Mariah Carey - 1st Obsessed live performance @ AGT

[Wagnerlover777]

Her vocals are freaking EPIC here. What did the TV editors do, TRY and distort the sound?

[adamsoul]

she so hot in this live !!! 100% live amazing here voice is so good here

[krazyshorty89]

She was sexy in this performance... hair, outfit, shoes... DIVA! lol

[KYLEEANDLEONIDASMAMA]

For anyone who's listened to the album you can clearly tell this is just a backing track, not a lipped performance. Alot of pros use backing tracks when they perform at smaller shows instead of using a band.... But, again- this is NOT lipped!!

[Boi9188]

this is awesome.

[bryl17]

lip or not

i will still luv her.

[puddingplate]

stupid,george forman look it up cokewhore,lmao

[brokenrose1000]

nothing compares!!!! one and only!!!! love it and i love her..

[balsalona]

mariah carey had a nice and sexy voice, i love mariah.. i love this v

[ParaWhoreOfficial]

shes finally not lipsynching! love it!

[iluvMimic]

omg stfu u could hear her loud and clearly are u deaf?she sounds wonderful and who the fuck cares if shes unprofessional bitch shes mariah careyy i lovee her shes the best and ppl like you are the reason why she gets upset

[salacuta123]

no i think its just your dumbass that cant hear the backings or something????

and thats a lame excuse

[bloodriverSHINING]

Of course the backround music is pre recorded! How can you sing two songs at the same time with a different high note? Usually there is people who sings the backround for her but that takes alot of money.

[Nintendog140]

Actually it's not lipsynched. Listen to the original and the live version. Vocals are completly different.

Everytime Mariah sings good in a performance people say it's lipsynched yet they just can't get over the fact that Mariah still has the voice.

[cersus]

had to tell you thanks for posting this clip cuz you dont hear the terrible back up singers that shouldnt have even been in it...like you do in the other versions and it shows that the performance was a really good one vocally which I didnt see it too much in the other versions! very happy now!!

thanks!!!!!

Mariah is the best!!

[Balteey]

Omg I hope she goes on tour as soon as Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel releases!

[DivasOfBrutality]

God I love this song, it's so her #1 hit of 2009.

[HigeRox]

This is really random, but it kinda sounds like the "He's all up in my George Foreman" part is lipped o.o You can tell that it's slightly softer than when she belts out the rest, and it sounds the exact same as the recording. Not hating, just pointing out something I found interesting :P The whistles at the end were amazing.

[kenneth416]

who's george foreman?

[KJBretto3214]

a grill maker, just like people say hes all up in my grill but she just used georges name.

[kenneth416]

what did she said at 2:56 to 3:01 ??

[tertra114]

She say's "he's all up in my George Foreman"

[DoctorClarkez]

why is she saying that ?

[tertra114]

i don't know if your familiar with urban slang but have you ever heard someone say "why are you all in my grill" that means why are you all in my face or all in my space, and because George Foreman has a line of grills call "The George Foreman Grill", she's saying "He's all up in my George Foreman" because she's trying to get across the point that the Obsessed guy is all in her grill, or all in her face/space

[DoctorClarkez]

omg thank you so much :) haha i wasn't familiar with that phrase.

Maybe it's an American thing :) thanks!

[DivasOfBrutality]

She says "Why you so obsessed with me" in a different tone.. I read it on her YouTube which had the lyrics in the description on her Music Video.

[salacuta123]

301 she said hes all up in my jock

[SME213]

no, she says hes all up in my george forman, (grill)

[jdeppluvr35]

maybe her jeans are tooo tight lmao :P

[breh760li]

yeah its live im so impressed again w/ her,,,healthy voice again....

she is just so amazing at her age...

[iluvchnkmnks]

Thats so awesome! You can tell its a live performance. The studio looks alot smaller. Cool vid!Thanks for sharing.

[kenneth416]

why did she push the guy at 2:22 ?

