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  • Beautiful

  • When she's doing these complex harmonies in the high chest register, she has to sing a bit differently. She can't project like how whitney does on a normal steady note. If you wanna hear that, go to VOL, Make it happen performances. Don't go to Open arms, this, Joy to the world and say, oh, see, she doesn't have power. Carey never substitutes correct pitch and pleasantness of tones she produces to sound loud and powerful - unlike almost all the acclaimed singers.

  • @RanjitMorey Thank you for saying that. Mariah is one of the very few singers who you can call a musician. And a virtuoso musician at that. Even though there is a time and a place for everything, you'll NEVER EVER see a true musician substitute musicianship and tone for volume.

  • Her belts are magnificent in this performance! It sounded like she was singing Cant Let Go.I actually like this version better than the album version hands down. Mariah's Emotion's era vocals were quite a force to be reckoned with because they were jazzy, powerful and soulful at the same time. I can only imagine how the other songs on her Merry Christmas album would've sounded had she recorded it in this era! Pure magic!!!

  • what a rackett!!!

  • Mariah never lost that voice of hers. If you listen to all of her CD's (not just the singles & don't leave out Glitter) MC is singing her ass off on all of them. And now she has Nodules on her vocal chords which, makes it hard for her to take a deep breath and belt all the time. It is still a powerful instrument, and with time she has learn more control over it and was able to experiment in subtleties and restraint (something I believe she has perfected: the less can be more approach).

  • no matter how bad the very very few people think this is...you CAN NOT say shes not BANGIN in this video

  • wow, murdered this one..big time.

  • Grottig !!

  • I miss this voice.

  • Wow, I'd forgotten how strong her voice was during the early stages of her career. She still has the same magical tone and timbre, but (like Whitney) she's lost some of the strength she possessed back in the day.

  • @GospelAccording2ME Yeah...time will do that. Same principle with basketball players. Michael Jordan can still shut down the basketball court but his knees and ankles have been around the block one too many times.

  • what a voice

  • K3NNY perhaps the phase distortion on 20 m in FN20fm makes that sound good

  • She just murdered a carol

  • @2004published really? u must've lost your hearing u senile old bag

  • @2004published hahaha good one

  • @2004published and by that i mean youre deaf

  • amazing ...love her ...much love and a big thumbs up ... ann

  • 76 dislikes... ????? I dont get that... i mean i could make a joke like "76 people are going to hell for not liking a song about christ" ... but i mean, 76 dislikes is disgusting, this song is gorgeous!! i remember listening to this xmas eve last year, it wasnt the best one, was working! But this just brightened up my day and got me all warm and fuzzy :) Ready for xmas :)

  • This is late 1991...Mariah's voice changed. Look up a Christmas performance from 1994 and compare them...Mariah didn't sound like this in 1994.

  • @BlackLightning20101 Her voice was much voice fuller between 1990-1993. By 1994 hit she was tired.

  • @rekupp not true. some of her best performances ever (joy to the world 1994, hero 1996 in tokyo) were post 1993.....her voice started sounding tired and different in '98 but she honed that new voice and became great again around 1999

  • @dansyracuse I'd have to disagree. All the '93 and '94 performances of Hero were far superior to the Daydream tour performances. Her voice was much rounded and full - there is strong vibrato and she sings it higher. What changed was her stage presence - she became a better 'performer' and not just a singer.

  • Homegirl just took me church on a Thursday...mmmm....#REPLAY!!!!

  • I came from watching clips of botfly extraction to this. it's usually the other way around.

  • maybe this was around 1994 since her first christmas album was released on this year "Merry Christmas".

  • amazing !

  • They should show this video to anyone who thinks she never had airy voice before Butterfly era.

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  • this is not 1991. you idiots. in 1991 Mariah weighed about 80lbs - skinny as f*ck and hair big as yo mama's hatchet wound. get the facts straight.

  • @thisISmartinJR This was 1991. She did an interview about the Emotions album right before this performance.

