What do you like to hear the most?

Impressive - one that uses so many techniques, knows many technical things about singing.

Expressive - one that uses voice to connect to the audience rather than impressing them with vocal runs, etc.

Both has their advantages and disadvantages but what do you prefer to hear?

My fav has both. In general, it depends on the singer.

Half and half.

So Mahalia Jackson etc.

Impressive vocals, and when necessary expressive vocals.

Expressive is far more important for me. It's what makes someone an artist and not just a vocalist.

Expressive vocals.

I love Leona's voice but sometimes her voice can sound pretty lifeless during performances. Where as when Adele sings, there's a believability to what she's singing.

Definitely expressive.

I'm German, so I choose expressive

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Both, like Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Jill Scott, etc.

Certain singers are impressive and expressive even though they don't do big notes and vocal runs, like Karen Carpenter. There's simply no excuse for being a bad technical singer.

Someone without a hint of impressiveness in their vocals would fail to hit every note, they would fail to sing in tune, they would fail.

There are a lot of X factor singers who are excellent at emoting, but they can sound so bad at any time.

Definitely expressive, hearing and feeling the emotion is all the power in vocals imo.

I always like expressive vocals. I think out of all the singers from singing competition, I can pick Carrie Underwood as one of the most expressive and also has the ability to impress. I just hate it when an artist is disconnected to the emotions of the song just because s/he wants to impress his/her audience.

Both

Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey have all been called soul-less and they just so happen to be the most skilled singers of their generation.

I think it says something about pop/rock music critics/fans. They've gotten so used to bad technical singers covering up their mistakes and acting "emotional" to make up for it, that anything else is soul-less. I guess that makes them "artists" (not really, anyone can be emotional), but it also makes some of them unlistenable IMO.

Opera singers are actually the most skilled and nobody would call Maria Callas or Leontyne Price soul-less. In fact, the opposite is true, we consider them to be the most dramatic and most emotional singers, no? Anyone watching Leontyne Price sing can't possible think she doesn't have depth.

Though I do think Adele is very emotive, so I enjoy her voice even in a live setting. Can't say the same about the other girls though.

Expressive.