As a singer, Brandy is known for two things – her smokey tone and her expert use of runs. So, when she decided to perform a cover of Rihanna’s hit song ‘Diamonds’, those combined elements took the otherwise simple song to a completely different level.
Brandy didn’t sing the the full ‘Diamonds’ but the 20-second portion of chorus that she delivered was enough to make Rihanna’s version irrelevant. Sadly, Brandy’s music from her own ‘Two Eleven’ album has also been forgotten and it has yet to sell 160K copies in the US since being released in the US on October 16th.
Watch Brandy perform Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ and flex her vocal chops below: