Vocal Type: Mezzo- Soprano
Vocal Range: 4 octaves. C3- C7
Whistle Register:Yes
Longest Note: 20 seconds - 'At last' (live)
Vocal Pluses: Christina Aguilera is in possession of a nimble and dexterous voice that is most known for its intricate melisma, slides and edgy belts. The Diva is able to jump between the different parts of her range with ease and swiftness, while possessing the stamina and breath control to sustain notes for extended periods of time [At Last (live)]. Holding these notes, she often forgoes any vibrato [Ain't No Other Man / Let There Be Love]. But when she does choose to add it, she favours a non-traditional, stop/start technique and a seesawing jaw to create the effect. It's a choice that results in a wider vibrato than some of her contemporaries.
The midrange is where the Diva’s singing most mirrors her actual speaking voice, with little to no affectations added. It Leads up from the breathy low register with an easy, light, feminine sound, and a sweet lyrical quality [Birds of Prey]. However, it is entirely possible for it to take on the thick and weighty tone associated with the Diva’s lower belting range by moving the larynx out of the neutral position [Prima Donna].
The texture of the belted notes is variable. The Midrange belts are often full and heavy, with a nasal placement and an almost congested sound [Blank Page]. As the voice climbs, a coarse, throaty edge is more than often heard, as the larynx is pulled up to create the desired sound [Sing For Me]. This roughness can be eliminated, and a more stable and cleaner tone produced, by managing the balance of the chest and head voice [Nobody Wants To Be Lonely]. Whichever way the Diva belts in the upper fifth octave the sound produced is lighter and sheds resonance the higher she goes (though more so with the "mixed" style).
Aguilera is in possession of an extensive head voice that stretches up into what is conventionally considered whistle register territory [The Voice]. These notes are usually breathy, sweet and light, with an airy, falsetto-like quality [Hurt]. This timbre doesn’t lend itself to crescendos- since the volume remains moderately soft- but she is able to solidify the tone to create a sharper, more incisive one [contrast: airy tone / incisive ]. Whatever style she uses, she is able to conduct intricate, fast melisma [Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ] here and jump into it easily from other parts of the range
Vocal Negatives: The higher, coarser chest notes- above a C5- tends to be forced, pulled and unhealthy. They also lack stability because of this technique, potentially leading to the voice "cracking".
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Of course if you like fake people or hear only what you want to hear, you will dislike someone like Christina. It's a thousand times better, someone brutally honest than someone than only says what the other person wants to hear. And yes, for me everything she said was contructive criticism. Of course, people led with hatred are going to see what they want to see (like you), instead of realize how good her advises were, even with Tony Lucca. She said that he was one-dimensional, and warned him not to take advantage of his famous friends like Justin and take everything for granted.
ReplyDeleteDude, why don't you, just for fun, try to be a bit nicer in your wording though? I mean, you could easily have posted the same message without the personal, and frankly absurd, personal insult towards Brian. And please don't pull that "honesty"card about that.
ReplyDeleteBecause to me as a not emotionally involved reader, nothing I have read in Brian's posts indicates him being "led by hatred"
Dude, why do you keep and keep getting into arguments that has nothing to do with you? I think we are all grow up people who don't need nobody to defend ourselves. You act like you have something personal against me, because every time I have an argument you keep posting messages... You're an intruder in these arguments. I'm honest, yeah sometimes harsh, but if the only person who can point that out is the person with whom I'm having the argument. You're not that person. Respect the others and your place before asking respect in situations in which your name hasn't even been written or mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI am not a dude. But you are being a hypocrite because as far as I can tell Justine all the way at the top here wasn't addressing you by name yet you saw no problem in unleashing your aggression on him/her. It's a blog! Not a series of private conversations. Get people's email and then you won't be bothered by other readers "butting in". But since you post here in public I feel, as another poster, I have the right to complain about your incessant personal insulting. It ruins the mood dude!
ReplyDeleteAnd seriously??? YOU are demanding "respect"? I think I have voiced my opinion on your insulting manner in quite the respectful way.
But I will make you a deal. You don't respond to my posts and I will no longer bother reading yours as between the aggression and lack of real knowledge, I won't be missing much anyway.Since you appreciate honesty and constructive criticism all that much I thought I will just throw that last one in. Especially since your reaction really underscored exactly how much you really appreciate honesty. :)
Agree. This is my last response. I will be ecstatic with happiness if you just ignore me. I don't even want to answer all the things you wrote in your last comment, since is a waste of time with someone like you. Your kind is the worst among all the people. Always twisting the facts to your convenience. Your life has to be as empty as a black hole if you bother to go around "defending" people in blogs of, acordding to your poor opinion, abusing. Let's just ignore each other, since you can't stand me and my comments and I can't stand yours. Our lives will be happier then.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you decided to agree and not even argue my statements but instead throw some more of your "honesty" around.I am also very glad I can bring you such ecstasy. I hope it will lead you into a more happy state and you will loose your need to insult people. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. Like calling Chris Mann a real man and Dissing Tony Lucca was constructive? There is nothing fake about caring for the wellbeing of others and thereby not blurting out any insulting thought towards someone. Also its not just the context of what one says but also the way they say it. Christina could have just said and left it at "I don't particularly like your song choice due to it's sexism and double standards regarding women." But instead she chose the aggressive route and went ahead and said "This man is a REAL man who knows how to treat women." (Ps im only using this as an example). How am I led with hatred? I love Christina. I own all of her albums. But I know when one is being too harsh. Yes Honesty is a good trait for one to have. But it is not longer honesty when you are just being insulting. How was telling him he was one dimensional good advice? It is clearly an insult. Advice would be "You should work on the flexibility of your sound and talent and always appreciate that you've come so far." Saying he was one dimensional and taking advantage of fame and people is definitely more of a moment of insecurity for Christina as she is known as one to have those traits. She may have the experience but she definitely does not have the success to be giving people advice like that.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and Tony sang a song that practically called Christina a bitch. He didn't say Xtina's name directly, but we all know why they chose that song especially when Adam showed that T-Shirt. Why it is worse what Christina did? I do think she shouldn't have said it that, but I can't blame her. She was really upset. Please, don't leave your DOUBLE STANDARDS behind if you are going to critize someone.
ReplyDeleteTelling someone "one dimensional" is CLEARLY an insult? Seriously... I don't what to say. If you really think that telling someone that they're one dimensional, then I think everything I could possibly write worth nothing. You are obviously a hater who is going to find any excuse to attack her. Do you honestly think that live (because all these performances were live) you have time to pick and check every word to avoid unintentional harm? Pleeeseee... Give me a break!
You can say whatever you want (that you love her, you own all of her albums) but your comments show otherwise. She has a lot of sucess, since she has sold around 50 millions of records worldwide. The fact that Bionic didn't sell as expected doesn't make her an unsucesfull artist. And you really said you loved her? Let's see: you wrote that she's not sucessful, insecure, one-dimensional, and takes advantage of famous people... And lines before you said you loved her? You have serious issues. "I like her" is what you should have said, before starting your senseless rant.
