Vocal range
Maxwell
Tenor · R&B · Soul · USA · prominent since 1996
Cited range
A2 — C6
Octaves
3.3
Semitones
39
Voice type
Tenor
What is Maxwell’s vocal range?
Maxwell's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to C6 — about 3.3 octaves, or 39 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Sings long stretches in falsetto with a narrow, flute-like tone and slow vibrato. That cited span is wider than 76% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
- High C6 heard in
- This Woman's Work
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 12 semitones.
- 7 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 39 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 159th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 51st highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Maxwell
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on A2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
55 other voices here reach the same ceiling.