Rihanna Live Vocal Range (C3-B5)

[@vocalsbycyrus]

I did a mini compilation of the D5 in Diamonds cause I love that note 😅

[@dhrubaintisher8169]

Rihanna's Back to Black version OH MY GOD!!!

[@adeelkhanvlogs1873]

I think she should make a full cover

[@sophisitcated1194]

I enjoyed this entire video!!! Good job!! ❤🎉 15:08 was a good powerful D5. I wonder was the hoarseness intended, due to a cold, or her ceiling? It sounds like after D5 she may need to switch to head voice.

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

Amazing girl!

[@lilN8V06]

You all need to stop Rihanna is great no matter what you all have too say.

[@glennkaraka9037]

Her voice is amazing, I love that she has her own sound

[@Ariii78]

She's a mezzo but she can go up to a C#7 and Eb7 so impressive

[@melishavvakuyucu6280]

Best vocalss ❤

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

No.... It's not good. It's just good nature.

[@mjlim2378]

I know she can sing even higher, or at least sing with less strain with her vocal range which I think is already good for a performer. Her main issue is mainly her placement being messy. She can sing with a clear voice and then suddenly goes throaty on the next phrases. She seems to have a good ability on her high notes but I noticed that when she starts losing support on the middle and lower notes, then her higher notes later on the song is also impacted. The "n" consonant has a great effect on balancing her voice. The "Nono-no-nooo" in "You don't love me, no" and "neeeed" with vibrato in If it's Loving That You Need performance in this video The "divergent" release from ooo to ahh helps with belting. "Wwwhoaahoyeaah" in the climax of Diamonds and The D5 "Watch" in Love the Way you Lie Her ease in changing and shifting from chest to head voice and back and her dynamics in her comfortable range tells that she has good control over her voice. Shes better off singing on her comfortable range and shifting to head voice on higher notes but her voice has a lot of potential ever since she debutted. With her heavier voice now but stil able to sing her songs, I can tell shes still working on her voice and I'll look forward to her new songs if there would be any!

[@thatguy720]

She also damaged her vocal chords due to excessive drinking and smoking, sadly. Her voice sounds amazing though, she just doesn’t have as much range.

[@sophisitcated1194]

19:08 wasn't her I think. She was still singing when a background singer hit the E flat I think

[@vocalsbycyrus]

Those were the background singers

[@Badgalriri2.0]

It was her, there’s another clip of her doing it, type in “rihanna kissed don’t lie live”

[@allthingspage1498]

it was her

[@ag10ism]

Her head voice transitions IM IN LOVE with them

[@antonioharris1367]

rehab - manchester 2009 - voice smoother than the engine of a lil red corvette

[@davidmuller9938]

Nowadays everybody who does annoying riffs-runs-melismas all the time and screaming-shouting all the notes are counted as good singers. Without any real individuality, originality or charisma (So Hyang and other boring, soulless, worthless antiartists). Rihanna may struggle with some notes but she is one of a kind and sings every note on a purpose. She is a singing artist and also a visual performer

[@dhrubaintisher8169]

Agreed.

[@lets.talkabout]

Perfect! She prefers to stay with her personality, the unique timbre and telling the story of the song. She's very expressive bodily as well.

[@Gui-mt2wu]

Bro Rihanna it’s mediocre and u guys use “soul” as excuse! Aretha was amazing singer and also have soul…talking about so hyang? U never heard her…

[@lets.talkabout]

@@Gui-mt2wu sorry, but when we talk about Rihanna and Aretha, they are two different types of voices. And two soulful voices. One thing I can say without disparaging Aretha: Rihanna's tone is really special. A brand that not everyone (even with perfect technique) has.

[@davidmuller9938]

@@Gui-mt2wu So Hyang is a mediocre screamer. Rihanna is complete artist with amazing charisma, presence and individuality, unique voice and music. Don't compare her to a Whitney-Mariah-Christina A. wannabe. Rihanna is one of a kind. Aretha is a legend of course.

[@nhemiastrejo]

Es una contra alto pero es muy oscura su voz /Forza los agudos

[@sawadeekrunch9436]

12:02 RESONANT?!!

[@chimanruler15]

She's really got to take better care of her voice.

[@TishaTaylor-mn2hy]

Baby she’s vocally better now.

[@beynotes868]

​@@TishaTaylor-mn2hy now? She doesn't even sing now 😭😭

[@adhamfaw2808]

@@beynotes868in super bowl you can clearly hear her vocals in where have you been, only girl, we found love, wild thoughts, all of the lights, pour it up, run this town, diamonds, umbrella and bbhmm I mean she sang all of those songs and y’all still saying she was lip syncing💀

[@adhamfaw2808]

@@beynotes868and I forgot also the Oscar performance lift me up

[@octaxlugo3540]

can you do a Jeff Buckley live vocal range please :)

[@somethingyoudontknow5788]

19:06 was at Glasgow

[@jamalroberson9358]

She’s a dugazon !!!

