#3: Pentatonix - 2023 CFP National Championship Game - 2023 The snow, crowd and voice all combined to create a perfect ambiance delivering one of my favorite performances of all time. However, everything about his version is the perfect way to begin any game. I was first introduced to Cornelison during a Chicago Blackhawks game this past January and instantly fell in love with his voice even though his vocals (technically) aren’t the best. The one I have linked is my personal favorite and the one that I feel best represents the way it makes me feel. He has performed it hundreds of times at Chicago sporting events. #4: Jim Cornelison - 2014 NHL Stadium SeriesĬornelison’s version of the national anthem is one of the most iconic and a staple in Chicago. Multiple times in the middle section, her ability to bend notes is beautifully showcased and adds plenty of flavor to a fantastic performance. What makes this a top five for me are the runs that she makes. Even though she stretches out the section longer than normal, everything she does with the music is so intriguing it’s hard to notice how long the performance truly is. Beginning at “and the rocket's red glare,” Sparks slows down the tempo.

Hers is the first of three Super Bowl performances on this list, and something that the three all have in common is rearranging the melody in a way to fit the singer without overdoing it.Īlthough the beginning is underwhelming, the middle verses pick up and deliver a musical punch to the listener. ' I'll Make Love to You' is a song by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label.Until I watched the previously mentioned TikTok, I had not seen this performance, but I am glad I have now discovered Sparks’ rendition. Written by Babyface, it was released in July 1994 as the lead single from their second album, II (1994). The song was a commercial success, spending 14 weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100. It was also the third best performing song in the 1990s on Billboard, as well as ranking on Billboard Greatest of All-Time chart. 'I'll Make Love to You' won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was nominated for Record of the Year.

Its accompanying music video was directed by Lionel C. Larry Flick from Billboard described 'I'll Make Love to You' as a 'sweeping pop/R&B ballad'. He wrote further, 'Silky harmonies waft over a well-measured arrangement chock-ful of bright, glistening synths and soft-yet-punctuating percussion. Lovely sing-along chorus initially will remind many of past glories, but single ultimately will provide a refreshing cool breeze to any of numerous radio formats it graces.' Troy J.

Ready to explode at urban, A/C and Top 40, this cut leads a parade of future hit singles that should keep the Boyz in chart heaven all through the night and all through the year.' Augusto from Cash Box named it Pick of the Week, declaring it as 'a lushly-arranged, slowly-paced ballad', 'full of the same charming vocal harmonies and natural soul that gives the group its universal pop appeal. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton deemed it 'another piece of immaculate close-harmony soul', that 'is a smash before it has ever started'. Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, 'Silkier then the First Lady's nightgown, the first single off the 'mommy' Boyz's upcoming album II further secures their position as the masters of the close harmony ballad.' Alan Jones from Music Week also named it Pick of the Week, rating it four out of five.

He wrote, 'Returning after more than a year, Boyz II Men get back into the ' End of the Road' groove with a silky, powerful ballad penned by BabyFace.

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