[tertra114]

lol am sure it was just part of the performance, cause you know how the song has alot of attitude and it goes with what she's singing at the time "still couldn't get this" *pushes*

[DoctorClarkez]

it's just part of the choreography

[teemac82]

She wasn't being rude, it was planned all along for her to push him. She did it twice. I can't really word it....but it was all just acting, and being cute/funny.

[Bethalicee]

yeah she was, i think in all her interviews too your really stiff :L love her thoo :D x

[Harajuku3000]

What kind of camera do you have?

[tertra114]

I'm so happy with this performance for many reasons, one because she is having FUN, last year she looked very uncomfortable in her perfromances and "stiff" in this perfromance she letting her voice flow and not holding back and it wasn't until this performance that i relized this is the first time i've heard her hit a whistle note live since 2007, cause last year i don't believe she hit any, there in some songs on the cd but they weren't in the singles that she released and did live

[fazzee360]

what i'll be loving you long time? She added whistle notes into the ending of them. I know what you mean by stiff, i mean I'm that chick at Fashion rocks was way stiff.

[tertra114]

Oh ya, your so right and the sad part is i have that as one of my favs and forgot she added the whistle LOL but ya i was just a little worried about her last year especially during "the performance that shall NOT be mentioned" (X Factor) but i'm truly glad to see she's better

[LADYDIVAA]

this is much better then the tv edited version

[ksciranko]

I agree. you can hear her much better (at the parts she sings) and much more clearer. On TV, she sounded like she was mumbling or something. lol. (PS, I am not criticizing her for not singing the whole song. It's up to them what parts they want to sing. I would rather have them sing some or most of the parts very well than the whole song just mediocre)

[rudebwoy2385]

If you saw the TV version that was aired on AGT you can tell they edited certain parts of this performance and her mic was much lower on the TV version. This was version was definitely the better version and showed the power and magnificence of her amazing voice more...can't wait to see her perform this song LIVE, LIVE on TV. It's gonna be AMAZING!!! LOVE U MC!!!

[felipescalisa2]

she is a real diva .. oh my god

[iramoshu]

Congratulations. Quien hizo este video, hizo una cosa genial. Me encantó. Es hermeso. Great!!!!!!

[mcdamian17]

love her voice at 2.40

[sexyladyz2]

WOW GET BORD SHE ROX DID U SEE HE GRAB HIZ ASS (nick)

[JayNovae]

I love mariah but let's face it, her vocals have changed a lot.

[EmzooH]

Mariah Tha Best !!!

[tian2009]

her voice sounds good and she looks amazing

[lordmykhel1222]

I LOVE IT! mariah is in good shape.'

LIVE YET THE BEST! waaaaaaah!

CONDOLENCE TO ALL THE HATERS! ^__^

[regicuaza]

I can say that this performance was live why???

U can see it in her face with that facial expresion..

When Mariah lips it clearly obvious though cause her voice is clearly the same with the studio version.

This song is full of background voices and that's why you're thinking its lipped.

[JPL12789]

go mariah..she looks so good to be 39!! Oh and i just heard whitney's new single..its a trainwreck !!

[briobrandon911]

u bore me wid ur words people its so damn boring stop saying fuck up things and enjoy the vid or just get the hella out of here. lol! she did awesome so stop saying fusses!

[D12Detoxx]

mariah you fat old tramp, stop trying to be 21

[lordmykhel1222]

yu hater is such a loser.'

lololololololoololololo.'

[OKzs]

GO MC!

I love the audience tapings it shows how much better her voice acutally is vs the edited TV one

[thiagokotakimay]

Mariah can't sing, Beyonce can.

Mariah can't dance, Beyonce can.

Yep, we have a winner!

[TMBlake09]

rofl mariah can't sing my ass. did you come up with this conclusion when you craweled in the hole you live in? ahaaaaa, no way can beyonce sing, and she proved that on one of her own songs when "she can (not) sing it with piano"

[kloskal]

so... go to watch Beyonce... what are you doing here bitch... oooooooo wait... you can go to see BEYONCE'S Videos...

oooooo no... Beyonce's videos are always the same.. mmm She is always DANCING WITH 2 MORE DANCERS...

