Yolanda Adams
Mezzo-soprano · Gospel · R&B · USA · prominent since 1987
What is Yolanda Adams’s vocal range?
Yolanda Adams'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 F5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Smoky bottom under a bright top; breathy onsets and clipped, jazz-leaning phrase endings. That cited span is wider than 48% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Open My Heart
Reading the numbers
- 9 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Roughly 22% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of F5.
- 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.
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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.