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Mar 29, 2014  TIL: Almost all 'live' pop performances now are lip-synced, and almost all recorded performances are auto-tuned. We almost never hear real singers' voices now. Feb 03, 2018  Which famous singer, in real life, has a terrible singing voice? Which famous singer, in real life, has a terrible singing voice? Save hide report. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The vocals in most of her songs are auto-tuned.

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TIL: Almost all 'live' pop performances now are lip-synced, and almost all recorded performances are auto-tuned. We almost never hear real singers' voices now.

In January of 2010, Kesha Sebert, known as ‘Ke$ha’ debuted at number one on Billboard with her album, Animal. Her style is electro pop-y dance music: she alternates between rapping and singing, the choruses of her songs are typically melodic party hooks that bore deep into your brain: “Your love, your love, your love, is my drug!” And at times, her voice is so heavily processed that it sounds like a cross between a girl and a synthesizer. Much of her sound is due to the pitch correction software, Auto-Tune.

Sebert, whose label did not respond to a request for an interview, has built a persona as a badass wastoid, who told Rolling Stone that all male visitors to her tour bus had to submit to being photographed with their pants down. Even the bus drivers.

Yet this past November on the Today Show, the 25-year old Sebert looked vulnerable, standing awkwardly in her skimpy purple, gold, and green unitard. She was there to promote her new album, Warrior, which was supposed to reveal the authentic her.

“Was it really important to let your voice to be heard?” asked the host, Savannah Guthrie.

“Absolutely,” Sebert said, gripping the mic nervously in her fingerless black gloves.

“People think they’ve heard the Auto-Tune, they’ve heard the dance hits, but you really have a great voice, too,” said Guthrie, helpfully.

“No, I got, like, bummed out when I heard that,” said Sebert, sadly. “Because I really can sing. It’s one of the few things I can do.”

Warrior starts with a shredding electrical static noise, then comes her voice, sounding like what the Guardian called “a robo squawk devoid of all emotion.”

“That’s pitch correction software for sure,” wrote Drew Waters, Head of Studio Operations at Capitol Records, in an email. “She may be able to sing, but she or the producer chose to put her voice through Auto-Tune or a similar plug-in as an aesthetic choice.”

So much for showing the world the authentic Ke$ha.

Since rising to fame as the weird techno-warble effect in the chorus of Cher’s 1998 song, “Believe,” Auto-Tune has become bitchy shorthand for saying somebody can’t sing. But the diss isn’t fair, because everybody’s using it.

For every T-Pain — the R&B artist who uses Auto-Tune as an over-the-top aesthetic choice — there are 100 artists who are Auto-Tuned in subtler ways. Fix a little backing harmony here, bump a flat note up to diva-worthy heights there: smooth everything over so that it’s perfect. You can even use Auto-Tune live, so an artist can sing totally out of tune in concert and be corrected before their flaws ever reach the ears of an audience. (On season 7 of the UK X-Factor, it was used so excessively on contestants’ auditions that viewers got wise, and protested.)

Indeed, finding out that all the singers we listen to have been Auto-Tuned does feel like someone’s messing with us. As humans, we crave connection, not perfection. But we’re not the ones pulling the levers. What happens when an entire industry decides it’s safer to bet on the robot? Will we start to hate the sound of our own voices?

They’re all zombies!

They’re all zombies!

Cher’s late ‘90s comeback and makeover as a gay icon can entirely be attributed to Auto-Tune, though the song's producers claimed for years that it was a Digitech Talker vocoder pedal effect. In 1998, she released the single, “Believe,” which featured a strange, robotic vocal effect on the chorus that felt fresh. It was created with Auto-Tune.

The technology, which debuted in 1997 as a plug-in for Pro Tools (the industry standard recording software), works like this: you select the key the song is in, and then Auto-Tune analyzes the singer’s vocal line, moving “wrong” notes up or down to what it guesses is the intended pitch. You can control the time it takes for the program to move the pitch: slower is more natural, faster makes the jump sudden and inhuman sounding. Cher’s producers chose the fastest possible setting, the so-called “zero” setting, for maximum pop.

“Believe” was a huge hit, but among music nerds, it was polarizing. Indie rock producer Steve Albini, who’s recorded bands like the Pixies and Nirvana, has said he thought the song was mind-numbingly awful, and was aghast to see people he respected seduced by Auto-Tune.

“One by one, I could see that my friends had gone zombie. This horrible piece of music with this ugly soon-to-be cliché was now being discussed as something that was awesome. It made my heart fall,” he told the Onion AV Club in November of 2012.

The Auto-Tune effect spread like a slow burn through the industry, especially within the R&B and dance music communities. T-Pain began Cher-style Auto-Tuning all his vocals, and a decade later, he’s still doing it.

“It’s makin’ me money, so I ain’t about to stop!” T-Pain told DJ Skee in 2008.

“It’s makin’ me money, so I ain’t about to stop!”

Kanye West did an album with it. Lady Gaga uses it. Madonna, too. Maroon 5. Even the artistically high-minded Bon Iver has dabbled. A YouTube series where TV news clips were Auto-Tuned, “Auto-Tune the News”, went viral. The glitchy Auto-Tune mode seems destined to be remembered as the “sound” of the 2000s, the way the gated snare (that dense, big, reverb-y drum sound on, say, Phil Collinssongs) is now remembered as the sound of the ‘80s.

Auto-Tune certainly isn’t the only robot voice effect to have wormed its way into pop music. In the ‘70s and early ‘80s, voice synthesizer effects units became popular with a lot of bands. Most famous is the Vocoder, originally invented in the 1930s to send encoded Allied messages during WWII. Proto-techno groups like New Order and Kraftwerk (ie: “Computer World,”) embraced it. So did American early funk and hip hop groups like the Jonzun Crew.

‘70s rockers gravitated towards another effect, the talk box. Peter Frampton (listen for it on “Do you Feel Like We Do”) and Joe Walsh (used it on “Rocky Mountain Way”) liked its similar-to-a-vocoder sound. The talk box was easier to rig up than the Vocoder — you operate it via a rubber mouth tube when applying it to vocals. But it produces massive amounts of slobber. In Dave Tompkins’ book, How to Wreck a Nice Beach, about the history of synthesized speech machines in the music industry, he writes that Frampton’s roadies sanitized his talk box in Remy Martin Cognac between gigs.

The use of showy effects usually have a backlash. And in the case of the Auto-Tune warble, Jay-Z struck back with the 2009 single, D.O.A., or “Death of Auto-Tune.”

I know we facing a recession
But the music y'all making going make it the great depression
All y'all lack aggression
Put your skirt back down, grow a set man
Nigga this shit violent
This is death of Auto-Tune, moment of silence

That same year, the band Death Cab for Cutie showed up at the Grammys wearing blue ribbons to raise awareness, they told MTV, about “rampant Auto-Tune abuse.”

The protests came too late, though. The lid to Pandora’s box had been lifted. Music producers everywhere were installing the software.

Everybody uses it

Everybody uses it

“I’ll be in a studio and hear a singer down the hall and she’s clearly out of tune, and she’ll do one take,” says Drew Waters of Capitol Records. That’s all she needs. Because they can fix it later, in Auto-Tune.

There is much speculation online about who does — or doesn’t — use Auto-Tune. Taylor Swift is a key target, as her terribly off-key duet with Stevie Nicks at the 2010 Grammys suggests she’s tone deaf. (Label reps said at the time something was wrong with her earpiece.) But such speculation is naïve, say the producers I talked to. “Everybody uses it,” says Filip Nikolic, singer in the LA-based band, Poolside, and a freelance music producer and studio engineer. “It saves a ton of time.”

On one end of the spectrum are people who dial up Auto-Tune to the max, a la Cher / T-Pain. On the other end are people who use it occasionally and sparingly. You can use Auto-Tune not only to pitch correct vocals, but other instruments too, and light users will tweak a note here and there if a guitar is, say, rubbing up against a vocal in a weird way.

