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Karma? (70,562) by Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan from USA I have to wonder if all the female singer shade has brought her bad karma? I know if I was J. Lo, Demi, ariana, Minaj, or Miley I be roasting her. They all know Mariah because she was a New Years joke all over the world. Should Lionel Richie, looking out for his tour sales, disinvite Mariah from his tour? (Sunday 1 January 2017; 17:26)

Whistles (70,561) by Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan from USA Can we finally have a discussion about her current whistl register now? There is a video compilation of her recent live highnotes and they are alarming. I've been saying her whistles have be off since 2010. Do whistle registers dry up with age? Do we know any 60 year old whistlers? (Sunday 1 January 2017; 17:13)

Mimi L / Stella / NYE performance (70,560) by Giselle UrbanPoshBeauty from US of A I spit out my coffee when I read your post lmao. That sounds exactly like her I bet she's reading it (hey Stella) and sticking her middle finger at you lol. There comes a time when we need to stop making excuses for her and stop being in denial. The performance was bad, her attitude with talking to Ryan earlier in the night was "off" too. The twitter/instagram statement is off too and why she let Stella post that is absured. If she couldn't sing live, she needs to stop accepting these gigs. She should have done like John Legend and performed for the Hollywood part and tapped her performance in front of her fans these live performances ain't working anymore. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 16:10)

Industry devils (70,559) by Tyler from USA This performance shows there are people out there who are blatantly against her. This is way too similar to the mic feed leak from NBC. The team at NBC were pisssed she made them wait so engineers leaked the audio. I'm not sure if people were paid to mess with her audio but I 100 percent believe this was a set up. She's made enemies with the wrong people and they are doing their best to make her life hell. Mics and audio do not mysteriously just shut off. It's really sad and I feel for her. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 16:10)

Re: New Year performance (70,545) (70,558) by Terna from Nigeria "Terna pull yourself together." *side eye * I ain't losing no sleep over peoples' opinions, trust me. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 16:09)

Re: I'm so confused (70,551) (70,557) by darrian liu from taiwan That's why. I don't understand how she didn't do a proper sound check. If there's one thing I want Mariah to take note from other artists, it would be Beyonce's dedication, seriousness and discipline. Maybe the master can learn something from the student. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 16:06)

Re: Stella (70,550) (70,556) by Dan from US I have to agree. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:51)

Re: New Year performance (70,547) (70,555) by Bill from the UK I course I watched the clips, what a stupid comment to make. She sang "feels like a dream", "got me feeling", "yeah", "oh" and another "oh". Honestly Terna, even Mimi L and other champions of her career have admitted it was a complete unmitigated disaster. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:47)

Re: New Year performance (70,547) (70,554) by Licia from USA Nope I'm not a bad wagon hopping anything. I'm consistent in whatever I have to say whether it be good or bad. She didn't sing not one note. All she did was talk. I stand by my original assessment that you're silly and you always have an excuse. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:42)

Mariah's performance (70,553) by darrian liu from taiwan In one way, I'm so mad and disappointed with the performance. I feel so frustrated I nearly had a breakdown over it because I really, really want her to do good on public, not just on tour. But on the other hand, this is the mess up that will light up a fire under her butt. Look at how she went on one of her most vocally consistent tours after the disasters of TECS and Rockefeller. If anything, Mariah will get back up again. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:41)

Re: New Year performance (70,542) (70,552) by darrian liu from taiwan She may have a sore throat but one thing that really makes it unlikely is that she can still talk audibly and clearly without any cracks. The most likely explanation is that she did not warm up her vocals. I was so, so disappointed, with that performance. Emotions was her slaying song last year; her best vocal moments in 2016 has been from Emotions. But somehow, in live TV, she [censored] up the song. She didn't even sing. I'm utterly disappointed, I just can't. I know that she could slay that performance had she warmed up and rehearsed. She should've done a sound check. She should've rested well and stopped drinking days before the performance. There's so many that Mariah could have done to make that performance a hit, to open the year with a bang. Instead, she just shoves her career and reputation into a coffin. There's nearly no hope now; her image truly is in shambles. But I will stand with her. I will hope for better, because this is Mariah we're talking about. There's no choice now, she has to pull a Beyonce, like one of the posters said. Do an interview regarding what happened in that performance and give coherent, straightforward answers instead of avoiding the question and commenting of the decor. Pull a 1992 Mariah and do something like MTV Unplugged to convince people she isn't just a studio singer (people have thought of Mariah of being a studio singer again). (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:34)

