Britney Spears: How Her Vocal Potential Got Wasted

[@aintnootherfan]

Clips of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" got muted due to copyrights! 4:19, 9:40 Yes I hate it too! Sorry for the inconvenience! 8:07 That was meant to be 1999, my mistake, sorry!

[@tanyakasim3988]

No worries.😊🤗 We all make mistakes. ☺️

[@michellemiller7818]

Where can i find that video at 4:19?? Like what performance was that?

[@Jaiferiss]

@@michellemiller7818 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5jFg55titSogtU&ab_channel=MuuMuse

[@michellemiller7818]

@@Jaiferiss thank you so much!!!

[@wplants9793]

I’ve heard these clips elsewhere and they are great. The Jetts song in particular

[@jodavi5763]

I love Britney and I feel sad that the executives literally took away her voice. Especially as a vocalist, the voice is the soul.

[@nee.lavished]

The songs wouldn't have suited her deep broadway voice

[@iAmNothingness]

my soul must be worthless then

[@rmg2419]

Its bc shes white.

[@pathofblacklight]

She was necer a vocalist. She was a dancer who happened to be able to sing. Dancing has always been her love

[@RajaMCool]

If they didn’t ruin her voice, then she probably wouldn’t have sold as many records as she did and be as successful as she is now. This is unfortunate. It was a trade off. To become a major star and household name, she had to lose her true voice.

[@Tarikkb]

She really had SO Much potential , even tho she started with the “baby voice “ she could’ve slowly transition to her natural voice as time went by , album to album, if she had creative and normal , life freedom , I think she’d want that too I’m sad we never got the chance to see where Britney authentically would go with her career as an artist

[@elcaillo]

well check her unrealeased songs from 2005/6/7 (before her breakdown and her conservatorship), they"re more edgier, deep and dark, they shows what direction her career would take artistically because she composed and wrote them herself, hopefully when she'll be free she'll be in total control so she can put beautiful songs and concepts like she began to do before

[@antonbassonslabber]

True. But what she produced and delivered is still phenomenal. She is iconic and legendary. However... Interesting how her sister says she would have been a grear country singer. In fact, Britney originally wanted to pursue a musical career similat to Sheryl Crow's. But she still nailed Pop in such a big way!

[@Tarikkb]

@@antonbassonslabber ofc they’re iconic she made amazing music I’m just saying I wish we could’ve seen more than that you know

[@tanyakasim3988]

Speaking of the "baby voice", why did they make her sing with that?😕

[@Tarikkb]

@@tanyakasim3988 my guess is they probably wanted her to stand out

[@oceanamelodies8062]

britneys history makes me furious...

[@tanyakasim3988]

I feel with you on this issue. 😔WTF?! 🤦‍♀️

[@basicsforlife6301]

SHE IS A. MAJOR CRIMINAL AND ALL THESE VIDEOS OF BRITTANY ARE BASICALLY COMPUTER GENERATED , AND PRODUCED IN A STUDIO......BASICALLY ITS A A ROBOTIC BODY AND THEY JES PASTED A FACE TO THE COMPUTER ROBOT BODY ....BRITTANY CANT EVEN SING ....THE VOICE IS COMPUTER ......

[@LilNasXLover]

@@basicsforlife6301 you didn’t watch the video and it shows

[@basicsforlife6301]

@@LilNasXLover ok.....well you didn't watch BRITTANY spears with nasty all over her ....but I did watch thos video being made and the song ....its really cool to work with talented people.....i have a good degree ....

[@basicsforlife6301]

@@LilNasXLover and omg , if you saw the nasty about lil Wayne , nelly, Michael Jackson , etc ....you would hurl

[@shaunasugar]

If she came out with an album using her actual natural singing voice *now* ... I think it would be my fave Britney album.

[@julimoon4657]

Exactly

[@noot369]

I really hope so!!

[@itsweirdinhere7397]

original doll would have been that if they didn't cancel it on her

[@sararosewheeler8213]

I don’t know if she’d be able to now.. she could have damaged her voice too much from the years of constant strain.

[@itsweirdinhere7397]

@@sararosewheeler8213 another reason I'm super pissed they stole 13 years from her 😑😪

[@micpowers1136]

Britney was pushed to be a dancer more then a singer.Her voice was trained to go with pop/dance songs that allow her to do more moving then singing.

[@tajsimms8976]

Britney sounds like she is naturally is country singer, which isn’t surprising considering she’s from a small Louisiana town, she sings with a country twang in her voice even on her pop songs. I hope Britney re-emerges as a country pop singer one day blows everyone away

[@joshuamcdowell9745]

Britney originally wanted to go the Sheryl Crow route but younger and more adult contemporary. But her label thought it would make more sense marketing her as a pop artist.

[@idonteperfect6943]

@@joshuamcdowell9745 I heard she also wanted to have a R&B album as her debut then the label said nah we’re going Teen pop

[@juancarlospacsi3400]

No, we don't need a country album. That's only for USA.

[@withexo5225]

I hope that's her 10th album. I love the sound of Liar from her Glory album. Country influence af.

[@TikTokForest]

I don't think her voice is gone. She just has an unnatural tone she's forced to sing in.

[@unomaster6828]

Damn her low register is really good 😳

[@johanh4637]

She learned from Toni Braxton. She's a big fan.

[@shannonmonae2197]

They didint want her to be a powerhouse vocalist. They wanted her to look good and low sing.

[@gswizzy17]

Yep, she had the talent to be one, but that’s not the path she went

[@florato9387]

She can switch genres to rock, where her deep imperfect vocals would actually be a huge asset. It was fire when she sang Alanis Morrissette.

[@thanhnamnguyen7173]

no

[@elcaillo]

@@thanhnamnguyen7173 yes

[@oliviarusso6758]

YES hell yes

[@reneedemain4413]

Id luv to C that... Anybody got a link?!?

[@gnolalegna6432]

Imperfect deep voice? That’s the one I perfer.

[@kienmaple]

Britney spears lower register is great.

