Grace Jones Vocal Range: Reported D3–A#4
Grace Jones’s reported vocal range is D3 to A#4, about 1.7 octaves (20 semitones). That is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit. The catalog lists Grace Jones as a contralto; this is a reported reference classification.
Review confirmed · Read sources and limitations
- Signature song
- Pull Up to the Bumper
Can you sing it?
Take the free 2-minute range test. Your mic finds your lowest and highest notes; then compare them with Grace Jones’s reported reference span. Matching endpoints does not establish the same voice type or technique.
Where Grace Jones’s reported span sits in the catalog
- Span, whole catalog
- 20 semitones wide: number 615 of 636 by reported span. The catalog median is 32.5 semitones.
- Span, contralto group
- Number 32 of 38 catalog contraltos; that group's median span is 24.5 semitones, and this span is 4.5 semitones narrower than that median.
- Span, New Wave
- Number 14 of 14 catalog singers tagged New Wave (median 31 semitones).
- Against the textbook band
- The conventional contralto band runs F3 to F5. The reported floor sits 3 semitones below the band's bottom note, and the reported ceiling sits 7 semitones below the band's top note.
- Catalog entry
- Filed under Jamaica, prominent from 1977, signature song listed as Pull Up to the Bumper.
Evidence and review
Catalog review confirmed 2026-10-24 · Dataset editor: Jason Colapietro
The span is the figure that circulates in public discussion, not a measurement: no recording or score has been checked for both endpoints. Read it as a reference for comparison, not as Grace Jones’s limits or everyday range.
Grace Jones’s highest note, lowest note and octaves
The catalog lists D3 to A#4 as a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
How high can Grace Jones sing?
Up to A#4 in this catalog; that upper endpoint should not be read as a verified individual maximum.
What is Grace Jones’s highest note?
A#4 is the reported ceiling. The catalog record does not independently establish the upper endpoint as an individual highest note.
What is Grace Jones’s lowest note?
D3 is the reported floor. The catalog record does not independently establish the lower endpoint as an individual physiological limit.
How many octaves can Grace Jones sing?
About 1.7 octaves (20 semitones) in the catalog, not a reviewed measurement of the singer’s full working range.
What voice type is Grace Jones?
The catalog lists Grace Jones as a contralto; this is a reported reference classification.
Grace Jones’s full entry (range, tone and technique) is in The Voice Atlas, chapter 25: Reggae, Afrobeats and African voices, included with Pro.
Who else reaches these notes
- Cesária ÉvoraContraltoD3–A#4
- Nina SimoneContraltoG2–F5
- ANOHNIContraltoA2–F5
- CherContraltoF2–A5
- Julie LondonContraltoC#3–C#5
- Tina TurnerContraltoG2–D#5
Also listed from D3
35 other voices here have the same reported floor in this catalog.
Also listed up to A#4
12 other voices here have the same reported ceiling in this catalog.