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

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Freddie Mercury

Annie Lennox

Julee Cruise

Chris Cornell

Ronnie James Dio

Paul Stanley

Prince

Johnny Cash

Rob Halford

Doro Pesch

Beyoncé

Michael Jackson

Terence Trent D'Arby (I heard he changed his name to Guacamole or something)

Marvin Gaye

George Michael

Barry White

Prince

Patti Austin

K-Ci

Michael Jackson

(In no order, except for beyonce being #1)

Uh-ree-fa Franklin

Bobby Womack

Ella Fitzgerald

Paul McCartney

Michael Jackson

K-Ci Hailey

Bjork

Elliott Smith

Chris Cornell

1. Michael Jackson
2. Bono (U2)
3. Ryan Adams
4. Amy Winehouse
5. Sam Cooke
6. George Harrison
7. John Lennon
8. Bob Dylan (Especially from Time Out Of Mind onward)
9. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
10. Stevie Wonder

Prince sings great sometimes, but poorly most of the time; and I don't understand Paul McCartney getting mentioned twice, but not one mention of John Lennon or George Harrison. Honestly, I think Paul's voice is kinda nasty - I don't like a lot of his slow songs just because he doesn't have a nice voice (imo), like on "Yesterday" and "Mother Nature's Son" - both are great songs, but I prefer to listen to Elvis Presley (Yesterday) or Harry Nilsson (Mother Nature's Son) sing them.

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AsherFierce said:

Beyoncé

Michael Jackson

Terence Trent D'Arby (I heard he changed his name to Guacamole or something)

Marvin Gaye

George Michael

Barry White

Prince

Patti Austin

K-Ci

Michael Jackson

(In no order, except for beyonce being #1)

Sananda is what TTD changed his name to... not even close to Guacamole

ten that come to mind for me right now are.......

Michael Jackson

Prince

Minnie Ripperton

Stevie Wonder

Bjork

Harriet Wheeler [The Sundays]

Esthero

Feist

Astrud Gilberto

Sabina Sciubba [Brazilian Girls]

....there are far more I really really love, but you said ten & I could only think of who came to mind right on the spot.....

Michael Jackson

Freddie Mercury

Stevie Wonder

Marvin Gaye

The Stylistics

The Carpenters

Whitney Houston

Sam Cooke

Teena Marie

Dina Washington

1. Prince (I consider him one of the best, better than Freddie..)

2. Michael Jackson

3. Billy Joel

4. George Michael

5. John Mayer

6. Sting

7. Nana Mouskouri

8. Bryan Ferry

9. Sheena Easton

10. Maxwell

1. Michael Jackson

2. Teena Marie

3. Marvin Gaye

4. Jill Scott

5. Luther Vandross

6. Ella Fitzgerald

7. Beyonce

8. Adam Lambert

9. Robin Thicke

10.George Michael

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

These are mine at the moment I am typing this. Ask again in a month, they might change. They are not in order, except for number one, of course.

1. Donna Summer - Such versatility and an actress like approach to her lyrics. Sometimes, you may not even now it's her singing. And at 63, no years gone by comment because she still sounds great.
2. Adele - Love her tone quality and the sincerity in her voice.
3. Barbra Streisand - This is the Barbra voice of years gone by. Not so much on today's recordings, but she still makes the list.
4. Whitney Houston - This is the Whitney voice of years gone by. Not so much on today's recordings, but she still makes the list.
5. Richard Page (Of Mr. Mister) - I still listen to Mr. Mister because of Richard Page. One of favorite male voices.
6. Christina Aguilera - When she's not scaling and doing runs so much, I love hearing her sing. Powerful voice.
7. Chris Daughtry - I love rock and roll when he's singing it. Love his vibrato.
8. Carrie Underwood - She's probaby the country artist I listen to the most and it's because of that voice of hers. Of course, her songs are a part of that too:)
9. Michael Jackson - Never been a huge MJ fan, but his voice is beautiful when it needs to be and forward when it needs to be. His added adlibs are awesome too.
10. Mahalia Jackson - Powerful gospel voice with interesting pronunciation at times.

Others: Jennifer Hudson, Tina Turner, Sade, etc.

