--- title: Christina Aguilera Sings Beyonce, Rihanna, Whitney Houston description: Christina Aguilera lent her powerhouse vocals to some amazing diva impersonations on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', from Whitney to Beyoncé. canonical: https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-16T20:54:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:27.913Z og:title: There Is No Diva That Christina Aguilera Cannot Impersonate og:description: She sings Adele, Beyoncé and Rihanna og:url: https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There Is No Diva That Christina Aguilera Cannot Impersonate twitter:description: She sings Adele, Beyoncé and Rihanna twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Christina Aguilera Ace Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and Adele Impressions on _Ellen_  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 16, 2016 8:54 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 16, 2016 8:54 PM CUT [Christina Aguilera](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/christina-aguilera/ "undefined")‘s [powerhouse vocals](http://time.com/3702541/christina-aguilera-the-voice-lady-marmalade/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") are some of the most recognizable in the biz, but she can also flex those pipes to give spot-on impressions — case in point, her recent appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres_ show, where she sang in the style of [Whitney Houston](http://time.com/4032317/whitney-houston-hologram/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4306316/beyonce-lemonade-black-woman-magic/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") and more during a game of Head’s Up. [_The Voice_](http://time.com/3506322/christina-aguilera-the-voice-season-8/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined") coach had 60 seconds to impersonate or describe a range of divas, which ran the gamut from Madonna to Adele. This gave us small but mighty samplings of Aguilera’s takes on hits like [Rihanna’s “Work”](http://time.com/4232692/rihanna-work-video-drake-anti/ "undefined") and Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl.” However, Aguilera lost the game in the end when she couldn’t sing or name any of Barbra Streisand’s songbook. Watch Christina Aguilera’s many uncanny impersonations below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/"},"headline":"Watch Christina Aguilera Ace Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and Adele Impressions on Ellen","datePublished":"2016-05-16T20:54:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:27.913Z","description":"The singer showed off her signature pipes","url":"https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Ellen Degeneres","Christina Aguilera"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4337654/christina-aguilera-diva-impressions/","name":"Watch Christina Aguilera Ace Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and Adele Impressions on Ellen"}}]}] ```