Christina Aguilera
Voice type: Spinto Soprano
Highest note: C7, G#6
Lowest note: C3, D3
Vocal range: 4 octaves (C3-C7)
Longest note: 20 seconds

Other Singers:

Ashanti
Voice type: Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Highest note: G6
Lowest note: F3
Vocal range: 3 octaves (F3-G6)

Usher
Voice Type: Heldentenor
Highest note: E5, F5, possibly G5
Lowest note: F2
Vocal range: 3 octaves (F2 - F5)

Beyonce
Voice type: Full Soprano
Highest notes: D6 , E6, possible F6
Lowest notes: C3, D3
Vocal range: (approx) 3.5 octaves (C3-E6)

E6 - A live 'Whoooooh' after singing her hit "Work It Out"
D6 - She hits it in her song "Happy Face"
C6 - During a live performance of "Emotions", Kodak Theatre, 2002
C6 - The highest note in "Emotions" from Destiny's Child Survivor CD
E3- "Dangerously In Love", Grammys, 2004

Toni Braxton
Voice type: Deep Contralto
Highest note: B5, C6
Lowest note: A2
Vocal range: 3 octaves

Ashlee Simpson
Voice type: Lyric Contralto
Highest note: E5
Lowest note: E3
Vocal range: 2 octaves (E3-E5)

Jessica Simpson
Voice type: Lyric Soprano
Highest note: G#6, F6
Lowest note: D3
Vocal range: 3.5 octaves (D3-G#6)
Longest Note: 21 seconds
G#6 - She hits this note on her show 'Newlyweds'.
F6 - Jessica hits this note in her song 'Your Faith In Me'.

Aaliyah
Voice type: Soubrette, Lyric Contralto
Highest note: F#5 (I Care 4 You), A5
Lowest note: C3
Vocal range: 2.5 octaves

Michelle Williams
Voice type: Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
Highest note: E6
Lowest note: C3
Vocal range:3.5 octaves (C3-E6)

Kelly Clarkson
Voice type: Spinto Soprano
Highest note: F#6 [during her performance of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" on American Idol]
Lowest note: E3, F3
Vocal range: 3 octaves (E3-F#6)

Janet Jackson
Voice type: Soubrette
Highest note: D6 (On He Doesn't Know I'm Alive), E6
Lowest note: E-b3
Vocal range: 3 octaves (Eb3-E6)

Amerie
Voice type: Spinto Soprano
Highest note: C6 (All I Have), possibly D6 or E6
Lowest note: F3
Vocal Range: 3 octaves (F3-C#6)

Lauryn Hill:
Voice type: Full Soprano
Highest notes: F6 (Zion)
Lowest notes: C3
Vocal range: (approx) 3.5 octaves (C3-F6)

Monica:
Voice Type: Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
Highest note: AOL Sessions (Knock Knock) note (Oooh)
Lowest note: Grown Up Christmas List (Creshendo-Bridge)
Vocal range: 3.6-7 octaves

Tamia:
Voice type: Spinto Mezzo-soprano
Highest note: G5 ('You Put A Move On My Heart'), Ab5 ('Tell Me Who'), C6
Lowest note: C3 ('I Can't Go For That')
Vocal range: 3 octaves (C3-C6)

Tamar Braxton:
Voice type: Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Highest note: D7 (Money Can't Buy You Love), E7, F7
Lowest note: E3
Vocal range: 4 octaves (E3-D7)

Mariah Carey:
Highest notes: G#7 (Live performance of "Emotions" at the 1991 MTV VMA's, and again on Arsenio Hall), F7 (In the song "All In Your Mind")
Lowest notes: A2, B2 (In the song "My All")
Vocal range: 5 octaves (A2-G#7)
Longest note: 20 seconds (In the song "Lead The Way".)

