Andra Day
Mezzo-soprano · Soul · R&B · Jazz · USA · prominent since 2015
How Andra Day uses that range
Jazz inflection meets church power. Verses lean on Holiday-style delays and note-bends, the pitch approached from underneath and worried around its center, in a smoky tone with a distinctive nasal glint. The chorus then squares up into a straight, supported gospel belt. The two vocabularies alternate; they never blur. Learn a verse with every bend mapped, then deliver the chorus with none. Singers who bend the belt or straighten the verses lose the tension that makes the arc land.
What is Andra Day’s vocal range?
Andra Day's vocal range is commonly cited as E3 to F#5 (Gb5) — about 2.2 octaves, or 26 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around C#5 (Db5); everything above that comes from head voice.
A time-traveling soul voice: Billie Holiday's bent notes and smoke, wired to a modern gospel belt.
- Signature song
- Rise Up
Reading the numbers
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Roughly 19% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of C#5.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 18 semitones up there against 8 below.
- 6 other voices here are cited to the same F#5 ceiling.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 311th lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 210th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Andra Day’s voice
What is Andra Day’s highest note?
Andra Day’s highest note is commonly cited as F#5 (Gb5). Full voice is cited up to around C#5; the very top comes from head voice.
What is Andra Day’s lowest note?
Andra Day’s lowest note is commonly cited as E3.
How many octaves can Andra Day sing?
Andra Day’s commonly cited range spans about 2.2 octaves (26 semitones), from E3 up to F#5. That span is wider than 18% of the 420 voices in this library.
Take the free 2-minute range test — your mic finds your lowest and highest notes, then this page shows exactly how your voice lines up with Andra Day’s.
Also bottoming out on E3
45 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on F#5
6 other voices here reach the same ceiling.