  • So does screaming and wailing, and completely messing up the melody and singing wayyyyy off key, now count as "talent"?? The better version of this song is the one Jewel did with Trans Siberian Orchestra (And i'm not really much of a fan of Jewel, but she did a good job on that one).

  • @junior2004hasz off key are u serious? where do you hear screams? i hear high notes, messing up? different means messing up? she did a new version, fresh.U cant the same thing always. But hey perhaps u have problems.

  • @paulinolondon sorry dude, apes can't sing, only humans can.

  • @junior2004hasz :are you talking about yourself? I guess so.!!

  • @junior2004hasz off key? Lol. You haven't even heard her studio version of it and you decide this performance is off key? This performance is shows how much of a virtuoso she is. Obviously, you are a big fan of Jewel. That's good. But don't say things which make you look a bit stupid.

  • @RanjitMorey Not that much of a fan of Jewel, which is why her version of this song surprised me. I'm just sick of hearing screeching howler monkeys like Carey, Houston, etc.. wail and scream and try to pass themselves off as 'artists". They're just bad singers.

  • @junior2004hasz Are you serious? Only someone truly stupid and pressed would sit down, go to Youtube, pull up a Mariah Carey video and seriously go to the comments section and post a comment stating that Carey AND Houston are bad singers.

    You can't be serious. You can't be...

  • fukkk WHAT EVERYONE GOTTA SAY ! MARIAH SING BETTER THEN HALF OF THESE PEOPLE NOW A DAYS ! PEOPLE STOLE TECHNIQUES FROM HER AND ALL , SHE IS A ICON AND IS GONNA GO DOWN IN HISTROY ! LOVE YOU MARIAH <3

  • shut and enjoy the queen

  • 1:25 to 1:27 is crazy

  • This is obviously 1991. This is the interview she did right before she sang this: /watch?v=GiaVshGdw7k

  • beautiful! <3

  • one word: wow

    :)

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  • i want cry..thi s very good singer and song.mariah!

  • THE BEST REDITION OF THE SONG :)

  • either mariah or sony was thinking after watching this performance thought

    "mariah would make a great christmas album"

    "LETS DO IT!"

  • soo gooooood

  • you can tell by her tits and her nose its 1991

    and shes covered up

  • I really enjoyed the way her smooth breathy vocals sounded in this early period in her carear. As her voice chaged over the years and became thinner and pitchier and less "solid and mature" also the breathy vocals which adorned her vocal qualities began overshadowing everything else. By 1997 her breathy vocals kinda annoyed me as they didn't sound as pleasant as these ... and her chest voice sounded huskier and cracky at times ... The question remains: why?

  • @Fabian81 Nodules - they cause incomplete closure of the vocal folds, producing a huskier sound. She has stated she has had them since she was a child; but listen to her in her early years, she sounded amazing. That is what a good vocal technique will do for you. However, her voice declined because she worked her voice too much.

  • @Fabian81 nodules + alcohol

  • @Fabian81 nodules have nothing to do with it. Well the huskiness, yes and the need to rest her rest constantly. but nothing else. the "breathy vocal" is just falsetto. She just used that more constantly because she felt belting all the time was boring. As for her Chest V, it actually got more mature(speakin LR). It also got brighter, clearer, and stronger. She even gained more power durin Glitter-CB era when belting. She is still awesome. Never lost her touch. She's just not 20 anymore.

  • @MrButler124 It's not falsetto it's an extension of her head voice.

  • @iLolz19 ner. It's falsetto. point. blank. period. nothing HV about it. Sorry if I am coming off rude.

  • @MrButler124 You're not coming off rude, you're coming off incorrect. It's head voice, that's why she's able to sound like that throughout her entire range, not just a 'falsetto' range. Anyone can develop it. She just so happened to to where it's really strong. Now, it's easier to transition into falsetto much easier in this area of head voice.

  • @iLolz19 It it were headvoice she would have a much fuller sound, a much rounder sound, and all the qualities throughout it. It doesn't. What do you mean sound like that throughtout her entire range?, she just uses that to substitute for her FV, and also to create a melody. Of course anybody can develop it, because it's just falsetto. In her case though she uses it to a lesser degree and more controlled way. So again, not to be rude but you are the incorrect one. "extension of HV". no.

