Post by Baronessa on May 25, 2020 1:38:20 GMT
Madonna Louise Ciccone (16 August 1958)
Vocal Range: A2 - C6
The veritable embodiment of the female pop star, and the biggest one during the remainder of the 20th century. Through all the oversaturation and hot takes, it's easy to forget that Madonna has always come songs first. A classic pop songwriter and one of the most vigorously independent artists to exist within the pop industry who set the standard going forward for male and female stars alike.
Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Ray of Light" The Oprah Winfrey Show 1998)
B♭5 ("Ray of Light")
A5 ("Express Yourself", "Spotlight", "Where's the Party")
G5 ("I'm Addicted", "Push", "Where's the Party")
F♯5 ("The Funny Song" Drowned World Tour, "Like a Virgin")
F5 ("Nothing Fails", "Ray of Light")
E5 ("Holiday", "I'm Going Bananas", "Miles Away", "We Are the Gods")
E♭5 ("Back in Business", "Buenos Aires", "Dress You Up", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "I'm a Sinner", "Love Song", "Ray of Light", "Rescue Me", "Shanti/Ashtangi", "Some Girls", "Sorry", "Vogue")
D5 ("Cherish", "Die Another Day", "Fighting Spirit", "Future Lovers", "Goodnight and Thank You", "He's a Man", "Heartbeat", "High Flying, Adored", "Hollywood", "Into the Groove", "Just a Dream", "Like a Prayer", "Love Spent", "A New Argentina", "Nothing Fails", "Nothing Really Matters", "Push", "Ray of Light", "Something to Remember", "Spotlight", "Survival", "Think of Me")
C♯5 ("Ain't No Big Deal", "Bad Girl", "Bitch I'm Madonna", "Cosmic Climb", "Crazy for You", "Cyberraga", "Dance", "Future Lovers", "Give It 2 Me", "Hello and Goodbye", "Hey You", "Hold Tight", "Holiday", "Hollywood", "I Don't Search I Find", "I'm Going Bananas", "Inside of Me", "La Isla Bonita", "Lament", "Like a Virgin", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", "Over and Over", "Rainbow High", "Rescue Me", "Revolver", "Shanti/Ashtangi", "Shoo-Bee-Doo", "Super Pop", "Swim", "Triggering (Your Senses)", "True Blue", "Vogue", "Waltz for Eva and Che")
C5 ("The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "Back in Business", "Beautiful Killer", "Can't Stop", "Candy Shop", "Causing a Commotion", "Crave", "Cry Baby", "Deeper and Deeper", "Die Another Day", "Dress You Up", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "Everybody", "Express Yourself", "Faz Gostoso", "Gambler" Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles 1985, "God Control", "Goodnight and Thank You", "High Flying, Adored", "Holy Water", "I Can't Forget", "I Feel Love" The Confessions Tour, "I Know It", "I Rise", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "I'm a Sinner", "I'm in Love With Love", "Iconic", "Into the Groove", "Keep It Together", "Live to Tell", "Living for Love", "Looking for Mercy", "Love Makes the World Go Round", "Love Song", "Material Girl", "Mother and Father", "A New Argentina", "Oh Father", "Open Your Heart", "Papa Don't Preach", "Physical Attraction", "Pray for Spanish Eyes", "Pretender", "Rain", "Rainbow High", "Skin", "Some Girls", "Sorry", "Spotlight", "Stay", "Supernatural", "Thief of Hearts", "Think of Me", "To Have and Not to Hold", "Trust No Bitch", "Turn Up the Radio", "Veni Vidi Vici", "Waltz for Eva and Che", "Wash All Over Me", "Where's the Party", "White Heat", "Who's That Girl", "You Are the One", "You'll See", "Your Honesty")
