MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music
- Mariah Carey (Yay, WELL deserved, IMHO)
- Freddie Mercury
- Whitney Houston (Not anymore, I'm sorry to say. Back in her prime, YES!)
- Bono
- Christina Aguilera
- Alanis Morisette (Another well-deserved! I LOVED Alanis for 3 straight years. THE voice of angst. Why I love Michelle Branch now, lol)
- Kurt Cobain
- Björk
- Celine Dion (Well deserved!)
- Tupac Shakur (Using MTV's criteria, this is very well deserved. Tupac was known for his mouth, if nothing else, lol.)
- Michael Jackson (HeeeHee! Hooo!)
- Chris Cornell
- Eminem
- David Bowie
- Alicia Keys (LOVE LOVE LOVE Alicia Keys! Now she is someone who speaks to me. This one line in her song: "You'll never get the chance to experience/my lovin'/cause my love it feels like OooooooOooooOooooh!" And then she goes "And i swear on my mother anf father it feels like OooooooOooooooOooooh!" I believe her, lol! Very well derserved, WILL be on my list of favorites ever with the third album!)
- Steven Tyler
- Jewel
- Thom Yorke
- Mary J. Blige- (Before Alicia Keys, there was NO ONE jamming like Mary J. Blige. I don't think she has the nicest voice, but she could definitely work what she had, and her songs were perfect for her.)
- Michael Stipe
- Sade
- Bruce Springsteen
"MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music is a countdown of the greatest singers in contemporary music, by MTV and Blender Magazine. The countdown, which was aired in March 2003, features vocalists from the different genres of music including Pop, R&B, Rock and Hip-Hop. The list was compiled by music industry critics, but fans were also given the opportunity to vote in a nation-wide poll conducted on MTV2.
Criteria
The coundown was not based simply on the artist's vocal prowess, claims Tom Calderone, music and talent vice president at MTV2 and MTV. "We considered how the voice complements the music and connects with listeners. It comes down to how compelling and influential that voice is to people's lives." The countdown, however, is by no means exhaustive, as only singers in the last 25 years were taken into consideration."
I'm very surprised to see Michael Stipe here, but it's a good choice.