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Justin Timberlake Vocal Range and Voice Type

Justin Timberlake's cited vocal range is A2 to C6 (3.3 octaves). Justin Timberlake is commonly classified as a tenor. See the notes and compare your range free.

Reported reference span
A2C6
Octaves
3.3
Semitones
39
Full voice to
B4
Voice type
Tenor
A2C6C2C3C4C5
red dash = top of full voice
Evidence and review

Evidence and review

Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.

These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.

How Justin Timberlake uses that range

Syllables get chopped into sixteenths and placed just behind the beat, with consonants doing the groove work while the pitch content stays deliberately plain. Tone is thin and breathy, vibrato nearly absent, phrases holding a straight tone until they end. The B4 belt is modest for a range topping C6 because most of that height is head voice and falsetto rather than pushed chest. Cry Me a River shows the falsetto sitting inside the mix.

Warm up for thisA description of the sound, not a technique to copy wholesale — the top of anyone’s cited range is the least imitable part of it.

What is Justin Timberlake’s vocal range?

Justin Timberlake's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to C6 — about 3.3 octaves, or 39 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around B4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Light tenor living in falsetto and mix; rhythm-first phrasing with very little vibrato.

Signature song
Cry Me a River

Reading the numbers

  • 13 semitones — 33% of the whole span — sit above the cited full-voice ceiling, so much of this range is head voice, falsetto or whistle rather than chest.
  • The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 12 semitones.
  • 9 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 277th lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 113th highest.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

More about Justin Timberlake’s voice

How high can Justin Timberlake sing?

Justin Timberlake is commonly cited singing up to around B4 in full voice, and as high as C6 overall — the stretch above B4 comes from falsetto or head voice.

What is Justin Timberlake’s highest note?

Justin Timberlake’s highest note is commonly cited as C6. Full voice is cited up to around B4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.

What is Justin Timberlake’s lowest note?

Justin Timberlake’s lowest note is commonly cited as A2.

How many octaves can Justin Timberlake sing?

Justin Timberlake’s commonly cited range spans about 3.3 octaves (39 semitones), from A2 up to C6. That span is wider than 72% of the 636 voices in this library.

You vs Justin Timberlake

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 Justin Timberlake’s.