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===Artistry=== Hutchence was a [[baritone]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|title=The Sweet Success of INXS|first1=Rob|last1=Tannenbaum|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=14 January 1988|access-date=24 November 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716131024/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| title=Adulation Is the 'new Sensation' as Aussie Throb Michael Hutchence Still Leads His Band In, Well, Inxs| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=11 July 1988| access-date=24 April 2018| first=Steve Dougherty| last=Todd Gold| archive-date=15 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415011505/http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html| title=With New Lead, Much the Same Sound |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=24 April 2018 |first=Jon |last=Parales |archive-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425033352/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His vocal range spanned from the [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] B1 to the high [[tenor]] F#5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|title=Michael Hutchence | the Range Planet|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709204054/https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[News.com.au]]'' ranked Hutchence fourth in a list of the 15 greatest Australian singers of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |title=John Farnham tops the list of Australia's greatest singers of all time |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=18 February 2018 |website=[[News.com.au]] |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209053909/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Billboard'' described Hutchence as "charismatic" with a "seductive purr and [a] lithe, magnetic stage presence".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |title=UMG and Passion Pictures Set to Produce Documentary on INXS Lead Singer Michael Hutchence: Exclusive |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=15 January 2018 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514063551/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul Donoughue, of Australia's [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], wrote that Hutchence had "a phenomenal voice β moody, sexual, and dynamic, able to shift effortlessly from fragile to cocksure".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|title=20 years on, let's remember Michael Hutchence for his talent, not the headlines|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=22 November 2017|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116141852/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing an INXS concert, Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "Watching Hutchence, hair flailing, crotch thrusting, a mischievous smile forever creeping across his leathery face, I realised that here was a man born to be onstage, living and loving every minute, an explosion of sexual energy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|title=Michael Hutchence remembered|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=22 November 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181136/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|url-status=live}}</ref> Hutchence biographer Toby Creswell asserted that "Hutchence was, without question, one of the truly great frontmen β he expressed the music in a dynamic way that few others could."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/michael-hutchence-and-inxs-searching-for-a-new-angle-in-shine-like-it-does/news-story/cab469425ba83926cbb5e3cde5090806|title=Michael Hutchence and INXS: searching for a new angle in Shine Like it Does |last=Creswell |first=Toby |date=10 November 2017 |access-date=15 January 2018 |website=theaustralian.com}}</ref>
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