I'm so confused (70,551) by Mirage from Unicornatopia I am not supporting Mariah blindly at all, but I feel the need to genuinely ask the question, was this Mariah's fault? I actually have no idea. Is it something to do with the sound engineer, or is it all a masquerade? Mariah mumbles mid performance that there was no sound check, which is beyond stupid, and makes me call her culpability into question. You are performing for the world, make sure you do a sound check. That type of slackness is what's wrong with Mariah. I can't envisage Beyonce missing a sound check for a performance in front of the world. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 15:28)

Stella (70,550) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Stella is probably out there telling Mariah "No they are not tearing your image to shreds, no they are not, no they are not. Listen Mariah, my sister wife, we are two strong independent women, we go hard. We need to empower each other and empower our daughters (the deal with you launching Mishka is still on right?) Those people out there are haters, we don't know them. We are real friends. You're on fire. Don't change a thing about yourself (and more important don't change your team). We work hard, we play hard. Shout out to all the single moms out there. Let's talk about love, laughter and light and get ready to kick some f****** ass. You're the best, you're perfect, you're so beautiful, no one understands you. Let's go to Paris and enjoy some time off, and wait let me ask my whole family to join in." Also Stella will probably be contacted by tabloids/news outlets for quotes about what happened to Mariah on stage and she'll give the usual "Lose my number, eff off, Mariah's on fire." (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:58)

Insecurities rooted in her voice (70,549) by Cgee54 from Usa This shouldn't be happening to a legendary singer like Mariah at all. I'm afraid she won't fire anyone not even Stella. I think the main problem here is her voice. She doesn't trust her voice to do the job anymore. I think she understands her voice has changed since she refuses to sing without a vocal track. It seems like she's trying to hold on to her youth by "trying" to sound the same as the record. She needs to rearrange her earlier stuff and lower down the key and stop trying to sound like her earlier self. Maybe this is the time to release a jazz album or an album that will translate well in live performances. If Mariah doesn't start doing some damage control herself I'm afraid Vegas and the tour will suffer tremendously. People will always bash her. I'm afraid her past success is becoming her undoing. She set the bar so high in the 90s that not even her can reach it. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:56)

So sad (70,548) by Fady from Lebanon Went to sleep with the terrible tweets and now I am up and the headlines and clips are everywhere. I'm even signing in her in a maybe more than a year to vent: Please stop the "show" Mariah. Don't sing if you don't want to. Don't make new music if you don't feel like it. But please stop the act. I am sad to see that my favorite artist (category everything) can't go on stage and sing properly. The sad thing is this will become about "empowerment" and generating sassy one-liners for Mariah and her new team. Yes, you will live through this. But that doesn't mean you don't have a problem. I can't not love you always, please don't take my love and every true fan's love for granted or use it as an excuse to be a character. You are Mariah, you're a genius, a crazy talent. I don't know what to say. I am just crying a bit here and I rarely do. Please, please hear us already. We don't care what type of music you make (or don't), we just want you to be genuine, not a headline-hungry machine. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:55)

Re: New Year performance (70,533) (70,547) by Terna from Nigeria Here's a perfect example of the bandwagon hopping trolls. Did you even watch the clips? (I doubt.) Before quickly running on here to spew your tired shade? If you did you would know she sang here and there, but also did more talking. Smh. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:53)

Re: Worst start to a year ever (70,538) (70,546) by Dennis from Miami, FL Worst ever? Talaga? Don't understand how can you be embarrassed by something you didn't do? It's not your fault to begin with. I don't believe Mariah will ever give any explanation. Anyway epic artist has an epic fail. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:51)

Re: New Year performance (70,526) (70,545) by Bill from the UK Terna pull yourself together. She's had bronchitis since 1997 according to you. Her voice is shot because she's an alcoholic. How many colds does she have to have before you realise that? The NYE "performance", if you can call it that, proves she lip syncs across her entire range now. I wonder how long the upper register has been falsified for? At any rate, I honestly give up with her now. She is not the dedicated, hard working, music loving, grown up, respected, mature, great singer she was when I fell in love with her. Now she cares about diamonds, billionaires, splashes, sparkly jump suits and click bait websites. Mariah's gift went years ago. I'll always be a fan of her earlier Sony days, and if all Stella has done is lift the lid on what that naive New Yorker with a gift from God became, then thank God she did. I had a vision of love, and it was all that you turned out to be indeed. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:44)

