Vocal range
Erykah Badu
Mezzo-soprano · Soul · R&B · Jazz · USA · prominent since 1997
Cited range
G2 — D5
Octaves
2.6
Semitones
31
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Erykah Badu’s vocal range?
Erykah Badu's vocal range is commonly cited as G2 to D5 — about 2.6 octaves, or 31 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Thin, nasal jazz-inflected tone with bent pitches and phrasing dragged behind the beat. That cited span is wider than 39% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- On & On
Reading the numbers
- G2 is a deep floor for a mezzo-soprano — lower than all but 1 of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here.
- The ceiling is modest for a mezzo-soprano — no other mezzo-soprano here stops lower.
- That floor is a full 14 semitones beneath where a mezzo-soprano's range conventionally starts (A3).
- 4 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 31 semitones.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Erykah Badu
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.