Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey - When You Believe (Live from the 1999 Oscars) (Vocal Showcase) 

Yes indeed, which is why she is my very favorite female singer.

Também analiso dessa forma: a voz da Whitney é mais pesada, te mantém firme no chão. A voz da Mariah te faz flutuar, ela é mais leve.

Lol.

love it

That means whitney had to take both low and high too yet you're just here only praising Mariah when EVERYONE knows Whitney is MUTHA🤡🤡🤡

many people believe that this era was her second prime

Which is wrong. She shouldn't have done that!

Aside from being nervous, I think Whitney started improvising some parts, as she has more gospel roots than Mariah, who prefers a more rehearsed setting. David Foster said when he would play a melody for Whitney, she would often sing it a different way than what he asked, but it would often be better than what he asked for. Meanwhile, Celine would always give him exactly what he asked for. I'm guessing Mariah was very stunned when Whitney went impromptu at the climax, as she had to compliment Whitney's melody with the harmony, but Whitney was belting it out, adding some runs probably not heard in rehearsals, and at times rushing the tempo. Even when Mariah had to sing with Aretha Franklin, she felt a bit uncomfortable that Aretha chose not to do rehearsals, aside from singing with her idol. Aretha wanted to bring the church, and Mariah, who did not grow up singing gospel at church, but only listening and singing to gospel at home, obviously felt like a fish out of water. Regardless of the imperfection of this performance, this will forever remain an iconic moment in music history.

@@lissandrafreljord7913 that’s the different between great singer and gifted singer. Whitney is gifted

Both are gifted. They just have different styles Whitney grew up in churches Mariah didn't so they approach performances differently ​@@tisanbako

@foreverfaithful Exactly

​@@foreverfaithful117Thanks for correcting them. These Whitney always find ways to give backhanded compliments/straight out disrespect to Mariah. Ain't no way, the one among the 3 with the hardest songs to sing isn't gifted just like the others.

Indeed. Her voice is extremely sexy to me.

Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope to transcribe the album version and the live at Oprah performance as well in the future!

Perfectly said! I wish people would stop the petty fights about who is superior. They were equally great in their own unique way. And we all are so blessed to be able to enjoy their incredible talents. (Especially those lucky enough to have seen both of them live 😭)

I saw Whitney in 2000. She DEFINITELY was not psst her prime. I saw Mariah twice in 2019 and she was phenomenal!!

@@rudolphmcneill515Oh wow you’re so blessed to have seen both these legends sing 🥹

That was the Key Change.

Sorry you obviously haven't been around to study them all from the 60s forward. Mariah is a great singer she may fall in around number 3 or 4. The number one and best vocalist of all times is still standing in that spot. Aretha Franklin | Giving Him Something He Can Feel | Live 1976 | REMASTERED / Black Music Archive LIVE! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZeK4_S9r3yw.html Aretha Franklin - Call Me (Live 1970) / Lamar Allen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OYTfRKYtEwg.html When I Think About You - Aretha Franklin | The Midnight Special / The Midnight Special ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y5bDuW8EGoM.html Aretha Franklin - Something He Can Feel / #ManILoveThatSong ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fj8pY4IFoeU.html 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

Mariah hers love only Manipulation

Whitney has better headvoice and resonace

@@fnb8171 Much better!!

I mostly agree with this except I would personally place them on the same tier in terms of vocal greatness - not one over the other. Mariah definitely taking agility, range, and resonance, while Whitney is unmatched in power and her gorgeous head voice tones.

same.😂

Beautifully said. ❤

Whitney’s lowest was Eb3

Eb3 to Eb5

Honestly Whitney ate this performance If she went on her HEADVOICE she'd be on par All The VOICE unleashed is her monstrous chest voice and complex agility ❤👑

Thank you for sharing this lovely thought! You described their voices beautifully ♥

That was one of the many hallmarks of a Whitney Houston performance. She never sang a song the same way twice, always letting her heart and soul take over the music. The Greatest Voice of All.

A place of worship to who? I know you ain't abt to say GOD/Christ.

Ladies

@@margaretohara3451 thank you for the correction was a typing mistake... Anyway as Sofía Vergara said you don't know how smart I am in my native language 🤣

@@adrianmenet1044 well there really is no exception for taste. I prefer the natural beauty of Vivien Leigh than the plastic doll of well do excuse me.

@@adrianmenet1044 may I ask are you so patronising that you regard translited English as my first language. I fear your problem is consolidation of power; how mellifluous of thee.

Yeah, I agree with your assessment of this Oscars duet. To me, Whitney sounded much stronger and fuller in the climax, but I didn’t care for a lot of her melismatic choices which at times, felt a little oversung and out of place. And I definitely know what you mean by that one jazzy run Whitney sang at 3:31, which I can really appreciate for the creativity but didn’t fit the gradual, harmonious, Disney-esque ending, in my humble opinion. With Mariah, I thought her belting was a lot more subdued here and not as powerful, but her runs were all so tasteful and fit the melody so perfectly. So the strength of one was the weakness of the other. A better showcase would be their Oprah duet - that was phenomenal and pretty close to flawless.

