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January 22, 2009 Mariah’s “Hero” At Inaugural Ball!
Mariah Carey performed her classic hit single “Hero” during the Neighborhood Ball to honor our new president of the United States – Barack Obama. After some uncertain notes, my diva swung it out of the park for me! View the footage after the jump –
laylah
January 22, 2009 at 12:39 am
yeah a little shakey there. LOL Im trying to think who sings the song better, mariah or rihanna?
Franky
January 22, 2009 at 12:46 am
I didn’t like it at all. Sorry Mimi but Ive seen you do better.
Porcelain
January 22, 2009 at 1:56 am
OMG MIMI…
I Love Mariah, But No BooBoo No No No No…
Anonymous
January 22, 2009 at 2:14 am
Sorry B but this was horrendous. She seemed nervous and her tone and pitch were dreadful.
Brandon J.
January 22, 2009 at 2:38 am
mimi, u have 20 # 1’s, its time u retire cuz i cant see u making it to 30.
Nile
January 22, 2009 at 2:46 am
I’ve definitely heard better from her. It never quite got there ya know?
Will
January 22, 2009 at 3:13 am
Definitely not her best, but rihanna has nothing on mariah…period
MG
January 22, 2009 at 3:20 am
She sounds… not good… her registry is completely low. She used to be tear that song up but, no more.
miss.me
January 22, 2009 at 5:49 am
i duno dear, i didnt like it!
she looked nice though.
sheedah
January 22, 2009 at 5:59 am
WTF??? what did she do with the song!!!
the art
January 22, 2009 at 8:00 am
the beginning was bad the end was good. but she looked amazing, loved the hair, she looks loads better when she actually has some clothes on.
lol at laylay, there is noo way on earth rihanna could sing this better than mimi, not even if you cut mimi’s throat out, she’d still outsing riri.
Tony
January 22, 2009 at 9:47 am
She still gets stage fright. Her vocals were on point when she returned later to join Stevie Wonder on “Sign sealed delivered.” Leave her lone’
Keep in mind, this was the new version of Hero she was singing. It is done in a different register than the one recorded in the 90’s
Its on her newest release, “The Balads”
WP.
January 22, 2009 at 10:03 am
She sang it better in 90’s people!
It sounds different, because her voice is not the same, different tone, etc. Still, at the end she delivered the song perfectly. Rihanna?? No way…
Curvaceous
January 22, 2009 at 10:27 am
I agree she did her thing in the last two minutes. She looked quite good.
TheMan
January 22, 2009 at 10:43 am
Mariah has been giving bad performances for awhile now, she needs to go take a break, have the baby and think about music in another few years
Pretty Black Girl
January 22, 2009 at 10:45 am
I have to agree with eveyone . Mimi was all over the place.It was bad. But she looked very pretty. And it was nice to see that her husband is working.
morenita
January 22, 2009 at 12:10 pm
i think she smokes reefer
she’s been sounding like shit for too long now
shambl2
January 22, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Wow!!! And I don’t mean in a good way.
felisha
January 22, 2009 at 3:27 pm
IT MUST BE NICE TO SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT SOMEONE WHEN YOU HAVE NO TALENT YOURSELF EVERYONE HAS GOOD DAYS AND BAD ONES WITH AS MUCH AS MARIAH HAS ACCOMPLISHED SHE DONT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYONE IT MUST BE NICE TO RUN AROUND WITH A LEOTARD SAYING IF YOU LIKED IT YOU SHOULD OF PUT A RING ON IT AND HAVE PEOPLE THINK YOU HUNG THE MOON.
Donny
January 22, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Well, it was very ehum.. nice.
But nice’s not what im used to from miss Mariah, splendiferous is though..
Where did it go wrong gurrl??
TJDBlue06
January 22, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Mariah Carey!! I am restoring my faith and love in Mariah. OMG I used to be the hugest Mariah Carey fan like you were with Tarzan lol just glued to the radio or TV every time she came on. I had EVERY album, but then glitter hit and I hit brakes like *errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* lol. However, we have been rebuilding our relationship since then because the Emancipation of Mimi was DA BOMB!! I’m still a little iffy about her marriage to Nick Cannon, but if she is happy that’s all that matters.
Eric
January 22, 2009 at 10:00 pm
The beginning was horrible, but the last 2 minutes were much better.
She needs to give her voice a break for a while. =]]
BADDEST
January 22, 2009 at 10:36 pm
iT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, mARIAH IS AND WILL FOREVER BE ONE OF THE GREATEST VOCALISTS OF ALL TIME! sHE HAS PROVEN HERSELF AND HAS SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES. sO WHO CARES THAT SHE IS NOT AT HER BEST NOW. IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF THEM. bEYONCE WILL NOT HAVE HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE FOREVER EITHER YOU KNOW. sTANS! aND STOP HATING ON RHIANNA! sHE IS FLY AS HELL!
mDavis
January 23, 2009 at 11:07 am
Yall better leave Mariah alone – sure it wasnt her best but like someone said – we all have our not so great days – and im willing to bet yours are more often than Mariahs! She paid her dues – let the woman have an off day – it wasnt as bad as people are saying. Go Mariah! She didnt have to sing – this was for Obama – and Im sure he was pleased that she came and sang for him – and you know you would be to.
LADY L
January 23, 2009 at 5:47 pm
SHE SOUNDED HORRIBLE, DIDN’T LIKE IT AT ALL.. SHE LOOKED STUFFED UP!
raul
January 23, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Oh My Sweet Jesus, that was absolutely horrendous, for her being in show business fir nearly 20 years or whatever it is, she still has not one ounce of stage presence, her voice was shot, she might as well as talked the song, i think it would have sounded a lot better if she had of just read it as a poem!
Give up Mariah let the the younger generation that obviously are better singers take your place, because i feel that you won’t be singing much longer unless you get some drastic work done!
tiff2fresh
January 24, 2009 at 10:11 am
laylah
Okay how can you compare rihanna’s voice to mimi’s? Mimi would kill RiRi in singing!