Kina Grannis (921 views)

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Kina Grannis (August 4th, 1985)

Vocal Range: D3 - G♯5

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{VOCAL SUMMARY}Although Grannis prefers a soft singing approach that has gotten her comparisons ranging from Billie Eilish to Selena Gomez, there is an unmistakable charm on her solidly delivered chest range that makes her tone stand out in her genre. Her belting is rarely featured on any of her songs and therefore it doesn't really make an impression outside the fourth octave, but she tops her range off with a large falsetto register, which makes it her most recognizable vocal feature. Grannis' style has moved from an Alanis Morissette esque sound on her first records to a soft indie-folk sound which constantly puts her low chest and falsetto on display, in which her soothing tone has captured most of the attention directed in her way.

SIGNIFICANT HIGH NOTES

G♯5 ("Bad Blood")
G5 ("Dear River")
F5 ("The Fire", "For Now", "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", "Magic", "Night", "Royals", "Running Away", "Say Something" Justin Timberlake cover, "See You Again", "Shut Up and Dance")
E5 ("All Along", "Can't Feel My Face", "Creep", "Give Me Back", "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", "It Ain't Me", "Just the Way You Are", "Lose You to Lose Me", "No", "The One You Say Goodnight To", "Too Soon", "Throw It Away", "What Is Said", "When the Party's Over", "White Winter Hymnal", "Winter", "Young, Dumb & Broke")
E♭5 ("...Baby One More Time", "Beth", "Chains", "Closer", "Dancing With a Stranger", "Disturbia", "Delicate", "Don't Cry", "Down", "Falling Slowly", "Firework", "First Train Home", "History", "Home", "Night", "Paris", "Q&A", "Royals")
D5 ("...Baby One More Time", "Back to Us", "Billie Eilish Medley", "Disturbia", "Earned It", "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me", "The Fire", "For Now", "Forever Blue", "I Was Made for Loving You/Please Don't Say You Love Me", "In Theory", "It's Love", "Keep You Warm", "The Keeper", "Memory", "My Dear", "Never Say Never", "Oh Father", "Remember the Time", "Running Away", "Say Something" Christina Aguilera cover, "The Scientist", "See You Again", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Someday", "Souvenirs", "Star Spangled Banner", "Stay the Night", "Superstition", "These Magnet Hearts", "Throw It Away", "To the Wonder", "What Do You Mean?", "Winter")
C♯5 ("1234", "All I Want", "Am I Wrong", "At Last", "Bad Blood", "Beth", "Birdsong", "Bleeding Love", "Blindly", "A Case of You", "The Fire/Darling", "First Train Home", "God Only Knows", "Heart and Mind", "Highlighted in Green", "Iris", "Let It Snow", "Living in Dreams", "Lonesome", "Lose You to Lose Me", "Make It Home", "Magic", "Maryanne", "Maybe", "Michicant", "Missing You", "Never Never", "New Slang", "Night", "No", "Q&A", "Safe and Sound", "Say Something" Justin Timberlake cover, "Stay", "Together", "Too Soon", "Try", "Untitled", "Volcano", "Walk On", "We Don't Talk Anymore", "What Is Said", "When the Party's Over", "You're Gonna Live Forever in Me", "Youngblood")
C5 ("!", "All Along", "...Baby One More Time", "Between Sheets", "Bring Me the Night", "Build Me Up Buttercup", "Burn", "Chains", "Chandelier", "Christmas Is", "Cool Kids", "Demons", "Disturbia", "Down", "Down and Gone (The Blue Song)", "Emmylou", "Falling Slowly", "Firework", "Fix You", "Flume", "God Only Knows", "The Good Side", "Ho Hey", "I Never Wanted Anything More Than I Want You", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "In the Waiting", "It Ain't Me", "Just the Way You Are", "Let Go", "Little Worrier", "Memory", "Message from Your Heart", "My Own", "My Time With You", "Never Never", "New Soul", "No Matter", "Oh Father", "Pompeii", "Riptide", "The Scientist", "Souvenirs", "Stand By Me", "Stay", "Stay Just a Little", "Take a Bow", "Thinking Out Loud", "What Do You Mean?", "Where Are Ü Now", "Where You Are", "With or Without You", "Wonderwall")
B4 ("The A Team", "Am I Wrong", "Bad Blood", "Birdsong", "Billie Eilish Medley", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Cannonball", "Capri", "Crawl", "Don't Forget", "Fields of Gold", "Flightless Bird, American Mouth", "FourFiveSeconds", "Gone", "Gotta Have You", "Happy", "Heart of Life", "Home", "I Believe in You", "I Knew This Would Be Love", "I Was Made for Loving You/Please Don't Say You Love Me", "I Will Follow You Into the Dark", "I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You", "I'll Be", "Issues", "It's Love", "The Keeper", "Missing You", "My Own", "My Time With You", "Next Time", "The One You Say Goodnight To", "The Only Exception", "People", "Pretend", "Pumped Up Kicks", "Safe and Sound", "Sound of Silence", "Some Days", "Star Spangled Banner", "Stay the Night", "Strong Enough", "Team", "Throw It Away", "Timshel", "Trolleywood", "Untitled", "Walk On", "When the Smoke Clears", "Why Can't I?", "Without Me")
B♭4 ("1234", "All I Want", "All My Life", "All of Me", "Bleeding Love", "Breathe Honesty", "Building a Mystery", "Burn", "The Call", "Can't Feel My Face", "Chains", "Dear River", "Delicate", "Demons", "Don't Cry", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me", "Fast Car", "Fix You", "The Goldfish Song", "Goodnight", "Half of My Heart", "Hallelujah", "History", "I Know Who Took the Milk and Cookies", "Jumper", "Let That Be Enough", "Lonesome", "Love Anyway", "Make Me", "Memory", "Mr. Sun", "Never Say Never", "New Soul", "On the Radio", "Protect Her", "Rolling in the Deep", "Say", "Skyscraper", "Sorry", "Souvenirs", "Superstition", "Take a Bow", "These Magnet Hearts", "This Far", "Together", "Waiting on an Angel", "Walking Away", "What Do You Mean?", "When Will I Learn", "Why Should the Fire Die?", "Youngblood")
A4 ("Amazing Grace", "Another Day", "Baby", "Beyond the Sea", "Bring Me the Night", "California", "Cheap Thrills", "The Christmas Song", "Clean", "The Climb", "Cups (When I'm Gone)", "Earned It", "Emmylou", "For No One", "Forever Blue", "Forever on Your Side", "Future Memories", "Give Me Back", "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", "In Theory", "Keep You Warm", "Love Story", "Make Me", "My Dear", "Next Time", "Ours to Keep", "Pompeii", "Realize", "Rude", "Second Chances", "Somebody Loved", "Someday", "Stay With Me/Best I Ever Had", "Strong Enough", "The Sukiyaki Song", "That's Christmas to Me", "Wandering and Wondering", "White Flag", "The Wind", "What a Wonderful World", "Where I Stood", "Winter Song", "Without Me", "With or Without You", "Yellow", "You're Gonna Live Forever in Me")

