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1y ago

What singer just blows your mind when they sing?

For me it's Neko Case in any of her bands.

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Freddie Mercury!
- He doesn’t sing too much these days
- That is indeed the first name to come to mind.

This one is not likely to be popular here, but I have to be totally honest and say: Miley Cyrus.
Don't get me wrong. I am not really a fan of her or her music (nor am I a hater). But my god does that woman have an incredible voice and a mastery of how to use it.
- I feel this way about lady gaga. Not really a fan of her but her voice is excellent
  
  I saw her live and she really does sing well.
- Her backyard sessions stuff is amazing, like this rendition of Jolene.
  
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- I'm the same about Ariana Grande. Not a fan, but I saw clips of her singing showtunes with Seth MacFarlane and it was incredible. She has such range and while I'm not really familiar with her music, I feel like her popular songs don't do her any favours.
- Was about to put this one as well. Her singing voice is absolutely amazing!

Chris Cornell of Sohndgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave
I’m also always impressed by Demi Lovato

For me, has always been Chris Cornell. Absolutely gutted when he died, knowing I'd never hear anything new from him again.
- My husband was so depressed when he died.
- Yeah. Superunknown was the first CD I bought. I used to listen to it non stop on my shitty discman that the stabilisation was broken on, so I had to walk around like I was serving customers in a restaurant. I then discovered all his other stuff, including Temple of the Dog which was a mind-blown moment for me. Realising all the voices I knew did other side projects/had history in other projects....
- Don’t worry, they’ll AI his voice.
  
  Jesus. I can't think of anything worse.

Serj Tankien
I am a huge Soad fan, but his solo career also counts. The guy has a one in a billion voice, amazing range!

No one mentions Adele?
The chick from paramore
- Adele is the first one I thought of. Her voice is angelic and she doesn’t allow any auto tune use. Respect.
- Haley Williams (chick from paramore)
  I can put +1 on that, but I haven't liked her solo stuff.

Hayley Williams of Paramore.
Especially since she started experimenting with solo projects. She's so good and very versatile.

Devin Townsend
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- Classic.

James Maynard, I mean how big are his lungs?
- Maynard James Keenan?
- I think you mean the guy from tool… that’s not his name…
- It's fun to watch someone's reaction to hearing the scream from The Grudge for the first time. In-fucking-sane.
  
  Dude gotta have extended lungs. Ain't no way man.
  
  Ticks and Leeches (I've seen it live in one of the rare times they've played it) also goes into the "how's he doing that" category.
  And then I'd put The Pot up there just because that intro was such a mindblower when it came out.

I'm always amazed by Robert Plant when I watch old Zeppelin videos

Regina Spektor.
For my money no one can convey as much emotion through their voice as her.
Sara Bareilles
Is incredibly precise. Listening to her voice is like listening to what people are hoping for when they’re autotuning, but she nails it.
- +1 for Sara
- Sara rocks!

Jeff Buckley Ella Fitzgerald Edith Piaf
- We have a winner
- Hah. Actually listening to Edith Piaf whilst reading this thread.

Mike Patton, he has one of the largest vocal octave ranges in music.
https://youtu.be/5Jec7IDvUTM
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/mike_patton_is_the_greatest_singer_of_all_time_based_on_vocal_range_not_axl_rose_experts_insist.html
- Eddie Vedder
  
  Always liked his voice too and Geddy Lee.
- He’s so versatile. If you haven’t heard them already, I’d recommend “Melted Bodies” album “Enjoy Yourself”. When I first heard them I thought it sounded like Mike Patton fronting Butthole Surfers in their heyday
  
  He puts out so much music its hard to keep up. Then all his collaborations it gets overwhelming trying to take it all in.
  I'll check out Melted Bodies tonight after I get a bite to eat. Thank you for the recommendation!
- Came to the comments to make sure Mike Patton was mentioned! One my favorite vocalists, with an incredible range of unique vocal styles across so many musical outfits: Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Fantômas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, etc.

Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.
Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) from The Cranberries.
Arai Akino, for "VOICES" from Macross Plus.

Tetiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer - a Ukrainian metal band. Her ability to go from her growl to her clean vocals is absolutely wild to me.
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- Holy cow, that’s absolutely wild! There are a handful of female heavy metal vocalists I follow who do a similar things to this and the contrast between clear singing voices and their growls is just something special. Eg. Kasey Karlsen

Hearing Bjork sing “Birthday” on the Sugarcubes’ debut LP was a revelation for me. Still blows me away.

