Which female vocalist has the widest range?

But it's Mariah Carey who takes the prize for the largest vocal range
range
In music, the range, or chromatic range, of a musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch it can play. For a singing voice, the equivalent is vocal range.
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of all. She can reach a low F2 and hit an unbelievable G7, a note that dolphins would envy, and that only some dogs can hear.
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What is the highest range voice female?

Soprano: this is the highest singing voice, with the highest tessitura. It is also the most common female voice.
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Which singers have the widest range?

Mike Patton's octave range

He has one of the widest known ranges for any singer, with a full 6 octaves. Check out this vocal coach's reaction to him at work. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
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What female singers can hit 5 octaves?

Celine Dion

Her 5-octave vocal range and ability to even reach an E6, paired with the skill of projecting her voice in all registers, thus allowing it to pierce through the heaviest of instrumentations, has earned her a multitude of awards and sold out shows worldwide.
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What female singers have 4 octave range?

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  • Cyndi Lauper.
  • Thijs van Leer.
  • Phoebe Legere.
  • Leona Lewis.
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Top 10 female singers with the biggest vocal ranges.



How many octaves could Whitney Houston sing?

Houston's range spanned five octaves and her voice was plush, vibrant and often spectacular. She could pour on the exuberant flourishes of gospel or peal a simple pop chorus, sing sweetly or unleash a sultry rasp.
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How many octaves can Christina Aguilera sing?

Christina has a phenomenal range, spanning four octaves from around C3 to C7. In her Carpool Karaoke sketch she reaches an F6, putting her 'limitations' down to the fact that “it's daytime”.
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Who can sing 7 octaves?

The seventh octave is the range of notes between C7 and C8. It is easier for very high coloratura sopranos to sing in this octave, but some people who are capable of singing in the bass range (like singers Adam Lopez, Virgo Degan, Nicola Sedda or Dimash Kudaibergen) can do it.
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Who can hit 10 octaves?

Tim Storms boasts a vocal range of 10 octaves and his lowest note is so deep it can only be heard by elephants.
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Who can hit all 8 octaves?

The Italian Brazilian singer Georgia Brown holds the Guinness World Record for the highest note ever hit by a human, an incredible G10. Verified at the Aqui Jazz Atelier Music School in Sao Paulo, her vocal range extends to eight octaves.
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Who has a higher vocal range than Mariah Carey?

Based on the findings, Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose has demonstrated the greatest vocal range in studio. Mariah Carey comes in second, followed by Prince, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Christina Aguilera and David Bowie. The Vocal Ranges of the Greatest Singers. (via ConcertHotels.com).
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What is Ariana Grande's octave range?

Ariana Grande's vocal range is four octaves and a whole step, approximately D3 – B5 – E7. Is Ariana Grande a soprano? Yes, she is a Light Lyric Soprano.
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Who has a higher vocal range Ariana or Mariah?

If you had to play a game of “guess the whistle tone”, it'd be hard to differentiate between the two. It's said that Mariah possesses a 5-octave vocal range, while Ariana has a 4-octave vocal range, which is still damn impressive.
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How many octaves can Mariah Carey sing?

Mariah Carey, known for her extraordinary whistle notes and five-octave range, has a voice that people have been obsessed with for years. And she has an exceptional way of producing it: through and with the help of nodules – a word that would bring fear into the hearts of most singers – on her vocal cords.
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What is Beyonce vocal range?

Beyoncé has a vocal range of around 3 to 3.5 octaves, which puts her slightly behind a vintage Mariah Carey but on par with singers like Tina Turner and Michael Jackson.
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How many octaves does Barbra Streisand have?

What vocal range does Barbra Streisand have? Comfortably spanning just over three octaves, Streisand's voice has something of a rounded, nasal quality to it, something emphasised by Streisand's frequent use of vibrato.
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Who has the craziest vocal range?

But it's Mariah Carey who takes the prize for the largest vocal range of all. She can reach a low F2 and hit an unbelievable G7, a note that dolphins would envy, and that only some dogs can hear.
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What is the rarest voice type?

A countertenor is a male singer who can sing as high as a soprano or mezzo-soprano. The countertenor is the rarest of all voice types.
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How many octaves did Freddie Mercury have?

One study on Freddie's vocal range even confirmed that he was able to vary from about 92.2 Hz to 784 Hz, meaning he was reliably able to hit notes from the booming low of F#2 to the high pitch G5 – that covers a full three octaves!
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Who has the greatest singing voice of all time?

The greatest singing voices of all time
  • 1 of 35. Celine Dion. Kevin Winter/Getty Images. ...
  • 2 of 35. Barbra Streisand. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB. ...
  • 3 of 35. Etta James. ...
  • 4 of 35. Nina Simone. ...
  • 5 of 35. Aretha Franklin. ...
  • 6 of 35. Whitney Houston. ...
  • 7 of 35. Smokey Robinson. ...
  • 8 of 35. Mariah Carey.
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Who has a 9 octave vocal range?

Mr. Storms also holds the record for the lowest vocal note. The notes achieved are actually between G and G#, so in terms of concert tuning his range is actually 9 octaves and 11 semitones, however because we use a hertz measurement the range is recognised as the full 10 octaves.
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What is Britney Spears octave range?

What is Britney Spears vocal range? Britney Spears has a vocal range of approximately three octaves and a minor third, spanning B2 to C#6. What is Britney Spears voice type or vocal fach? Britney Spears is a lyric mezzo-soprano, although she purposefully sang like a soprano for most of her career.
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What was Aretha Franklin's vocal range?

From Aretha's incredible range – she could sing from G2 to E6, well over three octaves – to her no-nonsense attitude, it's impossible not to be moved by her vocals.
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What is Kelly Clarkson's vocal range?

Kelly Clarkson can sing approximately three octaves, spanning Eb3 – C6 – F#6. She has occasionally exclaimed higher than this – and would make her range almost four octaves by reaching up to C#7 – but these notes lack the same degree of control and wouldn't typically be considered part of her vocal range.
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How many octaves could Elvis sing?

Voice characteristics

Elvis Presley was a baritone whose voice had an extraordinary compass — the so-called register — and a very wide range of vocal colour. It covered two octaves and a third, from the baritone low-G to the tenor high B, with an upward extension in falsetto to at least a D flat.
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