Vocal ranges / Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey vocal range: G♯2 to G♯7
Mariah Carey's documented vocal range runs from G♯2 to G♯7, a span of about 5 octaves. Mariah Carey is usually described as a soprano.
| Lowest note | G♯2, in a 2008 radio interview, not a song |
|---|---|
| Highest note | G♯7, in whistle register, in "Emotions", live at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards |
| Span | 5 octaves |
| Voice type | soprano |
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Mariah Carey and the soprano range
The typical soprano range is C4 to C6, so the documented notes reach 16 semitones below and 20 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 F2 to G7.
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 Mariah Carey'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.
Other sopranos
- Ariana Grande: D3 to E7
- Christina Aguilera: C3 to C♯7
- Olivia Rodrigo: E3 to F6
- Kelly Clarkson: E♭3 to F♯6