Which artist has the most instantly recognisable voice?

[TheGame]

Some singers can be identified within seconds. Before the chorus arrives, before the instruments settle, you already know exactly who it is.

A distinctive voice can be technically perfect, rough around the edges, emotional, strange, or even divisive. Sometimes uniqueness matters more than perfection.

Which artist do you think has the most instantly recognisable voice in music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk

[David74]

Tom Waits has to be up there. Nobody sounds remotely like him

[CMPunk02]

A recognisable voice matters more than technical perfection for me

[Highland Builder]

Amy Winehouse had that quality instantly. One line and you knew it was her

[VoidSentinel74]

Distinctive voices tend to divide opinion more strongly too

[SharpLantern]

There are singers with incredible range who still somehow sound generic