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a body weaponized into an instrument, breathing emotion into rooms that pay to feel it
means a person who produces musical sounds with their voice, whether for a living or just in the shower.
from From the verb 'sing,' which traces back to Old English 'singan,' meaning to chant or recite. It belongs to a deep-rooted Germanic family — a cousin of German 'singen' and Old Norse 'syngva.' The '-er' suffix is the plain old English agent ending that turns a doing into a doer: one who sings becomes a singer, just as one who bakes becomes a baker. Interestingly, the same root once branched off into 'song' itself, with that ancient vowel-shift between 'sing' and 'song' surviving intact for over a thousand years.
- vocal range
- Mariah Carey reportedly hits five octaves
- physical limit
- high notes can shatter glass at right frequency
- oldest trade
- singing predates spoken language, scientists suspect
- hidden muscle
- vocal cords vibrate over 100 times per second
- brain split
- stroke victims can sometimes sing what they can't say
the weeknd — canadian performer with 40+ million spotify monthly listeners
ariana grande — american pop vocalist with 5 grammy awards
adele — british singer who sold 120+ million records worldwide