For me it’s Neko Case in any of her bands.
Freddie Mercury!
He doesn’t sing too much these days
That is indeed the first name to come to mind.
Serj Tankien
I am a huge Soad fan, but his solo career also counts. The guy has a one in a billion voice, amazing range!
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This one is not likely to be popular here, but I have to be totally honest and say: Miley Cyrus.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not really a fan of her or her music (nor am I a hater). But my god does that woman have an incredible voice and a mastery of how to use it.
I feel this way about lady gaga. Not really a fan of her but her voice is excellent
Her backyard sessions stuff is amazing, like this rendition of Jolene.
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I’m the same about Ariana Grande. Not a fan, but I saw clips of her singing showtunes with Seth MacFarlane and it was incredible. She has such range and while I’m not really familiar with her music, I feel like her popular songs don’t do her any favours.
Classic.
For me, has always been Chris Cornell. Absolutely gutted when he died, knowing I’d never hear anything new from him again.
Yeah. Superunknown was the first CD I bought. I used to listen to it non stop on my shitty discman that the stabilisation was broken on, so I had to walk around like I was serving customers in a restaurant. I then discovered all his other stuff, including Temple of the Dog which was a mind-blown moment for me. Realising all the voices I knew did other side projects/had history in other projects…
Don’t worry, they’ll AI his voice.
Jesus. I can’t think of anything worse.
Listen to There I Ruined It. This guy does AI singing as perfect at it as I’ve ever heard.
Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl: https://youtu.be/HyfQVZHmArA
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Oh, I don’t disagree AI could produce something that sounds authentic. No doubt at all. It’s just that, when it comes to vocalists like Cornell, there’s a depth of feeling in the voice that AI just won’t be able to reproduce. It’s hard to put it into words.
That moment when Dave Draiman hits the neon god line? It’s like getting punched in the heart with a horse tranquilizer loaded with emotion. Technology can’t do that.
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I used to think the same thing but then I heard what they did with Louis Armstrong. May as well be him. AI alone can’t do it, no. But AI tweaked by a human certainly can.
Hearing Bjork sing “Birthday” on the Sugarcubes’ debut LP was a revelation for me. Still blows me away.
Regina Spektor.
For my money no one can convey as much emotion through their voice as her.
Sara Bareilles
Is incredibly precise. Listening to her voice is like listening to what people are hoping for when they’re autotuning, but she nails it.
+1 for Sara
Sara rocks!
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Fuck, somehow I had forgotten about Mark Lanegan’s passing.
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I saw him about 6 months before, in a small club in Melbourne, Australia. He was absolutely phenomenal.
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Hailey Williams. Wasn’t even into that genre at the time, but her voice always made me think “wow, this is pretty good”.
George Michael had an incredible voice and was my singing idol for a long long long time - I’m a contralto so I can’t really sing to a lot of female singers unfortunately… His range and timbre… Just amazing.
Ann Wilson (Heart) always makes me smile when I watch her live performances.
Tetiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer - a Ukrainian metal band. Her ability to go from her growl to her clean vocals is absolutely wild to me.
Holy cow, that’s absolutely wild! There are a handful of female heavy metal vocalists I follow who do a similar things to this and the contrast between clear singing voices and their growls is just something special. Eg. Kasey Karlsen
Mike Patton, he has one of the largest vocal octave ranges in music.
Eddie Vedder
Since Mike Patton is already on the list:
Eva Cassidy ❤️
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Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.
Dolores O’Riordan (RIP) from The Cranberries.
Arai Akino, for “VOICES” from Macross Plus.
