Also ranks #7 on The 250+ Best Singers Of All Time, Ranked 4 Aretha Franklin Pop music, Rock music, Rhythm and blues 862 votes Dubbed the Queen of Soul, her powerful voice and emotive delivery made her an unstoppable force in the world of R&B and beyond. With numerous cha...
Who are the best opera singers of all time? The opera singers on this list are history’s all time best performers. They come from a variety of backgrounds and time periods, but the effect they had on the world of music and opera is incredible. An opera singer is a...
The best sopranos and magical mezzos, heroic tenors and a mighty bass or two. From star divas of history to the finest voices of today, here’s our list of the greatest opera singers in history.
Naysayers will no doubt quickly note the absence of Rihanna, whose impressive success is more heavily rooted in pop than R&B. And those singers whose iconic status stemmed primarily from fronting groups rather than as a solo artist were not included. Among other factors taken into consideration:...
Fab had a moment at the top, and he spent it doing love songs with R&B singers on the chorus. That might have earned a lot of short-term money but I think it hurt him in the long run. He needs to get back to the gritty topics and flex his technical skill. ...
wanted to be a rock’n’roll band for the ages. Their third album succeeds grandly at both: Though steeped in heartache and discontent, it’s also one of the more exhilarating albums of its time. Credit that to Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein’s perfect synchrony as singers and guitar...
There had been blues singers who were wild and unrestrained — but even they tended to be a little more buttoned-down than Janis. She always seemed on the verge of being totally out of control. A few summers ago, I watched the Monterey Pop Festival film for the first time in ages, ...
That kind of deep, empathetic bond between artist and listener is the most elemental connection in music. And you can think of our list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time as a celebration of that bond. These are the vocalists that have shaped history and defined our lives — from ...
between 2015’sDangerous Womanand its 2018 follow-up. So when Ariana appeared Spider-Man-style on the cover ofSweetener, it felt right — and the sweetly unassuming confusion of the imagery also fit the musical change-up of the thoughtful, delirious, R&B-heavy set it accompanied beautifully....
Lil Mama performed with TLC in 2013, before the "Waterfalls" singers announced their new album in 2017. 7/20 Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images BTS Since 2017, Korean boy band BTS has been writing, producing and performing most of their songs as international superstars. The K-pop groups loyal ...