I was in the audience for this. Every person was plastered to the back of their seats, riveted by this performance. We heard two songs - the audience went absolutely nuts. Arsenio's intro was into the camera, but the audience could not hear it. We asked all around fellow audience members "who IS that?!?!?" - and nobody knew. We had to go home, turn on the TV that night and watch the full show to learn that the singer's name was "Mariah Carey." I never witnesses such a remarkable phenomenon before or since.
A little excerpt from Mariah Carey's book, THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY- "Another very early high visibility big breakthrough moment: “Vision of Love” was number one on the R & B charts before it was in the top spot on the pop charts, and so my national television debut was on The Arsenio Hall Show. Arsenio was more than a host; he had more than a late night show; it was a cultural event, a true Black experience-or, rather, it was a mainstream entertainment show seen through a Black lens. Everyone watched it and talked about it everywhere. I will always be grateful and proud that it was on Arsenio’s stage that most of America got to see my face, know my name, and hear my song for the first time."
You can hear she wanted to sound as perfect as possible. The media went crazy for this performance and album sales started to pick up major traction, big time. Just stunning!
I was reading Mariah's book and she's was telling about this performance in particular. Omg we see people on TV and we don't have a clue about the struggles. I'm so happy for Mariah! I love her voice, songs and her persona. She's great!
That's how every new artist should introduce him/herself. No acrobatic tricks, no out-of-this-world effects, no confusing dancers, no auto tune, just pure talent and powerful golden angelic voice.
@@takoreamexicangrill yes her mother's a vocal coach but she only taught her the basics, Mariah learnt most of her stuff from singing along to the radio
Mariah is humble...she was then and still is. Its like she discovered she had a real life super power - learning how to use and when to use it- she took great care and treaded carefully it seems. Beautiful in every way
@@sozboy1 I just got to that part in her book as well. The way Mariah writes her book she jumps from different times but in a good way. So actually in this point she didnt get her record deal yet, she is still in high school but she mentioned her thanks to Arsenio about how groundbreaking his show was and that was her first introduction to the masses (I am paraphrasing). You'd have to read her book to understand why she mentioned this performance at that point but basically it was her success was the best revenge.
"The Meaning of Mariah Carey" brought me here. It's amazing going back and forth between audible and youtube just to see this legend's life play out in real time.
@@waimancheung3147 actually her 1st tv performance was NBA finals 1990 in Detroit where she performed "America the Beautiful " with an epic chest to whistle transition.
It's so crazy Arsenal was a PRIME late night talk show host && he green lit an completely unknown artist and her album hadn't even come out yet...everyone knew just by hearing one or two songs that she was going to be the biggest star!
Obviously the greatest vocalist of all time. Nobody could do everything that she did. Name a part of voice, she has it. Lower register, mid belts, belts, head voice, falsetto, whistles. The agility and power. Give me any other singer with all those things. There are none
Agreed. None explored and delivered with their voice as much as her, at least in pop music. Whether it be a 7-note riff in 1 second, staccati in the 7th octave, multiple resonant F#5s, etc. She did it all. Her catalogue is definitely the vocal bible.
just an FYI people all mariah's performances on arsenio were live. Arsenio had a strict no lip sync policy following the Milli Vanilli fall out that shook the music industry.
This is her SECOND appearance on TV NBA FINALS Detroit 1990- she famously sang AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL and shook the foundation of that arena forever! Arsenio was where she first performed her own material ........
my coworker knows i am a huge mariah fan & she always tells me what her reaction was when she first heard VOL on the radio & then seeing this performance. I never get tired of it..
@@TheTonytone77 Yeah now maybe because she's dead (Rip) , because she's debuted before Mariah, because she's full black, with subjective opinions, but professionals, vocal pedagogue, vocal professors and anyone with vocal knowledge knows perfectly well that objectively Mariah was another level. Singers are apprecciated only when they die sadly and often disrespected when they are alive
@@honestperson3042 I mean this is a mariah video so of course u fans are going to say something like that... If u go on and just Google greatest singer ranking on rolling stone or any other professional ranker... Whitney is always number 1.... And that was before she died... But again I except this type of answer coming from a fanboi on a mariah video.. Its cool I understand
@@TheTonytone77 Rolling Stones ? They put Christina Aguilera before Mariah and didn't even put Barbra Streisand in the rankings, they put Whitney in 34th place, many parameters used are totally subjective, it's not certainly an objective list of vocal pedagogue based on vocal skills and vocal level in general, every list is more credible than Rolling Stones, and it's literally the only list that penalizes Mariah generally Mariah triumphs in the lists and polls...for Billboard ( the bible of the music) Mariah is the greatest female artist of all time, MTV/ Blender calls Mariah the greatest voice of all time, for VH1 Mariah is the 2nd female artist of all time after Madonna and First as vocalist, She is the Guinness world record as "The Songbird Supreme" and "Queen of melisma" , 2 official names based on her vocal skills, for the music critic, Vocal pedagogue and experts who have ranked Mariah and Whitney as star rated vocalists said that they are the Golden Standard in singing but Mariah objectively win vocally, Just a few examples, except for what the critic of music says there are no objective lists based only on the vocal level, I'm a singer and I had the opportunity to speak with vocal pedagogue, vocal professors and people who really knew and had studied the human voice and when we talk about vocals in mainstream music Mariah's name was always on top, and when we talk about artistry Mariah is always on top as well. I'm a fan yes but Mariah is ranked above Whitney everywhere, It's not only my opinion.
