Seriously, I was on a Ciara fan board, and there was a topic on how Ciara will be the next Aaliyah, and it wasn't the FIRSt topic I've seen of the sorts. I like Ciara, but she's no way on Aaliyah's scale, does anyone else agree?

Ciara has like half an octave range (a total guess) and she's just a really good dancer, who happens to make catchy music. Her closest attmpt at a high note isn't high at all and the song it was featured on bombed "And I".

People also say Aaliyah cannot sing. Has anyone seen her perform "Journey To The Past"? She performed it at the Oscars or The Emmys way back, and I can post a video link to it but it was a great performance (not on the Whitney/Mariah vocal scale before anyone says anything), especially since Aaliyah isn't the best vocalist?

Seriously, why are their these Ciara/Aaliyah comparisons?

Have never seen them compared to eachother, but I do kinda see the similarities. If Ciara can show some more variety and some more vocal ability, she would be a lot like Aaliyah.

umm, other than the way they sing, I see no obvious similarities.

Well they're both two black and highly successful R&B female artists who have similar voices, so people who aren't huge fans of theirs' are bound to make comparisons.

Ciara is a better dancer and Aaliyah is a better singer but overall Aaliyah wins hands down. I can understand how they would be compared because of their street appeal and the way they dress.

You've obviously not heard many Ciara tracks then because Ciara is alot better vocally than "And I" portrays her to be. I still can't believe that was actually released as a single though, what a disgrace, vocally and lyrically.

Now on the comparisons, they're quite annoying but it's predictale coming from urban music fans. I do see the comparisons though. Their voices are very similar. Both vocalists are mezzo-soprano but often confused for soubrettes. Both are close in range. I know Ciara has a 2 octave range while Aaliyah is right in between 2 and 3 octaves. Like someone else said, they both have that street appeal too.

For some reason, Ciara fans want her to be the "next Aaliyah". Aaliyah will always be awesome but Ciara's fans should vie for more. Lets face the facts here, though Aaliyah has several multi-platinum albums and 4 top 10 hits, it's not exactly alot compared to other contemporary R&B females. Ciara already has the same amount of top 10 hits (Like You or Lose Control included). Why not aspire to be as big as Janet (which I think Ciara is trying to pull off)or bigger ? Why not aspire for your favorite artist to be different than any other ?

Nope, can't see it. I think Aaliyah was much more promising than Ciara. = (