“I’ll massage a note every once in a while, and often I won’t even tell the artist,” says Eric Drew Feldman, a San Francisco-based musician and producer who’s worked with The Polyphonic Spree and Frank Black.

But between those two extremes, you have the synthetic middle, where Auto-Tune is used to correct nearly every note, as one integral brick in a thick wall of digitally processed sound. From Justin Bieber to One Direction, from The Weeknd to Chris Brown, most pop music produced today has a slick, synth-y tone that’s partly a result of pitch correction.

However, good luck getting anybody to cop to it. Big producers like Max Martin and Dr. Luke, responsible for mega hits from artists like Ke$ha, Pink, and Kelly Clarkson, either turned me down or didn’t respond to interview requests. And you can’t really blame them.

“Do you want to talk about that effect you probably use that people equate with your client being talentless?”

Um, no thanks.

In 2009, an online petition went around protesting the overuse of Auto-Tune on the show Glee. Those producers turned down an interview, too.

The artists and producers who would talk were conflicted. One indie band, The Stepkids, had long eschewed Auto-Tune and most other modern recording technologies to make what they call “experimental soul music.” But the band recently did an about face, and Auto-Tuned their vocal harmonies on their forthcoming single, “Fading Star.”

Were they using Auto-Tune ironically or seriously? Co-frontman Jeff Gitelman said,

“Both.”

“For a long time we fought it, and we still are to a certain degree,” said Gitelman. “But attention spans are a certain way, and that’s how it is…we just wanted it to have a clean, modern sound.”

Hanging above the toilet in San Francisco’s Different Fur recording studios — where artists like the Alabama Shakes and Bobby Brown have recorded — is a clipping from Tape Op magazine that reads: “Don’t admit to Auto-Tune use or editing of drums, unless asked directly. Then admit to half as much as you really did.”

Different Fur’s producer / engineer / owner, Patrick Brown, who hung the clipping there, has recorded acts like the Morning Benders, and says many indie rock bands “come in, and first thing they say is, ‘We don’t tune anything,’” he says.

Brown is up for ditching Auto-Tune if the client really wants to, but he says most of the time, they don’t really want to. “Let’s face it, most bands are not genius.” He’ll feel them out by saying, with a wink-wink-nod-nod: “Man, that note’s really out of tune, but that was a great take.” And a lot of times they’ll tell him, go ahead, Auto-Tune it.

Marc Griffin is in the RCA-signed band 2AM Club, which has both an emcee and a singer (Griffin’s the singer.) He first got Auto-Tuned in 2008, when he recorded a demo with producer Jerry Harrison, the former keyboardist and guitarist for the Talking Heads.

“I sang the lead, then we were in the control room with the engineer, and he put ‘tune on it. Just a little. And I had perfect pitch vocals. It sounded amazing. Then we started stacking vocals on top of it, and that sounded amazing,” says Griffin.

Now, Griffin sometimes records with Auto-Tune on in real time, rather than having it applied to his vocals in post-production, a trend producers say is not unusual. This means that the artist hears the tuned version of his or her voice coming out of the monitors while singing.

“Every time you sing a note that’s not perfect, you can hear the frequencies battle with each other,” Griffin says, which sounds kind of awful, but he insists it “helps you hear what it will really sound like.”

Singer / songwriter Neko Case kvetched about these developments in an interview with online music magazine, Pitchfork. “I'm not a perfect note hitter either but I'm not going to cover it up with auto tune. Everybody uses it, too. I once asked a studio guy in Toronto, ‘How many people don't use Auto-Tune?’ and he said, ‘You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here.’ Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her. It's cool that she has some integrity.”

That was 2006. This past September, Nelly Furtado released the album, The Spirit Indestructible. Its lead single is doused in massive levels of Auto-Tune.

Dr. Evil

Dr. Evil

Somebody once wrote on an online message board that the guy who created Auto-Tune must “hate music.” That could not be further from the truth. Its creator, Dr. Andy Hildebrand, AKA Dr. Andy, is a classically trained flautist who spent most of his youth playing professionally, in orchestras. Despite the fact that the 66-year old only recently lopped off a long, gray ponytail, he’s no hippie. He never listened to rock music of his generation.

“I was too busy practicing,” he says. “It warped me.”

The only post-Debussy artist he’s ever gotten into is Patsy Cline.

Hildebrand’s company — Antares — nestled in an anonymous looking office park in the mountains between Silicon Valley and the Pacific Coast, has only ten employees. Hildebrand invents all the products (Antares recently came out with Auto-Tune for Guitar). His wife is the CFO.

Hildebrand started his career as a geophysicist, programming digital signal processing software which helped oil companies find drilling spots. After going back to school for music composition at age 40, he discovered he could use those same algorithms for the seamless looping of digital music samples, and later for pitch correction. Auto-Tune, and Antares, were born.

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Auto-Tune isn’t the only pitch correction software, of course. Its closest competitor, Melodyne, is reputed to be more “natural” sounding. But Auto-Tune is, in the words of one producer, “the go-to if you just want to set-it-and-forget-it.”

In interviews, Hildebrand handles the question of “is Auto-Tune evil?” with characteristic dry wit. His stock answer is, “My wife wears makeup, does that make her evil?” But on the day I asked him, he answered, “I just make the car. I don’t drive it down the wrong side of the road.”

“I just make the car. I don’t drive it down the wrong side of the road.”

The T-Pains and Chers of the world are the crazy drivers, in Hildebrand’s analogy. The artists that tune with subtlety are like his wife, tasteful people looking to put their best foot forward.

Another way you could answer the question: recorded music is, by definition, artificial. The band is not singing live in your living room. Microphones project sound. Mixing, overdubbing, and multi-tracking allow instruments and voices to be recorded, edited, and manipulated separately. There are multitudes of effects, like compression, which brings down loud sounds and amplifies quiet ones, so you can hear an artist taking a breath in between words. Reverb and delay create echo effects, which can make vocals sound fuller and rounder.

When recording went from tape to digital, there were even more opportunities for effects and manipulation, and Auto-Tune is just one of many of the new tools available. Nonetheless, there are some who feel it’s a different thing. At best, unnecessary. At worst, pernicious.

“The thing is, reverb and delay always existed in the real world, by placing the artist in unique environments, so [those effects are] just mimicking reality,” says Larry Crane, the editor of music recording magazine, Tape Op, and a producer who’s recorded Elliott Smith and The Decemberists. If you sang in a cave, or some other really echo-y chamber, you’d sound like early Elvis, too. “There is nothing in the natural world that Auto-Tune is mimicking, therefore any use of it should be carefully considered.”

“I’d rather just turn the reverb up on the Fender Twin in the troubling place,” says Arizona indie rock pioneer Howe Gelb, of the band Giant Sand. He describes Auto-Tune and other correction plug-ins as “foul” in a way he can’t quite put his finger on. ”There’s something embedded in the track that tends to push my ear away.”

Lee Alexander, one time boyfriend of Norah Jones and bass player and producer for her country side project, The Little Willies, used no Auto-Tune on their two records, and says he doesn’t even own the program.

“Stuff is out of tune everywhere…that to me is the beauty of music,” he wrote in an email.

In 2000, Matt Kadane of the band The New Year, and his brother, Bubba covered Cher’s “Believe”, complete with Auto-Tune. They did it in their former Texas Slo-Core band, Bedhead. Kadane told me hated the original “Believe,” and had to be talked into covering it, but had surprisingly found that putting Auto-Tune on his vocals “added emotional weight.” He hasn’t, however, used Auto-Tune since.

“It’s one thing to make a statement with hollow, disaffected vocals, but it’s another if this is the way we’re communicating with each other,” he says.

