Top 20 Most Difficult Songs for Female Singers

foreign welcome to Ms Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 most difficult songs for female singers [Music] for this list we'll be looking at the hardest songs for women to sing along with the women who slay them if we missed any of your favorite female belters let us know in the comments below number 20 mayal Mariah Carey [Music] as soon as those sultry guitars come in you know you're in for a performance Mariah Carey is one of the greatest vocal performers we have and on the fifth single from her album butterfly she proved it again [Music] living [Music] living Carrie starts off quietly on this sexy passionate song content to show off her melisma skills and affords US soft runs all over the place in the second and third choruses her voice grows stronger as she lets out those high notes my eyes but as any good singer should Carrie never loses control effortlessly switching between her belt and her head voice [Music] number 19 My Heart Will Go On silencio 1997 didn't just give us James Cameron's Masterpiece of a film it also brought us one of the best songs ever written and performed with it a song that would be sung at karaoke until the end of time [Music] oh [Music] wherever you are still it might be best to leave this one to the pros not only because my heart will go on as sung by the incomparable silencio but also because it's incredibly difficult to get just right Zion captures the emotion of the love ballad in a way no one else can with her effortless control her voice grows steadily stronger as the music progresses before completely exploding at the end attacking those high notes perfectly foreign [Applause] number 18 how can I ease the pain Lisa Fisher here's one of the most impossible to nail slow jams of all time seriously we don't know how Lisa Fisher does it she's a goddess [Music] East in 1991 and remains one of Fisher's biggest hits to this day Fisher manages to stretch her notes like no other and listening to her attain those high notes so flawlessly makes us wish she got more opportunities like this to show off her chops how can I use the pain requires an incredibly strong belter to get up into that high register while still pouring passion into the words and once Fisher lets loose on those whistle tones please [Music] number 17 Unbreak My Heart Tony Braxton don't leave me in all this pain don't leave me out in the rain it's not just the high notes that can be difficult to hit the opening of Unbreak My Heart doesn't necessarily make you feel like the song's going to be that hard to sing but then you hear the incredible range of Toni Braxton [Music] from that first verse Braxton's Smoky vocals follow through the lower notes of her register with Incredible strength and power on top of that her Talent only shines stronger on the second verse when she shows us all how low she can go while still maintaining precise control over her Stellar runs [Music] number 16 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler [Music] The Rock ballad is one of the best sub-genres music has given us over the years and Total Eclipse of the Heart Is Rock ballad execution at its finest this song Not only requires melodramatic rock and roll passion at a high level but tremendous breath support as well Bonnie Tyler stays up in that higher register for most of it and not for nothing those verses and choruses have a lot of words with so much movement and not a ton of time to breathe Total Eclipse of the Heart Is certainly one of the most impressive Ballads of its kind number 15 imagine Ariana Grande oh you wanted more whistle tones and modern pop music while Ariana Grande heard you and she delivered this is a pleasure it's no secret that Grande is an expert singer but with her hit imagine she went further than we could have imagined the song's chorus requires the singer to make a large vocal leap on the word imagine and necessitates pinpoint Precision in its notes but all that aside if you want to sound like Grande when you sing this song you've gotta try and go for those whistle tones at the end definitely not an easy task [Music] foreign number 14 Rolling in the Deep Adele [Music] 's bringing me out the dark Rolling in the Deep was the song that first brought English singer Adele to International stardom and for good reason written in response to a heated breakup she once had the lyrics tell a personal story it's a song about a lover telling her ex that he is too foolish to see how much he could have had with her [Music] it's an angry passionate tune there are no Whispers of Despair in this brassy number and only a strong singer with both low and high range vocal power can pull it off Adele beautifully communicates the anger in the track without sacrificing the purity of her sound made it through number 13 and I am telling you I'm not going Jennifer Holliday when Jennifer Holliday originated the role of Effie white in Dream Girls on Broadway in 1981. this number brought down the house holiday won a Tony Award and was set on the path to pop and R B Fame this song takes place after a stormy scene where Effie finds out she's been thrown out of her singing group she adamantly insists to the manager that she's staying no matter what because she loves him [Applause] Strong high belting and convincing drama are essential to the musical number which makes it effective only when sung by a very talented singer and actress oh and this isn't the only difficult song from Dream Girls I am changing definitely strains our vocal cords a bit number 12 Loving You Minnie Riperton [Music] though she performed with Stevie Wonder and rotary connection Minnie Riperton spent most of her career struggling to be noticed she died tragically young succumbing to cancer when she was only 31 years old however she did have one smash hit single and this is it loving you is a soothing repetitive track seemingly simple but by no means easy to pull off some notes are so high they've been mistaken for bird whistles [Music] there actually are some bird twitters in the background but those sweet fluting notes are all Ripperton who makes them sound amazingly effortless [Applause] number 11 Don't Rain on My Parade Barbra Streisand notoriously difficult Don't Rain on My Parade is from the musical funny girl which was based on the life of Fanny Bryce if someone takes a spell it's me I'm not on My Parade Barbra Streisand who played the lead role on Broadway in 1964 and won an Oscar for her performance in the movie adaptation makes it sound quite natural however the song's tricky rhythms frequent leaps and consistent high energy have daunted many aspiring vocalists [Music] although a few professionals like B Arthur and Adina Menzel have covered the song the musical wasn't revived on Broadway for decades possibly because of the challenge of finding someone for that Dynamic leading role number 10 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush inspired by Emily bronte's tale of tempestuous