B4 ("Across the Sky", "Ain't No Big Deal", "Amazing", "American Life", "Angel", "Animal", "Beat Goes On", "Beautiful Stranger", "Best Night", "Bitch I'm Madonna", "Borderline", "Burning Up", "Candy Perfume Girl", "Celebration", "Cherish", "Come Alive", "Crazy", "Crazy for You", "Dance", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Don't You Know", "Eva's Final Broadcast", "Everybody", "Falling Free", "Fever", "Give It 2 Me", "Good Girl Gone Wild", "Heartbeat", "Hey You", "Hold Tight", "Holiday", "Hollywood", "I Can't Forget", "I Feel Love" The Confessions Tour, "I Fucked Up", "I Rise", "I Want You", "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", "I'm Addicted", "I'm So Stupid", "If You Go Away", "Illuminati", "Incredible", "Jimmy Jimmy", "Just a Dream", "Justify My Love", "Keep the Trance", "La Isla Bonita", "Let It Will Be", "Love Won't Wait", "Lucky Star", "Masterpiece", "Miles Away", "More", "A New Argentina", "Over and Over", "Peron's Latest Flame", "Secret", "Shame", "Something to Remember", "Spanish Lesson", "Super Pop", "Superstar", "Survival", "Swim", "Take a Bow", "Till Death Do Us Part", "True Blue", "Trust No Bitch", "What Can You Lose", "Who's That Girl", "Why's It So Hard", "Words", "You Are the One", "You'll See", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down")
B♭4 ("4 Minutes", "Across the Sky", "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)", "American Pie", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "The Beat Is So Crazy", "Bitch I'm Madonna", "Broken", "Buenos Aires", "Bye Bye Baby", "Candy Shop", "Causing a Commotion", "Cosmic Climb", "Crave", "Cyberraga", "Deeper and Deeper", "Dress You Up", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "Express Yourself", "Faz Gostoso", "Get Down", "Get Over", "Ghosttown", "Give It 2 Me", "God Control", "Good Girl Gone Wild", "He's a Man", "Holy Water", "Human Nature", "Hung Up", "I Don't Search I Find", "I Know It", "I Want You", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "I'm a Sinner", "I'm in Love With Love", "Iconic", "Infinity", "Inside of Me", "Inside Out", "Intervention", "Into the Groove", "Joan of Arc", "Keep It Together", "Killers Who Are Partying", "Lament", "Like a Prayer", "Like a Virgin", "Liquid Love", "Living for Love", "Looking for Mercy", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", "Love Song", "Love Spent", "Love Won't Wait", "Masterpiece", "Material Girl", "Medellín", "Messiah", "More", "Music", "Never Let You Go", "Nothing Really Matters", "Oh Father", "One More Chance", "Open Your Heart", "Papa Don't Preach", "Physical Attraction", "The Power of Good-Bye", "Pray for Spanish Eyes", "Rain", "Rescue Me", "Revolver", "Ring My Bell", "Sanctuary", "Secret", "Shanti/Ashtangi", "Shoo-Bee-Doo", "Sky Fits Heaven", "Some Girls", "Sooner or Later", "Supernatural", "Take a Bow", "Take It Back", "This Used to Be My Playground", "To Have and Not to Hold", "True Blue", "Veni Vidi Vici", "Vogue", "Waiting", "Wash All Over Me", "What Can You Lose", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "White Heat", "Why's It So Hard", "Wild Dancing", "You Must Love Me", "Your Honesty", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down")
A4 ("4 Minutes", "Amazing", "American Life", "Angel", "B-Day Song", "Bad Girl", "Beat Goes On", "Best Friend", "Body Shop", "Bye Bye Baby", "Borderline", "Burning Up", "Can't Stop", "Cherish", "Come Alive", "Crazy", "Cry Baby", "Dance", "Dark Ballet", "Dear Jessie", "Deeper and Deeper", "Devil Pray", "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You", "Don't Stop", "Don't Tell Me", "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", "Erotica", "Falling Free", "Fever", "Fighting Spirit", "The Funny Song" Drowned World Tour, "Gambler" Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles 1985, "Get Together", "Ghosttown", "Hung Up", "I Don't Give A", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", "I'm Addicted", "I'm So Stupid", "Impressive Instant", "Inside Out", "Intervention", "Is This Love (Bon D'Accord)", "Isaac", "It's So Cool", "Jimmy Jimmy", "Jump", "Keep the Trance", "Killers Who Are Partying", "La Isla Bonita", "La Vie En Rose" Rebel Heart Tour, "Let It Will Be", "Like a Flower", "Like a Prayer", "Live to Tell", "The Look of Love", "Love Makes the World Go Round", "Lucky