In rock music, playing instruments plays a huge role, but there is another important part of any track - vocals. What gives you a million goosebumps while listening to a cool song? Exactly powerful voice vocalist. In this article you can get acquainted with ten vocalists with the most in a strong voice throughout the history of rock music.
10. Rod Stewart
7 him solo albums rose to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. And 22 of the 62 hit singles were in the top ten.
9. Noddy Holder
Noddy Holder is the former guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Slade.
Over 25 years of work in the group, they managed to release 40 singles and 20 albums. The song "Merry Xmas Everybody" immediately after its release took first place in the British charts. This track became one of the most popular Christmas songs and the best-selling in the history of the group.
After going solo in 2000, Holder was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his success in show business. In 2007, he was one of three celebrities who received their star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars.
8. Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin – vocalist of such groups as “Full Tilt Boogie Band”, “Big Brother” and the Holding Company and Kozmic Blues Band.
In 1995, Janice was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For all her outstanding achievements, she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. In 2013 she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
7. Steve Perry
Steve Perry is the lead singer of the band Journey.
The group's long play, entitled "Evolution", received triple platinum status and took 20th place on the Billboard chart. The next album, “Departure,” managed to climb to 8th place on the chart. And the group’s most successful album, “Frontiers,” sold 6 million copies and held second place on the chart for several months.
6. Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar is the guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Van Halen.
From 1997-1999, the famous Washburn company produced Sammy Hagar's signature guitars. March 12, 2007 performer as former member Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
5. Ronnie James Dio
Throughout his long career as a musician, the performer has recorded about 50 albums. In 1988, the official opening of a street in Cortland took place, named in honor of Ronnie James Dio. In 2006, the musician received the Classic Rock Awards. In 2007, he was inducted into the Guitar Center Hall of Fame.
4. David Coverdale
In 1980, an album entitled “Ready An" Willing" was released, which brought Coverdale his first popularity. The track "Love Ain"t No Stranger" became a hit on the MTV channel and instantly gained enormous popularity in America. And the album “Slide It In” received gold status; more than 500 thousand records were sold.
3. Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine is a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of the band Scorpions.
The album "Blackout" is one of the most successful records in the entire history of the group. And the album “Love at first Sting” received platinum status. The world-famous singles “Wind of change” and “Send me an angel” were awarded multi-platinum status.
2. Robert Plant
Robert Plant is the vocalist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
The hit single “Whole Lotta Love” was able to reach number 4 on the US charts and later became the group’s anthem. The greatest album in the entire history of the group’s existence was “Physical Graffiti,” with the help of which interest in the group’s past records was revived.
1. Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury is the vocalist of the rock band Queen.
Fredi's song "Bohemian Rhapsody" was recognized as " Best song millennium" according to The Official Charts Company. And the single “We Are The Champions”, even after so many years, is the unofficial anthem of the winners of various competitions. On September 5, 2016, an asteroid from the main asteroid belt was named after Freddie Mercury.
At all times, musicians earned fame by in a variety of ways. But only true talents can earn truly long-term memory and fame.
There are a total of 8 octaves in the singing range. U modern singers middle range – 2 octaves. This is enough for full-fledged work on the stage, and it is up to this level that it can be developed. However, there are also completely unique voices...
Ima Sumac (September 13, 1922 - November 1, 2008) - Peruvian singer with a truly unique voice (soprano and contralto)
Her voice is five octaves, and she could sing with two voices at once. Ima didn't receive music education, learned to sing on her own; according to her, she simply imitated the voices of birds. Her voice is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest female voice in the world.
Yma Sumac – Gopher Mambo (Capitol Records 1954)
Do you recognize the song? Everything is new, this is a well-forgotten old....
She holds two Guinness World Records - for the highest note ever hit by a person and the widest vocal range. She is described as a white woman with a “black voice.”
Critics' opinions regarding vocal abilities Georgia Brown's split. Some consider her to be a unique phenomenon, since the singer’s upper register is beyond human capabilities and is found only in some species of animals. Others note that the ability to scream ultrasonic does not mean the ability to sing.
Renee Fleming – American opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano, “Gold Standard Soprano”
Renee Fleming performed many tracks in the films of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.
Recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the highest voice and the highest coloratura soprano
In the case of Svetlana, we also hear a lot of criticism - yes, many agree, she can hit high notes, but she is very far from an opera singer. However, our topic is to show the capabilities of the human voice, and not singing talent.
American singer Tim Storms has the deepest voice. Tim has the ability to sing a full eight octaves lower than the average person
The lowest note it produces cannot be heard by the human ear, but can only be determined using equipment. The singer produces sounds at a frequency of about 0.189 Hz. By the way, Tim himself is not able to hear them at this frequency.
Bass profundo Yuri Vishnyakov. Very often such basses find their application in church singing.
Sumner is an American gospel singer, songwriter and music promoter known for his deep bass voice.
