as in ballads
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a recording artist who arranges his own vocals
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Recent Examples of vocals
Powered by ethereal melodies and splashes of Latin rhythms that build the intensity, the song allows Valenzuela and Spalla’s dreamy vocals to take center stage.
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
The song, which features vocals by Skylar Grey, was included in Eminem's latest studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Taking the stage in a baby-blue leotard — surrounded by a full band and back-up singers dressed in white — the 25-year-old pop star served up silky vocals and perky choreography before slinking over to Fallon’s interview set-up, taking his spinning chair for a ride and laying across his desk.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
The song got an award nomination at the 2000 Grammys, in the best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals category.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Maisy re-sang it and recorded it in Muskoka, [Canada], where the movie was filmed, and then did some of the vocals in Nashville.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
And even Camila Gray actually managed to make it on the record doing some backing vocals.
—Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
The song, which features vocals by Skylar Grey, was included in Eminem's latest studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Taking the stage in a baby-blue leotard — surrounded by a full band and back-up singers dressed in white — the 25-year-old pop star served up silky vocals and perky choreography before slinking over to Fallon’s interview set-up, taking his spinning chair for a ride and laying across his desk.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
The song got an award nomination at the 2000 Grammys, in the best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals category.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Maisy re-sang it and recorded it in Muskoka, [Canada], where the movie was filmed, and then did some of the vocals in Nashville.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
And even Camila Gray actually managed to make it on the record doing some backing vocals.
—Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocals
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Because Wisdom, from Havana (a tiny suburb of Tallahassee), fuses the tropical bounce of Florida street rap with the tenderness in the ballads of Southern and Midwestern truth-tellers.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2024
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That boy might be a hip-hop lover, that boy might be a rock lover or love ballads.Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
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The songs almost never advanced plot, and instead over-indulged in vacuous character study.Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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Compare your picks with Pitchfork’s own lists of the best songs and best albums of the 2020s so far, and check out all of our half-decade coverage here.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2024
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John wrote the music for the show and worked on the score with the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, who wrote the lyrics.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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The song's groovy, slightly mysterious lyrics and dreamy synths (with plenty of space reserved for Miller's signature guitar) ultimately pushed it up to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1982.Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Vocals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocals. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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