Rihanna
Mezzo-soprano · Pop · R&B · Barbados · prominent since 2005
What is Rihanna’s vocal range?
Rihanna's vocal range is commonly cited as B2 to B5 — about 3.0 octaves, or 36 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around E5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Nasal-forward mezzo with clipped consonants; strongest in a smoky lower-mid rather than up high. That cited span is wider than 65% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Umbrella
Reading the numbers
- That floor is a full 10 semitones beneath where a mezzo-soprano's range conventionally starts (A3).
- Roughly 19% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of E5.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 23 semitones up there against 13 below.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Alanis Morissette (B2–C6), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 212th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 107th highest.
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 Rihanna’s.
Also bottoming out on B2
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on B5
8 other voices here reach the same ceiling.