Vocal range
Norah Jones
Contralto · Jazz · Pop · Singer-Songwriter · USA · prominent since 2002
Cited range
F3 — C5
Octaves
1.6
Semitones
19
Voice type
Contralto
What is Norah Jones’s vocal range?
Norah Jones's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to C5 — about 1.6 octaves, or 19 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto.
Breathy alto that stays mid-range: soft onsets, little vibrato, country-tinged slides.
- Signature song
- Don't Know Why
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a contralto — only 2 of the 30 contraltos here stop lower.
- No other contralto in this library works a narrower cited span.
- The span is 13 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 297th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 285th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Norah Jones
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C5
32 other voices here reach the same ceiling.