Comparing the Stones (well, pre-2000 stones at least) to a modern singer is silly. Yes, Mick may not have the most serene voice, but when he sang, you heard him sing. Fast forward to modern times and the voices you hear are digital misrepresentations of the real thing.
Kind of like most porn producers, they find a pretty girl to take a picture of, then they spend hours in photoshop making her look like something else entirely. (Here's a picture I drew of a girl!)
Even "live" performances reduce the value of the term, Autotune works in real-time too.
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