For some people, I said, it seems that Auto-Tune is a lot like dudes and fake boobs. Some dudes see fake boobs, they know they’re fake, but they get an erection anyway. They can’t help themselves. Kadane agreed that it “can serve that function.”

“But at some point you’d say ‘that’s fucked up that I have an erection from fake boobs!’” he says. “And in the midst of experiencing that, I think ideally you have a moment that reminds you that authenticity is still possible. And thank God not everything in the world is Auto-Tuned.”

The Beatles actually suck

The Beatles actually suck

Does your brain get rewired to expect perfect pitch?

The concept of pitch needing to be “correct” is a somewhat recent construct. Cue up the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St., and listen to what Mick Jagger does on “Sweet Virginia.” There are a lot of flat and sharp notes, because, well, that’s characteristic of blues singing, which is at the roots of rock and roll.

“When a (blues) singer is ‘flat’ it’s not because he’s doing it because he doesn’t know any better. It’s for inflection!” says Victor Coelho, Professor of Music at Boston University.

Blues singers have traditionally played with pitch to express feelings like longing or yearning, to punch up a nastier lyric, or make it feel dirty, he says. “The music is not just about hitting the pitch.”

Of course that style of vocal wouldn’t fly in Auto-Tune. It would get corrected. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, many of the classic artists whose voices are less than pitch perfect – they probably would be pitch corrected if they started out today.

John Parish, the UK-based producer who’s worked with PJ Harvey and Sparklehorse, says that though he uses Auto-Tune on rare occasions, he is no fan. Many of the singers he works with, Harvey in particular, have eccentric vocal styles -- he describes them as “character singers.” Using pitch correction software on them would be like trying to get Jackson Pollock to stay inside the lines.

“I can listen to something that can be really quite out of tune, and enjoy it,” says Parish. But is he a dying breed?

“That’s the kind of music that takes five listens to get really into,” says Nikolic, of Poolside. “That’s not really an option if you want to make it in pop music today. You find a really catchy hook and a production that is in no way challenging, and you just gear it up!”

If you’re of the generation raised on technology-enabled perfect pitch, does your brain get rewired to expect it? So-called “supertasters” are people who are genetically more sensitive to bitter flavors than the rest of us, and therefore can’t appreciate delicious bitter things like IPAs and arugula. Is the Auto-Tune generation likewise more sensitive to off key-ness, and thus less able to appreciate it? Some troubling signs point to ‘yes.’

“I was listening to some young people in a studio a few years ago, and they were like, ‘I don’t think The Beatles were so good,’” says producer Eric Drew Feldman. They were discussing the song “Paperback Writer.” “They’re going, ‘They were so sloppy! The harmonies are so flat!”

Just make me sound good

Just make me sound good

John Lennon famously hated his singing voice. He thought it sounded too thin, and was constantly futzing with vocal effects, like the overdriven sound on “I Am the Walrus.” I can relate. I love to sing, and in my head, I hear a soulful, husky, alto. What comes out, however, is a cross between a child in the musical Annie, and Gretchen Wilson: nasal, reedy, about as soulful as a mosquito. I’m in a band and I write all the songs, but I’m not the singer: I wouldn’t subject people to that.

Producer and Editor Larry Crane says he thinks lots of artists are basically insecure about their voices, and use Auto-Tune as a kind of protective shield.

“I’ve had people come in and say I want Auto-Tune, and I say, ‘Let’s spend some time, let’s do five vocal takes and compile the best take. Let’s put down a piano guide track. There’s a million ways to coach a vocal. Let’s try those things first,’” he says.

Recently, I went over to a couple-friend’s house with my husband, to play with Auto-Tune. The husband of the couple, Mike, had the software on his home computer – he dabbles in music production – and the idea was that we’d record a song together, then Auto-Tune it.

We looked for something with four-part harmony, so we could all sing, and for a song where the backing instrumental was available online. We settled on Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road.” One by one we went into the bedroom to record our parts, with a mix of shame and titillation not unlike taking turns with a prostitute.

When we were finished, Mike played back the finished piece, without Auto-Tune. It was nerve wracking to listen to, I felt like my entire body was cringing. Although I hit the notes OK, there was something tentative and childlike about my delivery. Thank God these are my good friends, I thought. Of course they were probably all thinking the same thing about their performances, too, but in my mind, my voice was the most annoying of all, so wheedling and prissy sounding.

Then Mike Auto-Tuned two versions of our Boys II Men song: one with Cher / T-Pain style glitchy Auto-Tune, the other with “natural” sounding Auto-Tune. The exaggerated one was hilariously awesome – it sounded just like a generic R&B song.

But the second one shocked me. It sounded like us, for sure. But an idealized version of us. My husband’s gritty vocal attack was still there, but he was singing on key. And something about fine-tuning my vocals had made them sound more confident, like smoothing out a tremble in one’s speech.

The Auto-Tune or not Auto-Tune debate always seems to turn into a moralistic one, like somehow you have more integrity if you don’t use it, or only use it occasionally. But seeing how really innocuous-yet-lovely it could be, made me rethink. If I were a professional musician, would I reject the opportunity to sound, what I consider to be, “my best,” out of principle?

The answer to that is probably no. But then it gets you wondering. How many insecure artists with “annoying” voices will retune themselves before you ever have a chance to fall in love?

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TiK ToK by Ke$ha
Animal by Ke$ha
Believe by Cher
In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Buy U A Drink by T-Pain
Hung Up in Glee
Big Hoops by Nelly Furtado
Piano Fire by Sparklehorse and P.J. Harvey
Imagine by John Lennon

You know their are great female singers but then their are some aweful ones. Let's expose these ladies.

The Top Ten Worst Female Singers of All Time

1Nicki MinajOnika Tanya Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj (born December 8, 1982) is a Trinidadian/American rapper / pop music artist. Minaj is most known for her songs such as 'Anaconda', 'Super Bass', 'Starships' and her feature on 'Bang Bang'. ..read more.

No duh shes the worst female singer. Horrible! She didn't get in the bizz based on talent that's for sure. She only got in cause shes got a huge chest and huge behind. Her videos are disturbing and disgusting, her voice is auto tuned, and even then it sounds horrible. She can't rap. She ENJOYS being treated like a sex toy, and really wants to be a sex toy. Gives women a terrible name. In every video she is constantly half naked or ready to have sex. I'd like to see her wear normal clothes for once. Her facial expressions are creepy as hell, and her lyrics are pointless and stupid. Whenever she makes her voice go really high or really low, it just freaks me out. She has no respect for her body and thinks shes all that. Why is she judging american idol when she can't sing? Her fake looks are what got her here, nothing more. She is destroying womens reputation and music - dragonfly99

Why is she down here?
SHE'S TERRIFYING!
Her voice (live), her videos, and her face are all nasty as hell!
She shoudn't even be on a commercial or magazine

NICKI MINAJ YOU CAN'T BE A SINGER YOU'RE AWFUL

STOP HATING ON NICKI MINAJ! Just because of anaconda and the other horrible song doesn't make nicki minaj horrible. She has some catchy fun songs and makes us think happy instead of sad. Some of her lyrics make no sense but you will get them. Listen to her good songs like save me and grand piano. She has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. Save me and grand piano are her only sad songs while the rest are fun. Why can't taylor swift and Nicki minaj switch places. Nicki minaj at least has talent, but she just needs to change her attitude a little and let her have fun. Stop making fun of her. Taylor Swift is mean and talentless and boring and everyone thinks she is the queen of everything. Taylor Swift writes mean songs about other people who didn't do anything to her, even katy perry. Katy only wanted her dancers back, not steal them and taylor makes it a big deal and writes a mean song about her and becomes a hit. Wow, what a talent is that. No way. Nicki at least makes ..more Little snitch kernel panic.

