The Vocal Case Of Christina Aguilera (Vocal Analysis)

[@davidalej9948]

I think Christina will bounce back again after she gets used to singing the new material in spanish and touring again, she always does. She is still one of the best vocalist out there even after 20+ years have past since her debut.

[@jiecas]

Christina Aguilera singing techniques is not a healthy technique (proper technique) but we can't deny that she's one of the most unique and distinct Vocalist of all time ❤️

[@PedroHenrique-hu3ry]

The show she did yesterday had some of her best vocals in years. She did Eb5 like she was joking, plus an E5 that caught me off guard

[@andresn695]

She did like 3 E5

[@samueleemiliani9036]

She really hit E5?

[@samueleemiliani9036]

In wich songs she did the E5?

[@andresn695]

@@samueleemiliani9036 dirrty and sueltame I think

[@PedroHenrique-hu3ry]

@@samueleemiliani9036 She does it in Dirrty, honestly I think it's the best E5 she's done since 2018. The link of E5: kzbin.infocjTwmo9zYuQ

[@adamnejmaoui1922]

There is a pattern here. She belts, tension creeps in more and more she gets fatigued, she goes on vocal rest, her vocal chords recover, but she gets a bit rusty. She goes on tour, loosens up, and from there the same thing happens yet again. What I'm trying to say is, she'll be just fine.

[@Sejuani89]

Lol true.. she's still fine even after 20 years of "bad technique" as what these vocal coaches in youtube says.. 🤣

[@adamnejmaoui1922]

@@Sejuani89 Her technique is very agressive and quite questionable, but she managed to play around with proper warming up and vocal rest.

[@dfurtado18]

you are so right. because have you been seeing her clips from the new summer series? i hear so much less tension and her clarity and tone quality are back 😏 mama sounds good again.

[@takemyhand1988]

@@Sejuani89 just because you smoke doesn't mean you're going to get cancer for sure What xtina does is really damaging. She lost lot of her belting range. She was a high soprano when she started, and now she sings in tenor range for the most part.

[@Sejuani89]

@Take my Hand she only lost 2 notes in her belting range.. her solid belting peak when she started was F5. It went down to Eb5 which is understandable as people age.. Show me a tenor who can belt Eb5 at pure chest? Dont be silly

[@favyan16]

For me no matter how technically right other singer are, no one can give me the chills xtina gives me with her voice. Shes simply amazing

[@Melodysupporter]

Also her runs are always different, if I watch a compilation of runs by other singers they’re all the same, but Christina does them different You’re always waiting for it to arrive

[@candyali887]

true

[@realSimoneCherie]

Look Christina may have the same belting bag that she returns to faithfully.... but she is PROOF that it's about what you do with what you have. There are plenty of strong belters out there who are not half as moving as Christina - who just can't give you those shivers down your spine like she can

[@brendanpilgrim9851]

correct!!!!!!

[@NawiTheCore]

SoHyang is a perfect example of this. She can belt really high and her technique is superb, but her voice bores me to death and doesn't make me feel ANYTHING at all. She just doesn't have the ability to convey emotions, no matter how good her technique is.

[@brendanpilgrim9851]

@@NawiTheCore Christina has that it factor..when you hear a record..you know its her...so many moments...she brought me to tears....im telling you...i can listen to her all day...

[@laramiaizz]

@@NawiTheCore i disagree..for Sohyang is such an emotive singer. For example when she sang Dear Love, Fate and Breathe i really felt what she was saying even though i don't understand Korean.

[@Jack-ep7yj]

@@NawiTheCore thats why tone and emotion r subjective and technique is objective. Have u even listened to her cover of if it aint u and her song only my heart knows?

[@johnkirbygonzales5306]

I noticed that she sounds better during rehearsals and she is relaxed. I feel like when performing before a live audience, she gets pressured to give her all and she gets nervous.

[@Sejuani89]

Did you even see her very recent performance of What a girl wants in Spain? Its the best she sounded in years. Her Eb5s sounded so effortless and very clear..

[@Chuu_Vault]

Christina vocals cords are not made of muscles and tissues, are made of adamantium

[@brianramirez8970]

She already made it! She's going down in history as one of the greatest singers.......period!

[@lobaetoile8440]

The truth is, Christina Aguilera has always sang with a style and technique that don't quite fit her natural voice, because her favorite singers that she admires have a very different instrument than her.

[@pokemontas8025]

This. but people still dont get it lol. like its her CHOICE to add rasp, growl, distortion, etc.

[@eleeveeayees3425]

She a durable voice.

[@emc2era988]

Even if she is inconsistent she has a great voice

[@yanislavcovers4563]

Unlike like u strain to the max point raspy riah

[@merrychristmasiiyou5375]

@@yanislavcovers4563 i know right. I ended her so bad💅

[@merrychristmasiiyou5375]

Purr

[@emc2era988]

@@merrychristmasiiyou5375 😭

[@emc2era988]

@@yanislavcovers4563 i think you mean the constipation of mimi and floptv unplugged undubbed 🤭

[@gluclax]

I will always say Christina on tour is always her strongest vocally. idk if it just her confidence levels or just working that beautiful instrument. The more she uses it the better.

