World stars who sang with a phonograph.

There's nothing wrong phonographically - Sometimes it is simply necessary, because an artist can perform in a gigantic stadium, and it is elementary to break the voice, if he will "shout", as they say, at full force into the microphone. But there is few "BUTs"that some performers either forget or don't think about.....

Let's agree: it's not very pretty when you use a phonogram at some extremely important event for the whole country or the whole world, is it? The moment the public wants feel and permanently engraved in your memory will be forever spoilt. And you can also surprise and disappoint your fans by using the phonogramwhile still being opera star or the world's biggest pop king. Or simply the whole show can go down the drain because of technical problems. So: here are the iconic artists who got into trouble for performing on record....

Mariah Carey has become the successor to Milli Vanilli

Do you think that phonograms are for "weaklings who have no voice"? Well, you may be mistaken, for practice has shown that even a world icons with five-octave voices resort to it! For example - Mariah Carey. For decades, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve has been one of the most popular TV shows for New Year's Eve celebrations in the United States. Every year, amazing musical guests come on, performing all sorts of songs, and they usually get rave reviews. You'd think Mariah Carey would easily be the next jewel of the show, but her appearance in 2016 was unfortunately marred by technical problems....

During her performance, Carey could not hear the music she was supposed to sing to. She made futile attempts to "open her mouth in time to the minus", but soon gave up and stopped doing anything at all! This fragment of the programme quickly went viral on the Internet, and soon Carey was being ridiculed and compared to the infamous Milli Vanilli. The singer herself was not discouraged, and said that technical problems happen to everyone, and it does not mean that the artiste is to blame. That's it!

Luciano Pavarotti is "also in on it."

Many people associate phonograms exclusively with pop music, but what if we told you that the very Luciano Pavarotti did not shy away from this trickery?! Yes, yes! The world icon of opera found himself in quite a predicament in the early 90's: the story goes that Luciano was performing in Modena, Italy, and the BBC broadcast it live around the world on its radio station. Getting the rights to such a concert is not cheap, and let's just say the BBC was not thrilled when news broke that Pavarotti's performance that night was completely... fake.

The public was outraged, but most angered by the BBC, which sued the opera star in order to reimburse losses. Like a true gentleman, Pavarotti did not dodge criticism and openly admitted to using the recording during the performance. He also agreed to return the money to the broadcaster and admitted that what he had done had been wrong.

Interestingly enough, it was not the last lip-syncing scandal involving Pavarotti. His last performance before his death was at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but that was apparently also... a recording. But it's worth taking into account the fact that Pavarotti was 70 years old and ill at the time, so the only option was a pre-recorded minus version. Although these were serious scandals, they in no way diminished Pavarotti's reputation as one of the greatest opera singers of all time.

Michael Jackson sorted it all out with the Moonwalk.

You'd think, why would a simply giant star like this. Michael JacksonWe're talking about a man who has been performing and singing almost since he learnt to stand on his own two feet, and who has spent 24 hours a day honing his choreographic skills? We're talking about a man who has been performing and singing since the moment he learnt to stand on his own two feet, and who has spent 24 hours a day honing his choreographic skills, right? But yes, even such giants of the industry have resorted to recording.....

A small scandal erupted after Michael's extravaganza dedicated to 25th anniversary of Motown in 1983. Back then, many people thought that the singer was just "moving his lips to a phonogram", and most likely that was the case (but it is not certain). The fact is that that night Michael performed a dynamic dance, and also presented for the first time Lunar, I think. - his calling card for all the years to come. The audience simply doubted that the artist could perform such complex and energetic choreographic tricks and sing at the same time.

Anyway, even though he used a phonogram, Michael did a brilliant job as an entertainer that night - his moves were great and the audience got a a lot of emotions!

Whitney Houston and Americans' biggest disappointment

For many, the best version "The Star-Spangled Banner." (the U.S. anthem) before the Super Bowl is by Whitney Houston! She sang the anthem in 1991 at Super Bowl XXV. Let's agree: singing the anthem - at such a large-scale event in front of a huge audience, on camera, the recording of which will forever go down in history - is an extremely responsible task, requiring a thousand percent commitment! And the use of a phonogram at such a moment seems to be at least a manifestation of disrespect not only to the motherland, but also to millions of people....

For years, most people thought Houston sang the song in its entirety live and conveyed the energy and tension of the stadium with her voice. However... it was a false sensation. Many years later, her former musical director Ricky Minor revealed to Americans a little-unpleasant truth: Houston actually used a minus track along with her live voice.

"There was a minus track involved. But Whitney sang too, in her real, live voice..."

The use of a minus track has somewhat diminished the prestige of her performance, but many fans still consider it a legendary no matter what. According to Mynor, the arrangement they used for the song was special and it was specifically designed to maximise her voice. With or without lip-syncing, Houston's performance holds a special place in many people's hearts and will not soon be forgotten.