VH1 Divas Live Sept 17th 2009. Host: Paula Abdul

[Scramasboy]

i agree with his list

 

 

 

 

 

Sean's top five pop divas

 

5. Madonna: She's not exactly a world-class warbler. Then again, Like a Virgin ain't exactly Ave Maria. But what Madge lacks in vocal derring-do, she makes up for in invention and scariness. Her lovely M.J. eulogy at the MTV VMAs will only add to queenly aura.

 

4. Whitney Houston: Back before Bobby Brown inhaled her life force like one of those Dementors in Harry Potter, the Queen of the Night could lay claim to one of the great church voices of the 20th century.

 

3. Celine Dion: It's easy to make fun of Celine. It's even easier to make fun of her husband, Rene. And yet the Canadian chest-pounder is an indomitable sales force who owned Vegas during her stand at Caesar's.

 

2. Barbra Streisand: Any diva worth her designer bottled water chilled at exactly 76 degrees will have as many fans as foes. And Babs might be the most polarizing lady on our list. And yet, La Streisand could win almost any singing contest. Unless she was going up against …

 

1. Aretha Franklin: "Whatchuwant? Baby I got it!" You can't argue with the Queen of Soul taking the top spot. She does what she wants, including wearing a steroidal bow on her hat at the presidential inauguration. Aretha: large, in charge and forever the diva to beat.

Re aint nothing special in my honest opinion. Tina's better than her.

[samart]

Man, this is L-A-M-E!

Has the word "diva" lost its grace and power? This is the show where we used to KNOW there'd be some world class performing, now they've made it another pop talent show...

Would love to see Kathy Griffin, though...

[chadiedls]

It was said that Whitney would participate in that show but she didn't .

BTW,where to watch the video?

[chadiedls]

I never said that Mariah, Celine and Whitney are the only divas. There are others who came before them and after them. Aretha (as much as I detest her), Tina, Madonna (I'm gonna regret saying this), Janet, Donna Summer, Patti LaBelle (bless her), Reba McIntyre, Barbra (being one of the torch bearers), Billie Holiday, Cher, Diana Ross are some of the few who came before or around the same tme as the big 3. Then there are some new ones who can be termed as the new age divas like Christina Aguilera, Beyonce (to some extent), Martina McBride, Anastacia among others.

 

But c'mon, artists who are just one album old can't be termed as 'divette' let alone a 'diva'

 

Anyway, I think its just going on in circles so I'll shut myself up after this post

maybe this show should change its name because DIVA itself is an anbiguous word.