you know, sometimes paul...sometimes...you make me feel like a narcissist because i read your posts and i can't help but think you are talking about me.
she's obviously great as a collaborator, can write a hit like very few people have ever done, has some really good songs, and is a force of nature in terms of being prolific and the magnitude of her tours. deej is obviously way off base saying her isolated vocals are bad as he's just being a hater. that's insane. i have stem split about 40 of her songs for my girls to study...her vocals are incredibly good at connoting different emotions of songs. she's not adele, whitney houston, or maria callas but she's a plenty good singer to go along with songwriting ability.
that said, i sent my wife and older daughter to one of the shows in houston and my wife and younger daughter to one of the shows in new orleans and in retrospect, i probably would have rather used that same amount of money to buy out the entire town of tremezzo and build a house on lake como. lifetime memories for them though. and they both have that shirt.