Vocal range
Gladys Knight
Mezzo-soprano · Soul · R&B · USA · prominent since 1961
Cited range
E3 — D5
Octaves
1.8
Semitones
22
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Gladys Knight’s vocal range?
Gladys Knight's vocal range is commonly cited as E3 to D5 — about 1.8 octaves, or 22 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Warm, slightly husky mezzo that stays in chest voice and leans on phrasing over altitude. That cited span is wider than 4% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Midnight Train to Georgia
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a mezzo-soprano — no other mezzo-soprano here stops lower.
- Only 4 of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 10 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 257th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 249th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Gladys Knight
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on E3
39 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.