LiLi1992 said:

mjscarousal said:

I like Prince and I even like his singing however I would never place him in a TOP 10 greatest vocalist or singer of all time list.

But this is a list of favorite, but not the greatest singers (otherwise my list would be a little different, too, that something like this: 1. Freddie Mercury. 2. Robert Plant . 3. Steve Perry. 4. Elvis Presley. 5. Aretha Franklin. 6. George Michael . 7. Michael Jackson. 8. Sam Cooke. 9. Klaus Meine. 10. Stevie Wonder)
and I also think it's a little strange that Prince is only present in half of the lists of favourites on his own fan site.

I believe that Prince - a good singer. On all the main vocal characteristics: range, vocal technique, vocal control, intonation, power ......
he is a little above average or a good singer, but obviously not great.

But come on, singing has never been his main advantage or strengths. He's a great musician - instrumentalist and in this sense can easily beat 90% of people from each list here.

[Edited 12/30/11 10:16am]

You basically said the same thing I said. I know this is a favorites list. I love Prince but there much better singers.

[Edited 12/30/11 14:28pm]

From my end, the reason why I included Prince was because of his ability to sing the same way he manipulated his guitar playing to fit a style. Like the Jazz vocalists of the past, you could tell he regards his own voice as one of the instruments, as opposed to viechle for singing.

Doesn't possesse a large vocal range, but the sheer versitality compensated for it. This is the reason why I have him in my list, and this is also the common factor that linked the rest of the singers I mentioned, save for Lady Day.

1. Chaka Khan

2. Phyllis Hyman

3. Mariah Carey

4. Vesta Williams

5. Tina Turner

6. Aretha Franklin

7. Stevie Wonder

8. Peabo Bryson

9. Billie Holiday

10. Nancy Wilson

Living people only:

Aretha Franklin

Stevie Wonder

Gladys Knight

Anthony Hamilton

Terence Trent D'Arby

Chante` Moore

Howard Hewett

Al Green

Javier

Seal

RnBAmbassador said:

Living people only:

Aretha Franklin

Stevie Wonder

Gladys Knight

Anthony Hamilton

Terence Trent D'Arby

Chante` Moore

Howard Hewett

Al Green

Javier

Seal

Why only live singers? So many good singers have gone, but their music remained. The memory of them should live.

You basically said the same thing I said. I know this is a favorites list. I love Prince but there much better singers.

-----> more favorite singers for you. Because "better" - this is not an argument, when a poll of favorite singers. I like, for example, the voice of Paul more than Robert Plant, but it does not change the obvious fact that the characteristics of the voice of Paul <<<<<

Poor Prince, absolutely no love for him on his own fan site.
Just kidding.

Number 1 for me among the groups (guys with great voices)

Prince have great vocal range.

He can go from the very deep bass notes to very high falsetto notes.

And nobody can sing Prince's song the way he can.

People hail Adel but i heard so many singers killing it on Rolling in the Deep

but i never heard anyone do justice to the beautiful Ones or Purple Rain.

Mariah did Beautiful Ones,Beyonce also and they are praised as being a great singers,yet Prince sings those songs much better.

It's not about this being a fan site but Prince really is great singer and he proved that so many times.

I think his vocals were the best on 1999 tour

thebanishedone said:

Prince have great vocal range.

He can go from the very deep bass notes to very high falsetto notes.

And nobody can sing Prince's song the way he can.

People hail Adel but i heard so many singers killing it on Rolling in the Deep

but i never heard anyone do justice to the beautiful Ones or Purple Rain.

Mariah did Beautiful Ones,Beyonce also and they are praised as being a great singers,yet Prince sings those songs much better.

It's not about this being a fan site but Prince really is great singer and he proved that so many times.

I think his vocals were the best on 1999 tour

A limiting number, so the 10 of the moment.


Jimmy Scott...



...Time After Time


Mahalia Jackson...



...Didn't It Rain


Johnny Mathis...



