Prince
Tenor · Funk · R&B · Rock · USA · prominent since 1978
What is Prince’s vocal range?
Prince's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to B5 — about 3.6 octaves, or 43 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around E5; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Switches between smoky chest voice, piercing falsetto, and screams well above the staff. That cited span is wider than 89% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Purple Rain
Reading the numbers
- E2 is a deep floor for a tenor — lower than all but 6 of the 127 tenors here.
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 11 semitones.
- The span runs 11 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 semitones).
- Roughly 16% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of E5.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Brendon Urie (E2–C6), within 1 semitone at both ends.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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 Prince’s.
Also bottoming out on E2
28 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on B5
8 other voices here reach the same ceiling.