Shakira
Mezzo-soprano · Latin · Pop · Rock · Colombia · prominent since 1995
What is Shakira’s vocal range?
Shakira's vocal range is commonly cited as E3 to D6 — about 2.8 octaves, or 34 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around E5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Nasal-edged chest voice with a fast natural vibrato and Arabic-inflected melisma. That cited span is wider than 58% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Hips Don't Lie
Reading the numbers
- 10 semitones — 29% 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.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 26 semitones up there against 8 below.
- One of 2 singers from Colombia charted here.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 257th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 32nd 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 Shakira’s.
Also bottoming out on E3
39 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D6
16 other voices here reach the same ceiling.