The Voice Atlas

One book for the question every singer eventually types into a search bar: what is their vocal range — and how do they do that? Six method chapters teach you to read a range claim, decode tonal quality, and borrow technique without hurting yourself. The genre chapters then work through the library voice by voice — cited range, where the extreme notes happened on record, what the voice sounds like, and what to practice if you want some of it. Two generated appendices collect the records and shelve every voice by type.

The contents below list every chapter and every singer covered — free, along with the first chapter and each singer’s range page. Pro unlocks the chapter text, the entry notes and the PDF, and the range test gives you your own numbers to read it with.

How to read a voice

1. 01How to read an entryfreeThe anatomy of an atlas entry — what the cited range, the full-voice ceiling, the whistle flag and the sourced extremes actually claim, and how conservative those claims are.
2. 02Notes, octaves and the keyboardScientific pitch notation in five minutes — what C4 means, why F#5 and Gb5 are the same note, how octave spans are counted, and why identical voices get different figures.
3. 03Voice types in the wildWhat the eight classification labels mean, why a pop mezzo and an opera mezzo are different claims, tessitura versus range, and how to guess your own type without a teacher.
4. 04A vocabulary for toneThe working lexicon behind every entry — weight, placement, vibrato, onset, grit, breathiness, twang, cry and their friends, each defined by ear with exemplars from the atlas.

The borrower's method

1. 05How to borrow a voiceThe five-step method behind every technique paragraph in this book: pick a trait, match the habitat, change one dial at a time, close the loop with recordings, and time-box the costume.
2. 06The safety railThe four expensive things in this book — whistle notes, extreme lows, distortion and sustained belting — what makes each risky to chase, and the warning signs that mean stop.

Pop

1. 07Pop women: the foundersThe women who defined what a pop lead vocal is — from torch-song discipline through the belt arms race — and what their entries teach about power built to last.
   • Barbra StreisandBb2–C6
   • Diana RossEb3–C6
   • CherF2–A5
   • Linda RonstadtE3–Bb5
   • Karen CarpenterD3–Eb5
   • Olivia Newton-JohnF3–Bb5
   • Kate BushC3–C6
   • Annie LennoxG2–A5
   • Cyndi LauperF3–C6
   • MadonnaF3–Bb5
   • Whitney HoustonA2–C6
   • Celine DionBb2–C6
   • Mariah CareyF2–G7
   • BjörkE3–C6
2. 08Pop women: the modernsThe current and recent generation of pop leads — whisper-pop, fry onsets, whistle flexes and conversational belts — and how the microphone rewrote what counts as power.
   • BeyoncéB2–Eb6
   • Britney SpearsB2–F#5
   • Christina AguileraC3–C7
   • PinkG2–Bb5
   • Kelly ClarksonD3–Eb6
   • RihannaB2–B5
   • Miley CyrusG2–E6
   • Taylor SwiftA2–Bb5
   • AdeleC3–Bb5
   • Demi LovatoC#3–D6
   • Katy PerryA2–C6
   • Lady GagaG2–C6
   • KeshaD3–E6
   • Selena GomezC3–F5
   • Ellie GouldingD3–A5
   • Jessie JC#3–C6
   • Lana Del ReyC3–D6
   • SiaC3–C6
   • Ariana GrandeD3–E7
   • Camila CabelloD3–G5
   • Charli XCXF3–F5
   • LordeD3–A5
   • Tori KellyB2–E6
   • HalseyC3–G5
   • Sabrina CarpenterE3–C6
   • Billie EilishA2–B5
   • LizzoE3–Bb5
   • Dua LipaB2–G5
   • Doja CatC3–B5
   • FaouziaC#3–G6
   • Chappell RoanE3–Bb5
   • Gracie AbramsF3–E5
   • Tate McRaeE3–F5
   • Olivia RodrigoB2–Bb5
   • Reneé RappE3–G#5
3. 09The pop menFrom crooners to falsetto-forward streaming stars — why the male pop lead keeps climbing, and what the tenor arms race costs the baritones who enter it.
   • Frankie ValliA2–C6
   • Tom JonesG2–Bb4
   • Barry GibbF2–D6
   • Michael JacksonEb2–F6
   • Elton JohnF2–F5
   • Billy JoelF2–C6
   • George MichaelE2–A5
   • Morten HarketA2–E5
   • Rick AstleyF2–D5
   • Justin TimberlakeA2–C6
   • Adam LevineA2–C6
   • Jason MrazF2–Bb5
   • Brendon UrieE2–C6
   • Adam LambertF2–C6
   • Justin BieberA2–Bb5
   • Bruno MarsG2–D6
   • Harry StylesE2–F5
   • Ed SheeranG2–A5
   • The WeekndG2–B5
   • Sam SmithG2–C6
   • ZaynD3–B5
   • Shawn MendesG2–E5
   • Troye SivanC3–F5
   • Charlie PuthG2–C6
   • Lewis CapaldiF2–E5
   • Conan GrayC3–G5
   • Benson BooneG2–A5
   • Myles SmithB2–G4
   • Alex WarrenA2–F#4
   • SombrA2–F#4