Please, She uses Autotune and it's more obvious than Justin Bieber. - MrQuaz680

2Miley CyrusMiley Ray Hemsworth (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), known as Miley Cyrus, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her voice type is Mezzo-Soprano and has 4 octaves. She became a teen idol starring as the ..read more.

She is just a really bad actor/singer/celebrity.. Pointless plots and bad music videos (don't do a fisheye lens and a pouty eyes closed thing (7 things), it looks awful). Even Rebecca Black is in some ways better.

Her speaking voice is like nails on a chalkboard.. And she always has the same dumb expression on her face.

When she still young, she looks fine and nothing bad. But then, she became a disgusting, awful and the worst singer in my opinion. What made her into this? I don't know! This should be number 1 of the worst female singers! I swear this singer have no point on what is she did to herself, her voice and her expressing emotion! Her hair, her face, her personality disgusted me enough. So throw your fame away, Miley. - TheRegular1227

Hannah Montana was the reason she turned herself into that monster she is now. - DCfnaf

The pitch variation and singing not good ata ll

3Selena GomezSelena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer. She is best known for songs like 'Come & Get It', 'Good For You', 'Same Old Love', and 'It Ain't Me'. Selena Gomez's voice is mezzo-soprano but she usually sings in alto. She is best known for her role as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.

Okay, so let me begin by saying that you should judge a singer by their live ability since in studio anything can be done. Next, her live singing is terrible because she is not in tune, her voice does not even come close to some notes, she uses auto-tune live which is pathetic. She also falls into the category of another disney girl. Just to show I don't put everyone in this category, I do have to say the one and only person from disney who has talent and might possibly be one of the top 25 best female singers is demi lovato. After hearing her I was surprised at how good she was. I made me think twice about selena, but then I listened to her again and realized selena is even worst than I thought

I personally think Selena is a real person. She has worked so hard to get to the position she is in now. However, she is a grown woman now and we can see through her music, her movies and her physical presentation how much she has matured. Now aside from Selena, I personally admire singers that write their own lyrics, and I know Selena has written a small number of her songs.. But I found the lyrics she sings contradictory to one another.
Take Who Says for example. This song has meaningful lyrics: you are beautiful.
'You may be insecure.
To me I wasn't good enough
But who are you to judge
When you're a diamond in the rough. '
But sadly, she sings Bang Bang Bang which lyrics include:
'My new boy use to be a model
He looks way better than you
He looks way better than you do'
Shallow much? And the rest of the lyrics is trash talking this boy and downsizing him to another boy. I get it. Maybe she has been cheated on. I ..more

Come on its just a song about nick jonas, personally I love both of them and I really like that song because it just fun and it has a good rhythm I don't really like the lyrics to be honest but you can't say she is a trash singer come on just listen to the heart wants what it wants and then come back and vote again

No true singing talent. Sounds like a karaoke singer and she is claimed to be an amazing singer? Please ;there are so many people out in the world have true talent and it's there passion and they never get a chance and this girl gets it handed to her. Music industry sure needs to rethink what is talent again.

She can't sing live. She use autotune in her recording just to make her voice good. But she really can't sing.

4Iggy AzaleaAmethyst Amelia Kelly, born June 7, 1990 known professionally as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model.

Put Iggy Azalea above Kesha and Nicki Minaj! She is worse than the two of them combine. At least Kesha and Nicki Minaj show that they have some talent and skill and are both wicked hot. BUT IGGY AZALEA HAS NO FLOW AND SHE IS SO FAKE WITH HER ACCENT AND SHE'S UGLY. Even with auto tune that Kesha and Nicki Minaj use they still sound more realistic than Iggy. Also Kesha has way better lyrics and doesn't write about the same thing over and over again, Nicki Minaj's songs sound the same, but in a way they work plus she's a way better freestyler than Iggy, Iggy is one of the worst freestylers I have ever heard. ALL OF IGGY AZALEA'S SONGS SOUND THE SAME! THEY'RE ALL ABOUT HOW GANGSTA SHE THINKS SHE IS WHEN IN REALITY SHE ISN'T! I have never seen a female musician as fake is Iggy Azalea. She is also even worse than Rebecca Black and Miley Cyrus, I didn't think that was possible to be worse than Rebecca and Miley, but Iggy actually managed to pull it off, Well Done!

She's worse than Nicky Minaj she wants to be black so bad. I mean have you heard her freestyle

Honestly I can't think of anybody more deserving of the #1 spot than Iggy Azalea. She is everything I hate about the music industry. I'm sick and tired of seeing Nicki Minaj at the #1 spot when Piggy Azalea should be at the #1 spot. No woman in music has pissed me off more than Iggy

She wants to be black, can't rap, and needs to keep her ass to herself.

5Taylor SwiftTaylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. ..read more.

Taylor is a terrible singer and person. She is better than rebecca black, but all she does is put the same color lipstick on every day and curl iron her hair, Like someone said. Her songs are babyish and only appeal towards little girls and their family. She has a very weak vocal range too, according to a chart, only topping Luke Bryan. Her voice is nasally, which can be a good thing for SOME singers, like Leann Rimes, Celine Dion and Martina McBride. It makes me want to deject all my food like its poison just when a three minute song comes on the radio that she writes. They say she's sweet just because she whines like an attention seeking baby to all of her brainwashed fans that one of the 1700 men she has dated forgot her puppy's last name and bashes them. Being pretty does not make you a good singer. Adele, for example, may not have much physical beauty, but she's talented and truly gorgeous with a phenomenal voice. I wish you were still alive, Whitney, I pray for you and your ..more

Taylor swift is a horrible influence. The only thing she writes and sings about is her stupid breakups. Seriously, she writes a song about anyone who she thinks wrongs her, but can't even write one song about important things. Also, she always plays the 'innocent victim,' the one who everyone should feel sorry for. Yeah Taylor.. It's pretty hard to feel sorry for you when you live in a multi millionaire's mansion, have thousands and thousands of fans, and some pop star friends that are clearly brainwashed by you. Another thing is her feud with Katy Perry and how Taylor wrote 'Bad Blood.' It was super immature to write a song about her just because you had a bone to pick with her. Plus, did we ever get to know Perry's side? Nope! Just take it from stupid Swift and think that Katy started it all. Wow Taylor, real mature! Taylor definitely deserves to be on this list. In fact, she should be FIRST!

Taylors voice murders my ears. I like real singers like Martina McBride, Florence Welch, Adele, Celine Dion, Freddie Mercury, Amy Winehouse, Phillip Bailey, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Amorosi, Josh Groban, and Christina Aguilera. Honestly, I think One Direction is better than her, and I don't even like One Direction, but I will defend them and their fans because their fans are kind, outgoing, friendly, and supportive, unlike Taylor and Justin Bieber fans. If you tell a Directioner that you dislike their fandom, they won't scream at you and will not judge you. Swifties just say, ', you're just jealous that she's prettier than you! ' Well, being pretty doesn't equal being a good singer. Minnie Riperton will always be better than Taylor Swift, and so will Michael Jackson and Tori Kelly. But still, all Taylor does is mock her ex boyfriends because they accidentally wore the wrong color shirt once. Taylor, many people hate you and you should be number one!

Well her fans mostly consist of young children. They she's the best singer of all time. Well, sorry but you can't make a statement like that if you have a limited exposure to music. What do children know about 'All Time' they have not been around long enough to even have any say. They need to go back and listen to older music and female artists who have been around much longer doing their craft and you will find out there are 1000's better. Who can sing, play the guitar much better and have worked harder and longer. Don't disrespect artists who have earned it. You should be respectful and listen to artists like Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox and many though the history of music before you can make statements about she's the best of all time, best singer ever. When I was very young and got into music I had the respect to go back and listen to older artists and find out that in music history my favorites were not the best. And I was mature enough to take it! ..more

6Rebecca BlackRebecca Black is a YouTube personality and singer who's infamous for her single 'Friday,' which was once the most disliked video on YouTube. She has also released other songs, including 'My Moment' and 'Saturday'.