[@rosexx241]

lower registers are always unappreciated on women :(

[@josef-1209]

Everyone's low register is amazing :) (Not the notes that they struggle with or push though)

[@denniswarrink5522]

​@@josef-1209 that's not true :D it is different for every singer. You're right in the fact that a lot of female singers feel most confident in their mid chest range, but for example: Ariana said that for her high notes are very natural and easy while she needs to train a lot to sustainably reach low notes, too. She is constantly working on her lower register which is why she just recently incorporated low notes like E3s in her songs. Meanwhile someone like Miley Cyrus (or Britney) have very strong low registers but struggle in higher belts - Miley can't really sustainably reach notes above E5 for example. I personally think that Britney's low notes are really strong and show a lot of potential (as you can see in her Sometimes live snippet from this video or her singing not a girl not yet a woman with the piano (from her movie)), just like Miley Cyrus or Pink are very strong in their low notes. Additionally, I also think she has a beautiful falsetto/head voice. If you watch her SNL performance of Everytime or her live version of the song during the onyx hotel tour, whenever she goes to the high part in head voice ("and this song's my sorry") she sounds absolutely beautiful, but that she is struggling with the higher belt/chesty parts when doing it in her "baby" voice with bad technique.

[@josef-1209]

@@denniswarrink5522 okie

[@joseluismedina743]

@@denniswarrink5522 what he said its true, no people has a bad register, not even one note that they are not able to do it, what happen is lack of technique/development, singing is like school, you learn what you can't do, those issues happens because you are not developed enough, thats why you think it's impossible, but everyone's lower register is amazing:)

[@ChannelRichard]

What Ariana said is also true for Britney. It's straining and damaging for Britney to try to sing like the caricature of "Britney Spears" since it's not natural for her voice either.

[@andrewmark2783]

Well thankfully she's never used it enough to really damage it. Smoking probably caused more damage than singing would have done.

[@carlosallaynespark4794]

@@andrewmark2783 no dude no. Smoking was not the cause of the lost of her voice. You re not watching she was forced to sing in that baby voice. Please man look for this like must be

[@ashdog236]

@@andrewmark2783 yet many amazing singers like Pink smoke ciggs, smoking is unhealthy and bad for you but this obsession about it ruining vocals, if you’re a chain smoker it would but some singers will actually smoke a cigarette in the studio to give them the style of vocal they’re wanting to sing.

[@andrewmark2783]

@@ashdog236 Actually, pink stopped smoking years because it almost left her unable to sing. Cigarettes can give your voice a raspy quality but even infrequent smoking can damage your vocal chords and impact your breathing.

[@ashdog236]

@@andrewmark2783 Not true and when was Pink ever unable to sing, the proof is in the singers we have, some of the best smoked the ciggs and that’s it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Alvyonzo]

Her baby voice was actually to copy Swedish teen star Robyn’s voice! Her label wanted to make an American version of Robyn and hired the man who wrote her hit, Swedish songwriter Max Martin, to write Britney’s first hit (and plenty of others)!

[@AvaMaxVideos]

Interesting!

[@whatever6796]

max credited the nasal thing to the backstreet boys and nsync. robyns sound was also just a swedish regurgitation of janet jacksons sound anyway.

[@user-bj7em4fv1p]

No way! I love Robyn!

[@kenangkham517]

Omg! I was listening to Robyn the other day and was thinking wow. This sounds like how Britney sounded early on. But that Robyn’s song came out before Britney’s debut album! I was wondering if Britney was mimicking Robyns style!

[@TheInsaneBEAST1]

It was Eric Foster White who reshaped her voice to her signature baby voice, he worked on Bottom of my broken heart. Even on that song you hear her real voice come out at times

[@favyan16]

Poor Britney she just got destroyed in all aspects.

[@victorbourgoin118]

@tutti oye And she can't even spend it freely :/

[@RedCanyonWolf]

@tutti oye and her dad and Lou stole it all

[@_george_jorge2067]

@tutti oye so are you saying it's all about money? What if you have billions while you're unhappy? I know money can make living easier in many aspects but can't buy happiness because feelings are not for sale!!!

[@tajsimms8976]

She still alive

[@tajsimms8976]

@@_george_jorge2067 she can’t even buy happiness, she’s worth over $100 million but she lives in the cheapest mansion owned by any celebrity...and her dads owns it!

[@danyczer5809]

I don't think she have damaged voice. I just think she's not allowed to use her natural/healthy voice :(

[@martin683]

yeah, shes not allowed to use it. The producer of Liar (2016) in her last album said that he had to hide some vocals because Britney's team wanted to keep the style of her music, however they allowed him to use most of the time a normal voice just like Britney want, the most part of the time. Here they are btw; kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6fGhmaDa7tpZ5o

[@SteffieWeffy1]

They trained her to sing like this.

[@xejelah]

I don't think her voice is damaged either. I think she fell out of practice because performing and dance took center stage. Her baby voice became one with her name, so she couldn't lose it, it's what she's known for. Now, she can do as she pleases vocally. They can't control that aspect anymore. Contracts done.

[@ashdog236]

@@martin683 can you please link me that article of the producer of Liar talking about putting Britney’s leaps and belts in the background? I was furious when I discovered them on KZbin 5 years later 💀

[@aquablue1252]

It’s gone , she can’t get it back . The vocal chords are like any muscle in the body , if not taken care of , used correctly, they become strained , and damaged

[@KitsuneMale]

I am so glad you mentioned the kid singers' bad habits of lowering their larynxes to sound powerful and mature. That deeply annoys me whenever I hear any child singer be overhyped for sounding "so mature and so powerful".

[@aintnootherfan]

Little girl with a big voice, yeah the media and general public love that and encourage young singers to keep these habits

[@joshuamcdowell9745]

Not Michael Jackson. He was a boy soprano when he was younger

[@KitsuneMale]

@@joshuamcdowell9745 He was a child who sang like a child, is that what you mean? Cause boy soprano is not a thing.

[@joshuamcdowell9745]

@@KitsuneMale Actually it is. Boy Soprano is a voice type for young male singer who sings in the soprano range. It is also call the treble voice range.

[@KitsuneMale]

@@joshuamcdowell9745 Right see treble is fine. That’s the term for children’s voice types since they haven’t mature to be anything yet but calling someone a boy soprano would confuse people into thinking men can be sopranos.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

Britney's real voice is like silky dark chocolate. Her popstar voice is like a Nestle Crunch.

[@SvobodovaEva]

Seeing clips of young Britney in her prime makes so sad. She was so full of life and now she looks and acts like a completely different person. I cannot help but compare her life path to Xtina's. While Xtina is living a happy life with her beatiful family, works on multiple projects as well as her own music, looks georgeous and keeps up with the latest fashion trends even in her 40s, Britney has none of that. She lives in her empty house, with her shady boyfriend, doesn't have access to hair stylists or MUAs, wears clothes that stopped being cute 15 years ago, can't see her children, doesn't go out to public, doesn't do any interviews and doesn't even own her social media. Meeting Kevin Federline was her downfall. I really hope she gets her freedom soon.

