Vocal range
Brian McKnight
Tenor · R&B · Soul · Pop · USA · prominent since 1992
Cited range
A2 — A#5
Octaves
3.1
Semitones
37
Voice type
Tenor
What is Brian McKnight’s vocal range?
Brian McKnight's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 3.1 octaves, or 37 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Trained tenor with clean legato and a falsetto he steps into without an audible seam. That cited span is wider than 70% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Back at One
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 10 semitones.
- 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 37 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 159th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 116th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on A2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.