The untimely passing of Whitney Houston in February has opened the floodgates to a sea of vocal tributes – some better than others.
Yet, with singer Heather Headley gaining ample praise here in London for her role in the West End adaptation of ‘The Bodyguard’, it was all but inevitable that her performance of ‘I Will Always Love You’ at the 2012 Royal Variety Performance was be a show-stopper and oh did the Trinidadian-American deliver.
Watch below as Headley soars to lofty heights with Houston’s signature hit below…
Yes, yes, and yes!
Long a supporter of Headley’s talent (‘In My Mind’ is an essential listen. Essential), yours truly knew she’d score a home run.
A refreshing take on the song, Headley’s interpretation served up just enough of what we love of Whitney’s version, while garnishing it with runs, trills, and vocal frills that made it her own. A grand performance on the grandest of stages.
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Suicide Blonde
December 3, 2012 at 8:14 pm
I will like that these girls understand that they don’t have to imitate the voice of Whitney to sing well.
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RANCID VAGINA BLOOD AND CUM
December 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm
You are one pressed c*** !!!!!!
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Suicide Blonde
December 3, 2012 at 8:24 pm
So why you just don’t do something about it, fuck me.
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Blah!
December 4, 2012 at 5:02 am
So what ya lil bitch, at least they try!
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:38 pm
It wasn’t really an imitation. She made it her own but still sang the notes the way it was supposed to be sung without being all over the place.
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GREG
December 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm
it just sounds like shes singing out of her nose
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Teflon Boy
December 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm
‘One thing you can be sure of is that every time one of you ladies opens your mouths to sing, the public will miss me more’ -Whitney RIP: Got2BReal
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
YAAAAAAAAAAAAS I love that show
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Don't_Start_No_Shit!!!
December 4, 2012 at 1:35 am
hahaha!! lmao
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RANCID VAGINA BLOOD AND CUM
December 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Shut the fuck up Suicide Blonde !
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:38 pm
thank you.
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Mario
December 3, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Thank you very much……Jennifer Hudson I love you but take note.No one can sing that song like Whitney Houston but what she did that made it amazing it was the fact that she paid her dues to Whitney but making it her own at the same time.
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Theman
December 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Great performance, but goes to show you how unique Whitney was/is. She is still the vocal standard
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Nicole
December 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I love Heather, she is an awesome singer. I love all of her work, so I am not surprised that she nailed this. It was almost effortless. In My Mind is one of my top 5 favorite songs.
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm
WHINEY HOESTOUN SUCKS!
SHE SOUND LIKE SHE HAS A PENIS!
PHUCK HER FLOP ASS!
SHE HAS LESS NUMBER ONE SINGLES THAN THE QUEEN!
HER WEAVE IS RATCHET!
SHE’S A DRUG ADDICT!
WAIT NO WAS CZ SHE DIED!
SHE HAS NO BODY!
HER NEW ALBUM FLOPPED!
#HOE
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Mario
December 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
LMFAO, I like how you coming for Whitney but you stan for Rihanna.
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:46 pm
so mean…lol
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:01 pm
You need to shut the fuck up i seen what you look like you is the last one to be talking about anybody you made this comment to get notice you pressed nappy headed monkey looking like darker than might night rest hoe you funky c*** kiss her ass than bitch
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:02 pm
mid night
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:13 pm
http://rihannagifs.tumblr.com/post/6104837961
Thanks for stalking me Babe, Dm me on twitter and will discuss future dick pics and motel rooms to phuck.
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Fuck off don’t have a twitter boo but here
http://missberniej.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Rihanna-bruised-photo.jpg
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Making fun of abuse huh? Maybe I should come beat your ass to the ground and see if you’ll be “booing” and linking me duumb shit afterwards.
