Post by Alex61 on Oct 1, 2024 19:04:54 GMT
Nicola Maria Roberts
Vocal Range: E♭3 – G♯5
Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Call the Shots/Whole Lotta History" live London 2019, "Untouchable" live London 2019)
G5 ("Cinderella's Eyes", "Fish Out of Water", "Gladiator", "Heart Racing", "i", "Push It" live Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008, "Take a Bite", "Work It Out" live The Masked Singer)
F♯5 ("Call the Shots/Whole Lotta History" live London 2019, "Heaven" live The Masked Singer, "I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas in a Nutshell)", "Lights, Music, Camera Action")
F5 ("All By Myself" live Instagram 2022, "Crash", "Hoxton Heroes", "Porcelain Heart", "Work It Out" live The Masked Singer, "Yo-Yo")
E5 ("Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", "Fight for This Love" live Mighty Hoopla 2021, "Fix Me", "Greatest Love of All" live The Masked Singer, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" live The Masked Singer, "Shout" live Popstars: The Rivals, "What About Us" live Madison Square Garden 2018, "You're the One That I Want" live Greasemania)
E♭5 ("Alive" live The Masked Singer, "Call the Shots/Whole Lotta History" live London 2019, "The Captive's Hymn" live London 2020, "Cinderella's Eyes", "Everything You Ever Wanted", "Girl on Fire" live The Masked Singer, "Gladiator", "i", "I Predict a Riot" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "Pipe Dreams", "Porcelain Heart", "Somebody Else's Guy" live The Masked Singer, "Someone You Loved" live The Masked Singer, "Take a Bite", "Tomorrow", "Turn to Stone", "Wake Me Up/Walk This Way" live Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008)
D5 ("Beat of My Drum", "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me", "Beneath Your Beautiful" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2012, "Celebration" live Children in Need 2004, "Crash", "Everything You Ever Wanted", "Fish Out of Water", "Fix Me", "God Is a Woman" live London 2019, "Greatest Love of All" live The Masked Singer, "The Greatest Show" live The Masked Singer, "Heart Racing", "Heaven" live The Masked Singer, "High Hopes" live The Masked Singer, "I'm So Excited" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Jump", "Lucky Day", "Medley: Do You Love Me/She's Like the Wind/(I've Had) The Time of My Life" live Birmingham 2007, "Medley: Fame/What a Feeling/Footloose" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "River Deep – Mountain High" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Roar" live Virtual Big Sing 2020, "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" live Friday Night Project, "Say It Out Loud", "Something Kinda Ooooh", "Something New", "Sticks and Stones", "Theme to St. Trinian's", "Tomorrow", "Wake Me Up" live Ten – The Hits Tour, "Wind Beneath My Wings" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Work It Out" live The Masked Singer, "Yo-Yo", "Your Song" live Tonight's the Night)
C♯5 ("All By Myself" live Instagram 2022, "Broken Strings" live Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009, "The Captive's Hymn" live London 2020, "Disco Bunny", "Disco, Blisters and a Comedown", "Fling", "Girl Overboard" live Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008, "Grease", "Greatest Love of All" live The Masked Singer, "I'm Every Woman", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "The Loving Kind", "Money", "On the Metro", "Porcelain Heart", "River Deep – Mountain High" live Popstars: The Rivals, "See the Day", "Sexy! No No No…", "Shout" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Somebody Else's Guy" live The Masked Singer, "Someone You Loved" live The Masked Singer, "Sound of the Underground" live Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008, "Take a Bite", "Underneath Your Clothes" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Untouchable" live London 2019, "Watch Me Go", "White Christmas", "Whole Lotta History" live Tangled Up: Live from The O2 2008, "Womanizer" live Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009)
C5 ("100 Different Ways", "Alive" live The Masked Singer, "Androgynous Girls", "Apologize" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2008, "Beat of My Drum", "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me", "Black Jacks", "Cinderella's Eyes", "Dance the Rain", "Fish Out of Water", "Girl on Fire" live The Masked Singer, "Gladiator", "God Is a Woman" live London 2019, "Hear Me Out", "Hoxton Heroes", "I Say a Prayer for You", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "Love/Hate", "Lucky Day", "Medley: Fame/What a Feeling/Footloose" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "The Promise", "Rehab" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2007, "Sacred Trust", "Say It Out Loud", "So Damn Right", "Some Kind of Miracle" new mix, "Take a Bite", "Thank Me Daddy", "Theme to St. Trinian's", "Tomorrow", "Turn to Stone", "What About Us" live Madison Square Garden 2018, "White Lies", "Yo-Yo")