This is a great performance, Auntie. Those arrangements and vocals were on point. You sounded strong and confident. _And it was AAAAALLLLL_! That's my part. That look at 3:46 just cracks me up. She said *y'all bet not say nothin' slick about me*. This is always gon be my favorite song from you. Great performance.
This had to be the thinnest she ever was. Almost to the danger zone. This song blew the world away when it was released. It was her first song, never to be outdone, or even come close to. It was just too perfect of a song to ever top.
Mariah's Arsenio Hall Show was to Elvis' The Ed Sullivan Show. Most big artist "grew into" stardom. There was a slow build up of many months, more often years. But in this case, never has there been artists as big who bursts into the global stage in one night. At least not in the caliber of stardom as Mariah and Elvis. Many always thought it was in Oprah, but that didn't happen until more than a year later.
This was a good performance, but i liked the one she did on good morning america much better. Not sure which came first, but i think they were in the same year 1990.
"Vision of Love" Mariah Carey (Live at The Arsenio Hall Show/June 1, 1990) #VisionofLove [Verse 1] Treated me kind Sweet destiny Carried me through desperation To the one that was waiting for me It took so long Still I believed Somehow the one that I needed Would find me eventually [Chorus] I had a vision of love And it was all that you've given to me [Verse 2] Prayed through the nights Felt so alone Suffered from alienation Carried the weight on my own Had to be strong So I believed And now I know I've succeeded In finding the place I conceived [Chorus] I had a vision of love And it was all that you've given to me I had a vision of love And it was all that you've given me [Bridge] I've realized the dream And I visualized The love that came to be Feel so alive I'm so thankful that I've received The answer that heaven has sent down to me [Verse 3] You treated me kind Sweet destiny And I'll be eternally grateful Holding you so close to me Prayed through the nights So faithfully Knowing the one that I needed Would find me eventually [Chorus] I had a vision of love And it was all that you've given to me I had a vision of love And it was all that you turned out to be
Yeah I remember the year 1990, this woman was amazing but En Vogue Hold On had a strong hold on the radio and you heard Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer they were a big hit 2 the singing group Hi-Five was out and I like that rapper Chubb Rock with Treat Em Wright
I was in the audience for this. Every person was plastered to the back of their seats, riveted by this performance. We heard two songs - the audience went absolutely nuts. Arsenio's intro was into the camera, but the audience could not hear it. We asked all around fellow audience members "who IS that?!?!?" - and nobody knew. We had to go home, turn on the TV that night and watch the full show to learn that the singer's name was "Mariah Carey." I never witnesses such a remarkable phenomenon before or since.
thanks for sharing your experience! what was the other song she sung?
Wow. Reading this gave me goosebumps - she is just so blessed
Wait so what was the other song???
@@Scott-yy Vision of Love (the music video) and Vision of Love (this version)
@@samuelgomezrodriguez3172 love takes time th-cam.com/video/8VmWMANkcsg/w-d-xo.html
A little excerpt from Mariah Carey's book, THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY-
"Another very early high visibility big breakthrough moment: “Vision of
Love” was number one on the R & B charts before it was in the top spot on
the pop charts, and so my national television debut was on The Arsenio Hall
Show. Arsenio was more than a host; he had more than a late night show; it
was a cultural event, a true Black experience-or, rather, it was a
mainstream entertainment show seen through a Black lens. Everyone
watched it and talked about it everywhere. I will always be grateful and
proud that it was on Arsenio’s stage that most of America got to see my
face, know my name, and hear my song for the first time."
You can hear she wanted to sound as perfect as possible. The media went crazy for this performance and album sales started to pick up major traction, big time. Just stunning!
