All the clips of Sam Smith and Demi Lovato are from BEFORE they started identifying as non-binary. Thought it would be good to add

it's funny how some of them struggle to sing their own songs while standing still and wearing a comfortable outfit... meanwhile ariana grande is sprinting across the stage in 10 inch heels while flawlessly belting at the top of her range

honestly, the music industry would be so boring without female artists.

As once Queen Taylor Swift said and I quote, “Female artists in music have dominated this decade in growth, streaming, record and ticket sales, and critical acclaim. So why are we doing so well? Because we have to grow fast. We have to work this hard, we have to prove that we deserve this, and we have to top our last achievements.”

Hayley Williams running around the stage, hyping crowds and still delivering them high notes like her vocal chords are made of wind! She's stupid good.

Not to mention females do a lot more on stage performances than males

meanwhile, underrated male (black) r&b/gospel singers are showcasing range, agility, musicality, and technique 😩🙌🏼

It’s so frustrating because female singers are expecting to put on a whole ass show. With most female pop singers doing dance numbers, costume changes, walking/running in heels and belting lyrics. Where as men are praised/given the same credit for just standing there. This is more a comment on media because it is up to the artist in what they do onstage. But I fell that female singers are pressured into doing these big stage numbers to ensure they get the recognition they deserve for their vocals alone.

So much more is expected of female performers: amazing vocals, top-notch dancing, massive stage productions and music videos, a brand new style every 'era', stunning looks, sexiness, eternal youth.

It's so annoying that the one area that should be naturally better for males (the lower register) is consistently underdeveloped amongst the pop males.

Males on "The voice" competition are better vocalist than males artists today😭

Finally someone who appreciates Taylor's lower register singing.

Remember that Taylor Swift used to get hated and called that she can't sing? Yet, there lots of male singers. Way more than you imagine who aren't capable singing as stable as her in the concert. I mean this is still way back then. No one say words to them but Taylor getting so much hate and mock saying she couldn't sing and all.. Ugh this world is nasty

I know it's not exactly a pop singer, but Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix is a great example of an amazingly skilled male singer. But yes, I do agree that males need to do better hahahah.

Just responding to the question in the thumbnail: Do they NEED to? No - because generally, men get praised for being mediocre. Women aren't afforded the same luxury. SHOULD they do better? Absolutely 💙

Little Mix hold some of our best female vocalists. They’re crazy

Little Mix vocal queens. They never disapoint.

the conclusion: female vocalists supremacy

Let’s not forget that even though males singers are views as performers, people expect females singers to give a big good show especially girl groups. We saw this with one directions, little mix and fifth harmony, the GP always expected 5h and LM to do big dances routine even though the ladies from both group never were trained to dances( Normani was the only one) but they didn’t expect 1D to do the same and the groups came from the same place.

This is legit one of the reasons that musical theater people are so hype. Men in musical theater generally have the training and are often in high-energy performances (dancing etc) like 8 times per week so the top of the field are actually all amazing vocalists 😊

The irony is that there are underrated male singers also. Nick Jonas actually doesn’t get enough credit vocally. Just because his pop voice isn’t very loud doesn’t mean he isn’t good. He effortlessly jumps between his chest, head, mix & falsetto so quickly.

I also think we need more variety in male vocal types. Most famous male singers out there are tenors. You rarely here a bass/baritone voice.

The fact that you put Perrie after Zayn is so funny and shady looool

Personally, I think we need to stop praising the bare minimum and actually start praising great male vocalists rather than just pretty boys that can carry a tune.

The amount of little mix clips in this video is phenomenal. I love it

Adam Lambert needs to be talked about more. He’s a phenomenal male vocalist. He puts everything into every performance.

Female singers needs to work ten times more to impress the industry, even if they're not great singers, they need to dance well have amazing music videos etc, some male singers don't do that and get to #1 easily

Love the recognition of the low notes on Taylor Swift's folklore. As a woman with a lower register its SO nice to have an album like that w songs I can actually SING

My sister always tells me: 1D is way better than little mix. I ask her: why? ‘They get the most awards and are very popular’ I wonder… doesnt she consider the fact that’s wrong…. Little mix work so so hard and are so talented and are still so underrated. I am not talking 1D down, just trying to talk LM up. They are so talented oh my… Thanks for starting this

I think the only male singer besides Sam Smith would be Bruno Mars that can probably keep up with the female singers. This is a great video. It shows how versatile these female singers are. These women can probably sing tenor, alto, soprano and bass. Some female singers can sing in any key of the piano. I think for women Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Aretha Franklin are like their number 1 influences. Interesting cause I hear men in RnB name their influences but the men in pop I don't really hear them mention their influences like that.

