Duelling Divas "At Last" Christina Aguilera Vs Beyonce: Who sang it best?

Etta james first covered At Last in 1960 and as far as I am concerned her rendition will always be the best. Not because it's the most well known version, or the one that brought the song to the worlds attention, but it's because of Etta James' masterful and impassioned delivery.

Etta James utilises her contralto range perfectly, never becoming self-indulgent, showy or overwrought. Instead her voice coexists with the beautiful lyrics and captivating orchestra harmoniously, giving us the resulting classic we know and love today. But how does the renditions of fellow Divas, Beyonce and Christina Aguilera, fare in comparison.

Beyonce delivers a saccharine rendition of the song that suits the loved up lyrics and the orchestration nicely, but is one dimensional in its approach, failing to convey the journey of emotions the protagonist takes us on through the song. Beyonce also sounds restrained and slightly robotic, as if she is concentrating too much on the vocals and not enough on the emotional content of the lyrics.

Christina Aguilera manages to capture the essence of the song better than Beyonce and her voice, with its edge, fits better with the bluesy backing. The main criticism I have though, and its the same one I always seem to have with Christina, yeah I know change the record already, it's her inability to hold a single note for more then a couple of seconds. It's a fussiness that I find impedes on the beautiful simplicity of the song's melody.

Christina and Beyonce both did an incredible job, but if you had to pick which one that you preferred better, which would it be? Vote below.


Other post that you may enjoy:

• Beyonce's vocal profile 
• Christina Aguilera's vocal profile

Q&A: "Who is naturally a better singer, Beyonce or Christina Aguilera?"

This question comes via an email from AmbeRussel [check out his youtube channel here]. If you'd like to ask a question please me email at divadevotee@gmail.com

"Hey I just found your blog online and I enjoy what you have to say. I was just wondering, since i have been having this debate, who you think has a better voice between Beyonce vs Christina Aguilera?


I personal feel that 1 girl's voice is 10x better but doesn't sing as well while the other female singers with the best tech. But there is very little to her voice. I don't want you to be biased so I've used no names. lol.


Can you help me by giving you 2 cents?"
AmbeRussel

Wow, that's definitely a difficult question as I like both the singers. But if I'm going on the voice alone I'd have to go for Christina Aguilera as the better singer. For me Beyonce's voice is average in terms of its overall tone, power, and range. However Beyonce has worked hard at her instrument and as such has learnt to lift her voice from mediocrity with 3 most notable things:

• A gorgeous vibrato: Possibly the best in the industry
• Outstanding control: Also possibly one of the best in the game. Not only can she hit notes effortlessly and with pinpoint accuracy but she can do it while dancing. 
• Intelligent delivery: Beyonce can sing anything. She goes from  hip hop, to RnB to pop to adult very convincingly because of her understanding of music and her ability to change her delivery to suit said styling.

Christina's voice is something else entirely. Its raw, unpolished and though it lacks the control and the beautiful vibrato of Beyonces' voice, it has a natural fire and a passion that can not be learnt or faked that makes these weaknesses forgiveable. Sometimes it can be overbearing and, of late, I've been giving it a bashing on the blog because its being pushed too far, but those things still don't change the fact that when its at its best there is no question Christina could sing Beyonce 6 feet under.

Thanks for the question

Note: The very fact that this is a blog means this is just MY opinion. Please feel free to leave yours below, but please be civil and keep it focused on why you agree or disagree. 

Christina Aguilera congratulates Britney Spears via Twitter

[source:Therealxtina]

 It looks like past wounds are healing as the mutual appreciation between one time rivals Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera continues to blossom. Britney started the love train rolling early this month by calling Christina "truly talented" in an interview with Out Magazine and now the Bionic singer has returned the favour by congratulating Britney on her new album Femme Fatale via her new twitter feed. How sweet!

Christina Aguilera's best performances: lets all show "Screamtina" some love

There is a whole heap of hate surrounding Christina Aguilera (or Screamtina as she is now being referred to by detractors) after her not-so-great performance of the hallowed Star Spangled Banner at the 2011 Super Bowl.Over-singing and loosing the melody in a wave of unnecessary runs would have been one thing, but Christina added insult to already battered ears by mixing up the words for the American National Anthem. Gasp!

However, I'm not going to be posting the Superbowl performance but instead, to balance out the universe and spread some positivity, I thought I would send out some love for the singer by creating a post which highlights some of her better live performances.