[@Ryan_K535]

Amazing video! She has one of the strongest (if not the strongest) pair of vocal chords I’ve ever witnessed in a singer! Insanely impressive!

[@ernesfonse]

Best vocalist alive

[@vocal.genius]

How tho? Just because she belts all these with pure chest and without technique? That tongue retraction/tension is gonna cause her some real vocal trouble now or later. I’m sick and tired of fans who ignore the leading signs of an artist just because they like them. And no, I don’t have anything against her, but I’m picky when it comes to her voice. I just don’t think that singing like this is easy for her at all. She brings a lot of weight and chest into her belting which is 100% caused by blocking the airflow with her tongue retraction. You can see that she’s really working harder than she needs when singing. Simply put, just horrible technique for her voice. I don’t know if she started this froggy sound as a stylistic choice or if she even knows that it’s bad for her voice, but it seems like a bad habit for her to break because that’s the sound she’s known for and she has used it for years which has become a part of her muscle memory (extremely hard to break the habit). All I want for her is just to change her technique a bit so that it becomes easier and more comfortable for her to do what she loves!

[@theeepidural6144]

@@vocal.genius im pretty sure that's why they said she had the strongest vocal cords ever. It's crazy how she is still able to sing despite how she sings

[@ernesfonse]

@@vocal.genius the thing is that those so called singers with better technique do not emit the emotion Xtina does. Singing is not just about technique. Xtina is and will be one of the greatest voices of all time. 20 years in the industry and she is far better than those new / recent singers and the best of her generation.

[@Ryan_K535]

@@theeepidural6144 Thanks for clarifying! I guess my comment was not clear enough.

[@badatchoosingnames3556]

When I think of talent, I think of Xtina. No shade to her at all but the things she does with her voice is brutal, but the fact that she has what she still has is just non-human. Her throat is what I imagined a blessed throat would be, cause you can't really explain it. If others do even a fraction of what she does, I can't think of other results than a shredded voice.

[@Concosis]

It’s truly amazing to see the difference created by tension. Christina’s voice “unlocked” is something totally different!

[@MA-bk2zm]

The voice is definitely there. She has shown that she can do a lot more and I'm confident that she can belt above that Eb5. Yes her voice does seem to be under stress from time to time, but our bodies go through a lot and we don't know what's going on in her personal life all the time, so I think it's to be expected. Christina seems to need her time in general but when she finally gets comfortable she is unstoppable. I also think that confidence and nerves are a big thing for her. Once she is relaxed and trusting her voice those belts are as easy as breathing. But when she starts to overthink and second guess it is suddenly impossible. Nevertheless I strongly believe that she will come back at full force!!

[@dvnovert]

Christina has said many times it’s not about perfection for her, but honesty. It’s what makes her a great artist…she gives her real self every time, so that everyone is free to do the same.

[@arditd7724]

Makes no sense

[@azriel3644]

2022 isn't actually that bad. it still had its moments and when she delivers, SHE DELIVERS. one example is that C#5-C5-Eb5 from her rehearsal. that blew me away.

[@ErestuPedro]

honestly, my problem with her is not even the technic, but the fact that she kinda sings every song the same way. you just know how she's gonna sing a song before she starts. haha

[@leonlee5321]

I have been a fan of this amazing woman for over 20 years now, I’m aware that people often criticize her technique, but she’s one of very few who’s still kicking it and singing live. I think that 2010 was a turning point for her. She ruled the 00’s and when Bionic “flopped”, the bad press she was getting, it must have been really hard on her. Like, there literally was a total hate campaign going on here. People were deliberately trying to sabotage her. It was so sad and unfair to her. She was so passionate about Bionic and plans were made. She was supposed to do more music videos, tour, etc. All she knew was success when it came to her career, she is one of the best selling female artists of the 00’s, the Back to Basics tour was also one of the highest grossing tours 2 years in a row. The way I see it, Bionic was the last time she truly was passionate about a project. Lotus was a disaster in every single way. Liberation was better but never reached its full potential due lack of promotion, now, the same is happening to her Spanish project. I’m not gonna lie, Christina is my favorite forever and always because her music literally got me through hard times. But today, I might be slightly less of a fan than I used to be, and that has nothing to do with her voice because she can still sing 99% of today’s artists off the stage in 3 seconds. Its just that I don’t really like the music she’s been making, I don’t connect to it. I immensely connected to Stripped, Back to Basics and even most of Bionic. I’m still waiting for that full Soul/Jazz/Blues album. Even a Country album would be AMAZING from her. I’m not saying her new music isn’t good, it’s just that I don’t really connect to it. So I always find myself listening to her old stuff instead.