The lead singer of the German band, AnnenMayKantereit. (The band name is just three surnames smooshed together.)
Here's my favorite song by them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERRFWuYG48&t=4 which translates to "barefoot at the piano"
Another great song, a bit more up-beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BmrRLpGJQ&t=3 which translates to "would you go out with me?"
- They also do a great cover of 'Can't get you of my head' by Kylie Minogue.
  
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Floor Jansen
https://youtu.be/4V_eoR6r1Tw
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- Fits well with Nightwish. Almost perfect replacement for Tarja Turunen
  
  She killed it on stargazers when I saw them live. Absolutely agree.
- Thanks, was looking for this

Andrea Bocelli and Miley Cyrus.

Thom Yorke
Chaka Khan

Hailey Williams. Wasn't even into that genre at the time, but her voice always made me think "wow, this is pretty good".
- Her live stuff, or isolated vocals, or her live isolated vocals is pretty next level.

When Brandi Carlile’s voice cracks and she belts out the chorus near the end of The Story, it’s just incredible. There are better singers, technically, but the pure, raw emotion conveyed is powerful (to me anyway).
- I got into to Brandi Carlile because I kept hearing her songs and not knowing it was her. Each time I thought “damn, this is really good”, looking up the song and each time it was Brandi Carlile. That happened 3 times and I finally decided it was time to start listening to albums.
- Oh that is so good you're right.
- She can yodel, as well. Super talented.

Lzzy Hale has an incredible voice

Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet has a hell of a voice.
I'm also surprised that I didn't see anyone mention Mariah Carey.

Ann Wilson (Heart) always makes me smile when I watch her live performances.

That's gotta be Antwaun Stanley for me. His work with Vulfpeck and Cory Wong are just phenomenal
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Haley Reinhart
- Came here to say this. Her rendition of Creep is just mind blowing.

no mention of bessie smith , billie, nina , janis joplin ?

Till Lindemann always gives me the goosebumps.

Recently it's this girl. https://youtu.be/YYoP9bxwg84
Her voice is out of this world. Sadly I don't know how to write her name. [Symbol]OK
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- Her name is 王OK (thanks copy paste!). I like the first YouTube comment, which described her voice as ‘like a warm blanket during a cold winter morning’.

Renée Elise Goldsberry aka Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel from Wicked

Dimash Qudaibergen. He has the most incredible voice I've ever heard.
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George Michael had an incredible voice and was my singing idol for a long long long time - I'm a contralto so I can't really sing to a lot of female singers unfortunately... His range and timbre... Just amazing.

Floor Jansen and Marcela Bovio, especially when they sing live.

Caroline Polachek, Imogen Heap, Charlie Puth, Kim Petras, and occasionally Sia.
Vocal powerhouses.

Linda Perry.
Lead singer of 4 Non Blondes and has a solo career. I don’t even listen to that style of music, but I still get excited when I hear her voice come on.
- Amazing song writer

There is something captivating about Kate Bush's delivery, she collaborated a lot with Peter Gabriel too who was a fantastic singer with unique delivery as well.

Will Ramos

Nobody will read this, but Kristin Hersh. She was the founder / less singer in Throwing Muses, but her solo work truly amazes me. Literally nobody is like Kristin.
For example: https://piped.video/watch?v=_RtniRWL5zM
- I read this
  
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Chester Bennington

Michael Buble
Rory Rodriguez of Day Seeker
Haley Williams of Paramore

Yannis Papadopoulos of Beast in Black. Dude's got some insane vocal range.

Why don't we ask Lemmy?
https://karkpost.com/lemmy-kilmister-favorite-singer/

Since Mike Patton is already on the list:
Eva Cassidy ❤️
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Marvin Gaye - just perfection. Also Beth Gibbons of Portishead.

Myles Kennedy. Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeet, that man can sing...
I've seen him live (with Alter Bridge) a couple of times, and it has just blown me away hearing his live performance be as good as if not better than the studio versions.

Jim Grey of Caligulas Horse and Arcane
And Devin Townsend

Michael Akerfeldt
Gives me chills every time he sings for the past 20 years.
- Fills me with sorrow

Adam Lambert.
Holy fuck his range and control. It’s insane.
Even if his music is mediocre, his vocals are amazing.

Does Jack Stauber count? The songs I've heard from him are mind blowing
- Haha yes, very different. What's your favourite song? Mines Oh Klahoma, song always kicks.
  
  Mirror Man has to be my favorite! I watched a reanimated version of Opal almost daily for a week just because of how impactful it was
- Absolutely why not?

Pavarotti. Goosebumps. every. time.
- Do you like tenors? I'm a huge opera fan and my biggest crush is this tenor with a beautiful voice.

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