Vocal range
Salif Keita
Tenor · Folk · Afrobeats · Mali · prominent since 1970
Cited range
B2 — D5
Octaves
2.3
Semitones
27
Voice type
Tenor
What is Salif Keita’s vocal range?
Salif Keita's vocal range is commonly cited as B2 to D5 — about 2.3 octaves, or 27 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Reedy high tenor with a nasal cutting edge; melismatic lines and sustained calls near the top. That cited span is wider than 19% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Madan
Reading the numbers
- The bottom of this range is unusually high for a tenor: 91% of the 127 tenors here are cited lower than B2.
- Only 11 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 27 semitones.
- One of only 7 Afrobeats voices in this library.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Aaron Tveit (A2–D5), within 2 semitones at both ends.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Salif Keita
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on B2
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.