...Laura


Ella Fitzgerald...



...Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You


James Brown...



...Bewildered


Kim Burrell...



...I Come To You More


Tina Turner...



...Edith and the Kingpin


Chaka Khan...



...Angel


dUg Pinnick (King's X)...



...Over My Head


Sly Stone...



...(You Caught Me) Smilin'

Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records

LiLi1992 said:

You basically said the same thing I said. I know this is a favorites list. I love Prince but there much better singers.

-----> more favorite singers for you. Because "better" - this is not an argument, when a poll of favorite singers. I like, for example, the voice of Paul more than Robert Plant, but it does not change the obvious fact that the characteristics of the voice of Paul <<<<<

Poor Prince, absolutely no love for him on his own fan site.
Just kidding.

Number 1 for me among the groups (guys with great voices)

It doesnt matter its still my opinion

My favorite singing voices 90s and onward (new generation)

Jaheim

Stokley

B Slade

Jill Scott

Kelly Price

En Vogue

Adele

Amy Winehouse

Toni Braxton

Chrisette Michelle

Janelle Monae

Maxwell

Sisqo- Dru Hill

KC JOJO

Tevin Cambell

Hi Five

Boys II Men

Deborah Cox

Musiq Soulchild

[Edited 1/1/12 10:27am]

Freddie Mercury

MJ

Lennon

Ray charles

Kurt Cobain

David Bowie

Prince

MY FAVORITE SINGING VOICES:

1. Michael Jackson

(the rest are in no particular order)

Diana Ross

Marvin Gaye

Smokey Robinson

Sade

Jermaine Jackson

Daryll Hall

Diahann Carroll

Adele

Barry Gibb

Stevie Wonder

Prince

Janet Jackson (though she lacks range I still find her voice beautiful and one of my favorites)

Whitney Houston

Mayer Hawthorne

The Chi-Lites (yeah i know they're a group)

Erykah Badu (I could listen to "On & On" forever)

Patti LaBelle

Chaka Khan

Gladys Knight

Mick Hucknall

Michael McDonald

(just off the top of my head)

1)Michael jackson , Amazing .

2)MJ's voice when child

3)freddy mercury

4)aretha franklin

5)whitney houston

6)marvin gaye

7)stevie wonder

8)sting

9)Tina Turner

10)prince

LiLi1992 said:

I believe that Prince - a good singer. On all the main vocal characteristics: range, vocal technique, vocal control, intonation, power ......
he is a little above average or a good singer, but obviously not great.

But come on, singing has never been his main advantage or strengths. He's a great musician - instrumentalist and in this sense can easily beat 90% of people from each list here.

[Edited 12/30/11 10:16am]

How can you doubt Prince's vocal range when you give so much credit to...Freddie? There are so many songs but off the top of my head, songs like "Solo", "God", "Most beautiful girl in the world" really show his beautiful falsetto. And I was blown away when I watched his "Do me baby", "Adore" live from Lovesexy tour. He has stable control in his voice when he sings live. I'm not so sure about his recent performances but during his prime, I think he truly had one of the best/greatest voices. And yes he has powerful voice as well, ugh, this one is going to be a really long list lol I think he's excellent at singing quietly and still being able to put so much emotions in the song. He has very colorful voice, in a way that he makes one same song sound completely different at concerts. He can certainly produce, arrange, play many different instruments...but these things don't have anything to do with his singing. I don't see why we shouldn't count his singing as his main skills.

He has this particular singing style he seems to prefer -I think a lot of his well-known songs are very easy-to-sing-along pop/funk/RnB songs that don't really have any vocal range, and sometimes, some of them can sound...karaoke lol But that doesn't mean he's not capable of hitting high notes or sing powerfully. You just have to find the right songs where he truly shows what he can really do with his voice.

[Edited 12/30/11 22:43pm]

Stevie Wonder

Chaka Khan

Luther Vandross

Whitney Houston

Anita Baker

Marvin Gaye

Aretha Franklin

BeBe Winans

CeCe Winans

..... etc LOL

....

