https://thepopsmarts.com Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 https://thepopsmarts.com/album-review-adele-25/#comment-46 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:39:47 +0000 #comment-46 […] rarity in musicians of her caliber. Following the stratospheric commercial success of 2015’s 25, she’s back with another album of soul-pop that chronicles her recent divorce from the father […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-adele/#comment-45 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:39:20 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2013/05/31/vocal-range-and-profile-adele/#comment-45 […] the name “Adele.” With two of the best-selling albums of the century, 33-year-old Adele Adkins has created standards as often as she has defied them, living a life split between A-list fame and […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/album-review-taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version/#comment-44 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 03:48:59 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/?p=2857#comment-44 […] she’s never even been scratched. With much of the praise for her previous rerecorded album, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), being centered on Swift’s improved vocal performances, she may have leaned too far in on […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-taylor-swift/#comment-43 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:35:31 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2012/11/03/vocal-range-and-profile-taylor-swift/#comment-43 […] hard to remember now, but Taylor Swift wasn’t quite a pop star in 2012. Sure, the Country-Pop crossover success of “You Belong […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-lady-gaga/#comment-42 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:35:07 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2012/11/03/vocal-range-and-profile-lady-gaga/#comment-42 […] early 2010s, with four on the floor dance-pop flooding Top 40 radio courtesy of new pop acts like Lady Gaga and Kesha. Swift meanwhile was clutching her guitar strap and keyboard, an acoustic instrument in a […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-taylor-swift/#comment-41 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:44:41 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2012/11/03/vocal-range-and-profile-taylor-swift/#comment-41 […] Iver, The National, and Maggie Rogers – there are also appearances from Teflon pop acts like Taylor Swift and Troye Sivan, as well as true rock acts like The Smiths and Queens of the Stone Age. While this […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-kelly-clarkson/#comment-40 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:01:00 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2012/11/03/vocal-range-and-profile-kelly-clarkson/#comment-40 […] also a stylistic choice, as Lovato is a known fan of chesty vocalists like Christiana Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson. The sound here at it’s best is a bigger, heavier sound than other sopranos in Pop can […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-adele/#comment-39 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:05:08 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2013/05/31/vocal-range-and-profile-adele/#comment-39 […] return of Adele was somewhat standard fare – a piano ballad with modest instrumental support, relying on […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/single-review-the-transparency-of-lil-nas-x-montenero-call-me-by-your-name/#comment-38 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:04:29 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/?p=2766#comment-38 […] 40 pop head-on – with his biggest chorus to date. While he has written pop tracks before that may have been too large for him to carry, his stepping up to the plate as a songwriter and singer here adds another layer to his […]

]]> https://thepopsmarts.com/vocal-range-and-profile-beyonce/#comment-37 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:08:29 +0000 https://thepopsmarts.com/2013/01/26/vocal-range-and-profile-beyonce/#comment-37 […] They also culminate in some interesting phenomena. Unlike Adele’s biggest inspiration, Beyoncé, she doesn’t have a significant “stan” community presence. While Adele certainly […]

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