Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman's personal style is a blend of classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation. This combination has earned her amazing success. To date, Brightman has received over 150 awards in 34 countries and is the only artist to hold #1 spots on both the Billboard Classical and Dance charts simultaneously.

Brightman's music is generally classified as classical crossover. Although in a 2000 interview Brightman dismissed the classical crossover label as "horrible" but she stated that she understood the need for categorization.

David Caddick, a conductor of Phantom, has stated: "What is amazing about Sarah is that she has two voices, really. She can produce a pop, contemporary sound, but she can also blossom out into a light soprano. The soprano part of her voice can go up to an E natural above high C. She doesn’t sing it full out, but it is there. Of course, she has to dance while she is singing some of the time, so it’s all the more extraordinary."

Her music alternates in style from pop/rock to classical and contemporary. Her music influences include 60s and 70s musicians and artists such as David Bowie and Pink Floyd. The material on her albums ranges from versions of opera arias from composers such as (on her album Harem, Eden, and Timeless), to pop songs by artists such as ("Dust in the Wind" on Eden), ("Here With Me" on La Luna), and ("A Whiter Shade of Pale" on La Luna).

She sometimes deploys both her pop and classical voices in the same song. "Anytime, Anywhere" from Eden is among one of the songs, which is based on Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G minor. In that song, she starts out in classical voice, switches to pop voice temporarily, and finishes with her classical voice.