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Billie Holiday

Sarah Vaughan

Dinah Washington

Ella Fitzgerald

Jimmy Scott

Chaka Khan

Stevie Wonder

Prince

Bobby Womack(I love the scratch in his voice)

Tweet

Judy Garland

David Bowie

Michael Jackson

Prince

Tina Turner

Whitney Houston

Lady Gaga

Kristin Chenoweth

Freddie Mercury

Bjork

Oh god... this going to be hard.

As far as voices go, my favorite are male falsettos.....

Prince

Wayne Cooper from Cameo

Phillip Bailey from Earth, Wind, and Fire

Otis Stokes from Lakeside

Bobby DeBarge from Switch

Bobby Nunn

Ebonee Webb

The Stylistics

Blue Magic

etc.

CrabalockerFishwife said:

1. Bob Dylan (Especially from Time Out Of Mind onward)

Totally.

(not in any particular order)

1) Sam Cooke

2) Bobby Womack

3) All the sistas from EnVogue

4) Patti LaBelle

5) Teddy Pendergrass

6) Otis Redding

7) Prince

8) George Michael

9) Raheem DeVaughn

10) Marvin Gaye

Sorry can't just pick 10....

11) Maxwell

12) Michael McDonald

13) Mick Hucknall (from Simply Red)

14) Al Green

15) K-Ci Hailey

In no particular order:

Freddie Mercury

Mavis Staples

Alison Moyet

Dusty Springfield

Steve Perry

Chrissie Hynde

Ann Wison

Karen Carpenter

Chaka Kahn

Otis Redding

Tina Turner

Michael Jackson

Robert Plant

Annie Lennox

Bonnie Tyler

Stevie Nicks

Janis Joplin

Mama Cass Elliott

Sabastian Bach

Too hard to limit to 10...and I am sure I am missing a few. As for Prince...He's a GOOD singer...but great?? Can't put him in the same league as the above.

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CrabalockerFishwife said

Prince sings great sometimes, but poorly most of the time; and I don't understand Paul McCartney getting mentioned twice, but not one mention of John Lennon or George Harrison. Honestly, I think Paul's voice is kinda nasty - I don't like a lot of his slow songs just because he doesn't have a nice voice (imo), like on "Yesterday" and "Mother Nature's Son" - both are great songs, but I prefer to listen to Elvis Presley (Yesterday) or Harry Nilsson (Mother Nature's Son) sing them.

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Wow...it's like we share the same mind...

Another top Ten list of mine

Barry White

Teddy Pendegrass

Donny Hathoway

David Ruffin

George Michael

Minnie Ripperton

Doris Day

John Lennon

Otis Redding

Al Green

Ohhh lawd Jesus how could I forget EARTH WIND AND FIRE... shame on me.. smh I know better

CHARLIE WILSON

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thebanishedone said:

Ok those of you who say prince is not great singer please explain why you feel that way? Do you think he lacks range ,feel ,acrobatics like those you named?

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.

mjscarousal said:

thebanishedone said:

Ok those of you who say prince is not great singer please explain why you feel that way? Do you think he lacks range ,feel ,acrobatics like those you named?

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.

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No order:

Marvin

Steve Marriott

Aretha

Freddie Mercury

Gladys Knight

Robert Plant

Todd Rundgren

Michael

Tina Turner

David Ruffin/Eddie Kendricks (tie)

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.

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I agree, with that. & I love Prince his voice, it's so great to listen to. There is something about his voice that I just adore.

missfee said:

(not in any particular order)

1) Sam Cooke

2) Bobby Womack

3) All the sistas from EnVogue

4) Patti LaBelle

5) Teddy Pendergrass

6) Otis Redding

7) Prince

8) George Michael

9) Raheem DeVaughn

10) Marvin Gaye

Sorry can't just pick 10....

11) Maxwell

12) Michael McDonald

13) Mick Hucknall (from Simply Red)

14) Al Green

15) K-Ci Hailey

One of my all time favourites

1. Tina Turner

2. George Michael

3. Michael McDonald

4. John Mayer (I know he's not the best, but I fell in love with his voice)

5. Prince (of course)

6. Diana Ross (I really like her tone)

7. Michael Jackson

8. Phil Collins (Don't like all of his music, but his voice.....)

9. Bjork (gives me chills)

10. TTD

I can't stop...

11. Whitney Houston

12. Sting (same as Phil Collins)

13. Sade

14. singer of Kings of Leon (so sexy)