[lordmykhel1222]

yu are the loser.' lol.'

[robertrpmrob]

Being that we're not doctors and haven't treated Mariah or Whitney, we cannot assume what their capabilities are. My previous statements were based on facts. Mariah stays up late. Mariah drinks a lot. Mariah's voice has faltered since the release of E=MC2

[lordmykhel1222]

yer such a fuckin loser.' lol.' but still we love the hater because they give mariah something to think off.' she do good in her ways and we love it! unlike yu haters of mariah will die haters.'

[robertrpmrob]

Boring!!!! I really really want Mariah to focus on protecting her voice. Rest!!!! ... And stop staying up late & drinking!!! It's really fu**ing up her voice! As much vocal rest as she says she has (days without speaking & sleep) you'd think she'd sound better....

[TMBlake09]

Okay, NO amount of vocal rest is going to help her very much. The woman has had nodules since she was a child and hasn't had them removed her entire 20-year career.

Whitney Houston got nodules for simply a night and couldn't rest because she had a concert, and it permanently damaged her voice. Imagine what that did to Mariah, considering she's sang with them for over two decades?

[tertra114]

i forgot Whitney got them too, did she get hers removed? cause i know the surgery is EXTREMLY risky

[TMBlake09]

whitney got nodules during a tour, and she had one concert left so she did it with the nodules instead of resting and they permanently damaged her voice. she rested afterwards and they went away, but her voice will never be the same.

[blessedhearted]

And never will, because the nodules gave her remarkabe loved raspy voice.

[blessedhearted]

artists like Mariah doesn´t have this time left At the beginning,didn´t even use 2 have long tours, if we could call them tours at that time when Tommy had control over her.

[scvsultan]

who says she cant sing she hasnt hite note s lke this since i cant even remember this is exciting must be the extra effort lol

[calispartan]

her voice is awful now. can't even sing simple songs like this and touch my body.

[initochanchan]

Hey! Try to sing Obsessed or Touch my body from beginning to end, non-stop. Those songs leave no room for breathing in between. They are extremely difficult. Mariah has no such a thing as an easy song.

[mthwsj]

good song

[roniandcheese18]

PEOPLE! Please DONT be mean to Beyonce! Mariah and Beyonce...well not only are they good friends, they are both extremely talented women...BUT case in point...

Mariah Carey : 13 mill.

Emotions : 10 mill.

Music Box : 28 mill.

Merry Christmas : 13 mill.

Daydream : 22 mill.

Butterfly : 15 mill.

Rainbow : 11 mill.

EOM : 11-12 mill.

Mariah has had 8 of her 11 studio albums surpass the 10 mill. mark worldwide, and until Beyonce can match those numbers, we all know who the real winner is!

[blessedhearted]

I agree. Y do ppl insist on comparing artists. Each one has been gifted in a single way. Beyoncé has always been a fan of Mariah. And so has Mariah, you can dig both of them speaking their heart over one another on interviews on Youtube.

[demetriusg4]

This song is hott but..

this performance is boring, part play-back and part back-up singers aka awful!

her vocals are no longer on point, no one can seriously compare this "performance" to beyonce's worst!

[jaypaidincash]

ummm beyonce DOESENT EVEN WRITE HARDLY ANY of her own songs...so you shouldent really even discuss beyonce ON A MARIAH video LMAOOO

[demetriusg4]

good thing i was talking about vocals and performances. i said this is a good song. and you cannot say "hardly any" she just did alot less writing on this 3rd album than her 1st and 2nd. plus i was responding to someone else..

[maya1222]

demetriusg4 dahhling, don't start making them look like enemies becoz Beyonce even gave a ring to Mimi as a gift which Mimi thanked Bee on BET ... this shows you they're friends ... so why start this feud with us now?

[blessedhearted]

How beautiful, maya, I´d love to watch this video, can you send me the link in a msg?