Rock, metal and alternative

1. 10The classic rock menThe wailers, shouters and art-rock baritones of rock's imperial decades — where the famous highs really came from, and the era's quiet lesson about sustainable volume.
   • Little RichardF2–Bb5
   • Elvis PresleyG2–Db5
   • Roy OrbisonE2–E5
   • John LennonG2–D5
   • Mick JaggerF2–F5
   • Paul McCartneyF2–E5
   • Roger DaltreyF2–C5
   • Jim MorrisonE2–Bb4
   • Joe CockerG2–Bb4
   • Robert PlantF2–A5
   • David BowieE2–A5
   • Ian GillanG2–Bb5
   • Rod StewartE2–C5
   • Peter GabrielF#2–A4
   • Freddie MercuryF2–F6
   • Steven TylerF2–C6
   • Geddy LeeF2–Bb5
   • Bruce SpringsteenF2–C5
   • Phil CollinsF2–Db5
   • Steve PerryG2–A5
   • StingEb2–E5
   • BonoEb2–Db5
   • Brian JohnsonA2–E5
   • Jon Bon JoviE2–D5
   • Axl RoseF1–Bb6
   • Matt BellamyE2–D6
   • Damiano DavidA2–B4
2. 11The women of rockBelters, banshees and deadpan cool — the women who fronted rock bands on their own terms, and why their entries are the atlas's best course in projection over a loud stage.
   • Tina TurnerG2–Eb5
   • Grace SlickE3–D5
   • Janis JoplinA2–Bb5
   • Ann WilsonG2–E6
   • Stevie NicksE3–D5
   • Debbie HarryF3–E5
   • Joan JettE3–C5
   • Pat BenatarF3–Bb5
   • Dolores O'RiordanE3–C6
   • Gwen StefaniF3–Bb5
   • Sharon den AdelG3–D6
   • Floor JansenE3–E6
   • Avril LavigneF3–E5
   • Amy LeeE3–E6
   • Hayley WilliamsF3–D6
   • Lzzy HaleG2–C6
3. 12Alternative, punk and new waveFrom post-punk monotone to grunge catharsis — the chapter where refusing to sing beautifully became its own technique, and what that refusal actually requires.
   • Ian CurtisG2–E4
   • Dave GahanF2–G4
   • Robert SmithC#3–C5
   • Anthony KiedisF2–E5
   • MorrisseyF#2–B4
   • Chris CornellE2–A5
   • Kurt CobainF2–E5
   • Layne StaleyE2–G5
   • Billy CorganF2–E5
   • Eddie VedderD2–E5
   • Scott WeilandE2–C#5
   • Thom YorkeF2–F5
   • Billie Joe ArmstrongF2–C5
   • Jeff BuckleyE2–D6
   • Alanis MorissetteB2–C6
   • Chino MorenoF2–A5
   • Shirley MansonF3–A5
   • Fiona AppleC3–A5
   • Brandon BoydF2–A5
   • Serj TankianF2–C6
   • Chester BenningtonG2–A5
   • Patrick StumpC3–B5
4. 13MetalAir-raid tenors, operatic sopranos and controlled growls — the most technically demanding shouting on earth, and why metal singing is closer to opera than either camp admits.
   • Ozzy OsbourneG2–D5
   • Rob HalfordF2–C6
   • Ronnie James DioF2–Bb5
   • Bruce DickinsonE2–C6
   • King DiamondF2–D6
   • Geoff TateE2–C6
   • James HetfieldE2–C5
   • Michael KiskeF2–C6
   • Mike PattonEb1–Eb7
   • Sebastian BachF2–C6
   • Devin TownsendF2–C6
   • Maynard James KeenanF2–A5
   • Till LindemannE2–F4
   • Tarja TurunenF3–E6
   • Corey TaylorE2–A5

