For all of these young people on here, Mariah was the best thing in the 90's, as Whitney was for the 80's; because no one has heard such a beautiful voice in a long time and those octaves helped. Not knocking Celine, but powerful voices weren't that impressive nor rare since Mariah. Now Ms. Franklin was extremely unique and in a class by herself. She had some MAJOR pipes which blew people away when she was only a kid. A powerful voice is just a small part of it. SOUL is a major part of it. Ms. Franklin had POWER, SOUL, RIFFS THAT WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN. My father played a tape from her church when she was 12 years old. I have not heard a 12 year old sing with so much passion, and not sound like a child. NOW THAT IS A TRUE DIVA! Celine sounded like she was at an Aretha Franklin Karaoke Party and she did her best.