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=== Voice === Martin possesses a [[Tenor#Dramatic|dramatic tenor]] [[Voice type|vocal range]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia|last=Dean|first= Maury|year= 2003|publisher= Algora Publishing|isbn= 978-0-87586-227-9|page= 34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117180530/https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|url-status=live}}</ref> Peter Gilstrap from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' commented that his "powerful voice" is "capable of belt or lilt",<ref name="Variety performance">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/music/markets-festivals/ricky-martin-4-1200559997/|title=Ricky Martin|work=Variety|last=Gilstrap|first=Peter|date=April 22, 2007|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117180615/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ricky-martin-has-tel-aviv-livin-la-vida-loca-467788|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''{{'}}s Noa Amouyal described his voice as "soulful" and "very powerful".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ricky-martin-has-tel-aviv-livin-la-vida-loca-467788|title=Ricky Martin shakes his bon-bon (and everything else) in Tel Aviv|work=The Jerusalem Post|last=Amouyal|first=Noa|date=September 15, 2016|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117180615/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ricky-martin-has-tel-aviv-livin-la-vida-loca-467788|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, Enrique Lopetegui of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' noted Martin's "improved vocal skills" on ''A Medio Vivir''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-05-ca-10662-story.html|title=Yes, There Really Is Life After Menudo : Pop music: After leaving the bubblegum band, Ricky Martin spent a year studying dance and vocals and moved to Mexico, where he starred in a musical and a soap opera. He's now a Latin pop star and a 'General Hospital' regular. That's not all.|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Lopetegui|first=Enrique|date=December 5, 1995|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117211639/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-05-ca-10662-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also from the ''Los Angeles Times'', Ernesto Lechner later praised his vocal for being "charismatic enough to handle both ballads and up-tempo tunes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-01-ca-24146-story.html|title=Record Rack|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Ernesto|last=Lechner|date=March 1998 |access-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605083113/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/01/entertainment/ca-24146|archive-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref> Similarly, ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|Chuck Taylor]] expressed "She's All I Ever Had" boasts "a versatility that contrasts nicely" with Martin's previous single, "Livin' la Vida Loca", labeling his vocal on the former "tender and heartfelt".<ref>{{cite magazine|year=1999|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles|magazine=Billboard|page=32|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|access-date=October 19, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=96|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019101614/https://books.google.com/books?id=kggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|archive-date=October 19, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Steve Gerrard of the ''Montreal Rocks'' complimented "his vocal maturity" on ''A Quien Quiera Escuchar''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealrocks.ca/ricky-martin-announces-montreal-show/|title=Ricky Martin announces Montreal show|work=Montreal Rocks|last=Gerrard|first=Steve|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117211750/https://montrealrocks.ca/ricky-martin-announces-montreal-show/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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