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Originally posted by Johnny Cash
The hive again trying it with X  |
Ballsy! I'm not a huge Beyonce fan, but I can concede and recognize her impact on the industry and give her props for her current success. But to insinuate that Beyonce's vocal talent is superior is actually laughable. She's naturally vocally talented, but she's mostly considered (by the GP and media) to be more of an entertainer rather than a "vocalist," which makes The Hive seethe. Plus, I'm not blasting her because she's proven on many occasions that she can sing live, but I'm pretty sure Beyonce lip-syncs more of her performances than Christina, in order to pull off her impressive choreography.
I've never seen Beyonce on ANY best-voices of all-time lists, or EVEN any best-voices of her generation lists. I think she has a good voice and she's worked incredibly hard to maximize its effects to the best of its ability, but it's not of the same caliber as X, Whitney, Mariah, Aretha, Patti, etc. Basically, the only people who ever consider Beyonce as possessing one of the greatest voices of all time is the Hive itself.
I did a quick google search on the topic, and I thought this article summed it pretty well. I'm linking it at the bottom, but I'm bolding the most important part:
Wow, that's definitely a difficult question as I like both the singers. But if I'm going on the voice alone, I'd have to go for Christina Aguilera as the better singer. For me, Beyonce's voice is average in terms of its overall tone, power, and range. However, she has worked hard at her instrument and as such has learnt to lift her voice from mediocrity with 3 notable things:
A gorgeous vibrato: Possibly the best in the industry
Outstanding control: Also possibly one of the best in the game. Not only can she hit notes effortlessly, and with pinpoint accuracy, but she can do it while dancing.
Intelligent delivery: Beyonce can sing anything. She goes from hip hop, to RnB to pop to adult contemporary very convincingly and that's because of her understanding of music.
Christina's voice is something else entirely. Its raw, unpolished and though it lacks the control and the beautiful vibrato of Beyonce's voice, it has a natural fire and a passion that can not be learnt or imitated.
Sometimes it can be overbearing and, of late, I've been giving it a bashing on the blog because its being pushed too far, but those things still don't change the fact that when its at its best there is no question Christina Aguilera could out sing Beyonce.
http://www.divadevotee.com/2011/04/q...er-singer.html
It was an acoustic, guitar driven album, really sweet, smooth folk - pop - alternative type of thing. Joni Mitchel meets Alanis Morisette meets Adele meets Norah Jones. All the tracks were written by Christina, Linda Perry and another woman, not famous and NOT Sia. Save Me From Myself was the last track on the standard (Radar teas) and Empty Words was a deluxe bonus track 
move it to the lounge bitch!
Plus these are my two favorite songs from Lotus. 
It must be a sign. 