[@Leopardvixen369]

F*cking K-fed. Ruined EVERYTHING!!

[@noot369]

It was destined to happen with that father of hers

[@izzy_killjoy3053]

Ok now I'm crying :(

[@erikkasepiphany]

Christina had the guidance of her beautiful mother who protected her and urged her to take time off between albums to still live life and have experiences outside of fame and fortune, it kept her grounded. Britney did not have that guidance, her parents allowed her to work to death and be used and abused by the music industry, there were zero healthy boundaries and was not allowed normal life experiences, her like Michael Jackson became more like a music machine and was stripped of her humanity.

[@sophiatai3875]

Shady boyfriend? I though she said he was helping her?

[@NkirukasWrld]

I wish she had vocal lessons during her career that would have helped her soooo muchhhh

[@ramonpadilha9987]

They were more concerned about stealing her money.

[@jas_bataille]

There isn't much you can do after this much damage to vocal folds. She isn't singing falsetto, she is pushing her chest voice in the highs instead of using her head voice and had no time to adapt. There really isn't much you can do... sadly

[@barbyzupancic]

Instead she had very complexive dancing routines...

[@AnaGfit23]

I hear mostly that they forced her to sing soprano when she’s much more mezzo and even alto when her voice matures. Like damn, her low notes really get me.

[@cameron7644]

She's still a Soprano even without the baby voice. The tone she had as a kid isn't her "real voice" either, she was lowering her larynx(same thing Xtina did/does) trying to sound like an adult. Her "unaffected" voice would be something like the clip at 3:25, bright and nasal still but not as exaggerated. Britney was never an amazing singer, not even in her youth like some would like to believe but yeah she was better than she is now, even though that's not exactly a high standard to top.

[@DereBear]

She would have to sound pretty androgynous to be an alto, range doesn’t define a singer, the tone does. Brittany has a light girly voice (despite the baby voice)

[@AnaGfit23]

@@DereBear tone or timber doesn’t define the singer’s range. I’m not trying to be an ass, and I was only a vocal major-not a pedagogy coach-but where have you heard/learned that? I am curious.

[@AnaGfit23]

“Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate.” Yes it’s from Wikipedia, but I have not heard anything that includes you must have a certain tone to fit a vocal range in all my 16 years of singing. There’s tendencies for tone and range to be more correlated, but it’s not part of the definition. Alto was a stretch, I’m thinking more mezzo really.

[@AnaGfit23]

@@DereBear not to bombard this thread, but I get what you mean; coloratura sopranos have different tones than dramatic sopranos and that includes a different range too. I think it’s just semantics, but with something like mezzo and soprano, I don’t think tone/timber would be the final determinate of someone’s range, their pitches would. It’s been a while since I’ve studied it, but those would be, I would think, the difference between a soprano 1 and soprano 2 in choral ensembles.

[@taeslilclown9801]

she literally could’ve been one of the best in her generation if they didn’t ruin her

[@RenaG]

calm down

[@taeslilclown9801]

@@RenaG but it’s true. if you’ve heard her singing when she was a child, her lower register was well supported, had a full sound and extremely consistent, without having to lower her larynx the way xtina does.

[@liliana933]

She IS/WAS that's why she's known as the Princess of POP.

[@taeslilclown9801]

@@liliana933 I meant one of the best vocally. Had her lower register been properly developed over time she could’ve had one of the best lower registers of all time

[@liliana933]

@@taeslilclown9801 yeah, it's honestly a waste and of course, it's not Britney's fault at all. 💜

[@laramiaizz]

i didnt know she used to sing live before..im so used to seeing her lipsyncing so this video is an eye opener to me..

[@truthserum8086]

Yeah she could sing live before she damaged her voice. She was a decent singer.

[@taijohnson9139]

They make lip sync in case if she sings in her real voice.

[@NawiTheCore]

She stopped singing live in the OIDIA era. The OIDIA Tour is 100% pre-recorded (whereas her previous two tours were live with a backing track). After OIDIA, they decided to focus on her dancing more and she stopped singing live altogether, sans the occasional ballad like I'm Not a Girl and Everytime. After 2004, I can count the times she's sung live with one hand.

[@minlowonlin924]

Yeah 🥺💯 it's incredibly scary just how much pull, and influence those record executives have! Initially she would sing live (as any singer), but as she began to skyrocket in fame and popularity you saw the shift: everything from her singing and them cutting the mic off + replacing w/ album audio -- something I truly don't think she was initially aware of, to sexing up her image. Hope she get her way soon #FreeBritney.

[@ashdog236]

Wow when people say “But Britney never sings live”, I thought they were just haters exaggerating, I didn’t think people truely believed she actually NEVER sung live...🤦🏻‍♂️

[@adamd6648]

Finally, someone makes a video makes a full video on her voice. She could have been an amazing Vocalist. And actually put out music that actually represented HER. Her label took everything from her. She could have really been one of the best vocalists of the 21st century. But no she was destroyed. So so sad. She is a lost potential that we will never get back.

[@xmantrans4846]

The thing is its not entirely the record labels fault she herself decided to stay with that voice. Everyone has a choice maybe at first she doesnt have a choice on her debut cause she needs to play the marketting game but 3+ albums after where everyone knows her and is popular by then. She had a choice to go back to her original voice. Like how christina had a choice to make stripped despite producers being against it. People need to take responsibility about their decisions and choices. Not blame it on other people.

[@adamd6648]

@@xmantrans4846 I think a lot more went on behind the scenes that we don’t know about. I feel like she was manipulated through her whole career. Even before the conservatorship. I feel like her label probably told her if she refused to sing in that voice, she’d probably never get a chance to make more music. Then again maybe she just wanted the money. We will never know. But maybe she could have done something, then again we may never know.

[@xmantrans4846]

@@adamd6648 those are just, as you said “feels” not factual we keep blaming people we don’t even know personally for something that “might” have happened.

[@xmantrans4846]

@@adamd6648 producers might have pushed her to the baby voice yeah, but she also gave them consent by following them.

[@xmantrans4846]

@@adamd6648 britney chose success over using her real voice, and the price she had to pay was damaging it.

[@raulm4534]

Her age is also an important part of how she is singing now. It's not just her vocal style but the effects of her long career too.

