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Vocal range

Sting

Tenor · Rock · New Wave · Pop · UK · prominent since 1978

Cited range
D#2E5
Octaves
3.1
Semitones
37
Full voice to
B4
Voice type
Tenor
D#2E5C2C3C4C5C6
red dash = top of full voice

What is Sting’s vocal range?

Sting's vocal range is commonly cited as D#2 (Eb2) to E5 — about 3.1 octaves, or 37 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around B4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Reedy, narrow tenor with clipped phrasing; takes upper notes in a strained mix, not a full belt. That cited span is wider than 70% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
Every Breath You Take
High E5 heard in
Roxanne

Reading the numbers

  • D#2 is a deep floor for a tenor — lower than all but 3 of the 127 tenors here.
  • That floor is a full 9 semitones beneath where a tenor's range conventionally starts (C3).
  • Roughly 14% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of B4.
  • One of only 6 New Wave voices in this library.
  • The closest range in the library belongs to Eddie Vedder (D2–E5), within 1 semitone at both ends.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

You vs Sting

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 Sting’s.

Same notes, other voices

Also bottoming out on D#2

2 other voices here are cited to the same floor.