Tems Vocal Range and Voice Type
Tems's cited vocal range is D3 to D5 (2.0 octaves). Tems is commonly classified as a contralto. See the notes and compare your range free.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.
How Tems uses that range
Notice how low this sits: a D3 floor and a heavy, hoarse-edged middle in the region where most pop voices are already thinning. Onsets are lazy and frequently slide up into the pitch from underneath. Chest weight carries to about Bb4, above which the tone goes breathy on the way to D5. Vibrato is slow and used sparingly. Brighten the vowels or lift the placement and the huskiness goes with them.
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.
- 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 8.5 semitones short of the library median (32.5 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 2 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 only 10 Afrobeats voices in this library.
- One of 6 singers from Nigeria charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Tems’s voice
How high can Tems sing?
Tems is commonly cited singing up to around A#4 (Bb4) in full voice, and as high as D5 overall — the stretch above A#4 comes from head voice.
What is Tems’s highest note?
Tems’s highest note is commonly cited as D5. Full voice is cited up to around A#4; the very top comes from head voice.
What is Tems’s lowest note?
Tems’s lowest note is commonly cited as D3.
How many octaves can Tems sing?
Tems’s commonly cited range spans about 2.0 octaves (24 semitones), from D3 up to D5. That span is wider than 9% of the 636 voices in this library.
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
35 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
42 other voices here reach the same ceiling.