[@OliverHeikkinen]

Yes. a lot of stress, touring + an unhealthy technique might've done a lot of damage to her voice

[@ksenlovesbears]

Yes, I’m pretty sure she smoked for a while too.

[@sparrowwilson4514]

The fact that you can copy Britney’s voice so easily is proof it’s an affectation. I find this is true of any singers who are easily mimicked. Xtina (who sings with a lowered larynx and darkened tone), Halsey (who does that “seal” voice according to Liz Gillies). Think of any singer who is easily mimicked and I can guarantee you that isn’t their natural/comfortable singing voice.

[@GarageStudio7]

4. Shakira 👀

[@favyan16]

Lmao i havent seen anyone who can mimic xtina. She’s a vocal beast

[@oceanamelodies8062]

Oh yea, the ppl who r easiest to mimic r easy to mimic because they do something unnatural with their voice which puts on some type of stylised effect that anyone who felt like trying could replicate

[@adamd6648]

Exactly. You can easily tell her fake voice isn’t even natural for a human...... She deserved better.

[@laramiaizz]

@@favyan16 demi and ariana have done that many times to impersonate her..

[@ColinsCity]

her deeper voice is not completely gone, i have a feeling she doesn't sing in the baby voice when she is at home and just does it when recording and because she doesn't sing live she doesn't have to strain her voice constantly. A demo for her album blackout called Baby Boy uses her deep voice and t sounds great, some of her unreleased songs she has sang in a deeper voice and that's probably why they remain unreleased, what i don't understand is that the fans have expressed wanting to hear her 'natural' voice but the label still wont allow it, if she did an album with no auto-tune and her deep voice it would sell a lot i think.

[@djfhfh]

Yeah didnt she sing something to talk about live at a concert in her normal voice

[@Commander_Cat]

The people managing her are those that will not revolutionise things and all about money and will just stick to what works and whats safe which is the trademark baby voice

[@Craigy2818]

It's a mix. She's done the baby voice for so long that it's kinda caused damage and changed how her voice sounds. Also, smoking, as well as anxiety, can cause vocal problems. She needs retraining but I hope she's trained toward her more natural vocal sound.

[@shawnbay2211]

I think her voice now has an even richer lower register. I’m so blown away with how strong it is. I think part of it actually came from the damage caused.

[@roxie6220]

Her “real voice” is so beautiful! I hope one day she’ll be able to show it to the world 💕

[@zedmelor8842]

Years of using fake baby voice, I think she lost her real voice.

[@frankjoseodom9203]

I appreciate this video so so much . I’m so tired of people saying she can’t sing at all without auto tune . She can and she always has , it just deteriorated over time due to the baby voice. Just just hope one day we can here her use her natural tone again

[@AmaanStorm]

You could tell that she really was struggling with maintaining the style they taught her to sing in, particularly around the '97 to '99 period, where her natural vocal would break through occasionally in her singing. She was always destined to be a powerhouse singer, but the style and techniques they applied to get vocal wasn't natural to her range that its damaged her vocal chords over the years. Try gurgling like a baby over a long period of time and you realise it actually strains your throat, so I can only imagine what she went through whilst trying to manipulate her voice for the record company. I wish there were more videos of her online, pre-fame, that showcased her amazing natural vocal work.

[@jas_bataille]

Sis if I sing lead a half-tone over what I'm confortable in for one song I feel it. WTF

[@AmaanStorm]

@@jas_bataille sadly i can't sing so I can only imagine how unnatural and exhausting it must feel....

[@marcel-andrewuttig4688]

Let's not forget about all the smoking that has certainly dried out her voice and limited her range. She sounds really fresh and healthy in the beginning... because she was! Stress, smoking, plus whatever other unhealthy habits she formed certainly had an impact. It really is a shame though because she had such a gorgeous tone!

[@moniquecowart9686]

A lot of record companies don't like soulful voices. Brittney has soul in her voice they did this to Florence Bullard from the supremes .

[@Life-oo2tr]

Britney is clearly a contralto, but producers allegedly made her sing as a soprano or a mezzo-soprano. I think it was to make her seem more girl-next-door and appeal to a younger audience who were preteen girls at the time. They also sexualized her when she was just a teen to appeal to the male gaze as well. I feel so sad and disgusted by it all. I really hope she'll be free soon!

[@vocalsbycyrus]

It's sp sad to see how the industry not only ruined her career and her mental state but her vocal abilities. Now that she's free I wonder if she'll want to make new music and how'd that sound if she'd choose to use her natural voice in the future or not.

[@oceanamelodies8062]

I hope once she's free, shell find the chance to retrain herself and get her skills back, and hopefully release music in the natural voice she once had

[@antonbassonslabber]

Interesting how her sister says she would have been a great country singer. In fact, Britney originally wanted to pursue a musical career similat to Sheryl Crow's. BUT she still nailed Pop in such a big way!

[@FML_85]

If youve ever wondered why Britney doesn't sing live....this is why. Just recording an album like that is enough to make her lose her voice...so she's not going to sing live and do further damage.

[@xejelah]

No Britney's all about performance. She can't sing live and dance like that. There's not enough air to do that properly. Britney's dance routines are high energy, not laid back, where she can do both.

[@ashdog236]

I think it’s more the dancing but yes couple the dancing with the fragile easily cracked baby voice = impossible.

[@M00nageDaydream83]

@@xejelah Lady Gaga has entered the chat 👑

[@LarryOfilms]

@M00nage DayDream but Lady Gaga is singing from her natural register, a lot of her songs require the “baby voice” and written that way so Britney can’t deliver on vocals and performing the same way or she would be out of breath. Britney naturally has a lower deeper voice but of course in her labels mind it would be off brand to sing it like Toni Braxton when she should be sounding like Barbie in a sense.

[@M00nageDaydream83]

@@LarryOfilms Oh, ok I get what you mean. I agree with that :)

[@martinigold1940]

I can’t wait till she’s 50 or older, free from everything and everyone and releases a country/bluegrass record using her real voice. Mark my words peeps.

[@arnett.h6276]

I could see that!

[@silverj9236]

This would be incredible, good things are coming for this amazing woman! ❤

[@marimarmar.]

God bless your words 😭

[@fareiefae]

That's never gonna happen

[@snowangelkivilcim]

Look at JLO after 50! Long as she is a good people around her, not trying to use her, I believe she is gonna be amazing!

