Aretha will always have the best belts, she is a ****ing beast, then Barbara Streisand( you should add her there) she has the longest belt in the history of music and not some shaky one, with scream here and there, NO. As for the rest of the ladies Whitney is the ultimate WINNER. As much as I love Mimi, belt is not her biggest forte, high notes are.
# On June 28, 1968 she became the second African-American woman to appear on the cover of Time magazine
# In 1985, then-Gov. James Blanchard of Michigan declared her voice “a natural resource” during a ceremony that marked her 25 years in show business.
# Aretha Franklin is one of three musicians, along with Madonna & Marvin Gaye, to achieve each of the top 10 positions on the US Billboard Hot 100.
# On January 20, 1987, she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
# On March 29, 1987, Franklin sang "America the Beautiful" at WrestleMania III.
# In 1987, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Musicology degree from the University of Detroit.[citation needed]
# In 1994 she became the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor.
# In September, 1999, she was awarded The National Medal of Arts by President Clinton.
# In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked her No. 9 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[17]
# In 2005, she was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
# In 2005, she became the second woman (Madonna being the first, a founding member) to be inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
# In 2005, Franklin was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
# On February 6, 2006, she performed, along with Aaron Neville, "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XL.
# On May 13, 2006, she was presented with an honorary Doctor of Music degree by the Berklee College of Music.
# On April 1, 2007 Aretha sang "America the Beautiful" at WrestleMania 23.
# On May 14, 2007, she was presented with an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
# In 2007, Aretha Franklin's recording of "Respect" was voted a Legendary Michigan Song.
# Is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
# On February 8, 2008, Franklin was honored as MusiCares "Person of the Year."
# On February 14, 2008, Franklin was given the Vanguard award at the NAACP Image awards.
# On May 4, 2008, Franklin was given the Key to the City of Memphis at the 2008 "Memphis in May International Music Festival" by Mayor Dr. Willie Herenton during her performance onstage.
# On September 13, 2008, Franklin was ranked No .19 on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists list by Billboard.[18]
# November 2008, Franklin was named by Rolling Stone as the No. 1 all-time best singer of the rock era, according to the magazine's survey of 179 musicians, producers, Rolling Stone editors, and other music industry insiders.[19]
# On January 20, 2009, Franklin performed "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" during the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama. The distinctive hat she wore during that performance is displayed at the Smithsonian.[9]
# On December 4, 2009, Aretha Franklin performed in EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to celebrate RPI's President Shirley Ann Jackson's 10th year of being tenured.[20]
# On May 23, 2010, Franklin received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Yale University.
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WHITNEY HOUSTON!!!She would mess anyone up in her prime, THE VOICE! She would belt them girls away.
sadly to say, not anymore, but Id say Whitney, Whitney, Whitney,
Mariah and Aretha, Celine would follow 2nd.
Beyonce, and Christina are great, but those are the girls up there!!!!
And yea bey is definitely a belting queen today...xtina is ...idk i haven't seen a really good performance from her in awhile.
@ this topic being about belting. My ass needs to read.