I think there are a lot of male singers doing basic singing and not recieving a critique (or not so much) about that but any female vocalist (like Madonna) who does basic singing) is criticized to death because of that

Taylor's Low register is just unbelievable. Her high notes affects me in a certain height but hearing her reach low notes conveys so much more new emotions.

Have we forgotten about bruno mars? Silk Sonic’s record just dropped and bruno is giving some of the best vocals of his career.

Honestly the new female artists(doja, Meghan, Olivia, etc.) coming up are leaving a MUCH bigger impact and talent than the newer male artists coming up in the mainstream..... no offense..... And the other females who have been here for a few years (Taylor, Ariana, Adele, little mix, etc.) are still holding up as they should and leaving their marks forever as they should...... 😇

I feel we need more male singers with lower registers.

As an opera and musical theatre singer, I gotta say that expectations are Sooo much different. Some of this is biological stuff I wish you went into detail on (ie higher voices start mixing sooner in their range but can often mix higher than lower voices before needing to switch to head voice and whistle register; making it unfair to compare belt range and balance as higher voices need more head voice sooner into that mix due to thin vocal chords) Musical Theatre in particular is THE WORST when it comes to double expectations. The majority of roles on Broadway are for men, there are plenty of gender breakdowns to look at, yet the majority of auditioning actors are cis women or trans or non-binary. Because men are so desperately needed to fill these roles and because so many directors and rights holders are against gender-bent casting, guys don’t need to be as versatile to get consistent roles. Plenty of guys have made full careers singing nothing but Golden Age legit Bari roles where you don’t have to sing above a G4, and then get patted on the back like crazy the one time they stumble through “Bring it home” in concert (Omigaosh, he kinda knows what falsetto is, never seen that one before) where as women need to be skilled in every style and genre to stay a float, every performer known as a legit soprano in MT has either switched over to opera or came to Broadway after decades in opera, or they have several belt roles under their belt from early to mid career (a la Kristen Chenoweth in Charlie Brown/Apple Tree/most of her roles, Audra in Dreamgirls, Jill Paice in Chess), Kelli O’Hara actually fits in both categories. Any modern big belter is also bound to have some legit pieces in their rep (Cynthia Erivo, Taylor Louderman, Sutton Foster, Stephanie J Block) Basically, ladies kinda need a 3 octave range to stay afloat, guys are applauded for having almost 2 octaves.

I think your point about the "rocker" expectation is on point. Rock has always been a common man's genre. Vocalists often didn't come from formal training, and were often just working people with something to say. One of the big selling points is emotion turned up to 11, which is probably why I like vocal imperfection in blues and rock and roll but not in pop. So this is less on the artists and more on the people who consume the products. Proficient male singers absolutely do exist. They just don't sell as well.

i think it's not about how high they can sing but their efforts to create a memorable album, performance, production, Look how lazy Drake , bieber with the same sh*t and can pass so easily . while Taylor swift, Lady Gaga have to change genres and still kill it . also do not forget about Miley cyrus, Ariana Grande,.

the problem lies with the audience. i for one am always interested in male vocalists but can hardly find videos on them, whether it be their abilities or vocal ranges, these kinda videos for male singers are hard to come by. maybe if we stopped pitting women against each other and actually looked deeper into male vocalists then maybe they can put to a higher standard.

I so appreciate you including clips of Taylor Swift in a complimentary manor. People have said she can’t sing from the beginning of her career (which was NEVER true), but she also has grown SO much as a vocalist since her first album. Thank you for appreciating her growth and hard work!

When it comes to lower registers, sadly a higher register is what is seen as more impressive to the public, with both men and women. There’s rarely any popular artists outside of the country or blues area that get recognized for their low registers.

Maybe it's just me but I find the female singer's notes more resonant than the males

I can't believe you didn't include Bruno Mars and hozier's lows are so good. Do the good male vocalist next tym. Really insightful stuff.