[@esko7333]

I totally agree that she should go back to more of a soul/blues/jazz type of a style at least for on album. It suits her voice perfectly and it leaves more room for riffs and runs, improvisation in general. It might not be targeted for the big audience, but if done correctly it could really start a new peak in her career and even help the genre to become more mainstream again after this more electronic decade. She has the voice, stamina, agility, stage presence. Only thing she is missing sometimes is to tone it down a bit. I think that's why "Say Something" was a bih hit back in the day because it was easier for the mainstream to listen to.

[@despairingleonardo]

I am so happy to see Xtina analysis from you ! my happiest 20 mins !

[@gregthistle6283]

The AMA performance wasn’t her best, but there was an unaired tribute to Whitney that she did on the voice that was actually really good. You can find it here on KZbin.

[@francisduarte8120]

OMG she still have some high notes inside her pockets! She makes one hell of a performance.

[@LitrallyAJ]

I think people are downplaying her current vocal issues. She has been going flat on the eb5's in Beautiful pretty consistently the past few months, has used a TON more playback, and her singing has become even less fluid and more reliant on talk singing. To me just because she yelps out a D5 during a song that isn't a good indicator of her vocal condition when she is struggling to sing other parts of the song around the midbelt region. She is still supremely talented but that doesn't matter if she lacks the vocal endurance to sing fully through a single song without playback or letting her background singers take over. Also her head voice has been getting a little less relaxed and more squeezed. It is gorgeous but there is much more effort to get to and above G#5

[@Maria-je6er]

The way I can write a whole essay about Christina's voice, but you put it just perfectly. The love-hate relationship is so strong. But when I saw her live in 2019 I cried, because no matter how bad of a technique she has, her voice is just magical. That being said, 2017 truly was the turning point for me when I just stopped expecting anything from her. With the risk of sounding offensive, this is about the time when she came back with a brand-new face. Whatever she did to her lips still haunts me to this day and I would like to erase the Accelerate MV from my memory. My point is, for someone who sings "you are beautiful, no matter what they say", the amount of surgeries and modifications she's got is appalling. And obviously her body, her choice. But it just seems to me that nowadays she cares mostly about her looks and doesn't really put that much effort into her music.

[@Ramaramama]

She's a great singer!!! I don't know why people are discredditing her for that. She's absolutely amazing!!!

[@Tyran_Trick]

I agree with most of this, but I would like to add that Christina has given us a LOT of amazing performances in 2021-2022. She just seems to auto pilot a lot when she does these events with the same sets, which she's been doing a lot again recently. She's, mostly, sounded the best when she's done some new/other material.

[@lonerEmpath]

So many people on here coming for her voice and still don’t understand, she can do whatever she wants with her voice and seeing the fact its 2022 and her voice is still rich and powerful and more in controlled just shows only she knows what works for her voice, y’all just don’t understand how shes able to sing like this because she actually has a gift a natural voice unlike many who are just normal singers. Those hate when they cant understand what true talent is and it shows based on the comments. People have been always saying her voice is strain and will loose her voice yet shes the only one left that has the power in her voice unlike many of the other divas whos actual voice have decline thats the true 🍵. You can try to analyze her voice all you want but it will never change the fact that none of y’all can even sing any song from her with the same passion and power. Shes one of a kind this video is boring always the same thing. Maybe go worry about how other divas who people said have great technique end up with such limited damage voice 🤐

[@SuperPianogirl123]

The best comparison I’ve seen to how Christina uses her voice is giving a Steinway piano to someone who doesn’t know how to play well and refuses to get the proper lessons. Having natural talent can only take you so far when you want to sing in the way that Christina does.

[@plaguedoctor2k]

I love when fans drag their fave. That means they are confident in their fave and they're not afraid to acknowledge their mistakes. ( I'm a fan of both xtina and mariah so I criticize all the time )

[@arditd7724]

He didn't even drag her like she deserves to be dragged

[@totallybim2456]

I think we should take into consideration the setting because recently she's performed in bigger venues, which always makes her strain (maybe because it's harder to hear yourself in those rooms so you have to push your voice harder). Also, the more frequent use of corsets affects her breathing and support as well.

[@andrearicchetti3520]

I LOVED this video! And finally someone who says it VOCAL REST IS NOT ALWAYS the way to get back your voice , ITS ACTUALLY THE SINGING AND SINGING especially after you ve been resting for long time. It’s normal for the body to struggle if you have been resting for a long time

[@ttban1988]

I think she should explore more of her soft voice

[@GarageStudio7]

Most anticipated that her voice would be wrecked by now yet her voice is still incredibly strong. Her voice has matured however I think she's still a Soprano.

