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Yolanda Yvette Adams (27 August 1961)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: C♯3-C♯6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 (“Fly Like an Eagle/Fly Away”, “Holy Spirit”)
B5 (“Gotta Have Love”, “He'll Arrive (Coming Back)”)
B♭5 (“Even Me” various live performances, “Seek Ye The Lord”, "The Earth Song", “You Changed My Life”)
A5 (“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, “I Bring You Jesus”, "Imagine", “Through The Storm”, "Unbreak My Heart")
G♯5 (“Give It to Him”, “Holy Spirit”, "I'm Gonna Be Ready" various live performances, "Lift Him Up", “My Liberty”, “Real Love”, “Right Now”, “The Only Way”, "What A Wonderful Time")
G5 (“A Message to You”, "Do You Hear What I Hear", “Even Me”, "Fo' Sho'", “Get In The Move Of God”, "Give Love On Christmas Day", “God Will Take Care Of You”, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, "How Many Lashes", “I Am”, “I Bring You Jesus”, “If You Can Take It You Can Make It”, "I Love the Lord", "Imagine", "I'm Gonna Be Ready", "I'm Thankful", “In the Midst of It All”, “Jesus Medley”, "Jingle Bells", "Never Give Up" Live at the White House, “Reach Out and Touch”, "Respect", "Spirit In The Dark" Live at Grammy Awards 2011, “Take Away”, “That Name” Live at BET Celebration of Gospel, “The Good Shepherd”, “The Only Way”, "This Too Shall Pass" various live performances, “Through The Storm”, “Trust and Believe”, "What A Wonderful Time", "Whitney Houston Tribute")
F♯5 ("Clap Your Hands", “Continual Praise”, “Deliverance”, "Georgia On My Mind" Live at Capitol Fourth, “Gotta Have Love”, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, “He'll Arrive (Coming Back)”, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "I Believe", "I Believe I Can Fly" The Experience version, “I Get Joy”, “I'm Free”, "I'm Gonna Be Ready", “Is Your All On The Altar”, "Jesus is Love", "Jesus Walks", “Joy Medley”, “Just As I Am”, "Little Drummer Boy" What A Wonderful Time version, "Not Giving Up", “Only Believe”, "Overwhelmed", “Right Now”, "Show Me", "Someone Watching Over You" various live performances, “Thank You”, “The Battle Is the Lord's”, “This Joy”, “Wash Me”, "With God", “Yes, Jesus Loves Me”, “You Made the Difference”)
F5 ("Addicted Love", “Already Alright”, “A Message To You”, "A Season Of Love", "Be Blessed", "Better Than Gold", "Brand New Day", "Day by Day", “Deliverance”, "Do You Believe", "Do You Hear What I Hear", “Even Me”, "Fo' Sho'", "Georgia On My Mind", “Get In The Move Of God”, "Give Love On Christmas Day", "Glory", “God Will Take Care Of You”, "Heaven Help Us All", “Heaven Is Where I Want To Be”, “Holy Spirit”, "How Awesome Is Our God", “How Great Thou Art”, “I Am”, "I Believe I Can Fly", "I Gotta Believe", "I'm Grateful", "I'm Thankful", "It's Gon Be Nice", "I Wish", "Jingle Bells", “Just A Prayer Away”, “Just As I Am”, "Just Because", “Let Us Worship Him” various live performances, "Lift Him Up", "Love Can Move Mountains", “More Than a Melody”, “My Desire”, "My Favorite Things", “My Liberty”, “My Trust Lies In You”, “Never Alone”, "Never Give Up", "Not Giving Up", “O Holy Night”, “Open My Heart”, “Patti LaBelle Tribute”, “Praise Your Holy Name”, “Reach Out and Touch”, “Restore Me”, “Seek Ye The Lord”, “Signs Of The Time”, "Spirit In The Dark", “Still I Rise”, “Take Away”, “That Name”, “The Aretha Franklin Tribute”, "The Clark Sisters Tribute", "The Earth Song", “The Lord Is With Us In This Place”, “The Only Way”, "This Too Shall Pass", “Through The Storm”, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", "Tonight", “Trust and Believe”, "Victory", "We Cry Out", "We Fall Down", “What About the Children”, "What A Wonderful Time", "Whitney Houston Tribute", “Wholy Holy”, "With God", “Ye of Little Faith”, “Yes, Jesus Loves Me”, “You Made the Difference”, "You Make Me Feel Brand New")