God! Who told her she has talent? She seriously has no brain and her music can KILL someone! My mom had a heart attack when she heard her song 'friday'
WHO FLIPPING CARES ABOUT FRIDAY? It comes every week.. Stop acting like its the last friday of you stinking, useless life rebecca..

She can sing, however, her song friday sucks balls. and she was already a great singer until she auto tuned her whole song friday

I hear she got bullied out of school after making Friday.. Now her only friend is auto tune. FOREVER ALONE..

You should try a lot harder and why are not in first place? Because just because your father and mother had a lot of money that you got to make a lot music. Well if that chance I would have been a billionaire by now.

Yeah Friday isn't a very good song, but if you've seen her Draw My Life, you'll know that she got bullied before that and when Friday came out it was fine for awhile until the bullying started again. Please stop giving her such a hard time, shes gone through hell and doesn't need to go back.

7Ke$haKesha Rose Sebert (formerly known as Ke$ha) was born on March 1st, 1987 in Los Angeles, United States. She is best known for her hits like Timber, Tik Tok, and We R Who We R. ..read more.

I seriously can't see why Kesha isn't in the top ten.
Horrible autotune singing! Songs just about drugs, sex and partying!
Seriously, she's just horrible!

Precisely. They were notably brazen with these themes. It was a depressing focus, and an unfortunate thing for others to listen to back then.

Hands down the most relentlessly untalented woman is music, her songs are nothing but spoken word auto-tuned to sound 'good' if you really can call it that. She's another example of what happens when white trash gets money.

Good rhythm to her songs but they are only about sex partying and drugs mainly things no one is looking forward to

Honestly, Kesha is a great singer. The problem is that her record label has forced her to release only the heavily autotuned party songs. If you go on YouTube and search up 'Wonderland - Kesha', 'Feels Like Rain - Kesha', or 'Goodbye - Kesha' (not Last Goodbye, just Goodbye) you would see that she actually is a great singer bound to her record label. Which, I heard, she has now broken away from to make her third studio album of 2014-2015.

8Katy PerryKatheryn Elizabeth Hudson, professionally known by her stage name Katy Perry, was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. She is a singer, songwriter, actress and an ambassador on one of the most popular companies of now, UNICEF. ..read more.

What the hell is Katy Perry doing on this list?!? She writes her own lyrics and they're very inspiring!

Katy perry I love you

She is awesome not horible

I think that she should be nice all the lil girls at my school think that she's the best it she's spoiled her parents better teach her something

9Britney SpearsBritney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and actress who was born in McComb, Mississippi, and grew up in Kentwood, Louisiana. She performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows like 'The Mickey Mouse Club' as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997 ..read more.

I laugh at when people on facebook, twitter or youtube compete this fat fake voiced skank against Divas like christina aguilera, whitney houston, mariah carey etc saying britney doesn't autotune and she doesn't lip sync. I need to tell you blind geeks to go to specsavers and get glasses, maybe also a hearing aid. SHE IS THE CREATOR OF AUTO TUNE AND LIP SYNC!

Yuck. She can't sing for crap. It's all voice editing for her.

She had weird toddler kind of voice when she sang, today she is just overproduced machine autotune kind of voice mixed with dental drill. She never sings live and Thank God for that. In my opinion one of the worst female 'singers' ever.

I guess she's bad enough that people couldn't even spell her name right. - al1070

10Yoko OnoYoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist who is also known for her work in performance art, music, and filmmaking. Singer-songwriter John Lennon of the Beatles was her third husband.

She ruined Double Fantasy a would have been fantastic album. Her voice sounds like scratching nails on a chalkboard. - GamerXS

WHAT?!? Why the hell is she ranked below good singers like Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift. Like, come on. At least their voice doesn't make you want to physically die inside and make you go partially death. You gotta admit that they sound way better than this hag. Honestly, there is too much hate on mainstream artists. - guccigangkid69

Her voice sounds like a dying cat shes an absolutely awful singer heck Justin Beiber is a better female singer than her - guccigangkid69

How is this hoe below Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga? They have TALENT, whereas this freak wouldn't know talent if it hit her in the face. There are some pretty bad singers above yoko like nicki minaj, miley cyrus, iggy azalea, ke$ha, rihanna (her modern stuff is bad, but her old stuff was good), but they're nowhere NEAR as laughable as yoko. I don't care what positions they get, they definitely deserve to be on this list, but yoko deserves #1.

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11Lady GagaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. ..read more.

Dear people who are calling her a fraud,
She lipsings, but her songs are hers. I bet that your favorite singers (like that Macklemore crap) lipsing too.
Dear people who are calling her weird,
She's herself and she's not gonna change just because someone told her to! I respect that! Her style is her own. She wants to die an original. Lady Gaga stands out in a crowd and isn't afraid to be herself.
Lady Gaga is probably one of the MOST original artists that have walked this planet. She CAN sing and she's not afraid to sing what SHE believes, not what the entire world thinks.

Her fashion sense gives me the creeps and her song downright annoying.

If she is right in the head then there are places full of people locked away that should be out in society. , she is total rubbish, cannot sing, all she can do is wear stupid outfits that gets her noticed

For the sake of humanity, please people, take a brief moment of reflection about what you think of this woman. Do you really think that she is original in the world of music (industry)? Has she created a new style or even had any influence over any other (real) artist? I really doubt it, since she still does the same pop standard as everyone else out there. I heard some of her new jazz stuff, and it was decent, even good compared to what she had previosly done, I can give you that. But she is not that talented, wake up. She might have a good voice, nothing from another world, there are (and there were) MUCH better ones at different styles of music. So talking about the music she sells, it fits the pop average quality (which is actually quite low). Not to mention her lyrics, they are so dull and dumb (Just Dance, telephone, applause, highway unicorn and I can keep on mentioning) only refering sexual themes, drugs, popularity and otrher silly teenage thoughts.
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12Meghan TrainorMeghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer and songwriter. Trainor's work has been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, Music Business Association's Breakthrough Artist of the Year accolade and two Billboard Music Awards.

I don't really like her because even though all about that bass is supposed to be positive it doesn't seem that way. I'm not saying it's skinny shaming, it's just after she refers to slim people as 'b*****s', she proceeds to let us know that 'boys like a little more booty to hold at night,' as if the only way to have a good boyfriend is to have a big bum. It might have had good intentions but it sent the wrong message to me.
Also her and Charlie Puth's song 'Marvin Gaye' is pointless and stupid.

Exactly, and it paints as perverts. I hate artists like that. She is helping no one! - EliHbk

She may not have the best voice and is basically talking in them, but her massages I like. Most singers, especially girls sing mostly about love, heartbreak, how someone hurt them, etc.. but she mostly sings about how she likes herself & that she likes being an independent woman who is uninterested in dating. Not saying there's anything wrong with love, but it shouldn't b a woman's main focus & that's what Meghan mostly sings about & say I can respect the girl way more than Taylor & most other singers even.
And about 'all about that bass,' she said she was 'just playing' so she wasn't serious with that comment. That song was just saying even if your over 150 lbs u can still b beautiful and I don't have to go by society's standards because every1 has different views of beauty. No need to skinny shame sure, but there isn't no need to fat shame ether commenters =/

These female on the List are horrible
Taylor swift is worse than her but can't stand meghan

Her message is good. You are perfect, no matter what your weight is but she uses curse words and criticizes skinny people. Some people can help it if they are skinny. Some people can't help it if they aren't. But you don't need to go around cursing at skinny people!

13Cardi BBelcalis Marlenis Almánzar, known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, songwriter, television personality and former stripper.

How is she below a lot of talented singers/rappers? She has no talent at all and I don't get why she's even famous anyway?