I don't really have to prove myself to you or anything so if you really think i don't love her than that's fine. Im just pointing out the facts that come from her own mouth. When did I mention Bionic? Im talking about her career overall. She was very successful during her debut, but has plumeted since then. Yes she still makes it on the charts but I can't recall her being number one since Genie in a bottle (which is ironically my least favorite Xtina song.) When did I mention any form of double standard? Call me a hater if you want but you can easily critique someones attitude without truly feeling resentment towards them. Im just pointing out your own double standards. Its okay for someone to express themselves freely without the need for someone to comment on it according to you. yet you come and bash Opie Ever and I's responses to your opinion. Please this is a blog so don't be surprised when people with a little decency try to talk to you. My senseless rant btw is in response to your illiterate insulting comments towards people who haven't really made much of any sort of insult towards you until your "Honesty" AkA bitchy rants shows its behind in a Paragraph response to a sentence post. I mean her own fanbase is beginning to resent her. Isn't that a sign of your success dwindling? Which relates to my comment on how she shouldn't give advice about fame as hers is falling into infamy.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have to prove myself to you or anything so if you really think i don't love her than that's fine. Im just pointing out the facts that come from her own mouth. When did I mention Bionic? Im talking about her career overall. She was very successful during her debut, but has plumeted since then. Yes she still makes it on the charts but I can't recall her being number one since Genie in a bottle (which is ironically my least favorite Xtina song.) When did I mention any form of double standard? Call me a hater if you want but you can easily critique someones attitude without truly feeling resentment towards them. Im just pointing out your own double standards. Its okay for someone to express themselves freely without the need for someone to comment on it according to you. yet you come and bash Opie Ever and I's responses to your opinion. Please this is a blog so don't be surprised when people with a little decency try to talk to you. My senseless rant btw is in response to your illiterate insulting comments towards people who haven't really made much of any sort of insult towards you until your "Honesty" AkA bitchy rants shows its behind in a Paragraph response to a sentence post. I mean her own fanbase is beginning to resent her. Isn't that a sign of your success dwindling? Which relates to my comment on how she shouldn't give advice about fame as hers is falling into infamy.
ReplyDeleteYou can say whatever you want, but you are just a hater. I'm starting to think that you are just Opie Ever with another account. And you showed your double standards when you critized Christina for that "real man" thing; and didn't say anything about Tony singing a song that practically called Xtina a bitch, which was even more obvious when Adam showed his t-shirt. You can someone's attitude, but you are just looking excuses to attack Christina. It's so obvious that I don't know how you even dared to say that you loved her. How hypocrite can someone be?
ReplyDeleteFor you to know, What a Girl Wants and Come On Over were both Billboard Hot 100 Nº1s, I Turn to You Nº3, Lady Marmalade Nº1, Beautiful was Nº2, Dirrty was Nº1 in the UK, Ain't No Other Man Billboard Nº6, Moves Like Jagger Nº1. Her four studio albums have been at least Nº3 (Debut and B2B: Nº1; Stripped: Nº1; Bionic: Nº3). Self titled album sold 17 millons worldwide; Mi Reflejo sold 2,5 millons worldwide; Stripped sold 12 millons worldwide, and Back to Basics 5 millons. That's a pretty sucessful career for me. I don't know what you may consider a sucessful career, but I think she has done really well. Of course, since you are a big hater you are going to find all these numbers like poor sales and failures. So, I don't care what you think. I just wrote all this information to take you out of your own ignorance, since you didn't know that other 4 songs got a BB Nº1. A quickly search only takes a couple of minutes, do you realize that?
How To Make The Perfect Female Singer:
ReplyDeleteA-Qualities and Abilities.
1-Christina Aguilera's Tone, Timbre and Falsetto.
2-Mariah Carey's Dynamics, Transition and Whistle Register.
3-Cyndi Lauper's Vibrato and Versatility.
4-Beyonce Knowles's Lower Register Support.
5-JoJo's Vocal Runs and Riffs.
6-Amber Riley's Mixed Voice.
7-Barbra Streisand's Technique.
8-Leona Lewis's Head Voice.
9-Rachelle Ferrell's Breath Control.
1-Celine Dion's Ability To Sustain Notes Perfectly On Pitch.
B-Range:
1-Lowest Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G2.
2-Highest Chest Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G5.
3-Highest Mixed Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate D6.
4-Highest Head Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate B6.
5-Highest Falsetto Note: Sustained and Resonate B6.
6-Highest Whistle Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G7.
How To Make The Perfect Female Singer:
ReplyDeleteA-Qualities and Abilities.
1-Christina Aguilera's Tone, Timbre and Falsetto.
2-Mariah Carey's Dynamics, Transition and Whistle Register.
3-Cyndi Lauper's Vibrato and Versatility.
4-Beyonce Knowles's Lower Register Support.
5-JoJo's Vocal Runs and Riffs.
6-Amber Riley's Mixed Voice.
7-Barbra Streisand's Technique.
8-Leona Lewis's Head Voice.
9-Rachelle Ferrell's Breath Control.
10-Celine Dion's Ability To Sustain Notes Perfectly On Pitch.
B-Range:
1-Lowest Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G2.
2-Highest Chest Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G5.
3-Highest Mixed Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate D6.
4-Highest Head Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate B6.
5-Highest Falsetto Note: Sustained and Resonate B6.
6-Highest Whistle Note: Connected, Sustained and Resonate G7.
Leaving aside the many objections I could make as to what constitutes "the perfect singer", to this list I would add 11- Alison Krauss' song knowledge/material choice ?
ReplyDeletePat Caroll has gone down to a booming B1 ;D
ReplyDeleteChest and Mixed are the same thing...
Alison Goldfrapp has belted up to an Eb6
None of the ladies you mentioned there can take a head tone up to B6 the highest amongst that bunch is Christina with a Bb6 but it was falsetto (aka not connected)
The highest sustained head note (outside of opera) would be Minnie Riperton's A6 in "You Take My Breath Away"
And the highest head note in general would be Deblah Morgan's Bb6 done on a live song I can't remember.
And none of those ladies can sustain a g7. Mariah has hit a G7 but it was not sustained, the highest she can sustain is C7-D7.
Also the mention of tone is completely subjective, how others hear and interpret a singers tone vary greatly from person to person. I've heard people say Christina has the ugliest voice ever, as i"ve seen others say she has the prettiest and some just say it's nothing special and the same for countless other singers.
And there is no such thing as "the Perfect Singer" (unless speaking of just technical singing then it would fall in the category of opera with singers like Sutherland, Dessay, Callas, etc. ) as what each person constitutes as "perfect"
And no offense but ...
Christina needs to get a grasp on her voice, she struggles on notes tenors and baritones can hit with way more ease.
Mariah has lost a great deal of her ability as a vocalist over the years, her transitions aren't what they used to be (She can barely pull of the chest to whistle anymore) and her voice has become coarse and thin the higher she goes in belting.
Cyndi just gets throaty here and there.
Beyonce gets shouty and has shown problems belting above F5 (Strained or thin or heady) and also shows a lack of restraint vocally (although this has gotten better throughout the years)
Barbra, I honestly can't comment on her. She gets a bit thin above E5 but that's really it.
Jojo needs to work on her mix, she tries to chest it and thins out horribly above E5 and has inconsistencies and an occasional shouting quality.
Amber Riley is just a high belter, she hasn't shown any other aspect to her voice just belt, belt, belt, belt, belt... And her lower register and mid-belt are quite weak.
Leona Lewis rarely uses head voice, she only uses head voice during "Bleeding Love" performances where she jumps from C5 to C6 and the rest is all falsetto and her belting above Eb5 is often strained and thin. Especially F5 and up.
And Rachelle just doesn't know when to stop, she lacks a lot of restraint as a singer.
Celine has placement issues and can often get throaty, thin or strained. And often sustains notes by placing them in the throat.
^^^^ None of this was meant in anyway to dismiss any of these wonderful ladies' talents, however I find the idea of a "perfect" singer ridiculous and not plausible. I love almost all the ladies mentioned, but none of them are perfect.
Although yes if you took qualities from these singers (and several others) you could make a "perfect" singer.
