Annie Lennox
Contralto · Pop · Synth-Pop · Soul · UK · prominent since 1983
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.
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.
Also bottoming out on G2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.