[@maximilienrobespierre7595]

Is your profile picture mariah carey

[@LiTim17]

@@maximilienrobespierre7595 his pfp is Janet Jackson lol

[@pokemontas8025]

@@LiTim17 💀💀

[@dfurtado18]

ooooop maybe you made this a little prematurely. she hs been experiencing some tension this year BUT after watching new clips from her Summer Series last night, mama is sounding good again, the clarity, the support, the tone, they’re baaaack😏 im liking what im hearing. she just has to shake off the nerves & tension sometimes, she’ll be fine 😌👑

[@icydelight3693]

She knows what she is doing. Correct (i.e) healthy vocal technique just isn’t her priority. She does have her own technique… the way she uses her chest voice up in the 5th octave with little mix, the intentional tension and strain, the way she places her voice… it’s all stylistic… and there is no denying that it enables her to not only sound powerful, but also raw, aggressive, exciting in a way that a nice, pristine, crystal-clear, balanced mixed belt à la Barbra Streisand couldn’t do… her sound is different from that of all the other divas…her sound is beloved by many and on top of that she has good agility, a nice range (with her falsetto she reaches 4 octaves) and lots of soul and charisma… she knows how to emote… her belts are not her weakness, they are her money notes and the key to her signature sound. She isn’t dumb. It’s true however that with her technique she risks to harm her voice and that she can be inconsistent due to how hard it is to sing constantly that way… but luckily despite how many technique-obsessed vocal coaches predicted her down fall, she preserved her voice pretty well, certainly better than even the acclaimed Mariah and Whitney… because she knows how to do warm-ups, how to rest etc etc. She is still doing fine. Her technique isn’t bad, her technique is brilliant to achieve the sound that she wants, it’s bad for the health, but again she has found a way to compensate for that. Sure with a healthier mixing technique she could sing even higher and with less strain but she isn’t interested in that type of sound, she knows her brand and she sticks to it, I respect her for that. She is beloved by many and she is considered one of the greatest singers, proof that a healthy technique isn’t the only that matters when it comes to singing… musicality, tone, soul, charisma, range, agility, STYLE, a clear perception of her own sound, they all matter and Christina has all of these things in spades… she is way too bashed by the vocal community, but at the end of the day with the kind of impact that she’s had, she can laugh all her way to the bank and still be listed amongst the greatest singers ever by Rolling Stones (even though I hate that list)

[@CreativeTeamGMA7]

still a fighter, its is so deep connection for me.... Xtina is my Queen 👑

[@maryahwatkinsarchives.5505]

1999 - 2010 Prime 2011 - 2017 Decline 2018 - 2022 Prime Again Not to be shady but what does it mean for x to sound “a hot mess” . In 1999 - 2021 she has performances just as strained as those referenced in the 2022 section so theres nothing especially bad about it. It may appear that those “rough” performances are happening with more frequency in 2022 but that could just be because theres less 2022 performances overall. I think this is her 2nd prime because: - Theres been a larger range than displayed previously (her first B2, her first sustained C3s, a return to G6 after a v long time) - Shes sustained C5 - D# with good clarity at least 50 different times. The Cisco Rocks performance had some good moments but she also cracked (yodeled) worse than she ever has because she didnt have the stability in her mix that she has now. Theres a video on those cracks but I refuse to link it lol - vibrato, musicality, actually singing through a song (kinda), confidence (she had NO energy during the Billionaires Tour)

[@aintnootherfan]

In 2022, not only are her belts very rough and forced, she lacks stamina She often talk-sings through a set and recently even started incorporating more lipsync Considering all of that, I think it’s a hot mess material

[@aintnootherfan]

2015&2016 was one of her best vocal conditions ever; I believe if she went on tour then, Liberation Tour would pale in comparison

[@Sloppyjoey1]

Christina's heavy use of her lower (chest) register instead of middle voice / mix for her upper belts has always been peculiar to me. The style is masculine & much more common among Males who tend to favor a big woofy belt rather than a thinner mix and have bigger vocal chords to sustain it. I often feel like she's a "failed Soprano" who refused to develop a healthy middle voice / mix register. Her style has become so masculine that she often sounds terrible covering female songs, yet sounds phenomenal covering males like James Brown, Radiohead etc. I think strain is just a choice for her at this point, and it usually sounds exciting but I question how much longer her voice can do this.

[@jackazz3182]

Me too I think she is a failed soprano and I always wanted her to belt in her mix😢

[@Sloppyjoey1]

@@jackazz3182 What kills me is that SHE HAS EXECUTED perfect upper mixed belts, so it's clear that she can do it. Here's a clip of her effortlessly hitting a Mixed F5 at 2:45. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqSvpKSCn99paa8 It came out so effortlessly that it didn't even sound particularly high for her voice, and it's obvious that with proper technique should could probably go clear up to A5 or B5. Those receipts are why I'm certain she rather bark & sound woofy & masculine than have feminine tone. It's one thing to belt incorrectly but it's peculiar that she does it the hard way, intentionally.

[@takemyhand1988]

Most females of the past belted like that. When done correctly you sound like Whitney Houston and when done wrong you sound like xtina

[@laramiaizz]

@@Sloppyjoey1 that was from 21 years ago. I don't think she can still do it even if she wants to..