ReplyDeleteIts really up to your own personal interpretation of the song to decide who it was referenced to. It could have just been a simple song choice or for all I know nor do I really care it could have been referenced to her. However as they weren't admitted to it and nothing truly vulgar came from them I'm not inclined to take her side as she is the one who continued to fan the flames. Do I look like I have time to make multiple accounts just to talk back to you? I don't go out looking for reasons to bash Christina. If you would look at my comments on this site I am always supportive of her and wish her the best in everything she does. This is in fact the first time ever that I have negatively critiqued her. I believe she's talented. I believe she has so much more worth in her future. But its obvious by her cockiness and newer more aggressive personality (which has worsened since her divorce) that she is in no rush to improve herself. If you're really one to ask how I dare to say I love her than how dare you define what is socially acceptable behavior? Really now. Your just using her as a role model excuse for your own bitchy attitude. You call Opie 1 the worst there is? Puh Lease. What's annoying is not one who is trying to gain knowledge through social media interactions such as a blog but rather one who goes around throwing out their idealistic views on a Diva's personality out in the face of someone who wasn't even trying to talk to you (in reference to justine). Didn't I say she makes it on the charts still? Im talking number one on Billboard. Like the top of the game. Christina hasn't been up there since her teen pop era. That is what gives one the right to critique someone about fame. Sure she has it. But she doesn't have a good grasp on it. The voice is all that's truly keeping her in the spotlight. What happened to that listen in on the new album she promised us back in January? She needs to get her projects and priorities straight. She is a Recording artist first and reality show judge second. If she were to truly focus on the new album and make a glorious sound for us to hear then im positive she will be back and better. But until then im completely unimpressed by her recent activities. And what I mean by success is being able to keep up or top your own debut. Her sales have dropped incredibly since her self titled album. Not that she doesn't do well for a pop star, she just isn't comparable to Genie in a bottle now.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think that was the point he or she was trying to make. It was nice to read your analysis of each of them, by the way!
ReplyDeleteYes looking back I see what they were trying to say, I have minor dyslexia so I read it as "The Perfect Female Singers" just a misunderstanding. And thank you!
ReplyDeleteSerendipity!!!! You have no idea how much I LOVE Alison Goldfrapp!!! Seventh Tree could easily be my fav album EVER! No joke! Her soprano is crystalline beauty.....
ReplyDeleteDiva and Everyone I want you hear how talent Moroccan people (I'm Saudi but people say I look like Moroccan people). hear is Dounia Batma the Runner up of Arab Idol First Season. she is way better then the winner of Arab Idol (an Egyptian girl but she was also good). her sounds at it's best win singing Moroccan music like here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpIfgHFYQY her tone is rich, smooth, bright and clear. her runs make Beyonce's sounds so freakin' slow like here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CjcdpWfhkA here tone wasn't at it's best I think she was forcing her larynx down at the start. her audition shows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmE3MDXZWfI amazing runs, vibrato and dynamics but she nervous and i think (not sure) she was sick because her voice shaky at some points.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOMUuWyQh5A&feature=related at 1:14 shows her amazing runs, vibrato and breath control. her voice was amazing here but she kind of missed up at 1:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eqh8gZifPg.
no many celebrities that have encountered her say she has a bad personality - pink, the wanted (a band), mary j blige, kelly osborne
ReplyDeleteshes talented but that doesnt give you the right to be mean
Christina is very successful she might not be has popular cause she releaseds an album every 4-5 years then she disappear to live her life(she is not one of those fame gripping celebs who do anything to stay current, she doesn't really care our popularity but about her quality of her music) and come back and she doesn't really connect to her fan base as she should cause she has be know to not be a internet person.
ReplyDeleteshe has very good personality i do agree that she can be rude but she is a person that you can always count on to say the honest thing and probably had a really conversation with . As for people saying she has a bad attitude i a pretty sure you can count those people on one hand compare to those who respect and speak highly of her , many celebs as madonna ,Etta james and even cher have been know to have bad reputation with just a hand full of people but when it comes down to it they are respected and know for their honestity.
I'm starting to think that this site is not accurate. If you look at Wikipedia, you'll see that her vocal type is Soprano.
ReplyDeleteA) Wikipedia never has, and never will be, the be all and end all of fact.
ReplyDeleteB) This is an open forum. People offer their opinions about vocal pluses, negatives and type and DD reads them and decides.
Im sorry Christina has BEAUTIFUL voice, but Ann Wilson and Pat Benatar blow her out the water.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I am an editor of Wikipedia and have tried to remove such information as its clearly misleading but the fact is that its added with citations to 'prove' said information!
ReplyDeleteIts quite frustrating, as I said to Hannah too its claims Celine Dion has a five octave vocal range (which she doesnt) it also claimed the same in regards to Nicole Scherzinger, I did however successfully remove that...
Ann Wilson had a great voice as did Pat but they are totally diff types of singers, all have their pro's and cons but yes all are fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can't be serious. Her, better than ALL of them? That's one of the worst delusions of all time...
ReplyDelete"Although able to sing in the whistle register the notes produced tend be laboured and require a vocal run to access." - I can't agree with that after watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm-DKsF6Cws video. Notes from 1:14 to 1:22 are definitely sung in the whistle register, achieved without performing a vocal run prior to singing that high. :) Unfortunately, in my opinion, the technique she uses to produce extremely high sounds and make them stronger seems to be unhealthy. :/ The wider you open your mouth when hitting high notes, the more effort you have to put on to make them heard well, (which strains and damages your vocal cords and larynx - Adele is a good example) since its harder for the air in your mouth to resonate. Bad singing technique also makes those bird-high notes sound really annoying.
ReplyDeleteI don't think those are true Whistle notes. They sound more like her usual Falsetto achieved Whistle pitches. They lie within the range of whistle register but she utilizes an expansive Falsetto to achieve it rather than the true whistle register. Pay more attention to the tone of the note.
ReplyDeleteGreat artist :D
ReplyDeleteChristina has a special place in my heart but NO ONE can deny that she has strained her voice SOSO much. I heard that she was going to work with a vocal coach...i wonder how that went.
ReplyDeleteThis video shows that the phrase, "Although able to sing in the whistle register the notes produced tend be laboured and require a vocal run to access", is not always correct. See video below at 2:18, there was no vocal run and the whistle notes sounded in no way laboured (I'm not a big fan of Christina).
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2x8lS7QaUE
That sounds like a high falsetto note, and not a whistle.
ReplyDeleteI agree with @Brian
ReplyDeleteIts sorta funny because I watched her on the Voice and was completely surprised by her speaking voice. From what i could tell i would assume she used to be a Soprano but she has pushed her voice lower. Anyone think Lana del rey(love her) has the same case?
ReplyDeleteYou are correct.
ReplyDeleteShe has only hit 2 live whistle notes in her entire career, the rest has all been her using her falsetto.
Just noticed this comment, I too love Alison :D
ReplyDeleteSeventh Tree is one of my favorite releases as well! I'm fond of all of Goldfrapp's work. Alison's voice is very underrated, a very beautiful lyric soprano voice with beautiful high notes and a really beautiful and warm lower register. Her range is insane as well, 4 octaves without the use of whistle register!
I adore Christina but theres one thing that sets me off. Why is her speaking voice so high and her voice dark and low? I know she pushed her larynx. Oh and anyone else think Lana Del Rey might have done the same thing? Her speaking voice too is very high but she sings really low.
ReplyDeleteLet me clear up some things for you.
ReplyDeleteFirst off lowering the larynx won't make the voice dark and low,
lowering the larynx gives the voice a heavier, more full sound (see young Charice as she was the poster child of lowering your larynx)
Secondly your speaking voice doesn't dictate your singing voice.
For example Mariah Carey has a somewhat low speaking voice yet she's a lyric soprano, same for Alison Goldfrapp. Florence Welch has a tiny and whisper-ish speaking voice yet she has a very large voice.