Romance the song Wuthering Heights focuses on the part of the story where Catherine's ghost returns to Heathcliff after many years of anger and misunderstanding in life the song took the World by storm in 1978 topping charts throughout the UK Kate Bush has a style that is extremely difficult to imitate and while her voice sounds natural and sweet in the singles High falsetto runs they are extremely difficult for most singers to achieve foreign [Music] enough the backing track gives almost no support as many karaoke performers have discovered to their dismay [Music] and just in case you were thinking about it no we wouldn't try running up that hill either [Music] number nine I Have Nothing Whitney Houston The Bodyguard the 1992 movie that stars Whitney Houston as a famous singer and Kevin Costner as her while titular bodyguard is somewhat of a Cheesy mess but that soundtrack is definitely the silver lining [Music] I have nothing is but one of the amazing singles that came from The Bodyguard and also one of the toughest in Whitney Houston's roster the song requires incredible force and resonance particularly when it hits the chorus [Music] foreign we don't know about you but we can't imagine anyone other than Houston giving this one the passion it deserves [Music] [Music] number eight Vision Of Love Mariah Carey it seems too far out of reach to picture a time when Mariah Carey wasn't popping off in her whistle register turns out this time was actually before 1990. still I believe the release of Vision of Love was actually the first time audiences would hear Carrie hit those tones and it was incredible [Music] still the whistle notes are not the only thing that makes Vision of Love so impressive it requires a singer with an incredible depth of range downright insane breath control and the ability to transition vocally without a hitch that you turned out number seven Listen Beyonce while this song is also technically from Dream Girls it did not appear in the original musical it was specially written for the 2006 movie adaptation [Music] it's sung by a character who has felt stifled and uncertain throughout until she finally breaks out in this show-stopping number and demands that people listen to what she has to say okay [Music] babe it's a Fierce and dynamic tour de force with big leaps florid riffs and long runs that require a strong powerful voice to perform well Beyonce does an amazing job of keeping up the passion and volume without sacrificing any of that gorgeous flexibility [Music] Chandelier Sia Sia has made a successful career writing songs for other singers and originally she intended chandelier to be sung by Rihanna with some sources also adding Beyonce but as she crafted the track she realized it was one she needed to sing herself [Music] feel the love although it is somewhat gritty and raw describing the effects of hard partying and addiction chandelier still requires an accomplished singer from low rapid Mudders to high leaps and strong held notes it's a wild ride [Music] Sia's voice Blends pain and lyricism in a way that makes this song uniquely hers and because of both her talents and her personal connection with the song it's doubtful whether anyone else could perform it so effectively [Music] number five Hurt Christina Aguilera [Music] Christina Aguilera is one of the most prolific singers in Hollywood unfortunately one of her greatest most difficult songs to sing is not one of her most famous would you help me understand hurt is a number from Aguilera's 2006 album Back to Basics it sort of got buried under the pizzazz of the rest of the track list which includes the likes of Ain't No Other Man and Candyman however in hurt Aguilera slows things down and delivers a masterful performance with Incredible range the chorus necessitates a kind of emotion and resonance that is rare to come by [Music] number four all by myself silencio when I was young I never needed anyone Celine Dion has won a claim for many dramatic and challenging songs but this one stretched even her impressive Powers a quiet introspective beginning leads to a swelling key change and finally a passionate outpouring of Sorrow that demands strong sustained high notes relentlessly yeah as with all deeply emotional pieces the singer must be expressive without losing the beauty of the sound not an easy task at any time but particularly hard when you're belting very high and very loud in front of a large audience all by myself has become one of Dion's most iconic songs despite being a cover of an Eric Carmen original and there's a good reason you rarely hear someone else attempt it number three Love On Top Beyonce it's time to talk about key changes Beyonce's 2011 hit Love on Top is one of the pop Diva's most fun songs [Music] from the outset it doesn't seem like it will be particularly difficult to sing not more difficult than any other Beyonce song anyway but by the end we've found ourselves with so many key changes we don't even know how to begin counting them off [Music] Beyonce's voice keeps getting higher and higher our Jaws keep dropping lower to the ground it's insanely impressive how high up she can get never mind the absolute Clarity with which she does [Music] number two I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston Whitney Houston had a voice unlike anyone else's and happiness she won Fame singing not just original songs but covers and Classics that had been done a hundred times like the Star-Spangled Banner however this tune originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton is probably Houston's most famous [Music] the stamina and versatility required to sing I Will Always Love You are just the beginning because of the singles wide range of notes and Dynamics the singer must be able to adopt many different vocal characters from sweetly quiet to powerfully low and finally to triumphantly but gorgeously High foreign or at least that's the way Houston sang it and nearly everyone else has been too daunted to tackle it since [Music] before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you'll have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Emotions Mariah Carey many of our audience members probably guessed that a vocal performance by Mariah Carey was coming they just didn't know which [Music] like Whitney Houston Carrie seems to be capable of Performing vocal Feats that are Beyond those of regular Mortals and this one is a perfect example emotions is an upbeat r b post disco hit with no room for rest one cannot help but Wonder at Carrie's constant high energy belting seemingly effortless runs and of course those incredible high notes soaring up into the stratosphere [Music] a good operatic soprano could probably hit them but rarely are notes so high heard with such pure and beautiful Clarity it all adds up to make this a fitting choice for our top 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Length: 22min 17sec (1337 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 04 2023