B4 ("Beneath Your Beautiful" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2012, "Big Brother", "Call Me Maybe" live London 2013, "Call the Shots", "Close to Love", "Damn", "Disco, Blisters and a Comedown", "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", "Fix Me", "Head", "Heaven" live The Masked Singer, "Here We Go" live What Will the Neighbours Say? Live in Concert, "Hopelessly Devoted to You", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" live The Masked Singer, "I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas in a Nutshell)", "It's Magic", "Lights, Music, Camera Action", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "Medley: Do You Love Me/She's Like the Wind/(I've Had) The Time of My Life" live Belfast 2007, "Memory of You", "Merry Xmas Everybody", "On the Metro", "Pipe Dreams", "Porcelain Heart", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" live Friday Night Project, "The Show", "Someone You Loved" live The Masked Singer, "Teenage Dirtbag" live What Will the Neighbours Say? Live in Concert, "What About Us" live Madison Square Garden 2018, "What You Crying For", "With Every Heartbeat" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2007, "You're the One That I Want" live Greasemania)
B♭4 ("Apologize" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2008, "Baby When You Go", "Beat of My Drum", "Broken Strings" live Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009, "Celebration" live Children in Need 2004, "Crash", "Disco Bunny", "Girls Allowed", "Grease", "i", "I Predict a Riot" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "I'll Stand by You", "I'm So Excited" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Jump", "Live in the Country", "Love Is Pain", "Love Machine", "No Good Advice", "Nobody but You", "Revolution in the Head", "Roar" live Virtual Big Sing 2020, "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time", "Sacred Trust", "Singapore", "Some Kind of Miracle", "Sound and Vision", "Stop", "Teenage Dirtbag", "Untouchable", "Walk This Way", "Watch Me Go", "We Wanna Party", "White Lies", "Whole Lotta History", "Wind Beneath My Wings" live Popstars: The Rivals, "You Freak Me Out", "Your Song" live Tonight's the Night)
Significant Low Notes:
B3 ("Big Brother", "Call the Shots", "Don't Want You Back", "Every Now and Then", "Fix Me", "Fix Me Up", "Fling", "Girls Allowed", "Heart Racing", "Heaven" live The Masked Singer, "Here We Go", "I Don't Really Hate You", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" live The Masked Singer, "I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas in a Nutshell)", "I'll Stand by You", "I'm Falling", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Long Hot Summer", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "On the Metro", "River Deep – Mountain High" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" live Friday Night Project, "Shout" live Popstars: The Rivals, "The Show", "Something Kinda Ooooh", "Untouchable", "Walk This Way", "What About Us" live Madison Square Garden 2018, "Wicked Game")
B♭3 ("All I Need (All I Don't)", "Androgynous Girls", "Broken Strings" live Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009, "The Captive's Hymn" live London 2020, "Control of the Knife", "Crash", "Disco Bunny", "Disco, Blisters and a Comedown", "Gladiator", "Graffiti My Soul", "Hanging on the Telephone", "Hear Me Out", "I Predict a Riot" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "Intro", "It's Your Dynamite", "Jump", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "Love Machine", "Lucky Day", "Mars Attack", "Medley: Fame/What a Feeling/Footloose" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena, "Merry Xmas Everybody", "No Good Advice", "Nobody but You", "Roar" live Virtual Big Sing 2020, "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time", "See the Day", "Singapore", "Somebody Else's Guy" live The Masked Singer, "Sound of the Underground", "Take a Bite", "Tomorrow", "Waiting", "Wake Me Up", "White Lies", "Whole Lotta History", "Work It Out" live The Masked Singer, "Yo-Yo", "Your Song" live Tonight's the Night)
A3 ("100 Different Ways", "Biology", "Can't Speak French", "Count the Days", "Deadlines & Diets", "Don't Get Me Wrong" live The Masked Singer, "Don't Want You Back", "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", "Fish Out of Water", "Girls on Film", "God Is a Woman" live London 2019, "The Greatest Show" live The Masked Singer, "Greatest Love of All" live The Masked Singer, "Head", "Heart Racing", "Hopelessly Devoted to You", "I Say a Prayer for You", "Life Got Cold", "Medley: Do You Love Me/She's Like the Wind/(I've Had) The Time of My Life" live Birmingham 2007, "Merry Xmas Everybody", "Models", "The Promise", "River Deep – Mountain High" live Popstars: The Rivals, "She", "So Damn Right", "Something New", "Swinging London Town", "What You Crying For", "White Christmas", "Wind Beneath My Wings" live Popstars: The Rivals)