E5 ("Alwaysness", "America the Beautiful", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", “Before I Tell Them”, "Best For Last", “Carol of the Bells/What Child Is This”, "Change is Going to Come", "Clap Your Hands", "Darling Girl", "Feels Like Home", “Fly Like an Eagle/Fly Away” Live on the Kathy Troccoli Show, “Fragile Heart” The Experience version, “Give It to Him”, “Gotta Have Love”, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “He Touched Me”, "How Awesome Is Our God", "How Great", "How Many Lashes", “I Bring You Jesus”, “I Get Joy”, "Imagine", “I'm Free”, “In the Midst of It All”, “Is Your All On The Altar”, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, "Jesus is Love", “Joy Medley”, “Know Him”, “Let Thy Will Be Done”, "Living Proof", “Lord, I Want To Be A Christian”, “My Everything”, “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful”, “Oh, Mary Don't You Weep”, “Only Believe”, “Open Arms”, "Overwhelmed", “Reach Out and Touch”, “Real Love”, “Restore Me”, "Right On Be Free", "Show Me", “Signs Of The Time”, "Someone Watching Over You", "Star-Spangled Banner", "Talkin' 'Bout Jesus", “The Battle Is the Lord's”, “The First Noel”, “The Good Shepherd”, “The Things We Do”, "Time", "Unbreak My Heart", "What the World Needs Now", "Whitney Houston Tribute", “Wholy Holy”, “Yeah”, “Ye of Little Faith”, “You Bring Me Joy”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, "Your Will Be Done")
E♭5 (“Already Alright”, "A Season Of Love", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "Be Blessed", "Brand New Day", “Continual Praise”, "Day by Day", “Deliverance”, "Do You Believe", “Even Me”, “Forever With Me”, "Fo' Sho'", “Get In The Move Of God”, "Give Love On Christmas Day", "Glory”, “Gotta Tell Ya", “Hallelujah”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Heaven Is Where I Want To Be”, “He'll Arrive (Coming Back)”, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", “How Great Thou Art”, “I Am”, “If You Can Take It You Can Make It”, “I Get Joy”, "I Gotta Believe", “I'll Always Remember”, "I'm Grateful", "It's Gon Be Nice", "I Wish", “Jesus Medley”, "Jingle Bells", "Just Because", “Know Him”, “Let Thy Will Be Done”, “Let Us Worship Him”, "Lift Him Up", "Love Can Move Mountains", “More Than a Melody”, “My Desire”, “My Everything”, “My Liberty”, “My Trust Lies In You”, "Not Giving Up", “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful”, “Only Believe”, "Only If God Says Yes", “Patti LaBelle Tribute”, “Praise Your Holy Name”, "Respect", “Right Now”, “Save the World”, “Silent Night”, "Something About The Name Jesus", "Spirit In The Dark", “Still I Rise”, “Take Away”, “Thank You”, “That Name”, “The Aretha Franklin Tribute”, "The Clark Sisters Tribute", "The Earth Song", “The Lord Is With Us In This Place”, "The Lord's Prayer", “This Joy”, "This Too Shall Pass", “Trust and Believe”, "Unconditional", "Victory", “Wash Me”, "We Cry Out", “What About the Children”, "What A Wonderful Time", “Wherever You Are”, “Yes, Jesus Loves Me”, "You Can (Taylor's Song)", “You Changed My Life”, “You Know That I Know”, “You Made the Difference”)
D5 ("Addicted Love", "Alwaysness", "America the Beautiful", "A Season Of Love", "A Song of Faith", “Before I Tell Them”, “Born This Day”, “Carol of the Bells/What Child Is This”, “Come To Me”, "Darling Girl", "Do You Believe", "Feels Like Home", “Fragile Heart”, "Give Love On Christmas Day", "Glory", “God Will Take Care Of You”, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "Hold On", "How Many Lashes", "I Believe I Can Fly", “I Bring You Jesus”, "I Gotta Believe", "I Love the Lord", "I'm Gonna Be Ready", "I'm Grateful", "I'm Thankful", “In the Midst of It All”, “Is Your All On The Altar”, “Jesus Medley”, “Joy Medley”, “Just A Prayer Away”, "Just Because", “Let Thy Will Be Done”, "Living Proof", “Lord, I Want To Be A Christian”, "Love Can Move Mountains", "My Country Tis of Thee", "My Favorite Things", "Never Give Up", “O Holy Night”, “Open Arms”, "Overwhelmed", “Patti LaBelle Tribute”, “Reach Out and Touch”, “Save the World”, "Show Me", “Silent Night”, "Since the Last Time I Saw You", "Someone Watching Over You", “The Battle Is the Lord's”, “The Christmas Song”, “The First Noel”, “The Good Shepherd”, “The Only Way”, "This Too Shall Pass", “Through The Storm”, "Time", "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", "Tonight", "Unbreak My Heart", "We Cry Out", "What the World Needs Now", "Whitney Houston Tribute", “Wholy Holy”, “Yeah”, “Ye of Little Faith”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”)
