Bono
Tenor · Rock · Alternative · Ireland · prominent since 1980
What is Bono’s vocal range?
Bono's vocal range is commonly cited as D#2 (Eb2) to C#5 (Db5) — about 2.8 octaves, or 34 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around B4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Chesty tenor with a pleading attack that scoops into pitch, plus a light falsetto he flips to. That cited span is wider than 58% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- With or Without You
- High C#5 heard in
- Lemon
Reading the numbers
- D#2 is a deep floor for a tenor — lower than all but 3 of the 127 tenors here.
- Full voice is cited to within 2 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
- That floor is a full 9 semitones beneath where a tenor's range conventionally starts (C3).
- The closest range in the library belongs to Scott Weiland (E2–C#5), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- One of 5 singers from Ireland charted here.
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 Bono’s.
Also bottoming out on D#2
2 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C#5
4 other voices here reach the same ceiling.