Not when Don't Forget, Catch Me, Lightweight, Fix a Heart, For The Love Of A Daughter, Nightingale, In Case, Lionheart, Father and more amazing ballad exists
i feel like she doesn't have a connection with the ballads she sings because she usually doesn't write them and she lacks the life experience to convey tha emotions
her verses are good but her choruses are atrocious tbh
Gaga is probably the worst.
Beyonce can sing hers well but I agree they sound impersonal and she sounds disconnected with the lyrics.
Cheryl's ballads aren't great. She should stick to the A Million Lights sound when doing slower songs.
Gaga. She always eschews the pop sound and it doesn't work in her favor. The only ballad-like song I can think of that she did that's worked well so far is The Edge of Glory, and others that work are usually more electronic/pop-minded. Speechless-es and Dopes HAVE to go.
The other pop girls do pretty well with ballads IMO.
Beyonce because shes always overreacting like she could sing a song about breaking her nail and make it sound heartbreaking. No realness in her ballads.