Love the Tori Kelly and Jojo representation in this video. Both criminally underrated with probably the best vocal techniques out there.

Shawn Mendes' improvement is very admirable. You can tell he has put in the work to improve. Going from a self taught singer to actually taking vocal lessons has helped him tremendously. He really is putting in effort and it shows. Good for him.

To be fair to Harry Styles, you mostly showed clips of him when he was in 1D. Since then his technique has improved, and his range has increased to hit those rock ballads he is known for in his solo career.

I'm still waiting for the day to come when we'll be introduced to a male vocal powerhouse like the girls (a male Beyoncé, Xtina, Whitney, Mariah, etc.) We had MJ, Usher, Luther Vandross, and we have Bruno and Brendon Urie doing their thing, but they are still short in numbers. Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes somehow got crowned 'pRiNcE oF pOp' lmao

I agree 100% with this video. I absolutely love artists that can sing in low-register! Lana del rey, Billie Eilish and Lorde come to mind and even Taylor can do a great job especially in songs like Peace!

Pop singers are waaaay different than metal singers, metal singers in general have great technic, control and knowledge of their voices. Pop males are more of a show than quality itself. My favourite pop singer is Brendon Urie, he definitely knows and controls his voice.

Nowadays male singers just don't do it for me unfortunately, 80s 90s had waaay better male vocalists!

I'm so glad you've included Little Mix! they're so underrated!

Wow.. This is so interesting! Actually, If I were to compare it to Kpop, both female and male groups are usually on the same level. It depends on the company a lot, the company SM for example, Is known to make powerhouse vocal groups female and male, like EXO, Super junior, aespa, nct, red velvet, f(x), snsd, SHINee, etc

Ppl always expect female artists to be perfect in vocals, girl groups to have awesome breath taking dance routines but for boy bands and male singers, they just have to sing and their songs just have to be catchy, their vocals are just like icing on the cake but in female cases they gotta be good at everything.

I always find it funny that having perfect pitch is a blessing but might also be a curse to Charlie Puth. Because boy sings off key quite often, he must be really annoyed with his own voice. 😂

Adam Lambert is just chilling out there

The amount of Jade in this video is very pleasing 🙏

Yay for more Jade Thirlwall appreciation!

This video was much-needed!!! I’m a male singer (i sing since im 8 and im 19 now) and i think this is important to talk that famous male singers seems lazy vocally these days. When my voice started to be affecting by puberty, it was hard for me to relate to male singers because i am a baritone and i have a very deep vocal tone and i felt like i could never have their higher/tenor voices. Music industry needs some bass/baritone voices because now, we only have Scott Hoying, Michael Buble & John Legend that are still relevant baritones.

Men get praised for doing the bare minimum but women gets criticized for just breathing. Not only in pop category, but in all category. Women don't get any credit.

I’ve seen people complain that The Weeknd has sounded too vocally similar throughout his career. But, since he does such a good job at making interesting lyrics with a variety of subject matter and with a myriad of different production techniques to go along with it, he’s way more than excused from it.

I love the Jade Thirlwall appreciation in this video

Alex Newell & Bruno Mars are one in a few male singers today who have an impressive vocal track record. Especially Alex. He doesn't like to be put in the countertenor bracket anymore because he feels like he's surpassed it. I would agree.

Just loved the fact you included Little Mix too....they are such an underrated talents 🤧❤🙌🏻

Female singers: amazing vocals, performance, outfits etc Male singers: 🧍‍♀️

i would love to see a male pop singer like Ariana Grande, with extremely high belts, a great agility, falsetto and whistles tones to throw all over it, and a R&B/Soul influence just to close the package. It would be great honestly.