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Oh looks i strike i nerve what is that thing the rihoe always says oh um #PoorDat dont come for whitney again boo now ya know Have a nice night sweetheart
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:38 pm
WHITNEY IS MAGGOT FOOD! You clearly cannot strike anything, not even a mans attention fi you sit here and spew you envious hate for a girl cause she doesen’t look ike you DISGUSTING Hoe ass.
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MC
December 3, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Benron
What are you doing…….? Don’t diss dead people
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Wait
Plz tell me this is a joke.. ?
ARE U SERIOUS !!!! !
Chile TGJ has been hacked
I fucking cant today ! I will not !!!!!
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 9:11 pm
The fact that u have thumbs up shows me that the school systems have failed
…
y’all rishitta stains will OFFICIALLY be called . “Ritards!”
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:18 pm
FAF, calm down, you stan for Bozo the clown. And od you think I’m serious?
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:19 pm
And you stan for a hoe <<<<<<<< the shade of it all
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:29 pm
@Pressed
I don’t stan for you OR your mother mISS.
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Bozo the clown makes her own money, theres no 360 there !!!! Lol <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Yes there is FAF, even if there isn’t
1.) You do not knwo the details of Rihanna’s contract.
2.) She is 10 times as sucsessful as Nicki
3.) Nicholas does a new interview everyday, she is not on a 360, sge is a slave.
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MC
December 3, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Do you really want my attention this badly? BTW, stop paying @Monstarebel dust……
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Beaux, lol at that assumption. And I’m not paying him dust,all he sais was “so mean” and I WAS to lazy to type up a generic “Lol” “Law” or “agreed”.
Hi!
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Gooodnight @MC
and everyone else (Except for Honey chilee please, Richandflopping, F.A.G., Gilflopppto and Pressed, ya’ll are flops.)
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@Benron
“”10x more successful !”"
I’m sure if you release an album every 9mos, You would be !!!!!! LOL
More songs >>>> = More chances for success
Simple concept, UGLY !
Go grab your copy of Unapologetic & check the booklet
Nicki owns the company parker Ighile works for
He wrote for Rihanna ! LOL
So those BOPS u listen to, is partly Nicki’s doing !!!
LOL x34203843 !!!
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Yeah u better gworn to sleep, GWORL !!!
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 10:04 pm
n**** fuck you, you dark skinned monkey kiss my ass
oh here this is for your goodnight dreams
http://sosueme.ie/wp-content/uploads/rihanna-bruised-face-.jpeg sweet dreams boo oxox
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:05 pm
WHATTTTT NOOOOoooooOWWWWW !!!
YASSS RIHOE SANG !!! KI!!!!!!!!
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 10:08 pm
@FAF
Nicki’s hoe ass owns nothhing. She sucks to much dick. Rihanna has lots of writers, and even if that guy is from nicki if she was actuall ytalented she’d do it herself.
@Pressed
They ont be abotu your hoe ass, sorry to disapoint.
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MC
December 3, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Good night
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Nicki owns nothing b/c she sucks dick?!
So I suppose Rihoe doesn’t ? LOL
Girl, good day .. I cant even properly drag u w/o FACTS.. LOL
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Yes Parker Ighile is on Nicki label google IT! @Benron LOL SMH !! He stay shouting it out on Twitter/Fb, etc !
Rihoe doesn’t write !
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 10:45 pm
SWEET DREAMS SMUT!!Xo http://234pulse.com/2012/11/15/nicki-minaj-signs-benin-boy-nigerian-parker-ighile-to-her-record-label/
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Don't_Start_No_Shit!!!
December 4, 2012 at 1:54 am
@BENRON.. Don’t be bitter b/c your TRAILER HOME is in Foreclosure and your mini van tags are out and needs new tires!!!…. Stay hiding behind that 84 ACORN COMPUTER talking that shit. Whitney Houston is not to blame for your nothing life. Take that up with MOTHER and UNCLE for conceiving you dusty ASS!!! Considered yourself REEEAAD!!!!!!!!!