Perhaps it'll remind people why she is considered the voice of a generation by many.


You lost me (live on Vh1 story tellers): This performance demonstrates, during the verses, how soft and sweet Christina's voice can sound in its low to mid range.

Beautiful Live at AOL session: A relaxed and dressed down Christina leaves it to her voice to impress.

(The following videos I've created separate posts for previously but as one illustrates Christina's best vocal and the other her best live routine they had to be included.)

Lift Me up (Hope For Haiti benefit): Perfectly executed vocals that keep Christina's chest belting almost entirely within her comfortable range thus creating a pleasurable and breathtaking listening experience.

Bionic/ Not myself tonight/ Woohoo medley (at the Mtv music awards): Finally here is Christina Aguilera the consummate performer. A crazy good musical production that should have lifted sales of Bionic.

Do you know of any awesome Christina Aguilera Performances. Tell the World about it, comment here!

Merry Christmas Everyone: Silent Night Diva sing off

Merry Christamas y'all! To celebrate both the Holiday season and the excuse it gives me to listen to Christmas music without looking like a total nutter here is a collection of some of my Favourite Diva's singing the classic carol ,Silent Night.

The styles Range from country- Faith Hills and Taylor Swift- to gospel- Mariah Carey and Aretha Franklin- to pop- Beyonce and Britney Spears-and finally the traditional interpretation-  Celine Dion and Annie Lennox.

So get those song words printed and prepare for some Christmas carolling after the jump! 

Britney Spears: Silent Night


Mariah Carey: Silent Night



Taylor Swift: Silent Night



Beyonce: Silent Night



Annie Lennox: Silent Night



Faith Hill: Silent Night


Aretha Franklin: Silent Night


Celine Dion: Silent Night

Christina Aguilera and Cher: Burlesque soundtrack review

Christina Aguilera's CD art :Burlesque

I’m a little in love with Christina Aguilera at the moment. Not only has Bionic had resurgence in my affection, but Christina's- it’s actually a soundtrack which also features Cher- new release, Burlesque is pretty darn good. If you initially fell in love with Christina because of the Back to Basics album, you’ll fall in love with her all over again when you hear this.

Christina and her Burlesque troupe.

Song run down

The Etta James song Something's Got a Hold On Mefits Christina voice perfectly as its a style of music that actually utilises and benefits from her grunts and growls, as well as its rough texture. Having all the tools already in her arsenal its not surprising she gives a convincing delivery that effortlessly channels Etta James' sass, passion and fire.

On the flip side the Mae West song Guy what takes his time, as well as But I Am a Good Girl, have Christina toning it all down. Instead, relying on her charm and a softer, sweeter voice to communicate the song. The result is two saucy and teasing tracks that scream Burlesque.



Express attempts, and succeeds, in meshing the 50’s sound with the contemporary. It brings burlesque straight to the club with a modern bump and a percussive breakdown that practically writes the accompanying, provocative, dance routine itself. I could see this being on any Christina Aguilera album.

The Beautiful People isn’t really suited to the film, if compared to the other songs, and the use of the word Burlesque in its lyrics is pretty much the only connection it has. It feels more like a High school musical type production that they’ve attempted to give an edge to by using a sample of the Marilyn Manson's song of the same name. Surprisingly the song was penned with the help of Nicole Scherzinger!

Christina and Cher on the set of
Burlesque

There is a problem with the album though. Its not limp songs, or poor production but a voice, that belongs to one MS Aguilera, that is not being reigned in enough. For example, the beginning a cappella vocal on Tough love is a self indulgent, and clichéd mess that is everything I despise about singing. The coarse texture as well as the volume of the voice is just terrible. Thankfully the songs jaunty production kicks in and by the end you've forgotten the beginning and are left thinking its actually a nice jazzy song.

Infinitivally worse than that is Christina's only ballad on the album called Bound to you. The voice is initially controlled, measured and pleasant to listen to but once the song moves into its death throws Christina lets the voice out of the cage and just shouts into the microphone. The harshness of her voice is raw, but not in an emotional or good way, inflamed and pushed. It gets so bad I had to stop myself from reaching for the stop button; instead, controlling my instincts, I managed to lower the volume to take the edge off of it. (Realising this might be a wee bit harsh of an assessment for a first listen, I gave the song a few more listens and now have a headache. Needless to say, since the review remains unchanged, neither has my opinion.)

