1994, her TRUE prime. A mixture of both Music Box power and resonance and Daydream tone and control. Therefore, Merry Christmas is her true vocal prime in terms of Albums. ❤️
1995 mais precisamente! Ela ainda tinha problemas com os upperbelts em 1994 ao vivo mas tinha a consistência da music box, em 1995 beltava F5 como respirar sem esforço algum, sua ressonância era imbatível tbm
I love mc era vocally, but my fave era vocally is debut and emotions, she had that deep tone much soul, much r&b, amazing whistles, incredible low notes, powerful mixed voice and belts. love her
+♫ SLS music ♫ She was ashamed on how she looked back then especially around 1990-1991, that's the reason why she replaced the videos during that time with live performances for the #1's DVD release.
Wee Peng No, she doesn't hate her old looks. She just hates Someday, Love Takes Time and I Don't Wanna Cry music videos because she thinks the results are disappointing. That's why she started to direct her own music video during Daydream era.
People keep talking about her avoiding the higher notes here during the bridge as if it's a bad thing.. The way in which she dodged the high notes is amazing, she created new runs that flow smooh as fuck. To this day I have yet to see another artist improvise as much as she does and has in the past. Even now she still plays around with the melodies of her songs.
Beyloved95 But a some of Whitney improvised vocals were off or really don’t fit the song as Mariah’s ones. Mariah musicality and artistry in creating melodies on vocal lines is unmatched.
I usually freak out for the perfection of the Eb5's or E5's in the bridge, but this time at 2:45 I was about to cry. It's not always about hitting the note, cause if you dodge it that way it gets even better. If she'd sing that "Just hold on" like that nowadays it'd be way better, cause it sounds divine. F*** that she was sick here, this is one of my absolute favourite performances of this song.
2:53 - That was an amazing B4. Round, resonant and vibrant! Mariah is definitely an underrated middle-belter. She's a vocal miracle and something that no one will ever come close.
people going on about her not hitting the high notes on the bridge like they were on the studio record. hello! the way she changed and sang the bridge here is still so powerful, it resonates, like almost thundering. nobody else in the world alive today (or who's ever lived - me being a lamb talking) can sing and produce that sound.
Naw. It's simple. Back in the 90s, Vocal Acrobats like Mariah Carey and Tevin Campbell were recording and signing at incredibly high notes. With middle age, signing live that high can risk strain, to prevent that, Mariah and even Tevin sing the old tunes live at lower registers.
Why do people keep saying she had a cold? Almost every video I watch of Mariah singing, there's always someone who says she has a cold. How do you know? Were you there that day and she told you herself she had one? Please. In no way, shape or form does she sound like she had a cold in this video. She killed it.
I'm not saying she didn't slay...she certainly did in this performance. I'm just saying people always seem to think she has a cold when she's not up to her usual standards, and that's not true.
Well cold or not, she was definitely not her best here. So one can only assume that she was a little under the weather. Still a very good performance though from the Songbird Supreme.
A beautiful performance. She adapted very well in order to avoid hitting the high notes; it worked very well and shows her versatility at this period. Enjoyed this very much.
Dan O'Connor It was an intentional vocal break, a particular vocal technique, it wasn't un unsupposed crack. She's the mother of vocal breaks, there are many also in the studio version than many of her songs. And hers are the ones that sound the best, they add so much soul😍😍😍
victor guzman Yeah....it was pretty fuckin awesome...lol! Keep in mind that there were many more than just these two as well. Take a look at some of Tevin campbells and luther vandross' songs
+victor guzman ariana can sing, and so can many other singers of this generation, like beyonce, christina aguilera, tori kelly, jessie j, jennifer hudson, etc.
It’s incredible to see the change in her voice in just a year. Hero was recorded in 1993. Her voice in 1993 is very timbre, immaculate voice, very soulful. But in 1994 it was a mixed of smooth, very girly and daydream.
Sometimes Mariah dodges high notes, but you simply cannot criticize her for doing it on this particular performance and song. Specially when she had sung the high parts before, MANY times, and even added a couple more high notes to it.