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WhitneyhoustonGreatestoffall
December 4, 2012 at 3:35 am
Hahahahah Whitney houston is one of the best selling female African American singers off all time so shut the fuck up boo boo. Rihanna is far from what whitney achieved. Tell me how many albums has Rihanna sold and how many years did it take rihanna to get a number one album. Okay now go take several seats boo and shut the fuck up cause obviously your an underage kid that has much research to do.
I cant believe people are comparing Whitney to rihanna WTF
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WhitneyhoustonGreatestoffall
December 4, 2012 at 4:07 am
let me just finish educating you boo boo With The Bodyguard Soundtrack and “I Will Always Love You” single in 1993, Houston became the first and only artist to grab the top spots of “Billboard 200 Albums,” “Top R&B Albums,” “Hot 100 Singles,” and “Hot R&B Singles” year-end charts at the same time in music history.[72]
Houston has won “No. 1 R&B Album of the Year” three times for Whitney Houston in 1986, I’m Your Baby Tonight in 1991 and The Bodyguard Soundtrack in 1993, setting a record for the most year-end number one albums by any artist in R&B category. In addition, Houston is the only female artist to top the Billboard 200 year-end chart two times; her debut and The Bodyguard Soundtrack.
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WhitneyhoustonGreatestoffall
December 4, 2012 at 4:10 am
Whitney Houston holds the record for the highest one-week single sales by a female artist, with 632,000 copies sold of “I Will Always Love You” in the week ended December 27, 1992ㅡthe Billboard magazine issue date of January 9, 1993
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WhitneyhoustonGreatestoffall
December 4, 2012 at 4:15 am
Whitney Houston hit the 10 million mark by the RIAA on January 25, 1994, and made it the first album and the first debut album by a female artist to attain the certification. (this happened just after 3 albums) As a result, she also became the first female artist to have two 10× platinum albums with the album and The Bodyguard Soundtrack, earned the same certification peak in November 1993.
Wait how many albums has Rihanna solld please dont ever compare her to a legend
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Wow all of that hate. She’s sold over 170 million records and still remains one of the greatest of all. What a loser you are too say such scornful comments about a dead person who you never knew. Smh.
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:41 pm
UM HEATHER WHO?????
HAHAHA….THESE RANDOM HOES…..
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR BEYONCE SING I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU I THINK SHE’D SLAY IT….
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Mario
December 3, 2012 at 9:12 pm
no!she wont…Rihanna would do…Wait just being sarcastic.
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Respect
December 4, 2012 at 8:36 am
actually she sang it at her revel concert earlier this year ! You can check it on Youtube
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Ashgino@gmail.com
December 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Better than j.hud, Jordan sparks, and beyonce version. But really no one can’t even touch Whitney’s modelesque looks …dayum heather that weave was horrible
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Mario
December 3, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Beyonce only sung the intro she never sung the whole song.
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Suicide Blonde
December 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm
I want a post with this news, SAM please!.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2242361/Rob-Kardashian-splits-Rita-Ora-tweets-cheated-20-dudes.html
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:48 pm
LMAAAAAAAAAAAAAO!!! MESSY SAM NEEDS TO MAKE A POST FOR IT ID DIE
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 8:50 pm
loool!
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FAF
December 3, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Y’all are so pressed…… I thought Rita was irrelevant ?
Why do y’all want news on her ? Let’s post everytime Rihanna gets her nasty, AIDS herpes cooch entered !
sam?!
KI !
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Benron (Shine Bright Like Rihanna's 100 million records sold plaque)
December 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm
A REAL ICON!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
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Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE)
December 3, 2012 at 8:58 pm
LMAO I LOVE WHITNEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZNZIzUdNyQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Eric
December 3, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I loved Heather’s songs with Jimmy & Terry and it’s nice to hear her voice soar again, though I’m tired of everyone wanting to sing Whitney’s best-selling number.
