[truehappiness]

She was laying down for a lot of Because of You and is this LOVE? sounded very very different compared to BoY. I think that she sang some of Because of You but a lot of it was assisted heavily.

I think the shouting is part of a side effect of being half (or more) deaf along with trying to compensate for new vocal technique in songs that she was normally very nasal for during the high notes. It's not that bad though, there's just some songs she really can't do anymore unless she alters the key or how it's performed.

When it comes to using heavy backing tracks, I think it's more to save the artist's vocals for whatever is to come. I see Celine fans talk about this too because she performs so much and some of the grander parts of songs she has a track she always lips to and then sings other parts of the song seamlessly. It is better to think of it as a break for the artist than being done for other reasons whatever they are thought to be.