Originally posted by Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time - #58
"I knew she could really sing," Herbie Hancock said of his 2005 collaboration with teen pop's most accomplished vocalist. "But I didn't know she could sing like that. She knocked me out." Christina Aguilera has had the finesse and power of a blues queen ever since she was a child star (she appeared on Star Search at age 11). Even in her teen-pop "Genie in a Bottle" days, she was modeling her dramatic, melismatic technique on old-school soul heroines like Etta James; you could hear it first come to fruition on 2002's "Beautiful." Patti Smith, of all people, says Aguilera's rendition of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" at last year's Grammys was "one of the best performances that I've ever seen...I sat and watched it, and at the end, I just involuntarily leapt to my feet. It was amazing."
Amazing! I hope "YLM" goes #1 on dance charts! She should start performing "You Lost Me" cause im loving the long blonde hair. It speaks so much confidence. I love Xtina.
DEAD at you people celebrating that like it's Christmas. But I get it.
Still, I'm sad that 'You Lost Me' is doing so poorly on the actual strong charts... I never thought it was the best choice for a single but I still love the song so much.
But I get it. 
(I really do)