GRAMMY Awards: Tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (Vocal Showcase) [MAIN]

[WeaponsOfSeduction]

Christina gives me life. Fucking love her <3

[luongminhIT]

they all are the queens.

[arctickwassakwassa]

florence... wins hands down!

[kolapoop229]

christina!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the way

[justindwebber]

christina did her thing but all these ladies took a backseat to yolanda. she slayed!! cant mess with that anointing. lol

[2014natnat]

respect christina.

[zunamizang]

i love Christina but i think Yolanda did the best here.

[SaLaZaRSLiZeRiN7]

#1 Aretha Franklin :)

[cowsworld32]

#1:Christina

#2:Florence

#3:Jennifer

#4:Yolanda

#5:Martina

^^ Lets face it, This is the truth.

[why249]

@cowsworld32 i don't think so and i think yolanda is best

[Alikiwildflower]

All of them were spectacular and truly honored the great Aretha Franklin

[Lyneo87]

I love Yolanda's voice but she looks like the Lion from The Wizard of Oz

[starr2b]

all of these singers did very well but i was just blown away by christina and i dont think she was showing off to try and sing better than the others, she simply did her and she always does. i had no idea that yolanda adams range could go so low she did it well and is also one of my favs.

[joaquinfelipe100]

i really love christina, but i think she didnt understand the feeling of the song, she just wanted to show the world she could sing, and the best of them was jennifer, she opens her mouth and her voice just hits you, it's so strong

[dersoncr]

impressão que tive é que a Christina está odiado a Jeniffer Hudson, tipo hurrrr pra que cantar muito mais alto que eu, e pra quê ser mais magra que eu kkkk

[cpos13]

christina is one of my all time favorite singers. i love her style and her voice, i think she's incredible. but lets be honest, her performance here didnt touch jennifer's or yolanda's. in my opinion.

[why249]

Yolanda Adams Jennifer Hudson Florence Welch Christina Aguilera Martina McBride

[devonte505]

ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY!!!! FIRST OFF THEY ARE ALL GREAT SINGERS BUT IM SORRY CHRISTINA PERFORMANCE WAS NOT THE BEST SHE DID WAAAAAY TO MUCH AND IT WASENT CUTE LOVE HER THOUGH LOL!!!

[JohnChu3927]

Jennifer seems got weakened? Even some of her notes are insecure and lack of.. energy to drag to the end.

[MARiSA51595]

Jennifer hudson obviously way more talented than Christina. You're all just saying that christina is better because she's more popular. Jennifer sings effortlessly where christina strains her voice so much with her so called "Riffs"

[groulx101]

I HATE HOW FUCKING CHRISTINA ALWAYS TRIES TO OUT SING OTHER PEOPLE MEAN WHILE THE OTHER SINGERS ARE BETTER THEN HER

[aetherJade]

Jennifer Hudson hands down.

[julianwchful]

All of them are perfect. Well, I personally like Christina and Florence :) But others are good as well@@

[AntoineBoOm]

What the hell is wrong with you people ? Jennifer was the best !

[ZdPhoenix]

Christina can has all the vocal ability in the world, but that's all her singing is ever about: how much her voice can do. Some people almost have too much ability (Jessie J oversings like hell too).

The two solos I keep replaying are Florence and Yolanda. Florence has an incredible tone and that ending was amazing. I'm not familiar with Yolanda, but that's the antidote to Christina's style all day long. Class.

[003nkodt]

Yolanda looks like Whitney

[emmawatson1997fan]

Christina was amaziiiiing!!!

