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Lead singer - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Meistersinger, Alto, Artist, Baritone, Bass, Basso, Canary, Cantor, Chanter
For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation).

In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i.e. uses the voice as an instrument to make music. A lead singer is one who sings the primary vocals of a song, as opposed to a backup singer who sings backup vocals to a song or harmonies to the lead singer.

In classical music and in opera, voices are treated just like musical instruments, thus special careers were developed out of each principal pitch.

Voices are commonly classified by gender and vocal range as follows:

See also


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Example Usage of singer
TalibanREX: Anybody Kno A Male singer Who Can Actually Sing?
AndyJHarding: I think Morrissey had every right to walk off stage. Who pays to see a singer and then lobs a bottle at them?
snark_princess: Overheard in the coffeeshop (while listening to "I'll Be There"): "This singer sounds like a younger version of Michael Jackson." Brilliant.
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