Per culpa de dives del R&B comercial com Mariah Carey o Christina Aguilera, la tècnica del melisme s'ha identificat amb exercicis onanistes i banals de gimnàstica vocal. Trenquem aquest dogma musical i reivindiquem el bon us d'aquest recurs tan particular.

01 Whitney Houston - "I will always love you"

02 Christina Aguilera - "Beautiful"

03 Mariah Carey - "Always be my baby"

04 Stevie Wonder - "As"

05 Linda Jones - "Not on the outside"

06 Ella Fitzgerald - "Summertime"

07 Aretha Franklin - "You are my sunshine"

08 Pink Floyd - "The great gig in the sky"

09 Luther Vandross - "A house is not a home"

10 Al Green - "Let's stay together"

11 Thee Midnighters - "The town I live"

12 Otis Redding - "Try a little tenderness"

13 Aretha Franklin - "Amazing grace"