2006-12-09 07:59:48 · 21 answers · asked by Eric D 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
that would be mariah carey!
listen to all of her songs and you'll know why.
2006-12-09 16:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by ... 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
JULIE ANDREWS
I could not even begin to suggest "who ... in the world" has the best range. But, of all of those who have achieved stardom and great fame, then I cannot think of a person greater than Julie Andrews. Any number of websites attest to her amazing 5-octave range in her heydey. Here is a quote from a website:
To paraphrase an enthusiastic critic, "Julie Andrews is not only a star, she's an entire whirling constellation." Julie Andrews has been entertaining audiences for close to sixty years -- first in her early years as a child performer with her parents in the waning years of British vaudeville, then to the international arenas of stage, films, television and recordings.
...From a working-class background in 1930s England, young Julia Elizabeth Wells (she later took her stepfather's name) astounded audiences with her remarkable five-octave vocal range in music hall appearance with her parents all across Britain...
So, you really ask a great question. My challenge would be this...What performer can you think of who has a greater musical range and who has used it to achieve greater stardom than Julie Andrews??? I know that there are performers who can squeak and make noise at higher pitches, but as far as sounding musical over the whole range, I still would vote for Julie Andrews.
...I can't think of any others with that claim to fame!
PS: I just read the comment from Saidah B who is several anwerers above me. Yes. I love that song, too. That takes me back more than 30 years to the mid-1970s. The singer of that song was Minnie Ripperton, who in turn was an idol of Mariah Carey!
2006-12-09 08:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by bubba 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the late Jeff Buckley - eight octaves and brilliant in all of them - and his father Tim Buckley wasn't half bad either.
You get some classical singers who have a very wide range - Callas was one - but are wobbly in the middle. The thing with Buckley was that his voice was superb at any pitch (not to mention his breath control).
2006-12-09 08:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carrie Underwood
2006-12-09 08:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by talkative_57 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
James Euringer a.k.a Jimmy Urine
...from Mindless Self Indulgence
2006-12-09 08:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Liam 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christina Aguilera is who I'm going to have to go with.
Mariah has a beautiful voice when it's not hitting too high of notes. When she DOES hit those HIGH notes it's like nails on a chalkboard to me, sorry. Not comforting or glorious sounding at all when she does that.
2006-12-09 08:00:56 · answer #6 · answered by Jen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alicia Keys
2006-12-09 08:04:17 · answer #7 · answered by Black_beauty 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd have to say Mariah Carey.. she's the only singer I've heard of that can sing 8 octaves.
2006-12-09 08:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by Paige 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera
I love their voices and their songs
2006-12-09 08:04:51 · answer #9 · answered by ♫Habenero♥ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like Vince Neil's growly squeel
2006-12-09 09:05:53 · answer #10 · answered by nαrcíssα [misses being a TC] 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acourse everyone would say MAriah Carey but i think that one woman who sings lovin you has made my life so beautiful everyday in my life is filled with lovin you lalalalalalalalalalalala lalalalalalalalaladododododo o ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
2006-12-09 08:03:00 · answer #11 · answered by Saidah B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