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Terna (40,092) by Licia from USA Disregard my last statement to you. I misread. I thought you were getting last night's performance mixed up with the Rockerfeller one that aired on Wednesday. I didn't realize until after I sent the message that you were just talking about the Rockerfeller performance. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 16:54)

The national tree lighting performance (40,091) by Jeremey Carey from United States In my opinion Mariah did exceptional until the headvoice notes of the "yous". When I first watched I was thinking "oh they must of dubbed it" because I had read so many bad comments, but she sounded decent up until the high notes. We need to take the fact that it was cold into consideration, not to mention she probably didn't rest properly or long enough. She probably celebrated after the Rockefeller performance with alcohol, and we know what that does to her voice. Is anyone even paying attention to how her hair was done like the Merry Christmas II you album cover and she looks skinny and gorgeous. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 16:06)

Terna (40,090) by Licia from USA The tree lighting ceremony and the Rockerfeller performances are two different performances. She did excellent on the Rocker feller performances with both songs, but the tree lighting ceremony where she did one song, she did not do well. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 15:45)

The voice (40,089) by Randy from USA I've been saying it since late 97. Something happened to the voice and when there is no magic fix it around we get the real current state of the voice. What baffles me is that anybody is surprised. I love MC. I think she is the most underrated lyricist of our time. I think she puts an album together unlike anyone we have ever known. But what she is known for is vocals. Young singers defer to her when asked about influences. She has been voted best vocalist of our time on so many lists and yet we are jittery before every live performance. I'm not beating her up and yes I want her to sing live and not lip sync. She gets mad props from me going out like a soldier. But can she please address what's been up for 16 years. If it's nodules, say that. If you damaged your voice during the Daydream tour, say it. If it's stage fright, say it. I don't worry about MC on wax because that will always be impeccable. There are technological band-aids there. But when a "live" performance is coming up, I find myself having to take a tranquilizer. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 15:17)

Tree lighting performance (40,088) by Jamie from UK Most of the performance wasn't that bad IMO, not for Mariah in 2013. It just occurred to me that her voice could still be deteriorating further, who knows what will be left in 2023 and beyond? So good for her being brave enough to sing her old songs despite her vocal issues. Hopefully her performance with Michael Buble went better. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 14:24)

It's not a big deal (40,087) by Carol from Spain I think Mariah already made enough amazing peformances in her life, so I believe fans can forgive her one less successful one. Why are some pages bitching all around? She got off on a rough start, but everyone sang off key that night and even Aretha playbacked. So what's the big deal? Calm down lambs. I actually didn't think it was so horrible and I even laughed through the end of the song because I wasn't expecting her to lose it. But it's ok, better luck next time. Some people have a short memory. Mariah is such a perfectionist, I think she felt way worse then we did. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 12:48)

Tree lighting ceremony (40,086) by David from Australia She looked really upset and based of her comment she knew she didn't perform as well as she could. I hope she doesn't go too hard on herself though. She's an amazing live performer, even to this day. Just look at the Rockefeller Center performances or Jimmy Fallon. Better than many so called "artists" these days. Every artist has their bad days. I hope this doesn't make her feel the need to lip sing more frequently, because the beauty of this performance was that she sang live and she tried. It was real. Honestly, I'd rather hear her sing live than lip sing to a song, even if she doesn't always nail it. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:42)

Rockefeller tree lighting performance (40,085) by Terna from Nigeria I'm so upset right now. Are we listening to the same performance here? Mariah really struggles on both songs she performed. She sounded arid, really hoarse and just all over the place and latetly it seems switching into the high notes is kinda a saver of a totally horrendous performance which is what this was. If this is the way she's sounding now makes me wonder what kinda vocals are gonna be on the album. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:30)

Tree lighting performance (40,084) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom That tree lighting performance was horrible. She was chasing the right key the whole song. Just awful. I don't understand how she can go from Rockefeller to this in a matter of days. It's probably one of the worst performances I've ever heard from Mariah vocally. I respect that she didn't lip it though. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:29)

One Direction duet? (40,083) by Ian Lim from Malaysia Mariah did with Boyz II Men in 1995, 98 Degrees in 1999, and Westlife in 2000, but now is 2013 and I wish she will do a duet with a boyband again, like One Direction perhaps as they are phenomena now whether in UK, US, or Asia. Perhaps Mariah can get another number 1 hit, just a thought lol. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 7:20)

National tree lighting performance and Today Show (40,082) by Brad from USA Hi lambs. Unfortunately, this performance was nothing short of awful. She started off sort of ok and it got squeaky and hoarse from there on. At the end it was just terrible. Something is seriously wrong with her chords. I hope it is something she can address in a safe, not too risky way. So sad to hear. She is to appear next week on the Today show with Hoda and Kathie Lee. We will see. Be well. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 5:46)

The tree lighting performance (40,081) by Licia from USA It honestly was not the best. The worst part was the end. I'm not going go be too hard her because I feel bad for her because she tried to sing live and she looked really upset because she couldn't hit those notes. She also made a comment about it. I appreciate that she didn't lipsync, but it's times like these where I wouldn't mind the half lipping and half singing. I'm sure she redid it though. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 5:19)

This performance (40,080) by Tony from Ireland Ok. I'm a massive fan of MC, I do love everything about it, and as most of you, I do realize that she is very often stressed when she has to sing live. But this last performance of AIWFCIY was a disaster. I mean, has somebody listened to it? Something similar was happening when she performed HATEU and after when Oprah invited her to sing IWKWLI on her summer concerts' bus. Now I really don't know what to think. Did anybody realised this too? (Saturday 7 December 2013; 2:23)

