Probably THE BEST female voice in Music Today...

[Blue Meanie]

Can't wait for the new Joss Stone CD. The girl is just amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCG9ifvr07w

I think she was signed to Capitol/EMI when she was 14. First CD came out when she was 16. Her last CD from EMI was OK...but she wanted out of her contract and got her wish. Dave Stewart as producer and collaborator is gonna make this new CD better than her previous ones in my opinion. I think that there is also a SUPERGROUP that was also formed recently with Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Mick Jagger...that's gonna be an interesting CD when it comes out.

Here's a little taste from Idol Gives Back from a few years back with Guitar Legend Jeff Beck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNgWCP9Oqs0

[Hector]

She just sounds unique because she's a pretty white soul singer...but compared to the likes of Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, etc...she's certainly not any better than the before-mentioned. Perhaps she is in their league (or not)...but not any better.

[Blue Meanie]

^^^^

If you like "vocal gymnastics", then those singers that you just mentioned are fantastic. To each his/her own.

[Hector]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing her at all...she's a great singer...I just can't call her the best because there are so many out there...but she definitely belongs in any top ten list...that's for sure.

[kingdom warrior]

Charice Pempengco IMO has one of the most incredible voices in music today this kid has the chops....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhT2HhEllpw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QloUs...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5au2X...eature=related

[Hector]

Charice Pempengco has some awesome pipes...but she should stop being a cover song singer...singing other people's music is not helping her cause as one of the greats.

[kingdom warrior]

^^^^^

ahhhhhh no mames guey..... she's cute

[Hector]

^^^^^

ahhhhhh no mames guey..... she's cute

I edited my post...it's not as harsh now...

[kingdom warrior]

I edited my post...it's not as harsh now...

na it was funny..... it cracked me up......

[Hector]

Pempengco does have some great pipes though.

[ctc]

....Tarja Turunen!

>Can't wait for the new Joss Stone CD.

Well.... okay. That was a surprise.

Don C.

[cjefferys]

....Tarja Turunen!

Man, I used to really like her in Nightwish. Haven't really caught up with her solo stuff yet, but she is a hell of a singer.

[cjefferys]

^^^^

If you like "vocal gymnastics", then those singers that you just mentioned are fantastic. To each his/her own.

Gah, vocal gymnastics, oversinging, melisma, whatever you want to call it, is not my thing at all, can't stand it.

[Werewolf]

....Tarja Turunen!

Oh, hell, yeah!

She is a classically trained lyric soprano with a three octave range. When I hear people claim these American Idol style pop divas are the best vocalists ever, I'm like, no, just no.

I'm also fond of former Xandria lead singer Lisa Middelhauve who is a classic mezzo-soprano.

[Hector]

Hey...opera sopranos...that's fine and dandy...but I'll take Aretha Franklin with some soul singing any day of the week...that's raw organic soulful blues singing...thank you very much.

It all depends what you like...neither is better than the other...but I prefer soul and blues over opera.

Aretha Franklin tried to sing some opera and was terrible...but have an opera diva try to sing some blues...and she'll sound just as terrible as well.

Apples and oranges.

Case in point...Pavarotti...he sounded TERRIBLE singing a Mercury song during a guest singalong with Queen.

Mercury...while not opera-trained nor technically designed for opera...and he was very sick at the time...still sounded pretty good singing along with Spanish soprano...Montserrat Caballé...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vNiQ4AdJ8