[@jackazz3182]

I totally agree with you she does it intentionally. I have heard the clip. Its sounded good when she is singing in her mix but I also watch her Masterclass wherein she said she doesn't like to sing so light and prefered to lower her larynx and retract her tongue backwards to sound darker. She likes to belt in full chest and rasp . 😐

[@glossiergloss4293]

Please do one for Tori Kelly! Her voice has undergone a lot of changes and evolution since she was teenager on KZbin to a woman approaching her 30s now.

[@Marco686marques]

I used to be a huge Christina fan, not so much nowadays, although I respect her talent a lot, and she surprises me once in a while, as in her amazing live Twice performances. I feel like as time goes by, her voice is scratchier, heavier, and more unidimensional. Unfortunately, I think her musicianship didn't evolute that much, the pattern of runs have become repetitive, the phrasing is rushed or almost spoke/shouted, followed by a high belt (as in The voice within, which has an immaculate studio version, musicianship and emotionally speaking, but an anticlimactic and cold live performance in my opinion), but then she has some interesting moments, where that glorious tone is allied with some great musicianship (the final run of The thrill is gone, and most Say something performances) and she's great. One thing for sure, is that she may possess one of the most beautiful instruments that ever existed in music, and I'll keep checking her once in a while for that :) Thank you for the video!

[@HGWells-oz8ob]

I think you were a little unfair to her in 2022. She's doing great on tour and her vocals are sweet. Her falsetto is better than it ever was and her tone is getting more and more qualities. It's normal that notes wont be coming as easy as they used to. She's getting old after all. However she still has her entire range intact and doesnt show any noticable vocal decline. In 2021 you missed her hollywwod bowl performance which was fantastic.

[@ernesfonse]

I disagree with “hot mess “. She is doing better and better.

[@pokemontas8025]

I hope in the future she releases an album with her natural larynx (like I'm a good girl in burlesque) just to show another side of her versatility. Also: The Whitney Tribute was far from awful. Was it brilliant? No. But it was just ok.🤷🏽‍♀

[@jackazz3182]

I agree she sounded good in her tour, I liked that she used more mix in her voice in that time and I definitely like if she's singing that way to reduce strain but she is so fond of using rasp in her belts. She did great in 2022 Expo in Dubai though. She sounded amazing there.I loved the dynamics in her voice these days but she's belting heavily again instead of singing in her mix. I always wanted her to belt in her mix to have more range and control. I'm always her fun😍🙏

[@anotherone_yt]

I love that as soon you released a video in which you say that the current year is one of her worst and that her belts are extremely rough, she made a concert in which she served some great belts 😂 Also, the title is “vocal analysis” but you’re basically talking only about belts…sure

[@TikTokForest]

This is weird because the When You Wish/Beautiful, Rubin Cameleon tribute. her Ladyland, Ave Maria, Tina Turner tribute, Hollywood Bowl... It's like her voice is what she intentionally wants it to sound like. It seems like people continue to omit that.

[@laramiaizz]

I used to think that she's an amazing vocalist before I learnt about vocal technique. Still think that she's very talented tho..

[@HGWells-oz8ob]

she's a great vocalist

[@oceanamelodies8062]

She's an excellent stylistic vocalist

[@arditd7724]

@@HGWells-oz8ob no

[@arditd7724]

@@oceanamelodies8062 no she's not

[@n.aioli3950]

sameeee

[@allanaley]

Christina is a powerful vocalist. I love her voice. 💙 One major contention with her musicality: She always adds excessive runs and riffs.

[@Mangoxmoon]

The belts she does for her Latin music is expected cause that’s the raw emotion it’s supposed to embody

[@Kai-ts9fw]

former Christina stan here. over the last couple years i’ve noticed her voice deepen and thicken even more than when it started back in 2010/2011. it often times sounds very rigid and pushed nowadays. the most beautiful part of her voice, to me, is her tessitura (the mid voice below the lower belting range). for Christina, this was up to C5. that light, agile warm tone in the centre of her voice has mostly disappeared, in favour of a husky, weighted, pushed mid register. her upper belts are much more mixed and thin now, too. Christina is naturally gifted with a good ear for music which allows for stellar musicality (e.g. riffs, runs, inflexions, dynamics) but it seems like she no longer puts effort into tuning her ear to develop this talent. am i calling her lazy? i am! it’s like a completely different approach to the B2B era (2005-2008) when you could tell how diligent she was with her delivery and choices, especially when doing tributes. instead of creative vocal choices, it’s like she has become a caricature of ‘Christina Aguilera,’ mimicking a over-simplified vocal style. she also does not care at all for her voice. beyond her unhealthy technique, she often yells, screams and hollers when engaging with the audience and even MY throat hurts watching it on my screen. i dunno how she still has a voice, it’s almost like she WANTS to damage it. it hurts me to say this but the main reason for my unstanning is- she has lost her desire to be an innovative vocalist. something really changed in her artistry after 2013/Summer Rain and it’s sad because even at age 41 she still has so much untapped potential as a vocalist. i wish she would go back to her ‘perfectionist’ B2B era approach to music (regardless of genre, although blues/jazz/R&B/dark pop suit her voice best imo) and adjust how to uses and cares for her instrument!