  • @MrButler124 THANK YOU

  • shes got the most copied vocal style in pop music, i dont know if i should shoot her or compliment her....(im not serious of course about the shooting part) lol

  • looks more like it's around 1995 by her look and voice

  • you can tell this is not 1991 by her hair style alone, 1990-1992 she had the big diva curls,she had her hair like this around 1993-4 when her first christmas album was out and she did christmas live specials.

  • @xXxmissemmaxXx this is definitely 1991. You can tell by the way she sings. During Music Box (1993), her voice was slightly lighter but was much more flexible. Here, not so much. Her voice changed gradually with each year.

  • She's anointed! GOD gave her as a gift to earth! Not many people have this gift!!!! She's blessed!!

  • She's anointed! GOD gave her as a gift to earth! Not

  • Simply beautiful. But this is around 1994-1995, not 1991. Still remarkable though...

  • @sameshitdifday I've always been a huge Mariah fan, bigger than I am a Whitney fan, but I know a great voice when I hear one. There is no denying Whitney's vocal chops, even if you don't like everything about her. Comparing the two is not an insult to either of them....save that kind of insult for when people try to compare Miley Cyrus to Mariah or something else equally ridiculous.

  • OMG!!!!! Horrible!

  • @pudelsalon screw u...r u deaf? lol oh yeah..u might b a fan that support 21st century crappy music with autotune n slutty stuff

  • 68 people are obviously deaf.

  • @sadisticsoul69 they're now 75

    too bad for them..

  • @sadisticsoul69 now they are 76^^ they are ...^^

  • ahhh what a voice, I got goosebumps!!!!

  • @sameshitdifday come on that's kinda mean, you can't deny Whitney also had an out-of-this world voice!! At least give her some credit...everyone messes up at some point. lol

  • seriously, tho, she always has to butcher songs in her very own special way.

  • she is singing motherfuckers get it together numb nuts

  • I remember the Psalm: I upsee my eyes to the Mountains, Where come from my Help? The Help comes from the Lord Who creates the Heaven and Earth and Now the Lord is a baby..to fight against Evil..

  • Mariah Carey Joy To The World LIVE St. John The Divine - does anyone know where we can find/purchase a DVD of this ABC show that aired in 1994????

  • I just wish she would sing things more straight up

  • @iloveit123, if you could call this singing at all.

  • She likes Lives Christmas

  • Jewel does this song so much better on the tran-siberian orchestra movie.

  • Guys. This is just a singer. Just calm down and enjoy the music. No need to argue over such a little thing.

  • Guys. This is just a singer. Just calm down and enjoy the music. No need to argue over such a little thing.

  • woooooooow - that is reeeallly pathetic!!!!!!

  • Her voice was much more powerful with more soul; she really sang. She hadn't really started her breathy thing yet. I much preferred her sound back then.

  • This was actually in 1994 ! She's fantastic !!! xxx

  • This is ten times better than the album...this is pure talent.

  • @sameshitdifday Yep thats where I found you and your comment.

  • @sameshitdifday you must be smoking the same stuff to think so!

  • @TriniArabGirl GWARL YO MAMA IS UGLY :alexz2:

  • @iWATCHz HAHAHAHAH!!!!!! She probably is as well that's why shes name calling MC.

  • awsome to be in 1991! well im listening to it cuz i hav a consert in dec..7 so i hav to practice lolz

  • Waw PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT !!!

  • she did well

  • Yeah. Besides, do you think those that sang on X-factor or American Idol sang as they have if they did not have artists like legend Mariah as a Idol or role model. Just imagine her not in our musical history if it may help you understand. Hmm, no Leona, no whomever whomever whomever whomever whomever. Perhaps no American Idol even. Shes that big of an influence. A legend no doubt.

  • @TheImpersonator6 I completely agree with you!! Mariah's a true legend!!

