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    playboy69playboy69 Posts: 152
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    Tulisa is the most underrated singer. Her voice is fantastic. If you don't believe me then youtube her covers of Time After Time and Stay With Me.
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    zerotheherozerothehero Posts: 21,865
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    playboy69 wrote: »
    Tulisa is the most underrated singer. Her voice is fantastic. If you don't believe me then youtube her covers of Time After Time and Stay With Me.

    I have to agree 100%
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    Toy_HeroToy_Hero Posts: 11,358
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    I know we haven't heard from her in forever, but Stacie Orrico deserved more recognition. I still love More To Life
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUOcQnWbk_U
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    Cassie..Cassie.. Posts: 3,504
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    Scherzinger for sure.
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    Bob_AjobBob_Ajob Posts: 1,742
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    playboy69 wrote: »
    Tulisa is the most underrated singer. Her voice is fantastic. If you don't believe me then youtube her covers of Time After Time and Stay With Me.


    I just have, and it was awful.
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    warszawawarszawa Posts: 4,437
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    Laura Marling has a lovely voice but doesn't get too many headlines.
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    Master OzzyMaster Ozzy Posts: 18,937
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    playboy69 wrote: »
    Tulisa is the most underrated singer. Her voice is fantastic. If you don't believe me then youtube her covers of Time After Time and Stay With Me.

    I just listened to these...they're awful. I was at a festival in 2012 and while waiting for another act to perform, we had to endure Tulisa's set first. It was absolutely horrific. Her voice was terrible, her singing was awful, dancing. Everything about it was terrible.
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    len112len112 Posts: 4,156
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    zeze88zeze88 Posts: 1,587
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    I think Sara Bareilles is definitely underrated,, she is only now getting more recognition thanks to a huge hit Brave.

    She can sing ANYTHING, truly one of the best female singers of today and on top of that she writes all of her songs. Plus, her covers she performs live are also amazing:

    Chasing The Sun (original)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24kdyMWp51U

    Chandelier (Sia cover)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX7ZB15y1tc

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John cover)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM

    And I agree about Pink - she is very successful and brilliant performer but I think her voice is truly amazing, that can be heard particularly now on Roseave album.
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    FrankBTFrankBT Posts: 4,220
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    I actually think that Dolly Parton and Cher are overrated, if anything.

    Oh, and Cher's first top five solo hit in the UK was not "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" in 1971, it was this classic in 1966:-

    Cher - Bang Bang
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdEfcsjhGE

    Best solo track she ever recorded by a country mile (imo) - can't stand her 80s and 90s stuff.
    Never implied that Gypsies was Cher's first solo hit record. Of course she had 'solo' hits in the 60s but they were very much releases on the back of the very successful Sonny and Cher act.. To all intent and purposes it was really Sonny and Cher without Sonny Bono's singing. Eg Bang, Bang was written, arranged and produced by Sonny. It wasn't until 1971 that Cher cut loose musically from husband Sonny as a solo artist. So 'Gypsies' was her first solo single where she stood and could be judged on her own merit. rather than Sonny pulling the strings..
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    barlowconnorbarlowconnor Posts: 38,120
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    Which singers who have had big success do you think are underrated and deserve more recognition?

    For me its:

    P!nk (deserves a lot more awards and recognition)
    Shakira
    Paloma Faith
    Cher
    Dolly Parton
    Enrique Eglesias
    The Script

    Totally agree with The Script and Pink
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    DandemDandem Posts: 13,368
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    Corey Taylor.

    To a lot of people, he's just "the shouty lead singer" of Slipknot, but when he's not doing the heavier stuff, his voice is absolutely awesome. Songs like 'Zzyzx Rd' by his other band Stone Sour prove it.
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    samcains90samcains90 Posts: 4,566
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    zeze88 wrote: »
    I think Sara Bareilles is definitely underrated,, she is only now getting more recognition thanks to a huge hit Brave.

    She can sing ANYTHING, truly one of the best female singers of today and on top of that she writes all of her songs. Plus, her covers she performs live are also amazing:

    Chasing The Sun (original)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24kdyMWp51U

    Chandelier (Sia cover)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX7ZB15y1tc

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John cover)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM

    And I agree about Pink - she is very successful and brilliant performer but I think her voice is truly amazing, that can be heard particularly now on Roseave album.

    I honestly have no idea how I forgot to mention Sara Bareilles
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    zeze88zeze88 Posts: 1,587
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    samcains90 wrote: »
    I honestly have no idea how I forgot to mention Sara Bareilles

    I truly hope her big break is yet to come. I think it is amazing Grammy nominated Blessed Unrest as the Album of The Year, she was the underdog of the awards but well deserved one.

    But then again, she is that kid of artist who loves what she does, she is not worried about popularity, so I don't think she even craves for huge exposure. She can easily do small gigs forever and be over the moon about it and that is why I love her.
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    MybelleMybelle Posts: 258
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    Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nP3XB7hrFo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1kc_FniKM

    It's a shame that Calvin Harris fiddled around with his vocals and made them sound so electronic on Under Control.
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    StrictlyEastendStrictlyEastend Posts: 35,455
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    For me it's Pixie Lott, Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson.
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    mimicolemimicole Posts: 50,999
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    warszawa wrote: »
    Laura Marling has a lovely voice but doesn't get too many headlines.

    I'm a huge fan of this woman. I saw her live last year and her voice is sublime. :)
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    warszawawarszawa Posts: 4,437
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    mimicole wrote: »
    I'm a huge fan of this woman. I saw her live last year and her voice is sublime. :)

    I saw her but it was an outdoor venue. Will hopefully see her indoor sometime.

    Teddy Thompson has a nice tone and you don't hear much about him.
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    yorkieUKyorkieUK Posts: 2,159
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    I have always thought the late great Steve Marriott was a very underrated singer! This is worth a listen to in my humble opinion - the backing singers are pretty good too:

    Black Coffee
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykTHduR1Oxc&list=PL4F8EDD8A58E669DC
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    SummerShudderSummerShudder Posts: 1,170
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    The most underrated singers are Ryan Key out of Yellowcard and Patrick Stump out of Fall Out Boy. Unlike the already overrated Pink.
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    Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
    Dallas Green
    Jonah Matranga
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    zeze88zeze88 Posts: 1,587
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    The most underrated singers are Ryan Key out of Yellowcard and Patrick Stump out of Fall Out Boy. Unlike the already overrated Pink.

    Pink may be overrated artist in your eyes but no one actually talks about her voice, only how she is a talented performer. So no, she isn't a overrated singer. I mean, just listen to these live performances, no one can deny her voice is very powerful and she sings with such ease:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3LH-fMNOAA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUWQnfB0uE4
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    RingoJ739KRingoJ739K Posts: 23,347
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    I forgot to add Alexis Jordan and Misha B to my list.
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    d56d56 Posts: 5,471
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    len112 wrote: »


    Love Fantasia! Lose To Win is amazing. The performance on American Idol was outstanding.
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