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Kelly Clarkson vocal range: E♭3 to F♯6

Kelly Clarkson's documented vocal range runs from E♭3 to F♯6, a span of about 3 octaves and 3 semitones. Kelly Clarkson is usually described as a soprano.

Lowest noteE♭3, in "All I Ever Wanted"
Highest noteF♯6, in whistle register, in "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", live on American Idol in 2002
Span3 octaves and 3 semitones
Voice typesoprano

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Kelly Clarkson and the soprano range

The typical soprano range is C4 to C6, so the documented notes reach 9 semitones below and 6 semitones above it. A wide documented range does not change a singer's voice type: the type describes where the voice is most comfortable, and the extremes are often reached only once or twice, in a studio or on a good night.

Where these notes come from

The notes on this page are taken from The Range Planet, a community forum that documents singers' notes song by song (archived copy). We did not measure them ourselves. We also read the 2014 Concert Hotels chart. The 2014 Concert Hotels chart lists G6 as the highest note. The highest note not in whistle register is E♭6.

Published ranges count every note a singer has been recorded producing, including falsetto, whistle notes and very low spoken or growled notes where the source includes them. The range a singer uses comfortably in most songs is narrower.

Can you learn to sing in Kelly Clarkson's range?

You can extend your own range with regular, gentle practice, a note at a time at each end. Whether you can reach these exact notes depends on your voice type. A song that sits too high or too low for you can always be sung in a different key. Start with 5 tips to improve your vocal range, or find your voice type first.

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