Vladimir Pasyukov (07/29/1944 – 06/20/2011), Singer from Russia, who had a rare singing voice - Bass profundo
And just for the pleasure of hearing - a gorgeous and amazing voice with a unique timbre and range - the promising young singer Dimash Kudaibergenov
Some voices can cause goosebumps and even tears when listening. There are an incredible number of singers and singers working in the world today, and all of them can become famous with the help of a simple recording reproduced on the Internet. The chance to become a world star is becoming illusory, because now you rarely see a star who holds the whole world captive for a long time. Tastes are becoming more specific, and fashion is becoming more fleeting. And yet the classics are eternal, since the craving for truly beauty is unaccountable and does not lend itself to fashionable trends, so we select the most beautiful voice in the world, like precious diamonds from many pieces of glass: there are never many of them, and each is beautiful only in solitude.
The most beautiful female voices in the world
The beauty of a voice is a relative concept, although it is a known fact that the listener likes a high, gentle, thin voice much more than a dense and low one. A female chesty contralto also has its own beauty, but a flying mezzo-soprano will always outdo it and gain more fans.
The Most Inclusive Voice – Ima Sumac
The most comprehensive female voice is Peruvian singer Ima Sumac. She could sing within five octaves. The little resident of Peru first demonstrated the uniqueness of her gift not to a music teacher; Sumac lived in a remote village and did not go to school. She learned to sing by imitating the glosses of birds, and learned her first musical notes and techniques from her husband, her first real music teacher.
In the 50-60s, Sumac was very popular in countries South America, USA and USSR, she was invited to the radio, she did a lot of voice acting. Outsiders characterized her vocals as a mystical act: when Sumac sang (especially on low notes), she seemed to make inhuman sounds, as if her blood of Indian ancestors was speaking in her.
A Black Voice in a White Body – Georgia Brown
This is what they say about modern Brazilian Georgia Brown, who holds a couple of nominations in the Guinness Book of Records.
The girl is the owner of the largest vocal range of living people and a singer who can hold the highest note. True, not everyone likes this record-breaking eight-octave range: some listeners simply turn off the video with Brown’s next record, calling such sound production torture for both the singer and the listener.
The singer who “has nothing to sing with” – Svetlana Feodulova
Svetlana Feodulova, holder of the title “the highest voice in the world” according to the same Book of Records, is a petite blonde, matching her crystal voice. When the record holder, who has a professional classical education, came to take part in the “Voice” show, the project mentors were surprised: there are no singers with such thin waists, they simply “have nothing to sing with”! However, Feodulova became a real gem of the project, performing several classical works and proving with the beauty of her vocals that she has a truly enchanting voice.
Performer of the song in the film "The Lord of the Rings" - Renee Fleming
American opera singer Renee Fleming has a most soulful soprano, which has a kind of “patent” - the “Gold Standard Soprano” award. The singer from her youth was aimed at musical career, started with jazz, then became a leading opera artist. Fleming released a book about how she became a singer, “The Inner Voice.”
Low women's voices - aren't they beautiful?
Nina Simone - classic sample such a voice. As a girl, she started with Negro church motifs, then conquered the restaurant public. For several years, the singer had to work for the producer, who imposed his singing style and his music on her. But at the first opportunity, Simon left the “master”, and her solo career has become a musical treasure: the songs “I Put Spell On You” and “Feeling Good” are the most beautiful love arias.
The most beautiful male voices in the world
With popularity male voices The same rule applies as with the popularity of women: the human ear by default perceives high voices as richer, stronger and more saturated with tones and halftones, and therefore wide range tenors will be in much greater favor with the public than basses.
Placido Domingo - the most beautiful tenor
The Spanish tenor is recognized as the best in his class. His voice has powerful energy, high lyricism, timbral richness and expressiveness. In addition, Domingo is a man of amazing efficiency, because he has several nominations in the Guinness Book of Records for the number of concerts performed per year. Today Domingo helps young talents develop by supporting beginners opera singers with any singing abilities.
Baritone Sergei Leiferkus – conqueror of La Scala
Leningrader Sergei Leiferkus is the baritone king in Russian opera. The versatile baritone is especially good in opera productions Russian classics, so he represents Russian opera (the roles of Chichikov and stingy knight) on the world stages of the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala. An unusually soulful baritone allows Leiferkus to shine both in leading roles that require power and in chamber works.
Samuel Ramey is an Italian bass who sings in Russian without an accent
Fans opera singer Samuel Ramey is noted for his powerful, booming bass voice that can inspire terror as he plays Mephistopheles in Faust. Amazing acting coupled with an exciting, vibration-inducing voice makes Ramey an unsurpassed performer of strong roles. Thus, Ramey is able to demonstrate the power and texture both in the role of Atilla and in the role of Kutuzov, whom, by the way, he plays completely without an accent.
Probably such a thing as “the most best voice in the world” does not exist, at least it is impossible to choose it based on the difference in taste criteria. There are unrecognized talents and undiscovered treasures yet to be demonstrated creativity, and of course there is a classical heritage that can be listened to forever.
