Ayumi Hamasaki
Mezzo-soprano · J-Pop · Pop · Japan · prominent since 1998
What is Ayumi Hamasaki’s vocal range?
Ayumi Hamasaki's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 2.4 octaves, or 29 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Thin nasal mezzo with fast vibrato; drive comes from consonant attack more than chest volume. That cited span is wider than 25% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
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Reading the numbers
- 10 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Roughly 28% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of D5.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 22 semitones up there against 7 below.
- One of only 6 J-Pop voices in this library.
- One of 6 singers from Japan charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.