Way Back Wednesday: Divas Singing Divas

Oct

26

2011

Way Back Wednesday: Divas Singing Divas

Written by TriniTrent | Filed under Aretha Franklin,Beyonce,Christina Aguilera,Mariah Carey,Patti Labelle,Rihanna,Way Back Wednesday,Whitney Houston

Way Back Wednesday has returned with a vengeance this week with a special edition dedicated to the some of the industry’s most talented women – the divas! However, nobody could honor these women better than they can do for themselves so we have compiled a list of performances where they do just that by covering each other’s songs in ‘Divas Singing Divas’!

Watch several of music’s most renowned women, including Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, cover each other’s songs as they paid tribute to each other below:

Aretha Franklin Covers Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’

Beyonce Covers Anita Baker’s ‘Sweet Love’ (‘Dangerously In Love’ Medley)

Christina Aguilera Covers Whitney Houston’s ‘Run To You’

Mariah Carey Covers Patti Labelle’s ‘If Only You Knew’ & ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’

Whitney Houston Covers Aretha Franklin’s ‘A Natural Woman’

It is always a gripping experience to hear singers deliver their own versions of each other’s material because they always bring a new perspective to the music. Naturally, the competitive element is also an exciting aspect as we get to compare their versions and ask ourselves, “who did it better?”

However, there is one performance that was not included above and it would be a crime if it was overlooked. It was the showing that helped to earn a chart-topping superstar her recording contract and catapulted her to fame. Of course, we are referring to Rihanna’s tribute to her idol, Mariah Carey, with her show-stopping rendition of ‘Hero’.

Watch Rihanna soar through the octaves below:

Rihanna Covers Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’

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- http://www.RomeosCorner.net Romeo
  
  YES QUEEN MARIAH! =] Sing it girl and X-Tina, you too hunny! lol
  
  Rihanna…SIT DOWN! ALL THE WAY THE FUCK THE DOWN! lmao
- KD
  
  I couldn’t even listen to Rihanna’s version of Hero after hearing Aretha’s LOL :-).
  
  Good performances all round.
- http://www.twitter.com/d0wj0nes D0wJ0nEs
  
  *closes laptop* this is to much shade this early in the morning
- Pokemon Trainer(Sinnoh)
  
  I love these covers!! oh Rihanna LOOL
- Ariana
  
  HAHAHAHAHAHA *DECEASED*
  
  Yassss all these girls -minus Rihanna of course- are amazing vocalists and they should be the ones topping the charts instead of those untalented bitches. Momma Franklin better hit the notes on Hero!!!
  Great post Trent!
- latifa
  
  girl you killin me with the rihanna shade!! my girl mariah slayed, hell even aretha agreed
- @Che_Pertillo
  
  Trent, you’re too wrong for that video of Rihanna + the gif.lol
- DRB
  
  Indeed, it’s too early for this much shade. I’m done lmao
- Leo
  
  Whitney singing to Bobby Brown..such passion.,..go girl
- J to the Da
  
  Robyn Fenty is a much better singer than Rihanna………….. o_0
- CodeyDAboss
  
  Plzzzz…this is BS you do nothing but shade Rihanna that is why I put you in the same catagory as ur IDOL ‘THATGRAPEJUICE’….#bye…#GetMoneyBitch!!
- reesa
  
  @CodeyDAboss o please. You Rihanna stans are so pressed. Trent has said many good things about Rihanna and Thatgrapejuice aka ThatToiletWater never does that. The Lava Lizard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ThatShitJuice
  
  Keep doing you Trent! This was a greatttt post! Lets count to 10 and wait for Sam to steal it
- Mimic
  
  Can Mariah sing that good again today? No. Bye.
- WonderLand19
  
  That was a REALLY good Way back Wednesday. Mariah gave me life! Beyonce gave me emotion, Aretha took me to church, Christina took me back to my childhood, Whitney was stunning and Rihanna gave me the giggles!
  
  For me the up and coming Diva’s are Jessie J, Alexandra burke and Leona Lewis.
  Trent, you should have included Jennifer Hudson too!
- DOMOdotSCORE
  
  Everyone except Rihanna took me to the mountaintop to see Jesus.
  
  Although no one can sing hero like Mariah, Aretha sounded good. Beyonce sounded better singing Sweet Love than Dangerously in love. Christina needs to sing like that again, that was perfection. I miss those vocals. Whitney was singing from her uterus for Bobby. Rihanna sounded better at 15 before she had a vocal coach than she does now with a vocal coach (either she’s under learning or that teacher is under teaching). That is something terrible.
  
  ps. two thumbs up for that gift. That’s exactly what I was doing while listening to these divas
- Ni
  
  I decided to watch it backwards. rihanna started off ok.. the first 120 sec and then it was downhill from there. Whitney & Aretha have that “Holy ghost” powerhouse voice after you been baptized in the river. Mariah will always have the honey/angelic voice and Christina is raw but powerful. Unfortunately today powerhouse voice are not profitable except for Adele and only because she is the “new” Annie Lennox.
- http://www.RonaldMatters.com RONALDMATTERS.COM
  
  YAAAAASSS @ Aguilera SLAYING the 1st ever BET Awards! That’s the pale white woman I’m used to.
  
  And, it’s weird to me now Rihanna had more stage presence at 15 than she does today at 23 (or however old she is). Kinda backwards isn’t it?
- Stoney-Brie
  
  @CodeyDAboss u sound so dumb with that Khia line u used, its nobody’s fault that Fenty choked on a Mariah classic… so bitch boo bye!
- Cliff
  
  i wish mariah would cover that song for her new album, one of my fav performances!
- goser
  
  whether Mariah can sing that way now I don’t know but what is sad is that 40year old Mariah is still lanes ahead of a young vibrant 20 something year old Rhianna…..that is what is sad…Rhianna vocal wise should be at the top of her game
- goser
  
  hey trent how would you rate Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia
- Okkk
  
  To be fair I think Rihanna did pretty good especially considering the fact that she didn’t have a vocal trainer and wasn’t getting paid top dollars at the time like the others. The videos were taken out of context everyone else is at award shows and what not and Rihanna was probably at a local competition in Barbados. Oh and this is coming from someone who isn’t even a crazy stan.
- Theman
  
  Amazing performances.
- Cindy
  
  Trent this is why I keep coming back to LavaLizard. This was an amazing post even though i’m almost a week late. Fantastic Way Back Wednesday, celebrating REAL talent.
- Mike
  
  Pefection
- Ashley L
  
  These are the people that need to top the charts.
- twitter.com/barbie_soboojie
  
  Bey and Xtina!!!
- Manriah
  
  MANRIAH IS DA DUN DUN
- RHITARD COULD NEVER
  
  When RHITARD gonna do it like the real divas
- musicfan
  
  Nippy sung that better than Hateretha! Yaaas
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