I love Lauren Hills' voice. It's not what I would consider to be the best voice, but she sings with so much passion and that makes me love her. I also love Billie Holiday too. She has one of the greatest voices ever.

-Angela Winbush-I love her 2 death, what a dynamic voice and that beauty?? Whew don't hurt 'em girl! lookin' super fly 4 a middle age woman! I wanna look like that when I hit the 40's.

-Mariah Carey

-Whitney Houston

-Billie Holiday

-Sarah Vaughn

-Chaka Khan

-Lauryn Hill

-Faith Evans

-Mary J Blige

-Mel'isa Morgan

-Chaka Khan

-Phyllis Hyman

-Patti Austin

-Nicole Renee

-Miki Howard

-Josphine Baker

-Tina Turner

-Carla Thomas

-Lala Hothaway

-Aaliyah

-Gladys Knight

-Aretha Franklin

-Etta James

Aretha
Billie Holliday
Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
Joni Mitchell

Sarah Vaughan...no one comes near her. Ella Fitzgerald great too, but she still did not have as divine voice as Sarah had.

Sarah Vaughan had a truly beautiful voice, the kind that makes you want to curl up in somebody's arms and be loved. But Ella, she just moves me though. She sang deep, but still had a lilt in her voice. Like her voice mirrored her personality somehow. I don't know. Too much beauty to be explained.

blacksatin515 said:

Yes I agree. Ella was great and it's not like I wanted to belittle her voice and her talent. I love both, Ella and Sarah. They had a completely different way to sing, so maybe it's not even right to compare them to each other?

did I miss something? has this thread gone on for 35 posts without anyone saying SINEAD O'CONNOR?!?!?!

well, I'll say it...

SINEAD O'CONNOR

she's as crazy as they come, but her voice is gorgeous

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[This message was edited Thu Apr 3 7:01:23 PST 2003 by agotajonesmartha]

endorphin74 said:

Gotta agree. There are others that I didn't name but could have in my post, and Sinead is one of them.

Minnie*

Satu said:

Na, I think it's cool to compare the two, they came up in the same era, (neither of them got booed off Amateur night at the Apollo -hee hee), they moved through some of the same songbooks too. Phenomenal voices.
You know what I think is real cool though? How Sarah's range could gel with any arrangement, she could follow like her voice was one of the instruments. She was sweet.

Kate Bush

er...Kate Bush

ok
mary j blige
kim english
loleta halloway
chaka kahn
sarah mclaughlin
the chic (cant remember her name now) from the cocteau twins
sinead oconnor
christina aguelira
billie holiday

if its from the gut..and filled with soul.. im grooving it

...and Kate Bush.

I think you get the point!

Cloudbuster said:

definately!!

India Arie

Tori Amos

Bjork

Sade

Paula Cole.

I saw Paula Cole live on her Amen tour and she BLEW ME AWAY!!! I was stunned. That woman has such a powerful voice, and coupled with her ability to write music as well as give a powerful performance... Well I was stunned, speechless, and unsure if I should even attempt to create music. Seriously, after watching her show I felt like that was IT! Nothing else need be done. Then the impact wore down. But it is still The most powerful performance I have ever witnessed live.

2 I want to add...

Andrea Corr (From The Corrs)
Amy Lee (From Evanescene)

Aretha Franklin
Minnie Ripperton
Sade
Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce)
Pattu Austin
Chaka Khan
Billie Holliday
Gladys Knight
Lalah Hathaway
Valeria Da Silva
/peace Manki