Star", "Mer Girl", "Messiah", "Miles Away", "Mother and Father", "Nobody Knows Me", "Nothing Really Matters", "Oh Father", "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 2", "One More Chance", "Over and Over", "Peron's Latest Flame", "Push", "Rebel Heart", "Run", "Runaway Lover", "S.E.X.", "Shame", "She's Not Me", "Sky Fits Heaven", "Spanish Lesson", "Spotlight", "Stay", "Superstar", "This Used to Be My Playground", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Triggering (Your Senses)", "Turn Up the Radio", "Unapologetic Bitch", "Where Life Begins", "Where's the Party", "White Heat", "Who's That Girl", "You Thrill Me", "You'll See")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Act of Contrition", "Beat Goes On", "Bedtime Story", "Borderline", "Burning Up", "Celebration", "Cherish", "Come Alive", "Crazy", "Crazy for You", "Dark Ballet", "Devil Pray", "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", "Everybody", "Falling Free", "Fever", "Forbidden Love" Confessions on a Dance Floor, "Future Lovers", "Get Together", "He's a Man", "Heartbeat", "Hollywood", "Hung Up", "I Can't Forget", "I Deserve It", "I Love New York", "I Rise", "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", "I'm a Sinner", "I'm Going Bananas", "Imagine" I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, "Impressive Instant", "Is This Love (Bon D'Accord)", "Isaac", "Jimmy Jimmy", "Just a Dream", "Justify My Love", "Killers Who Are Partying", "Latte", "Let It Will Be", "Like a Flower", "The Look of Love", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", "Love Makes the World Go Round", "Love Spent", "Lucky Star", "Mer Girl", "Mother and Father", "Nobody Knows Me", "Nobody's Perfect", "Nothing Really Matters", "Open Your Heart", "Over and Over", "Paradise (Not for Me)", "Pray for Spanish Eyes", "Pretender", "Runaway Lover", "Shame", "She's Not Me", "Sky Fits Heaven", "Something to Remember", "Stay", "Survival", "Thief of Hearts", "Think of Me", "Voices", "Wash All Over Me", "Where Life Begins", "Who's That Girl", "You Are the One", "You Thrill Me")
G♯3 ("Across the Sky", "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)", "American Pie", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "B-Day Song", "Back in Business", "Beautiful Stranger", "Best Night", "Bitch I'm Loca", "Bitch I'm Madonna", "Burning Up", "Candy Shop", "Causing a Commotion", "Come Alive", "Crazy for You", "Cyberraga", "Don't Stop", "Easy Ride", "Faz Gostoso", "Frozen", "Give It 2 Me", "Gone", "How High", "I Know It", "In This Life", "Inside of Me", "Joan of Arc", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Virgin", "Like It or Not", "Masterpiece", "Medellín", "Miss You", "Never Let You Go", "Now I'm Following You, Pt. 2", "Papa Don't Preach", "The Power of Good-Bye", "Promise to Try", "Push", "Rain", "Rainbow High", "Rescue Me", "Revenge", "Revolver", "Ring My Bell", "Run", "Santa Baby", "Secret", "Shanti/Ashtangi", "Shoo-Bee-Doo", "Sorry", "Spanish Lesson", "Superstar", "Take It Back", "To Have and Not to Hold", "True Blue", "Waiting", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "Why's It So Hard", "Words", "You Must Love Me", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down")
G3 ("4 Minutes", "Amazing", "Angel", "Beautiful Killer", "Bedtime Story", "Best Friend", "Body Shop", "Broken", "Bye Bye Baby", "Can't Stop", "Causing a Commotion", "Crazy", "Cry Baby", "Deeper and Deeper", "Don't Tell Me", "Don't You Know", "Easy Ride", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "Express Yourself", "Extreme Occident", "Fever", "Fighting Spirit", "Freedom", "The Funny Song" Drowned World Tour, "Future Lovers", "The Game", "Ghosttown", "God Control", "Goodbye to Innocence", "Goodnight and Thank You", "HeartBreakCity", "High Flying, Adored", "I Deserve It", "I Know It", "I Love New York", "I