TonyVanDam said:

When you say "nowadays", I take it you means within 2010-13 thus far, hence why and how I'll answer your question like THIS....

Females:

1. Jennifer Hudson

2. Pink

3. Adele

4. Jill Scott

5. Kelly Clarkson

Males:

1. Prince (simply because there are too many male vocalists in the 2010's right now that are trying to him Prince-ly high notes just like this man! Even without making anymore career albums at the moment , he is still influencing young male vocalists today.)

2. Usher

3. Adam Levine

4. Robin Thicke

5. Bruno Mars

Agree, Prince was/still the only vocalist who kept his voice clean and good and still able to hit the very high notes including the falsettos.

But i think Bruno Mars is way better as a vocalist than Adam Levine and maybe Usher, i think Usher lost his voice and ability to reach them sick vocals, while Bruno can efortlessly do anything has to do with high pitch notes, check his performances and songs like "Gorilla (Demo)".

Female

1. Kelly Clarkson

2. Adele

3. Carrie Underwood

4. Jennifer Hudson

Male

It's hard to say. Practically none of them are sangers now. Maybe Bruno Mars. He's probably the most talented.

Two words for you:

Charlie Wilson.

Shawy89 said:

Agree, Prince was/still the only vocalist who kept his voice clean and good and still able to hit the very high notes including the falsettos.

How is Bilal, Maxwell, Tonex/B.Slade and Rahsaan Patterson not on these picks?

Graycap23 said:

How is Bilal, Maxwell, Tonex/B.Slade and Rahsaan Patterson not on these picks?

[img:$uid]http://srmz.net/public/style_emoticons/default/shh.gif[/img:$uid] We're pretending they don't exist outside of Prince comparison threads.

BlaqueKnight said:

Graycap23 said:

How is Bilal, Maxwell, Tonex/B.Slade and Rahsaan Patterson not on these picks?

[img:$uid]http://srmz.net/public/style_emoticons/default/shh.gif[/img:$uid] We're pretending they don't exist outside of Prince comparison threads.

lol............4 real.

Osdagia

Ed Motta

Joyce Moreno

Bobby McFerrin

India (aka 'La India')

Gretchen Parlato

Raul Midon

Diana Reyes

Mariachi Divas

Mediæval Bæbes

Naturally 7

Kimmy Skota

Belô Velloso

Lizz Wright

Giovanca

Shelby Lynne

Shiina Ringo

Meklit Hadero

Alice Russell

Shemekia Copeland

Melody Gardot

Tasha Taylor

Shawy89 said:

TonyVanDam said:

When you say "nowadays", I take it you means within 2010-13 thus far, hence why and how I'll answer your question like THIS....

Females:

1. Jennifer Hudson

2. Pink

3. Adele

4. Jill Scott

5. Kelly Clarkson

Males:

1. Prince (simply because there are too many male vocalists in the 2010's right now that are trying to him Prince-ly high notes just like this man! Even without making anymore career albums at the moment , he is still influencing young male vocalists today.)

2. Usher

3. Adam Levine

4. Robin Thicke

5. Bruno Mars

Agree, Prince was/still the only vocalist who kept his voice clean and good and still able to hit the very high notes including the falsettos.

But i think Bruno Mars is way better as a vocalist than Adam Levine and maybe Usher, i think Usher lost his voice and ability to reach them sick vocals, while Bruno can efortlessly do anything has to do with high pitch notes, check his performances and songs like "Gorilla (Demo)".

Bilal can take all (including Prince) on both in falsetto and low range. That dude is INCREDIBLE.

MickyDolenz said:

Osdagia

Ed Motta

Joyce Moreno

Bobby McFerrin

India (aka 'La India')

Gretchen Parlato

Raul Midon

Diana Reyes

Mariachi Divas

Mediæval Bæbes

Naturally 7

Kimmy Skota

Belô Velloso

Lizz Wright

Giovanca

Shelby Lynne

Shiina Ringo

Meklit Hadero

Alice Russell

Shemekia Copeland

Melody Gardot

Tasha Taylor

Shelby Lynne! and Lizz Wright! absolutely. (and Medieval Babes...good call.)