[@th2k864]

You should have started from the beginning, her vocals in her earliest performances, even recordings are more indicative of what her voice sounds like without all the vocal gymnastics she pulls.

[@TKK765]

She heard you!!! She hit a couple of E5 like nothing in Marbella! Check them out please!

[@joemelcruz6556]

She just goes AWWWFFF with Twice every time

[@richardjordan7936]

She's talented. But, the more I hear her sing the more I believe that she doesn't use her natural singing voice. I think when she was a child she grew up listening to soulful black female singers, and wanted to emulate them.

[@guivollmer1460]

I would say that the first months of 2022 did not have good performances, but the last 3 shows, especially the two of the last week, were great, it had been years since she had reached more than two E5s in the same night, and she managed to reach three or four, I think because she's getting back to work (like the Liberation tour in 2018) her voice and confidence are getting back in shape. But I still think her best vocals from the last few years are in 2018 on the Liberation Tour.

[@ernesfonse]

Xtina one of the greatest voices of all time

[@soucentelha]

I love her voice sooo much 🤧✔️👑

[@JD-xd4sy]

She's no Mariah or Whitney, but she has her moments! Especially like the non belting parts when she's more agile.

[@annieturlington]

I think you're somewhat right, but there are many amazing performances that you missed this year and in 2021 where her belting is out of this world, I think she just sings that way when she's just really into the song, you know like when she's pumped full of adrenaline, because when she is lazer focused on her belting technique her belts are the best that they've ever sounded, but it's not just about technique with her and you know that, she is all about emotion and putting that in her songs especially when she's live. The thing that I didn't like in this video is that not only did you not talk about her falsetto, head voice or her lower register, which also sounds the best it's ever been, it sounded like you were complaining the WHOLE video, I love you're videos because you are so honest, but I hate it when you start complaining about her vocals, she's not new in the music industry, she knows what she's doing, and riding on her coattails because she doesn't sound perfect all of the time is just annoying like REALLY annoying, and If Christina chooses not to take care of her voice that's her business not yours, all that matters is that she's performing again and she feels good about it, I mean at least she's not lip syncing to every single song she sings live, and not only is she serving us look after look after look she's confident doing it which is good enough for me, but apparently not for you, I think you should've made this video after she did her tour, because there is many amazing vocals from it, especially from say something.

[@Ginkaji]

Loved the video. Christina is amazing! Can you do analysis of her recent performances?

[@JoCurKRAZE]

Yessss love ❤️ this video & I love ❤️ Christina Aguilera 🔥‼️👐🏽

[@DanielJosephBaker]

Omg you totally left out the Hollywood bowl shows which she SLAYED in 2021!!!!!! her best vocals in a few years

[@lSTlxxJ4meS]

Oh. Bravo! Good job you done here bro. Bring back good memories for me. Thank you.😭

[@carina73b]

I'm a huge fan of hers. Christina is such an inspiration. But lately, specially watching her last shows I've notice she gets very lazy singing songs the same ways, with the same runs and relying a lot on backing vocal. I get that she has to "save" her voice as much as she can but it seems that she does not try anything new anymore. I remember when I saw Back to basics the first time and saw those great versions of Come on over and What a girl wants; both with great vocals and beautifully done. I feel she's lost. I miss her originality

[@stevynsweeney6611]

Whilst i agree with some of the things you say! I think your approach is a little passive. There are many technical singers that cant ever compare to her. This is a women who is named as one of the greatest female vocalists of all time so maybe dig out the videos of her highlighting the positives or when she was in her prime inspiring other singers!

[@LiTim17]

His approach is more passive towards Christina more than anything else. Had his approach been more aggressive, he would have said much more regarding her technical issues and actually shown all of her vocal fails to support his claims of said issues. We know Christina is an influential part of many singers we hear today, but that’s not what this video is about.

[@arditd7724]

She was named that by rolling stone. No one considers her that anymore

[@stevynsweeney6611]

@@arditd7724 lol rolling stone was not the only platform that deemed her the voice of a generation! Look it up

[@andresn695]

Love u brooo💜 I was waiting for this

[@ntuzunkaurintah]

Her recent performance that happened on 24th & 25th july was good

[@samoharachilds]

Her voice is crazy, whatever the condition

[@danyczer5809]

Okay maybe is an unpopular opinion, but I liked her Whitney Houston tribute Xdxd

[@cuttysark711]

With the current trajectory of the music industry, this video will not age well. Let’s not trash hour legends.

[@jasonvillafane7088]

My opinion of her singing abilities is that she obviously is talented. However, her singing always seems to go overboard. Always belting, too many riffs, she doesn’t do anything simplistic or effortless. I don’t think she’s evolved enough.