I agree, while Whitney was singing "when you belive" several times it started to sound a little repetitive, Mariah Run at that time 2:09 sounded too good

You're clearly delusional if you think so💀😂 Whitney destroyed Mariah completely in this performance tbh She didn't even unleash her operatic HEADVOICE LMAO

If neither were there it wouldn’t be as good… stop acting like Whitney ruined the performance

@@Swahili14No ! You are delusional. Whitney didn’t destroy shit . The way Mariah mic was lower and she put the mic away unlike Whitney

@@kaingchhaylong2762 the fact you think Mariah's whiny voice is anywhere close to Whitney's all powerful THE VOICE I cringed😫😭🤣🤣🤣

@@Swahili14 if you think Powerful voice is the definition of better vocalist than you are wrong ..

Half step.

This can’t be the case because Mariah actually missed plenty of the notes with shaky intonation while Whitney’s was much more steady and precise. Also, the “high notes” are just shrill falsetto with very bad accuracy (she couldn’t hit the high note dead on and had to scale up there).

Yes definitely a lower key than the original recording. And I agree, the Oprah performance was much better, possibly in part because I’d imagine performing at the Oscars was incredibly stressful - even more so than performing the duet on Oprah for the first time.

It’s a semitone lower

​@@superninja6481 I would say better but I won't go as far as saying MUCH BETTER.

Good observation! I’m wondering the same

She has always and commonly mistaken on all their live performances together. All she thinks and does is to always oversing Queen Mariah Carey!

​@@haroldkingsantiagosongsIt's magnificent that Mimi is able to instantly pick up on the mistakes Whitney is making and try to fix them. Her musicality is on another level + surprisingly kinda humble. Cos others wud try to make their duet partners mistakes stand out even more.

She had a musical ear! Whitney grew up singing in church. Harmonies are huge part of that style of singing . She’s done background a lot as well

@@haroldkingsantiagosongs lmfaoooooo all your comments mention Whitney….get a gripp loser

It seems so. Probably that's why the volume of Mariah's mic was a bit lower

@@viniciusvarella3965 it wasntt☠️

I can definitely appreciate that unique jazzy run on its own because it’s so creative, but I personally didn’t love it in the context of this song because it threw me off for the gradual and harmonious ending. I much preferred how they ended it in their Oprah duet. But hey, we all have different tastes and all valid 🙂

​@@viniciusvarella3965mariah doesn't have whitneys projection and whitneys voice is bigger here

That oversinger has multiple awards, where's yours?

I heard that Mariah's microphone volume was rather loud.

Very possible that Mariah’s microphone was turned down but it just as could’ve been an off day for her power belting. Mariah definitely shined the most in her agility, range, and tasteful choice of runs, whereas Whitney outshined her in the belting. I’d have to disagree on what you said about power because Whitney definitely had the more powerful voice. I think most people can agree that Mariah’s strengths are her agility, range, resonance, and transitions, whereas Whitney’s strengths were in the sheer power and weight of her voice, as well as her gorgeous head voice. It’s because their voices have their unique strengths and differences that make them such a perfect fit for vocal blending. A light, resonant, agile voice paired with a soulful, rich, powerful voice - just magic.

@@superninja6481 oh baby, cantar Whitney todos contam, agora pega a indústria musical toda e peçam para cantar mariah… qualquer vocal da mariah de 94s até 00s é superior ao de todas as cantoras, além de agilidade técnicas ressonância tu percebe que tem POTÊNCIA vocal também, sempre teve na vdd, agora pega um my all ao vivo

Wtf are you talking about. ..Whitney just has a big voice.....powerhouse.....

Took me a minute to discpher your poorly written comment! And all of it is just plane wrong. If you prefer Mariah voice that's fine but to state that Whitney has not "essence" or meaning is pure lies!! Which nobody will agree to!

What? Whitney mistook the harmonies here and there, she even took Mariah’s part and doing too much adlibs for the song

Mariah outsang her actually a d#5 vs c#5 take it easy

Umm no​@@Thesupremesnow

@@Thesupremesnowyou are madly delusional 😂

@@marieljackman1850 truth hurts

@@Thesupremesnow But you are too stupid to feel it. 😮😢😂❤

How???

@@alonzoclarkston5638 it sounds like they are just clashing with eachother. the runs are good on their own but sound so off when the other person is singing

@@jefferyarnold5286more Whitney! She was doing to much

@@Gui-mt2wu reminds me of the new “yes and” remix tbh

@@jefferyarnold5286 I don’t think yes and is a mess! It was just poor mixed but the song asked for the vocals back and forth but Whitney was doing to much she could let Mariah sing her parts