Lea Salonga
Soprano · Musical Theatre · Pop · Philippines · prominent since 1989
What is Lea Salonga’s vocal range?
Lea Salonga's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to D6 — about 2.8 octaves, or 33 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Clear, vibrato-light soprano with precise legato; shifts to a bright chest belt for pop lines. That cited span is wider than 54% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- On My Own
Reading the numbers
- 12 semitones — 36% 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.
- 2 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 26 semitones up there against 7 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 297th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 32nd highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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 Lea Salonga’s.
Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D6
16 other voices here reach the same ceiling.