Soul, R&B and gospel

1. 14The soul menChurch-trained tenors, velvet baritones and the falsetto tradition — the men who made secular music testify, and the phrasing lessons every genre stole from them.
   • Ray CharlesC2–Bb5
   • James BrownF2–C5
   • Sam CookeA2–E5
   • Curtis MayfieldG2–Bb5
   • Smokey RobinsonA2–Bb5
   • Marvin GayeF2–Bb5
   • Otis ReddingF2–C5
   • Stevie WonderC2–E6
   • Aaron NevilleG2–Bb5
   • Al GreenF2–Bb5
   • Donny HathawayF2–C5
   • Bill WithersF2–A4
   • Philip BaileyG2–D6
   • Teddy PendergrassE2–Bb4
   • Barry WhiteD2–E4
   • Lionel RichieF2–G5
   • PrinceE2–B5
   • Luther VandrossB2–A5
   • Brian McKnightA2–Bb5
   • UsherBb2–A5
   • D'AngeloG2–Bb5
   • MaxwellA2–C6
   • Musiq SoulchildC3–F#5
   • John LegendE2–Bb5
   • Leon BridgesB2–G4
2. 15The soul and R&B womenFrom torch and church to quiet storm — the women who set the bar for vocal authority, and why this chapter contains the atlas's densest concentration of complete techniques.
   • Etta JamesG#2–B5
   • Aretha FranklinG2–E6
   • Gladys KnightE3–D5
   • Patti LaBelleBb2–E6
   • Dusty SpringfieldC3–Eb5
   • Chaka KhanF2–B5
   • Minnie RipertonD3–F#7
   • Anita BakerC#3–C#6
   • Mary J. BligeA2–C6
   • Toni BraxtonBb2–Bb5
   • BrandyG2–E6
   • Lauryn HillBb2–A5
   • Erykah BaduG2–D5
   • Jill ScottC3–E5
   • Alicia KeysA2–Bb5
   • Amy WinehouseC3–Eb5
   • Jennifer HudsonA2–C6
   • Jazmine SullivanA2–C#6
   • Andra DayE3–F#5
   • YebbaD3–G5
3. 16Modern R&BThe streaming era's R&B — falsetto confessions, whisper-runs, baritone outliers and produced nonchalance — and how the genre traded the shout for the microphone's trust.
   • Chris BrownC3–G#5
   • T-PainB2–F5
   • MiguelC3–Bb5
   • Frank OceanC#2–G5
   • KehlaniD3–E5
   • Anderson .PaakC3–F5
   • H.E.R.C3–F#5
   • Daniel CaesarC#3–F#5
   • Steve LacyC#3–E5
   • SZAE3–C6
   • Summer WalkerD3–E5
   • GiveonF#2–F#4
   • Teddy SwimsE2–A5
4. 17Gospel and a cappellaThe source tradition and the ensemble athletes — where the runs, the shout and the squall come from, plus the a cappella specialists who turned blend itself into virtuosity.
   • Mahalia JacksonE3–F5
   • Karen Clark SheardF3–Eb6
   • Marvin WinansA2–F5
   • Amy GrantF3–E5
   • Sandi PattyF3–C6
   • Michael W. SmithA2–D5
   • Fred HammondE2–Bb4
   • BeBe WinansA2–E5
   • CeCe WinansF3–C6
   • Yolanda AdamsE3–C6
   • Kim BurrellE3–D6
   • Donnie McClurkinB2–E5
   • Chris TomlinA2–D5
   • Avi KaplanEb1–Db5
   • Kirstin MaldonadoF3–C6
   • Mitch GrassiF2–C7
   • Scott HoyingF2–Bb5
   • Tasha Cobbs LeonardD3–A5
   • Lauren DaigleE3–A5

