Lorde
Mezzo-soprano · Alternative · Pop · Electronic · New Zealand · prominent since 2013
What is Lorde’s vocal range?
Lorde's vocal range is commonly cited as D3 to A5 — about 2.6 octaves, or 31 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Low-sitting mezzo with a dry, spoken quality; layers her own voice instead of belting high. That cited span is wider than 39% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Royals
Reading the numbers
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Roughly 23% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of D5.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 21 semitones up there against 10 below.
- One of only 11 Electronic voices in this library.
- One of 2 singers from New Zealand charted here.
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 Lorde’s.
Also bottoming out on D3
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.