Vocal range
Grace Jones
Contralto · New Wave · Disco · Reggae · Jamaica · prominent since 1977
Cited range
D3 — A#4
Octaves
1.7
Semitones
20
Voice type
Contralto
What is Grace Jones’s vocal range?
Grace Jones's vocal range is commonly cited as D3 to A#4 (Bb4) — about 1.7 octaves, or 20 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto.
Flat-toned contralto pitched near speech; hard consonants, dry chest resonance, vibrato withheld. That cited span is wider than 2% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Pull Up to the Bumper
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a contralto — no other contralto here stops lower.
- Only 2 of the 30 contraltos here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 12 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- One of only 5 Disco voices in this library.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Grace Jones
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 Grace Jones’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on D3
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#4
7 other voices here reach the same ceiling.