Freddie Mercury!
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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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.
For me, has always been Chris Cornell. Absolutely gutted when he died, knowing I'd never hear anything new from him again.
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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.
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Hearing Bjork sing “Birthday” on the Sugarcubes’ debut LP was a revelation for me. Still blows me away.
Hailey Williams. Wasn't even into that genre at the time, but her voice always made me think "wow, this is pretty good".
Ann Wilson (Heart) always makes me smile when I watch her live performances.
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.
Mike Patton, he has one of the largest vocal octave ranges in music.
Eddie Vedder
Tetiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer - a Ukrainian metal band. Her ability to go from her growl to her clean vocals is absolutely wild to me.
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Thom Yorke
Chaka Khan
Caroline Polachek, Imogen Heap, Charlie Puth, Kim Petras, and occasionally Sia.
Vocal powerhouses.
no mention of bessie smith , billie, nina , janis joplin ?
Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.
Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) from The Cranberries.
Arai Akino, for "VOICES" from Macross Plus.
Chester Bennington
Yannis Papadopoulos of Beast in Black. Dude's got some insane vocal range.
Henning May
tldw; a contestant on a European pop idol type show had such perfect pitch and tone, the judges thought she was lip syncing. She wasn't and it's amazing.
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Recently it's this girl. https://youtu.be/YYoP9bxwg84
Her voice is out of this world. Sadly I don't know how to write her name. [Symbol]OK
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Her name is 王OK (thanks copy paste!). I like the first YouTube comment, which described her voice as ‘like a warm blanket during a cold winter morning’.
The lead singer of the German band, AnnenMayKantereit. (The band name is just three surnames smooshed together.)
Here's my favorite song by them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERRFWuYG48&t=4 which translates to "barefoot at the piano"
Another great song, a bit more up-beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BmrRLpGJQ&t=3 which translates to "would you go out with me?"
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Does Jack Stauber count? The songs I've heard from him are mind blowing
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Nobody will read this, but Kristin Hersh. She was the founder / less singer in Throwing Muses, but her solo work truly amazes me. Literally nobody is like Kristin.
For example: https://piped.video/watch?v=_RtniRWL5zM
There is something captivating about Kate Bush's delivery, she collaborated a lot with Peter Gabriel too who was a fantastic singer with unique delivery as well.
Brandi Carlisle is completely wasted on country music. I saw her at a music festival when she was mostly playing rock music and some covers and holy shit she has such effortless range.
Adam Lambert.
Holy fuck his range and control. It’s insane.
Even if his music is mediocre, his vocals are amazing.
Nico and Kevin from Electric Callboy
Yebba, check her out. She’s not v popular but fucking incredible voice. Here is a live performance by her
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Vitas.
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