In no particular order:

Marvin Gaye

Ronald Isley

Donny Hathaway

Maurice White

Chaka Khan

Patti Austin

Walt Williams (O'Jays)

Aretha Franklin

Bobbie Smith (Spinners)

Minnie Riperton

Damn! Ok, if I could do another 10:

Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Gladys Knight, Nat King Cole, Al Jarreau, Patti LaBelle, Michael Mcdonald, Rod Stewart, Luther Vandross, Al Green

....

[Edited 12/31/11 2:45am]

random order, top15, lol

Mick Jagger

Prince

Paul Stanley

Michael Jackson

Bruce Dickinson

James Brown

David Bowie

Elvis

Tina Turner

Tom Jones

Steven Tyler

Dave Gahan

Chris Cornell

Johnny Cash

Sade

plus, voices that I should dig, but I don't (I mean, I don't dislike the voices, it's just that I just prefer the songs, not necessarily the voice)

Frank Sinatra

Freddie Mercury

Robert Plant

Aretha Franklin (don't throw stones!!)

plus, voices that I love, even if I don't care about the music (mostly)

Louis Amstrong (don't throw stones!!)

Mariah Carey

the boys of BSB

In no order:

Presley/Cooke(tie for me)

Annie Lennox

Aretha

Teena Marie

TTD

Karen Carpenter

Fiona Apple(such a talent to me she is just amazing and haunting. Touches me in a way no other artist does, Yes I said it.)

Marvin

Howard Hewett

Marc Anthony

Honorable mentions:

Al Green

Fernandito Villanova(Fantastic Dominican Singer)

Luther

Etta James

Jose Feliciano

Teddy

Dean Martin

Patsy Cline

Ella

Sting

George Micheal

Luis Miguel

Amy Winehouse (Her first CD)

The Platters (lead singer, man what a voice!)

Wonder

Mercury

Tony

Tina Dico

Basia

Chris Cornell(Studio stuff only)

Maxwell

Natalie Merchant(saw her live recently still sounds great)

How could I forget??? Roy Orbison, Tom Jones and Seal.

[Edited 12/31/11 19:48pm]

1. Lalah Hathaway

2. BeBe Winans

3. Terence/Sananda

4. Stevie Wonder

5. Rachelle Ferrell

6. Aretha Franklin

7. Harriet Wheeler

8. Billie Holiday

9. Fiona Apple

10. Sting

Ye Olde Spare Tire version

1. Stokely

2. Al Green

3. Neil Finn

4. Kim Burrell

5. Michael Hutchence

6. Mahalia Jackson

7. B.B. King

8. Anthony Hamilton

9. Chrisette Michelle

10. Bunch of folks no one's heard of.

Prince
Michael jackson
Aretha
Sade
Maxwell
George michael
Marvin gaye
Luther vandross
Elton john
Sam cooke-most beautiful voice of all time.

nursev said:

Sam cooke-most beautiful voice of all time.

Flawless I agree. Nice list Pomade.

JoeBala said:

when I hear him sing Nearer My God to Thee and A Change is Gonna Come I cry cuz his voice is just that beautiful.

Aaliyah
All the chicks in EnVogue (but I like Cindy the best)
Erykah Badu
Mary J Blige
George Michael
Marvin Gaye
Maxwell
Lauryn Hill
Christina Aguilera
Donna Summer

In no order

Michael Jackson

Jody Watley

Mariah Carey

Beyonce (I get tired of it sometimes though if she overdoes the singing instead of just letting go)

George Michael

Janet

Madonna

Celine Dion

Toni Braxton

Brandy

LiLi1992 said:

Not the best or the greatest ... just our favorite!

