Jeff Lynne is second best male vocalist after Roy Orbison, and the second best all round musician after Stevie Wonder. So he gets the runners up prize?
Already posted him, but if you want to talk about modern day best vocalists/all round musicians...Dimash!
He has a vocal range of over 6 octaves - higher than anyone else.
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Kudaibergen plays seven instruments, piano, dombra, drums, guitar, keyboard, marimba and bayan.
He speaks Kazakh and Russian, and is studying English and Mandarin. He has performed songs in 12 different languages, Kazakh, Russian, English, Mandarin, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Kyrgyz.
Kudaibergen sings in multiple musical genres. His main genre is classical crossover, but he also sings classical music (bel canto), pop, folk and world music.He uses musical elements, and vocal styles and techniques of many other genres,including jazz, rock (e.g. screams), RnB, musical theater, and rap.
He is also known for his use of the whistle register, and for singing in full head voice.
Thanks buddy, just added another girl to my list of impossibly beautiful singers , causing my brain to go into another whirl; sticking with Sade at this time .
Let’s avoid the agony by listening to some blokes