[@pieregallegosvalenzuela6185]

She is keeping better ❤ love her

[@excommunicado7507]

What Christina needs is new music. She kept singing her old songs and people obviously noticed the difference with the execution and of course her vocal decline. She needs new material that truly fits her voice and appeals to the people. I've been a fan of hers for so long and honestly, I've been frustrated for so long too. Lotus and Liberation weren't IT. It wasn't bad but totally wasn't good. Bionic was okay. A few good songs and the rest just doesn't fit to her albums theme in general. Stripped remains her best album to date. She tried with Lotus but I don't think she'll ever surpass her own artistry with Stripped. But, I'm still wishing for at least one album. Just one with a few good songs that would showcase not her vocals but her ability to adapt to a new generation of fans. Cher did with Believe, I'm sure Christina will. In time.

[@Melodysupporter]

I think none of us really knows if the strain is intentional or not I have to say it bothers me if it’s too much, I noticed that she had some strain during her Bionic era but it was perfect to me, now it’s gone too far 😓 and I still don’t know if it means that she can sing or if she’s doing something wrong

[@HGWells-oz8ob]

she's doing it on purpose. Whenever she belts she lifts her head back and that most of the time causes a strain.

[@maryahwatkinsarchives.5505]

3:59 HEYYY-ooooh-oooo-oh-yeaaa-eee-yeah 😏

[@hya_cynth]

it's just sad that despite her talents she was only known as britney's rival that after britney loss the hype she dipped with her too

[@tscgaming847]

Yeah this year was an absolute mess... My guess is that she is probably very fatigued from recent years of non stop singing and also recording her 3 part EP (also another reason she hasn't released the 3rd part yet, she's waiting till her voice is in better shape). On another note, I got to see her live for the first time last week in Marbella and I will say... She sounded SO youthful it was crazy! Her tone was breathtaking and I was NOT expecting it. She didn't sing any hard songs or go for risky vocals but the ones she did do sounded perfectly fine if not great even. I'd recommend watching the vocal overview of these Spain shows here on KZbin, it's a great video! She even hit 2 E5s which she hasn't really done in 5 years... Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX7NpZx8p8uYg9E

[@humphreychannel582]

You lost me is one of my favourite tracks of all time

[@Sttephy30]

I love her tone but I don't like how she belts, and her catalog leaves me cold. She has an amazing tone tho.

[@emmalauriston4983]

I used to be such a fan for years. Now I can only thing of her as " screamtina" ☠️

[@randall4528]

Hater!

[@itsmehimsanson]

Her voice is like wine bye

[@reggiemitchell5198]

She was a lyric soprano but due to not taking care of her voice, she matured to a lyric mezzo soprano.

[@7MonarC]

When she tries to go for the big vocals, it sounds like tinroof grating and being shredded. Hurts the ear more than anything.

[@debutriah2854]

Do this for her whole career

[@luisrangel7893]

Si Christina es un tiburón blanco grande temible alo largo de su vida a recibido muchos golpes y marcas que dejan cicatrices si vez su única pasión es cantar creo de todos los cantantes de su época es la única que sigue vigente...... Su técnica no es normal para los especialistas canto ella creo su propia técnica su voz cruda y predecible es fabulosa...... Pon a Christina con otra cantante y a todas las derrota..... Whitney Houston elogio su voz al comenzar su carrera le auguro gran éxito..... Christina es un tiburón blanco con cicatrices sin embo siempre son temidos dentro y fuera del océano.... Tu vídeo dedica más que técnica algo persuadir al público al tratar menospreciar el talento esta gran cantante si bien la verdad y realidad siempre van de la mano el perjudicar alguien siempre está escrutiño publico es lamentable.... Con fan deberías apoyar si eres vocal coach resaltar sus virtudes no solo sus fallas.... El talento lo tiene nadie se lo quita solo Dios la bendijo con ello si fuera mala cantante no pudiera ni siquiera cantar feliz cumpleaños...

[@perryjones7771]

At least I’m not the only person who HATES her Whitney tribute.

[@debutriah2854]

Can you do this from before 2010

[@zazzilady]

I don't think there's anything wrong with her range. She sounds like a lower to midrange mezzo soprano. Even as a child, her tessitura was quite mature and noticeably low for her age. The thing is... the voice is less elastic as one ages. Things she could get away when she was younger (to an extent) won't fly as a matured vocalist. One has to rely on skill and not raw talent alone. Christina has to accept her limits, release that tension, and let her voice be what it wants to be. She pushes now more than ever.

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

She's a soprano.

