Of today’s crop of new vocalists, Ariana Grande has established herself as head, shoulders, and ponytail above the pack.
It’s fitting, then, that she was tapped to salute The Voice Whitney Houston the finale of ABC’s ‘Greatest Hits.‘
Soaring to the skies, Grande thrilled with a scintillating medley of ‘How Will I Know’ and ‘Bodyguard’ classic ‘Queen of the Night.’
Watch Ms. Grande show up and show out after the jump…
Ariana did that!
Beyond the sensational vocal, she served copious amounts of confidence and ultimately did Whitney fans proud. No small feat given the length and breadth of the late legend’s talent.
Awesome performance.
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Trying waaaaaaay too hard to be edgy and she comes out looking a fool instead. Girl… Just stay at home, okay?
Evidently, she does not know her CD FLOPPED and its associated singles. Girl, Focus on 1 single, promote it, radio promotion, let it be a hit and then move onto your next single. Throwing multiple singles at once, hoping for a pop hit does not work. Have they not — seen Adele’s magic? Maybe she’s too busy licking donuts in dunkin donuts to actually put in work.
Hahahaha!!!!
This was painful to watch!
Ariana can sing there is no doubt about that, however it just irks me that she sounds like she has something stuck in her throat, that and her pronunciation needs works. But I think her for doing something besides the usual Whitney songs.
I thank* her
Damn auto correct
Gwan Ari still diction things but a bish can blow
All this free promo and young love Mariah could’ve gotten if she wasn’t so shady to that girl … What a shame :-/
How was Mariah shady towards her?
She’s never even mentioned Ariana name.
Pluse, imitation is flattering to a point, but then it becomes annoying!!
Ariana Grande has never showed love to Mariah Carey when she was on and popping. She always praised other singers when asked who her influences her and never mentioned Mariah Carey. Ariana Grande is just like Oinknika Garbaj. She’s a swagger jacker.
Here go this lil kim Stan or should I say kim herself. Ariana DID pay homage. She made a YouTube video about it calling Mariah the queen. So shut up. You think because you’re bitter about nicki that everybody is bitter. Nicki and ariana BOTH paid homage to their successors the only difference is that Mariah is still successful and kim is washed.
What did she do exactly? Yes she can sing but I was uninspired due to (as I explained in the Leona post) that she had little dept to her voice so didn’t give the song any of the layers that Whitney did… and she also has zero stage presents.
There are many a good singer that have done Whitney proud, there has been Alexandra Burke, Deborah C** to name a few but this wasn’t it.
If I pardon a few things, I have to give Ariana major credit! Her vocals were big! She had stage presence, (although I still saw a bit of nerves or awkwardness in spots, she still remained committed to providing great showmanship). Whitney’s fun and fierce in her up-tempos and Ariana did it her way! All in all, this really is one of the better Whitney tributes I’ve see. Easy top 10!
Now THIS is the kind of look Ariana should have embodied since her music career took off rather than looking like a 12 year old Latina.
Lolz!??
On another note, Ari sounded amazing.
Eeew it’s like watching a 12 year old sing at a school concert wearing mum’s club clothes
She was sensational EMO.
She can sing but those songs were too big for her vocal type.
meanwhile every song is too big for your faves non existing vocals.
Brandy does Whitney the best, With choreography. She makes it look easy & effortless..
I was thinking the same. They should’ve both done it. I’m eager to see brandy and ariana work together.
I will give her credit…she did about as well as I expected her to. Clearly the best singer of her generation, her performance was just proof yet again of how amazing the late great Whitney was as Ariana couldn’t event get close
Side note: I’m mad she bust out that weak a** “be alright” vogue for QOTN lol
What happened to Zaralynn from Born To Diva? She’s the perfect vocally to cover Whitney songs.
Alexandra Burke would have been perfect for this.
I agree with the consensus. Diction needs work. Ari did a pretty good job, vocals were big, presence was engaging, and song choice was a nice change from the normal Nippy tribute fare.
A for effort
B for execution
Good job girl! ?
Has a true Whitney fan i’m proud for Ariana.
She did better with “How Will I Know”.
But she need to do something about stage presence
This performance was my first time seeing her live. She did very well & was really sweet!
The girl just doesn´t have it. She´s bland. Already in her 3rd album and making zero impact and zero artistry. Her vocals… her instrument is good, I mean at least she has one, unlike others. But it lacks so much soul, passion, innovation… and the diction is terrible. She´ll never really do it.
Did that lil kim Stan really just project kim insecurities on ariana? Lol I’ve seen it all. Ari and Mariah never had beef because Mariah never picked on ariana because Mariah isn’t a bitter jealous side chick to a dead rapper that’s clinging to her past success. The media pitted ariana against Mariah. Mariah nor ari started aanything and they both have one another positive comments even though Mariah was a tiny bit bothered by ariana at first.
I like ariana voice but I mean this honestly just makes me miss Whitney. I think brandy should have done this anyway.
Good job, although her voice is to thin. We needed someone with a little more grit and depth to their voice.
P.S. Get a new hairstylist please.
It was alright..
She just doesn’t appeal to me. There’s no depth to her voice.
I appreciate Ariana Grandes talent as a vocalist.
She did justice to Whitneys songs.
I was not able to enjoy her presence as the Star on stage.
Her wardrobe hid her body.
She did not have enough choreography for me.
Being the only girl on the stage I expect to see the dancers present her more and bring the focus on her.
I would actually like to see her with female dancers once in a while.
Kind of over the guys,.
She did a nice job