Reviewed reference
Ariana Grande
Includes whistle register. Often described as a light lyric soprano in contemporary vocal analysis.
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Test Your Range Compare famous voices without flattening every register into one number
These pages separate published recording extremes from comfortable tessitura, identify whistle, falsetto, fry, and effect-based endpoints, and link each important claim to its source.
Published range with disputed endpoints
Mariah Carey
Includes whistle register. A soprano-associated pop voice known for melisma and an integrated whistle register.
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Freddie Mercury
37 semitones in the analyzed recordings. A rock voice with baritone color, tenor tessitura, falsetto extension, and unusual subharmonic effects.
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Michael Jackson
At least 3.5 octaves without falsetto. A high contemporary male voice commonly described as tenor, with extensive color and register modification.
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Axl Rose
Includes fry-like low and extreme high vocal effect. A low-centered rock voice capable of unusually high reinforced, falsetto, and effect-based sounds.
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Singer vocal range comparison
The bars share a C1-C8 axis. A longer bar is not a quality ranking, and register labels remain essential.
Reading the database
What counts as a vocal-range endpoint?
Recorded range
The lowest and highest identifiable pitches found in a defined recording set. It may include a brief note that the singer rarely repeats.
Usable range
Notes that can be repeated with controlled pitch, vowel, volume, and tone. This is normally narrower than a lifetime recording compilation.
Tessitura
The part of the range where a melody spends most of its time. Tessitura often predicts song difficulty better than the two endpoints.
Register and effect
Belt, mix, head voice, falsetto, whistle, fry, screams, and inhaled sounds are labeled separately because they are not interchangeable techniques.
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The browser test listens through your microphone and plots your detected notes against common reference ranges.
