SZA
Mezzo-soprano · R&B · Alternative · Soul · USA · prominent since 2017
What is SZA’s vocal range?
SZA's vocal range is commonly cited as E3 to C6 — about 2.7 octaves, or 32 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around C5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Breathy, conversational tone that slips between speech, soft belt, and thin airy top notes. That cited span is wider than 48% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Kill Bill
Reading the numbers
- 12 semitones — 38% 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.
- 9 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- One of the most recent arrivals here, prominent from 2017.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 24 semitones up there against 8 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 257th 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.
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 SZA’s.
Also bottoming out on E3
39 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
55 other voices here reach the same ceiling.