I love Karaoke singing!  The difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is that there is no lead vocalist in Karaoke
I love it too! It's fun!
Interestingly, many amateur and professional music artists use Karaoke recordings!
Do you know any professional Karaoke singers?
No, unfortunately I don't - but there used to be a tv show called Sing Along with Mitch that was a karaoke-like series!  I'm old enough to remember it!
I don't remember that one haha! Sounds interesting though!
In several Asian countries such as China, Cambodia or the Philippines, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion.
History.
History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices.
From 1961–1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, "Sing Along with Mitch", featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation
Big Bang Dueling Piano Bar feature full performance shows, often with singing and dancing by their wait staff.
- Open mic: individual patrons sing (on microphone) to the accompaniment of the professional musician; in some ways, this type of piano bar is like karaoke, except that the music is live and dynamic, and there are usually no lyrics available (although some piano bar players do supply some lyrics); like karaoke, the songs performed may cover a wide, eclectic range (show tunes, standards from