She has been one of my favorites female voices in my life d it is one of few artists that not because of her voice range she falls into exaggeration i love her
imagine being spend nights long in studio for writing and recording ur music while having a fragile body that was so easily to get cold... and still sang this amazing live. her technique was so polished
This is my favorite era from Mariah besides Daydream. Her singing was effortless and fluid in this era. I have never watched this performance, so I thank you for sharing. :)
glad i grow up in 90's.. we have the queen mariah.. miss celine dion.. jewel.. sheryl crow.. alanise morisette.. sarah mclachlan.. shania twain.. martina mcbride.. faith hill.. leann rimes.. and the times with boy and girl band like Backstreet Boys.. N'sync.. spice girl.. and actually in the late of 90's we got christina aguilera and destinys child.. 90's is the generation of new Pop when we back listen to the music in this era we can feel so 90's..
The Serial Whitney Houston has a more beautiful voice but Mariah has her own voice she is the only singer who can sing like that and it makes her voice beautiful
Whitney Houston is number one. Not doubt about that! Whitney Is the Most Awarded Singer and for that, she is cited in the Guinness book of world records for the most popular / awarded female artist of all time. She has won MORE than 600 awards! Unbelievable, isn’t it? Combining all of her awards won, 415 were bigger awards such as NAACP Image awards, Emmys, Grammys, Billboard music awards, World music awards, American music awards, Rolling Stone music awards, MTV video music awards, Blockbuster entertainment awards, MTV Europe Music awards, BET awards, Women’s World awards, International Icon awards( Grammy hall of fame, etc., etc., etc., etc.,),NARM bestseller awards, Brit awards, American black achievement awards, Goldener RI pinguin awards Germany, Bravo Otto awards Germany, Soul train music awards, etc. etc. etc. etc. You cannot believe how the list goes on and on and on!!!! She’s better than Mariah Carey. The music industry surely proved it by giving her all of these awards! More than 600!!! Yes, I said MORE than 600. This says it all !
I know that not a lot of ppl will agree with me but I think 1994 is her best year vocally, not 1996. 94 is the perfect year for her tone and voice because she just got over her nasally debut years (1990-93). Her voice is so much more open and agile. 95 and 96 is waaayy too overrated. Her tone there is really thin and her belts are too squeaky. Thats why i think her Christmas album is vocally the best out of all of her prime albums. ❤️
Ok im lost again on TH-cam ... Look like long time : VHS rules dude ;-) I have to say i'm not of that generation at all but Jesus !!! she was god dawn cute and that voice .... So yeah it was serious shit obviously. Beautiful song by the way
She avoided all the high notes . I wanted to hear the old Mariah belt it. Oh well, on to another Mariah video from days past to find one when She kills it. She was pretty here though.
not all of them.the second time when she did survive and inside she hit the notes, she probably had a cold or she didnt want to to strain her vocals,and this is the old mariah.
2:58 most resonant belt ever incredible
" The wayyyyy" of Hero 1994 Spain beat this , that really was the most resonant belt ever
Spain 1994 Arsenio Hall 1993 MSG 1993 Grand Gala 1993 >>>>
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Best "The way".
@@honestperson30421996 best
@@rosemont2283Yes but 1996 and 1995 is the best
1994, her TRUE prime. A mixture of both Music Box power and resonance and Daydream tone and control. Therefore, Merry Christmas is her true vocal prime in terms of Albums. ❤️
yes!!! we had the same idea!!
1995 mais precisamente! Ela ainda tinha problemas com os upperbelts em 1994 ao vivo mas tinha a consistência da music box, em 1995 beltava F5 como respirar sem esforço algum, sua ressonância era imbatível tbm
i think this tone is actually better than daydream, it’s not too girly
I love mc era vocally, but my fave era vocally is debut and emotions, she had that deep tone much soul, much r&b, amazing whistles, incredible low notes, powerful mixed voice and belts. love her
@@joanmaciel6178 ME TOO!!!! she was soooo soulful and gospel sounding in her first couple of years it was amazjnf
I wonder Mariah watch youtube to see her older performance ... i miss her
She has better things to do lol but I think she has it on tape
♫ SLS music ♫ I bet she does
+♫ SLS music ♫ She was ashamed on how she looked back then especially around 1990-1991, that's the reason why she replaced the videos during that time with live performances for the #1's DVD release.
+Wee Peng i do not know why, she looked lovely then.
Wee Peng No, she doesn't hate her old looks. She just hates Someday, Love Takes Time and I Don't Wanna Cry music videos because she thinks the results are disappointing. That's why she started to direct her own music video during Daydream era.
