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Favorite Mainstream Artist at the Moment?

  • Favorite Mainstream Artist at the Moment?
    jigger_88 says(Mar 15, 2011)
    Edited on March 30, 2012

    Hoping this isn't a repeat topic. ^^

    For me it's Bruno Mars. Has catchy songs and can actually sing live. Who's yours?  

    Except Paramore (if you consider them mainstream)

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jigger_88's picture
on March 15, 2011 - 2:19pm

Hoping this isn't a repeat topic. ^^

For me it's Bruno Mars. Has catchy songs and can actually sing live. Who's yours?  

Except Paramore (if you consider them mainstream)

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Shane16's picture

Lady gaga and beyonce and the only ones i listen to at the moment.

MidnightFelicis97's picture

@Jigger
I think Katy would have if I'm honest. I haven't noticed anything about her breathing in the slightest. I know when she's dancing on stage she lipsyncs sometimes but that's common.

No, it isn't. The face she puts on is to be different and to enjoy yourself. Whether it's at a party getting drunk or not. She has ONE song about getting drunk really, and that's tik tok. In Take It Off she has a reference towards whiskey but that's once. otherwise it's jsuta bout enjoying yourself.

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@Matt,
Hayley actually took lessons.
Idk if Katy even did
problems with breath control shows lack of practice.

The reason I called her a drunk whore is 'cause it's what she shows on public. I don't know if it's part of her contract to act like one. But yeah..

all I can say is good luck for their future stuff.

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I like Ke$ha because she's that drunk whore. She's different and that's the reason i like her.

renegade_rach's picture

Avril Lavigne is my favourite singer. I have just always loved her and her music.

I'm also a fan of Katy Perry's music. Especially her album Teenage Dream

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@Jigger
It doesn't matter on certain performances. She has the ability to sing well. Hayley doesn't always sing perfectly in tune, in time and this that and the other. Picking out the tiny flaws in an artist when singing is an extremely difficult job anyway is just absurd.

She's about fun. She is NOT a drunken whore at all. she doesn't go out selling her body around and she barely even goes clubbing. She's just a fun loving person so writes about it.

First impressions are important, I agree. But she's known now. Her video is now over 20 million views. It's gone up 18 million in less than a week. She is out there and people WILL be looking to see what she does next.

She CAN sing live. She's very well known for it to.

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@Matt
I never said they were bad singers. I pointed these out based on their MS stuff.

Yup, I already saw that video. I have to agree she was really good. But these videos are really rare. Have you watched her performance in CMA's? It wasn't very good, but entertaining.

Ke$ha, it's really time for her to release something which will show her other side. Not just a drunken whore.

Rebecca Black, I agree she's only 13 but first impressions are always important. Especially when you're entering the music business.

It's really hard to tell whether that video of Taylor Swift was pitch corrected or not. She does that when she's performing live for public television.

Agree with you on the improvement part. even Hayley wasn't that good before. I actually listen to these artists I just posted.

I have school tomorrow, night :D

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@Jigger
Katy Perry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Zd5-sTvV0
That video is not lip synced.

Ke$ha CAN sing. Listen to The Harold Song. Her songs use Autotune to make them catchy and different. She was signed for her vocal skills, not for her ability to use autotune.

Rebecca Black is a 13 year old girl. Her music was produced, written and filmed by the same company. It's autotuned because they want her to be like Ke$ha, obviously. she CAN actually sing, if you'd researched this then you'd know.

Eminem, he isn't a singer. He's a rapper. But when he does sing he actually can. Cleanin' Out My Closet for instance. His voice is really a pretty nice voice when he sings. It doesn't sound nasally at all. but as I said, he's a rapper. not a singer.

Taylor Swift's voice is pretty amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vio0RidOMUM
Listen to that then listen to the original. Difference? Nope.

Music industry is all about improvement. Look at Hayley, she wouldn't have been able to hit the All I Wanted notes back in AWKIF days. To say that because you don't like their style make them bad singers isn't fair when they ARE good singers.

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@Matt, well ok
here are some in my opinion
Katy Perry - have problems with breath control
Ke$ha - I heard that she can sing her older songs.
(when she's not yet that popular)
But she uses auto-tune "most of the time" with her MS
songs.
Rebecca Black - do I need to say more
Eminem - I kinda like him. but when he raps, it sounds like it's coming out of his nose
Taylor Swift - Usually flat when live. But she improved a lot since then.

@Fan_4_Paramore, apology accepted. ^^

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Maybe P!nk or JB?
I absolutely HATE Ke$sha and Lady Gaga though+Katy Perry

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Ke$ha
Gaga
RiRi
Katy Perry

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@Jigger
No, I don't mean it like that.

And I still want an example of someone who uses autotune and cannot properly sing.

Tascha's picture

I like Taylor Swift!

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lol sorry , im just like a hater of mainstream music :D

Mellow_2's picture

I don't know if she is mainstream but Robin from sweeden is awsome! And my number two is Jessie J she is cool, different and a GREAT singer! :-b

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@Benefit Of Mr. Kite, I know him. just researched and I never though he was a one-man band. xD

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NeverShoutNever, but he's not really mainstream at all (thank gosh). I really don't listen to mainstream music. I like mostly oldies music xD and I mean freaking old.

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@Fan_4_Paramore, I'm guessing you didn't really understand what Matt said. I think it's okay to discuss an off-related topic every once in a while.

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@matt

you are amazing. you have never said a better thing!!! gosh u shud rule paramore.net ! :D all they use is autotune and want money okaii this is a paramore site not a beyonce, usher,justin bieber etc !!! discuss mainstream on some other site please !!!

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Avril Lavigne and P!nk

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Jessie J. she can sing really well live :D

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@MartinHardee, I agree that Ellie Goulding is not mainstream "worldwide." 'cause I don't know her. lol

as for Bruno Mars, he sounded like he was having a hard time reaching those notes. still a fan though. :)

@Matt, If you take it literally, then yes every mainstream artist can sing (even birds can). But what I really wanted to express in my words "Bruno Mars can actually sing" is that other artist does not have the quality of being a"good"singer.

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Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry. And Bruno Mars, but he sure was hoarse at the GRAMMYs.

(and I agree with Matt on Ellie Goulding, but not sure is she is 'mainstream' worldwide)

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MidnightFelicis97's picture

I don't know of any current mainstream artists that actually can't sing and use only autotune.

Please, point one out to me.

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Jessie J

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Christofer Drew(NSN)

couch.potato's picture

bruno mars, avril lavigne .. and lady gaga.

All We Know is Brand New Riot's picture

B.o.B and Taylor Swift.

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Avril, Lady Gaga deffs!

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@natali wonderland. - yup he's good.
A lot of pop artists nowadays are relying on auto-tuning but still get all the fame.

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