooperative with the other genre singers (Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Faith Hill etc). Mariah was not lip singing on that special. Clean your ears out folks. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 5:24)

Mariah Carey at home special (44,444) by Paul from Usa I thought she did wonderful. This is exactly what I want from her. Have a conversation with the person interviewing you. Nothing wrong with being a little silly, and having fun. His was she being "fake"? Btw. I love Mariah's extra weight. I think she looks so beautiful full figured. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 5:16)

Nikki (44,443) by enwar00 from usa Thank you for your message regarding live vs. television. I feel very similarly regarding this topic. I remember seeing Mariah during the Music Box tour and then the next week watching the Thanksgiving special and wondering why she sounded weird. Even back then being young and all figured out it was dubbed. I've seen her on every tour since then and I've never been disappointed or questioned if she's singing. Honestly that's when I care more, because it ain't cheap. I also thought there was a difference between lip synching and singing with a track or background vocalists. Maybe I'm deaf. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 3:32)

Interview (44,442) by Anonymous from That is as real as anyone will get. Or should get. Mariah sounded amazing. She didn't lip sync, she sung over the track. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 3:26)

I love you Webmaster (44,441) by Alexis from USA Thank you for posting the show. I don't have TV and didn't see it plus couldn't find it on YouTube by searching in English. You're a lifesaver. (Tuesday 3 June 2014; 2:49)

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