And from personal experience I have a very somewhat low speaking voice for a male yet I'm a tenor. So to recap, having a singing voice that doesn't match up to your speaking voice doesn't matter. There are some singers who sound exactly like their speaking voice and some singers who sound totally different.
Keep in mind the mechanics of singing and speaking aren't exactly the same so most of the time of course the sounds won't match up. There's a lot of things that factor into singing that don't go into speaking.
Also Lana Del Rey does lower her larynx on occasion, but that is due to the fact that she has poor breath support on her low notes live and does what is natural of the voice when singing lower, which is to pull the larynx down (which only makes the notes harder to hit and creates a foggy and unsupported sound)
Hope this helped you out and cleared somethings up.
wasnt she lipping here though?
ReplyDeleteShe was, for the first part at least.
ReplyDeleteThat was a super-high Falsetto note pushed into the whistle register, not a whistle note. However, I agree with what you're trying to say. She didn't use a run to access the F6 on Soar. So she can easily with minimal effort, her tendency to push 6 runs into a note is what obscures the painting.
ReplyDelete@Diva could you please remove that 4 octave video in 1 minute, it's a bit unsettling. Also, i'm pretty sure Christina's voice type is Soprano or a Lyric Soprano.
ReplyDeleteThe vocals on Bionic are so (intentionally) processed that I don't think some of those notes are legit. Also Christina's voice darkens very quickly, so i think people are mistaking third octave notes, for second- though I need to hear these notes first. @Serendipity have you heard these notes?
ReplyDeleteI am in no way an expert and as mperry93 says I like this to be an open forum. If you think her voice is a different fach, then that's cool. I'm not going to argue otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThis would actually be a great idea for a post! Thanks xtinaaguilerocks
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely not a 3rd octave note, and I don't think the production engineering altered her voice in such away, so as to project her voice that low.
ReplyDeleteAccurate, I don't get the comments on here stating that pushing down the larynx causes the voice to become dark.
ReplyDeleteYUP i dont think its possible to say christina isnt talented because she has a great instrument - she just needs to perfect her technique and her ego - nevertheless no one can say she is talentless
ReplyDeleteI agree, if she could control her voice in a more efficient way and got some really good material she would really shine! I heard that her new song was that of a club stomper (which makes me slightly nervous for her) but seeing as I loved Bionic I will probably love it too!
ReplyDeleteAlluring beauty my A** !!! she's not beautiful, when she wears makeup she looks like a trashy Hispanic whore "I dnt wanna suck dicks today, I wanna watch my telenovelas" hehe :P:P:P:P:P no offense to Hispanic people of course.
ReplyDeleteshe has a great voice but not beauty....
LOL I am not Hispanic but it seems to me that WAS pretty offensive towards hispanics, whores and Stuey to boot.
ReplyDeleteDuring her back to basics era she was the most beautiful pop star imo. As she gained weight she lost a little bit of her sexappeal but she's still beautiful...
ReplyDeletewhat the hell???
ReplyDeletewhat is wrong with watching telenovelas?
compare 2002 christina to todays
ReplyDeleteher voice has deepened
LOL I was wondering the same thing but it seems according to Char there's something so wrong with it, even sucking dick for money is a loftier pursuit.
ReplyDelete( Something you and I can surely agree, for once, to heartily disagree with Char on? ;D )
i liked some songs from bionic like Desnudate and not myself tonight
ReplyDeletebut ballads are where she truly finds her soul - you lost me is a perfect example of the stuff she needs to record and sing
i just hope for the new album it has its fair share of ballads because thats her niche
haha i guess we DO agree on something =D
ReplyDeleteI think your vocal assessment may be accurate I think that was more the case furring her stripped 03 and b2b 06 era but now her voice has changed and become too dark in my opinion as of 2010 to be a soprano I think in a good day she is a mezzo and but now it shoulda her comfort level in the contra range but I do agree she has always had some breaks in voice which is clear with the dramatic texture change
ReplyDeleteI agree for sure, the ballads are where its at for X-tina but I do like some of her more uptempo stuff too. I just think she needs good pop songs, and I dont mean anymore chart loaded dance crud lol
ReplyDeleteI still think she's a Soprano. Buts its obvious that she's pushed her voice to be more comfortable in the mid range.
ReplyDeleteI dissagree here too, many music experts already said she was a soprano, she's not mezzo at all, i get why you can think that she's a mezzo, she has this powerful and strenght in her voice. But she's in fact, a soprano, her voice clearly says that when she's talking. Besides, real mezzo-sopranos cant reach high notes like F6,G6,C7, etc.
ReplyDeletei love Christina. i think she has an incredible voice, but as many people are saying she over sings sometimes. which is the only issue i have with her voice. but if she learns to keep it under control, then we can say watch out world!!! lol
ReplyDeleteShe seems a soprano to me as well. She's just been most known for her coarse, thick midrange which she developed over a period of time. But everything about the entire placement of the voice seems a soprano to me. The head voice has a certain "ring" to it. She uses her head voice less often than in earlier records.
ReplyDeleteI thought she was a Soprano.
ReplyDeleteThank you!, i'm happy someone thinks the same :D
ReplyDeleteMany of us agree she is a soprano. I think she's an example of someone whose natural voice was probably destined to sound different than she made it sound. I personally believe she ended up molding (and forcing) the voice into something it wasn't per se but her immense vocal power and throat delivery impressed her audiences albeit this came at the expense of her voice's health due to the poor technique she used. This isn't to say powerful sopranos don't exist -- they do -- but I am certain if she mixed her upper belts (more healthy), they would have more of a typical "soprano" quality. Her head voice is quite typical for a soprano, her disconnected strained belting aside. As her voice is recovering, she is repairing the damage and poor technical practices which have haunted her by taking lessons, we will have to see how her respectable instrument evolves on her next album. She's a talented woman whose voice should be in better shape than it is!
ReplyDeleteI semi agree with you. I do think it is possible she is an example of someone who has forced her voice in to being something she liked , something that her voiced was not intended to be. (For instance Charice who lowers her laurnx for a bigger sound, I noticed she recently stopped doing that which is good.) But personally I dont see how this girl is a Soprano, MAYBE at her debut she could have been classiffeid as a Soprano, by her stripped album she was a mezzo. Back 2 Basics a deep mezzo, A soprano she could have so much trouble accessing there upper range or have to runs to achieve a higher pitch. Since The Voice I would say she is deep alto (She is in the same class an Deborah Cox (not as far as power) but her voice sits in the same place. I watched her performances on the voice or when she gives little examples, Her voice has gotten coarser and when she attempts to go up the scale it gets forced and strained in a different way than her early days of straining.
ReplyDeleteI do maybe think it is possible she could have been just a Soprano with an over developed chest voice. Which might explain the rich stronger lower tone and the thinner lost of texture in her upper register.
I think her voice has indeed changed color from album to album. I agree with that -- she has sung within different parts, too, soprano here, mezzo here, contralto there, adjusting her delivery for the mood and the songs. But I am certain she was originally destined to be a soprano. She fought this in a way by developing the chest register which grew so freaking immense and intense that it overshadowed her head voice which used to be worthy of envy. Everyone sort of went wild for the unmixed chest belts and forgot about the rest. The fact that she didn't mixed those belts is what leads me to believe she was a soprano. If she had mixed it, her bright, light sound would have been apparent. But keeping them unmixed, she amplified her already enormous voice and got rid of head register moderation. So now it appears there is very little head or lightness when in fact her head climbs into the high sixth octave. (She's only whistled a few times publicly.) By pulling her chest voice up all of the time and belting, she sort of cut off the natural mix. I hope she can reconnect this all again. Whatever she is now, she's definitely a chameleon, we can agree on that! LOL.
