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Description: On Beyonce Knowles's second solo album, B'Day, the songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyonce Knowles's voice rippling over clattery beats; you'd have to search far and wide ¡ª perhaps in the halls of the Metropolitan Opera ¡ª to find a vocalist who sings with more sheer force...No one ¡ª not R. Kelly, not Usher, to say... ( +expand to view full text )

Description: On Beyonce Knowles's second solo album, B'Day, the songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyonce Knowles's voice rippling over clattery beats; you'd have to search far and wide ¡ª perhaps in the halls of the Metropolitan Opera ¡ª to find a vocalist who sings with more sheer force...No one ¡ª not R. Kelly, not Usher, to say nothing of her rival pop divas ¡ª can match Beyonc¨¦'s genius for dragging her vocal lines against a hip-hop beat." Andrew Leahey of Allmusic called her siren-voiced, while The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that she has a "husky" and "Southern-accented" voice. The Cove magazine ranked Knowles seventh on their list of "The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists", giving Beyonce Knowles's 48 out of 50 points based on several criteria ranging from her vocal ability to range to harmony.