22 Times Mariah Carey Was Absolutely Not Human At All

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If y'all know me/know of me/follow me/whatever, you're aware of my undying love for the one and only legend MARIAH CAREY. Not only is she one of the greatest songwriters of all time (that's a post for another day), her voice is truly out of this world.

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Mondadori Portfolio / Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Marco Piraccini/Mondadori via Getty

Here are 22 times she proved she was actually a superhuman:

1.When she hit the opening "Dreamlover" D7 note and legit sounded like a gorgeous bird:

2.And when she EXTENDED the "Emotions" whistles!!! ARE YOU KIDDING!!!

3.When she battled a piano and won:

4.When she did 55 notes in 17 seconds:

5.When she hit fourteen F5s in a minute in her live performance of "Joy to the World."

6.When she spoke-sang in whistle register:

7.When she invented running and belting high notes during "Make It Happen" in 2005:

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8.When her voice opened a garage door:

9.When she legit sounded like a bird:

10.When she wrote 17 of her 18 number ones:

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11.When she sang beautifully in a stadium while her in-ear monitors were malfunctioning:

12.When she made "America the Beautiful" her own with her unreal vocals. The announcer even said, "THE PALACE NOW HAS A QUEEN."

13.When she sang "Fly Like a Bird" (in its original key) in a restaurant. LIKE, casual...

14.When she went higher and higher to appease her dog:

15.When she whistled the words, "Yes, you did!"

16.When she scalped the entire audience in 2005:

17.When she hit the "Love Takes Time" note perfectly:

18.When she invented vibrato with the MSG "Make It Happen" performance:

19.When she would walk through the halls of an ice rink hitting 6th octave notes:

20.When she slayed the "If It's Over" climax in front of Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and more divas a the Grammys in 1992:

21.Most recently, when she slayed the fuck out of the "Emotions" ending whistles in 2021, 20 years later:

22.And lastly, the "Hero" climax of 1996 in Tokyo speaks for itself:

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