  • The arguing is so funny. It was 1991 that was considered sexy. It was inappropriate to show up looking like a hooker on a Christmas special.

  • genio!!

  • Oh my goodness that was so beautiful Mariah!!! You go girl!!! :D

  • Sounds nothin like Whitney!! Mariah sounds better!!

  • @toamau12 I like Whitney.

  • I think 93-94 was her strongest point vocally....

  • I miss this Mariah.

  • in 1:24, that was F#5.

  • What would make her voice change so much? She doesn't have the same range as she used to.

  • @babygailadams yup still does,5 octaves.

    Her voice suffered some minor damage,but you should really listen o her new Christmas album,it has some huge vocals on there.The reason why her voice changed is because she has a medical conditions on her chords called nodules.

  • it was 1991. cant u tell by how she is singing? her voice went thru stages. if ur a real mariah fan u can tell what year it is just by hearing her sing

  • @illdymeond True that!!! This is DEF not 1994 lol, her voice totally changed 93-93, this is 1991 :)

  • @petergriffin9901 True. And this was after the "Cant Let Go" video shoot days.. (same hair do)

  • @illdymeond this was 1994

  • @illdymeond lol if ur a real mariah fan you wouldnt say something so ridiculous..

  • @illdymeond please you looked at the description!!

  • @illdymeond don't youthink she's quite the whore? can't imagine a whore acting all angelic singing praises of the lord.

  • @newcomer9747 Mary Magdeline was also a whore....yet I think Jesus kinda liked her a bit, and she praised Him throughout her life. So much for judging people....

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  • @Warlock0622 I liked your comment, it made me realize. Thank you.

  • @Warlock0622 Actually Mary-Magdaline wasn't a whore... it's nowhere written in the Bible... besides, it was only one pope who designated her to be a whore, but the church (I don't know if it was the same pope or a following one) took it back, and excused themselves at everyone for that unjust comment

  • @illdymeond very true statement only lambs would really know :)

  • @dm3889 No need to be a fan to acknowledge that Mariah's and Whitney's vocal singing style became a role model for many of the contemporay pop and r&b singers of our times. If it weren't for those 2 I don't know where all the other would have gone in their lives. Whitney became the very first big female vocal performer worldwide after the golden period of soul and r&b back in the 60s andd 70s represented by Aretha and Patti e.g.. After Whitney came Mariah and Celine now fhe list keeps growing!

  • @illdymeond I totally agree. Her voice went through a metamorphosis of sorts. The 93-95 is the best IMO. Her voice was so sweet.

  • @illdymeond love your comment, so true!!! Lambs can also tell by her image! Her hairdo maybe quite 93-95ish, but we know better :D did i mention this is one of her fucking best live performances ever!?!?

  • @StarpeemReturns yes and also by her eyeliner, it looks like it did during Unplugged :)

  • @illdymeond also her chest grew while her clothes shrank

  • @illdymeond

    So damn true! The level of her voice... and her look. ;-)

    1990-1996, her best years. Maybe extend it to 1997 as Butterfly is the last decent album from Mariah (in my opinion)

  • THIS IS 1991, SHUT UP.

  • @jmgomez007 why? didn't you read in the description??? hahaha

  • this wasnt 1991 it was 1994.

  • @squirebuffy No....it wasn't...it was 1991

  • @swacman04 it really wasnt haha. it was 1994.... the year her christmas album was released IDIOT.

  • @squirebuffy ha ha...it wasn't you NUTCRACK. Its 1991. This isn't event the same arrangement as the Hark the Herald Angels Sing that's on her Christmas album....

  • @squirebuffy Your an IDIOT! This was 1991, its not even the version featured on the album. Fool.

