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Originally posted by ct40
That's not necessarily true. You have the greats like Patti Labelled and Aretha Franklin whose voice has changed very little over decades. I honestly wish she would address this.
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No, it doesn't happen to everybody, but she's not the first to lose vocal precision with age (take a look at Chaka Khan, Bonnie Tyler, Whitney Houston, etc.). It happens, and not much one can do about it once it does.
I almost think much of her voice (lower register and chest voice) are better now than during TEOM era, though the belts and falsetto are noticeably weaker. On most of the TEOM record her chest voice sounds pushed and uncomfortable, I'm hoping this new record features some chest notes similar to those in the opening of the Triumphant remixes (Like you're falling in a dream...) that's the closest to the relaxed chest voice of the 90's since the 90's. I like #Beautiful but vocally it's a little nasal (very e=mc2), I'm also hoping the ballads aren't like that horrible snippet from 20/20.