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oh my gawd!..

ok, so as usual, i was just browsing through youtube looking for nice videos to watch (music videos)..
i browsed and chanced upon this ONE video, this one video that led me to look for 5 more videos of her singing..

its the British vocal powerhouse, Leona Lewis. i was intro-ed to leona by guo xiang last time when she sent me Bleeding Love..
but i was skeptical, i was saying who the hell is this girl.. and i couldnt accept the song right away..
i felt it was kinda boring...

but okay, after watching the videos im watching now, i can proudly say that Leona could very well be the best, if not THE best, talent show winner EVER!!!

she's the product of X-factor (the British equivalent to American Idol), a talent show that simon (cowell or fuller) himself produced..

my jaws dropped to the floor (literally) after i saw the first video...
and guess what, that girl can SING... she cant sing, she can SING!!!!

okay, all you A.I followers out there know that, every single season, the judges will ALWAYS, and never fail to, remind the contestants to NEVER attempt to sing a whitney, mariah, celine, stevie or christina song (note the first 3 names)... note the NEVER to attempt..
there's a reason for them saying that, cause only if they want to dig their own grave, singing any of those above mentioned ppl's songs would really be disastrous and in due time, their elimination...
and most of the time, those who didnt listen, tried, but failed miserably..

BUT, im making an exception for Leona.. the first vid i saw her singing is "I Will Always Love You", undoubtedly, one of the hardest, most difficult songs to sing..
why difficult you say?
cus Whitney sang the hell out of the song! the super powerful vocals, the amazingly controlled vibrato, and the pitch perfect notes..

however, you go type 'leona lewis i will always love you', and watch..
that girl, apart from a little sloopy on her vibrato, managed to bring the same power to the song as whitney did, and she did the major part of the song, the second half of the song, perfectly..
every note was p-e-r-f-e-c-t!!
and right at the climax part of the song, i thought she sounded VERY MUCH like whitney!
omg i was having goosebumps listening to it..

if singing a whitney wasnt brave enough, i saw videos during her run in x-factor, and she not only sang that whitney song, she sang 2 whitney songs, 2 mariah and a celine!!!

W-H-A-T?!!!

that would be freaking SUICIDE for any contestants, even the best at American Idol!
but oh-my-god did she sing the crap out of those songs..

she sang mariah's "Without You".. that was a number 1 song..!
and her vocals were freaking awesome - she flawlessly sang the high notes, the transition from low notes to high ones, omg perfect, and the emotions was touching!!.. i really believe this girl HAS mariah's range, without a doubt!!

if those 2 wasnt scary enough songs to be singing at a singing competition - she JUST had to sing celine's "All By Myself"...
if ANY of you listen to classics, "All By Myself" has celine singing one of the HIGHEST note of her vocal range with soo much power and conviction, that it made the song soo freaking awesome..
i personally think that this song is just one behind "I Will Always Love You" on the difficulties list..

ppl who sing this song, have to know that they will make a bloody fool out of themselves if they dont hit that note, THAT one note..
but Leona somehow, miraculously, did sing that song, in THAT note, with the same power and conviction celine did..
oh my god, this gave me goosebumps too..

this is music industries BIG 3 performers of all time!
its Mariah, Whitney and Celine...
and if there is such a person that has qualities of all 3 of them together, i think she will one day be able to conquer the music world...

Whitney and Celine has that amazingly powerful vocals.. strong, in your face vocals.. and flawless runs.. with whitney having one of the most perfect, most controlled vibrato in the industry...
and Mariah, oh man, that woman with the 5 or 6 octave vocal range... with runs, perfect pitch, perfect timing and flawless melismatic singing style..

i personally think that, Leona no doubt is a vocal prowess! her vocals on all the songs were amazing.. but she lack whitney's ability of a perfect, controlled vibrato.. whitney can speed up or slow down when she's singing in vibrato, and that is really difficult to do..

i also think that Leona probably has some of, if not most, of mariah's vocal range! just mayb she's a little unstable in her lower register..
im serious.. go hear her sing - though, ive yet to find her singing in mariah's "Emotions" whistle register kinda thing, but the W.R is mariah's forte..

and she was the first British in a very long time to have a number 1 in the U.S, a huge achievement.. even Material Girl Madonna has a hard time doing that..
and she further denied Madge a number 1 spot when Bleeding Love was intro-ed in the the U.S..

omg, im writing this just as i found a recorded clip of her singing Minnie Riperton's "Loving You" when she was 15.. Minnie Riperton inspired Mimi to what she is today! and leona was singing in the whistle register!! go hear that song.. that is amazing man.
kudos to Leona..