Rise", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "I'll Remember", "I'm So Stupid", "Iconic", "Imagine" I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, "Incredible", "Inside Out", "Intervention", "Isaac", "Keep It Together", "Killers Who Are Partying", "Lament" I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, "Latte", "Laugh to Keep from Crying", "Let Down Your Guard", "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room", "Little Girl", "Live to Tell", "The Look of Love", "Looking for Mercy", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", "Love Makes the World Go Round", "Love Song", "Love Spent", "Lucky Star", "Messiah", "Miles Away", "More", "Music", "Nobody's Perfect", "Nothing Fails", "Now I'm Following You, Pt. 1", "Oh Father", "One More Chance", "Sanctuary", "Secret Garden", "Skin", "Sky Fits Heaven", "Something to Remember", "Sooner or Later", "Sorry", "Spotlight", "Stay", "Supernatural", "This Used to Be My Playground", "Till Death Do Us Part", "To the Left, To the Right", "Triggering (Your Senses)", "Waltz for Eva and Che", "Wash All Over Me", "Who's That Girl", "Wild Dancing", "You Are the One", "You Must Love Me", "You'll See", "Your Honesty")
F♯3 ("American Life", "Angel", "Bad Girl", "Beat Goes On", "Bitch I'm Madonna", "Borderline", "Buenos Aires", "Candy Perfume Girl", "Cosmic Climb", "Dance 2night", "Dear Jessie", "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Erotica", "Eva's Final Broadcast", "Falling Free", "Forbidden Love" Bedtime Stories, "Forbidden Love" Confessions on a Dance Floor, "Future", "Give It 2 Me", "Good Girl Gone Wild", "He's a Man", "Hello and Goodbye", "Hold Tight", "Human Nature", "I Can't Forget", "I Fucked Up", "I Want You", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", "I'll Remember", "I'm in Love With Love", "In This Life", "It's So Cool", "Joan of Arc", "Killers Who Are Partying", "Let It Will Be", "Liquid Love", "Love Profusion", "Love Tried to Welcome Me", "Mer Girl", "Messiah", "Miss You", "A New Argentina", "S.E.X.", "Secret", "Superstar", "To Have and Not to Hold", "Waltz for Eva and Che", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down")
F3 ("4 Minutes", "Act of Contrition", "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "Bye Bye Baby", "Candy Shop", "Cosmic Climb", "Crave", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "Faz Gostoso", "Freedom", "Frozen", "Ghosttown", "Gone", "Hanky Panky", "History", "Holy Water", "Hung Up", "Iconic", "Infinity", "Intervention", "La Vie En Rose" Rebel Heart Tour, "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room", "Like It or Not", "Live to Tell", "Living for Love", "Looking for Mercy", "Miles Away", "More", "A New Argentina", "Nothing Fails", "Nothing Really Matters", "Now I'm Following You, Pt. 1", "One More Chance", "Papa Don't Preach", "Push", "Rainbow High", "Sooner or Later", "Take a Bow", "Trust No Bitch")
E3 ("Animal", "Best Friend", "Candy Perfume Girl", "Dance 2night", "Easy Ride", "Falling Free", "Future", "The Game", "Heartbeat", "Hold Tight", "Hollywood", "I Want You", "I'll Remember", "I'm Addicted", "I'm So Stupid", "If You Go Away", "Illuminati", "Imagine" I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, "Is This Love (Bon D'Accord)", "Jump", "La Isla Bonita", "Love Hurts", "Love Profusion", "Love Tried to Welcome Me", "Love Won't Wait", "Mother and Father", "Paradise (Not for Me)", "Rebel Heart", "Secret Garden", "Shame", "She's Not Me", "Spanish Lesson", "Trust No Bitch", "Unapologetic Bitch", "We Are the Gods", "X-Static Process")
E♭3 ("American Pie", "Back in Business", "Candy Shop", "Crave", "Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City", "Forbidden Love" Bedtime Stories, "Gang Bang", "Good Girl Gone Wild", "History", "Holy Water", "Human Nature", "I Don't Search I Find", "I'm a Sinner", "I'm in Love With Love", "Like It or Not", "Living for Love", "Love Song", "Medellín", "Rain", "Rebel Heart", "Rescue Me", "Shoo-Bee-Doo", "Skin", "Sorry", "Take a Bow", "Veni Vidi Vici", "Vogue", "What It Feels Like for a Girl")
