Are there any great male singers in contemporary music.

Dimash Kudaibergen with his 6 octave range, is considered by many music critics to be the finest male singer in the world today.

Mark Anthony

Here is Marc Anthony. Live, which is the only way to evaluate singers.

[quote]Are there any great male singers in contemporary music.

1. Oh, dear.

2. No.

IMDB says the best male singer is Morten Harket.

Josh Groban

Buble?

Chris Stapleton

The Weeknd and Harry Styles would be examples of contemporary male artists. Bieber can also sing.

Josh Groban is my favorite.

Avery Wilson has a beautiful voice and great range.

Gregory Porter is labelled a 'jazz' singer but he crosses genres.

Pierce Brosnan.

As others mentioned upthread:

The Weeknd is making great pop/r&b music, and has a compelling voice to interpret it. He's a real "heartbreak" vocalist, like he can sing all the range of unpleasant emotions.

Chris Stapleton is incredible. And sexy as hell.

For me the modern gold standards were Prince and George Michael. To lose both of them in 2016 was 💔

I thought Chris Cornell had a fantastic voice--I'm sorry he died a few years back.

[quote]The Weeknd and Harry Styles would be examples of contemporary male artists. Bieber can also sing.

But could they be classified as great male singers? They are no match for Dimash or Marc Anthony.

Marc Anthony is contemporary though? He’s 54 and his biggest album was 23 years ago, along with his biggest singles.

So I don’t consider him contemporary.

I mean are we talking about mainstream pop?

Labrinth is the best contemporary male singer out right now with visibility. I mean he’s #183 on Spotify right now. Not exactly the biggest artist but he’s growing in popularity because of “Euphoria”.

I believe he’s more mainstream in the UK but he’s known in the US through “Euphoria”.

R10 He’s for old people. Not contemporary.

Buble.

Great versatile voice, and consistently chooses good material.

R1 No he is not, you treacly talent show Stan.

Frankie Grande

Charlie Puth

Marc Anthony is such an amazing singer, sorry if that makes me old haha. He is super sexy too, but I’m not impressed by his treatment of partners, he looks and sounds so good though.

I mentioned in the thread about this list that many 90s R&B artists are not included on these lists. Like Maxwell and Tevin Campbell.

Miguel, Anderson Paak, Bruno Mars the newer generation

[quote] [R10] He’s for old people. Not contemporary.

HOW DARE YOU !!!!!

Omar Apollo!

[quote]Avery Wilson has a beautiful voice and great range.

Perhaps, but he did a great disservice to that song.

[quote] Dimash Kudaibergen with his 6 octave range, is considered by many music critics to be the finest male singer in the world today.

Never heard of him but he is a genre singer -- i.e. dramatic pop ballads like Celine Dion with Mariah's melisma. When he sings regular pop music (i.e. The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, etc.) he is less impressive.

R20 Buble is old too. He’s from 20 years ago and only old people listen to him.

Aaron Tveit

Josh Groban sings like an angel.

I'd love to hear The Weeknd try to sing anything remotely close to what Dimash sings. I'm sure he's less than impressive.

[quote]Are there, indeed, any great voices amongst the newer generation of male "pop" singers?

Great voices, not great entertainers. With this criterion, Groban certainly qualifies, since his voice may not appeal to everyone, but it is much better than Styles or The Weeknd. Certainly not as entertaining, but a much better voice.

Lambert

Nathaniel Rateliff, James Morrison, James Arthur, Jonny Lang

Good choice with Lambert.

What about Zayn? He sounds good on recordings but I don't know if he can sing like that live.

if you want fantastic voices you have to go out of mainstream current. metal is always a good place to start.

Disturbed's Sound of Silence

R34 Groban is horrible. His voice is absolutely painful to listen to. He’s a choir boy and nothing more.

I think Harry and Weekend have way more range than Groban. Harry and Weekend could vocally do any genre of music they wanted to, Groban can’t. Groban can only sing choir music or easy listening soft rock pop. He can’t do jazz or R&B or hip-hop or country or anything. That’s NOT a good singer in my opinion.

Zayn's voice is generic. Hundreds of singers sound like that.

William Hung.

Zayn's falsetto is great but maybe he can only do it in the recording studio.

Somebody please mention me, so I can feign outrage and cry about being misgendered!

I'm surprised Luke James hasn't broken through in a big way.

I thought his voice was astonishingly good when I first heard him about 10 years ago.

He was nominated for a best male R&B vocal Grammy back then, but he's only managed a couple of minor R&B hits since.

Music has changed so much in past decade, and on his newer stuff, he seems to be deliberately de-emphasizing his vocal chops.

Zayn and Miguel are my favorites from the new school.

Im not into any of the guys that sound like Michael Jackson, ie The Weeknd. Miguel is amazing and underrated.

LOL at seeing Harry Styles mentioned in this thread

John Barrowman was a great singer; you heard it during high school State performances.

I enjoy Parson James, but he’s still new. Great range.

Patrick Stump is always good.

It was going to be Mika - could still happen.

Poor Zayn. So much potential. And he was willing to make druggy "exploratory" music. But globally he has bad taste. And he's not a live artist, really. Is he still an addict on some drug or another?

I don't think he deserves much sympathy given he's taken no action to sort his problems out, and instead has actually surrounded himself with enablers.

This might be more folksy than you want, but I'm a fan of Jack Johnson's music.

So happy to see the criminally underrated Luke James mentioned here. Thank you, R45! Apparently, he seems happy with his burgeoning Broadway career (currently in a play, but he does sing in it a bit). I thought for sure when he first appeared and toured as Beyoncé’s opening act, no less, he would become much more popular than he is given his vocal talent, beautiful face and ripped bod. But, ‘twas not meant to be, apparently… at least not yet.

That said, Adam Lambert owns this thread. Hateful nasty dl queens be damned! Cher herself somehow shed a tear through her plastic mask before leading the standing ovation for his incredible “Believe” tribute at the Kennedy Center. Compare that with how Barbra “received” Bey’s “The Way We Were” in a very similar situation…

[quote]any great voices amongst the newer generation

"great voice"? Yes.

Jack Johnson is *not* a great singer. Most of his songs are maybe 3 notes. He's attractive, yes.

Don't know if HE'S great, but this is:

Adam.

R14 The Weekend CANNOT sing.

Although he's no longer contemporary, I would say Tom Jones. Even though he is not known for singling blues, he is fantastic as a blues singer.

Remember me?

Well, r60, since you rarely sing, and definitely no longer record.....

However, CLAY, I for one will be in your audience this Spring!

Patrick Fiori has a great range and an impressive voice. He mainly sings in French though.

This writer makes some valid points - Mick Jagger.

Other than Josh Groban, the only male singer I swoon to is Michael Ball. Not only does he look like a cherub, he sings like one too!

R64, Have you seen him lately?

How about Tom Ball, R64?

[quote] Are there any great male singers in contemporary music.

[quote]1. Oh, dear.

Oh, dear, what?

Contemporary music is just awful. I’m sick to death of pop and R&B crap. Bring back rock already.

R67, End punctuation.

I think that The Weeknd has a beautiful voice. I annoy my kids by saying "he has the voice of an angel!"

Blind, autistic Kodi Lee can outsing most on this list.