A star is born at that moment
I remember seeing this when it aired and being completely overcome by how incredible she was. There really are no comparisons to this kind of talent.
Omg you do? How old were you then?
I was reading Mariah's book and she's was telling about this performance in particular. Omg we see people on TV and we don't have a clue about the struggles. I'm so happy for Mariah! I love her voice, songs and her persona. She's great!
What she said in the book?
That's how every new artist should introduce him/herself. No acrobatic tricks, no out-of-this-world effects, no confusing dancers, no auto tune, just pure talent and powerful golden angelic voice.
mb oniras Her voice is the most skilled acrobat there is. Those runs and riffs =)
Her mother is a vocal coach and opera singer, not everyone has this privilege... If you heard me singing... I'd need all the shite you zed before...
@@takoreamexicangrill yes her mother's a vocal coach but she only taught her the basics, Mariah learnt most of her stuff from singing along to the radio
@@codywalsh2075 plus she had nodules from the day shes born so that cause her to learn a correct technique in singing
Yep
Mariah is humble...she was then and still is. Its like she discovered she had a real life super power - learning how to use and when to use it- she took great care and treaded carefully it seems. Beautiful in every way
I am reading about this appearance, in her book, THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY. Takes on a whole new perspective now.
What did she say
OMG yes!!! It gets more special!
@@sozboy1 I just got to that part in her book as well. The way Mariah writes her book she jumps from different times but in a good way. So actually in this point she didnt get her record deal yet, she is still in high school but she mentioned her thanks to Arsenio about how groundbreaking his show was and that was her first introduction to the masses (I am paraphrasing). You'd have to read her book to understand why she mentioned this performance at that point but basically it was her success was the best revenge.
Yeah, I’ve just looked it up, after reading the passage in her bio🤩
Me too
"The Meaning of Mariah Carey" brought me here. It's amazing going back and forth between audible and youtube just to see this legend's life play out in real time.
This performance was very neat and clean, her melismas are on point
Thanks Magic
Too bad she skipped her signature whistle note here which was her first TV appearance
@@waimancheung3147 Not needed everytime she sings.
@@Sttephy30 Yes you r right but it was her first TV appearance ever, better if she had done that
@@waimancheung3147 actually her 1st tv performance was NBA finals 1990 in Detroit where she performed "America the Beautiful " with an epic chest to whistle transition.
It's so crazy Arsenal was a PRIME late night talk show host && he green lit an completely unknown artist and her album hadn't even come out yet...everyone knew just by hearing one or two songs that she was going to be the biggest star!
Valentíno Quiñones so true!
Tommy’s power pulled strings.
@@buterflyz You mean SONY pulled strings? That's their job... to promote their artists.
He did that for a lot of music artists and comedians.. A lot...
@@Sttephy30 who brought up whitney
I love her hand movements during this performance.
I love her lower register
She literally has everything high,low , everything
I remember when music was good and people could sing
well it wasn't around this era. cause at the time you had black box, Milli Vanelli, C& C music factory and Seduction all of which used fake singers.
vistaprime Mariah isn't fake whatsoever
swift 1989 he/she never said she was a fake singer he was talking about the other singers he mentioned in his comment
i'm ur 100th likes
This is sooo incredible, her first appearance on tv and already possessing vocals that blew everyone away. Such a gem in this industry ❤️
Obviously the greatest vocalist of all time. Nobody could do everything that she did. Name a part of voice, she has it. Lower register, mid belts, belts, head voice, falsetto, whistles. The agility and power. Give me any other singer with all those things. There are none
You understand
Agreed. None explored and delivered with their voice as much as her, at least in pop music. Whether it be a 7-note riff in 1 second, staccati in the 7th octave, multiple resonant F#5s, etc. She did it all. Her catalogue is definitely the vocal bible.
Man when she said her mom was a Opera singer i said this one here special
just an FYI people all mariah's performances on arsenio were live. Arsenio had a strict no lip sync policy following the Milli Vanilli fall out that shook the music industry.
Wow, this performance is when I first discovered Mariah 22 years ago, and I am still a fan. Happy Anniversary (B-day), Mariah!!!
After reading her book, this song hits different. So much respect to her
The most beautiful voice in the wolrd. Every sound of that gorgeous voice is spectacular. I love how beautiful she sounds at 1.09
This is her SECOND appearance on TV
NBA FINALS Detroit 1990- she famously sang AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL and shook the foundation of that arena forever!
Arsenio was where she first performed her own material ........
what about the VOL of GMA?
VOL on GMA was one of her earliest performances but not her first.
you're wrong, America The Beautiful was the first performance with whistles. I think it was her second performance overall
When was the SNL performance?