[@elomoore3993]

can you state reasons why you think she is

[@jamalroberson9358]

@@elomoore3993 her vocal weight is similar to a soubrette( like Britney Spears ). Her lows aren’t that booming like a mezzo. Her mid range is where she’s strongest (A4- D5) and her head voice goes up to C6. Towards the Sun is a good example of how she shines in her mixed voice also. She could never be a alto or the lowest voice type. Also I wouldn’t say she’s a mezzo because her voice doesn’t hold the weight or volume like Christina Aguilera / Beyoncé/ Whitney Houston

[@justinbraylock757]

@@jamalroberson9358 A dugazon is a mezzo soprano lol, just with a light timbre

[@elomoore3993]

@@justinbraylock757 I think dugazons and falcons are hybrid or intermediate voices which means they possess the characteristics of both sopranos and mezzo-sopranos though characteristics vary from one individual to another.

[@elomoore3993]

@@jamalroberson9358 Rihanna's voice is darker and heavier than Beyonce's who is a lyric mezzo though not as heavy as Christina or Whitney. and her lows are consistent with the lows of a mezzo voice. mezzos are supposed to be strongest in their mid-range but unfortunately Riri might need some coaching in that range because she kinda struggles. hitting a high note in head voice is not a good indicator of voice type. A lot of males and contraltos can hit a soprano high C in head voice. tessitura is a very important indicator of voice type and Rihanna cannot handle music written for a soprano voice. I would say she is a mezzo-soprano

[@KilljoyMCR01]

Muy bueno 🎉🎉

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

Rihanna contralto girl. She just not use opera vocal. In pop music contralto voices sounds more like "mezzo".

[@elomoore3993]

I thought she was a mezzo-soprano. she's struggling in her mid-range.

[@vocalsbycyrus]

She's always been a soprano but she struggles either way

[@haniia1844]

​@@vocalsbycyrusShe is NOT a soprano

[@vocalsbycyrus]

Lol

[@octaxlugo3540]

​​@@haniia1844 she is, she just have a nonexistent technique

[@haniia1844]

​@@octaxlugo3540Rihanna is not a soprano, not even she was younger she would sing in the high upper chest easily she was always between A4-D5. You don't use how light, dark, low someones voice is to simply classify them. She was always being a Dugazon - Mezzo-soprano

[@agelnocortes9158]

She is mezzo or alto?

[@joaovictorbarbosa2124]

Alto

[@vocalsbycyrus]

Soprano with a damaged voice

[@joaovictorbarbosa2124]

Alto, according to the Rolling Stones and Vocal Coaches, she is a ALTO.

[@vocalsbycyrus]

She is nowhere close to being a alto let’s be real here. Her tessitura is so high, her low notes are always done with low larynx otherwise they won’t even be heard. Nothing in her voice screams mezzo or alto.

[@joaovictorbarbosa2124]

@@vocalsbycyrus Rihanna has a voice that is called "Contralto Coloratura", where despite being naturally low, it is smooth and light, which results in a natural facility for highs. That's why she is often confused with Mezzos, especially at the time before 2010, where she had a very nasal and immature voice, but after "diamonds" her voice gained body and matured, showing the true essence of an alto. She is not even close to being a Soprano, like Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Mariah Carey, and about the mezzos, you can only see the difference in Rihanna and Adele's voice, both beautiful voices, but of course rihanna has a lower pitch (I'm talking after her voice has matured).

[@whitegirlsimmer]

only e5 lol even some baritones can hit that note lmaooo

[@Gisaround]

E5 is a high belt, your point doesn’t take off anything from her

[@whitegirlsimmer]

@@Gisaround yeah she is so bad at singing

[@Gisaround]

@@whitegirlsimmer i would say she is not a good singer but not even a bad one, she is average

[@Ariii78]

​@@whitegirlsimmerI mean she's better than a lot of people in these comments lmao

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

Someone teach Rihanna to sing on a prop and cover notes in her head register. She may be left without a voice if she doesn’t learn... And she has a contralto. Just the voice is not brought out into the correct acoustics of sound.

[@Kurdyukov87pianist]

Rihanna is a contralto. She just makes voice to sound lighter.

[@Ariii78]

She's not but okay 😭

[@davidmuller9938]

​@@Ariii78I'm dying, this guy is the exact opposite of KajiVocals who considers literally everybody a soprano, this guy do the same with the contralto type 😭🤣

[@svichky]

Well, she's a good singer in her own right but objectively, she's only gotten worse with her vocal technique over the years.

[@MrBOOKS007]

very funny

[@adrielrichard9698]

How can a female have that much struggle with 4th octave notes and yet being considered a decent singer?

[@estonpolanski4092]

She is the best singer of nee genration

[@adrielrichard9698]

@@estonpolanski4092 not even if she was the only singer in her generation

[@sophisitcated1194]

​​@@adrielrichard9698 Yea, I like Rihanna as I've been a fan every since 2010, but they think she's the best singer cause they like her, that's one thing. But best singer of today... Nah. Maybe one of the most popular.. Yea. lol😂 But its all opinion anyway...

[@sophisitcated1194]

And that Bb5 at 21:16 was shakey but surprisingly good. Wish shed go for more notes like that

[@haniia1844]

What struggle with 4th octave do you see?

[@whitegirlsimmer]

bad vocals

[@KilljoyMCR01]

Why?

[@rmq1988]

stop crying hater

[@whitegirlsimmer]

@@rmq1988 so bad lmao

[@rmq1988]

@@whitegirlsimmer ur hate, oh we knows lmfao

[@somethingyoudontknow5788]

@@whitegirlsimmer vocals out sold your life wbk