Sam Smith
Countertenor · Pop · Soul · R&B · UK · prominent since 2012
What is Sam Smith’s vocal range?
Sam Smith's vocal range is commonly cited as G2 to C6 — about 3.4 octaves, or 41 semitones, and is usually classified as countertenor. Full voice is cited up to around A#4 (Bb4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Light, vibrato-rich voice that lives in a high tenor mix and floats up in pure falsetto. That cited span is wider than 83% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Stay with Me
Reading the numbers
- 14 semitones — 34% 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.
- That floor is a full 12 semitones beneath where a countertenor's range conventionally starts (G3).
- The span runs 9 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 semitones).
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 111th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 51st highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Also bottoming out on G2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
55 other voices here reach the same ceiling.