  • she was so sweet , she was the girlfriend every boy wanted to have( beautiful,and down to earth) .but now...she is this kind of selfish diva... i love her so much..she is like a part of my family...but i dont know why she became mimi...cauze mimi is a selfish diva..but mariah carey is my sweet love....i pray the lord for her..my christmas wish is : jesus, please bring back the 90s mariah... the sweetes one ..i hope her baby let her see what is real important in this life..god bless u mariah

  • she was so sweet , she was the girlfriend every boy wanted to have( beautiful,and down to earth) .but now...she is this kind of selfish diva... i love her so much..she is like a part of my family...but i dont know why she became mimi...cauze mimi is a selfish diva..but mariah carey is my sweet love....i pray the lord for her..my christmas wish is : jesus, please bring back the 90s mariah... the sweetes one ..i hope her baby let her see what is real important in this life..god bless u mariah

  • @toysgowild she's a lot of thing but she's not seflish. But I know what you mean.

  • christhmas songs are christmas songs what she hits the notes thats not what I base an artists on a christmas album i dont count that as her new album its seasonal music.but fuck it im done i been done 8 months ago when i made the comment

  • @HERBLANDZ she did actually write 4 new songs on the new christmas album, which are very good. Its christmas music, but its still takes a talented artist to create a good, new christmas song. They are the only christmas songs for a long time that I would keep listening to in the future.

  • she sad that on the begining of her carrer she had to use normal clothes and being normal in her apearence because she wanted that people payed attention on her voice and no on her apearence ... know that peple already knows that she is a wonderfull singer she changed the look and transformed her syle in more sexy and pretty .. since 1997

  • @felipescalisa2 my favorite mariah is from fantasy days and the butterfly days thats when got her swagg

  • This a modern gospel version. If u like classical music go view videos of those on youtube. Why do people complain so much? geez

  • She was just 21 here. aww baby MIMI

  • i dont know what i say

    from italia ciaooooooooo

  • Wish she would fix those bangs, tho. Kinda looks like a unibrow. Y/Y?

  • I love the control and passion she is showing! She looks and sounds quite perfect! I always love hearing her sing this song.

  • Ick. This song is in the classical genre. She sings it like a pop-singer, and murders it, unless you agree that she is singing it in pop-style.

  • @MrReed314  This is Gospel,not pop style.

  • Mariah what a lovely voice!

  • Her voice is almost supernatural...how can a human being sing that way??

  • mariah in her hay day!!

  • she is unique

  • Mariah in her days!

  • I think she sounds amazing! hitting all the high and low notes! but i would like it if she didn't keep stopping in a verse. for example singing one whole phrase without stopping to breathe until the next phrase. but she likes this style though.

  • That's what you really can call a PERFECT performance. It is amazing the way she alternates low and high notes, always maintaining the beauty and the quality of her vocals. Pure talent.

  • I still love mariah but I'd give anything, well, a lot, for her to sing like this again. So perfect and effortless!

  • Here she looks beautiful and classy. I hate the way she dresses now days. Her focus seems to be on the music here and not theatrics. I wish she would go back to heartfelt and leave all the diva drama stuff that makes her look foolish. We all know she has what it takes, she has already proven it. Why all the fake stuff now?

  • Are you sure this isn't 1994?! Because that's when she had the Christmas album come out.

  • @MCLambDahling3000: This was 1991.

  • @girlandth3city Yeah, I figured that out by now. Thnxs anyway.

  • @girlandth3city how could that have been 1991 when she recorded her christmas album in 1994?

  • @jakey1126 Because she sang Christmas songs before recording the album. It wasn't 1994. The singers backing her up and the guy playing the piano stopped working with her in 1992.

  • @jakey1126 The guy leading the choir, not the guy on the piano. Had to clarify.

  • angel sing

  • beatiful mariah and beatiful voice!

  • Ummmm.....I think shes Got IT!!!!

  • I want anyone who watches the X-Factor, or American Idol, to watch this, then realise what shit they're listening to

  • trudat! i think that is why simon left cause the show not only was getting boring but it was all about popularity instead of real talent that's why i stopped watching too. i give them props and wish them good luck but we all know the best singers don't come out of AI...minus a few like Jennifer Hudson, Kelly, or Ruben.

  • @bevster1 For real! That AND the crap on the over synthesized auto-tuned crap on the radio these days

  • WOW... that's called flawlessness ^^

  • she is the best