Overall, a good album that keeps Christina Aguilera in my good books- I'm not sure why she ever left them- with strong (sometimes painfully so) vocals, brilliant production and evocative songs. Anyone not a fan of Christina should definitely think about purchasing the two Cher songs, which are both an understated, master class in the school of less is more.

NB:Cher is a lot more talented than I ever gave her credit for-Damn you Believe and your autotune!… check back soon, as I may have to make a separate review for Cher's input on the album.

Watch Christina Aguilera's X-Factor Finale Performances (2010)

Christina Aguilera performing Burlesque on the X-Factor

Despite Christina Aguilera giving a performance of Express that made us reminisce about Britney Spear's car crash performance of Gimme more at the MTV awards, her appearance on the X-Factor seems to have done the album no end of good. Sales have reportedly increased by 400% since the weekend!

Watch her X-factor performances below.

Review: Rebecca Furguson and Christina Aguilera perform Beautiful (X-Factor Final 2010)

Rebecca and christina Aguierla at the x-factor semi Final

A hefty Christina Aguilera took to the X-factor stage and totally smashed it with her performance of Beautiful. Unfortunately, the same could not be said of her duetting partner Rebecca, who gave a shaky vocal performance and forgot the lines.

To add to the list of complaints was the song arrangement. The choice to cut off the song at the climatic second half, when the true belting begins, was ludicrous. It may have been done to spare Rebecca's blushes but it only served to disappoint those who were waiting for the vocal fireworks to begin.

The performance was a ramshackle affair that made the usually slick show look like an amateur production. This was a duet that could have been something special, but instead it was a badly paired, rushed and unrehearsed mess that potentially sacrificed Rebecca's chances of winning for the viewers and publicity Christina would bring to show.

Christina also performed a sultry  rendition of Express
from her new film Burlesque

Watch Christina Aguilera Perform Beautiful with Rebecca on the X-factor below

Diva's Christina Aguilera and Rihanna To duet with Rebecca and Matt on the 2010 X-factor Finale:

Update:

• View Matt and Rihanna's performance here
• View Christina and Rebecca's performance here

Exciting news from the X-factor camp about which celebrities will duet with which contestants in the X-factor finale this weekend.

Rihanna and Matt Cardle

Matt and Rihanna are Duetting on
the x-factor  finale

Painter and decorator Matt Cardle has been paired up with Bajan singer Rihanna; an odd choice considering their contrasting voices. Matt has a soft, delicate, emotive voice whereas Rhiannas' tends to be solid, nasal and a little harsh.

Listen to Matt's voice below as he sings The first time (I ever saw your face) 

Christina Aguilera and Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca and Christina Aguilera  are duetting
on the x-factor  finale

Rebecca has a gorgeous voice that's stunning in a discreet, non showy, way. So who do they chose to compliment these qualities?A singer who is practically the opposite in every way! Enter Ms Christina Aguilera. Madness.

Listen to Rebecca's voice below as she sings Chris Isaac's Wicked Games.

The other duet partners:

• One direction and Robbie Williams
• Cher and Will.I.Am

Christina Aguilera performs "Lift me up" live at the Hope for Haiti benefit.

Christina singing Lift me up

Christina Aguilera gave the stand out vocal performance at the Hope for Haiti concert when she sang a stripped down version of Lift me up from her Bionic album.

What I loved most about this performance was that  for once Christina actually stuck to her natural tessitura. The result was a sublime performance that lacked the pushed and strained vocals Christina has become synonymous with.

Watch the vocal perfection below:

Listen to T.I. Ft. Christina Aguilera - Castle Walls

T.I and Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera has teamed up with T.I on the song  Castle Walls from the rappers upcoming album No Mercy. The song was produced by Alex da Kid ,who also produced Eminem and Rihanna's smash hit duet  Love the way you lie. 

Castle Walls features Christina giving an unusually sombre, muted and controlled vocal that's delivered mostly in her mid-range. Its a smart delivery as it successfully conveys  the sad sentiments of isolation and loneliness in the lyrics .

 Castle Walls  would  be  a clever release for Christina as it washes away the loud, brash image Bionic created -and bombed with - and replaces it with a sensitive,vulnerable and more relatable Earth diva.

Did you like Crystal Castles? Comment by clicking here or scrolling to the bottom of the post. 