ReplyDeleteI do simi agree with you for instance with aint no other man, its clear the belt are all strained except for the high belt before the second course which is thin and light no larynx pressure, achived purely by her head voice
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I think this could also be said for Alicia Keys as well.
ReplyDeletethat is true
ReplyDeleteI agree with you her voice has become quite thicker and dark I guess thats from years of straining and bad technique. But thats is what she wanted, a lower voice she got it, but its not consistant and shaky/coarse at times. I think her consistancy probably is baised on her vocal rest. If she not singing much she not puttiing her voice through the rigorous straining she likes to do. For instance her first performance of "Not myself tonight", live was on Oprah. She did well, she hit her notes without sounding strained except at the end where she does her encore of adlibs, she added and some belted runs that sounded very restrained.
ReplyDeleteYou know what you are right, I just looked watched the video of her performing lady marmalade in at the MTV Movie Awards back in 01' I at the end were they all belt together, you can here Christina belt in her Natural High light Soprano voice with out in larynx. It could be heard over Pinks heavier darker belt
ReplyDeleteExactly. The head voice was large, light and bright, and very clean. I miss it when she used it -- it was just as impressive as her coarse belts. Most of us agree that 2001 and prior, Christina was a textbook soprano -- tessitura, head voice ring, and timbre were all on point for it. There was no doubt about it. But she did something to her sound and her voice after that. Almost like in her bid to undo the "girly" image RCA had peddled for her, she flipped the script. She always had a huge voice, but she began pulling up her chest voice a lot. I saw this a lot on Stripped. The lower notes were still pushed and forced though, so I knew her voice was fighting her delivery a bit. She sounded impressive, but also like she was forcefully changing her sound altogether. And the F6 is "Soar" was still clean -- soprano classification. By Back to Basics her voice was somewhat damaged and years of pulling up chest voice to give it an explosive sound and had led to a hole in her range around an E5 or so -- this pitch became notoriously hard to sustain. But her performance at the Grammys (the James Brown tribute) gave her away yet again. The shrill but enormously loud E6 she did in honor of him was a big giveaway. So what I think we are dealing with is something who was born to be a soprano, but decided not to be one anymore and as such is experiencing some inconsistency. As such her voice is in a state of transition as she re-trains it and finds what is comfortable for her. But yes, I feel originally she was a powerhouse soprano and she slowly started unconsciously or consciously retraining her sound by pushing/pulling her larynx for that loud chest voice.
ReplyDeleteNot to sound controversial but I really did not find her James Brown tribute in the slightest bit appealing, that E6 just felt like a full on scream to my ears but you are 100% about the gaps in her range, I really hope she is addressing these issues because come another decade down the line it wouldnt be unfair to say she could damage her voice enough to half her range, even worse have scattered notes to play with, yuck lol
ReplyDeleteThe E6 in the tribute was controversial for sure. Note I did not say she hit it beautifully or gracefully. LOL. It was definitely scream-o -- performance art. But yes, I do hope she can reconnect her voice and plug the holes. That instrument is too large and considerable to end in tatters. You only get once voice.
ReplyDeleteWell you analysis of her voice seems one of the most reasonable. I like her voice but I dont like the harshness she produces, I come out in empathy with a sore throat at the thought of it lol
ReplyDeleteAmen to you last statement there, I just hope she realises that before its too late. Failing that she can just sing outside her natural range like Katy Perry...:p
Let's pray. I think Aguilera has a lot of talent and spunk, but it's no good without an instrument! As for Katy Perry, I believe she could in fact develop her voice more so she put the notes in the right voices. Too often, she tries to push her chest voice too high for notes she would ordinarily need to take in a mixed or head voice, creating tension and a pitchy, shouty inclination in the belts. This results in her singing out "out of her range." She should either take the pieces down a key or so, or place the notes in different registration until she can solidify her registers.
ReplyDeleteMeh. Xtina doesn't sound like a mezzo or a soprano to me :P
ReplyDeleteNo, Jessica Simpson xD
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Jessica Simpson's placement (which like Aguilera involves frying the vocal chords, but also placing belts in the throat irritating the entire vocal passage) is extremely damaging to her voice. It's quite a bit more shocking to see live that Aguilera's overbelting and strain of the higher chest voice.
ReplyDeleteYou know it’s funny you mentioned
ReplyDeletethat, cause I kind of always thought that of Jessica technique is just as bad as
Aguilera’s, the only difference is Jessica doesn’t rely on her larynx for a
heavier sound. But Jessica speaking voice is not as light as Xtina's either. I have
not heard Jessica sing live since in some years since she kind of fell off and
I never got to see her attempt at country and never was really interested to me
as it kind of seemed as she never really taken her singing career seriosly. So I’m
not sure how her voice is as of now. But I actually got to see her perform live
back in 04 for a VH1 music special; she was pure throat, singing every note
with her mouth wide open the entire song where it was exaurateated. She had the
volume and stamina to belt out high notes with vibrato, but they lacked
resonance as she was not mixing or transitioning. With some proper training
with a coach she could do some great things. She is from Dallas, TX which is
where I am from. There are a lot of great Vocal coaches here, everywhere that
she could have taking advantage of, (Tom McKinney) who trained Beyoncé trains
here in Dallas. I am saving my pennies to get trained by him hopefully in the
next year as its one of my dreams. Reading everybody’s comments, most of agree
she is a Soprano that pretty much is using a bad technique to sound “contralto”.
I watched a video of her from her Mickey Mouse days covering SWV “weak”, with
Rhona Benet of En Vogue and another ingers. She probably was 11 buts she was
singing the lower harmonies, which I don’t know too many 11 year olds that have
lower singing voices that adult womens, it seems she been pushing for a deeper
sound since she was a kid. It just makes wonder where Christina voice really is
today, range wise and all. Considering she has been applying her bad technique
for so long I wonder how if any has it actually deepened her “real” voice since
Stripped.
I think is Simpson worked on technique she could definitely be better. She has a decent range and a nice extension but without proper placement it is a bit hindered. As for Aguilera, she has definitely been using that technique for decades now. Undoing her habits won't be easy and will take some amount of practice and persistence. Her issue now involves mixing head and chest voice, filling in registration holes caused by bad technique, and regaining enough vocal integrity to connect all parts of her range. She has essentially undone the body's natural mixing instinct by singing with her larynx pulled up/down, fragmenting her chest and head voices from each other. We'll have to see if she has made any headway on Lotus when it is released. As for you, all the best with saving up for your vocal training!
ReplyDeleteYES PEOPLE YOU ARE RIGHT!!! christina doesn't sing in her natural pitch!!! maybe she is a lyric Soprano or Spinto but she makes herself sound as alto. and yes it's good that she can still sing but i hear a lot of Vocal Nodules already. and i think that if she hit 40's that's when her voice will really deteriorate.
ReplyDeleteWe've all debated her voice and she is a toughie to peg. On the new tracks that have leaked out, I don't hear much head voice as of yet. Far less than on the first album. She's become very chest-dominant in recent years. I hope that with further work, she'll be able to reconnect the sound from chest and head through her falsetto pitches and her rarely deployed whistle register. It could be this new direction ushers in some better technical habits.
ReplyDeletegoodness you explained everything that's going on with her voice to the tee. absolutely true, i've noticed this about her voice but never seemed to be able to articulate it as well as you do. her fake deep voice sees to not transition well when she belts out a higher note, i so noticed on her live performance, and even in her studio version, of You Lost Me she couldnt belt out pure high notes without straining. dang she could do it w/ I Turn To You at least w/ more clarity and smoothness, now it just sounds she's drowning in her deep voice when she goes high. well anyway im not an expert so cant explain as well as you do. hey, why dont you coach xtina, dang i really wish she has hired a new vocal coach ryt now, the current one doesnt seem to be doin a good job. i am DESPERATE for her to have an awesome voice again, like during her Back To Basics album, she definitely reached a golden age in that record :)
ReplyDeletewhat? no Alicia sings in her natural pitch
ReplyDeleteI FUCKING LOVE CHRISTINA AGUILERA
ReplyDeleteI think people aren't viewing Christina in the correct light...