How is she all the way down HERE? Why is Nicki #!? They need to switch NOW!

How is Cardi B below Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, etc.? Why is she all the way down HERE? Put her at number 1 asap! This thing has NO TALENT WHATSOEVER! Just payola and sympathy. Btch can't rap to save her life. can't sing either! doesn't write her lyrics. Her and Nicki Minaj (who is number 1 thanks to BardiGang, Lil Kim fans, and Remy Ma fans) need to switch places NOW!

Her voice is so rough and even said it herself she is in it for the money

14Ariana GrandeAriana Grande-Butera, known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She was born on June 26th 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande and Edward Butera. She is best known for her role as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious and its spin-off show Sam & Cat. ..read more.

Okay, I am not a huge Ariana Grande fan, but people! She's an amazing singer! How else did Ariana (aka Cat Valentine) manage to get into Hollywood Arts High school? Ariana is the best! Whoever said that she isn't talented are just IDIOTS that need to get lives! Just because she can't sing like those other singers like Beyonce, or Mariah Carey or even Tori Kelly (by the way Tori Kelly is my number one favorite singer), doesn't mean you can start writing trash about her so-called untalented voice. Plus, you're all just jealous that you can't sing like her! You should've seen this voice impression she did of Christina Aguilera, singing Wheels On the bus song. She was literally on fire. I was like, woah, this girl can sing! Damn! Why is she even on this list? Get Ariana Grande off immediately!

I'm a Mariah fan, but I will defend Ariana and say that she is a really good singer. Ariana is actually talented and sweet. She's not a terrible singer so she shouldn't even be on this list.

Sorry, but she actually does sing worse than a good bit, but definitely isn't near the worse. - EliHbk

Whoever said that Ariana Grande isn't talented is a prick. Ariana Grande is by far one of the most best female singers ever! Ariana Grande is funny and has a really adorable Cat Valentine voice it's so cute!

WHY is Ariana Grande lower than Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Mariah Carrey? Ariana copies Taylor's style and Selena's video. She also have the same voice as Mariah Carrey. People only like her because of her singing, but she is so rude toward Victoria Justice and Selena Gomez WITHOUT any reasons. She and Selena (who is number 4 on the list because of Arianators and Beliebers) should switch places

15RihannaRobyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian-American pop singer. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning ..read more.

It really annoys me how mediocre singers like Rihanna are so successful because they use auto tune and dance around naked in their videos. It's never about the love of music for Rihanna it's always what outrageous thing can I do so I can get even more publicity and make more money. (i.E. S&M by being banned in 5 countries she got huge amounts of publicity and the song was very successful)

I hate this drug-addict singer and she's lip-sinking! Her hair look road-killed and she wears skimpy outfits! She ruins every video especially the ones that her and Eminem created called, 'Love the Way You Lie'! Megan Fox, I love you but stay away from Rihanna!

Most my life for my girlfriend to rihanna, and we still miss you too.

This girl can't sing live, she sing nasal and sing half of her songs and get tired easily.. You call that a singer? Lmfao, if she wasn't pretty no one would care about her! Hoe-rrible!

16Jojo Siwa

Honestly? I think she's awful. She looks like an annoying little brat, and all the girls at my school love her and think she is so great. The bows are stupid, and I just want to burn them all. She has no talent in singing whatsoever and she is only famous from Dance Moms, which I really hate as well. Her winning the Kids Choice Awards (which I also really hate but watch because my cousin likes it and I like to make fun of it) really added to my hate. She's everywhere I look, and I hate it. There are people that have way more talent than this.. thing.

Once she turns 20, its not gonna be cute anymore. It wasn't cute in the first place, but it may be a little creepy - Awesome12345

She's so annoying. There are much better kid celebs than her, such as the It and Stranger Things cast. Those kids don't shout and hang around with Miranda Sings for a living. The bows are obnoxious and not cute. The fact that a 14 year old does this stuff and not a kid who's still in nappies shocks me. She has no talent whatsoever and Nickelodeon shoves her right in your face. Remember when Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice were the hyped kids of Nick? Good times, eh? Avoid JoJo at all costs, unless you want ear cancer

YES! Finally! SOMEBODY understands the hate I have for this annoying little brat! My little sister is OBSESSED with Jojo Siwa and 90% of her presents she got on her birthday were Jojo merch! I'm not even kidding! About 2 or 3 items weren't Jojo Siwa garbage I don't know how ANYONE likes Jojo! The bows are crappy and they all need to be put in a volcano! She has no talent at singing at ALL and yet girls WORSHIP HER! She might even be as bad as Justin Bieber! - Pokemonfan10

17Cher LloydCher Lloyd is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, and model. She rose to fame in 2010 when she finished fourth in the seventh series of The X Factor.

Really she was the worst thing to come out of the UK X factor she can't sing just terrible a prime example of our stupid generation.

Well she's ok but like seriously her voice sounds terrible

This Girls Is Really Funny Why You Hate Her? I Know Some Lyrics Has No Sense But
Her Voice Is Not Too Bad I Have Ever Listened your Love Song So Many Times It Was
Beautiful Song.

I hate Cher Lloyd with a passion! She can't sing at all

18Kim KardashianKimberly Noel 'Kim' Kardashian West is an American reality television personality, actress, socialite, businesswoman and model.

What the hell, she's not a singer now is she! THE WORLD HAS ENDED! Kim Kardashian is literally one of the worst people in the world, she is so fake, she has loads of plastic surgery, she is only famous for being alive, whereas everyone else on this list had to WORK to get where they are now. Kim is not the most annoying female, she's the most annoying person in general, along with her fake family. Except Caitlyn. I like Caitlyn. I don't watch 'Keeping up with the Kardashians', by the way.

Before all of you start saying she isn't a singer- she made a single called jam (turn it up) and it was pretty awful..

Hey, she's not a singer! She's a reality star. Don't you people who put her on this list can't understand that?

Just heard Jam (Turn It Up)..yeah, that song alone qualifies her enough to be higher on this list than Taylor Swift. Hell, Rebecca Black only made two songs and she's higher than Taylor.

19Carly Rae JepsenCarly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Mission, British Columbia, and later based in Vancouver. She is best known for her hit song 'Call Me Maybe' which topped many charts in 2012.

Honestly. FOR ME she's too bad

Please breathe between the singing..

Carly, you better be an actress YouTube. If you want become a singer, you should learn singing again! Okay?

She have the potential to be a good vocalist if she work hard on her voice. Her songs are really catchy and I love them.

20Camila CabelloKarla Camila Cabello Estrabao, or professionally Camila Cabello (born March 3, 1997) is an American-Cuban musician. Camila was best known for being part of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony are known for songs like Worth It, Work From Home, All In My Head (Flex), Bo$, and Sledgehammer. Camila ..read more.

She's got one of the worst voices I've ever heard! Her nasally-raspy-mumble combo should be played on repeat at Guantanamo Bay Prison -- those sick terrorists would singing like songbirds after a few hours of her voice non-stop! No wonder Marc Anthony looked like he was in pain about to cry on TXF USA when she was singing for him, his ears were about to bleed!

I only hate her because she made Never Be The Same. Otherwise, all her songs are excellent and she shouldn't even be here.

Her voice is kinda annoying, like a goat or cat screaming. I can't take it. Her riffs are annoying, she does too much. Sometimes a little can go a long way. I feel like she tries to hard.

Uh CAMILA is an AMAZING SINGER GET HER OFF THIS LIST. She can really hit the high notes, if you think she's bad you clearly haven't heard Miley Cyrus. CAMILA RULES

21Sophia GraceSophia Grace Brownlee and her cousin Rosie McClelland, both from Essex, England, make up the duo Sophia Grace & Rosie.