Christina and T.I: Castle Wall Lyrics

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[T.I.]

Observing the estate through the gate from the outside looking in

Bet you would think I got it made, better look again

I got buttler, got a maid, and a mansion

The belief is that I'm living out a millionaires fantasy

With pantoms and ferrari's in the driveway

But you see the pain and the change of the same man's

Your vision jaded by the grammy's on the mantelpiece

Just switch your camera lenses you would see the agony

Apparantly it's damaging the man you see before you

On the canvas he may seem alright but all the diasadvantages his family

Encounters overpowers his extravagance

Walk in my? I dare you

While it really seem like the kings life aint glamourous

As seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs

Because the camera's don't see beyond the walls of the smiles

Only counts until it falls in the pile

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[T.I.]

Honestly to me, I think I'd lose every benefit of all that I've accomplished

If my key is never with it, sh-t

Me knowing this, why should the verses I have laid

Be more important to me than the persons I have raised

I guess I'm saying that to say that ooportunity

But they just don't equate to all the time they take away

From the kids all the sh-t I did right is a mistake

If deyjah end up a stripper and major slinging yay

How could I ever consider myself a great

If messiah ain't paid and nique nique ain't straight

Would your favourite song about the whips, money and sh-t

Be relevant if you found out, the money wasn't real, nope

So me being the goat shouldn't mean more to me

Than see it to a king though

From a bad ass kid to man with some dough

Otherwise I may well have stayed poor

So while they stay focused on me beefin with flip,

Shawty low, gucci or ludacris

Or if I'm f-cking with a hoe

Did I snitch when I got arrested or will I die over nonesense

Internally I'm dealing with this conflict

So excuse me if I don't get the chance to kiss the hand

Or slap me in the face, ay I, m just the man

If they saying I ain't the best at making hit records

It's cause this my life these ain't just rapping

Sh-t, you think of that deep, did ya dawg

See you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls

Bitch ain't thinking with the deep, did ya dog

Cause see you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[Christina Aguilera]

Nobody knows I'm all alone

Living in this castle made of stone

They say that money is freedom but I feel trapped inside it all

And while I sit so high up on a throne

I wonder how I can feel this low

On top of the world it's beautiful

But there's no place to fall

[T.I.]

For the record ay, I give a damn if I never said sh-t again

My career was meant for me to come and tell it

Honest interpretation of how affected I'm faced with

Matters most rappers used to keep locked away in the basement

The day that I walk I ain't saying that I'm amazing

Down playing the way I keep fellas from catching cases

Won't take into consideration how much it mean what I'm saying

And when I say what I mean even when I'm sorrounded by the fakers

From one of the greatest centers, blessed with most of god's graces

Who made his way amongst the greatest from the grimiest places

So next time you rating royalty, I'm always being given to recordings than the level

Of your loyalty, obvious you've been ignoring me

Who else ya seen make it through the storm, unharmed disjointed

While all the critics was looking for prince charming

Disregarded the king of the south raised doubt

Even though he made a castle out of used to be a house

He did sh-t that all your favourites rappers only rap about

But most of y'all don't see the castle through the walls

And the smiles till it falls in piles so while...

[C.a.]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[T.I.]

Observing the estate through the gate from the outside looking in

Bet you would think I got it made, better look again

I got buttler, got a maid, and a mansion

The belief is that I'm living out a millionaires fantasy

With pantoms and ferrari's in the driveway

But you see the pain and the change of the same man's

Your vision jaded by the grammy's on the mantelpiece

Just switch your camera lenses you would see the agony

Apparantly it's damaging the man you see before you

On the canvas he may seem alright but all the diasadvantages his family

Encounters overpowers his extravagance

Walk in my? I dare you

While it really seem like the kings life aint glamourous

As seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs

Because the camera's don't see beyond the walls of the smiles

Only counts until it falls in the pile

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[T.I.]