Re: NYE performance (70,541) (70,544) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Does that ear piece in Stella's ear even work or is it her jst playing music and pretending to talk. Anyways Stella can't fire anyone because she won't fire family. Why on earth was Mishka on stage with Mariah during the countdown with all the celebs? Why was she there even after Mariah left? Fame hungry leeches. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:44)

What happened? (70,543) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't understand how this could happen. For those asking why she couldn't sing even with the ear piece malfunctioning (even though she did it many times before), I don't know much about live settings but from what I've gathered, both her ear piece and the on stage monitor was off. So basically she couldn't hear anything except for the audience yelling. Had her ear piece malfunctioned but the onstage monitor still on she could have pulled it through. The few words she sang were probably from cues she picked up from the dancers around her. However, now the question is why did this happen? Did she not rehearse? Didn't she post a picture a while before the show about her rehearsals? How did they not realize it then? Also it just breaks my heart that every time Mariah is on live TV, something big goes wrong, whereas she keeps slaying at events and concerts no one knows about. Also, let's suppose that they realized the mistake through Emotions, could someone not have switched the ear phone back on by the time WBT rolled around? I almost had a heart attack when they started playing the album version of WBT for her to lip sync to, I was like . Even Mariah was like "that's the album version". She completely gave up on stage. At this point Mariah should really considering starting afresh with a new team. Mariah there has been way too many mishaps these last 2 years for you to ignore. Let the DC mishap be the last disaster and leave it behind in 2016, with 2017, please get more professional, with yourself and your team. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:38)

Re: New Year performance (70,527) (70,542) by Terna from Nigeria What you call being blind, I call being level headed and observant, not just jumping on the hate bandwagon as so many of you have. There's always a logical explanation for events such as this. Do you actually think Mariah (a 27+ in the industry) knowing fully well the millions watching home and abroad intentionally f**ked up this performance knowing the backlash it would create? This isn't the first time she has performed on New Year's Eve. Listen to her when she talks, you can even hear how low and flat her intonation is indicating a sore throat. Damn Eric your message board is poison and it's affected even you. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:37)

NYE performance (70,541) by Billy from England, UK Could Mariah not hear anything? I wonder who Stella will be fireing next? I bet she so angry walking round with that iPhone and ear piece lmao I don't know what will happen next for Mariah but she should take a break. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:30)

NYE fail (70,540) by Lee from UK I am happy that this happened. Firstly because it will help the blind lambs to see that actually, yes, she does lip sync various parts of her performance such as the whistle notes in Emotions or the whole track in WBT. Secondly, world-wide embarrassment will give her the kick up the arse she needs to come back fighting. Do what Beyoncé did after her lip sync fail and show the haters what you have got by delivering an epic live performance. Mariah was pissed because she was caught out. It was only a matter of time. I get why Mariah didn't bother to sing during Emotions because that way she avoids an awful mic feed leak. These massive outdoor events always seem to go wrong for Mariah. I don't know why she bothers. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:20)

Re: NYE performance (70,532) (70,539) by Licia from USA Shezz her singing without the earpiece and monitors is what I didn't understand. Does she really need them or could she have at least attempted to sing without them? People are going to talk regardless. She could have at least tried. I feel like she just gave up. While I could see she was upset and I do feel bad, stuff like this should not be happening to a veteran in the music game. Mistakes happen, but this is happening too often. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:14)

Worst start to a year ever (70,538) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I was dreading this for the longest time but I guess it was only a matter of time before her luck ran out. I'm being more dramatic than necessary, but that's how you officially throw 26 years down the drain. I am beyond embarrassed. I am livid. It's sad when the very woman who wrote Clown as a diss song has become what she once hated. I don't care how and who is responsible for the "Sh*t happens" remark after the debacle, and I guess it doesn't matter, because that's pretty much what both Mariah and her team have become over the past year. Harsh, but true. I hope in whatever's left of my heart of hearts that she can come back from this, but right now, I honestly don't even think she's got it in her to do so. And it's not because she can't - but because it seems she just doesn't want to anymore. The music comes first? These days? Really? That will remain a joke until she proves me wrong. (Sunday 1 January 2017; 14:09)

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