Five years ago, if it was suggested that Rihanna would eventually sound better than Alicia Keys live, the person making that assumption would have been stoned. However, that is exactly happened throughout 2012, at least until yesterday’s episode of La Meilleure Chanson de L’annee.

For months, many of Alicia Keys’ fans have been complaining that their favourite artist’s was in dire need of assistance. Unfortunately, their pleas were generally ignored and last night they were forced to watch Keys’ vocal cords give out while she performed at the ’12-12-12′ concert for Hurricane Sandy relief.