[@acejo4594]

One thing's for sure, she is fully capable of singing well. It's her technique that needs to change and she'll be fine. Unlike people like jlo who really cannot sing

[@kattyen4782]

Why do you feel the need to drag others? You could have just complimented Britney and stop there.

[@acejo4594]

I wasn't dragging anyone, i merely spoke the TRUTH. If you took it as me attacking JLO, then that's your own fault for feeling that way.

[@kattyen4782]

@@acejo4594 ...okay. I understand your views. But, truth or not, you could've kept things positive instead of deprecating other people whilst uplifting another. And I didn't say or took it that you were attacking Jlo, I simply said there was no "need to drag others".

[@Shayranae]

Yes! I agree

[@exoticalBecky_Miami]

Everyone can sing. Everyone can suck. Depends on the day, finding your range and training yourself to do it on purpose...

[@ilrahcpetite1760]

In 2016 she sang “something to talk about “ live in Vegas ! she sounded sooo good 👏❤️

[@craigfurlow7692]

You are SPOT ON. People, including Britney, have forgotten she can actually SING. I’m praying she gets back to it and works on her vocals. We deserve that SINGING Britney album! 🙌🏾

[@FoxyBirds]

I want a low register album from her , she sounds sooo good in that last clip!

[@mysteriousbluehat2035]

Imagine if she kept her low register in the beginning and teamed up with christina as a duo. I think if she has kept a close relationship with xtina she would have gained some of the confidence to survive the industry.

[@politecat4236]

I think Christina is aware of #freebritney but it's sad that she hasn't spoken and given her support publicly. I think when it's over and Britney is free Christina will speak on it but it's a shame because on the one hand Christina talks so much about female empowerment and supporting other women yet she chooses to stay quiet on a lot of issues and hide her personal opinions by giving neutral answers.

[@Xiephyr]

@@politecat4236 Christina addressed this in an interview (sometime in the past 2 yrs) stating she doesn't feel comfortable commenting on a situation she doesn't know a lot about. Christina and Britney aren't actually close, so why would Christina somehow know the inside scoop? If anything she might reach out privately rather than through the media.

[@lilo638]

Christina was an absolute hater when Britney was in her peak. Filled with jealousy, always throwing shade. Xtina has a superior voice, thus I assume she always felt like she deserved being the pop icon more. Ultimately she can be happy that she was never as big and sought after as Britney was I guess, because brits life was ruined (despite having a pop legacy).

[@lucnorth8446]

I really want Mariah to talk to Britney privately and give her some personal advice; people were trying to make Mariah out as "crazy", too, back in the day, but she was able to come out of that trap. 👀

[@emmanuel7489]

@@lilo638 I think it was more hate towards being compared all the time, just because they were two young, blonde girls in the business. But she has also shown support for Britney many more times. She was one of the first few people to point out that Britney wasn't being treated nice and Xtina reached out to her privately to show her support. She said she doesn't want to comment on this issue because they're not close and she doesn't know the situation. And I don't blame her: anything she says will get taken out of context or be used to fuel this stupid rivalry that messy gays and girls have kept alive for over 20 years, like you're doing right now.

[@casseysteph797]

i love how you separate your videos into sections and put time stamps in the description. i beg you please never stop doing that

[@uilliamunknown4844]

Since her debut she never had the right team around her. My heart breaks for her. Hope she finds true peace soon.

[@Katy91988]

This makes me so sad :( I wish lower registers were more appreciated in women...

[@verystylishordinarypeople]

Why do you say lower registers aren't appreciated in women?

[@IcyIndigo]

Ok, but did anyone else think in the clips towards the end, the most recent clips of her singing, that her voice sounded like it might work for country?! I know she’s originally from Louisiana, so it makes sense, but still!!!! Is anyone else hearing what I’m hearing?

[@dallak93]

It'll be a long way to get back on track vocally but I really hope she can achieve it. She's developed even more ease in her lower register she'd slay if she worked on it properly.

[@joshuamcdowell9745]

Stevie Mackey could help get her voice together. He is the vocal coach to the stars. Unlike his main client Jennifer Lopez, Britney can actually sing

[@ddjr6673]

This popped up on my feed. I am so glad it did. I have conducted choirs and classically trained singers. Agreed: she was told/forced to sing in a certain way because it would sell. "Unlearning" habits can be hard, and working out what is habit, vocal damage, natural talent, and inner confidence can be tricky. Good news: she has a far more interesting and fascinating voice than she is given credit (or the material). Her lower register is amazing (bit like Miley in that respect). She has potential to sing great country records (like Miley). Britney really has life experience to back up the country side. I would love her to find a vocal coach who will "lift her up" - I really feel there is still such talent there. Most of all I just want her to be happy, free and healthy with whatever choices she makes.

[@paulobrito3264]

Blame on her fans not only the industry! She tried to use her real voice on the single perfume, it flopped! You can hear her really deep tones. They are beautiful 👏🏼

[@ItsSandyOfficial]

Perfume is absolutley one of my favorites ❤

[@elizabethmontanez9307]

She actually recorded an album called "original doll" but her record label got rid of it .

[@love2lovebrit497]

Hey, a Britney video from you is a nice suprise. The title made me think the video was gonna be a bit overdramatic but I think you did a great job. As you said, it really feels like she just picked up unhealthy singing habits and some of them pop up unconsciously, even when she is not trying to sound the way she sounds doing her "baby voice" rather than her voice being severely damaged. Also, a lot of people on the comments are calling her a soprano but I personally believe that she is deffinetly a mezzo, she literally has no, and never had any, soprano qualities.

[@lightning0506]

That's not really true, Britney seems to be true soprano, just a lower one, every voice type is a broad spectrum of possible voices. Not every soprano should sound like Ariana Grande you know For me Britney sounds like around normal "generic" soprano voice, at her younger years especially, her "powerful voice" was created by lowering larynx which can be done by any high voice in order to sound bigger, that's exactly her case

[@cameron7644]

She's an obvious Soprano even without the baby tone. The dark, heavy tone clips from her childhood is her shoving down her larynx trying to sing like an adult. Her totally unaffected tone would be something similar to 3:25, still bright and nasal but not so over the top. And also her singing the high note on "I Feel For You", her voice sounded thin and bright cause she wasn't pushing down her larynx

[@FromHeadToPumps]

Britney could never win when it came to the public's opinion - she was accused of lip synching from the beginning and when she did sing live, people said she was terrible and compared her to Christina. She was critiqued about everything she did and wore. I was 13 when BOMT came out and looking back at how she was treated her entire career makes me absolutely sick.

