Cher
Contralto · Pop · Rock · USA · prominent since 1965
What is Cher’s vocal range?
Cher's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to A5 — about 3.3 octaves, or 40 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Thick low-set chest voice with wide vibrato; hard consonants, phrasing that sits behind the beat. That cited span is wider than 81% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Believe
Reading the numbers
- It is the widest cited span of any of the 30 contraltos in this library.
- F2 is a deep floor for a contralto — lower than every other contralto in this library.
- That floor is a full 12 semitones beneath where a contralto's range conventionally starts (F3).
- The span runs 8 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 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.
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 Cher’s.
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.