Vocal range
Phil Collins
Tenor · Rock · Pop · UK · prominent since 1976
Cited range
F2 — C#5
Octaves
2.7
Semitones
32
Voice type
Tenor
What is Phil Collins’s vocal range?
Phil Collins's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to C#5 (Db5) — about 2.7 octaves, or 32 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Grainy tenor that stays conversational down low, then shoves into a shouted chest top. That cited span is wider than 48% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- In the Air Tonight
- High C#5 heard in
- Against All Odds
Reading the numbers
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 32 semitones.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Billie Joe Armstrong (F2–C5), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- 4 other voices here are cited to the same C#5 ceiling.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 280th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Phil Collins
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 Phil Collins’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C#5
4 other voices here reach the same ceiling.