[@mijalakis3]

The industry needed not a singer. 00s pop did not require vocals, 90s pop was dominated by Mariah, Celine, Whitney and Modanna was an already stablished icon. That was actually worked against Xtina or Jessica Simpson because they pushed the fact they were better singers but Britney had better stage presence. Jessica has terrible technique but she does have some singing voice and a wide range too. Xtina is Xtina but Britney was made into the teen idol that everybody could sing along

[@carlosallaynespark4794]

Britney was controled and manipulated from the start. If you realize her record label trained her to sing with that baby voice. Britney s natural voice is like You have ever seem on old videos when she was a little girl. She promised to be the big pop Star and her mom threw her on max martin hands. They became her image in a sexy lolita. They introduced her in these kind of Pop music world where she just have to put in a stage and to get fool all.of the boys and the girls too. She really had a good pretty beautiful face and body. She is not guilty about her breakdown or she just was manipulated to be that kind of girl the world needes to watch to get sex pleasures. They really destroyed her voice. Her image. Her all Poor britney . Im a whole fan of her and it really hurts the way she lost at all

[@TehKaiser]

Britney did runs in Baby One More Time. "go" is not just a single note in that single, but an extended scale. Jlo was worse at singing live without modification and only got better recently.

[@pre-debutera6941]

Ok we need a "Britney's Version" rerecording of her old albums.

[@dieterdelange9488]

Especially with Britney Jean. For some unknown reason, her team replaced most of her vocals on that album with her back-up singer, Myah Marie, who sounds a lot like her. I'm not bashing Marie, because I personally suspect that Britney's team deliberately sabotaged the album. Hence, BJ is most fans' least favourite Britney record. That being said, it contains one of her greatest songs: Perfume, which is sung in her real voice (Sia co-wrote the song and does background vocals). Her first four albums, together with her last, Glory, are her best vocally. The others aren't bad, but they have too much autotune.

[@sersastark]

From her debut album there are two songs that show her vocal range and they are two of my all-time favorites from her: Born to Make You Happy From the Bottom of my Broken Heart

[@justplanes295]

And thinking about you

[@bribear0030]

and Soda Pop

[@ms.coleman8403]

My favorites

[@ahub87]

Yep and they made sure the 4 songs using her natural voice…smh … I liked those songs too

[@DanielOkungbowa]

12:08 she sounds so much like Xtina here omg

[@andresn695]

More like cher

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

Not even remotely similar 😏. Xtina doesn't have traces of vocal fry when she sings. She sounded like Cher.

[@arieslibra]

Lies & Propaganda...😂

[@Chrys_x]

Whatever! 🙄🤪

[@moonlightdreams911]

She is so talented! I hope she comes out with a album all her own one day

[@julimoon4657]

Amennnn

[@superMacaulay1]

Since child Britney NEVER sang with her natural voice, she was ALWAYS using LOW LARINX and when she grew up she started using both LOW AND HIGH LARINX position too. And most of the time Extra EXXtra EXTRAAA AIRNESS. Her case is "stylistic choice was too much". Her singing is actually pretty similar to Christina's BUT with airness.

[@CallmeXtina80]

The fact that two out of two songs in the pre-jive era part of this video are from Mariah Carey really tells you where that comes from

[@virginiaviola5097]

My theory is that both Britney and Xtina were being launched as tween stars post Mickey Mouse...and at that time there wasn’t a great deal of difference between them vocally, so Britney’s cutsie image and baby voice left Xtina to be the big belter. It kept them out of each other’s lanes and allowed them both to become big stars. It’s always all about the money in the end..and not ever for or about the artists themselves. Brit and Xtina made a lot of money for people other than themselves.

[@HaleyMary]

I notice something with the marketing of singers. It seems they try to make young kid/teen singers sound older, but also try to make older singers sound younger. Why can't they just appreciate the singer's natural voice for what it is and don't try to change it?

[@mrsdarkerrose]

OMG u r a mix of Kevin Mcallister and Macaulay Culkin! Kevin Macaulay! (I guess u know the movie Home Alone xD)

[@superMacaulay1]

@@mrsdarkerrose Yeah, that's me

[@felipebiggi]

I think they wanted her to sing in a higher register that was not natural to her. Her lower register was so beautiful and always on point

[@GHfan4life]

And with her testimony, who knows what drugs they were forcing her take that have been effected her body and vocal chords. Free Britney!

[@sersastark]

She had a voice for musical theatre which is what she originally wanted to do. When she's singing Open Arms by Journey, that's HER voice. BritBrat had a perfect singing voice for musical theatre and they destroyed it.

[@ahub87]

I think she is definitely a Broadway voice that got put in a pop box

[@sallyannechris]

I want her deep voice so badly 🥺🥺

[@jade-chan3291]

Tori's impression was so perfect because her voice is naturally more nasal. I feel sorry for Britney and I wish she was able to be herself when she first came out.

[@aw62875]

Seeing her strain to sing in that style after seeing her private showcase performance before the album got big (where they let her sing naturally) is so sad.

[@Thales1997]

She could have been as big as Christina (vocally speaking).

[@issystar96]

💯

[@arieslibra]

Lies & Propaganda...maybe comparable to Jessica Simpson & Mandy Moore...but never Xtina...#sorry...🤷‍♂️

[@Chrys_x]

Xtina is a real artist!

[@djfhfh]

Christina was signed /or at least they knew she was this new girl on the scene, they didnt want 2 Christina's, they deemed xtina the better powerhouse singer and britney the better dancer, and Christina and britney were formed They also like the whole breathy secy marylin esk way britney could sing

[@percivalconcepcion220]

@@Chrys_x but flop hard lol

[@shuntacatron7566]

I watch a lot of the Honest Vocal Coach, and before watching her Britney clips I never realized Britney's "baby voice" was fake. It had been a while since I had seen the old clips from the beginning of her career, where her vocal style was a very different. It was crazy hearing her voice sound stronger when we were mostly fed the nasally sound from the label and her producers. I think if she gets with a very talented vocal coach and train hard, her voice could grow into something even more amazing!!!! I love Brit Brit!!! 🙏🏾👑🎤❤🎶

[@marcosszimmermann]

12:08 her lows are so powerfull i'm a fan .

[@blushslice]

Her mic technique as a teen is incredible!!

