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Chris Martin: Rihanna is Frank Sinatra of our generation

'Coldplay' frontman Chris Martin has praised Rihanna comparing he... Read More
'Coldplay' frontman Chris Martin has praised Rihanna comparing her singing voice to music legend Frank Sinatra. The 39-year-old singer said the R&B star and Sinatra share a similar "thick tone," reported Femalefirst.


"She is the

Frank

Sinatra of our generation. She can turn anything into gold with that voice... Rihanna has a thick tone, so it's very hard to annoy anybody. It's like a beautifully squeezed tube of toothpaste. When you think of Rihanna's voice you think of this whole, rich thing, solid like a tree trunk," he said.

He also compared 'Hotline Bling' hitmaker Drake's voice to Rihanna, 28, and Sinatra's. "Drake is pretty similar. But Rihanna's voice is just delicious for your ear. Sinatra had the same thing; anything he sang sounded pleasing to most people.

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Chris Martin
Chris Martin, British singer of Coldplay performs on September 01, 2008 at the Zenith in Strasbourg. (AFP/Frederick Florin)
Singer Chris Martin performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, J.P. Moczulski)
Chris Martin(R) and Jonny Buckland perform at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, J.P. Moczulski)
Chris Martin of the band Coldplay poses at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 1, 2008. (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

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