ReplyDeleteOkay, firstly, yes, her voice part is changing. According to a voice teacher I've had in the past, her voice went through three changes - and the third occurred in her mid-thirties. Of course, it can happen any time between the late twenties and the early forties, so that could explain the shift in vocal weight.
But it doesn't.
Christina's head voice/falsetto (mostly falsetto) sounds identical to her head register from 1999. It hasn't changed in weight, tone, brightness, or sound in any perceivable way. And it shows signs of being extremely underdeveloped, but at that, the head voice of a high mezzo or a lowish soprano. And that's what Christina's real voice is: a light lyric mezzo above all else. Because her middle-lows and middle notes are still good. Not perfect, but good.
And she, in all her ego, continues to use the same production that's slowly stripping her of her instrument.
If she just belted lightly, projected, mixed, and kept the voice natural, she could really have a fantastic voice. Powerful, even.
Her voice part is changing because she's running her voice ragged. It's actually really sad to hear the decline - it began as a rasp in Stripped, turned into a full rasp in Back to Basics, became evident in Bionic, and is now obvious for all the world to hear.
The tone is artificial.
With every singer with any longevity (Barbra, Beyonce, Mariah, Aretha, etc.) to their voice, you'll notice that how they talk and how they sing sounds similar, i.e. they use their natural voice.
Christina's voices don't match.
And now, unless she takes a good long listen at the state her voice is in and actually tries to correct her belting, her singing career is done for.
Actually Seth Riggs (the vocal coach she has/had last year) is one of the best in the world. It's only her fault if she doesn't follow his coaching lol.
ReplyDeletechristina is a spinto soprano not a mezzo- soprano
ReplyDeletenope...Crocodilus Soprano........Its the rarest of all sopranos....They have a trumpet-like and pericing head voice yet have a very dark and coarse mid range. It is often growly and coarse and compared to that of a crocodile, hence Crocodilus Soprano.
ReplyDeleteTamia is the only one I am aware of
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ReplyDeleteI love Christina Aguilera's voice it's so powerful and soulful. However, I absolutely hate the fact that Christina always has to do those annoying vocal riffs and growls because her natural voice is better than that, and it ruins the quality of any of her songs.It kind of sounds like she is gagging when she does those riffs and growls. She has an incredible vocal range and should utilize it better and get a vocal coach. Besides, if she keeps riffing and growling through all of her songs it could ultimately destroy her voice. Also, her mixed voice could be better.
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ReplyDeleteYou haven't really mentioned her greatest attributes: her tonal quality (which is what makes her arguably the best vocalist of the current generation) and versatility - being able to cover/touch upon practically any genre?
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ReplyDeleteChristina Aguilera is a spinto soprano....
ReplyDeleteNatural lyric tone with a heavier weight when pushed, and the ability to slice trough musical orchestra...
Not a Mezzo....
She is a lyric mezzo, emphasis on the lyric.
ReplyDeleteHer voice is far too tiny to be a spinto.
Have you heard her voice without a mic?
She can barely project over a piano playing, when belting full blast.
Whitney, an actual spinto, could drown one out when she unleashed the strength of her voice.
She's a Soprano not Mezzo-Soprano Her vocal range is clearly Soprano
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ReplyDeletechristina aguilera is a spinto sopranobeause can handle belting at intermittent levels, and typically sound very edgy.
ReplyDeletechristina aguilera is a spinto soprano because can handle belting at intermittent levels, and typically sound very edgy.
ReplyDeleteHave you heard her sing "Hurt" without a mic? Her voice is pretty robust.
ReplyDeleteWhatever blows your hair back.
ReplyDeleteChristina has a tiny voice, and doesn't know how to project it.
ReplyDeleteNot my fault, but if you'd like to believe otherwise go ahead. "Whatever blows your hair back" ;)
If you want to listen to a pop equivalent of a spinto soprano, look at Jessie J. She has the #1 thing that is required to be a spinto soprano- the metallic voice color. #2 She has great volume control and does have a tremendous volume capcity. Listen to her sing "Up" with James Morison live and see if he can match her volume capcity in any way (he is a light lyric tenor BTW lol) #3 she has a well rounded lower register that gives her a lower than typical soprano tessitura.
ReplyDeleteTHere is nothing metallic about Christnia's voice. if it is metalic, the tone has been destroyed by her horrific technique over the years. And yes, her volume capacity isn't on the grand scheme of things. When she does manage to drown out people she is singing with live, it is because she is "The voice of this generation" and as a result, the gain on her microphone has been dialed up. Not to mention, she places her belts so deep in her throat that I'm surprised sound comes out at all. Her lower register and tessitura are what make her a mezzo soprano.
This girl just needs to go back to the drawing board and learn what it means to be a vocalist.
Jessie J is a spinto, however Whitney Houston (in her prime) and Ann Wilson are better examples IMO.
ReplyDeletepink, the wanted, mary and kelly are not exactly saints with the nicest personalities either you know, you're that statement was totally irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteand where is whitney in your tips? her vocal runs and riffs were the best, not jojo's *scoffs*
ReplyDeletei'm pretty sure the f#5 in ain't no other man is always lipped though :(
ReplyDeleteNot a really big fan of Christina Aguilera but I must say that her vocals in here are amazing
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ReplyDeleteit is sad that no ones especially the hater see this woman and her voice for what it really is all they can focus on is the scream and bad technique like smh! i alwys wonder what her voice would sound like at it's full potential probably would have been mind blowing enough to deaf and entire audience even through the tv lol
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Has she improved her technique at all?
ReplyDeleteI think she is gaining some technique now because now she has been taking criticism very seriously especially her weight and her voice. She had just lost 20 lbs and is planing to lose a little more and I have been noticing recently that she hasn't been screaming and much as she did before it's quite astonishing to me.
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Not really, because spintos can push their voice without strain, something Christina unfortunately can't do. She's a mezzo-soprano.
ReplyDeleteThat's because she's hardly been singing. I'd say the rest she's had from doing any performing has done her some good but we'll see when she gets back on the stage again. Her Time 100 performances sound good though from what I heard in the ridiculously short clips.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is after she had taken up vocal coach lessons, it is one of her best vocal performances in recent years.
ReplyDeleteI think if anything she's a light lyric mezzo which is the closest thing to a soprano. She has a smooth, warm and light timbre, solid mid-range and a bright, piercing head voice that is similar to a soprano but a slightly lower tessitura than that of a typical soprano, which has deepened due to age (and vocal deterioration). Maybe she was once a lyric soprano but not so much now.
ReplyDeleteThat's because I think it was meant to be just that - a full-on scream, like the way James Brown did it. The whole performance was channelling him and his style, but of course with her own unique twist, even if it was a you either loved it or hated it thing.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, she hasn't hit higher than an Eb6 in about 8-9 years and even before then she didn't do so that consistently. And speaking and singing voices don't always correlate - look at Mariah, who usually sings with a high voice, but talks with a really low voice.
ReplyDeleteI think she was originally as soprano and has now shifted or matured into this light lyric mezzo category, partly because she can't sustain the tessituras she had before and partly because her voice has become extremely taxed. Frankly her voice has been so forced beyond its natural timbre, color, and capacity throughout her career, especially in the last half, that I worry vocal type is the last thing we need to worry about with regard to Aguilera. I think her voice is naturally bright, warm, and light as you say. But she refuses to work with it. Instead, we hear a lot of forcing and strain -- overbelting, shouting disguised as belting, yelling, and high larynx singing -- all of which when combined with the demands of performance, touring, and business lead to a lot of trouble.
