Originally posted by: apparaohoare
But not when the original singer was still alive. Take for instance Kumar Sanu. He came up the very next year when Kishore Kumar expired. People missed Kishore's voice and wanted a voice similar to Kishore Kumar. There were lot of Md. Rafi copies in the 70's and early 80's, but none succeeded that well. Sonu Nigam was a copy of Md. Rafi but he had different sytle from the very begining. If you listen to his earlier songs recoreded by T-Series you could say that his voice resembles Md. Rafi but he is not a copycat.
Kishore Kumar also followed KL Saigal but never copied him. He just followed the styles of the GREATS but was never a mimic.
In case of Vineet, why would the public want to listen to him when Sonu Nigam is there.