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Harlepolis said:

Empress said:

I can't include a link at the moment, but the greatest live performance by any female artist in the last 10 years is k.d. Lang singing Hallelujah at the Vancouver Olympic Games opening ceremony. She is the best damn singer out there today. None of the above even come close.

This brought tears to my eyes.

JackieBlue has been singing her praises to me for a long time, I guess its time for me to invest in her discography now.

This performance was first and IMHO is better:

As much as I love it though, my vote goes to:

I'm probably just being a cynic but none of these seem that great. My take is that the standards have gone down so much that what would have been considered merely good in years past is now considered great.