ReplyDeleteTwo? What was the other one other than Hello?
ReplyDeleteI think she is a light lyric mezzo - similar to a soprano but not quite there.
ReplyDeleteCan't recall, sorry.
ReplyDeleteI love you!! so brutally honest! Christina's technique is disgusting. She does nothing but borrow vocal techniques from people like Whitney Houston and executes them poorly and ineffectively! Xtina fans calling her the voice of this generation should go look at Whitney, Mariah, Aretha, Rachelle Ferrell, Ledisi, Ke Ke Wyatt, Faith Evans, Jazmine Sullivan .... that's how you sing! All these artist have their own style that isn't borrowed from another although they each have their influences, they all interpret the songs they sing differently and masterfully!!
ReplyDeleteI concur with you on that I didn't think of that before. I was so looking forward to her performance at Time 100, as soon as I heard a clip I went crazy searching for a full performance *sigh* but alas the internet has failed me yet again. :'(
ReplyDeleteshe is Lyric mezzo-soprano
ReplyDeleteWhen are people going to get it through their heads that vocal classification is NOT just about RANGE. If it were about RANGE I'd be a soprano, and I am not. However 90% of the people on here crying "SHES A SPINTO SOPRANO! SHE'S A COLORATURA SOPRANO WAAAH!" have never taken a music lesson in their life
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Christina can sing, it's just that she does it now without mixing her voice. She honestly has a great voice. Its just that since she doesn't mix (or sing with a neutral larynx) Her voice is coarser, pushed, and forced. Look up some performances from the past and compare with the present. Note: Due to age her voice has gotten deeper, heavier, etc. but if she were to mix, her voice would still have the character and resonace, with a more pleasant sound, as the profile says.
ReplyDeletei wish more people would realize that its her technique.
I wish more artists would mix.
GIve me some suggestions of who should mix.
listen to "i am a good girl" from burlesque. that's what she sounds like without pushing her larynx down to sound big.
ReplyDeletein the first video,isn't her c7 a scream?
ReplyDeleteWhat about Save Me From Myself?
ReplyDeleteOMG MY EARS!! SHE SCREAMS SO MUCH!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing voice with so much soul. :)
ReplyDeleteProbably the most versatile pop singer that I've ever heard. She can sing everything and everything suits her voice. I believe it's the most soulful, passionate voice. To me it doesn't matter how much she overuses her law jaw to gain this vocal weight in singing or screaming high notes. Her technique isn't perfect probably. She's so unique and her singing always makes me cry, scream and be full of emotions. Yes Christina is very gospel, and her shouting/screaming passionate manner of singing is very gospel. Love her!
ReplyDeleteAnd she's not mezzo, she's soprano, her range is soprano, she even can hit whistle register notes. But her technique is pretty wrong, because of her overusing law jaw and straining vocal chords, larynx, she can't go easily after middle C, she just impends her voice to flow, that's why she screaming very often high notes and that's why she overloads her sounding and we think she's mezzo. You can call this her personal unique style and on studio records it goes well, but in live performances especially last year and this year she struggles a lot.
ReplyDeleteLets just say with her scream every note technique, if she was a soprano, she would have been screaming in the upper fifth more often than never. Not only that but her first major Passagio is exactly at F#4....Hint to you, she's a text book light lyric mezzo.
ReplyDeleteHey, darling! :) Are not the fans the ones that are calling here the voice of the generation, but great artists as Celine Dion, Etta James, etc. And maybe she doesn`t have the best technique in the world and she has been criticized a lot about that, but she sure has the most dynamic, unpredictable, interesting to listen one. If she were to borrow something from someone, she would have never topped the charts or be classified in the tops of each vocal classifications . :) But it seems that over here everybody knows better than experts. If you are that good in "appreciating" a voice, why don`t you have already your record company, a music contract, or at least be in an international magazine? Sorry for my rudeness, but I just can`t stand people who are giving their opinion as if they are the experts.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, that one too.
ReplyDeleteAre you joking?? Her voice can achieve extremely high volumes enough to almost break my speakers
ReplyDeleteChristina is absolutely amazing! Her tonal quality, range, versatility, and volume are what I think makes her the voice of our generation! It's a wonder how far her voice has gotten with no vocal coaching if you think about it with the correct vocal teachings and technique she'd be the best singer we've ever seen in the history of music. Not to mention how emotive she is, she can bring people to tears with her voice. She's truly got a voice blessed upon by God himself.
ReplyDeleteDiva I also think you need to expand the good quality's about her voice including her tonal quality, versailty(being able to sing just about every genre), and emotive quality's. She's truly a God given voice.
ReplyDeleteAnd she doesn't require a run to access the whistle range look at soar and other songs in which she access the whistle register with little to no effort.
ReplyDeleteDiva I also think you need to expand the good quality's about her voice including her tonal quality, versailty(being able to sing just about every genre), timbre, and emotive quality's. She's truly a God given voice.
ReplyDeleteHer tonal quality us a subjective argument.
ReplyDeleteFor one, she screams a lot through a constricted larynx. Secondly, if her voice was as loud as you claimed, you'd hear volume distortion from the microphone not what you claim, nearly broken speakers. As sound is transferred from a microphone to an audio device, it goes through processing which tries to get the best quality out. The processing is what your normal folk call an equalizer. As it goes through playback the audio enhancing algorithms go through the works but still can't fix the distortion...So as I stated, microphone distortion.
ReplyDeleteAnd lets face it, stage microphones have volume caps of upwards of 160 decibels. No human can sing at that resonance so you stated a lie. I hate liars....-_-
That's your computer's fault for having poor speakers.
ReplyDeleteI'd hate for you to hear an actual singer with a huge voice, they'd probably destroy your speakers.
Christina's voice is not big, get over it, it's not a bad thing.
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ReplyDeleteI personally think that Christina Aguilera's belted notes above E5 tend to be pulled. Her D and E fives have unique throaty and raspy tones. I really don't think they're pulled.
ReplyDeleteThen again i'm no expert, i personally find her ''screams'' to be awesome, if to speak so.
Generally (almost) everything above Bb4 is strained for her, although I've heard her strain as low as F#4....
ReplyDeleteAre you sure they're strains not raspy notes? Just asking, i myself don't have such a good ear :P
ReplyDeleteBut meh, i doesn't really matter, i think she's great no matter what. Plus i think her notes are raspy rather than strained.
Rasp= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiJpYZhYsM
ReplyDeleteHealthy growling and "emoting"= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnReaaJwloI
Coarseness/Strain overall bad technique = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0XD34z-OwM
Christina has used healthy growling as well, she sometimes uses unhealthy growls but also healthy ones, the so-called nasal growling if i'm correct?
ReplyDeleteYeah, that performance was bad, but i really don't blame her technique, i blame her weight gain, age and the loud music which was playing in the backround, maybe she didn't hear her voice very well, notice how she covered hear ear and quickly took control over her voice.
Don't get me wrong, i support Christina's weight, she isn't a walking stick anymore, but the thing is that weight gain ruins belting and just ruins your voice. Also, her voice has naturally deepened, it seems Christina is just having a hard time accepting the fact that nature has taken its toll and taken away her high notes, unless she learns how to mix, but since she supports raw talent i don't think that's going to happen any time soon...
But as i said before, i'm no expert just giving my honest opinion here XD
Well, Christina has been singing with bad technique for the worst part of 10 plus year. It is now taking its toll. There is a clear difference between singing good and sounding good and to me she does neither. lol I could talk about it for decades but it still won't change your opinion or neither am I trying to so I'll happily leave it at that.