The vast majority of children sing in a treble - this is facilitated by a small larynx and short vocal cords. The voice “breaks” mainly in boys - due to rapid growth and a sharp change in the mechanisms of the larynx. In girls, the ligaments are shorter in principle and grow much more smoothly. However, there are cases of “breakdown” in girls too.
Castrati singers were known from the 9th century until the beginning of the 20th century. From childhood, boys had their reproductive organs (or individual parts thereof) removed, stopping the hormonal development of the body, which made it possible to maintain an unusually high voice. Such singers were very popular, earned very good money and led a completely full lifestyle (and even got married, by the way).
The loudest voice in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, belongs to British resident Jill Drake. She can scream at a volume of 129 decibels - louder than any rock concert or jackhammer and only 10 decibels quieter than a jet engine.
The lowest note anyone can hit American singer Tim Storms is a G note with a frequency of 0.189 Hz, eight octaves lower than the lowest note on a piano. Such a sound cannot be heard with the naked ear - special devices were used for this. Storms overall has a voice with the widest range of 10 octaves, which is 3 octaves wider than any professional singer.
It seems that speaking is very easy, but in reality the emergence of the voice is a very intricate system. Sound occurs when the muscles of the larynx tense and relax, the tone changes depending on the amount of air in the lungs, sound waves are controlled by the ligaments.
The world's first sound recording device, the phonautograph, was invented by the French librarian Edouard Leon Scott de Martinfil. The oldest recording of a human voice was made by him on April 9, 1860. On it, Edward himself hums a fragment from the French folk song Au Clair de la Lune.
Our voice is capable of a huge variety of sounds, although as a rule we do not need it. Most languages use only a few dozen individual sounds, making words from them. However, the Khuong group of languages spoken in Botswana and Namibia uses about 112 individual sounds- for comparison, this is three times more than in English.
Among these unique people There are professionals and amateurs. The history of each of them is different, but they are all similar in that they have, the site says.
Performers with truly unique voices
There are many systems in the world according to which singing voices are classified. Most often, the vocal range and gender of the singer are taken into account. The singing range is 8 octaves. It is believed that in order to win his place on stage, a singer only needs to have a middle range of 2 octaves. But there are voices that go beyond the usual boundaries.
Svetlana Feodulova
Photo: Instagram feodulova The Russian woman’s unusual voice, with a range of 5 octaves, was noticed by her vocal teachers. Musicality, absolute pitch and constant work on herself helped Svetlana achieve unrealistic results. The girl was included in the Guinness Book of Records. She is also the winner of many awards and honors, both in her country and abroad.
The opera singer not only follows generally accepted canons, but also likes to experiment, mixing different styles. For example, classics and modern compositions.
Renee Fleming
Photo: Instagram reneeflemingmusic American opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano, “Gold Standard Soprano.”
For development musical abilities The girls were influenced by her family. Mom and dad were vocal teachers, so it’s not surprising that Renee followed in their footsteps.
Fleming's most recognizable role is considered to be that of Countess Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro). Also, it is to her that fans of The Hobbit should be grateful. Few people know, but Renee Fleming became the voice of many tracks from the films of this series.
Georgia Brown
A completely controversial personality of our top is Georgia Brown. The Latin American boasts a voice of 8 octaves and two Guinness records at once - the highest note and the widest range.
Music critics still disagree about the girl's unique voice. Some consider it unimaginable, because the singer’s upper register is found only in a few species of animals.
It is because of this that other experts do not consider the girl’s voice to be anything special, arguing that her “ultrasound screams” cannot be called singing.
Tim Storms
The peculiarity of its capabilities is that it produces very low frequency sounds. Even Tim himself cannot hear them; they can only be determined with the help of special equipment. It is believed that the sounds it makes can only be heard by elephants.
It is also included in the Guinness Book of World Records for the lowest note produced by a human being and the widest range.
Vladimir Pasyukov
He sang in many men's choirs country, as well as in the church choir of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. His voice organically joined the choir, adding power with low, sonorous overtones. Vladimir also recorded solo compositions. The singer died in 2011 from a long illness.
Dimash Kudaibergenov
Photo: Instagram kudaibergenov.dimash Singer from Kazakhstan, winner of the Grand Prix of the competition " Slavic Bazaar 2015”, who conquered many countries with his amazing voice. In 2016, Dimash was awarded a state scholarship from the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation in the field of culture.
His participation in the Chinese show "Singer 2017" ended with a victorious first place. After participating in this TV show, real popularity came to him. But he didn't stop there. In the same year, Dimash wins the Top Chinese Music Award in the category “The Most popular singer in Asia." In China, it is an adapted version of the Grammy.
Speaking of unique voices, Dmash Kudaibergenov won first place at the Chinese competition thanks to his performance of Vitas’ song “Opera No. 2”. At one time he also captivated many listeners with his in an unusual voice. Find out more about his life off stage.
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