SIGNIFICANT LOW NOTES

A3 ("Amazing Grace", "Baby", "Blood Bank", "Bubbly", "California", "Can't Feel My Face", "Cheap Thrills", "Christmas Is", "The Christmas Song", "Coffee", "Cups (When I'm Gone)", "Fast Car", "Fetish", "For All This", "For Now", "Forever Blue", "Forever on Your Side", "Heart of Life", "I Never Wanted Anything More Than I Want You", "I Was Made for Loving You/Please Don't Say You Love Me", "In Your Arms", "It Ain't Me", "It's Hard to Be Human", "It's Love", "Just the Way You Are", "Keep You Warm", "Let Go", "Let It Snow", "Love Story", "The Luckiest", "Make Me", "Michicant", "The Middle", "Mr. Sun", "My Dear", "My Time With You", "New Slang", "Ours to Keep", "Pompeii", "Rude", "Running Away", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Souvenirs", "Stand By Me", "Stars Falling Down", "Stressed Out", "Sugarcane", "Too Soon", "Try", "Valentine", "Walk On", "Wandering and Wondering", "The Way You Are", "Where You Are", "White Flag", "White Winter Hymnal", "With or Without You", "Wonderwall", "You're Gonna Live Forever in Me")
G♯3 ("20,000 Seconds", "The A Team", "All I Want", "All My Life", "Back to December", "Bamboo", "Beth", "Better Together", "Birdsong", "Blindly", "Blue Spotted Tail", "Boots of Spanish Leather", "Breathe Honesty", "Building a Mystery", "Cambridge", "A Case of You", "Choice", "The Christmas Song", "Cool Kids", "Dancing With a Stranger", "Dear River", "Don't Forget", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Falling Slowly", "Fireflies", "Firework", "For No One", "Forever", "FourFiveSeconds", "Future Memories", "Give Me Back", "God Only Knows", "The Goldfish Song", "Gone", "Gotta Have You", "Heart and Mind", "Hey Jude", "Highlighted in Green", "I Found You", "I Knew This Would Be Love", "I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You", "I'll Be", "Impermanent", "In the Waiting", "In Theory", "Issues", "Jumper", "Kiss Me", "Let Her Go", "Little Worrier", "Living in Dreams", "Lonesome", "Magic", "Make It Go", "Message from Your Heart", "Missing You", "The Moon Song", "Naked as We Came", "Never Never", "No", "Oh What a Love", "The Only Exception", "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Ours to Keep", "Pretend", "Protect Her", "Rolling in the Deep", "Royals", "Say", "Say Something" Christina Aguilera cover, "Say Something" Justin Timberlake cover, "Shut Up and Dance", "Slow Hands", "Some Days", "Someone Else's Heart", "Sorry", "Stay", "Stay Just a Little", "Sweater Weather", "Team", "That's Christmas to Me", "Throw It Away", "Trolleywood", "Together", "Valentine", "Volcano", "Waitin'", "Walking Away", "Wannabe", "What a Wonderful World", "When You Come Back Down", "Where Are Ü Now", "Where I Stood", "Why Can't I?", "Without Me", "World in Front of Me", "Write It in the Sky", "You're a God", "Youngblood")
G3 ("After an Afternoon", "All", "All My Life", "All of Me", "Another Day", "Baby", "Back to Us", "Between Sheets", "Beyond the Sea", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Boats and Birds", "Build Me Up Buttercup", "Burn", "The Call", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Chandelier", "Chasing You", "Christmas Is", "Clean", "Cups (When I'm Gone)", "Crawl", "Creep", "Demons", "Disturbia", "Don't Cry", "Down and Gone (The Blue Song)", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Failure", "Fields of Gold", "Flightless Bird, American Mouth", "For All This", "Gangsta's Paradise", "The Good Side", "Graceland", "Half of My Heart", "Heart of Life", "History", "Ho Hey", "I Never Wanted Anything More Than I Want You", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Yours", "If I Were a Boy", "In Theory", "In Your Arms", "It's Love", "Let Go", "Let That Be Enough", "Little Worrier", "Lose You to Lose Me", "Love Anyway", "Love Story", "Make Me", "Memory", "Millennial Love", "My Own", "My Time With You", "Never Say Never", "No Matter", "Oh Father", "On