This is the first.. It was days before the NBA one I think
I'l be eternally grateful for Mariah Carey. 💥👑🎶
She was sooo shy. She couldn't even look at the audience after performing 😍😍
Here after listening to Mariah describe this moment in her memoir 🥰🥰
Stunning in terms of both voice and physical appearance!!!
You can see she is incredibly nervous but she still absolutely slayed this.
This is talent 🦋
It's utterly ridiculous how good her voice is here. It's like when I hear her voice, everything else drowns out.
Yup. Her voice is a sound that resonates like no other. It just has this magic to it.
Chills on that last note!
my coworker knows i am a huge mariah fan & she always tells me what her reaction was when she first heard VOL on the radio & then seeing this performance. I never get tired of it..
3:07 That "I" was so powerful the way she did it like the studio.
Blue Sky I know. It's like an atomic bomb. Her finest live F5.
Im here after reading Mariah’s book TMoMC
amazing performance. Such a talented lady. I love the fact that she feels for the song she has written: pure class.
I LOOOOVE the way her voice sounds at 3:45!!! OMG
...the "yeah"...wow
SHE SLAYED THAT!!!
She sounds sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo BEAUTIFUL OMG!!!
Alex Malik ur so hot
I used to just have tv on sometimes just listening to Arsenio but the moment I heard this woman singing my eyes 👀. Been a fan since 1990
Oh my god that low note at first...sound so dark and fierce...
Who's here after reading the memoir?
Me, lol
NOPE , after Arsenio talked about this appearance on the Howard Stern Show
Will always love this performance
She was so young and fresh and beautiful
She killed it! That was awesome
The beggining of LEGEND :')
This may be my new favorite performance of vision of love, and she didn't hit one whistle note, all strong belts and growls! Fabulous!
Only mariah carey can make a debut like this. Wow!
She was the most beautiful woman on earth
Watching this video because Mariah mentioned it in her memoir !
I wonder if those people knew they were in the presence of greatness :)
I cant explain how much I adore this woman :")
Her first Performance!!!
I’m years late but reading her book….🥰😊
The Mariah I got hooked on in the Summer of 91' She was the QUEEN while in I was college. Still have a spark for Mimi in 22'.
Incroyable
This is her first televising performance #lol so sweet
Second i think
This was her first performance??
+Memoirs Of Mimi's Butterfly her first performance was singing America the beautiful
Oh
@@omjayboy No, actually it's the other way around
This was the first time I saw Maria Carey. This was before she went on tour for her first album .
She didn't go on tour for her first album. She did a huge promo train tho. And lasted until like March of 1991.
Mariah Carey is the greatest female singer of all time. No contest.
I think most ppl would say Whitney Houston... But ur entitled to ur opinion
@@TheTonytone77 Yeah now maybe because she's dead (Rip) , because she's debuted before Mariah, because she's full black, with subjective opinions, but professionals, vocal pedagogue, vocal professors and anyone with vocal knowledge knows perfectly well that objectively Mariah was another level. Singers are apprecciated only when they die sadly and often disrespected when they are alive
@@TheTonytone77 you wrong dahling, most people include me would say Mariah is the greatest of all time 😁
@@honestperson3042 I mean this is a mariah video so of course u fans are going to say something like that... If u go on and just Google greatest singer ranking on rolling stone or any other professional ranker... Whitney is always number 1.... And that was before she died... But again I except this type of answer coming from a fanboi on a mariah video.. Its cool I understand
@@TheTonytone77 Rolling Stones ? They put Christina Aguilera before Mariah and didn't even put Barbra Streisand in the rankings, they put Whitney in 34th place, many parameters used are totally subjective, it's not certainly an objective list of vocal pedagogue based on vocal skills and vocal level in general, every list is more credible than Rolling Stones, and it's literally the only list that penalizes Mariah generally Mariah triumphs in the lists and polls...for Billboard ( the bible of the music) Mariah is the greatest female artist of all time, MTV/ Blender calls Mariah the greatest voice of all time, for VH1 Mariah is the 2nd female artist of all time after Madonna and First as vocalist, She is the Guinness world record as "The Songbird Supreme" and "Queen of melisma" , 2 official names based on her vocal skills, for the music critic, Vocal pedagogue and experts who have ranked Mariah and Whitney as star rated vocalists said that they are the Golden Standard in singing but Mariah objectively win vocally, Just a few examples, except for what the critic of music says there are no objective lists based only on the vocal level, I'm a singer and I had the opportunity to speak with vocal pedagogue, vocal professors and people who really knew and had studied the human voice and when we talk about vocals in mainstream music Mariah's name was always on top, and when we talk about artistry Mariah is always on top as well. I'm a fan yes but Mariah is ranked above Whitney everywhere, It's not only my opinion.