1. Freddie Mercury (I consider him the best, too)
2. Klaus Meine (I love that voice, he is second only to Freddie, but it's practically a draw for me)
3. Michael Jackson (the interesting thing, sometimes I get tired of his vocal style, but his voice can cause in me the strongest emotions and feelings, like no one else)
4. Dave Gahan (soulful voice)
5. Morten Harket (a feeling of flight, when I listen to this voice, he can absolutely hypnotize me)
6. George Michael (gorgeous tone and a beautiful sounding voice)
7. Prince (well, I love his voice, he's not the best singer in the history and not even my favorite voice, but his voice is charismatic and memorable)
8. Paul McCartney (yes, I'm a fan of the Beatles, Paul - my favorite, and his voice is pleasant for me)
9. Tarja Turunen (the only girl in the top 10)

10. Adam Lambert (I'm not a fan of his music, but damn, the guy has an incredibly beautiful and powerful voice, it was love at first sound)

3-6 - almost an equal voices for me, their sequence is constantly changing.
Number 1 and number 2 have a slight advantage over all others

[Edited 12/29/11 17:40pm]

add another 10 favorites:
11. David Gilmour
12. Michael Stipe
13. Elton John
14. James Hetfield
15. Amy Lee
16. David Bowie
17. Sting
18. Marc Anthony
19. Amy Winehouse
20. John Lennon

LiLi1992 said:

LiLi1992 said:

Not the best or the greatest ... just our favorite!

1. Freddie Mercury (I consider him the best, too)
2. Klaus Meine (I love that voice, he is second only to Freddie, but it's practically a draw for me)
3. Michael Jackson (the interesting thing, sometimes I get tired of his vocal style, but his voice can cause in me the strongest emotions and feelings, like no one else)
4. Dave Gahan (soulful voice)
5. Morten Harket (a feeling of flight, when I listen to this voice, he can absolutely hypnotize me)
6. George Michael (gorgeous tone and a beautiful sounding voice)
7. Prince (well, I love his voice, he's not the best singer in the history and not even my favorite voice, but his voice is charismatic and memorable)
8. Paul McCartney (yes, I'm a fan of the Beatles, Paul - my favorite, and his voice is pleasant for me)
9. Tarja Turunen (the only girl in the top 10)

10. Adam Lambert (I'm not a fan of his music, but damn, the guy has an incredibly beautiful and powerful voice, it was love at first sound)

3-6 - almost an equal voices for me, their sequence is constantly changing.
Number 1 and number 2 have a slight advantage over all others

[Edited 12/29/11 17:40pm]

add another 10 favorites:
11. David Gilmour
12. Michael Stipe
13. Elton John
14. James Hetfield
15. Amy Lee
16. David Bowie
17. Sting
18. Marc Anthony
19. Amy Winehouse
20. John Lennon

Damn I forgot about Amy Lee LOL her voice is beautiful...

finallly someone DID list Donny Hathaway (perhaps because its a fave and not "best" list) but he's on both for me, other faves are

Stevie Wonder

Maysa

TTD

MJ

Sade

Prince

Fred Hammond (gospel artist)

Kim Burrell (slept on)

George Michael (he lost me a while ago but...)

Cee-Lo (extremely emotive)

Tonex (he's lost me too, but)

Wanya Morris (the most seemingly imminent solo record has never happened, loyal brother)

datdude said:

finallly someone DID list Donny Hathaway (perhaps because its a fave and not "best" list) but he's on both for me, other faves are

Stevie Wonder

Maysa

TTD

MJ

Sade

Prince

Fred Hammond (gospel artist)

Kim Burrell (slept on)

George Michael (he lost me a while ago but...)

Cee-Lo (extremely emotive)

Tonex (he's lost me too, but)

Wanya Morris (the most seemingly imminent solo record has never happened, loyal brother)

I know I said oh hell no Donny is gonna get some love... Im surprised no one mentioned him as well... he is definitly one of the best male vocalists.

Liz Fraser

Antony Hegarty

Jeff Buckley

Lisa Gerrard

Marisa Monte

Caetano Veloso

Peter Murphy

Cristian Castro

Edith Piaf

La Lupe