Demi Lovato vs Ariana Grande. Who's The Better Vocalist

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Two front running pop girls of the new generarion with great pipes. Who do you think is the better vocalist.

[Mylo13 💜]

Demi sounds more natural, but I'd say Ariana has overall better vocals.

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Ariana

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

They’re equal. Literally. Ariana has cleaner, more precise runs and ease with runs. Demi supports and resonates her belts higher. They can both whistle (but rarely do). Both have weak lower registers (high set sopranos). Both have great ease in upper belts. Both strain to high heavens on upper belts. (I think Ari gets away with it with less notice because her voice is thinner/lighter so the strain isn’t as apparent to the layperson’s ears). Demi has better stamina. Ariana has a better falsetto. Both have weak head registers that they don’t use much. Demi is more emotive and versatile. Tone is subjective (but I personally prefer Demi’s on lower notes to mid-high belts). Demi has better enunciation.

I voted Demi, because I know results will skew to Ariana. Who we truly should be having the battle with are Tori Kelly and JoJo. They’re miles better vocalists than Demi and Ari.

What happened to neally? Where ha analysis?

[woods]

Ariana.

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[Bwol]

Ariana by ALOT

[Disco🌶️📖]

I like both.

I like the power of Demi's voice when she really belts. I would love to hear her do some Rock-oriented stuff a la Pat Benatar.

I love the airiness of Ariana's higher notes though it's hard to understand the words sometimes in those registers.

[born]

I love both but Ariana has a better control and she doesn’t struggle as much as Demi does. So, Ariana wins this vocal battle for me.

[horchata]

I'd give the minute tipping point of ability to Demi, but a general preference that leans a bit more to Ariana.

[g8erboi]

Ariana by a huge margin.

[toomuchboy]

Ariana. Demi is a banshee.

[Ling-Ling]

Live? I think Ariana tends to be more consistent. Her enunciation is unforgivable though. On record? Demi. Her latest album especially mops the floor with anything Ariana has ever delivered in the studio.

I went with Demi.

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Apr 13, 2018 19:03:29 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

They’re equal. Literally. Ariana has cleaner, more precise runs and ease with runs. Demi supports and resonates her belts higher. They can both whistle (but rarely do). Both have weak lower registers (high set sopranos). Both have great ease in upper belts. Both strain to high heavens on upper belts. (I think Ari gets away with it with less notice because her voice is thinner/lighter so the strain isn’t as apparent to the layperson’s ears). Demi has better stamina. Ariana has a better falsetto. Both have weak head registers that they don’t use much. Demi is more emotive and versatile. Tone is subjective (but I personally prefer Demi’s on lower notes to mid-high belts). Demi has better enunciation.

I voted Demi, because I know results will skew to Ariana. Who we truly should be having the battle with are Tori Kelly and JoJo. They’re miles better vocalists than Demi and Ari.

What happened to neally? Where ha analysis?

I miss the days of you/neally/dbhmr/Jack going hard analyzing vocals in the poll booth :'( we need some new experts around here cause I don't have the ears for it but love reading the essays.

Oh and regarding Demi vs Ariana - Ariana is more consistent and I don't think I've ever heard her sound as bad as Demi can, but Demi at her best >>>> Ariana at her best.

[Linnethia Monique]

I gave Demi the point for enunciation.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Apr 23, 2018 23:00:34 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I gave Demi the point for enunciation.

Agreed. Ariana does come off as being a bit too whispery.

[kcdawg13]

Ariana

[leonagwen]

Ariana has a better range and can sing the high notes better.Demi has better enunciation.Ill go with Ariana.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Apr 24, 2018 13:18:52 GMT -5 leonagwen said:

Ariana has a better range and can sing the high notes better.Demi has better enunciation.Ill go with Ariana.

They both have roughly 4 octave vocal ranges. Ariana has displayed D3-E7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Demi has displayed C#3-Eb7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Both Ariana and Demi have a highest belted note of B5.

Just to add some further context to the “better range” component.

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Apr 24, 2018 13:18:52 GMT -5 leonagwen said:

Ariana has a better range and can sing the high notes better.Demi has better enunciation.Ill go with Ariana.

