Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey are actually two different style of artists, despite how people love to pit them against each other. Vocally, Whitney Houston is the superior vocalist. She has more versatility and has recorded FULL ALBUMS of Pop, R&B and Gospel. She commands the stage LIVE, something Mariah Carey struggles to do. In fact, often times Mariah doesn’t even sing live. Whitney is the better SINGER and PERFORMER.And yet,she known as "the voice of the world" leh!!!

Mariah Carey is a different kind of artist. She writes and produces her own material. Musically, Mariah Carey has a lot more to offer than Whitney Houston. That is not to say her albums are better, but she has more skill than simply SINGING.She's like can't get just to the whistle register by just open her mouth.

Vocally, Whitney is better. Artistically, Mariah is probably better. Album-wise…to each their own! Sales-wise they are about equal because Mariah has released more albums. And Whitney’s latest debuted at over 300k and Mariah’s out a month later looks to debut at about 200k. Whitney is a living legend and Mariah is on her way.

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Mariah: singer, songwriter, producer, live performer, philantropic networker, business woman (perfumes); underestimates her incredible song-writing and producing skills (her core competencies), incredible vocal organ and range, ability (and slight obsession) to please everyone, creative approach to big productions.
Focusses too much on commercial aspect of work, sometimes guilty of plagiarism of her own work

Whitney: singer, stage/ live performer, actress, D.I.V.A.
Incredible thrust of voice, great range, great warmth, creative approach to vocal deliverance and arrangements of limited material, incredible stage presence, stamina;
Lack of creativity in material and musical styles, afraid to say that her future in music might be over (unless she bedazzles us once more with her incredible warmth and glamour on her eagerly expected come-back album which seems to get postponed until further notice)

Better international artist?
Definitely Mariah! In Japan 3 out of the 5 best selling albums belong to Mariah. Yup heard that right 3 out of 5 she is the best selling international artist in Australia as well. She has had countless number of #1 hit singles in many countries world wide. The people of China have recently voted her their favorite international female artist. Mariah is featured on the cover of the latest edition of the Chinese magazine, Crazy English Reader. The readers of the publication participated in an online poll, which asked who the best international diva was.

77% of the readers voted Mariah as their favorite diva. Whitney Houston and Celine Dion only received 23% combined.
She is just an all around better and more successful international artis

Who has better vocals range?
Definitely not Whitney. Mariah’s voice is more versatile

Who has more influence on today’s artists?

Mariah Carey wins. Mariah has been said by many artists, including Kelly Clarkson, Destiny’s Child star Beyonce Knowles, Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera, which you can see Mariah’s singing is more influential shown through other artists singing.

Mariah’s hip/hop has set the stage for other artists like Beyonce / J.Lo / Christina and anyone else who does the “singer/rapper” songs…because Mariah started it with “ODB on fantasy”, which started it all

She is one of the first to ever do a remix…which by the way was a success when she did it 11 years ago with her hit ‘Dreamlover’. Look it up. It says that that song was one of the first, and she was the first female artist to do a remix. So her making remixes is more influential.

who have more # 1 hits?

Mariah has 18 number 1 hits. Whitney only has 13. Mariah is more successful which should be proof enough. On MTV’s greatest top greatest voices, Whitney was #3, Mariah was #1. Do your research people. Whitney lowest note was A2 highest C6…. pathetic. Mariah’s was G2 highest G#7. She has a better and lower vocal range. Whitney’s voice is overrated due tonger quick vibrato which, anyone with vocal teaching backgrounds, would know is a vocal no no. She has the gospel jaw which is something singers learn to cheat a diaphramic vibrato (Mariah). The gospel jaw is basically the same as shaking your head rapidly to produce a vibrato-LIKE sound, except it’s your jaw moving, not head. Mariah owns one of the two hardest songs to sing. Emotions and Without You. Mariah also appeals to a larger range of ages due to her incredible versatility. Her collaberations live with singers like Brian Mcknight, Boys ll Men and Stevie Wonder have reported to have given goosebumps to the entire world. As you can see I’m mainly focusing on vocals rather than success because we all know Mariah is way more successful. She has vocally proven to have a better voice for her versatily and yes, RANGE. Whitney fans have to stop living in a dream where Whitney is better because she’s not. However, I’m not denying her talent. Whitney has proven to have one of best voices ever as well, however it is less to Marian’s. Now check your FACTS because FACTS produce FACTS and in this case, the facts prove to be in Ms. Carey’s favor.

what whitney have for mariah???

You all have to realize, these women are getting older. Yes Whitney smoked cigarettes and what ever else, Mariah (as far as I know did not), and you can see that Mariah’s voice has changed just as much as Whitney’s. She cant hit those high notes like she use to, she sounds raspy out of breath, and voice is low. Whitney also sounds raspy and breathless, but she can put on a stronger performance than Mariah. And lets not forget the sales, because mariah shows half her A@@ to sell her records. I know who can bring it to the stage Whitney no doubt. She connects to the audience, she sweats and feels everything. Mariah so busy trying to be cute and keep her dress from rising, and can hardly walk in her heals, she can barely give a good performance. (She sounds good on cd) Whitney is close to 50 and Mariah a little younger. Mariah cant touch whitney, she never could. There voices have changed, I dont expect whitney or Mariah to sound like they did when they were 25 come on. The point is they are both singing and making music for us to enjoy. We need to embrace it ... and its true!!!

I actually cant believe your comparing them, yes mariah can sing better than a lot of artists today but Whitney has achieved and over come so much and in my opinion the best in the business. She has sold over 140 million albums world wide, 6 grammys, 14 gold singles, most consecutive number 1 singles, top selling female artist of the century, 21 American music awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards, 11 NAACP Image Awards, 7 “Soul Train” Music Awards, 5 World Music Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, MTV Music Video award and MTV Movie Award, a Cable ACE Award, the Dove (Gospel Music Association) Award, the Blockbuster Entertainment Award, and the Nickelodeon Kids Choice award. In November 1995, Whitney was inducted into the “Soul Train” Hall of Fame. In 1996, she was inducted into the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Hall of Fame and BET (Black Entertainment Television) Walk of Fame and was honoured yet again in February 2010. In February 1998, “Soul Train” bestowed its prestigious Quincy Jones Career Achievement Award upon Whitney; and in March 2000, she was honored with the “Soul Train” Music Award as Female Artist Of the Decade and to top it all of an Oscar, A Golden Globe and 2 diamond awards (10 million+ albums sold) Now I dont know about you but to me that seems pretty hard to beat.

thats all for today....hope you all enjoy lah...

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