Beyonce Has the BEST Head Voice in Pop Music. Period!
As of today, I'd say Beyonce has the BEST head voice in pop music. Currently, I don't think there are many pop artists (past and present) that can surpass her in this aspect. In my opinion she matches even the vocal juggernaut, Whitney Houston, who if it hadn't been for her resonance, due to anatomical function, and the unique quality of her voice, she would have surpassed.
Allow me to explain. Beyonce has a TRUE head voice with full chord closure, not these thin, paper-like falsetto notes that most mainstream artists produce (airy and without heft). The quality of these notes are rich with an extreme amount of warmth and resonance. For its heft (Beyonce's head voice is very thick and operatic-like), she doesn't use it as your typical mezzo (who are notorious for clumsy, sporadic vocal stylings), but because of her immense agility and control of this range, everything comes out effortlessly as if she isn't trying at all.
Her head voice is fully connected. It is with her Head Voice that her belts can extend far up into the 5th octave with ease with the same vibrancy of chesty mid-belt..Her secret weapon for belting is her MIX, which, is so strong because of her head resonance. Her mix is So sophisticated that she can even transition from head voice to chest voice with not vocal break and no evident change in sound quality (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7PPjEB2QZQ) start at 1:50.
Not only that, but It's also why she's labeled as a coloratura. There's not many mature mezzo sopranos (who have notable dark, rich timbres) that head voice extends up to F6. Her chest voice has a lot of agility, but her Head voice is the most flexible. This is why she's able to incorporate fioratura and complex melisma into her vocal lines with her transitions from head to chest voice and vice versa, use of staccato/legato etc
Also, it has a lot of variety, she can use her head voice with/without vibrato, make it dark and brooding or light and girlish by adjusting the weight to change the color of the note, texture manipulation (thick, steely sustained notes, crystalline clear chirps, light eerily siren calls and full rounded notes with a nice classical placement as an extra bonus! https://twitter.com/Bey_Legion/statu...10024975900672
So would you agree?? Let me know why or why not??
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Oh by the way guys, I just did this really cool cover of Jazmine Sullivan's In Love With Another Man..Tell me what you guys think
Baritenor with 3 octave range (G2-G5)
I really appreciate her HV now, I didn't really like it before 4 at least on recorded vocals. I wish she would train to go higher, maybe even the 7th octave.
I love Dreamgirls..I just don't like that Beyonce had to consciously remember to keep her timbre light and girlish throughout these recordings to fit the part of Dianna..This was when her voice was starting to mature and darken..You could tell she felt a bit constricted and wanted to cut back (she got it out on The Beyonce Experience Tour, though) because here she was extremely head-dominant this entire movie! Putting those mixing skills to work