Honestly to me, I think I'd lose every benefit of all that I've accomplished

If my key is never with it, sh-t

Me knowing this, why should the verses I have laid

Be more important to me than the persons I have raised

I guess I'm saying that to say that ooportunity

But they just don't equate to all the time they take away

From the kids all the sh-t I did right is a mistake

If deyjah end up a stripper and major slinging yay

How could I ever consider myself a great

If messiah ain't paid and nique nique ain't straight

Would your favourite song about the whips, money and sh-t

Be relevant if you found out, the money wasn't real, nope

So me being the goat shouldn't mean more to me

Than see it to a king though

From a bad ass kid to man with some dough

Otherwise I may well have stayed poor

So while they stay focused on me beefin with flip,

Shawty low, gucci or ludacris

Or if I'm f-cking with a hoe

Did I snitch when I got arrested or will I die over nonesense

Internally I'm dealing with this conflict

So excuse me if I don't get the chance to kiss the hand

Or slap me in the face, ay I, m just the man

If they saying I ain't the best at making hit records

It's cause this my life these ain't just rapping

Sh-t, you think of that deep, did ya dawg

See you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls

Bitch ain't thinking with the deep, did ya dog

Cause see you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

[Christina Aguilera]

Nobody knows I'm all alone

Living in this castle made of stone

They say that money is freedom but I feel trapped inside it all

And while I sit so high up on a throne

I wonder how I can feel this low

On top of the world it's beautiful

But there's no place to fall

[T.I.]

For the record ay, I give a damn if I never said sh-t again

My career was meant for me to come and tell it

Honest interpretation of how affected I'm faced with

Matters most rappers used to keep locked away in the basement

The day that I walk I ain't saying that I'm amazing

Down playing the way I keep fellas from catching cases

Won't take into consideration how much it mean what I'm saying

And when I say what I mean even when I'm sorrounded by the fakers

From one of the greatest centers, blessed with most of god's graces

Who made his way amongst the greatest from the grimiest places

So next time you rating royalty, I'm always being given to recordings than the level

Of your loyalty, obvious you've been ignoring me

Who else ya seen make it through the storm, unharmed disjointed

While all the critics was looking for prince charming

Disregarded the king of the south raised doubt

Even though he made a castle out of used to be a house

He did sh-t that all your favourites rappers only rap about

But most of y'all don't see the castle through the walls

And the smiles till it falls in piles so while...

[Christina Aguilera]

Everyone thinks that I have it all

But it's so empty living behind these castle walls

These castle walls

If I should tumble if I should fall

Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls

There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

Christina Aguilera- "Beautiful" 2010 Performance on Dancing with the Stars

Dancing With the Stars - Beautiful (2010)

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Christina Aguilera on 2010s Dancing
with the stars

Christina Aguilera sang her 2002 hit Beautiful on the American show Dancing With the stars. The performance started well enough with Christina singing comfortably in her head voice and  Mid range, however Strained chest vocals, off key notes and weird timing followed,  wrecking any chance of a good performance in their wake.

 What would have made this performance- bum notes and all- is if she made us believe she believed in the words she was singing. Instead, you can see in this performance that she's more focused on placing her voice and second guessing if she'll make the next big note than conveying the empowering message of the song. Emotional connection will trump mediocre technical singing any day of the week.

However, it's obvious Christiana is going through tough times at the moment so we'll cut her some slack and wish her well, but to all those reading, this performance is a prime example of why singing with a high larynx is not conducive to good singing.

Do you agree or are you singing a different song? Comment and let the world know.

Christina Aguilera on Connan and The 2010 American Music Awards

In spite of gaining a little weight-  by Hollywood standards-and looking a little tired, Christina Aguilera is still out there promoting the release of her upcoming film Burlesque.

Firstly at the 2010 American Music Awards where she performed Express and more recently on Late Night With Conan O’Brien where she sang the jazzy, Something got a hold on me.Both Performances were a little sloppy and lacklustre, with her voice sounding darker and heavier than usual.However, there's no denying she still has amazing pipes.

Am I being too harsh? Let me, and the world, know what you thought of the performances.

Christina performs "Express" at the2010 American Music Awards:

Christina performed the movie theme song Express for the first time live at the America Music Awards 2010. Unfortunately, Christina came off more trashy stripper than classy burlesque dancer in this live performance. At least the song and voice sounded good.

Late Night With Conan O’Brien Show "Something Got a Hold On Me"
A 60's inspired ditty about Love getting a hold of a person. Another solid vocal performance, but please Christina we can do with less growling and grunting,it makes listening to you a little painful.

Watch Christina Aguilera perform "Bound To You" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Christina Performs"Bound to you"

Christina Aguilera performed another song from the "Burlesque" soundtrack called "Bound to You" on the Tonight Show. The performance sounded pretty shaky with some of the top notes towards the end sounding out of tune and strained.