People keep talking about her avoiding the higher notes here during the bridge as if it's a bad thing.. The way in which she dodged the high notes is amazing, she created new runs that flow smooh as fuck. To this day I have yet to see another artist improvise as much as she does and has in the past. Even now she still plays around with the melodies of her songs.
??????? Yet to see an artist improvise as much as her? Lol whitney Houston maybe? Mariah sings her songs live, just like her recordings.
brenttmiller93 “TO THIS DAY”
@@anornpath1587 you dont know what improvising is then lol Whitney's whole live-career was based on her rearranging songs on the spot lol
Beyloved95 But a some of Whitney improvised vocals were off or really don’t fit the song as Mariah’s ones. Mariah musicality and artistry in creating melodies on vocal lines is unmatched.
Renan Piltz PREACH! Kick that WH stan outta here lol 😂
One of the finest singers of this century.
The Diva with the Five Octaves. The Male variant is also known as the Male Whitney Houston.
@@Tornado1994 We're still waiting for you to name that male singer that's supposedly better than Mariah.
Best song of 1900s and 2000s
@@marianunez2442 ikr
No this century, it must be that finest singer all of time
The way she changed the note at 2:45 was incredible! And her vocal breaks... PERFECT! Musicianship and artistry saying hello.
super agree. i love the way she does with that line.
I am obsessed with that "Hold On". How on earth she dodged a note but it sounds more beautiful o.O
Her vibrato when she sings "the wayyyyy".... is so beautiful and powerful here.
I usually freak out for the perfection of the Eb5's or E5's in the bridge, but this time at 2:45 I was about to cry. It's not always about hitting the note, cause if you dodge it that way it gets even better. If she'd sing that "Just hold on" like that nowadays it'd be way better, cause it sounds divine.
F*** that she was sick here, this is one of my absolute favourite performances of this song.
SO WELL SAID. THE DODGED VERSION HERE IS BETTER THAN THE HIGH NOTE. DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE BUT IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS THAT WAY
Her tone is perfect here. Excellent performance.
2:53 - That was an amazing B4. Round, resonant and vibrant! Mariah is definitely an underrated middle-belter. She's a vocal miracle and something that no one will ever come close.
02:56 This make me cry because is too incredible
what a voice! no one comes close
people going on about her not hitting the high notes on the bridge like they were on the studio record. hello! the way she changed and sang the bridge here is still so powerful, it resonates, like almost thundering. nobody else in the world alive today (or who's ever lived - me being a lamb talking) can sing and produce that sound.
Naw. It's simple. Back in the 90s, Vocal Acrobats like Mariah Carey and Tevin Campbell were recording and signing at incredibly high notes. With middle age, signing live that high can risk strain, to prevent that, Mariah and even Tevin sing the old tunes live at lower registers.
I am obsessed with that "Hold On" 2:44. How on earth she dodged a note but sounds more beautiful o.O
She is so beautiful ♥
Why do people keep saying she had a cold? Almost every video I watch of Mariah singing, there's always someone who says she has a cold. How do you know? Were you there that day and she told you herself she had one? Please. In no way, shape or form does she sound like she had a cold in this video. She killed it.
+sanders8323 Some people (like myself) are true stans. We can hear the difference in her voice when she's sick and when she's not.
I'm not saying she didn't slay...she certainly did in this performance. I'm just saying people always seem to think she has a cold when she's not up to her usual standards, and that's not true.
Well cold or not, she was definitely not her best here. So one can only assume that she was a little under the weather. Still a very good performance though from the Songbird Supreme.
She had a cold and slayed this performance!
Ladies and Gentlemen... the voice of the Merry Christmas album!
Period
A beautiful performance. She adapted very well in order to avoid hitting the high notes; it worked very well and shows her versatility at this period. Enjoyed this very much.
simply an amazing voice like no other.
+sam carey Yeah
At 2:15 the way she says "inside" ...she is the ONLY person whose voice can crack and make it sound AMAZING 😍
it's called a vocal break 😊
Dan O'Connor It was an intentional vocal break, a particular vocal technique, it wasn't un unsupposed crack. She's the mother of vocal breaks, there are many also in the studio version than many of her songs. And hers are the ones that sound the best, they add so much soul😍😍😍
Im so obsessed with her breaks / cracks u have no idea
She looks so pretty and her voice is incomparable and sounds like an instrument
Sooo we have Ariana grande, Justin beiber. They had mariah Carey and whitney Houston. Fuck my life
victor guzman Yeah....it was pretty fuckin awesome...lol! Keep in mind that there were many more than just these two as well. Take a look at some of Tevin campbells and luther vandross' songs
+victor guzman Ariana Grande is a good singer. Justin B. sucks, but he loves Mariah, so I can't shade him... yet.