Patti Labelle:
Voice type: Dramatic Soprano
Highest note: E6
Lowest note: Eb3
Vocal Range: 3 octaves (Eb3-E6)

LeToya Luckett:
Voice type: Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Highest note: A6, B♭6
Lowest note: F3
Vocal range: 3.5 octaves (F3-B♭6)

Jill Scott:
Voice type: Full Soprano
Highest note: C#6 (In the song 'Gimme'), D#6 (Gimme Live), possible F6
Lowest note: D3
Vocal range: 3 octaves (D3-E6)

Shanice:
Voice Type: Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Highest note: B♭6 (I Wanna Give It to You, Love Is A Gift), C7
Lowest note: E♭3 (Ain’t Got No Remedy)
Vocal range: 3.5 octaves (E3-B6

Aretha Franklin:
Voice type: Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
Highest note: B-b5
Lowest note: B2
Vocal Range: 3 octaves (B2-Bb5)

Whitney Houston:
Voice type: Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
Highest note: C6, B-b5 (In her song 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody')
Lowest note: C3, E3
Vocal range: 5 octaves (C3-C6)

Alicia Keys:
Voice type: Contralto
Highest note: E5 (You Don't Know My Name)
Lowest note: C3 (The Life)
Vocal Range: [approx.] 3 octaves (C3-E5)

Chaka Khan:
Voice type: Light Dramatic Contralto
Highest note: A♭5 (Through the Fire), A5 (I Feel For You, Do You Love What You Feel?), B5
Lowest note: B2
Vocal range: 3 octaves (B2 - B5)

Britney Spears:
Voice type: Soubrette
Highest note: A5
Lowest note: E3
Vocal range: 2.5 octaves

Jennifer Lopez:
Voice type: Classic Soubrette
Highest note: G5
Lowest note: G3
Vocal range: 2 octaves

what no celine, "the greatest singer in the world"

can we get better examples of actual singers.
aretha franklin is the only talented on from that bunch

Asslee Simpson? Ashitti?? JLo, Janet & Britney??? Who the FUCK put this list together??? Though it IS funny that Madonna isn't on it & clearly has NO vocal range

I kid, mf's, I kid

Innneresting....
Where did this come from? Are there lists with more people?

why is Jlo and Janet on here

The information originally came from the brilliant "factual" site WIKIPEDIA.

Timmy84 said:

*walks out of thread*

Britney has a 3 octave range.

diamanda galas has a nearly 4-octave vocal range. there's NO WAY whitney houston has a 5-octave vocal range.

Anxiety said:

Diamanda

underthegraffitibridge said:

now THAT'S a diva with a voice from hell. literally.

Anxiety said:

Sometimes I laugh out loud when I listen to her. She tries too hard to be a demon

underthegraffitibridge said:

actually most of the stuff that sounds like she's trying to be a demon is her singing in greek, or sometimes she's singing in a kind of modified wailing/ululation mourning wail.

of course, sometimes, she IS just trying to sound like a damn witch.

This list is more messed up than

ToraToraDreams said:

i found it on some Christina aguilera forum (don't know where they got it from)

Prince has 5

The most expansive range of any popular male artist?

Did I mention that MJ's octave range is only ~3.6

I want to know MJ's.



I always thought they had similar voices, but Janet's is more distinct.

floetcist said:

I just said MJ is 3.6, 4 maximum IMO.

underthegraffitibridge said:

mine is about the same, but what if we were to rank mj as a child?

underthegraffitibridge said:

Prince had an awesome soprano back in the day, but smokey and sylvester are more pleasant to listen to if I'm in the mood for listening to high pitched males.

alphastreet said:

alphastreet said:

The term 'soprano' refers to a female. Males who sing in high register are countertenors or sopranists.
[Edited 3/21/08 3:14am]

Are you kidding? These ears simply won't touch anything less than a 4.

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More hooey masquerading as objective proof that my artist can beat up your artist.

Hell, I don't care if you have an 8-octave range and look down smugly on pianos, all your histrionics don't amount to a hill of beans without great music.

underthegraffitibridge said:

when did prince get a 5 octave vocal range

Crazywonderful said:

I know right

RockAbilly said:

I think after her smash-hit Titanic song, that technically, she's considered "King Of The World".

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I couldn't remember the term for males offhand, sorry.