[blessedhearted]

There´s interview when she says she realized ppl were no longer interested in the lyrics´ content. Explained also that being in sexy outfit was part of showbis too. And that, differently from some female artists, she had voice to sing, so, she´d never need her body as an appealing invitation to her concerts. Isn´t she right? It, of course, recalls ppl like Madonna and Britney to our minds.

[blessedhearted]

Mariah is just doing consumers what they ask from the music industry today. Otherwise, she´d not been in the market all these years.

[thiagokotakimay]

Now that Beyonce is the hottest thing, Mariah is trying to copy her.

BITCH HAS GOT SOME BACK-UP DANCERS!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[TMBlake09]

rofl mariah's had backup dancers for years, where have you been.

beyonce's the one trying to copy mariah, rofl, she even admitted it in an interview.

beyonce isn't even close to being the hottest thing, cuz, once again, mariah is on top with the most number one singles of any solo artist. =]

[mrlws18]

Oh my poor uninformed child. LMAO! Beyonce has never said that in any interview.

And you are right, Mariah does have the most #1 singles of any solo artist, but how many of those came out in the 2000's since Beyonce has been around? Yeah, do your research. Beyonce has the most #1's, and top 10's of any artist in the 2000s. Not Britney, not Mariah, but Beyonce.

And........Good evening.

[TMBlake09]

rofl which doesn't matter cuz mariah is still ahead. oh, AND she doesn't have to do this:

if u like it u shoulda put a ring on it (repeat 10 x's)

i can see your halo (repeat 10 x's)

i'm a diva (repeate 20 x's)

watch me on your video phone (repeat 10 x's)

you had me at hello (repeat 10 x's)

talk about no talent rofl.

and i love how she's like "i'm so good i can sing it with piano" and then she sings horribly! i mean come on how bad are you xD

[1tblack]

it always have to be a lame ass hater bitch dont watch the dam video hoe

[shanghaichica]

Mariah has had four number ones this decade and Beyonce five, not much difference is there really.

[blessedhearted]

In the 90´s, Mariah used to release a new cd or more than 1 in the same year. It must be considered, mustn´t it?

[jaypaidincash]

uhm...imaging if beyonce came out the same time MARIAH came out...do you know who would still sell more and have more number one singles???

ANSWER: MARIAH CAREY BY A MILE..

[lilangry19]

beyonce only has 5 #1 sinqles by herself? lmao. wow, ok so mariah has 3? lol, [AFTER 2000.) &+ we all know obsessed is about to make it 4. 5 solo [8 w. destiny's child) doesn't match 18 correct?

[blessedhearted]

U r forgetting to mention Mariah´s emotional break-down. Prior to that, her Glitter realease was due to take place on the choatic unforgettable November 11th during the terrorist attack.

[middlecreek]

I think you mean September 11th.

[shanghaichica]

Mariah has had back up dancers since 1996! Way back when Beyonce was still in school.

[NiGGaHBIC]

are u joking? she's not copying beyonce. beyonce's not the only artist who has back up singers!!! In fact, i could even say that beyonce copies mariah. coz there's an interview where she says she's inspired by mariah's vocals and her use of melismas.

[roniandcheese18]

Your right! Why would Mariah try to copy someone that is so much less successful than her!? Mariah chooses what SHE wants to do and the way she does it! This performance was fantastic and NOT copied off of someone else.

[blessedhearted]

U r right. Mariah was the 1st artist to do backing vocal to back-up singers in her songs. Then, others followed the successful patern.

[lilangry19]

wow, quess you didn't know that mariah carey has had backup dancers for like 15 years now lmao. wow, yuhr dumb.

[jaypaidincash]

yea this version is BETTER than the AIRED VERISION...they dubbed it over with extra vocals and stuff..but she was singing live.

[TheBlacky26]

That's my diva

[rearea718]

the way she moving was sooo...she seemed uncomfortable and kinda had the blank stare and then the backup dancers were cheesy.she would have been better just standing and walkng around on the stage a little

[yyuuppii5]

love the back screen

as always, her voice is amazing

[shanghaichica]

Thanx for uploading this I saw a low quality version a few days ago. Her voice sounds even better.