+victor guzman ariana can sing, and so can many other singers of this generation, like beyonce, christina aguilera, tori kelly, jessie j, jennifer hudson, etc.
Yea but they're no songwriters though.... All very pop songs. You can't even remember much of the song which made them famous......
+off-kilter how about Sia. She is writing all her songs
One of the most inspirational songs ever
It’s incredible to see the change in her voice in just a year. Hero was recorded in 1993. Her voice in 1993 is very timbre, immaculate voice, very soulful. But in 1994 it was a mixed of smooth, very girly and daydream.
WHAT A VOICE!
her phonation is so good and free sounding!she has great control and even tho she was kinda sick here she didnt slip off key or crack .
Definitely this is an amazing performance!
Sometimes Mariah dodges high notes, but you simply cannot criticize her for doing it on this particular performance and song. Specially when she had sung the high parts before, MANY times, and even added a couple more high notes to it.
Raúl Jara Highest studio note in this song: E5
Highest live note of this song: G#5!!!!!!
Pra que se preocupar com notas altas quando se tem um timbre, técnica e consistência desse nivel!
@@federicoraggio252 it’s G5 live not G#5
i love her hair here
OMG, WHAT A VOICE! MAKE ME CRY!
Such a PERFECT performance, the way she carries this song is beyond amazing
She has been one of my favorites female voices in my life d it is one of few artists that not because of her voice range she falls into exaggeration i love her
anyone here in 2017? i still love this song
me too indeed!! she was on her prime in 90's era!! i wish i could turn back time
she makes it looks so easy!
Mariah sings so effortlessly, with so much ease.
A testament to her incredible talent!
2:14 love that catch
Not at E5. Ohhh, an amazing young voice of her. Nice vibration
imagine being spend nights long in studio for writing and recording ur music while having a fragile body that was so easily to get cold... and still sang this amazing live. her technique was so polished
Breathtaking!
Thank god you sent mariah down to earth.
Essa canção é lendária. Engraçado como a música tem esse poder de penetrar em nossa alma e nos transportar para mundos tão distantes.
Pedro Ulisses Xavier até nos dias de hoje
I swear she's hitting two notes at the same time at 2:58
Yes, that still why she is the best
This is my favorite era from Mariah besides Daydream. Her singing was effortless and fluid in this era.
I have never watched this performance, so I thank you for sharing. :)
Maravillosa y sensacional! Mariah Carey única e irrepetible! Lo siendo por ti Ariana...
2:14 😍
diva of all time.
I looove the way she sang "lord knows" and "hold on"
love Maria，she made the 90s great
Oh boy do we need such stamina to sing this song the way she does.. and it’s a relatively easier song of hers to sing! Incredible.
glad i grow up in 90's.. we have the queen mariah.. miss celine dion.. jewel.. sheryl crow.. alanise morisette.. sarah mclachlan.. shania twain.. martina mcbride.. faith hill.. leann rimes.. and the times with boy and girl band like Backstreet Boys.. N'sync.. spice girl.. and actually in the late of 90's we got christina aguilera and destinys child.. 90's is the generation of new Pop when we back listen to the music in this era we can feel so 90's..
that is some heart and soul singing right there.
She's amazing
it was so powerful performance and good improvisation ,,, im really miss mariah carey in the 90's era .
Não têm igual.
Thank you ⚘🦋❤💖🎸🎶💞💕awesome
So beautiful ⚘💖🦋❤🎶🎸☃️😃🙂😉😏🥂💍from my ❤🙂
i love this girl
I love her tone in 1994
amazing song my all time favorite song and favorite song from mariah #mariahHero i love you
i wish i could be there that time
and see such astonishing performance
i am always thankful cause God still give me/us chance to enjpy this voice
Thanks Mariah!! Thank you soooo much...!!! From Brazil
Minha rainha ❤️.