[TheDaniyarKhan]

yolanda adams nailed it)))

[iamawesome1001]

haha look at these christina stans...

her belts were so strained i mean that c5 isn't even that hard to belt yet it was placed incorrectly and it seemed so hard for her to hit

just because the others werent doing all the uneccesary shit that xtina does doesnt mean theyre not as good

i would listen to the other four over xtina anyday

xtina has a gift no doubt but her horrible technique ruins it

not to mention her overuse of melisma and how it ruins almost every song she sings

[zezt]

@iamawesome1001 hmmm i would like to state this. I LOVE Aretha and she is rightful Queen of Soul, BUT the emphasis in the video seems to be 'who can hit the highest note or sustain it'--well IF you listen to Bessie Smith, Queen of the Blues, her range wasn't that far but it was what she could DO wid what she *GOT" which WAS the SOUL! so all you wannabe singers who got feeling think on this ;))

[heyheyheyitisfatalbe]

ok if u fucks think that christina was the best they told jennifer hudson not to sing the last part for a fucking reason because her vocal powere is to fucking dangerous watch (jennifer hudson i am telling you) and u will see why they told her not to sing the last hold 

[Anime00Freak]

@heyheyheyitisfatalbe or maybe she didn't want to show off :\

[WeaponsOfSeduction]

Xtina is Queen.

[Buzz0Killington]

Christina

Yolanda and

Jennifer killed it. Them other two hoes need a day job.

[TheJimmykins]

Xtina all the way..

[mecani500]

CHRISTINA WINSSS YOLANDA

I WISH BEYONCE WAS UP THERE LOVE MY QUEEN BEY

[MssRubix]

for some reason I got really scared toward the end

[daven688]

The real queen of this performance was yolanda she had the strongest chest belts, richest lowest registers, and soo much power! The worst was christina! She tried soo hard to be something she wasnt. Her range was all over the place, her belt was strained and weak, and she tried harder with her head voice and it was a mess. She should've been replaced with mary j blige or kelly clarkson. or even jessie j...way better belters than christina as of lately

[frenchbakerify]

christina clearly, no can touch her in this generation. she is currently the queen and we all know it!

[why249]

@frenchbakerify i don't think the other are good too

[cowsworld32]

Florence was the best!:D

[kevoizt24]

QUE HACE FLORENCE WELCH CON ESE TRIO RIDICULO?? En fin es cristina aguilera... quien??? jajaja... en fin no importa... :D :D

[tapatio911]

wow christinaaaaaaa

[leandrooalmeida11]

Christinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[michapruitt14]

That was lovely........

[JHROT]

Why are the paying 'tribute' to someone thats still alive?

[gusforever1]

Jennifer Hudson Didn't Use A Full Power Of Her Voice.

So You Can See She Was Sad :(

[sabraboo93]

christina

florence

jennifer

yolanda

martina

[sabraboo93]

christina

florence

jennifer

yolanda

martina

[steinbeck19]

CHRISTINA WAS THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[manolapix]

lol looks like Xtina was throwing shade @ jennifer in 6:46 - 6:67....lol but she's only being silly

[manolapix]

I love Christina, she nailed this performance so did Jennifer Hudson and Yolanda

[bobfaggot23]

Peep At The End Where After Yolanda Belts Out Her Beautiful Ending...Old Christina Just Had To Rip Her Mic Off The Stand And Do EXTRA!!! Even Though It Sounded Nice..But Cmon Xtina!! We Know U Can Sing =P

[muttonbreath78]

That fat chick in the middle can sing!

[jetsings]

Florence all the way

[zemaimah]

yolanda the best

[gangstaladie]

they all did great!!!

[Potterhead34]

This has reminded me why I love Christina Aguilera <3

[SaLaZaRSLiZeRiN7]

I must say that XTina's whistle was awesome...

[SaLaZaRSLiZeRiN7]

On this stage Yolanda was the best!!!

[prmike22]

Christina sounded ok here to me, however i loved jhud n yolanda the most!

[deycaely]

CHRISTINA IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING



[Shawty453]

Yolanda was hands down the best!

[gonzalete15]

Christina the voice of our generation¡

[westlifemania1]

jennifer hudson sounds like aretha.

[leandrooalmeida11]

Christina Aguilera <3

[divasdumali]

Yolanda and Jennifer love you

[piierlittleboots]

FLORENCE <3 THE BEST

[coltonalann]

LIsten to Martina try to get on Christinas level! HA not gunna happen

[solovinit2299]

HOLY POWER!!!

[mint8095]

Christina was the performance!! truly the voice of her generation....I don't care what you say. :P

[oxcarlima]

Legendtina

[jznv]

id hate to be the one to go after christina..

