Originally Posted by Ethereal:
“I think Christina does have a bigger range than what Leona has displayed so far but she doesn't use it that much really, only in a few songs.
And I agree, I find her voice really harsh at times. I hate her "yeah-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh" thing she does a lot too.”
Leona has a bigger range, here's why (about to get technical
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Christina's belting range always maxes out at E5; if you want to put this into context, an E5 is the highest note Christina sings in the big vocal opening to "aint no other man".
Another example of an E5 is Leona's performance of "a million love songs", towards the end, where she sings a different melody to take that in the chorus, she hits the E5 on the word "love".
The next note above that is an F5, and Christina reaches this in a studio recording of "Turn To You", when she sings the money note during the word "Run". She CANNOT hit this note live, because she clearly strains.
However, Leona ALWAYS hits the elusive F5 in that note in bleeding love, where she sings the word "EVERY" in the bridge ("wearing these wounds for EVERY...")
Leona has belted notes higher than an F5 too, without straining, such as an F#5 during the key change of "I Have Nothing" in XFactor, in the word "My", in the line "Stay in MY arms"
On the basis of belting, Leona has a bigger range. However, both Christina and Leona can effectively access their head voices, although im not sure what each of their highest notes are. They can also both sing in the whistle register (JUST about, not like Mariah though)
Hope that helps