The only thing that change from mariah carey voice is the agility and tone. The range still there
This is the MARIAH that NOBODY CAN TOUCH.! She's simply the #GREATEST female singer.
The Serial Whitney Houston has a more beautiful voice but Mariah has her own voice she is the only singer who can sing like that and it makes her voice beautiful
Whitney Houston is number one. Not doubt about that! Whitney Is the Most Awarded Singer and for that, she is cited in the Guinness book of world records for the most popular / awarded female artist of all time. She has won MORE than 600 awards! Unbelievable, isn’t it? Combining all of her awards won, 415 were bigger awards such as NAACP Image awards, Emmys, Grammys, Billboard music awards, World music awards, American music awards, Rolling Stone music awards, MTV video music awards, Blockbuster entertainment awards, MTV Europe Music awards, BET awards, Women’s World awards, International Icon awards( Grammy hall of fame, etc., etc., etc., etc.,),NARM bestseller awards, Brit awards, American black achievement awards, Goldener RI pinguin awards Germany, Bravo Otto awards Germany, Soul train music awards, etc. etc. etc. etc. You cannot believe how the list goes on and on and on!!!! She’s better than Mariah Carey. The music industry surely proved it by giving her all of these awards! More than 600!!! Yes, I said MORE than 600. This says it all !
FACTS ! Mariah is too incredible and she also has the most beautiful voice 😍
At 2:30 sounds like at 1999 😍
Mas aqui a ressonância é muito maior
beautiful eyes
2:55 POWER
!! beautiful !!
seems like only she can handle this song
3:15 the best version of "SURVIVE!" for me
Beautyful
Love the mini dress
it is a top and skirt.
If you listen ... this is the SAME key it was written in. lol The climax has always been B4 up to C#5 at the "You'll find the waa-a-aaaay" section.
歌唱力の最高峰！
Those chest voice. Damn
the old Amazing
Mariah
with a
bit of
the new
Mariah
creeping in
LoveThis
Song it is
so Beautiful
lol did you great minds Think alike 😃
Her tone and technique in this is different
Her*
100%live
Loveee
E ainda tem gente que da deslike numa performance dessa? So pode ser fã de Beyoncé pra não saber o q é voz de verdade
Fala besteira não! A Beyoncé tb é uma excelente cantora.
100%live wooow nice voice
She had a cold? How someone with a cold can belt like that, man...
Perfect mouth !!
이때 세상 젤 이뻤는데
The last note is heavenly “youuuuu”
2:29 2:45
✨
I know that not a lot of ppl will agree with me but I think 1994 is her best year vocally, not 1996. 94 is the perfect year for her tone and voice because she just got over her nasally debut years (1990-93). Her voice is so much more open and agile. 95 and 96 is waaayy too overrated. Her tone there is really thin and her belts are too squeaky. Thats why i think her Christmas album is vocally the best out of all of her prime albums. ❤️
There was no squeak at all in her belts in 96. They were just lighter, some prefer that some don't, but both kinds are legendary
her looks or performace? Or both?
At that time she needed to be flawless more than ever, cause Whitney was running the world with The Bodyguard repercution
pre-daydream tone! ;)
I’m born in 2000. If i can choose i want born in 90’s because i want see her live in her prime😭😭❤️
Wah gw jga pgn nonton Mariah wkt prime wkwk
Me too
2:29
of course both, it's mariah.
Realive
Is this lower key compared to the original version in her album?
Same Key darling ❤️
Ok im lost again on TH-cam ... Look like long time : VHS rules dude ;-)
I have to say i'm not of that generation at all but Jesus !!! she was god dawn cute and that voice .... So yeah it was serious shit obviously.
Beautiful song by the way
where was this filmed?
french tv
She avoided all the high notes . I wanted to hear the old Mariah belt it. Oh well, on to another Mariah video from days past to find one when She kills it.
She was pretty here though.
are you dumb? she belted the b4 note like on the recording, she didnt hit just 2 notes in the bridge but the climax. musicterrorists
chile. this was 1994 and this is your nostalgic Mariah! she hit every note that was in the studio... can you do this?
Watch joy to the world 1994
But I think she just changed the notes she didn't avoid the high belts
not all of them.the second time when she did survive and inside she hit the notes, she probably had a cold or she didnt want to to strain her vocals,and this is the old mariah.
Shut up hater. You're so cringe.