[@speedycomet1692]

Wow her lows tho!!!!

[@lrc4263]

0:36 it was this concert where I fell in love with Britney.

[@LLLLLLLLLucas]

I miss that early sound..... Her voice sounded great and much more free

[@jennifersun2638]

From a marketing perspective,her record label made her sing in the "baby voice" so she would stand out.

[@limpisisa.1664]

She singing "think" is everything

[@MichaelinNeoh]

As a singer myself I don’t think she’s in danger of losing her voice prematurely. We used to think that but now we realize auto tune wasn’t the miracle people thought it was. She’s been singing a lot lately and she sounds great. She also sounds like she’s learning more about how to sing without injuring her voice.

[@nurpeachmusic]

That cover of "Think" is so relevant. I bet she chose to cover it because she relates.

[@Alvyonzo]

If you want to understand Britney’s baby voice, you have to listen to Robyn. Britney was supposed to be the American answer to the European teen star with her distinct nasal voice, so Britney got the same man who wrote Robyn’s first hit to write hers and adopted a similar voice.

[@GiuseppePascuale928]

Robyn did not have a baby voice. She had a mature and soulful voice with agility for runs and inflections.

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

Her tone would have ended up sounding baby-esque either way because when she was at the MMC in the middle of the 90's her voice became more and more nasal and it's the nasality of her voice that also leads her to have a baby-esque sound. It actually comes natural to her. I kinda agree about Robyn. Britney's first albums were created along the lines of Robyn's first album. Robyn was the first female Pop Star to represent the Max Martin's signature sound and she had a lighter voice (not baby-esque though) so perhaps Max Martin wanted to recreate a similar sound with Britney. It was also a weird fortuity, given that "Baby One More Time" was initially offered to both TLC and 5ive who rejected the song.

[@vanyc5716]

I thought Hit Me Baby One More Time was written for TLC and they passed on it.

[@CorianderCivar]

@@GiuseppePascuale928 they never said she did. Britney imitating Robyn sounds babyish on her. Learn to read properly

[@GiuseppePascuale928]

@@CorianderCivar I am well aware how to read. Thus, the comment suggests that Britney’s baby voice was inspired by Robyn, which implies that Robyn had that sort of voice (she doesn’t).

[@GarageStudio7]

Such wasted potential...I agree, it's truly not her fault. I blame her parents. They sold their daughters out. So saddening. *P.S.* 1:15 Obviously she was a Soubrette. I wonder what her voice would have matured into if the elites/execs hadn't essentially forced her to manipulate and wreck her voice. Perfect timing for this video 👏

Preach

[@BlackMamba-yq2rs]

She’s a Soprano. It is very rare to be classified as “Soubrette” because their voices will develop into Lyric or Spinto. And you have no idea what real “Soubrette” sounds like.

[@TheCosmicNote]

Straight up facts

[@GarageStudio7]

@@BlackMamba-yq2rs It's not very rare to be classified as a Soubrette, most young vocalists start as Soubrettes... Britney's voice didn't get the chance to mature naturally.

[@starchannel123]

She became a legal adult soon after she got really big but the problem was the damn contract. I wonder how the contracts work.

[@BLINKGreenTeaAddict]

This reminds me of Blackpink Rosé. Her voice used to be darker and deeper in her teens. She had some moments when her voice sounded bright (like the current one) but not so much. Now, she's fully singing in her bright tone + heavy vowel modification. She can do whatever she wants and whatever the company wants, I just hope she won't damage her voice in the future because we know how much she loves to sing.

[@oceanamelodies8062]

I mean, I found some clips of her in the past, and she never sounded as dark and rich as Britney, it feels like she went from Taylor style singing to the current nasal style she has no

[@oceanamelodies8062]

@@thegoldenpolarbear5936 I feel like roses voice is naturally more high pitched/ nasal the way Camila voce is naturally up there too. So rose also has the fake voice theory thing, but it doesn't have the damage Britney does cuz Britney thrives in the low notes and midbelts- like she has a naturally dark deep voice

[@theroof6538]

I love her. Her lower register is amazing! Also nice agility! She had so much potential. I hope she gets a vocal coach (or does she have one?) and train her voice, it's not too late yet!

[@joisdaname]

This is literally the first time i heard her sing live 😮😮😮😮 she really can sing... i always sing her lip syncing on award shows

[@taetv8314]

To be able to sound as good as she sounds singing from her throat and not her diaphragm just goes to show how good of a singer she still is bc only few singers rely on their throat & not the diaphragm, everyone else needs that extra support.

[@RaeWetherillMusic]

Too much pressure to sound like a sexy little girl (marketing psychology is creepy). Her lower register is so string, I wish her producers back in the day embraced her natural alto and stopped trying to squeeze her vocal chords into the higher belts, you literally hear them ripping apart

[@dieterdelange9488]

IMO they didn't see a sweet, talented girl with a lot of potential. They only saw a teenager who had had a naive and overly-sheltered upbringing, who could thus be easily manipulted to be sexually marketed for money.

[@s22claudia]

Actually, one of my fav songs by Britney is "the beat goes on". Her lower voice is great there! It's the only song that sounds different in the Baby one more time album.

[@ahub87]

I liked that cover too

[@beryosa]

She had wrong people around her. Maybe still has. She seems to be very humble and trusting. She needs people she can rely on, who do their job good and don’t misuse her fame. #freebritneyMADAFAKAS

[@SparklesCLA]

I was obsessed with Britney growing up and used to record her interviews and performances on vhs lol! Anyways Idk if it was her label bc I remember in interviews her saying she thought her voice was just ok and that she wished she had a bigger voice like Whitney or even Christina! She started lip syncing pretty early in her career and she said the vocals were just turned up along with her voice to help her bc she dances so much! I do remember her voice cracking even when she started too. I didn’t care tho but I think she chose to focus on putting on an amazing performance over perfecting her vocals bc it is hard to sing and dance anyways! Also where you show her sound changing is around the album she was super excited and proud of bc she wrote more of the songs and even came up with some of the melodies! Her and her manager would even talk about how she had a lot of control over everything from the beginning bc they all trusted her creativity. Even most of her music videos were her ideas. She was just such a queen and I still can’t believe with how much control she had they were able to take it away 😡

[@Kom26Music]

Lower register is amazing 12:08 just omg🔥

[@randomstantwitter350]

SHE ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE A MAN ; ITS CRAZY, i didn’t know she had this solid lower register

[@esthergift8373]

Woah was not expecting that! Beautiful!

