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Question (63,209) by Mariah from Us Does anyone know if Mariah knows about this message board? (Friday 10 June 2016; 13:09)

"Around the World" vocals (63,208) by Billy from Greece As Vevo has been uploading basically the whole Around The World dvd this past month, I noticed once more that it is probably the only commercially official recording of Mariah where the vocals are most likely not dubbed or polished in after production (like in the Proctor theater performance or 1995 MSG or Adventures Of Mimi). Of course I love that. She had a very specific sound on the Butterfly tour that's unlike anything she sounded before or after, and I'm happy that we have at least some clips that document what she really sounded like then. I love the "Dreamlover" performance a lot in particular. (Friday 10 June 2016; 12:35)

Re: James Corden (63,188) (63,207) by darrian liu from taiwan Now that she's in a much better vocal state, she should do a part 2 of Carpool Karaoke. Maybe when she releases her new stuff as it's going to be a really good promo and exposure for her new song. Plus, that Carpool Karaoke was a missed opportunity tbh. She could have regained public's trust in her voice. A part 2 has to happen. (Friday 10 June 2016; 10:57)

Essence Festival (63,206) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So the Essence Festival is coming up, and I heard there are about 500,000 attendees. That's huge. This is a huge opportunity to finally get her current voice and confidence be shown on a much larger scale than just the lambs and casual fans. I hope she chooses her set list wisely. Throw in some surprises. I don't know how much time each performer gets, or how many songs she can fit in, but I'd like for her to perform there (Stella please take note): 1) Heartbreaker 2) So Lonely or One And Only with Twista (Both the songs are fire and so amazing and underrated. Why none of these were released as singles is beyond me.) 3) #Beautiful remix with Miguel and Young Jeezy 4) I'm That Chick or Migrate 5) Love Takes Time 6) Make It Happen/Anytime You Need A Friend (or a mash-up of the two) 7) My All or Always Be My Baby 8) We Belong Together 9) Shake It Off 10) Side Effects She can open with the "Fantasy" remix featuring O.D.B., by open I mean arrive on stage grooving to "New York In the house" only O.D.B's first rap or add her first verse. Or she can switch it up and enter with the "Loverboy MJ Cole Remix Radio Edit" and keep it from "Hey MC where your Loverboy at" to the very first "Loverboy chorus intro" at the very beginning of the song. These would get the audience pumped. I'd like to here what other set lists you all would prefer. (Friday 10 June 2016; 10:51)

HQ pictures of Mariah (63,205) by Philipp from Switzerland Hello lambily. I am redecorating my appartment and I want to print out a huge Mariah poster on one wall. Can anyone recommend a website with high quality pictures of Mariah? I know about mariahcareynetwork.com, but not all pictures there are HQ. Thanks for you help. (Friday 10 June 2016; 10:51)

Random Mariah mentions (63,204) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am seeing a lot of random Mariah mentions on my Facebook news feed from various pages (magazines and all, not fan pages) that I've liked, like Marie Claire, Elle Magazine, Vogue, Billboard and the likes. The posts that the magazines share usually comes with a caption and in majority of them I see only Mariah's name is mentioned like "throwback high school portrait of celebrities - you won't believe which one is Mariah Carey". Then the "10 times celebrities lost their sh*t - remember the time Anne Hathaway lost it when she saw Mariah". So even though many other celebs are mentioned in the articles, they are only mentioning Mariah in the captions, which is cool. Any exposure is good exposure. Billboard seems to be showing her a lot of love too, with several articles about the different aspects of Mariah's life, her achievements, her milestones and all. If her team is behind this, I'm happy with it. (Friday 10 June 2016; 10:22)

Re: James Corden (63,200) (63,203) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She should definitely do "Emotions" and possibly hit the whistles too since judging by her performances, her whistles are still effortless and powerful. That's one (out of many) of the parts of her voice that absolutely mesmerizes people. She should throw in some well known songs too and maybe do a mini cover of some recent popular song since that's what some of the others do in Carpool Karaoke. When Mariah did the skit, even though she didn't sing much, it was the highest viewed on the channel, that's until Bieber did his. But imagine Mariah with her current confidence and fierceness. She would go viral. (Friday 10 June 2016; 10:17)

