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Originally Posted by Lrmusic  Her entire discography lol. But that doesn't mean she sounds bad (she sounds better than nearly all autotuned songs that are always perfectly on pitch). And saying we have to be singers in order to discern that someone is singing flat is very ad hominem. |
Are you comparing her vocals to robotically tuned vocals?
There is definitely a degree of variance allowable within which one is considered to be in tune, and she is well within that margin for the overwhelming majority of her recorded output.
Robotic tuning, although currently stylistic, is not natural or necessarily desirable.
Even vibrato involves a regularly timed fluctuation of pitch, which when done correctly is considered desirable to human ears.
Setting aside subjective opinions, and working within the realm of professional objectivity, leads me to suspect that some of you may be confusing
tonality with tuning.
A dislike of a singers tonal qualities is open to a lot more subjectivity, although it goes without saying that a great many record buyers obviously feel that Alicia Keys has a very pleasing tone, and have no problem at all with her tuning.