Country, folk and jazz

1. 18CountryTwang as technology, the accent as instrument, and storytelling tessitura — country's vocal toolkit from honky-tonk cries to stadium baritones.
   • Hank WilliamsA2–A4
   • Johnny CashE2–E4
   • Patsy ClineE3–D5
   • Loretta LynnG3–D5
   • Willie NelsonG2–F4
   • Merle HaggardF2–E4
   • Waylon JenningsE2–D4
   • Tammy WynetteG3–E5
   • Dolly PartonF3–Bb5
   • Emmylou HarrisG3–D5
   • Reba McEntireE3–F5
   • George StraitA2–E4
   • Vince GillA2–C5
   • Randy TravisF2–E4
   • Alison KraussG3–D5
   • Garth BrooksG2–A4
   • Martina McBrideF3–F5
   • Shania TwainE3–E5
   • LeAnn RimesF3–F5
   • Carrie UnderwoodF3–C6
   • Kacey MusgravesG3–D5
   • Chris StapletonF2–B4
   • Luke CombsA2–A4
   • Morgan WallenA2–G4
   • Jelly RollG2–G4
   • Zach BryanG2–F#4
2. 19Folk and the songwritersThe confiders — voices built to serve words, from coffeehouse sopranos to gravel philosophers — and why limited instruments produced unlimited careers here.
   • Joan BaezF3–B5
   • Bob DylanE2–A4
   • Paul SimonA2–D5
   • Neil YoungG2–C5
   • Leonard CohenD2–E4
   • Van MorrisonG2–D5
   • Joni MitchellE3–C6
   • James TaylorF2–A4
   • Sinéad O'ConnorF3–A5
   • Tracy ChapmanD3–D5
   • Tori AmosE3–C6
   • Sarah McLachlanF3–B5
   • Rufus WainwrightA2–D5
   • ANOHNIA2–F5
   • Regina SpektorF3–C6
   • Florence WelchF3–B5
   • Justin VernonF2–F5
   • James BlakeF2–F5
   • HozierE2–E5
   • Jacob CollierD2–D6
   • Noah KahanB2–G#4
   • Gigi PerezE3–C#5
3. 20Jazz and the standardsHorn-players with lyrics — time feel, delayed vibrato, harmonic ears and the microphone's first great singers, from the songbook era to the new jazz generation.
   • Louis ArmstrongF2–G4
   • Bing CrosbyF2–F4
   • Billie HolidayF3–C5
   • Ella FitzgeraldD3–C6
   • Nat King ColeF2–G4
   • Frank SinatraG2–A4
   • Mel TorméG2–C5
   • Sarah VaughanEb3–C6
   • Dean MartinF2–G4
   • Tony BennettA2–A4
   • Johnny MathisB2–G5
   • Nina SimoneG2–F5
   • Al JarreauG2–A5
   • Bobby McFerrinE2–E6
   • Diana KrallE3–C5
   • Norah JonesF3–C5
   • Michael BubléG2–A4
   • Cécile McLorin SalvantF3–Bb5
   • Gregory PorterF2–G4
   • Samara JoyB2–D5
   • LaufeyF3–D5

The trained voice

1. 21Opera and classical crossoverThe unamplified athletes — what filling a hall without a microphone actually requires, why opera ranges look modest, and what every amplified singer can steal from the fach system.
   • Enrico CarusoB2–Bb4
   • Maria CallasF#3–Eb6
   • Mario LanzaC3–C5
   • Yma SumacB2–C#7
   • Leontyne PriceG3–C6
   • Montserrat CaballéG3–C6
   • Joan SutherlandG3–F6
   • Luciano PavarottiC3–C5
   • Plácido DomingoA2–C5
   • Ivan RebroffF1–F5
   • Jessye NormanE3–C6
   • José CarrerasC3–C5
   • Sarah BrightmanG3–E6
   • Cecilia BartoliF3–D6
   • Bryn TerfelF2–A4
   • Dmitri HvorostovskyG2–A4
   • Renée FlemingG3–C6
   • Andrea BocelliC3–B4
   • Anna NetrebkoG3–D6
   • Jonas KaufmannB2–C5
   • Juan Diego FlórezC3–E5
   • Josh GrobanG2–A4
2. 22Musical theatreEight shows a week — the belt as a certified skill, legit versus contemporary technique, and why theatre singers are the book's masters of sustainable intensity.
   • Ethel MermanF3–D5
   • Judy GarlandF3–Eb5
   • Julie AndrewsG3–C6
   • Bernadette PetersG3–A5
   • Michael CrawfordA2–Bb4
   • Patti LuPoneE3–G5
   • Colm WilkinsonG2–C5
   • Lea SalongaF3–D6
   • Audra McDonaldF3–C6
   • Idina MenzelG2–D6
   • Hugh JackmanA2–B4
   • Kristin ChenowethG3–F6
   • Sutton FosterF3–A5
   • Jonathan GroffA2–C5
   • Lea MicheleF3–Bb5
   • Aaron TveitA2–D5
   • Sierra BoggessG3–E6
   • Ramin KarimlooG2–C5
   • Jeremy JordanA2–E5
   • Ben PlattA2–F5
   • Cynthia ErivoE3–C6
   • Auli'i CravalhoF3–E5
   • Loren AllredE3–F#5