C♯5 ("America the Beautiful", "Anything", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", “Before I Tell Them”, "Be Still", "Clap Your Hands", “Come And Go With Me”, “Fly Like an Eagle/Fly Away”, “Forever With Me”, "Georgia On My Mind", “Give It to Him”, "Gotta Tell Ya", “Hallelujah”, "Heaven Help Us All", “He'll Arrive (Coming Back)”, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", “Holy Spirit”, "How Great", "I Believe I Can Fly", “I Get Joy”, “I'll Always Remember”, “I'm Free”, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, "I Wish", "Jesus is Love", "Jesus Walks", “Just As I Am”, "Just When", “Let Us Worship Him”, "Lift Him Up", “My Desire”, “My Everything”, “My Trust Lies In You”, “Never Alone”, "Not Giving Up", “O Holy Night”, “Oh, Mary Don't You Weep”, “Only Believe”, "Only If God Says Yes", “Open My Heart”, "Overwhelmed", “Praise Your Holy Name”, “Real Love”, "Rejoice", “Right Now”, "Right On Be Free", "Since the Last Time I Saw You", "Something About The Name Jesus", "Star-Spangled Banner", “Still I Rise”, "Talkin' 'Bout Jesus", “That Name”, "The Earth Song", “The First Noel”, “The Lord Is With Us In This Place”, "The Lord's Prayer", “This Joy”, “Trust and Believe”, "Unconditional", "Victory", "We Fall Down", "What Would You Do", “Wherever You Are”, “You Bring Me Joy”, “You Changed My Life”, “You Know That I Know”)
C5 ("Addicted Love", “A Message To You”, "A Season Of Love", "Be Blessed", "Better Than Gold", “Born This Day”, "Brand New Day", “Come And Go With Me”, “Come To Me”, "Darling Girl", "Day by Day", "Do You Hear What I Hear", “Even Me”, "Georgia On My Mind", “Get In The Move Of God”, "Glory", “God Will Take Care Of You”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Heaven Is Where I Want To Be”, “He Touched Me”, "Hold On", "Holly Holy", "How Awesome Is Our God", “How Great Thou Art”, "How Many Lashes", “I Am”, “I Bring You Jesus”, “If You Can Take It You Can Make It”, "I Love the Lord", "I'm Gonna Be Ready", "I'm Grateful", "I'm Thankful", "It's Gon Be Nice", "Jingle Bells", “Just A Prayer Away”, “Just As I Am”, “Know Him”, “Let Thy Will Be Done”, “Let Us Worship Him”, “Lord, I Want To Be A Christian”, "Love Can Move Mountains", “More Than a Melody”, "My Country Tis of Thee", "My Favorite Things", “My Liberty”, "Not Giving Up", “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful”, "Oh Happy Day", “Open Arms”, “Patti LaBelle Tribute”, "Respect", “Restore Me”, “Save the World”, “Seek Ye The Lord”, "Show Me", “Signs Of The Time”, "Spirit In The Dark", “Take Away”, “Thank You”, “The Aretha Franklin Tribute”, “The Christmas Song”, “The Lord Is With Us In This Place”, "The Lord's Prayer", “The Things We Do”, "This Too Shall Pass", “Through The Storm”, "Time", “Time to Change”, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", "Tonight", “Trust and Believe”, “Wash Me”, “What About the Children”, "What the World Needs Now", "Whitney Houston Tribute", “Wholy Holy”, "With God", "You Can (Taylor's Song)", “You Made the Difference”, "Your Will Be Done")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 (“A Message To You”, "A Season Of Love", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", “Carol of the Bells/What Child Is This”, "Day by Day", "Do You Believe", "Do You Hear What I Hear", “Even Me”, "Give Love On Christmas Day", "Gotta Tell Ya", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "I Believe", “If You Can Take It You Can Make It”, "I Love the Lord", "Just Because", “My Desire”, “My Trust Lies In You”, “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful”, “Patti LaBelle Tribute”, “Seek Ye The Lord”, "Something About The Name Jesus", “Still I Rise”, “The Christmas Song”, “The Only Way”, “Time to Change”, "Unconditional", “What About the Children”, "What Would You Do", "You Can (Taylor's Song)", “You Changed My Life”, “You Know That I Know”)
