[xDramatick]

The charts are currently dominated, and always have featured artists with huge voices, such as Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, and Beyonce. Even Jade Ewen, our 2009 UK Eurovision entry has a right belter. This is a point that I've seen thrown around the forum a few times.

But is a big voice that important?
What big voices do you like?
Does a voice make a song?
Do all ballads need a female belting it out at the top of her range?
Are vocal gymnastics fascinating? or annoying?

In my opinion, it's not all about the voice. Out of all the big voices I can think of, I'm obviously only really a fan of Xtina, but that's due to her music. I think there are better artists with smaller voices, and I think we have too many big voices in the industry, and the vocal gymnastics are getting tiring and dull [even Xtina's giving it up for her new album and going for a softer sound]. I don't mind the odd belted ballad but an album full of them is boring and samey. Personally, I think a ballad that's sung softly can sound miles better than one that's belted. Obviously it changes from artist to artist, from song to song but that's my general view.

What is your opinion?