Tems
Contralto · Afrobeats · R&B · Nigeria · prominent since 2018
What is Tems’s vocal range?
Tems's vocal range is commonly cited as D3 to D5 — about 2.0 octaves, or 24 semitones, and is usually classified as contralto. Full voice is cited up to around A#4 (Bb4); everything above that comes from head voice.
Husky contralto sitting far lower than most pop voices; hoarse-edged tone, lazy pitch slides. That cited span is wider than 8% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Free Mind
Reading the numbers
- Full voice is cited to within 4 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
- The span is 8 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 1 other voice here carries 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 2018.
- One of only 7 Afrobeats voices in this library.
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 Tems’s.
Also bottoming out on D3
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.