Quote Originally Posted by The Darknight Detective View Post
Context. Context. Context.

You can't compare artists from different eras without it. It's like saying milk has to be so much better than it was when my parents were babies in the '40s because it costs so much more today. The fact is a lot of the achievement records that you tout for more recent stars wouldn't have been possible 50 years ago. It doesn't mean giants walked the Earth back then, but it does mean the business has changed.
I get your point but we can't stop anybody in making their own lists of greatest female music artists and I simply won't agree that Aretha ranks higher than the three.

And can we talk about voice quality especially Aretha's voice? For me, her voice sounds fine but nothing special but I am impress that she can hit higher notes confidently than the Vocal Trinity.