Whether it's a soaring soprano or distinctive baritone ... songs. Flip through the slideshow below for a look at the all-time great voices in music, ranging from R&B icons to opera stars, pop ...

He moved to London in 1984 to study at the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated in 1989. He came second, after Dmitri Hvorostovsky, in the Cardiff BBC Singer of the World Competition ...