I not gonna lie this girl can't sing but u need to be nicer as she's only a kid

She can be a spoiled brat but just be kind because she just a kid and I don't hate her but I don't like her either but just try to be nice please!

She is super annoying and I will kill myself if I hear another one of her same sounding songs

The old Sophia was sweet as natural maple syrup. Now she's fake unsweetened syrup.

22Paris HiltonParis Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, socialite, television personality, model, actress, singer, DJ, and author.

Paris is the least talented celebrity ever! She can't sing and her music is auto tuned crap! The only reason why she is famous is because her dad is famous.

She looks like Barbie and she's sick.

Shes a basically a breathing hump of plastic

SHE IS TERRIBLE all her songs are a massive flop

23Mariah CareyMariah Carey, born March 27, 1970, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is one of the biggest best-selling women in the music industry, with 18 number 1 records to her name. She is regarded as a sex symbol through her songs and music videos, and she is 'well known' for her over-the-top ..read more.

I did a mistake! Mariah doesn't even deserve to be here! She's a great singer! Sorry

I think you thought this is the list for great singers that's why you added mariah right? I understand. Mariah is a great singer!

I think is funny that somebody put Mariah Carey on the list. But don't get me wrong, as a person who love listen to rock and metal music, I think her voice is cool even though I never listen to her music because I'm not that kind of person who listen to vocalists with softer vocals.

She is a great one when she was new in early 90s. Then she just become barely good during her mid career. And now I feel she just squeaking in her every songs and sounds worst. She deserve to be in top 10. But unfortunately my vote alone can't make her in. So please support!

We Belong Together is an utter pile of garbage! Still can't understand how it went to number 1. It would be decent, if not for her annoying voice! That's not soul singing, that's screaming! - RnBLover

24Agnes Monica

That girl has terrible voice and often to scream when she was singing and the most important point, she is the biggest plagiarist of this planet and has bad taste of fashion she also has bad attitude!

She doesn't have any intenational albums yet. But she is already claim herself as world singer. She's not so talented she's always yelling, screaming shouting the notes she is the worst!

She always lipsync and scream. Annoying. She is actually talented, but, no x factor. Constantly work hard, but too bad. Biggest copycat and wannabe ever.

She really deserve to be here. she is copycat EVER. she was trying to be Britney and Christina. and now she try so hard her looks like Beyonce. duh!

25Ellie GouldingElena Jane 'Ellie' Goulding is an British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born on December 30th, 1986 in Hereford, England . She is most well-known in the U .S. for her singles 'Lights,' 'Love Me Like You Do,' 'Burn,' and has been featured in other songs with Calvin Harris and others . ..read more.

What an awful warbling voice! I have no idea how she became popular.
She sings great songs but her voice ruins them in my opinion.
She is pretty but not as pretty as she thinks she is.

To the person below, 'go hurt yourself'? Excuse me?
People actually struggle with terrible mental disorders where they want to (like my friend did). That just triggers them, and that can make them want to commit suicide. And they can't help it. So you're telling people to hurt themselves because they dislike a singer? You should go kill yourself. Make the world a better place.

God she has such an annoying, whiny voice. The way she sings words with the letter 'I' in really pisses me off. Why must she put so much emphasis on the letter 'I'?

Auto-tuned Singers Real Voices Live In Love

I like her voice - Her voice is soft yet not too quiet, and at a full volume and I like her accent. She is british so she does have an accent - Lunala

26Yolandi VisserAnri du Toit, better known by her stage name Yolandi Visser, is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress.

Let's get her to number 1. - NickelodeonYesAddminNo

27Carrie UnderwoodCarrie Marie Underwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005.

Anyone that came from a televised karaoke show does not deserve any respect whatsoever.

She is just a useless reality show star

Changed My mind, I think she's kinda decent I guess, but I still find her personality weird - VideoGamefan5

Acts like a pure Christian yet dresses like a skanky hoe

28Kylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue is an Australian-British singer and actress. She achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, where she played tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson.

Talk about your basic manufactured no talents who've had easy made careers from some sappy soaps. They both also share the same nose job and fake personalities. How they made it to this day is most likely a combination of who they know and prancing about in trashy clothes while seducing the cameras at every turn. They even get to judge real talent? They sing like they've been sucking in helium and their wax figure counterparts look far more human than they do. I am so sick of these talentless tramps and can't understand why anyone would find them attractive, let alone listen to their irritating songs.

This hoe needs to back up off the voice just because she got kicked off every other show she was on, she isn't wanted anywhere, not on the bbc and not on itv either! She just embarrassed herself At the Brits slurring around those guys, girl please don't try and flirt with men that don't want yo ass. And I feel sorry for Danny having a sister like that.

Get this abomination to number 1. She's the worst female singer of all time.

She's pure garbage. Even One Direction is better. - NickelodeonYesAddminNo

29CupcakKeElizabeth Eden Harris, better known by her stage name, cupcakKe, is a rapper, singer, and songwriter. She was born on May 31, 1997 in Chicago, United States. Although she is best known for her sexually explicit lyrics, cupcakKe was raised in a church and is still a devout Christian.

I get she is just shock satire and she was meant to be disgusting, but she and her disgusting lyrics are extremely unfunny and gross - Leafeon271

Cupcakke only got famous for her plastic body and sexually explicit and disturbing lyrics. She's a talentless, unoriginal, fake pile of crap. At least Nicki Minaj had a little talent, Cupcakke can't rap! The new Nicki Minaj sucks even more than nicki!

I don't care what the hell people say, I don't like Cupcakke and her gross as hell lyrics. - DCfnaf

She's just satire. Calm down.

30Lindsay LohanLindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress. She is also a model, singer, songwriter, director, and producer.

I don't wanna be mean about her because I've had grown up with her movies and I used to be a fan of her. That's why I'm so dissapointed, because I've been a fan of her. She has lost her talent and her dignity!

Um, she's supposed to be an ACTRESS, why can't she stay that instead of getting on drugs and stuff? I loved 'The Parent Trap! '

She ain't even a singer

She released a couple of songs and albums alongside her acting career. - PandasNGaga

The hell happened to her image? Did this really get approved? Lol - DCfnaf

31Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez, also known as J. Lo, is an American singer, actress, dancer, fashion designer, author and producer.

Takes herself too seriously to be even close to being a mediocre 'singer'. Thus,she does a lot of uptempo tracks to hide the fact she can't sing. Just awful!

How could anyone forget her? She should be number one. Worst singer ever!

She doesn't have a very strong voice, but she is still a good singer. I have heard her sing live on American Idol and still sang really good there.

32! , she's one the worst singers I've ever seen, she sucks live and even studio sounds pretty bad

32Hayley WilliamsHayley Nichole Williams is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known as the lead vocalist, occasional keyboardist and primary songwriter of the American rock band Paramore. In 2020 she started a solo career.

Hayley Williams is too talented. She sure beats most singers that is famous.

She shouldn't be on this list. She's intelligent and cute and funny. Charming comes to mind when I think of her. Not to mention that she is beautiful. Why is she on this list?

She must be 1000th because she is too far too those stupid singers AND WHY THE HELL SHE IS ON THIS LIST?! Oh well at least on this same website paramore is is at the 1st place

She has such a lovely voice, and writes amazing lyrics! She does in no way deserve to be on this list.

33FergieStacy Ann 'Fergie' Ferguson is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, television host, and actress.

Fergie made fun of the united states at a sports game and that london bridge song haunts my dreams.

Her voice sucks. Her voice is grating on the ears, and way too squeaky, high-pitched and she sounds like her voice could shatter glass. Only has about 1 song where her voice sounds tolerable - Lunala

A lot of her lyrics sound pretty normal, but they mean dirty things. Don't be fooled by her pretty face.

35AaliyahAaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16th 1979 and died August 25th 2001. She was a dancer, an actress and an R&B singer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Detroit, Michigan and died at Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. ..read more.

