Billy Corgan
Tenor · Alternative · Grunge · Rock · USA · prominent since 1991
What is Billy Corgan’s vocal range?
Billy Corgan's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to E5 — about 2.9 octaves, or 35 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around C5; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Nasal, reedy tenor with a whining edge; cuts through dense guitars by placement, not volume. That cited span is wider than 62% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- 1979
Reading the numbers
- Full voice is cited to within 4 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
- 7 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- One of only 6 Grunge voices in this library.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 214th highest.
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 Billy Corgan’s.
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
29 other voices here reach the same ceiling.