[...] (40,079) by David from Spain Mariah rangs fatal in Washington. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 0:34)

Rockefeller (40,078) by enwar00 from usa Which songs did she perform? (Friday 6 December 2013; 23:57)

Mariah Carey's #1 fan (40,077) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands Is Gabe Camarillo Mariah Carey's #1 fan? (Friday 6 December 2013; 23:27)

Legal wars and MCIIY (40,076) by Blake from USA Ok does anyone know, I mean truly know, what is going on with Mariah and IDJ? I am wondering if this is kinda what happened with Sony in 2001, when her contract was up. She fulfilled it with a greatest hits instead of a studio album. I have heard someone on this board say that TAOLG fullfils her contract but they too could release a hits collection if Perez Hilton is right about the Kayne West rumor. This all makes sense with delaying (besides her injury) and how Mariah is singing "Looking In" as a statement. Summer 2012 was supposed to be her year and again 2013, and now 2014 is coming. There is much more going on here than we all know. I also find it odd that she is not performing any Christmas music from her second Christmas album which I know only went gold in the USA and everybody loves the first one more, but still is odd to me. Seems how IDJ makes money off that and not the first release. I just wanted to add that I love MCIIY the same as the first but I am not fond of "Here comes Santa Claus" - I think it's too ghetto sounding for her. (Friday 6 December 2013; 20:56)

Rockerfeller (40,075) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom I'm enjoying both of those performances for what they were; great. I don't care about the copy and pasting, if indeed it happened at all, or any dubbing. I'm sure all the celebrities performing did the same thing. It's standard these days. I was just happy to hear some gorgeous runs and Mariah's beautiful tone, which sounded clearer and thicker than she has done in recent years. Two of her best performances since she did promo for MCIIY. I loved the little high notes added in here and there. Sure, her belting wasn't there, but I think she'll never recover that part of her voice. I loved it for what it was though. I love Mariah at Christmas. (Friday 6 December 2013; 14:07)

Higher notes (40,074) by David from Australia I think the struggle in reaching high notes is the only real criticism I can find in regards to her current vocal abilities. Otherwise, her whistles, low notes and runs are almost flawless. I still don't think her current voice is better than the Rainbow era though. Also, on a random note, I'm curious whether anyone apart from me prefers her Charmbracelet vocals over post Emancipation era vocals? I especially loved the belting and whistles in that era, for example Subtle Invitation and Bringin' On The Heartbreak. (Friday 6 December 2013; 10:54)

Whistle note at the end of AIWFCIY performance (40,073) by Eternal from Italy Do you all hear that whistle note at the end of the AIWFCIY Rockefeller performance (official clip), when she sings the last line of "Christmas"? I watched several fan tapings, but this whistle note was absent. Did she do multiple takes of the same song and dubbed them together? Anyway I thought this and JTTW were very solid performances. She sounded a little less nasal compared to her summer showings, and her runs were better. I've been re-watching some of her past performances (especially the 2001 BET Christmas special) and her voice has gotten that much thinner since then. Still enchanting though. (Friday 6 December 2013; 10:22)

Rockefeller (40,072) by Randy from USA She did an amazing job. She struggles with higher full voice notes, but this is seriously proving that she still has a voice. And have you all noticed between this performance and the Jimmy Fallon impromptu concerts that her runs are getting amazing. She is much better now live than the 1999-2000 Rainbow era. (Friday 6 December 2013; 2:37)

Miss M the queen (40,071) by Me. I am Carly from USA I agree with people who are saying age is an issue. But mostly I think that is a good look on Mariah, in the sense that the popular young artists are mostly being forced into genres and showing their bodies with very little understanding of the power they power they truly have. Mariah has so much more in her life now that she can be herself and speak her mind, she was so abused and mistreated by her earlier record companies and I believe that she does have much more control and would choose that over number one hits any day. As far as her live singing, she was just such a musical freak out the gate that there is no way she can't hit that live anymore, there are either going to be changes to the music or she will lip sync I much prefer her changing chords and just gives us the voice she has which is still so compelling and lovely. (Thursday 5 December 2013; 22:10)

Copy and paste performance? (40,070) by Lee from UK Correct me if I am wrong, but it appears Mariah is up to her "do it three times and copy and paste it together" trick. Here is a fan recording of Joy to the World and here is the televised version. Notice the way she is holding the mike at the end in the televised version but in the fan version the mic is clearly in its stand whilst Mariah waves both of her arms around. (Thursday 5 December 2013; 21:09)

Stuccato (40,069) by Lee from UK I love Mariah's Joy To The World, but I'm a little underwhelmed with the Rockerfeller performance. I do not enjoy it when Mariah uses stuccato instead nice smooth vocal runs. It leaves me feeling uncomfortable. (Thursday 5 December 2013; 20:51)

The problem (40,068) by Danny Braden from Uk The problem I think in my mind is the fact that Mariah doesn't bring the money in anymore, hence small gigs, limited promotion and lack of a solid release for an album. It's almost gone back to the beginning of her career, but without a gimmick or element of surprise. And maybe it doesn't matter, we still love her and she still is relevant and present. But I think that's what we are seeing is lack of financial support and creative direction from the label and management and Mariah herself, it seems that her balance of family and work may sometimes come into conflict if she wants a hit album with limited promotion. Mariah will always make money and music, but I won't be surprised if she ventures into production, movies and song writing for others in the future. She can still make hits, just not sure the public buy into her image anymore. (Thursday 5 December 2013; 16:42)

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