She had a boring, soul-less generic poppy voice and her music sucked and was generic (she didn't write her own songs)

Aaliyah is good stop hating you guys are mean

She's not horrible, it's just that her voice is very weak and limited. She's overrated. - DaWyteNight

Absolute utter pile of trash - RnBLover

36Kelly ClarksonKelly Brianne Clarkson is an American singer, songwriter and children's book author. She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural season of the television series American Idol, which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Clarkson's debut single, 'A Moment Like This', topped the US Billboard ..read more.

Can anyone explain why this low-life rapist is lower than Lady Gaga in this list?

Goodness gracious, she is a paedophile for crying out loud! Kelly Clarkson admitted, during a morning hour programme at a New York radio station, that she frequently used violent acts, such as punching or even sexual acts such as whippings/BDSM, to make her children more subservient to her. Unbelievable how some people view her highly and even came to her defense for her awful abuse against her own children!

Gee, pearl clutchers are out and about on this list. Grow up! Kelly Clarkson is NOT a rapist.

Why is this stupid redneck below Madonna? Has Kelly Clarkson contributed anything good to music? No, just-in-tune karaoke renditions don't count.
Madonna's Ray of Light album alone is head and shoulders above anything in Kelly Clarkson's discography. And we're not even talking about her 80s material.

37Janet Jackson Janet Jackson is a singer and dancer who is well known for her sexually graphic records, iconic performances, and slightly weak voice. She is regarded as a sex symbol through her songs and videos.

Shut the hell up people! Jackson is really talented! Like if you agree

She is way too talented so yo all can go to hell.

A great dancer and great singer, Janet Jackson doesn't deserve to be here
Up until now, no one can outdance Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's 'Scream'

Good dancer, bad singer - RnBLover

38Bella ThorneAnnabella Avery 'Bella' Thorne is an American actress, writer, model and singer, released EP 'Jersey' in 2014. Best known for 'Shake It Up!' 2010-2013. Has starred in 'Blended', 'The Frog Kingdom', 'The Duff', 'Big Sky', 'Ratchet & Clank', 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' ..read more.

The reason her voice is good is because she uses auto tune. Her lyrics are stupid, only talking about phones, and BFFs, and so on. Listen to some Beatles, Nirvana, and Michael Jackson. That's good music. They are actually singing about something that IS WORTH SINGING ABOUT! - Alpha101

There isn't a celebrity who pisses me off more than Bella Thorne. She's bad at everything she's famous for. She can't sing, dance, or act for crap. Plus she's just annoying

I agree she's got bad pipes, but I don't think she has any plans to go into singing. She only did in her Disney days, and that was mostly for the show.

Her songs are stupid and her singing is so high pitched especially her song ring ring from shake it up

39Cheryl ColeCheryl Ann Tweedy (formerly Cheryl Cole, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini) known as Cheryl is an English singer, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as a member of girl group Girls Aloud on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals, and stayed with the group until they split up in 2013.

She should be in the worst 3 singers, she is terrible, her voice at some venues she played has been shocking, the music industry is all wrong, damn good singers getting rubbished while singers like this horrible voice is at the top, people are just too tone deaf. Without auto tune she would be on the scrap heap long ago.

She's not got the best voice I'll say that but u guys could put it a bit nicer she's still a human with emotions and feeling and u don't seem to grasp that.

She shouldn't even be on this list! She's the best singer in the world. You are seriously tune deaf and by the way I hate you

Cheryl cole rocks why is she here? - RockStarr

40Celine DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer and businesswoman. She is best known for her song 'My Heart Will Go On', which is the main theme of the 1997 film Titanic, which was the first film to gross $1 billion at the box office.

She's a wonderful singer! Even if she's not singing to my taste of music - she still got a terrific voice - that's no question. (I'm also a singer and musician). I don't think she needs to be Mother Theresa to do her job. Why is she in this list? Who put her here? A geezer who couldn't think of someone else? - Or a very jealous chick? O.K. let's see it like this: Scandal is a great publicity and nobody is kicking a dead dog :) right?

She's a good singer dude!

Why is Celine Dion on this list?! She is such an inspiring singer and she's my favourite of all time! Most of her songs are just amazing and she is kind and faithful to her family and her fans! She should not be on this list at all!

Why is Celine Dion in this list? She has such a full and beautiful voice, and she's possibly one of the best singers in the world! Her songs aren't trash and she is one of the few singers who can actually sing with good vocal quality and technique!

41Bonnie RaittBonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country.

If she were the only guitar playing artist in the world, I still wouldn't listen to her! - Interrogator

..Naw..Nope..y'all got this one wrong..

43Tulisa

Yeah, Tulisa sucks, but why isn't Becky G on this list? She thinks she can rap and dance.. No.. and she also does that stupid squeaky whiny thing and it's retarded.

She's bad! Very very very bad. - shinebrightlikeadiamond

Tulisa is the worst singer ever. she should be number one on this list

44Paula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.

If a mouse could sing it would sound like this.

She sounds fine and only on this list because of bias; I just wonder who drafted her here!

PAULA WASW CREATED JUST FOR MEN T5O MASTERBAIT AS THEY WATCH HER EARLY VIDEOS

45Minnie Riperton

Lovin you is easy because your beautiful.

46Demi LovatoDemetria Devonne 'Demi' Lovato is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends as a child, she received her breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. ..read more.

HOW IS DEMI LOVATO, MARTINA MCBRIDE, TAYLOR SWIFT, SELENA GOMEZ, OR JESSIE J ON THIS LIST.. THEY ARE GREAT SINGERS.

Auto tune total car care monroe road charlotte nc. Demi location and Taylor swift are alright but selena Gomez ant sing for s! %#

Um, what the actual frack is up with the people voting for Demi? She's talented, really talented, she always has been. For once she's a singer that actually has a voice and a brain, and she's still as far as I can see a really sweet person. Sometimes she seems a little edgy but, to be honest, wouldn't we all be if we had to be in the spotlight like her? Demi's songs have actual meaning, and they give off a LOT better of a message than everyone else on this list.

Why is she here? She seems really sweet and even though she fell she got back up again. She is inspiring, not like SOME people on this list (not including Taylor Swift, she should NOT be here either).

47Jessie JJessica Ellen Cornish, better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind.

Jessie j can actually sing though who put her up here?!?

Jessie J can actually sing? Why is she on this list!?

I love her she is super pretty and got swag love you from maddy

Jessie J is a British singer who's completely hollow. She has no real personalities whatsoever, so I don't have any ideas who she is. She's neither real nor enjoyably fake. - TheRegular1227

49LordeElla Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her stage name Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She is known for songs such Royals and Team, and has released 2 albums; Pure Heroine (2013) and Melodrama (2017).

A little sixteen year old walks into the real world of music and thinks she can dance weirdly, be rude to people better than her, wear stupid dark makeup, drone her voice, and act like an emo and still be Queen of Pop. NOT HAPPENING.

The face she makes when she sings looks like she's constipated but generally she just looks like that anyway. She strains her voice too much. Her personality is disgusting, she slags everyone off because they're better than her.

How the hell is Lorde Rock? I found her songs on the Billboard Rock Songs and it appears. She's not Rock, she's Pop.
Ugly. Iggy Azalea is better.

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I think Iggy Azalea is the most terrifying rapper and the ugliest girl in the world. Lorde is one of my favourite teenage singers.

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She sounds like a child and sings about nonsense. She also comes off as conceited. Her lyrics are complete rubbish.

50China Anne McClainChina Anne McClain was born on August 25, 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia . She is of African-American descent . China Anne McClain is a singer for her band, McClain, which she is in along with her sisters, Lauryn and Sierra . China Anne McClain is known for her starring roles in Disney's Ant Farm, and Tyler ..read more.

Shes not bad - Awesome12345