Who are the most talented people in the music industry?

[Guest Blue Madonna]

Title. And I'm talking Top 2 or 3

I personally think Jack Antonoff and Tash Sultana are the two most talented people in the music industry;

Jack Antonoff is the man behind Steel Train, Fun., Bleachers, reputation by Taylor Swift, Melodrama by Lorde, Norman F**king Rockwell by Lana Del Rey, MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent, and many other amazing albums. He is the best producer in the game, and he's incredibly versatile. From the rock vibes of MASSEDUCTION to the electro-pop of reputation, the raw feeling of Melodrama, he even has a wonderful rap album to his name, ARIZONA baby by Kevin Abstract. I personally think his peaks are the two Bleachers albums and Melodrama. I'll focus on Bleachers though, as that is his solo work. The emotion he manages to pack into the albums are incredible, and his music makes me 1000x happier than any other artist. His voice isn't standout but he manages to make the production work so well that his voice is just perfect in every song. His lyrics are consistently wonderful and while he doesn't dance (he'll usually be singing or playing an instrument) he is a fantastic performer. I think his best aspect is the impeccable production ability but he is perfect in almost every aspect of music. 

The other is Tash Sultana, who you likely haven't heard of. She exploded onto the indie scene with her bedroom recording of 'Jungle', a multi-layered song played and sung 100% by herself. She is a looping artist, a one-woman band, but please don't associate her with Ed Sheeran or put her in the box of other loop artists. Her songs reach such amazing climaxes and her ability to play over 20 instruments makes her music one of a kind. I saw her live and it was stunning. Her atmosphere, her spunk, is just insane. She's loud and proud, and her energy is unlike anything else I've ever seen. Sometimes she was smashing out an amazing drum solo, or running around the stage playinf the electric guitar with such high energy she screams while she does it. Or maybe she's playing the drum with her foot, the guitar with her hands, and has a harmonica in her mouth (this actually happened!). It was the best concert I've ever seen. And her voice is amazing, it's so soulful and unique and she reaches such high notes that it makes you want to dance and cry at the same time. 

I personally see these two superior to other names such as Lorde or Gaga simply because they do every area of music with such a high standard, from lyrics to performing to singing to production. 

I should also mention that they're activists, Jack holds an annual LGBT+ fundraiser concert where he gets names such as Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Hayley Kiyoko to play, while Tash is a non-binary born-female who inspires people all around the world to be themselves and love themselves for it; I distinctly remember at the start of her show she yelled that if there are any racists or homophobes in the crowd, they can 'get the f**k out of here right now. Only love at this concert'. She also has a really inspiring story about how she overcame her drug addiction (she used to be a homeless addict) to make a living out of busking before going viral with the video bove.

 

Who do you think are the best, most multi-talented 1/2/3 people in the music industry?

[BOMSHELL 2,708]

 

[Economy 49,372]

Besides Gaga... I don't know as there's many different factors:

 

Voice

Music writing skills 

Creativity

Dancing skills

Charisma and ability to captivate audience

 

It's hard to say so I'll break it down by Category:

 

Vocally:

 

Adele

Gaga

Christina Aguilera

 

Dancing:

 

Britney Spears

Jennifer Lopez

Chris Brown

Justin Timberlake

 

Writing skills:

 

Gaga

Taylor Swift

I don't know who else writes their own good music but im sure there's plenty

 

Charisma:

 

Ed Sheeran (I don't know how but he does)

 

 

Those are just a few examples btw. But there's plenty more

 

Overall tho MJ was a true phenomenon good in all categories I mentioned which is insanely rare

 

[KatieJudasGaga4 67,907]

Gaga and Mariah are on top of my list. 

Also, Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons! He can sing, write his own music and play many instruments. 

[Chesescake 3,968]

Kate Bush

[AgusPop 4,141]

Barbra Streisand

Gaga

Whitney Houston

Celine Dion

Mariah Carey

Adele

Madonna

Marina

[NCgaga 4,321]

The Most Talented have to be well versed in Actual Music, play instruments, dance. Really know music, understand your voice, write and compose or co-write, and co-compose your songs- and be able to be versatile in style of vocals, music, etc.  My top picks currently are:

-Chris Stapleton

-Brandi Carlisle

-Lady Gaga

-Sara  Barielles

-Yebba Smith

 

Honorable mentions- typically talented artists that aren't as musically versatile; Jessie J, Beyonce, Adele, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, KElly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Alicia Keys, Pink, Taylor Swift, Sia, Miley Cyrus.

 

[IamChromatica 2,025]

Stefani Germanotta

 

[theahsfan 13,822]

Gaga is the only one who imo that I know of is perfect at every aspect of being an artist- singing, writing, being a visionary and being able to create actual art through music.  

[LeJudas 6,490]

1 hour ago, BOMSHELL said:

 

You're joking probably but take this song for what it is and it's really good. 

I find myself liking it un-ironically 😂

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Bjork, Beck, Ezra Koenig

[NIGHTCRAWLER 6,985]

Billie Eilish .... no one could ever deliver an album as good (melodies, lyrics, production, originality, ...) as WWAFWDWG. She's fKing gifted 

[whore 11,447]

3 hours ago, Economy said:

Writing skills:

 

 Gaga

Taylor Swift

I don't know who else writes their own good music but im sure there's plenty

+ Sia, some people can credit Sia for their careers and/or biggest hits. 

[2School4Cool 6,432]

Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, P!nk, and Gaga are the top 4 for me in terms of having the whole package. They’re all real, they write their own songs and sing every note live. Their albums are fantastic, then they perform live and take it to the next level. Here are some examples of what I mean: 

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P!nk literally performed Beautiful Trauma live on the side of a building

 

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Bruno did this. It’s all about the energy, the vibe, the pure joy, the sheer talent.

 

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One man. One guitar. One loop station. And he’s in the middle of a 3 year tour doing this exact performance for 40-60 thousand people a night. And this video doesn’t do justice to how well he engages those huge crowds and gets every person from the front row to the top rafter singing every word.

 

 

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