Is Whitney the greatest female singer of all time?

[Shadow King]

I’ll never understand why Beyonce is ALWAYS the reference point/standard of comparison.

She can't sing, even Trick Daddy can see it..

Whitney could blow, her nickname was 'the voice' growing up..she needed to be handed 70s soul and rnb to really see what she could do. The pop records were too soft.

 

[KillerPups]

I dont know. I feel like Whitney peak was the highest but her run was too short to give her the title as greatest.

Black music was art. No doubt we feel off hard

 

[shopthatwrecks]

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Dope post!

What would you say are the top 10 songs form each of them?

My personal favorites from Aretha are





















I'll have to come back for the other 3

 

[Bigblackted4]

I'm a Whitney Houston stan so I have to acknowledge her inspiration Aretha as the greatest. I can't rank Whitney number 1 when she wouldn't even put herself before Aretha. Her work on the Sparkle Soundtrack probably influenced Whitney more than her mother Cissy Houston and her cousin Dionne Warwick did.

Mariah has one of the greatest vocal ranges in music ever. She can sing contralto like she did in the beginning of "vision of love" and she can take it up to the soprano stratosphere and play around like she did on "Emotions". The same with Lisa Fischer. When she won her Grammy and tied with Patti labelle that spoke volumes.

I would say

Aretha is number one for being the most versatile. that song I posted with her and Whitney going back and forth vocally, Whitney was hanging with her until Aretha started scat singing Lmao.

Whitney is number two because her voice was elastic, her diction and phrasing always remained clear, her vocal agility and power was unparalleled. Her registers were so connected it's like she stretched her voice like a rubber band that refused to snap. She'd hold a note for 40 days and 40 nights. Had the lungs of a Kryptonian. Her runs were perfectly place fluttered like a butterfly and stung like a bee.

Lisa Fischer is number 3 because she's your favorite singers favorite singer. She was a very sought after background vocalist and her work with Luther Vandross and the Rolling Stones is iconic. Her whistle register was piercing and she could sing like the the other 4 while also dancing.

Mariah is number 4 even though she has the greatest range amongst the people you mentioned sometimes her voice isn't always reliant. Mariah in her prime was unfukkwitable tho. When she is in the zone she is in the zone.

Give me some Lisa Fischer songs, if you comparing her to Mariah I need it.

 

[skylove4]

Aretha is miles ahead of Whitney

 

[skylove4]

Whitney is the greatest singer ever. Her voice sounded like a instrument

 

[Wiles]

Yes

 

[qashif]

Jessye Norman the GOAT

MJ a better singer than Whitney? tf

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Give me some Lisa Fischer songs, if you comparing her to Mariah I need it.

 

[Studious one]

Yessssss!!!! RIP Nippy. My favorite singer of all time.

 

[Orange cream shake]

She’s the best seller but the greatest singer of all time??? No. She had the potential but drugs ruined her voice early. Honestly there are a handful of old rnb and blues singers that would run circles around Whitney. Aretha, patti and y’all not gonna feel me but mavis staples . I’m sure if I had time I could think of more. I love Whitney, she’s apart of the soundtrack to my childhood and her voice is beautiful but they’re are greater singers before her. She just the most recent.

 

[I love Latina women]

Babyface wrote and a produced a classic for Whitney with this one!

 

[General Mills]

 

[spliz]

As far as vocals. She's once in a lifetime. As far as career and music? No way. She ain't even got a better music career than Janet.