The thing about comparing Madonna and Mariah's voices is that while Madonna has got stronger vocally throughout her career, Mariah has got weaker and is now in a very bad state. Mariah can still sing on track but live she is a disgrace and its very painful to watch. The recent Good Morning America stuff would have killed her career had she been a new artist.
I did much prefer Madonna's more raw and thinner vocals pre 1995 and the Evita voice change but its great to look back and see how far she has come vocally. All that said, I do feel hand on heart Madonna's vocal peak was 1991 (regardless of how good she sounded on Ray of Light) and that Oscar performance for Sooner Or Later. I don't think she has ever been that good since. Her greatest live moment imho and it needed to be as well.
I did much prefer Madonna's more raw and thinner vocals pre 1995 and the Evita voice change but its great to look back and see how far she has come vocally. All that said, I do feel hand on heart Madonna's vocal peak was 1991 (regardless of how good she sounded on Ray of Light) and that Oscar performance for Sooner Or Later. I don't think she has ever been that good since. Her greatest live moment imho and it needed to be as well.




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