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Pressed Hoes Like Yourself
December 3, 2012 at 9:04 pm
she sounded good
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Courtney
December 3, 2012 at 9:26 pm
dimwits it’s not Whitney’s song it’s Dolly Partons she wrote it in 1974 when she was leaving the Porter Wagner Show get your facts straight. sure Whitney’s is the best selling version 6 million singles in the US 4 million physical two million digital
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ABCD
December 3, 2012 at 9:27 pm
OMG I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEATHER HEADLEY!! *SINGS I WISH I WASNT** THAT SONG SO REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD OF SUMMER 2003
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MRDIVABITCH
December 3, 2012 at 9:50 pm
WOW too nasal…it’s like she is pinching her nose the entire time she is singing.
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Mernnnnnnnnnn
December 3, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Queen Nasal. Lol she did good though.
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Matt101
December 5, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Same way suh (agreed)
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NFG (No fucks Given) +Navy kiss my ass
December 3, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Nice vocal control but I’ve heard better. But she has nice execution.
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nock
December 4, 2012 at 12:17 am
heathers s beast ., she killed it; simply amazing!
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danny b
December 4, 2012 at 1:14 am
i think this is probably one of my favorite, if not favorite, renditions of this song. I typically am never here for any cover of any of Whitney’s song, especially this one. Everyone that covers this song always tries to emulate what Whitney does with it, (i.e. J.Hud) and its like an obious fail bc no one will ever sing this song the way Whitney did. But i genuinely feel like Heather made this song her own and did what she did with it the Heather Headley would do it and she sand it amazingly. If you’re gonna sing a Whitney song, or MJ song, or any other legend’s song, take note: trying to emulate the greatness that it already is is juts setting you up for failure.
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Yes, it was good.
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cocobutta
December 4, 2012 at 2:01 am
OH LORD!
So much CLASSLESS comments.
Does supporting your favs breed so much disrespect??
Your mothers went through all that labour to produce & raise such vile creatures??
They’re ways to through shade and make jokes but the ratchet behavior seems to excite the FRIED brain cells, that have several tiles missing from the roof OBVIOUSLY.
PLEASE Fix Your Life and re-educate on how to represent yourselves..
Now let’s see who needs agrees or needs to curse & defend themselves!
The brain cell levels I’m sure will be revealing!!!
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take a seat, rihann rules bitch
December 4, 2012 at 6:46 am
I feel so proud to be a Trinidadian you go girl!!!! u rocked that shit
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JOHNVIDAL
December 4, 2012 at 9:03 am
OMG I don´t want to say this girl I didn´t know before didn´t do a good job… but damn! nasal is the first thing that comes to mind
Once more, here we have another proof of Whitney Houston´s The Voice title. True greats are true greats for a reason. End of
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Celine is nasal too though. It was a good performance. Who cares about that shit.
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JOHNVIDAL
December 4, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Celine is way out of her peak, and when she works on it she doesn´t sound nasal at all, like in her recent French album for example. Go find nasal vocals on the Falling into You album for example. People need to understand these true greats did it all and now they are out of her peak, still being great and better than most though
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MRDIVABITCH
December 4, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Celine is very much in her vocal peak at this moment. She has more control and range than she ever did in the 90′s.
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CHUDDS
December 4, 2012 at 11:20 am
Never been a fan of this womans voice. Maybe because she’s Broadway-trained…
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MRDIVABITCH
December 4, 2012 at 12:15 pm
But being a broadway belter should mean she’s good though…I mean, look at Shoshana Bean, Barbra Streisand, Linda Eder, Judy Garland, Audra McDonald…they all seem to sing WAY better than this gal who sounds like she is pinching her nose the entire time.
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Sean
December 4, 2012 at 1:56 pm
This was not good. And I like her. But no, not good. At all.
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NFG (No fucks given)
December 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm
^^yes it was. R u kidding me? Get ur ears checked plz.
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RLL
December 8, 2012 at 2:56 pm
awful, just awful and too nasal. she tried too hard. hell to the fucking no.
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