Vocal range
Anita Baker
Contralto · Soul · R&B · Jazz · USA · prominent since 1983
Cited range
C#3 — C#6
Octaves
3.0
Semitones
36
Voice type
Contralto
What is Anita Baker’s vocal range?
Anita Baker's vocal range is commonly cited as C#3 (Db3) to C#6 (Db6) — about 3.0 octaves, or 36 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto.
Velvety contralto with jazz phrasing; sits low, scoops into notes, seldom pushes volume. That cited span is wider than 65% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Sweet Love
Reading the numbers
- The top note beats 97% of the 30 contraltos in this library.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 36 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 25 semitones up there against 11 below.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Demi Lovato (C#3–D6), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- 2 other voices here bottom out on the same C#3.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Anita Baker
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on C#3
2 other voices here are cited to the same floor.