Study THIS Mariah Carey Performance to Learn Why You Should OPEN YOUR MOUTH When You Sing

I love that over 30 years later we’re still talking about the gift that was Mariah’s voice in the early 90’s.

Her early years were so signature for her pure and thicker vocals. She wasn't doing a lot yet but it didn't lack the meat and potatoes. A flat foot singer with soul and intelligence. She knew what her voice can do in the moment. She studied gospel/blues notes and scales very well without too much aggression. Her growls and squalls came in for color, not for presentation.

Prime Mariah is what it means to be a vocalist

there were many legends sitting in the audience for this master piece - prince, aretha , patti

fave vocal performance of anyone of all time!!!!!!

That video is one of the best demonstrations of how to be a vocalist in pop music.

Mariah had much more of a classical technique when she first started. I always thought her voice started quite dark but by the Daydream era we were in the signature golden honey Mariah timbre.

I will repeat myself, this is arguably her greatest LIVE performance ever. Not even dubbed!

Great video! Her voice here is definitely brighter than after Emancipation, but she actually had a darker tone in the beginning than a couple years later during Merry Christmas and Daydream, and she used a way chestier mix here. Very interested to see what you think of her changes in tone, besides differences in quality. Its not just her mix, everything about the instrument became lighter. It became heavier again during Butterfly but then immediately lighter again during Charmbracelet. Nobodies voice changed so many times, so drastically, so fast, and not just in a linear direction, which is the strangest thing, but also a reason I love her

I didn't realize how amazing her runs are. I knew it's impressive to do but I didn't know it's that impressive... Really love how I can still get more impressed by Mariah even though I've loved her for years

For all the new people. This is a Vocal TALKthrough, not a reaction. So I'll be pausing a whoooole lot so we can grab the most out of the performance. If you don't like it, you can feel free to find the original performance and watch it all the way through. 😁 We're here to STUDY! 📚📚📚

Apparently some of her influences were in the audience that night such as Patti Aretha Barbra etc

This performance of her’s is a blue print on how to brilliantly sing.. I always referenced this performance for myself when I was first learning to sing any r&b, soul, pop ballad

"Think of your favorite singers; if you were to take their runs away from them, what would they have?" ...is a lethal ass bar, I ain't gone hold you.💀VERY valid question regardless though. I hate to be THAT auntie, but a lot of the new girlies REALLY struggle with sticking to the melody/arrangement. Not everyone has THAT kinda ear, I fear! 🥲

She was often compared to Whitney with this singing style, that’s why she focused on other areas of her vocal ability and it worked. But dang, this style was her powerful vocal era.

ah this was sooooo good . More ! More ! More ! 😂

Mariah Carey herself considers herself an alto (contralto) and has always maintained this

About the Kelly Price comment, actually Kelly did say that she learned a lot from Mariah especially singing in whispery vocals. I couldn't find the interview tho. i think it was around 2021.

Mariah herself has said she’s not a soprano. She’s just been gifted upper range by the nodule gods.

Her voice up until 1992 has always been super heavy up until around D5 when you hear her youthful tone. But in the following eras: Merry Christmas (1994), Daydream (1995-96), Charmbracelet (2002-2004), TEOM (2005-07), E=MC^2 (2008) and early Caution (2018), her tone was super bright and nasal throughout her entire range.