Hopefully it's not a sign of the stress of her breakup and poor album sales getting to her.

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Christina Aguilera - Bound To You - Burlesque Vidéo MrMusic sélectionnée dans Musique

Lady GaGa is NOT original and copied Grace Jones and Christina Aguilera, to name but a few!

Gaga's supposed coping of Roisin Murphy

In a similar vein to an older postis some more Lady Gaga hate on Youtube. This time it's about her copying other artists' styling and concepts.

Ultimately the creators of these videos wants to show you that Gaga is not as original as they think you think she is.

My two cents: Meh. I've never heard Lady Gaga claim she was original or that her looks were not inspired by these other celebs, so she' got nothing to answer for as far I'm concerned.

Watch these examples of Lady Gaga and who she's "copied" below

Christina Aguilera can sing without shouting!! Shock! Who'd have thunk it? Watch her new song

Christina Aguilera has jettisoned  her last album Bionic, after the lukewarm reception, and is instead concentrating on her new film Burlesque. Below is a new song from the film called "I Am a Good Girl" and shows Ms Aguilera's demonstrating a softer vocal styling.  I am enjoying the break from the usual high belts and indulgent melisma. Enjoy

Christina Aguilera - I Am Good Girl ( Burlesque )

Mariah Carey vs Christina Aguilera (Falsetto/Whistles: Note By Note)

Video and blurb by Trent jones. Check out his Youtube channel for more brilliant videos.

trentnjones | 19 August 2008

Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera both possess incredibly rare voices that have a mix of expansive range and power. Christina boasts a stunning 4 octave range (C#3-C#7) and Mariah wields her legendary 5 octave capacity which climbs from G#2-G#7. Over the years these women have had their differences but no one can deny the similarity between their voices. This video demonstrates these commonalities in their famed upper registers as well as several differences. I hope you like it!

This one goes out to all the haters who try to bring down one to promote the other.

Keep in mind that a lot of the notes contain melisma and heavy vibrato so even though I have highlighted them as G6, for instance, the vocal run may also include F6's and F#6 depending on the technique used by the singer.

Whistle Register: Eb6, E6, F6, F#6, G6, G#6

Proof that Christina Aguilera is a better live singer than Lady Gaga?

A member of Youtube has created a video that pits the vocals of  Christina Aguilera against Lady Gaga. I'm not inclined to agree with the uploader's opinion, as I think Christina and Gaga have their own strengths and weaknesses, but I still thought it was interesting enough to post.

But what do you think? Do you think Christina Aguilera is a better live Singer than Lady Gaga?

Christina Aguilera the copier? You decide

Is "Impossible" a rip off of "Ain't no way"

The first time I  heard  Christina Aguilera's Impossible it reminded me immediately of an Aretha Franklin classic that  I couldn't put my finger on.



Thinking it would be listed as a sample  I checked the credits of the Christina track and, maybe unsurprisingly, the only person listed was serial soundaliker Alicia Keys.

Going crazy  not knowing the Aretha song I turned to  Google for help but only found articles about the infamous  "Makeover"/"Overload" copy. In the end I turned detective, put on Aretha's Greatest hits and found "Ain't no way".

The songs didn't sound as similar as they had in my head but they still were similar enough to make me wonder how Alicia Keys had the nerve to claim sole credit for a song that clearly borrows from another. I suppose the question is when does being inspired by another song- and I'm 99.9% sure Alicia would know Aretha's Ain't no way- tip over into plagiarism?

Do YOU agree that the Alicia ripped off Aretha? Listen to the sample below and judge for yourself.

Introductions:
Christina Aguilera, "Impossible"

Aretha Franklin "Ain't no way"

Verse:
Christina Aguilera, "Impossible"

Aretha Franklin "Ain't no way"

More sound alikes!

Christina Aguilera: Performs "Bionic", "woohoo" and "Not myself Tonight" Live at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards

Christina Aguilera at
the 2010 Mtv Awards

Christina Aguilera announced herself back on to the music scene in 2010 with an outstanding performance at MTV music awards. Christina's set was a medley of three songs from her Bionic album-Bionic, Not myself tonight and Woohoo- that along with the production and choreography, brought the house down on the night.


The performance, the styling and the video for Not Myself Tonight hinted at an exciting era for Christina Aguilera and her fans; it's just a shame Bionic flopped and her interest in promoting it sank just as quickly.

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