Britney Spears - Open Arms

[@CesarJoel94]

Mariah Carey would be proud

[@raquelval5300]

Journey*

[@samuelking9497]

@@raquelval5300 I think she's doing the mariah carey version of the song. That's probably why he said that.

[@sparklejumpropegangsta1176]

She performed this in 1995, same year as Mariah

[@CesarJoel94]

@@samuelking9497 true that

[@jacob1652]

@@sparklejumpropegangsta1176 it’s still a journey song

[@macchiatogurl91]

Oh wow..that's just how she sings..she has a unique sound to her...

[@jacob1652]

I actually know someone who sounds exactly like her no lie. Like you can’t tell a difference whatsoever. She’s been offered record deals before. But she doesn’t want to take it because she’s afraid people would think it’s Britney singing

[@lesoaze12]

I wish there was a full video of this specific performance 😭😭

[@thankheavenforseveneleven5522]

Me too!

[@Goingby20s]

This is the performance that got her signed if I remember correctly. Well not signed but it was the video they showed so she could get an appointment with Jive.

[@anddysilva1435]

@@Goingby20s i wanttt

[@blazicgd]

Apparently she did this at her cousin’s (or other relatives) wedding

[@monochrome3619]

There's a audio of her singing it but i don't think it's this exact performance.

[@michaeljacksontimechristma4521]

14 year old birtney spears nice singing

[@NateshasAmbience]

I remember this. It's from VH1's "Driven." I've seen her episode soooo many times

[@maybemab1]

She could get back to this with about one year of intensive vocal training. It's never too late.

[@Reciclagem12]

Queen of pop

[@bringjacksnoodlesback3740]

My gurl 😍😍❤️❤️❤️😘😘

[@LM77va]

OMG! Where is the rest of this clip!?

[@ronnie_g5051]

Britney spears is a contralto and jive has taught her to sing as a soubrette she never has lost her ability to sing...listen to let go or baby boy..she has a deep soulful sounding voice..she can sing.

[@ronnie_g5051]

***** well simply put this video of open arms shows what her actual singing ability is..you can see how her voice sounds deep and mature..jive records wanted her to be more commercialized and sound poppy so they made her sing nasally and high pitched and not sing in her actual deep singing voice and because of this thats why she comes off as having no vocal ability because shes singing in a nasally high pitched voice thats not naturally her actual singing voice..i hope thats more understandable if you have more questions dont hesitate to ask me.

[@jesusd4825]

I don't she's a Contralto i think she's a deep mezzo

[@ronnie_g5051]

Jesus D you know what I think your right....contraltos have deep androgynous sounds Britney don't have that...so yea she's a deep mezzo soprano ...

[@mscarrie5728]

if a singer can sing she can sing, it doesn't matter how high or how low

[@ronnie_g5051]

Карина Рябчинская it does matter..because if a singer sings too high they can't pull off singing in that tone right like what Britney does when she sings live in that baby voice... singing high is not natural for her.,.its only when she sings low like in this video and in other songs like baby boy and let go where she can easily sing normally..and you can see she can sing here so its obvious that she was trained to sing nasally and babyish .

[@TheFamilitchi]

yes perfume proves it!

[@britneyfatale]

@aandre311 no what made her get a record deal is the the tape her manager sent to Jive of Brit singing I Have Nothing

[@ronnie_g5051]

This is Britney spears REAL voice she's a contralto you can hear how shes not going real high unless she has to..this was done at a friends wedding in like 1995 I think,so she was 14 then..jive made her push her voice to the max...but anyways this is what her natural ability sounds like and she never have lost her vocal ability and she can still do this..if alls well maybe she'll do another album after her Vegas stint...who knows what's in store for her in the future.

[@yourgirlriver111]

+Kameron Green I wish britney released an album where she sings only ballads with this contralto kind of singing, because it's beautiful and unique. Britney should step away from the pop and try this kind of soulful music

[@idonteperfect6943]

RivzMedia the problem is she doesn’t have that much control on that sitch and it’s sad and when they give her more control on her albums they don’t even promote that much and they pick the wrong singles as if they want her to think without their input she’s only gonna fail

[@jawn5661]

Her voice is not dark and heavy enough to be a contralto I think she's more of a mezzo sorpsno or a light mezzo

[@anddysilva1435]

1996

[@evilslore87]

@Beautyelenas no, she was 14 or 15, this is the video britney took with her to get record deal an she was 15 when signed so deff no 16......

[@noemistephanie93]

i wonder if she can still sing like this

[@evilslore87]

@Beautyelenas she is deff 14 in this, britney was shown this clip by carsen daily an he said you was 14 an she said yeah right b4 i was signed....

[@anddysilva1435]

1996

[@slickdakid]

second thought, it's the circus tour.

[@Ervideos1]

where is her voice now?

[@exodus8856]

She is no contralto- she's a light lyric soprano.

[@love2lovebrit497]

NOTHING about her voice here (which is her netural tone) is soprano she's an Alto (A low mezzo)

[@summerwind919]

+Love 2 Love Brit like a soprano, her voice gets weaker the lower she goes. Even in this clip, you can hear her voice is stronger on the higher notes than the middle ones.

[@love2lovebrit497]

+Dean Nguyen Listen to "Dramatic" and you'll see how wrong you are...

[@Ervideos1]

@futurestar94britfan i hope that she will sing like this on new album,, but we hope in every her new album that she will sing better..But never happen..

[@popsingerstar]

i dont like this song but brit makes me like it a little bit

[@DeejayRach0]

britney can make you like a lot of stuff :D

[@slickdakid]

She had that voice on the first two albums she released. then reports her smoking coincided with her voice going down hill. Not to mention, all that craziness during those two years. She can still sing live though. Check out her singing "You Oughta Know" on her femme fetalle tour. You can hear her breathing the whole way through, and if you notice in one of the videos she pulls the mike away from her mouth for a brief second and her voice fades. She's just not as good as she used to. She aged.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

it's too late, that voice has gone.

[@oliverwady4749]

lol it's not.