MARINA
Mezzo-soprano · Pop · Synth-Pop · Indie · UK · prominent since 2010
How MARINA uses that range
Drama drives the registration: MARINA drops into a plummy, almost spoken chest voice near Bb2, then vaults into bright head-voice squeals up to C#6 for punchlines. Her belts around B5 are brassy and deliberately overdriven, vibrato wide and theatrical. Vowels are posh and exaggerated, consonants bitten. She connects registers cleanly when she wants smoothness, which is what imitators miss — the leaps are choices, not breaks, and each register keeps its own steady support underneath.
What is MARINA’s vocal range?
MARINA's vocal range is commonly cited as A#2 (Bb2) to C#6 (Db6) — about 3.3 octaves, or 39 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around B5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Theatrical mezzo with plummy low chest, campy register leaps, and a bright, brassy top.
- Signature song
- Primadonna
Reading the numbers
- Full voice is cited to within 2 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
- That floor is a full 11 semitones beneath where a mezzo-soprano's range conventionally starts (A3).
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 25 semitones up there against 14 below.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Barbra Streisand (A#2–C6), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 344th lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 97th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about MARINA’s voice
How high can MARINA sing?
MARINA is commonly cited singing up to around B5 in full voice, and as high as C#6 (Db6) overall — the stretch above B5 comes from head voice.
What is MARINA’s highest note?
MARINA’s highest note is commonly cited as C#6 (Db6), heard in Mowgli's Road. Full voice is cited up to around B5; the very top comes from head voice.
What is MARINA’s lowest note?
MARINA’s lowest note is commonly cited as A#2 (Bb2), heard in Solitaire.
How many octaves can MARINA sing?
MARINA’s commonly cited range spans about 3.3 octaves (39 semitones), from A#2 up to C#6. That span is wider than 72% of the 636 voices in this library.
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 MARINA’s.
Also bottoming out on A#2
11 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C#6
15 other voices here reach the same ceiling.