[@zazzilady]

@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 Easy to see that she doesn't sing in a soprano's tessitura, hun. What Christina Aguilera, for most of her career, has been struggling to sing in has been a mezzo soprano's tessitura. "Hurt", "Reflection", I Turn To You"...these songs are structurally fit for a mezzo. Some observers assume that less tension and less pushing would place her in a different fach. It would just make it easier for her to sing in the fach she already belongs to. Behind the Music broke down that she had to "gain" an E5 in her voice on the song Reflection. I think that must have meant her comfortable range was probably up to a C5. This is consistent with her today. It seems that she has to consistently put in work for notes above a C5. Compare her voice manipulation to sopranos who manipulate their voices. Jessica Simpson (a soprano) pushes hard and low in an attempt to make her voice sound powerful... but she's brighter and higher than Christina. Not mistaking her voice type. Ariana Grande (another soprano) makes attempts to color her voice too. That's why her enunciation is compromised...but she doesn't sound as warm and lachrymose as Christina. The lower and warmer she attempts to go, the muddier her voice becomes. Christina can go as low and warm (even more so) and retain her clearer speech. And, Ariana lacks the chest presence that Christina has. That Christina's had even as a child. Mezzo-sopranos typically have a more robust chest voice. Easily not a soprano.

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

@@zazzilady so does it mean Mariah is also a mezzo bc she has a lower tessitura than a Lyric soprano?Literally...Xtina used heavy belting technique which is an approach of belting and definitely doesn't define ur fach,her pure voice is naturally light,but covered with distorted belting,heavy belting and unnecessary vocal tensions..Whitney Houston has a very light voice,using toungue retraction and modifying soft palete like Xtina but Whitney can control more that's why she doesn't strain..Whitney being more chesty than Xtina..doesn't let herself cover her fach with just an approach,she's a very high soprano who darkens voice with a tenor belting technique,rang like a tenor and thats how technical Whitney is,she can belt like a tenor,even better than some of them.Xtina was raising larynx..she decline at late 2000's..in 2000's you can see how light her voice is.Fach and approach are two different things..You're confusing the proper classifications of real vocal classifications.

[@zazzilady]

@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 I gave you examples of lighter voice types distorting their voices. I anticipated the "but she darkens her voice...she has tension...she wants to belt like that , etc." Please refer to the above. Jessica Simpson has many live performances where she is tense and utilizing many muscles she shouldn't. She's screaming. She pushing for lots of power. She's darkening her voice, but she hasn't be able to acquire nor sustain the same warmth and chest presence that Christina does for more than a few minutes without showings of fatigue. Christina Aguilera is not a very high soprano. She's not even a high mezzo soprano. A mezzo soprano has a typical voice range of G3 to A5. Christina's comfortable range stops at a C5.

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

@@zazzilady I said WHITNEY IS A VERY HIGH SOPRANO not Xtina

[@livingportside]

Lol she really needs to just stop performing The Voice Within hahah I knew that was going to be used for 2022, evry performance of it is awful.

[@leon8160]

Christina is talented she just doesn't captive me say like Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. I dont know I liked her debut, Stripped, Bionic and Say something (a great big world). Yet since then her singing is to cut short, gritty and half delivered. It seems more about image and a message and that's fine. I appreciate consistent singing and a nice song. Sorry Xtina you just dont do it for me anymore 😆

[@dustinfleming4889]

You completely left out the Hollywood Bowl that happened in the summer of 2021. Probably because it did not fit the narrative of this video, but if you were a "true" fan and understood how difficult it is to do what she does, you would have included some of those clips. This video makes it seem like her voice is strained and lost, like some other singers. It is not. There are plenty of recent videos, from the last THREE years, that prove her vocal prowess is still here, and better than ever.

[@zazzilady]

Do you feel like the Hollywood Bowl was good? I remember seeing a highlight reel that got me very excited. Then I watched a full show and felt misled. She was doing the same things all over again. There was tension and force. She was doing the same runs and belts. Nothing new. At this point, it physically hurts to listen to Christina Aguilera sing.

[@randall4528]

​@@zazzilady Hater!

[@iannguyen.5869]

Could you do a video of this for Ariana grande?

[@AZuelva]

I noticed that you're a die hard fan of hers, i kinda want to hear you sing sksksk, i would really like to hear you singing :')

[@OjonugwaMansu]

awwww dang i want to hear the 2017 whitney houston tributeeee now because u said that lol

[@leti9130]

me too he made me curious lol but i'm afraid 😭

[@leti9130]

me too he made me curious lol but i'm afraid 😭

[@BubblyBrunette84]

I’m a huge xtina fan. Have been since I first heard genie in a bottle. But her tribute to Whitney was awful. She started over singing I will always love you and missed a part of the song and it was just bad

[@davfriendpleiadian369]

Can you do Gaga's evolution please?

[@briarrose]

I thought our boy was about to announce his engagement in the beginning of the video. Hope the vacation was nice and peaceful! I am pretty indifferent to Ms Aguilera but still find her voice interesting.

[@NIJEECAPRICORN23]

Aye I got here just in time 😁❤. Christina I think went through some vocal declinage moments but now she sounds like she's gaining that stamina back. I think covid has made her focus on vocal rest. I think she just need to focus on her technique and adapting to her matured sound. Hopefully she'll bounce back.

[@danieljimenez3227]

You should do mariah