G♯3 ("Alive" live The Masked Singer, "Baby When You Go", "Big Brother", "Broken Strings" live Out of Control: Live from the O2 2009, "Can't Speak French", "The Captive's Hymn" live London 2020, "Celebration" live Children in Need 2004, "Close to Love", "Disco Bunny", "Everything You Ever Wanted", "I Don't Really Hate You", "I Think We're Alone Now", "It's Magic", "Lost and Found" live Instagram 2020, "Love Is Key", "Money", "No Good Advice", "Nobody but You", "On the Metro", "Pipe Dreams", "See the Day", "Someone You Loved" live The Masked Singer, "Sound of the Underground", "Teenage Dirtbag", "Untouchable" live London 2019)
G3 ("Beat of My Drum", "Cinderella's Eyes", "Fish Out of Water", "Fix Me", "Life Got Cold", "Love Machine", "Memory of You", "Miss You Bow Wow", "Real Life", "Rehab" live BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2007, "Rolling Back the Rivers in Time", "Sacred Trust", "Some Kind of Miracle", "Theme to St. Trinian's", "Tomorrow", "What About Us" live Madison Square Garden 2018, "Wind Beneath My Wings" live Popstars: The Rivals, "Work It Out" live The Masked Singer, "Your Song" live Tonight's the Night)
F♯3 ("Call the Shots/Whole Lotta History" live London 2019, "Crocodile Tears", "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", "Sound of the Underground" alternative vocal mix, "Teenage Dirtbag", "Theme to St. Trinian's", "What You Crying For")
F3 ("Alive" live The Masked Singer, "Live in the Country", "So Damn Right")
E3 ("Someone You Loved" live The Masked Singer, "Wake Me Up")
E♭3 ("Theme to St. Trinian's")
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
The musical talent behind the sorely underappreciated Cinderella's Eyes and the winner of UK's inaugural season of The Masked Singer, Nicola Roberts first found fame as a member of Girls Aloud way back in 2002. Known as the most shy and reserved in the group, Nicola received relatively few lead parts compared to the more bold voices (and personalities) of the other members. However, Nicola ended up being the girls' secret weapon; along with co-writing a handful of the group's most iconic songs, Nicola's stellar voice wound up being a key factor behind the group's success. A clear soprano, Nicola has impeccable belting technique along with a soft, effortless head voice which is capable of extending well into the fifth octave. Paired with her exceptional technique, though, is a genuine sense of sincerity behind what she's singing - Nicola's one of those rare singers who never lets technical prowess get in the way of a performance's more emotive qualities.
{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
Something from her solo career - the ending really shows how effortless her upper register is.
Ignoring the judges' reactions, a very emotive performance here.
Not my favourite song from the group, but probably the one that highlights Nicola's voice the best.
Something from her solo career - the ending really shows how effortless her upper register is.
Ignoring the judges' reactions, a very emotive performance here.
Not my favourite song from the group, but probably the one that highlights Nicola's voice the best.
{Questionable Notes}
D6 ("Jump live V Festival 2008[1][2])
C♯6 ("Medley: Fame/What a Feeling/Footloose" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena[1][2][3])
B♭5 ("Somebody Else's Guy" live The Masked Singer[1], "You Freak Me Out"[1][2][3])
G5 ("Yo-Yo"[1])
F♯5 ("I Predict a Riot" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena[1], "I'm Falling"[1])
G3 ("Crash"[3])
E♭3 ("Damn"[2][4])
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1. Questionable brevity.
2. Questionable representation of range.
3. Questionable identity or origin.
4. Questionable lower notes (fryish, poor quality, etc.).
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
D6 ("Jump live V Festival 2008[1][2])
C♯6 ("Medley: Fame/What a Feeling/Footloose" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena[1][2][3])
B♭5 ("Somebody Else's Guy" live The Masked Singer[1], "You Freak Me Out"[1][2][3])
G5 ("Yo-Yo"[1])
F♯5 ("I Predict a Riot" live Girls Aloud: Greatest Hits Live From Wembley Arena[1], "I'm Falling"[1])
G3 ("Crash"[3])
E♭3 ("Damn"[2][4])
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1. Questionable brevity.
2. Questionable representation of range.
3. Questionable identity or origin.
4. Questionable lower notes (fryish, poor quality, etc.).
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.
{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Cinderella's Eyes (2011): G3 – G5
Girls Aloud:
Sound of the Underground (2003): G3 – C5
What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004): E3 – D5
Chemistry (2005): G♯3 – C♯5
Tangled Up (2007): F♯3 – C♯5
Out of Control (2008): F3 – E♭5
Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61
Alex61
Solo:
Cinderella's Eyes (2011): G3 – G5
Girls Aloud:
Sound of the Underground (2003): G3 – C5
What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004): E3 – D5
Chemistry (2005): G♯3 – C♯5
Tangled Up (2007): F♯3 – C♯5
Out of Control (2008): F3 – E♭5
Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61