The world's voices

1. 23Latin voicesFrom ranchera's long breath to reggaetón's rhythmic speech — a continent of vocal traditions, their signature techniques, and the bilingual generation remixing all of them.
   • Celia CruzE3–G5
   • Elis ReginaE3–Bb5
   • Mercedes SosaE3–E5
   • Vicente FernándezA2–C5
   • Caetano VelosoA2–C5
   • Milton NascimentoG2–Bb5
   • José JoséA2–D5
   • Juan GabrielA2–C5
   • Camilo SestoA2–E5
   • Luis MiguelA2–D5
   • Gloria EstefanE3–Bb5
   • SelenaE3–Bb5
   • ThalíaF3–Bb5
   • Ricky MartinB2–C5
   • Marc AnthonyA2–E5
   • ShakiraE3–D6
   • Enrique IglesiasC#3–G#4
   • Natalia LafourcadeF3–Bb5
   • Bad BunnyF2–G4
   • Christian NodalA2–G4
   • Karol GE3–A5
   • RosalíaF3–Bb5
   • Kali UchisC3–F5
   • Omar ApolloC3–F#5
   • Peso PlumaB2–F#4
2. 24K-pop, J-pop and global popThe idol-system technicians, Japan's genre-fluent stylists, playback legends and global outliers — precision singing at industrial standards.
   • Lata MangeshkarG3–Bb5
   • Ayumi HamasakiF3–Bb5
   • Hikaru UtadaE3–Bb5
   • MisiaF3–F6
   • Park Hyo ShinF2–E5
   • TaeyangA2–F5
   • TaeyeonE3–C6
   • IUD3–C6
   • JonghyunF2–E5
   • LiSAF3–F5
   • StromaeG2–G4
   • SohyangE3–C7
   • AileeF3–C6
   • BaekhyunF2–E5
   • ChenG2–F5
   • Kenshi YonezuF2–D5
   • Arijit SinghC3–C5
   • JiminA2–F5
   • JungkookF2–A5
   • VD2–D5
   • RoséF3–C6
   • Dimash KudaibergenC2–C8
   • AdoE3–Bb5
   • Fujii KazeG2–D5
3. 25Reggae, Afrobeats and African voicesGroove-first singing — patois phrasing, Afrobeats' melodic economy, amapiano's smoothness and the continent's great griot and mbalax voices.
   • Miriam MakebaE3–D5
   • Fela KutiF2–A4
   • Jimmy CliffF2–C5
   • Toots HibbertG2–C5
   • Bob MarleyF2–C5
   • Peter ToshF2–G4
   • Dennis BrownG2–D5
   • Salif KeitaB2–D5
   • Grace JonesD3–Bb4
   • Youssou N'DourA2–D5
   • Angélique KidjoE3–E5
   • Sade AduE3–D5
   • Cesária ÉvoraD3–Bb4
   • Buju BantonE2–A4
   • ShaggyE2–F4
   • WizkidG2–C5
   • Burna BoyF2–C5
   • TemsD3–D5
   • RemaC#3–E5
   • Ayra StarrE3–E5
   • TylaD3–D5

Appendices

1. 26The recordsThe atlas's extremes in one place — lowest floors, highest ceilings, widest spans and the whistle club, each with the recording where the note happened when one is famously known.
2. 27Every voice by typeThe whole library shelved by classification, basses to sopranos, with each voice's cited range — the shopping index for borrowing along your own shelf.

Pro includes two books. The Measured Voice is the training manual — how the voice works, how to read your own measurements, and a twelve-week program. Its contents are free too.