the Radio", "The One You Say Goodnight To", "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Overgrown", "Paper Bag", "People", "Please Remember", "Pompeii", "Realize", "Remember the Time", "Running Away", "The Scientist", "Second Chances", "Someday", "Stand By Me", "Star Spangled Banner", "Stars Falling Down", "Stay Just a Little", "Stay the Night", "Stay With Me/Best I Ever Had", "The Sukiyaki Song", "Take a Bow", "These Magnet Hearts", "Thinking Out Loud", "This Far", "To the Wonder", "The Way You Are", "What a Wonderful World", "When Will I Learn", "Winter", "Winter Song", "Yellow", "Yesterday", "Young, Dumb & Broke")
F♯3 ("20,000 Seconds", "The A Team", "Am I Wrong", "Better Together", "Between Sheets", "Billie Eilish Medley", "Blood Bank", "Bubbly", "Cannonball", "Capri", "A Case of You", "Choice", "Clean", "The Climb", "Closer", "Creep", "Fallin' For You", "The Fire/Darling", "The First Thing I See", "First Train Home", "FourFiveSeconds", "Future Memories", "Genevieve", "Gone", "Gotta Have You", "Hallelujah", "The Hanging Tree", "Home", "I Knew This Would Be Love", "I Will Follow You Into the Dark", "I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You", "Iris", "It's Hard to Be Human", "Keep You Warm", "Michicant", "Missing You", "Naked as We Came", "Oh What a Love", "The Only Exception", "Pretend", "Pumped Up Kicks", "Q&A", "Rude", "Say Something" Christina Aguilera cover, "The Scientist", "Sound of Silence", "Strong Enough", "Sweater Weather", "Team", "That's Christmas to Me", "Timshel", "Too Soon", "Try", "Valentine", "Walk On", "When the Party's Over", "Where I Stood", "Why Can't I?", "Without Me", "World in Front of Me", "Write It in the Sky", "You're Gonna Live Forever in Me")
F3 ("After an Afternoon", "...Baby One More Time", "Bamboo", "Beth", "Blue Spotted Tail", "Boats and Birds", "Bring Me the Night", "California", "Chandelier", "Colorblind", "Dancing With a Stranger", "Don't Cry", "Don't Matter", "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me", "Fast Car", "The Fire", "Emmylou", "For Now", "God Only Knows", "The Good Side", "Half of My Heart", "I'm Yours", "Jumper", "Just the Way You Are", "Maybe", "Never Say Never", "On the Radio", "Overgrown", "Remember the Time", "Royals", "See You Again", "Second Chances", "Skyscraper", "Stay", "White Flag", "You Are My Sunshine", "You're a God")
E3 ("Billie Eilish Medley", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Capri", "Crawl", "Genevieve", "Happy", "Millennial Love", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Someday", "Stressed Out", "What a Wonderful World", "When the Party's Over", "Young, Dumb & Broke")
E♭3 ("Chandelier", "In the Waiting", "No", "Sweater Weather", "When You Come Back Down")
D3 ("Bring Me the Night", "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me", "The Fire", "Oh Father")

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Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Underlines mark obscure notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Blue marks head voice/falsetto notes.
Boldface marks particularly exceptional notes.

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{QUESTIONABLE NOTES}D5 ("Millennial Love^[1]")
F♯3 ("Sorry"^[2])
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1. Questionable identity.
2. Questionable existence (pitched harmonies, too-obscure notes).

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{ALBUM RANGES}Sincerely, Me. (2005): F♯3-A4-C♯5^[1]
One More in the Attic (2006): F♯3-A4-F5
In Memory of the Singing Bridge (2006): F3-F5
Stairwells (2010): F♯3-B♭4-E5
The Living Room Sessions Vol. 1 (2011): F3-A4-E5
Elements (2014): D3-A4-G5
David & Kina (2016): G3-C5^[1]
The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 (2016): E♭3-F5
The Living Room Sessions Vol. 3 (2017): F♯3-F5
In the Waiting (2018): E♭3-A4-F5
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