I kinda agree with chony, the thing is when she hits her late teens or early twenties what's she gonna do then? To me , right now, she's not singing she's imitating someones singing and style and sound.

The attraction is she's a kid sounding like an adult. When she is an adult can she hold her own against other adults or will she just go on imitating Whitney and Mariah?

Leann Rhimes had a hit when she was 14 and everybody talks about the 14 year old.
What has she done lately, I know she still has a successful country career but IMO she has not matched the success of "Blue" and that period.
AFAIK there has not been a "child prodigy" that has carried over the same level of success when they reached adulthood.

I could be wrong but I can't think of anyone.


Mike

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I'm willing to bet she'll still hold it down as an adult. Many people seem to forget that many of today's DIVA'S were killer singers in their younger years and many of them had very grown up voices then.., and look where they are now.

But I think many of the Divas spent years singing, and learning and developing their style. they didn't just stand up and get instant accolades because as a child they could imitate Whitney.

I guess I'm saying the difference is the kid that worked and studied and the kid that copied.

You're kidding right....? I can't tell you how many times I've seen interviews where TODAY'S DIVA'S who when they were children gave credit to their (adult idols of the time) who they tried to replicate themselves. Ever wonder why a Diva today sounds kind of like a Diva from YesterYear...???

Today's young and upcoming stars are doing EXACTLY what today's popular stars did when they were kids... They had favorite singers, wanted to be like them, tried to sing like them..., and MANY became successful in their careers. Stars like Beyonce and A. Keys for example both in MANY interviews spoke of their adult idols when they were children..., and how they too stood infront of the mirror with a fake mic..., trying to sing like them.

It's good this child is singing a song like this.... How often do we hear on American Idol from all three judges that it takes serious guts to take on a song by one of the great Diva's and pull it off. This child is just 14 and did it..., and I've heard younger do the same. I saw a special with a young girl who loved Whitney, Beyonce, Keys, Mary J, and many others... I think she was twelve, and she did a Mary J song and blew the roof off the place. These artists not only inspired her, but help shape her into what she is today. We don't always learn to be better on our own.., sometimes we gotta look to the greats to learn a few things. Plus this girls voice sounded NOTHING like the original singer. It was clearly her voice and she wasn't replicating the singers voice.



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WOW!...You can't learn that...you got to be born with it...

Wish I was...

Lee

The vultures all wait on line for her......the talent means nothing its all about MONEY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


will she end up a Whitney, Brittany, Selena or worse?

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Michael Jackson, anyone...? I know his life lately has been a travesty, but his childhood work is matched by his adult, as far as great pop music goes...

Stevie Wonder, perhaps? The little harmonica genius that grew up to show us that the word genius was bestowed in anticipation...

Judy Garland? OK, it;s getting weird, but this is too easy...

But none of those people got famous for being a kid that imitates an adult singer.
They got famous for their own talent and hard work and yes, that carried on into adulthood.



Even squeak said it "a kid imitates and adult singer." I wonder what she can do without imitating.
Maybe she's the real deal maybe not. Does she understand what she is singing or just imitating?
Time will tell after she loses the "for a kid tag", as in she sings good for a kid.

I see it in the music stores all the time a kid comes in that can play nice guitar licks, note for note off a record, but can't play a I IV V because he can't play anything unless he can copy it.
Is it musicianship if he doesn't know what he is playing?
If her only claim to fame is she sounds like an adult for a 14 year old how does that tag line translate when she's 20?
That's my only point. As Diki says about the dumbing down of music, if you don't have to learn your craft just imitate it.

But that's my opinion you don't have to agree maybe she'll make it and maybe we'll never hear of her again after she grows up.

Mike you're missing something... She's just singing the song (in her own voice)..., she's not imitating the singers voice. Many people try to actually imitate the singers voice. This little girl is singing this song in her own voice. She also doesn't sing it exactly like the record as she clearly adds some of her own flavor to it.. That is why I say the child has serious potential.

You've got to have a serious set of pipes on you to pull of songs by the great Diva's.., regardless of what your age is. Those songs so often were written strickly for the amazing vocal ranges they have..., so to be able to sing one of their songs and do it well shows great talent.

Also.., I've seen on TV interviews where some of today's Diva's were shown singing as children..., and they too were praised for their very adult vocal ranges..., and again many today pay their respect to those who inspired them..., those who they themselves tried to replicate and be like as young and budding singers.

Oh well... I guess we can agree to just disagree on the issue though