my vote is yes. i never heard a kid who could sing with so much soul. when i heard who's loving you it just gave me chills ya know..... so people if you disagree then name one child singer and tell me why. that is all.....

alexothetimes said:

some might argue that he has competition with stevie wonder for that title but i think michael has him beat

You must have forgotten about Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson as he started when he was 15. I vote for Stevie, he slightly edges out MJ.

In his genre(s) of music: Yes.

In all genres of music: Well, who knows. I'm sure there are some little classical, gospel, and country-western child singers that were/are just as precocious as Mike was in his styles as a boy.

ernestsewell said:

i havent forgot about them. i listened to little stevie and i wasn't impressed. and in my opinion mj's version of with a child's heart was better than little stevland's (no offense to stevie though)

alexothetimes said:

Neither was I. I prefer his adult voice.

To be honest I prefer both MJ and Stevie around 15/16 onwards.

No, I dislike his childhood voice. Now kill me all, you MJ fanatics!

zaza said:

sharpens knife

zaza said:

why?????

bboy87 said:

alexothetimes said:

Just the sound of it. Too much treble. I don't like children singers a lot because they have that "something" in their voices I just can't stand. For me, adult MJ was much better singer (but still not the greatest). Just my opinion

Yes, he was. I can't think of one who I can compare to

Case Closed!
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michael was the best as a child and all of his life no other artist in history can touch him and no artist ever will the worl is filled wit garbage now

kaptainkrunk said:

Marvin Gaye? Jeff Buckley? Freddie Mercury?

Marrk said:

Michael knew how to emote real soul when he was a child, that's why in a way his child singing voice was great, at times better than his adult voice, where you always got the feeling he was trying to suppress or water down his true soulfulness. When he was a child you knew it was a child singing but it didn't sound like he was trying to imitate a grown up sound, which is quite common amongst child singers. He sounded sincere when he sang "Whose Loving You".

Imma cast a vote for Lil Tevin Campbell

man ntohing can beat mike when he was 13-14. soemthin was magical in his voice from 71-72 right before it changed. it got a little raspy. more controlled.more emotive. like he finally learned he didnt have to scream to get his point across.

i dont dig the 69'-70 stuff as much.

bboy87 said:

Well, it depends on the song. I adore the way Mike sang some of the songs while in others he seemed too "squeaky".

My favourites are:

This one´s an absolute killer. This is a rare live version.


This are so soft and he sounds so effortless.

zaza said:

While I do like some Queen songs, I´ve never really felt their music. Oh, I just remembered my favourite song of theirs. I´m gonna start a new topic about it cause it´s perfect for the holidays.
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dag said:

Timmy84 said:

Really... I don´t have one single album or compilation of theirs.

Nice gif, BTW.

Nope!

Little Stevie Wonder


So brilliant! Everyone else just pales in comparison

dag said:

U never even felt compelled by their songs on YouTube?

Timmy84 said:

No, I´ve just searched for Winter´s Tale, cause seeing Freddie´s name here reminded me of it. I truly adore that song. That´s the only one I have on tape somewhere. I do enjoy some of their songs when I hear them, but I couldn´t be bothered listening to them on my own.

zaza said:

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that feels this way. I have discussed this with other people. I can take about 1 or 2 songs of the J5 (before "Dancing Machine" and I want to pull my hair out. It's not that the music is bad or their performance is bad. I just don't care for children singing.

zaza said:

I think Jermaine Jackson had a nice voice as a child

midiscover said:

We never heard Jermaine sing before his voice changed. Jermaine's voice has always been about the same since he came out.

For instance, you hardly ever see a young female having a hit as a pre-teen. However, there are several males that did. It's all about the temor in their voice.