D3 ("Act of Contrition", "Buenos Aires", "Bye Bye Baby", "Can't Stop", "Fighting Spirit", "Future Lovers", "Ghosttown", "God Control", "Goodbye to Innocence", "Goodnight and Thank You", "History", "I'm Addicted", "If You Go Away", "Inside Out", "It's So Cool", "Jump", "Love Hurts", "Music", "Paradise (Not for Me)", "Sanctuary", "Secret Garden", "Supernatural", "Thief of Hearts", "This Used to Be My Playground", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Where Life Begins", "Your Honesty")
C♯3 ("American Life", "Best Night", "Erotica", "Gang Bang", "Give It 2 Me", "In This Life", "Incredible", "Justify My Love", "Like a Virgin" Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 19 November 1993, "S.E.X.", "Triggering (Your Senses)", "Waiting", "Words")
C3 ("Human Nature", "Veni Vidi Vici", "X-Static Process")
A2 ("Paradise (Not for Me)" Forum Theatre, Melbourne 10 March 2016)
{Questionable Notes}E6 ("Don't You Know"[1a], "I'm Going Bananas"[2a], "Love Makes the World Go Round"[2a])
D6 ("Like a Prayer"[2a])
C6 ("Trust No Bitch"[1a])
B♭5 ("Material Girl"[2a])
F♯5 ("Run"[1a])
F5 ("Now I'm Following You, Pt. 2"[3a])
D5 ("God Control"[3b])
C♯3 ("How High"[3b], "She's Not Me"[3b], "Super Pop"[3b])
C3 ("Iconic"[3b])
B2 ("Trust No Bitch"[2b])
B♭2 ("Let Down Your Guard"[3b])
A2 ("Illuminati"[3b], "Nobody's Perfect"[1b])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Raspy, non-melodic yells
b. Breathy, non-melodic slides
[2] Questionable representativeness
a. Non-melodic, unspecific yelps
b. Non-melodic, unspecific slides
[3] Questionable legitimacy
a. Uncertain origin
b. Uncertain pitch and/or origin
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
D6 ("Like a Prayer"[2a])
C6 ("Trust No Bitch"[1a])
B♭5 ("Material Girl"[2a])
F♯5 ("Run"[1a])
F5 ("Now I'm Following You, Pt. 2"[3a])
D5 ("God Control"[3b])
C♯3 ("How High"[3b], "She's Not Me"[3b], "Super Pop"[3b])
C3 ("Iconic"[3b])
B2 ("Trust No Bitch"[2b])
B♭2 ("Let Down Your Guard"[3b])
A2 ("Illuminati"[3b], "Nobody's Perfect"[1b])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Raspy, non-melodic yells
b. Breathy, non-melodic slides
[2] Questionable representativeness
a. Non-melodic, unspecific yelps
b. Non-melodic, unspecific slides
[3] Questionable legitimacy
a. Uncertain origin
b. Uncertain pitch and/or origin
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
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• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.
{Vocal Range Timeline}Madonna:
Madonna (1983): F♯3 - E5
Like a Virgin (1984): E♭3 - E♭5 - F♯5
True Blue (1986): E3 - G5 - A5
Like a Prayer (1989): D3 - E♭5 - A5
I'm Breathless (1990): E♭3 - E5[motion picture soundtrack]
Erotica (1992): C♯3 - C♯5
Bedtime Stories (1994): C3 - D5
Evita (1996): D3 - E♭5[motion picture soundtrack]
Ray of Light (1998): E♭3 - B♭5
Music (2000): D3 - B4
American Life (2003): C3 - F5
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): D3 - E♭5 - G5
Hard Candy (2008): C♯3 - E5
MDNA (2012): C♯3 - E♭5 - G5
Rebel Heart (2015): D3 - C♯5
Madame X (2019): D3 - C♯5
Madonna (1983): F♯3 - E5
Like a Virgin (1984): E♭3 - E♭5 - F♯5
True Blue (1986): E3 - G5 - A5
Like a Prayer (1989): D3 - E♭5 - A5
I'm Breathless (1990): E♭3 - E5[motion picture soundtrack]
Erotica (1992): C♯3 - C♯5
Bedtime Stories (1994): C3 - D5
Evita (1996): D3 - E♭5[motion picture soundtrack]
Ray of Light (1998): E♭3 - B♭5
Music (2000): D3 - B4
American Life (2003): C3 - F5
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): D3 - E♭5 - G5
Hard Candy (2008): C♯3 - E5
MDNA (2012): C♯3 - E♭5 - G5
Rebel Heart (2015): D3 - C♯5
Madame X (2019): D3 - C♯5
