Vocal ability

Christina Aguilera
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Christina Aguilera has been referred to as the "voice of her generation" and a blue eyed soul singer. Christina Aguilera also topped COVE's list of the 100 Best Pop Vocalists with a score of 50/50 and came fifth in MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music.

Christina Aguilera's rendition of "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" at the 49th Grammy Awards ranked third in the Grammy's Greatest Moments List behind Celine Dion's performance of "My Heart Will Go On" and Green Day's performance of "American Idiot".

In an interview, Celina Dion described Christina Aguilera as "probably the best vocalist in the world."

During the work on Back to Basics, DJ Premier explained, "She (Christina Aguilera) really represents true music and true singing. She can belt out notes. She has true lungs."

Rolling Stone ranked Aguilera at 58 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, the youngest singer on the list.

Describing Christina Aguilera's voice, singing teachers Phyllis Fulford and Michael Mailler said, "The low register is light and tired, the belting register is ample and full, but very scratchy because she scream; and head voice as well as whistle register are light, pure and bright. Her vocal range extends from G below middle C to C-sharp one octave above soprano high C (G3 - C#7). She can belt to F one octave and a third above middle C (F5). She possesses a good-sized technical arsenal. Her trill is solid, she have a big mastery of melisma, and can sustain very long notes."

Since Christina Aguilera 's debut in 1999 she has been compared to the likes of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. A review in the Los Angeles Times compared Christina Aguilera's vocal stylings to Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, and Aretha Franklin adding, "Aguilera's Streisand-esque tendencies are a good thing; they're helping her figure out how to become the "great singer" she's been dubbed since she released her first single, the wise-beyond-its-years "Genie in a Bottle", at 18."

Although praised for her vocals, Christina Aguilera has been labeled for oversinging in her songs and concerts. Longtime producer and writer, Linda Perry, commented on working on the record, "Beautiful", saying, "I tried to keep it straight. I told her to get rid of the finger waves. Every time she'd start going into "hoo-ha", I'd stop the tape. I'm like, 'You're doing it again.'" Perry ended up using the first take saying, "She had a hard time accepting that as the final track. It's not a perfect vocal – it's very raw. She knows her voice really well, and she knows what's going on. She can hear things that nobody else would catch."

Let's enjoy Christina Aguilera - You Lost Me
Music video by Christina Aguilera performing You Lost Me. (C) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

Fan comments:
I love this song !!!!!! XD

I think that this is, hands down, the best video she has ever made artistically.

El video es un poco flojo, pero la música es en extremo buena :o) Christina es una luchadora, ojalá y sus otros videos acompañen al concepto de su CD.

I am not much of a pop music fan, but I much say...finally. I saw Miss Aguilera perform a solo acapella song that was very soulful many years ago and had always hoped something this powerful would come from that voice again. Congrats Christina, you have grown into the singer you were always meant to be.