Rema
Tenor · Afrobeats · Nigeria · prominent since 2019
How Rema uses that range
Placement sits high and nasal by design, a bright, cutting tone that stays audible over dense percussion without volume, and melodies work as short repeated cells that mutate one note at a time, closer to drum programming than verse-chorus singing. Little yodel-flips mark the cell boundaries. Vibrato is rare; the interest is rhythmic. Loop one four-note phrase and practice shifting a single pitch each repetition while the groove stays locked. Through-composed phrasing misses how this music actually breathes.
What is Rema’s vocal range?
Rema's vocal range is commonly cited as C#3 (Db3) to E5 — about 2.3 octaves, or 27 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around F#4 (Gb4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Afrorave's bright edge: a nasal, high-placed tenor that loops melodic cells like percussion and yodels at the seams.
- Signature song
- Calm Down
Reading the numbers
- 10 semitones — 37% 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 bottom of this range is unusually high for a tenor: 96% of the 149 tenors here are cited lower than C#3.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- One of only 10 Afrobeats voices in this library.
- One of 6 singers from Nigeria charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Rema’s voice
What is Rema’s highest note?
Rema’s highest note is commonly cited as E5. Full voice is cited up to around F#4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Rema’s lowest note?
Rema’s lowest note is commonly cited as C#3 (Db3).
How many octaves can Rema sing?
Rema’s commonly cited range spans about 2.3 octaves (27 semitones), from C#3 up to E5. That span is wider than 23% 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 Rema’s.
Also bottoming out on C#3
8 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
36 other voices here reach the same ceiling.