Miguel
Tenor · R&B · Funk · Rock · USA · prominent since 2010
How Miguel uses that range
Blend is the weapon: chest, mix and falsetto are welded so smoothly that a single phrase can start as a croon and end as a Prince-style wail with no audible gear change. The falsetto gleams with a metallic edge rather than breathiness, and he sustains it at volumes most tenors reserve for chest. Work long slides from chest into falsetto on oo, keeping the intensity constant across the seam. The wail is earned through that evenness, not through pushing harder at the top.
What is Miguel’s vocal range?
Miguel's vocal range is commonly cited as C3 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 2.8 octaves, or 34 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around G#4 (Ab4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Psychedelic soul athletics: a gleaming tenor with a rock edge, sliding between silk falsetto and full-throated wail.
- Signature song
- Adorn
Reading the numbers
- 14 semitones — 41% 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 10 semitones.
- 1 other voice here carries 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: 22 semitones up there against 12 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 252nd lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 122nd highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Miguel’s voice
What is Miguel’s highest note?
Miguel’s highest note is commonly cited as A#5 (Bb5). Full voice is cited up to around G#4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Miguel’s lowest note?
Miguel’s lowest note is commonly cited as C3.
How many octaves can Miguel sing?
Miguel’s commonly cited range spans about 2.8 octaves (34 semitones), from C3 up to A#5. That span is wider than 63% of the 420 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 Miguel’s.
Also bottoming out on C3
27 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
44 other voices here reach the same ceiling.