--- title: Mariah Carey's Voice Cracked in 'Vision of Love,' Leaving Fans Upset description: The iconic artist kicked off the world tour for her new album in Tokyo, but her fans came away with disappointment and disbelief canonical: https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-06T09:36:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:36:05.758Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Mariah's Voice Cracks During 'Vision of Love' og:description: Diva struggles to hit the high notes during Tokyo concert. og:url: https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf84f8d13587c7aee/6986a71fe53aba668e4d4c85/mariah_carey_voice_cracked.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Singer Mariah Carey performs during the World Music Awards before receiving the Pop Icon Award in Monte Carlo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mariah's Voice Cracks During 'Vision of Love' twitter:description: Diva struggles to hit the high notes during Tokyo concert. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf84f8d13587c7aee/6986a71fe53aba668e4d4c85/mariah_carey_voice_cracked.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mariah Carey's Voice Cracked During 'Vision of Love' and Her Fans Are Upset by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 6, 2014 9:36 AM UTC  Singer Mariah Carey performs during the World Music Awards before receiving the Pop Icon Award in Monte Carlo May 27, 2014. Singer Mariah Carey performs during the World Music Awards before receiving the Pop Icon Award in Monte Carlo May 27, 2014.Eric Gaillard—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 6, 2014 9:36 AM UTC “Vision of love?” read the caption of a [video](http://instagram.com/p/tul83WAYPE/) by a Mariah Carey fan from a live concert in Tokyo on Friday, the question mark expressing the incredulity shared by many of the diva’s supporters. Carey kicked off a world tour in support of her new album, _Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse_, in front of a sold-out crowd at Tokyo’s Makuhari Messe, but struggled, as the video shows, to hit the high notes that characterize the studio recording of “Vision of Love” — a classic track and her debut single, released in 1990. The video is one of several that users posted on Instagram during the concert, and the comments show that the songstress isn’t going to get off that easily. “I’m so disappointed lol” said one, while another wrote: “Stick a fork in her she done.” There were a handful of loyalists, one of whom wrote, “She’s just been out a long time her voice is worn out that song is 25 years old almost we love Mariah.” But fan comments on the whole ranged from frustrated to scathing. _The Elusive Chanteuse_ sold only 57,000 copies in its first week but has received generally favorable reviews, [according](http://www.thewrap.com/mariah-carey-concert-performance-ripped-by-fans-after-voice-cracks-during-vision-of-love-video/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=contactology) to the Wrap. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/"},"headline":"Mariah Carey's Voice Cracked During 'Vision of Love' and Her Fans Are Upset","datePublished":"2014-10-06T09:36:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:36:05.758Z","description":"The diva struggled to hit the high notes","url":"https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/","keywords":["Music","Tokyo","Mariah Carey","Grammy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf84f8d13587c7aee/6986a71fe53aba668e4d4c85/mariah_carey_voice_cracked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf84f8d13587c7aee/6986a71fe53aba668e4d4c85/mariah_carey_voice_cracked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Singer Mariah Carey performs during the World Music Awards before receiving the Pop Icon Award in Monte Carlo","caption":"Singer Mariah Carey performs during the World Music Awards before receiving the Pop Icon Award in Monte Carlo","creditText":"Eric Gaillard—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3473958/mariah-carey-voice-cracked-vision-of-love/","name":"Mariah Carey's Voice Cracked During 'Vision of Love' and Her Fans Are Upset"}}]}] ```