Demi also as a fuller tone and supports consistently up to c#5. They both strain on high notes. Ariana’s lighter timbre and heady mix only make them sound more pleasing.

[esoteric76]

I prefer Demi's go-for-broke singing. (Ariana is super talented tho)

[Relaxing Cup]

cause the grass is greener under me
bright as technicolor, I can tell that you can see

[ILLUSION]

This isn't even a fair poll. Ariana Grande by MILES.

[yuh yuh]

Both artists are really talented and have great vocals and also great musical material. Still I like Ariana's voice more and voted for her.

[Glove Slap]

For me, this comes down to how much value you place on tone (and to a lesser degree enunciation). And Ariana wins that for me. While Ariana loses points for enunciation, it's not enough to really damage the presentation of the song for me (though I can see how it can be so for others). As for Demi, her tone has cut into her material for me to the extent where I'd have preferred someone else to sing it.

[super2018]

Apr 24, 2018 13:41:40 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

Apr 24, 2018 13:18:52 GMT -5 leonagwen said:

Ariana has a better range and can sing the high notes better.Demi has better enunciation.Ill go with Ariana.

They both have roughly 4 octave vocal ranges. Ariana has displayed D3-E7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Demi has displayed C#3-Eb7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Both Ariana and Demi have a highest belted note of B5.

Just to add some further context to the “better range” component.

Arianas tone is far more pleasant. That is a key factor. 

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Apr 27, 2018 20:34:46 GMT -5 super2018 said:

Apr 24, 2018 13:41:40 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

They both have roughly 4 octave vocal ranges. Ariana has displayed D3-E7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Demi has displayed C#3-Eb7 (non-connected, some gaps present). Both Ariana and Demi have a highest belted note of B5.

Just to add some further context to the “better range” component.

Arianas tone is far more pleasant. That is a key factor. 

Tone is subjective, and your post is irrelevant to the post you quoted.

[super2018]

Apr 27, 2018 20:40:09 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

Apr 27, 2018 20:34:46 GMT -5 super2018 said:

Arianas tone is far more pleasant. That is a key factor. 

Tone is subjective, and your post is irrelevant to the post you quoted.

And having a bigger range does not make you a better vocalist. 
Whitney was a better vocalist than Mariah clearly. 

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Apr 27, 2018 20:50:55 GMT -5 super2018 said:

Apr 27, 2018 20:40:09 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

Tone is subjective, and your post is irrelevant to the post you quoted.

And having a bigger range does not make you a better vocalist. 
Whitney was a better vocalist than Mariah clearly.

And this post is also irrelevant to the one you just quoted.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Apr 27, 2018 20:50:55 GMT -5 super2018 said:

Apr 27, 2018 20:40:09 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

Tone is subjective, and your post is irrelevant to the post you quoted.

And having a bigger range does not make you a better vocalist. 
Whitney was a better vocalist than Mariah clearly. 

Are you a troll?

I was correcting someone who said Ariana had a larger range by stating that they roughly had the same range. I made no judgment in that post.

To that you responded talking about tone, a factor I did not mention.

Now you’re backtracking and creating a narrative that was only ever presented by an Ariana fan - bigger range = better vocalist.

I don’t understand. You have enough knowledge to know that range does not equal ability but then turned around and used tone as a trump card. Lmao

Also, Whitney vs Mariah is debatable. There’s nothing “clear” there.

[super2018]

Apr 27, 2018 20:58:36 GMT -5 Fat Ass Kelly Price said:

Apr 27, 2018 20:50:55 GMT -5 super2018 said:

And having a bigger range does not make you a better vocalist. 
Whitney was a better vocalist than Mariah clearly. 

Are you a troll?

I was correcting someone who said Ariana had a larger range by stating that they roughly had the same range. I made no judgment in that post.

To that you responded talking about tone, a factor I did not mention.

Now you’re backtracking and creating a narrative that was only ever presented by an Ariana fan - bigger range = better vocalist.

I don’t understand. You have enough knowledge to know that range does not equal ability but then turned around and used tone as a trump card. Lmao

Also, Whitney vs Mariah is debatable. There’s nothing “clear” there.

Oh my apologies, i didnt read back in the thread.