[yofila]

lol after seeing Xtina sing like that I'm wondering how she can sing back up vocals for anyone else

[Cree45]

Worst : Florence Best : Xtina is good but I prefer Yolanda! hands down..

[lemados20099]

Chistina is the best

[gabiiiuuu]

@lemados20099 by faaaar!

[MrBertoldiBruno]

I really prefer Xtina, but I love Florence, Jennifer and Martina, I met Yolanda in this video, and loving her :D

[prettid051]

Yolanda Adams tore up the ending...somebody should've turned off Florence's mic imo...no disrespect!!!

[prettid051]

@ColosoulCameron u took the words right out of my mouth

[Marrekesz]

Aretha Franklin is the best singer of all time. God Bless You, Aretha.

[imgreat234]

LMAO I love how Christina is pointing at jennifer hudson when she's singing.

It was a great performance from everyone.

[lovextina]

I've never heard of Martina Mcbride....they should have replaced her with Carrie Underwood! Plus it looks like she has beef with Christina. Jealous much?

[leandrooalmeida11]

@lovextina Kelly Clarkson or Jessica Simpson or Carrie Underwood :D

[Carter53453]

Christinaaa! :) so much soul! The others were good too though!

[CKFIERCE1]

@Carter53453 She was shit compared to J hud and Yolanda 

[PitySing01]

.............I felt the spirit.

[Ehadurkah]

heheh she cracking...

[SHINeeous]

Jennifer got respects for the others when she didnt join the "screaming-competition" at the end, she just got a place and don't need to overshine the others,

[LilNii]

@SHINeeous Florence didn't try to outshine anyone either. Though it made her stand out due to her being European. The accent and lower more soulful notes made her stand out for me atleast.

[chesleycareystar]

Adele sweeps the awards @ Grammy54th

[Xnico29]

Como decirlo Christina eres tan, tan unicaaaa versionas las canciones como si siempre hubiesen sido tuyas eres grandiosaaa, las demas puras copias bien hechas pero tu tributo increible

[TheNo1Judge]

Big voices in the industry!! great stuff!!

[kike17kike17]

Christina falls at the end of the performance.. just noticed that.

[THELilAi3]

OMG. Christina.

[notabadguy06]

wow, that yolanda adams lady did the hardest vocal stuff imo

[kike17kike17]

I'm 19 years old, and i'm not very well educated in music or vocals, (or Aretha Franklin) but DAMN! this is amazing! it needs to happen more often in TV.

[Raiisagani]

WTH! Cristina! . She should've sung like that with the national anthem at the superbowl.

[darksidecory]

2:54 stunned.... my g-shock cracked....

[JohnDLovesLeona]

Yolanda

Christina

Florence

Jennifer

Martina

[Carter53453]

1. christina 2.yolanda 3. Jennifer 4. Florence 5. Martina

[dangie1046]

They should throw in Adele too :)

[lolmik3]

@dangie1046 They cant, She'll outshine them all ! ;)

[johnyvie]

You know its a vocally diverse tribute :) And its cool ... Martina- COuntry, Florence- should i say ROCK ?? (dont know bout her, but shes good) Yolanda- Gospel and Christina- POP .. Well love them all specially Xtina :)

[ninosimone]

well done by all.

[vavanitz]

Christinaaaaaaaaaaa! you go girl!!!! love youuuuuuu

[KillaTequilla83]

SO. SASSY.

[jennyrrr]

I love Florence <3 

[dancebaby814]

1. Yolanda

2. Christina

3.Jennifer

4. Florence

....no need to list Martina lol she excellent in her genre though

[dancebaby814]

Christina would have been the best if she hadn't of oversang (as always lol) So the award goes to Yolanda. Martina just didn't really fit...

[spacesplaces]

Christina over-sang. Trying too hard to outshine everyone...

[coltonalann]

8:02 >>>>>

[TangerineJones1]

Florence was the best

[vanessamjeff]

Yolanda brought it home! ...save the best for last

[GaGaBjork1996]

yolanda is just fabulous. and that last note was ridiculous!

[coltonalann]

@ColosoulCameron i completely agree!

