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Removing sourced material.[edit]

Someone removed my sourced material regarding Anita's vocal type, which is contralto. I cited three reliable sources and someone removed them and reclassified her as a mezzo-soprano without citing any sources. I will re-cite my sources and re-classify her back to contralto.

One of my sources even quotes her as classifying herself as a contralto, so you can't get any more reliable than that:

"'The register of my voice was different,' Baker said recently. 'The majority of (woman) singers are in like a soprano or mezzo-soprano area. After years of hearing that type of voice on the radio, to hear a contralto, people`s ears just perked up.'--Chicago Tribune ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]FreeSpirit80 (talk) 00:07, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, someone has changed the information while totally ignoring my three cited sources. She is, in fact, a contralto with a three octave extension. Ranges do overlap. If you want to change the information or challenge it, you must provide reliable sources and it must form a consensus.FreeSpirit80 (talk) FreeSpirit80 (talk) 23:55, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Concert tickets at little Cesar’s in Detroit[edit]

Sold out in seconds then tickets re appeared at 4 times the cost . 173.13.10.206 (talk) 16:11, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-01-06-9101020333-story.html

[2] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/05/23/anita-baker-quietly-storming-back/22058bd5-8a79-4b9f-aff1-2a52de270405/

[3] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/03/arts/the-pop-life-anita-baker-and-her-musical-roots.html

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