Re: Love Takes Time 6/8/16 (63,161) (63,202) by enwar00 from usa Hey there. Yes Vegas was worth it despite that disappointing aspect. I would go again, but I'd sit way closer. Wanna go to Essence? I would love to see Maxwell too. I was listening to Amor Prohibido and Dreaming Of You, the only cds of hers that I have. I love them both all the way through. I'm still waiting for lamb night. Just saying. Andersonville fest is going on this weekened if you wanna come to that. (Friday 10 June 2016; 8:45)

Mya interview (63,201) by 123 from USA I love this interview by Mya. They ask her great questions regarding her career, why she stopped dealing with major labels, her learning how to mix albums herself, the difference in the music industry from the 90's versus today. She is so eloquent and her responses are both knowledgeable and interesting. It would be great if she could be asked these types of questions instead of the same ones about being a rich successful celebrity. I miss her doing these types of interview where she can show how knowledgeable she is about the business and how she feels about the business today versus in the 90's. (Friday 10 June 2016; 7:06)

Re: James Corden (63,188) (63,200) by 123 from USA Hello Randy, I do understand what you are saying and it is all valid, but the timing of this carpool karaoke at that point in her life wasn't right. Remember that this was a year ago where she was still in those years where she lost her passion for her career and regiment to care for her voice since 2008. Had she filmed that carpool today, for sure she would have sang. I don't remember the last time she has had this many live performances in the past six months and only having one really rough vocal night when she performed at the Unicef ball. From the opening night of this latest Vegas leg it sounds like she is going to continue to stay consistent vocally especially since she is planning on recording new material while she is there. I do agree with Andrew that she should go back on there and do the Emotions intro. Something to go viral. (Friday 10 June 2016; 6:49)

Why "One Sweet Day" is not a timeless classic? (63,199) by Pau from Mexico Hi guys. Well I just came across this video on YouTube: Do teens know 90's music? Uploaded in april 2015 and has 13+ million views. If you are not familiar with this channel, they have 10 teens identifying songs and artists from an specific decade. If you go to 4:45 you'll see when One Sweet Day starts and none of the 10 kids identify the song by the end of it. Only four of them identify Mariah even though they don't know the song or listen to her, but they recognized her voice. I know it is not a representative sample, but it does say something. I'm 26 and before I became a fan I've never heard OSD, which is not the case with other MC's songs. I think it is sad OSD didn't became a timeless classic when I believe it was a sure thing, especially considering it's the longest running number one song and it is so relatable. After such success, I wonder why MC or her team never saw the opportunity to make it an anthem, to be played in special ceremonies, homages, etc. Right now, OSD has the record, yes, but the new generations are totally unaware of its existence. (Friday 10 June 2016; 5:15)

Re: Love Takes Time RJJ12 (63,196) by Ty from USA It's the original "We belong together remember". (Friday 10 June 2016; 3:57)

Re: "Thank God I Found You" - Vegas (June 7) (63,183) (63,195) by Ty from USA I disliked the original but I personally adore this version. The emotion, the "live" vocals and piano just seal it for me. Love it. (Friday 10 June 2016; 3:51)

Re: James Corden (63,188) (63,194) by TRAVON AUSTIN from United States No excuses here. She probably doesn't care and maybe doesn't want to do it everyone else's way. It's her songs that he demanded she impromptu. She writes and produces her own songs. What is the big deal with being a boss and doing things her way? Simple answer with common sense. She is not obligated to do it their way and anyone with a career, they control. Would be the same way after 27 years. If people want to request me to sing after 27 years, I will do it when I feel like it and I would do it my way. You can dice it up and slice it as much as you want. Mariah Carey is her own boss and she doesn't care. Could it be that simple? Yes. She is a human being. Shocking. Moving on. (Friday 10 June 2016; 3:24)

Re: James Corden (63,188) (63,193) by Licia from USA All I got is "damn Randy". I don't think I've ever been speechless. Lmao. You've made some great points. I see where everyone from Andrew on up to you come from on the karaoke subject. (Friday 10 June 2016; 2:35)

Re: James Corden (63,188) (63,192) by Dustbin from USA Have to agree with some of what you said. She just started Vegas and the media has been the carpool drama and Nick divorce drama. Nothing about the show. Mariah needs to have a vocal moment for the general public in order to be believable again. She needs to get back on James Corden and have a moment. Sorry for all the "moments", like Nick Jonas I've been watching the video and it's become an addiction for me and my friend. (Friday 10 June 2016; 2:20)

