For me it’s Neko Case in any of her bands.
Freddie Mercury!
He doesn’t sing too much these days
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’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.
Brandi Carlisle is completely wasted on country music. I saw her at a music festival when she was mostly playing rock music and some covers and holy shit she has such effortless range.
Lzzy Hale has an incredible voice
For me, has always been Chris Cornell. Absolutely gutted when he died, knowing I’d never hear anything new from him again.
Tetiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer - a Ukrainian metal band. Her ability to go from her growl to her clean vocals is absolutely wild to me.
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
Ronnie James Dio.
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.
- Ahnoni formerly know as Anthony and the Johnsons
- Jill Scott
- Bishop Briggs
- Céline Dion
- Freddie Mercury
- Ren
- Jacques Brel
- Paolo Nutini
- …
If I had to choose one it would be Paolo Nutini but choosing is losing.
Pavarotti. Goosebumps. every. time.
Adam Lambert.
Holy fuck his range and control. It’s insane.
Even if his music is mediocre, his vocals are amazing.
The Weeknd, SZA and Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
I’m not a fan of her music, but I know talent when I see (hear) it, and her voice is impeccable. In fact, I don’t think her overprocessed music is even the best showcase of her talent, she really shines singing randomly off the cuff.
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’.
Not exactly what you're asking for, but there's this thing called "shape note singing."
There's a long story of why it exists, but people still do it, and even though it has roots in religion, and the songs are religious, the groups you find today never perform in a religious capacity.
Get a buddy and go to one of the meetings. Everybody sits in chairs, in a circle and everybody sings. No instruments, just voices.
It's a beautiful, eerie sound which always falls flat in recordings.