I looove how much of Jojo you included in this video 😭😭 i love her so much and she deserves so much more recognition

Demi was gonna sustain that note until Joe understands that’s he’s inferior to her 😂

In the same manner male kpop artists have to work twice as hard as an american male pop star to be recognized since they have a different nationality(which does make things difficult cuz of the existing prejudice) along with their hard dance routines

This reminds me of a comment Meryl Streep said about female actors being better than male actors bc they really have no choice but to thanks to the sexism and the lack of opportunities given to them to get better, diverse roles. I think the same applies to female pop stars rather it’s vocals, dancing/stage presence, songwriting, artistry, longevity/reinventions, etc they are no choice but to be better bc in the industry sexist discrimination is real and artist development for major label pop stars are basically non existent due to major labels cutting budgets from streaming taking away the massive revenues they used to have when physical albums and digital download were the main consumers. Female pop stars especially female pop stars of color gotta be 100x better while mostly white male pop stars are able to be stale in their talent, meanwhile the most talented male pop stars are the ones who are men of color who thanks to r@cism aren’t given that much prominent or if they do it’s an expectation and a catch

God, men in pop embarrass me, Straight up. And it upsets me too- I'm a dude, and I've always wanted to get into singing, but because I have very few selections to pick between in men (And even then they're still not that good in the general scheme of things), it's resulted in me having to tonally match women and it's just become this cycle of men being bad in pop, which causes untrained male pop stars to tonally match women, which then makes them worse than the generation before them. It's just... eh. Pop is a sad genre.

I guess i never really noticed this in the pop genre. I generally listen to rock and r&b and male singers in that genre are ridiculously skilled i.e. Brendon Urie. But i never noticed how much more skilled female pop singers are than male ones. Loved this video!

I am so glad there is alot of Little Mix because their vocals are INSANEEEE

i feel like it’s fine for male artists to be mediocre or average at best while females need to be better or the best and if they fail to be better than average they are already criticized

i love that you included Sabrina, she's such an amazing singer

As someone who loves to sing but is a baritone I'm very thankful for Lewis Capaldi and James Arthur's songs. There's definitely a scarce of vocalist that uses more of their lower range in pop music.

I’m glad this is being talked about. There is so much double standards with male and female pop stars specifically when it comes to singing. Feels like most of this double standard comes from public perception. Male pop artists get praised more by doing the bare minimum while female pop artists don’t get that same treatment and a lot of the times gets pit against other female pop artists. Lowkey feels like male artists get praised at a higher level because their main audience are females who a lot of the times have crushes on the male artists.

The "low notes" of the male singers are an octave above my comfortable range xD I'm glad you kept it real by showing very strong singers for both genders instead of just using something like Justin Bieber vs. Lara Fabian xD great job, keep it up!

I completely agree with what you said in the end. Men in pop were always looked upon as the entertainers and rockers, while females were most always the divas and the vocalists, and that's why today's male singers do poorly vocally compared to female singers.

Zayn is one of the pop male singers that stand out vocally but this guy has no stage presence because of anxiety. He did so good during his one direction days though.

I'm so glad you included Little Mix, they are simply outstanding 👏

Living talented male singers: Adam Lambert, Guy Sebastian, Bruno Mars, Brendon Urie, Usher, Michael Bublé, Joe Jonas, Josh Groban, John Legend, etc.

15:11 I think this clip sums up the differences and skill gap pretty well (for most male vs female singers)

Zayn, bruno mars, harry styles and the weeknd are the only intresting male singers atm, dnce is fun but the only one who is genuinely doing something different visualy is the weeknd , but yeah only too out of this list that have astounding voices .. bruno and zayn

I think it’s possible that a lot of this comes from the standards we have for these singers and the way these standards vary between genders due to deep-rooted stereotypes. We expect these vocalists to shock us and defy our expectations. Because of the way we’ve generalized and stereotyped men and women over the years, seeing men do “well” and be “successful” in what they’re doing is expected. Seeing them show emotion, like many of the men in this video who are viewed as good singers despite not being very technically proficient do, is less expected and, therefore, makes listeners/fans willing to accept this as evidence of the singer being good. However, the generalizations around women in our society make it so that they are required to perfect their technicality, range, musicality, etc., to be considered good. We expect them to portray emotions because of the stereotypical idea that women are naturally emotional. Because women, who were not allowed in the workforce - especially not the professional workforce where proficiency in a specific skill is required - for so long, are not expected to be extremely skilled, seeing this in female singers is usually what draws our attention and makes us view the woman as a “good” singer. This isn’t me saying that it is right, just a suggestion of where some of these expectations may have come from. I definitely think that both emotion/performance and technical proficiency should be standards that are held equally to male and female pop singers alike.