[@thatkpopfan4010]

ooo! Love this video! Very original concept! And I think you laid it out very well! Good job :) I hope she will be able to recover from all the stuff she's gone through :(

[@berealsupportive2744]

The vocalist coach needs to reverse that. She had the baby voice and then it got less baby. I always love Britney's voice no matter what tones it's doing. 🤘😎 She's a great studio recording artist and performer. She's a star and it doesn't matter at all if she can't sing all crazy kinds of vocals. Her songs are better than most other female artists and that's a fact. The best singers can have some really dull songs in all seriousness. 😵😁

[@z24fant4stik]

I think she has an amazing contralto voice.. unfortunately mass media has destroyed her!

[@alvernawiley8688]

I thought she was more a mezzo

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

@@alvernawiley8688 Britney Spears is a high contralto.

[@verystylishordinarypeople]

@@Kurdyukov87pianist What is a high contralto?

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

@@verystylishordinarypeople yes she is.

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

@@verystylishordinarypeople kinds of contralto: coloratura contralto, lyric contralto, dramatic contralto, contralto profundo, contralto oktavistka.

[@brandonlynn1814]

She’s so amazing. The industry stole her voice, her freedom, but she’s remained strong. I love her ❤️❤️❤️

[@dolphinriah6590]

i wish we had more footage or unreleased material from 95-98 bc the snippets we have show a gradual change from the low larynx technique to the early baby voice days 😩

[@d.srandandreassen1705]

She's actually a good singer.

[@Sttephy30]

No she's not.

[@Lolaharajuku0]

Her natural voice was so unique, such a waste of talent. However, I can’t deny: Britney is still iconic.

[@dieterdelange9488]

She no longer has anything to prove, but it would be nice if she could release more music, but this time music over which she has full creative control. Whatever she does, as a fan, I just want her to be happy and at peace.

[@jewel2318]

Just listen to Love the Hurt Away and you'll be blown away by how gorgeous Britney's voice was and how it could've been with proper vocal training and upkeep.

[@chrisblessing45]

Oh this is sad but really redeeming as well. Her lower register is so rich and if they worked on that (which seems obvious to everyone) she could have had such abrich lower tone that also was controlled. Christ these videos are so upsetting to sit through cause she is loved by so many people. She sue the F out of those record companies and her family that made her do things when she was not of age.

[@chrisblessing45]

She wasnt even of age when she had to sexualise herself and objectify herself for the people that have made million uppn millions.... man

[@sautnababan7041]

Her voice destroyed, but she's got her pride, pop princes! We don't know what would be her future if she's stay with her voice! This industry is insane but I don't know, just don't know! Poor her in one side but, we finally love her at least by her unique baby voice!

[@WTF-cg2sv]

What's the use of being the princess of pop? Does that help her with something?

[@sautnababan7041]

@@WTF-cg2sv yeah you right. But at least she's known as that. I don't know just don't know. I love her. That's all

[@mayaamis]

the problem is this girl was just pushed to work like a slave her whole live and just produce produice produce, with no time of to grow as a person or develop as an artist in a healthy way. also her vocal couching was cleary pushing in the wrong direction

[@Halo2glitchlover22]

Great video! Soda Pop is one of my fav songs cause she sounds great, healthy, and natural and it's a great example of the vocal potential she had. Her debut album is her best album honestly. She has some great songs from later albums like Oops I Did It Again, Britney, and In The Zone, (anything after these albums and her mental breakdown are a mess) but for the most part they are unhealthy in terms of vocals.

[@vellbariaofficial]

Tristan Paredes and Honest Vocal Coach are STRAIGHTFORWARD when it comes to analysis! Thank y'all for this one!

[@AddictedToPrismatic2ndAccount]

The final was the best lkfgdjgldfjklfgd I really feel sad, she had and has til this days SO MUCH POTENTIAL, here low range is incredable, her mid-belts are so rich (obviously, without baby singing voice) and her falsetto was gorgeous, but everything is hidden now :(

[@oceanamelodies8062]

the way the people treat her when she was signed and forced her to throw away the gorgeous voice that she herself loved is so gross. if the label didn't force her to change up her voice to nOt SoUnd sImIaR tO cHrIsTIna, then she could have been a star rated or vocalist overtime...she talks a lot about how much she wishes she had that deep gorgeous voice too. it makes me so mad how this she was forced to lose something so beautiful like ffs ugh

[@mysteriousbluehat2035]

The label didn't force her to not sound like christina. Britney debutted way before christina. They force her to have the baby voice simply because it was what's in the pop music at that moment. The label just did everything they wanted to do yo make her popular to sell her music. When christina debutted with genie in a bottle era it was the same timied light cute voice. They probably wanted to make her into a baby voice singer too. But xtina was much more confidence and a diva which probably she stood up against her label and got somewhat control over her music and artistry. I really think that if they have stayed closed britney would have had gained some of xtina confidence and she wouldn't be used by everyone.

[@oceanamelodies8062]

@@mysteriousbluehat2035 ahhhh thank you for letting me know about this tbh idk much about their debut stuff but I was always under this assumption ig cuz those two get compared in the way style that Selena and Demi do. It's still tragic how Britney remained stuck in an obedient industry plant type of way, I wish she didn't give up that strong strong voice because she could have become a musical legend given her sky high popularity

[@aubrey_reignz5484]

All if buts and maybes. “Star rated vocalist” lmaoo you Britney fanboys are delusional

[@oceanamelodies8062]

@@aubrey_reignz5484 lmaoooooo nobody in the comment section is a Britney fan??? bold of you to make such a statement when the only thing that was mentioned was potential from the past :)

[@aubrey_reignz5484]

@@oceanamelodies8062 with 1-2 years of intense vocal training she can still get that voice back or at least recover some of it. But in all honesty she was never “star rated” potential. It was good, but not that good.

[@MelissaTreglia]

I think, once she's finally free to be who she really is as a person, then she'll begin to explore her vocal capabilities more. I think her "true" voice (ie. where she'd be most comfortable vocally) is somewhere between the power/"dark" tones of her Star Search days and the "bright" tones she showed in 1999/2000. If she gets a good vocal coach, she'd be able to move fluidly between the brassier notes (which I think would return to her more easily due to her age) and those light, slightly nasal ones (her mid-range, which has suffered over the years) without having the high-pitched "little girl" sound she's known for, aka that unnatural style that's been killing her vocal chords.