[ColosoulCameron]

I'm sorry but Florence sounds like a billy goat to me...lol..no disrespect..to each its own..

[TangerineJones1]

@ColosoulCameron Watever

[ColosoulCameron]

Yall are tone deaf...Christina sounds a fucking mess....She's always over-doing everything and on top of that she's completely off key...Yolanda, Jennifer and Martina sound good tho

[daven688]

The way they all look at yolanda adams is like they are all looking at the queen b!

[queviles1]

in my head all i could think of was "and then there is Yolanda"

[RodriTosoChannel]

At 10:07 they're all singing but Jennifer Hudson is applauding Yolanda! That is why I love her. Great artist and human being.

[RodriTosoChannel]

BEST GRAMMYS OPENING E-V-E-R!!!

[mariahfan05]

each of these women are outstanding in their own right and singing songs from the imcomperable miss aretha franklin only showcases their talent even more!!

[estebancasanova]

y'all keep on talking about Christina but what about the rest?

[MrXboy2a]

christinaaaaaaaaa the besttttttttttttttttttttttttttt­tttttttt

[72mespo]

She sure would be proud of them all. And to think it only took five of them to match a shadow of Aretha!

[jake24414]

All these women are very talented and Aretha would be very proud of all of them!

[SuperSuperalgerien]

CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS TRUELY A GOOD SINGER

[juandres84]

CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS THE BEST!

[leandrooalmeida11]

Christina THE DIVA

[TheMirageGroup]

Yolanda Adams. Wow.

[iraklitushishvili]

XTina-well done... but I must say her belting wasn't very cleaned! And Yolanda was the best on this stage!!!

[AudeOdd]

Why'd they make her first? sets the bar so high, well always. ;}

[taylamade85]

Christina all the way that's my boo

[dimryman]

Christina!!!!!!!!!

[SadSackXD]

Florencee omgaaah! Amazingg. But Christina With That Stupid Microphone. that Transvesdiked Needs To lose It!

[jeese11]

@SadSackXD Yeah Florance was good, but Christina was AMAZING! Christina has an amazing vocal range & a very powerful voice, so you need to double check yourself.

[SadSackXD]

@jeese11 The Song they gave Florence was amature. She can hold notes just like Christina. But of couse she has to outshine everyonee. So go figure.

[jeese11]

@SadSackXD Who has to go outshine everyone?

[SadSackXD]

@jeese11 Christina.

[reneeLuvmj1]

Yolanda Adams Took Us to CHURCH WOW that was AMAZING i got goosebumps. I almost cried catching the holy spirit.

[kozocitow]

Christina is the MAMMA! She's the voice !

[ChuyHito83]

Hudson, florence and Xtina the best, no imagino a lady gaga cantando asi jajajaja.

[85Heaven]

Christina Aguilera and jennifer Hudson were the best!!!!

[battlechi]

FUCKING BRILLIANT

[Pc5Girl]

haha at first i thougt florence doesn't fit in. i mean all of those women have absolutely amazing voices and florence... well she is just florence. it's hard to compare her to others because i think she is a really special person

but when she started to sing her part i was just like: wow!

she doesn't has the best voice but i actually don't think she needs a voice like christina to make a good performance. her performence was just amazing!

[sham1678]

@Pc5Girl I thought martina mcbride wouldnt fit lol but they worked great together

[amsmart1]

why does xtina insist on having that weird mic stand? FLORENCE FOR THE WIN!

[DanehLiinda]

Florence é a MELHOR! \o/

[steinbeck19]

CHRISTINA AGUILERA WAS AMAZING

[alansocii]

1) Yolanda

2) Christina and Jennifer

3) Florença

4) Martina

[springerscliffy1992]

christina is a joke shouting almost make her voice crack couple of time

[CKFIERCE1]

@springerscliffy1992 thank you. lol

[joce1596]

JENNIFER AND CHRISTINA, THE BEST¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[lee32620]

LIKE THIS IF YOU'RE EXCITED FOR THE GRAMMYS TOMORROW!!!!!!

[geras03new]

To be honest, I do love Christina, but I thought she just wanted to be the best, and she has an amazing voice and averything, but this time I have to go with florence. Simply amazing.