[blessedhearted]

U´re welcome! I´ll try to upload extra rare material. Msg me!

[2906dan]

her voice isn't that crispy anymore:) and even the whistle at the end ist amazing. i'm really happy for this performance

[leonorv89]

YES!! I am so happy too!!!

[xMadonnieSpearsx]

i miss old mariah so much. she was truly beauitful back then now she cares more about acting like a singing porn star. at least with madonna and britney u knew what u were getting into. this chick has done a full 180

[xMadonnieSpearsx]

like the new song but cant compare to her old songs. not even close!

[jacolby101]

i kno.her older songs are way better...this song is good but nothing compared to the old stuff!

[xMadonnieSpearsx]

love mariah but she does the same ol act. even i whose been a long time fan got tired. LOL she is gorgeous but sometimes i like my barbies to be more then just barbies!

[lilkk313]

i jus got done watchn diz on tv

[chocolate3006]

Love MC again^_^

[tertra114]

This sounds really good

[dtab1496]

UMMM, hello do some research...this woman (mariah) writes, produces and or co-writes 99% off her music, the only tracks she hasn't wrote, would be only a handfull. Like songs "without you", open arms, ill be there, few others...but think about it, she is about to release her 12th studio album, and that doesn't include remix albums.....get your facts straight...........she is amazing, she topping charts once again..and please people stop hating~

[roojooroojoo]

I actually liked this performance :) She sounds much better than she has in a quite a while, in spite of the horrible camcorder "quality" of this recording :)

[jacolby101]

I kno.!!!!she sounds way better live than she did during then e=mc2 era

[roojooroojoo]

I *think* it's because "Obsessed" has Mariah's actual CURRENT voice, as opposed to the "E=MC2" quite polished vocals.

[roniandcheese18]

what do you mean by that? are you saying obsessed is vocally worse than e=mc2...and what do you mean by polished? In my opinion, Mariah's studio voice has been the same since the start of her career, but it is just the e=mc2 era that her live voice was not in good shape. this performance is good but the taped one is alllllot better because they dubbed it and put in extra vocals and stuff. mariah rules again!

[roojooroojoo]

I'm saying Mariah's vocal abalities and voice have changed, and on the "Obsessed" single she doesn't polish out those changes by excessive re-recording and fine-tuning, so naturally "Obsessed" sounds great live, because it sounds the way she sounds now, as opposed to the highly polished E=MC2 which sounded (vocally) more like Mariah a couple of years ago.

[calvy]

Yep I agree, though even during the e=mc2 era she sang songs like I Stay in Love, Lovin U Long Time and Love Story just like she sounded on the CD, but because her voice wasn't coping well with old songs like Hero, which she kept performing last year, people say she didn't have a good performance which isn't true.

[benzboy82]

on AGT it didn't sound as good, almost muffled, couldn't gere her alot.. I was disappointed, this one sounds better

[closemyeyes94]

She dubbed the broadcast performance. :O

This was actually live...for the most part.

[roojooroojoo]

For real? It got dubbed? Can't wait until it's uploaded!

[Jayy008]

What's dubbed mean?

[wayney27]

um.. yes she does go do some research!!

[michaelmcwilliams]

fckn haters!!!!! mariah is amaze!!!!!!!!

[joycer367]

Mariah is sooooo BAADDD Live!¬¬

[superc]

she looked hot lol go mariah!

[dreamdate]

It rocks!:d

[blessedhearted]

Mariah keeps on creating engaging songs. This is y she´s been in the business 4 all these years. Go, Mimi

[danigantt]

um.. mariah carey does not write her own songs. just letting you know....

[initochanchan]

Mariah has written and co-written 17 out of her 18 number ones.

[superstarsinger1]

she does

[Jayy008]

Yeah, she does. She writes and co-writes and sometimes co-produces.

Do research and you'll see.

[adamnashley]

she writes a lot of her songs. just letting you know.....