ReplyDeleteWhen you use no diaphragm support, place all the sound in your throat and your larynx is at the same heigh as your belly button no matter how soprano you are, you're not gonna scream too high. Also, her talking voice is really light and when she sings with her real voice she sounds totally like a soprano. Here you have som examples:
ReplyDeleteTalking voice (You can already hear the result of her bad technique in her voice...):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2nfuEvXFYo
I am a good girls (From Burlesque): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPR5EoYqOs
Save me from myself (From Back to Basics):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYxmS4UNrWY
This is how her real voice sounds, totally like a soprano to me. Seeing that she was inspired by singers like Etta James, she wanted to emulate her contralto tone by forcing her larynx down, and then everything lead to her current singing.
PS: Also, since the vocal runs are very very common in her style I'd also classify her as a coloratura
I was referring to lately. When she first debut, she was s lyric soprano.
ReplyDeleteI still think her real voice is the one of a soprano (When she was introducing Lotus her voice sounded as light as in the video I've posted), but I guess if we leave her real voice aside and analyze her "singing voice", it's true that she can be classifies as a mezzo.
ReplyDeleteWell, her real voice as been demolished a bit...lol
ReplyDeleteA bit? Might as well nickname her chords 'Hiroshima' and 'Nagasaki', the damage is about the same.
ReplyDeleteLMAO, loving your shade as of late....
ReplyDeleteChristina is not a coloratura, that term should be used very sparingly if not at all in pop music. Doing vocals runs doesn't equate to being a coloratura. Very few singers in pop have shown coloratura capabilities. One of the best examples within the last few years is the bridge of 'I Care' By Beyonce, that is coloratura.
ReplyDeleteThat is one song from Beyonce where I feel she delivered emotionally.
ReplyDeleteLike a tree I grow shadier over time, and like the mighty redwoods I stand tall over the vocally inept, casting shade as far as the eye can see.
ReplyDeleteWhile Christina has used the wrong techniques for the latter half of her career, she has proven in the past that she is a soprano. Her upper belts such as F5 and G5 have a clearer sound (I.e. lady marmalade) which leads me to believe that she's a spinto soprano. Her belts have more of a raw sound just as Kelly Clarkson' s who is also a spinto yet she has a lighter tone than Christina. Christina also has the ability to reach the 7 th octave via whistle register (I.e. hello). Her studio vocal range on lotus was B2 - B5 with her highest belt being F#5. Now that she has lost weight since recording lotus I believe her belting will improve and she'll utilize her head voice more now than she did on the album.
ReplyDeleteActually bigger people are stronger and better at supporting notes. So losing weight isn't gonna improve vocals.
ReplyDeleteLOL Serendipity you are amazing!
ReplyDeleteXtina, Rihanna, Britney, Alicia keys (I think), these 4 don't mix. Britney used to have a very good technique when she was like 13-14, belting powerful and healthy F#5s ans such. Jessica Simpson mixes but her upper mix is super pushed and constricted.
ReplyDeleteWell maybe it's just that her very high belts due to being produced improperly are hit or miss so she can do them multiple times in the studio but doesn't dare doing them live. I don't think she's a highly edited studio artist. She is just singing better in the studio.
ReplyDeleteShe was a soprano but as far as spinto.... She doesn't have the color or size to be a true spinto. When she first debut, there was a performance where she retained vocal health and belted full force but she wasn't too much louder than the 75 decibels of a baby grand.
ReplyDeleteChristina's lowest note is actually a G#2 which is im her song Elastic Love, and her hugest note is actually C#7! :)
ReplyDeleteShe only belted F5 and G5 on very rare occasions and being able to belt those notes do not make a soprano - most mezzos can as well. Sopranos can usually hit, sustain and resonate well consistently in the upper fifth octave, which Christina can't do (although yes, that may be due to her technique). Being able to sing in the whistle register (which she has rarely done in studio or live) also doesn't prove she's a soprano. She is a lyric mezzo with a higher tessitura, lighter tone and more expansive head voice than a typical mezzo, hence why so many people think she's a soprano. Also, I don't think Kelly is a spinto, what makes you think Christina is a spinto anything?
ReplyDeleteHer talking voice in that video is not necessarily a result of bad technique, she obviously sounds tired.
ReplyDeleteHer natural note without using falsetto half the time as she does in I Am A Good Girl and Save Me From Myself is found in Beautiful and You Lost Me.
ReplyDeleteWhitney got by most of her career without learning to mix up to G#5 but her chest voice was so expansive yet well-supported it didn't really matter. Christina's voice hasn't really deepened that much due to age (well, not in 10 years anyway, but we'll see in another 10) - it's hard to tell because she sings in that fake tone so much, but listen to her singing Blank Page live and her natural voice is still there and still sounds pretty much the same (and her techniques are better than before).
ReplyDeleteBlank Page was good (a bit shaky but techniques had improved) and her performances of Feel This Moment have sounded healthier, aside from the grunts and growls but when she sings normally it sounds better than better.
ReplyDeleteI'd say her tessitura lies halfway between a mezzo and a soprano (because her lower register is weak), and her timbre is closer to a soprano but everything else about her voice says she's a lyric mezzo.
ReplyDeleteI never said it was big I said it was loud and I've listened to Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce, Barbara, etc. at full volume and none of them achieve the volume Christina does such as in mercy on me and candyman I assume that the volume comes with her lack of mixing though.
ReplyDeleteAre you retarded? Why would I lie about that lol her E5 in mercy on me and E5 on candyman achieve soaring volumes on my computer when it's at full volume and I've listened to Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce, Jessie J, Barbara, etc. at top volume and none of them achieve the piercing loudness that Christina does although it's probably due to her lack of mixing.
ReplyDeleteAll of those ladies have a larger sound output than Christina, especially Barbra and Whitney.
ReplyDeleteDude I'm only fucking with you...still though, you are exaggerating...or your laptop could be utter crap. I'm pretty much guessing you had no idea about the decibel cap on the microphones if you believed her loudness was just that grand.... I'm only prodding you. LMAO.
ReplyDeleteA friend told me lately that having well developed abs is as useful as weight to support notes, is that really true? It makes sense to me but I wanted to confirm it
ReplyDeleteYes it's true, because we need to use our whole torso to anchor and support notes, especially at the extremes.
ReplyDeleteChristina F7 exclamation Car Wash (2:28), G*7 Dirrty live EMA 2002
ReplyDeleterange coloratura, the biggest longest belt note destroy Gaga, P!nk, Beyonce...
Exemple notes: longest belt E5 : Makes me wanna pray live back to basics, Candyman live fashion rock, It's mans m'ans world live grammy awards, longest belt C5 : ain't no other man live Mtv Movie, back to basics...at Last live 2000, 2003, 2012, Lift Me Up live, Tilt Ya Head Back, Keep on singin my song, Make me wanna pray live back to basics, Vanity...
D5-F5 : 5 seconds : sounds Lady Marmalade, Glam, Falsas Esperanzas
Longest belts F*5 - 7 seconds: Genie in Bottle live 1999-2000 !
my opinion Christina real range G*2-G*7 possibilty coloratura.
Exclamations do not count as vocal range, so that G7 doesn't count has her range (And neither does the F7), but I had also heard her sing a G#2 live, although I don't remember the song unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the coloratura stuff, she's really outstanding in vocal runs, but as Serendipity said, that is a term that should never be used outside opera, however, she's the closest thing to a coloratura soprano that you can find in pop music right now.
Actually Christina Aguilera as a vocal range of 4 Octaves, 1 Note and a semi note!
ReplyDeleteAguilera, a soprano, has been referred to as the "Voice of her Generation",
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