Webmaster (63,191) by Randy from USA I hate to be a pain. That link didn't work when posted here's one that does work, this was on a lot of sites after James Cordon talked with Howard Stern. [Webmaster: I already had this story on my website on Monday.] (Friday 10 June 2016; 2:12)

Re: Love Takes Time 6/8/16 (63,181) (63,190) by Licia from USA Deedre we can talk about Selena darn it. Lol She's awesome. I don't know Spanish but I listen to a few of her Spanish songs. She was uber talented. I hate that I didn't discover her until she died. (Friday 10 June 2016; 2:01)

Re: Aretha Franklin - Kennedy Center Honors 2015 (63,187) (63,189) by RibbonB from USA Yup, a showstopper. I watched it several times after it aired in December. Aretha's twitter mentions really blew up with shout outs from Sam Smith, Anita Baker and on and on, with just queen of soul. The mink drop is everything. Aretha should win an Emmy for that performance. Mariah will probably be able to sing well at 7+, sort of like her voice on the "My lovesong". Love that song, but Mimi's voice sounded thin and airy. (Friday 10 June 2016; 1:47)

James Corden (63,188) by Randy from USA Just named the most difficult carpool karaoke person as MC. I wish she would just sing and not make thousands of excuses. So many times on talk shows she's done an impromptu note. I know some of you are going to say how insecure she is knowing that she's judged on every note that comes out of her mouth. If you've been singing for 27 years professionally, you should be able to sing at any time. Oh wait she didn't get enough sleep, the air conditioning was on, she was going through a divorce, she hadn't been on vocal rest, she didn't sleep with the humidifier, one of her background singers was singing her part, she was overcome with emotion at seeing a casket, she hadn't been to the vocal doctor, she had food poisoning, her songs are too difficult to sing, no one retains their voice for 25 years, her earpiece wasn't working. Did I get every last excuse? I do not enjoy being hard on MC but it's like come on. Do you wanna go down as the greatest vocalist of all time? No wait. That's Patti Labelle. Do you wanna go down as The Voice. No wait. that's Whitney Houston. Oh I get it. You are the greatest recording artist in history. The interview can be seen here. (Friday 10 June 2016; 1:44)

Aretha Franklin - Kennedy Center Honors 2015 (63,187) by Malcolm from Asia So I just watch this performance of hers from last year and wow, I'm blown away at how she pulled that off at the age of 73. Her tone doesn't really change at all, her power maybe yes, it's more reserved but it's understandable because of her age but while I'm watching it, it really feels like I'm watching one of the rehearsals of Divas Live 1998. I'm blown away by her voice at this age, it's just wow, like what I have read in the link Pau share with, "not everyone is Aretha". So I wonder, can Mariah pull off a performance at the age of 73? I hope so. Pau's link is a great read. One thing's for sure, years will pass and Mariah Carey will always mention along side with Whitney, Aretha etc. when it's all about the voice, success, "diva" so on, so forth. (Friday 10 June 2016; 0:19)

Mariah Carey is [...] in Vegas to [...] (63,186) by 123 from USA Clips from the first Vegas show courtesy of The Diary of Mariah Carey. (Friday 10 June 2016; 0:12)

Re: Love Takes Time 6/8/16 (63,177) (63,185) by 123 from USA He Enwar. I know. She does that to LTT, IDWC, and Someday. She flies through the first five songs. Watching it in person it's like a whirlwind but so worth it. Selena? What songs are you listening to? I was just listening to Captive Heart for that vocal nostalgia showing she had chops even in English. I wish she would have been able to be with us a little longer to see what she would have done musically. (Thursday 9 June 2016; 23:50)

Re: Love Takes Time 6/8/16 (63,171) (63,184) by 123 from USA Hi Mi Todo Chop. I love that song. It was the song where I fell in love with her as an artist. My cousin used to play it all the time and had the Mariah Carey tape. She would reply the bridge over and over again, just that part. It's one of her most legendary bridges that really takes the song to another level. Her voice sounds so good. Light years from when I saw her last July. It's so nostalgic to see her sing it and IDWC. (Thursday 9 June 2016; 23:46)

"Thank God I Found You" - Vegas (June 7) (63,183) by Billy from Greece Mariah is really a legendary vocalist. Her enunciation, the clarity of her phrasing, the conscious manipulation of syllables while going through the scales recalls only legendary vocalists like Sarah Vaughan. I'm so happy for the way Mariah has developed her artistry, adding so much intricacy into her vocal delivery. Take a look here. (Thursday 9 June 2016; 23:06)

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