When I think of Christina's style of singing I hear a light lyric trying to be a dramatic by pushing her voice past its natural limits.. A true dramatic/spinto sized voice would bloom effortlessly the more the voice is pushed, it's the lyric voices that become distorted and artificial when attempting dramatic passages.
Lyric and dramatic voices both have their good and bad qualities.. lyrics possess more youthfulness, warmth and agility in their voices, dramatic sized voices are more mature and darker to their lyric counterparts and don't possess the warmth that lyrics have.. instead they're cold and abrasive, yet powerful but need more space to bloom or they tend to sound harsh and overbearing.. Honestly I'd love to be a spinto because they still retain that pleasant lyric quality but they can still push their voices to achieve dramatic-esque volume, the best of both worlds
I'll have to check these out Kelly is doing an open mic on her tour where she'll pick a fan to sing with her on stage and I'm considering submitting so these could be useful
I'll have to check these out Kelly is doing an open mic on her tour where she'll pick a fan to sing with her on stage and I'm considering submitting so these could be useful
This woman is like an Aretha/Chaka hybrid, she's either a falcon soprano or possibly a spinto mezzo.
I'm leaning more towards falcon just by her screechy timbre, additionally her voice seems more mezzo centred however she's still a beast up there; the way she approaches her upper register sounds much like Aretha, hell, Chaka never carried that much weight up there. Her mix is to die for, arguably better than Chaka's.. those screechy yet seamlessly connected 6th octave belts, lawd
Luther wasn't a Full-Lyric, at all. Full-Lyric=Clay Aiken and Peabo Bryson (very Lirico-Spinto ish). However, Luther was not.
Kelly during her prime was not a light anything.
I understand if you provided your PERSONAL opinion of what the two are, but to differentiate singer from vocalist under the guise of objectivity? You've much to learn, my friend.
Whistles, belts, runs, everything 
Kelly is doing an open mic on her tour where she'll pick a fan to sing with her on stage and I'm considering submitting so these could be useful 
