Youssou N'Dour Vocal Range: Reported A2–D5
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour at A2 to D5 (2.4 octaves). Individual endpoint review is pending. Compare your range free.
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Where Youssou N'Dour’s reported span sits in the catalog
- Span, whole catalog
- 29 semitones wide: number 422 of 636 by reported span. The catalog median is 32.5 semitones.
- Span, tenor group
- Number 165 of 223 catalog tenors; that group's median span is 36 semitones, and this span is 7 semitones narrower than that median.
- Span, Afrobeats
- Number 2 of 10 catalog singers tagged Afrobeats (median 27 semitones).
- Against the textbook band
- The conventional tenor band runs C3 to C5. The reported floor sits 3 semitones below the band's bottom note, and the reported ceiling sits 2 semitones above the band's top note.
- Full-voice ceiling
- The catalog lists a highest full or belted note of B4, 3 semitones below the reported ceiling.
- Catalog entry
- Filed under Senegal, prominent from 1979, signature song listed as 7 Seconds.
Counted from the catalog’s reported figures, which are not verified measurements.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
The catalog has not verified recordings or scores for both endpoints. These figures cannot establish a repeatable singing range or an absolute highest or lowest note.
These are approximate catalog reference spans. Most profiles have not had both endpoints individually verified against named recordings or scores. They are not lab measurements or comfortable everyday ranges; use them for comparison, not as training targets.
What is Youssou N'Dour’s vocal range?
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour from A2 to D5, a reference span of about 2.4 octaves (29 semitones). Individual endpoint review is pending; these are not verified physiological limits.
- Signature song
- 7 Seconds
Reported catalog figures, not lab measurements — an endpoint may be an isolated performance and does not describe an everyday singing range.
More about Youssou N'Dour’s voice
How high can Youssou N'Dour sing?
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour from A2 to D5; individual endpoint review is pending. The upper endpoint is not a verified individual maximum.
What is Youssou N'Dour’s highest note?
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour from A2 to D5; individual endpoint review is pending. No reviewed source here establishes the upper endpoint as Youssou N'Dour’s highest note.
What is Youssou N'Dour’s lowest note?
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour from A2 to D5; individual endpoint review is pending. No reviewed source here establishes the lower endpoint as Youssou N'Dour’s lowest note.
How many octaves can Youssou N'Dour sing?
Our catalog reports Youssou N'Dour from A2 to D5; individual endpoint review is pending. It covers about 2.4 octaves (29 semitones) in this catalog, not a verified measurement of Youssou N'Dour’s working range.
What voice type is Youssou N'Dour?
The catalog lists Youssou N'Dour as a tenor; individual evidence review is pending.
Also listed from A2
65 other voices here have the same reported floor in this catalog.
Also listed up to D5
42 other voices here have the same reported ceiling in this catalog.