This was Mariah's National Television debut!!
This is a great performance, Auntie. Those arrangements and vocals were on point. You sounded strong and confident. _And it was AAAAALLLLL_! That's my part. That look at 3:46 just cracks me up. She said *y'all bet not say nothin' slick about me*. This is always gon be my favorite song from you. Great performance.
For first time you are not hating her
lmaooo you are too funny girl
Beautiful is all I gotta say ❤️👏
The low note in the beginning is amazing
I know right 😍👌🏼
What a friken gift, greatness. I'm in love w/mariah singing.
The debut of the greatest vocalist of all time
For future reference: 3:20 😍 I love the run at the end of “all” 3:23😩👏🏾
the start of a legendary career. she dropped this 👑 while performing
omg her voice it's magnific
MARIAH!!!!!!!!!!!! Fell in love with her in 1990 and still love me some MC!
Debut performance and no whistle. Still amazing though.
Perfect performancy Mariah!!!
little did she know little beyoncé, brandy and kelly clarkson were watching the show and were inspired by her
Hard to believe- 31 years ago. Sheesh… where does time go?
She is so amazing. 👍👍👍
wth????? Those SUPER FAST RUN AT 3:23 and 3:24😱😱 two diferents AMAZING RUNS IN JUST ONE SECOND
historians call this moment the ascension of the queen
This had to be the thinnest she ever was. Almost to the danger zone. This song blew the world away when it was released. It was her first song, never to be outdone, or even come close to. It was just too perfect of a song to ever top.
Love you mariah Beaty gift of God. 😍 Thanks arsenio R. I. P. Billy t scott
Wow…still gives you the chills.
Happy 30th Anniversary to Mariah Carey's Vision of Love
OMG THE ESSENTIAL BEGINNING ON ARSENIO I'M FLOORED
A moment in History ❤
An amazing song which is so true
'MARIAH CAREY' VISION
Just amazing and mesmerizing!!!
Arsenio was a great talk show host.
I miss her more back then but she sings beautiful
Oh young Mariah, please please come back
That's impossible. We have to be happy with what's left and honor her achievements and legacy.
The MARIAH who was Vocally More TALENTED than anyone put together.! #GREATEST.!
The greatest
I saw this, and I knew, she was a star
no its not her first appearance on TV, the America the beatiful was the first, before even her first album was realeased
I was 15 when I first saw this live!
45 now?
My first celeb crush! 😍
Mariah's Arsenio Hall Show was to Elvis' The Ed Sullivan Show. Most big artist "grew into" stardom. There was a slow build up of many months, more often years. But in this case, never has there been artists as big who bursts into the global stage in one night. At least not in the caliber of stardom as Mariah and Elvis. Many always thought it was in Oprah, but that didn't happen until more than a year later.
@2:50 the backup singer nearly cracked
Legendary
I love the instrumental so funky
Lord Have Mercy
And I was hooked.
Im commenting before I hear it! But I know itz amazing!!
This was a good performance, but i liked the one she did on good morning america much better. Not sure which came first, but i think they were in the same year 1990.
This was her very first live performance. America The Beautiful was her second.
i was in love her in 1990 i wish she stayed just like this forever what a dream girl she sure changed
"Vision of Love"
Mariah Carey (Live at The Arsenio Hall Show/June 1, 1990) #VisionofLove
[Verse 1]
Treated me kind
Sweet destiny
Carried me through desperation
To the one that was waiting for me
It took so long
Still I believed
Somehow the one that I needed
Would find me eventually
[Chorus]
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
[Verse 2]
Prayed through the nights
Felt so alone
Suffered from alienation
Carried the weight on my own
Had to be strong
So I believed
And now I know I've succeeded
In finding the place I conceived
[Chorus]
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given me
[Bridge]
I've realized the dream
And I visualized
The love that came to be
Feel so alive
I'm so thankful that I've received
The answer that heaven has sent down to me
[Verse 3]
You treated me kind
Sweet destiny
And I'll be eternally grateful
Holding you so close to me
Prayed through the nights
So faithfully
Knowing the one that I needed
Would find me eventually
[Chorus]
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you turned out to be
Yeah I remember the year 1990, this woman was amazing but En Vogue Hold On had a strong hold on the radio and you heard Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer they were a big hit 2 the singing group Hi-Five was out and I like that rapper Chubb Rock with Treat Em Wright
Who’s here while reading her book?❤❤