which singers do you think are over rated?

Well I think this post just about covers everybody who ever sang!!! It's all a matter of taste I suppose and some not so great singers actually have 'something else' that cannot always be quantified. I love those moments when you hear something that makes you stop and listen and then try to find out who it was. I must admit it doesn't often happen to me these days.

I am going to take a positive stance and mention the singers who I think have fantastic voices but are really underrated - Lady Gaga, Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Mark Almond (Soft Cell plus Mark and the Mambas).

Love Adele very talented lady in my opinion. I also cannot stand the screechers!
Love Dylan, I know he doesn't have a voice but he never intended to sing, just to write. His lyrics are amazing. I have to feel what people are singing about to "get it"
Spent most of my youth listening to Sabbath and Zepplin, Deep Purple etc still do. I actually like singer/songwriters like Ed Sheeran he also sings from the heart, a must for me.

Dannirae. I love the carpenters, Karen carpenters voice was unique, I never tire of listening to her, sadly her life was tragic, such a sad story. I believe her overbearing mother was her downfall, it messed the poor girls head up.

Georgesgran... You've read my mind, I can't stand Mariah Carey or her voice, she's so plastic and boring. Paul McCartney is dull and droning. And Madonna can't sing, end of. Sting is a repetitive one syllable bore. And non of these singing talent shows, have any real talent, when the judges over act with their enthusiastic praise, it sounds so false its embarrassing, I would much rather they be honest, and say" sorry but your voice is shit "

ABBA. Lulu. The Spice Girls. Practically every boy band that ever existed. Beyoncé.

Meatloaf was awful when I saw him live, so out of tune, just shows what they do in the studio to make it sound good for cd's
A lot of the 'old' singers can't really reach the high notes anymore and have let the backing singers carry the tune.

Kylie

Never could see the appeal of the Beatles & I did see them live. The Stones on the other hand were brilliant. As was Bowie. Living just outside London I saw all the 60s& 70s groups.

We mustn't forget Margarita Pracatan ? who was underrated rather than overrated. ???
Clive James Show
But how could anyone forget Margarita?

Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue . Very overrated in my opinion . Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey have stood the test of time I think even though they are older singers. Love to hear Aled Jones sing when I need soothing! Sorry just realised they are all Welsh, and so am I

Just returned to this thread and noticed some of the singers I could have added to my list have been mentioned since. I so agree about Celine Dion MissAventure -awful singer. That X Factor winner Leona Lewis, another awful singer and honeyrose you are so right about Florence of Florence and the machine and oh yes Jennyluck Beyonce, how could I leave her out and Paloma Faith. One I can't agree with grandmajet is Leonard Cohen, his voice live - magnificent.
Cliff Richard ✅, Paul Mccartney now ✅ and Elton John now ✅ all should call it a day.

InnocentBystander I like to hear Andrea Bocelli sing. However,
a few years ago we visited Verona. We had a tour of the coliseum (or whatever it's called) there. The guide was telling us about the people who had performed there, including Pavarotti.
Someone mentioned Bocelli and the guide said 'Yes he sang here but he wasn't a patch on the others. His voice didn't carry at all.'

It has to be Kylie as she only got where she is by her looks not very voice and I hate all One Direction especially Harry Styles. His songs are boring and tuneless. He is successful purely because of his looks. I prefer Lewis Capaldi. My fave female singers are Leona, Beyonce and Ariana Grande.

BigBertha1

Lulu - has to be top of my list what a racket.

Then;-

Robbie Williams - cant sing, cant dance, cant act.

And these will cause a stir
Andre Bocelli and Alfie Boe - far too strangulated for me.

I wholeheartedly agree about Andrea Bocelli, he is AWFUL! I think it's Core 'ngrato he ruins with his tremulous inability to control either pitch or breath. Alfie Boe has a pleasant voice and on that basis I would rate him as second string as a stage performer with amplification but in an opera his voice lacks any carrying power. I saw him in la Boheme at ENO a couple of years ago and his voice barely reached the circle. He is a classical pop artist really, like Toni Dalli used to be in the 1960s and Mario Lanza before him.
No-one will beat the late Luciano Pavarotti, but several come very close :- Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazon, Oh, and while we're on opera singers, watch Anna Netrebko singing 'Quando m'en vo' soletta' in concert on a Medici TV youtube video. I challenge any red-blooded man not to fall just a little bit in love with her.

Some beauiful version of Stings songs ...sung by other people youtu.be/PZ8g9rZOX_I

Rappers!

I've just heard Karen Carpenter on the radio singing "Goodbye to Love" and I have to say I think she had a beautiful voice (but a very sad life).

I think Karen Carpenter had a beautiful voice. The singer, Rumer, sounds similar. Other than Slow, she doesn't seem to have got memorable enough songs.

I have to turn off the radio when Kate Bush comes on- no one else does this to me

JayLucy, love the Eagles, I recorded it

I turn Madonna off as soon as she appears - never understood why people rave about her!
After watching a concert by the Eagles on TV , I beagan to wonder if any of the current singers/bands will still be recognised in 30 or 40 years time ?

And before anyone says Frank Ifield, he was allowed.

I wonder who started the warbling? Was it Leona Lewis from X factor?

Until the recent U.S inauguration I was a fan of Lady Gaga
Her rendition of the U.S national anthem was to put it mildly 'ear splitting'. Pop concert yes.Not such an occasion as this.