A3 ("America the Beautiful", "Anything", "Change is Going to Come", “Fragile Heart”, “God Will Take Care Of You”, "Heaven Help Us All", "Hold On", "How Many Lashes", “I'm Free”, “Is Your All On The Altar”, “Joy Medley”, “Just A Prayer Away”, "Just When", “Let Us Worship Him”, "My Favorite Things", “O Holy Night”, “Open Arms”, "Show Me", “Silent Night”, "Someone Watching Over You", "Star-Spangled Banner", “That Name”, “The Battle Is the Lord's”, “The Christmas Song”, “The First Noel”, "Time", “You Bring Me Joy”)
G♯3 ("Be Blessed", “Continual Praise”, "Day by Day", “Forever With Me”, “Give It to Him”, “Hallelujah”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “He'll Arrive (Coming Back)”, "How Great", “How Great Thou Art”, "I Believe I Can Fly" Live in Lakewood Church, Houston, “I'll Always Remember”, “Jesus Medley”, “Just As I Am”, "Lift Him Up", “Little Drummer Boy”, “Never Alone”, “Only Believe”, “Praise Your Holy Name”, “Real Love”, "Right On Be Free", “Still I Rise”, “The Battle Is the Lord's” various live performances, "The Lord's Prayer", "Unconditional", “Wash Me”, “What About the Children”, "What A Wonderful Time", "What Would You Do")
G3 ("Alwaysness", "A Song of Faith", "Better Than Gold", “Born This Day”, “Carol of the Bells/What Child Is This”, "Darling Girl", "Feels Like Home", "Georgia On My Mind", “He Touched Me”, "Hold On", "I'm Thankful", “Lord, I Want To Be A Christian”, "Only If God Says Yes", “Reach Out and Touch”, "Someone Watching Over You", "Spirit In The Dark", “The Things We Do”, "We Cry Out", "With God", “You'll Never Walk Alone”)
F♯3 ("Be Still", "Change is Going to Come", “Gotta Have Love”, “Hallelujah”, “I'm Free”, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”, “Know Him”, "Never Give Up", "Overwhelmed", “Praise Your Holy Name”, "Since the Last Time I Saw You", “This Joy”, “Yeah”)
F3 ("Brand New Day", “Come To Me”, "Do You Hear What I Hear", “God Will Take Care Of You”, "I'm Gonna Be Ready", "It's Gon Be Nice", "Jingle Bells", “More Than a Melody”, “Open My Heart”, “Save the World”, “Silent Night”, "Something About The Name Jesus", "The Clark Sisters Tribute", "This Too Shall Pass", "Tonight")
E3 ("How Awesome Is Our God", “Know Him”, "Unbreak My Heart", "With God")
E♭3 ("Be Still", "Continual Praise" The Experience version, “In the Midst of It All” Live at Full Gospel Baptist Convention in 2003, "It's Gon Be Nice", "Since the Last Time I Saw You" various live performances, "Spirit In The Dark" Live at Grammy Awards 2011, “Thank You”, “The Battle Is the Lord's” Live at the 2020 Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, "We Fall Down", "What A Wonderful Time", “Wherever You Are”, “Yes, Jesus Loves Me”)
D3 ("I Gotta Believe", "Unbreak My Heart", “You'll Never Walk Alone”)
C♯3 ("Never Give Up", “Oh, Mary Don't You Weep”, “Right Now”, "The Clark Sisters Tribute")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}
E♭6 ("Holy Spirit" [1])
C6 ("Holly Holy" [3])
A5 (“In the Midst of It All” [3])
C♯3 (“Only Believe” [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
E♭6 ("Holy Spirit" [1])
C6 ("Holly Holy" [3])
A5 (“In the Midst of It All” [3])
C♯3 (“Only Believe” [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Discography}
Just As I Am (1987) - G♯3-G5
Through the Storm (1991) - F♯3-A5
Save The World (1993) - C♯3-G♯5
More Than A Melody (1995) - F3-C♯6
Live In Washington (1996) - E♭3-F♯5
Songs From The Heart (1998) - E3-G5
Mountain High...Valley Low (1999) - E♭3-B5
Christmas With Yolanda Adams (2000) - F3-F♯5
Believe (2001) - C♯3-G5
The Experience (2001) - E♭3-F♯5
Day By Day (2005) - E♭3-G♯5
What A Wonderful Time (2007) - E♭3-G♯5
Becoming (2011) - E♭3-F♯5
Just As I Am (1987) - G♯3-G5
Through the Storm (1991) - F♯3-A5
Save The World (1993) - C♯3-G♯5
More Than A Melody (1995) - F3-C♯6
Live In Washington (1996) - E♭3-F♯5
Songs From The Heart (1998) - E3-G5
Mountain High...Valley Low (1999) - E♭3-B5
Christmas With Yolanda Adams (2000) - F3-F♯5
Believe (2001) - C♯3-G5
The Experience (2001) - E♭3-F♯5
Day By Day (2005) - E♭3-G♯5
What A Wonderful Time (2007) - E♭3-G♯5
Becoming (2011) - E♭3-F♯5