Lmaoaoaoao Demi flexing on him “😎🤷‍♀️🎤”

Really proud of Nick for his balanced approach! Joe is known as the front man but sheesh this is great to know!

I love how 15:15 you can barely tell it’s about Jason derulo cos perrie is easily overpowering him 🤣

I'm surprised that adam lambert didn't made into the list here !!!

Yep, they should step it all the way up or better yet, the mainstream ones need to take a step back so the underrated male vocalists who can keep up with the talented mainstream female vocalists, can step forward. Eg. 1. Jordan Fisher 2. Avery Wilson 3. Gabriel Henrique Edit: 4. Adam Lambert (he's somewhat mainstream yet also underrated). It's hard to think of others at the moment, but I'm certain that there are many more.

Mika is a amazing example of a male singer with an incredible upper range you should check him out

Zayn can really sing well . But sad he doesn't do live anymore :")

I couldn't agree more with the last statement! Musical theatre and opera have such high standards for EVERYONE. Which is why I almost exclusively take inspiration from there. I have also noticed that in both industries you get a lot more diversity when it comes to voice types and qualities while Pop music tends to promote the same voices (with the same problems) over and over again.

In the context of this video it's so funny to see One Direction performing. They're literally just walking around LMAO

You should check Exo, Shinee and SuperJunior Vocal line. They are a good exemple of skilled male singers.

Yes. Finally someone said it. Artists like Taylor Swift, Hayley Williams, Ariana Grande and on and on and on … have more talent and creativity in a single EP or Album than most modern male artists have in their entire body of work. Taylor has dropped three number one albums in less than a year in the middle of a pandemic after having her entire catalog and life’s work essentially stolen from her which left her no choice but to re-record all SIX of her albums and that takes an unbelievable amount of work having to work with engineers to duplicate the exact sound and vocals that were made over a decade ago so that fans can listen to the new versions without having to pick between the original or re-recorded ones in case the music didn’t stay authentic and true to the original that they fell in love with years ago. A fucking monumental task and the reason most artists don’t go that route at all. I get hives just thinking about them taking that on lol Ari released two absolutely incredible number one albums in a year of her life that included the Manchester bombings, breaking up with her boyfriend of years, calling off an engagement, and her ex dying of an overdose. In one year. The fact that she delivered two albums was unbelievable in and of itself but to maintain that best of the best quality that all her music has and release what I think is the absolute best work she’s ever made is just harrowing. And I won’t even get into Beyoncé’s career and her Coachella Homecoming performances and documentary after a long and complicated pregnancy with twins …. What the absolute fuck. I know I’m listing three of the best female artists but I honestly feel like everytime I start listening to a new female indie artist I’m just blown away more often than not, so I don’t know what it is, but these ladies are superhuman and while there are obviously exceptions and some truly incredible male artists as well, there’s just not as consistent of a broad spectrum of talented artists. Especially when we’re talking about solo artists. Sorry for the novel. I get passionate. It’s embarrassing. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤙🏼

zayn is a different story thougg

Maybe this is one of the reason why many people appreciates kpop. That's because either you're in girl group or boy group, you are expected to deliver both vocals (of course I am aware that they lip sync and use playback, and chile that's because they need to promote multiple times for each comeback) and performance (they must able to dance, no shade but the weakest dancers on each group is no where near the dance skills of some western artists). I also feel like guys in western pop music don't prioritized technique that much considering that they tend to not change their technique when the truth is their voice changes and it requires change in assessment

Liam Payne is actually an example of a really good male vocalist. A well developed voice

Much needed video. Thank you so much for this ❤️🌻 I have always noticed that female singers are expected to offer more on stage from dance routines, costumes, variety in genres, and a lot more. Where as male singers just stick to one genre and are still appreciated while just standing at one spot or some might be playing their instruments

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but while I recognize the talent of a lot of the female singers, I just don't find the big belting notes to be very appealing on my ears. I listen to more men in music because they don't do that. And expecting them to would, yes, be fair, but it would lead to an overwhelming sameness to the sound of music. Which is essentially how a lot of the female singers sound. If I didn't know which song was by what artist I could probably only pick out Taylor from the other female/afab vocalists. What's so appealing about male singers is that their roughness and less trained voices make for interesting sounds and allow you to easily tell them apart from each other by their own unique quirks. But that's just my opinion. Really great video!