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Vocal range

Annie Lennox

Contralto · Pop · Synth-Pop · Soul · UK · prominent since 1983

Cited range
G2A5
Octaves
3.2
Semitones
38
Full voice to
D#5
Voice type
Contralto
G2A5C2C3C4C5C6
red dash = top of full voice

What is Annie Lennox’s vocal range?

Annie Lennox's vocal range is commonly cited as G2 to A5 — about 3.2 octaves, or 38 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto. Full voice is cited up to around D#5 (Eb5); everything above that comes from head voice.

Dark chesty low notes under a hard-edged mid belt; tall vowels, vibrato held back until late. That cited span is wider than 73% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Reading the numbers

  • It is the 3rd widest cited span of the 30 contraltos here.
  • G2 is a deep floor for a contralto — lower than all but 1 of the 30 contraltos here.
  • That floor is a full 10 semitones beneath where a contralto's range conventionally starts (F3).
  • 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • Roughly 16% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of D#5.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

You vs Annie Lennox

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 Annie Lennox’s.