Chris Cornell of Sohndgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave
Iβm also always impressed by Demi Lovato
Hayley Williams of Paramore.
Especially since she started experimenting with solo projects. She's so good and very versatile.
I'm always amazed by Robert Plant when I watch old Zeppelin videos
Hearing Bjork sing βBirthdayβ on the Sugarcubesβ debut LP was a revelation for me. Still blows me away.
Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.
Dolores O'Riordan (RIP) from The Cranberries.
Arai Akino, for "VOICES" from Macross Plus.Mike Patton, he has one of the largest vocal octave ranges in music.
Tetiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer - a Ukrainian metal band. Her ability to go from her growl to her clean vocals is absolutely wild to me.
Andrea Bocelli and Miley Cyrus.
The lead singer of the German band, AnnenMayKantereit. (The band name is just three surnames smooshed together.)
Here's my favorite song by them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERRFWuYG48&t=4 which translates to "barefoot at the piano"
Another great song, a bit more up-beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BmrRLpGJQ&t=3 which translates to "would you go out with me?"
Floor Jansen
Thom Yorke
Chaka Khan
Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet has a hell of a voice.
I'm also surprised that I didn't see anyone mention Mariah Carey.
no mention of bessie smith , billie, nina , janis joplin ?
Lzzy Hale has an incredible voice
Till Lindemann always gives me the goosebumps.
Ann Wilson (Heart) always makes me smile when I watch her live performances.
This Lewis Capaldi dude. He can freaking sing, man.
Floor Jansen and Marcela Bovio, especially when they sing live.
Why don't we ask Lemmy?
Caroline Polachek, Imogen Heap, Charlie Puth, Kim Petras, and occasionally Sia.
Vocal powerhouses.
Recently it's this girl. https://youtu.be/YYoP9bxwg84
Her voice is out of this world. Sadly I don't know how to write her name. [Symbol]OK
Michael Buble
Rory Rodriguez of Day Seeker
Haley Williams of Paramore
George Michael had an incredible voice and was my singing idol for a long long long time - I'm a contralto so I can't really sing to a lot of female singers unfortunately... His range and timbre... Just amazing.
Dimash Qudaibergen. He has the most incredible voice I've ever heard.
RenΓ©e Elise Goldsberry aka Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel from Wicked
Yannis Papadopoulos of Beast in Black. Dude's got some insane vocal range.
Adam Lambert.
Holy fuck his range and control. Itβs insane.
Even if his music is mediocre, his vocals are amazing.
Nobody will read this, but Kristin Hersh. She was the founder / less singer in Throwing Muses, but her solo work truly amazes me. Literally nobody is like Kristin.
For example: https://piped.video/watch?v=_RtniRWL5zM
Will Ramos
Chester Bennington
Myles Kennedy. Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeet, that man can sing...
I've seen him live (with Alter Bridge) a couple of times, and it has just blown me away hearing his live performance be as good as if not better than the studio versions.
Marvin Gaye - just perfection. Also Beth Gibbons of Portishead.
There is something captivating about Kate Bush's delivery, she collaborated a lot with Peter Gabriel too who was a fantastic singer with unique delivery as well.
Since Mike Patton is already on the list:
Eva Cassidy β€οΈ
I'm consistently impressed by the one vocalist from Beast in Black. When I watch their videos and then realize there is one voice in the song and it's that dude, it blows my mind every time.
Jim Grey of Caligulas Horse and Arcane
And Devin Townsend
Henning May
David Draiman lead vocalist of Disturbed
tldw; a contestant on a European pop idol type show had such perfect pitch and tone, the judges thought she was lip syncing. She wasn't and it's amazing.
Ronnie James Dio.
Brandi Carlisle is completely wasted on country music. I saw her at a music festival when she was mostly playing rock music and some covers and holy shit she has such effortless range.
Billie Elish has an amazing voice
Einar Solberg, lead singer of Leprous, has a unique voice. It can sound almost fragile at lower registers, very expressive.... And has incredible range.
Yebba, check her out. Sheβs not v popular but fucking incredible voice. Here is a live performance by her
Hildegard von Blinginβ sings like an angel: https://www.youtube.com/@Hildegardvonblingin/videos
Halsey Ellie Goulding Khalid
Vitas.
Wayne Cochran, Soul Brother Number Two (according to James Brown):
Not exactly what you're asking for, but there's this thing called "shape note singing."
There's a long story of why it exists, but people still do it, and even though it has roots in religion, and the songs are religious, the groups you find today never perform in a religious capacity.
Get a buddy and go to one of the meetings. Everybody sits in chairs, in a circle and everybody sings. No instruments, just voices.
It's a beautiful, eerie sound which always falls flat in recordings.
Kenton Chen singing I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt. Haven't heard of the song before hearing his version. Now that's my original version of the song.
Maggie Rose
Nico and Kevin from Electric Callboy
George Corpsegrinder Fisher
Bobby McFerrin and Al Jarreau are both pretty mind-blowing singers.
Tracy Nelson, Dorothy Morrison, Beth Hart, Hank Williams, Johny Cash, Linda Perry to name a few of my favorites.
jacqui McShee
There are SO many great offerings here, but Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), I think, blows them all away. https://piped.video/results?search_query=cocteau+twins
Bruno Mars
Noora Louhimo - the lead singer of battle beast and Emelie Autumn
I sing in an amateur choir led by a professional singer, and his voice is the purest, warmest, cleanest sound you can imagine. I melt every time he sings a solo or demonstrates part of a song to us.
Mimi Parker was an absolutely amazing singer. If anyone reading gets a chance, "Holy Ghost" by Low will show you what I mean.
Dan Avidan Everything he sings turns into pure gold wrapped in silk
Oliver Wickham
Celine Dion, Adele, or Andrea Bocelli for sure
Tatsuro Yamashita was pretty impressive for several reasons: great singer/songwriter (he has some really solid range) and producer, S tier in singing English phonetically, and he's good in Japanese, too.
θ±γγ (Hanatan) has an absolutely amazing vocal range https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNScNjLR8g
Judith Durham of th Aussie folk group The Seekers
- Ahnoni formerly know as Anthony and the Johnsons
- Jill Scott
- Bishop Briggs
- CΓ©line Dion
- Freddie Mercury
- Ren
- Jacques Brel
- Paolo Nutini
- ...
If I had to choose one it would be Paolo Nutini but choosing is losing.
