Rihanna (16,971 views)

[mikale]

Born: Robyn Rihanna Fenty (February 20, 1988 - )
Vocal Range: C3 - E6


Significant High Notes

E6 ("Don't Stop The Music" live)
C♯6 ("Nobody's Business", "Pose")
B5 ("The Monster" live MTV Movie Awards 2014, "Nobody's Business")
A5 ("Bring It Back")
G♯5 (“Love On The Brain" live 04/02/2016, ”"Redemption Song" live The Oprah Winfrey Show)
G5 ("Born Again", "Kisses Don't Lie", "Love on the Brain")
F♯5 ("Disturbia", "If It's Lovin' That You Want", "Sledgehammer", "SOS", "Towards The Sun")
F5 ("Bring It Back", "Fire Bomb", "Fool in Love", "Hypnotized")
E5 ("Coulda Been the One", "Dem Haters", "Disturbia", "Final Goodbye", "The Last Time", "Lift Me Up", "Love on the Brain", "A Million Miles Away", "Music Of The Sun", "Pon De Replay", "Selfish Girl", "Should I", "Sledgehammer", "Stay", "This Is What You Came For", "Towards The Sun", "Woo")
E♭5 ("As Real As You And Me", "Bad Girl", "Cold Case Love", "Drunk on Love", "Fading", "Fool in Love", "G4L", "A Girl Like Me", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Here I Go Again", "Higher", "Hypnotized", "If It's Lovin' That You Want", "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2", "Kisses Don't Lie", "Let Me", "Never Ending", "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)",  "Same Ol' Mistakes", "Say You, Say Me" live Pre-Grammys 2016, "That La, La, La", "Vogue" live Fashion Rocks 2008, "Where Have You Been", "Willing To Wait", )
D5 ("Bad Girl", "Bring It Back", "Close to You", "Cockiness (Love It)", "Consideration", "Coulda Been the One", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Darling Nikki" live The Loud Tour, "Diamonds", "Farewell", "Final Goodbye", "Fire Bomb", "Fly", "FourFiveSeconds", "G4L", "Higher", "Is This Love" live Manchester 2008, "Just Stand Up", "The Last Time", "Let Me", "Livin' on a Prayer" live Madrid 2011, "Lose My Breath" live World Music Awards 2005, "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)", "Man Down", "Needed Me", "Never Ending", "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", "Princess of China", "Rush", "Selfish Girl", "Should I", "Sledgehammer", "Talk That Talk", "There's A Thug In My Life", "This Is What You Came For", "Wait Your Turn", "Who Ya Gonna Run To", "Yeah, I Said It", "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No))
C♯5 ("Desperado", "Disturbia", "Fading", "A Girl Like Me", "Half Of Me", "If I Never See Your Face Again", "Kiss It Better", "Lift Me Up", "Live Your Life", "Lost In Paradise", "Now I Know", "Only Girl (In The World)", "Photographs", "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)", "Push Up On Me", "Question Existing", "Roc Me Out", "Rude Boy", "Rush", "Russian Roulette", "Say You, Say Me" live Pre-Grammys 2016, "Selfish", "SOS", "We Found Love", "What Now", "What's My Name", "Willing To Wait")
C5 ('Bad Girl", "Break It Off", "California King Bed", "Close to You", "Complicated", "Consideration", "Coulda Been the One", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Darling Nikki" live The Loud Tour, "Desperado" live The ANTI World Tour, "Do Ya Thang", "Final Goodbye", "Fire Bomb", "Fool in Love", "Get It Over With", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Half Of Me", "Hate That I Love You", "Here I Go Again", "Higher", "Hold in My Head", "Hypnotized", "If It's Lovin' That You Want", "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2", "Just Stand Up", "Kisses Don't Lie", "Lemme Get That", "Let Me", "Lose My Breath" live World Music Awards 2005, "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)", "Mad House", "Music Of The Sun", "Needed Me", "Never Ending", "No Love Allowed", "Pon De Replay", "Pose", "Same Ol' Mistakes", "Selfish", "Should I", "Stay", "Stupid in Love", "There's A Thug In My Life", "Unfaithful", "Vogue" live Fashion Rocks 2008, "We All Want Love", "We Ride", "Where Have You Been", "Who Ya Gonna Run To", "Willing To Wait", "Woo", "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No))
B4 ("American Oxygen", "As Real As You And Me", "California King Bed", "Can't Remember To Forget You", "Cheers (Drink To That)", "Complicated", "Dem Haters", "Diamonds", "Disturbia", "Doo Wop (That Thing)/Who Am I" live Milan 2008, "Drunk on Love", "Fading", "Farewell", "Hard", "Here I Go Again", "Jump", "Kiss It Better", "The Last Time", "Live Your Life", "Livin' on a Prayer" live Madrid 2011, "Lost In Paradise", "Love on the Brain", "A Million Miles Away", "The Monster", "Nobody's Business", "Now I Know", "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", "Only Girl (In The World)", "Pon De Replay", "Pour It Up", "Princess of China", "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)", "Push Up On Me", "Question Existing", "Red Lipstick", "Right Now", "Roc Me Out", "ROCKSTAR 101", "Roll It", "Russian Roulette", "S&M", "Say You, Say Me" live Pre-Grammys 2016, "Selfish Girl", "Sex With Me", "SOS", "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", "Take A Bow", "Te Amo", "That La, La, La", "Towards The Sun",  "Watch n' Learn", "We Found Love", "What Now", "What's My Name", "Wonderwall" live Dublin 2010, "Woo", "Yeah, I Said It")


Significant Low Notes

A3 ("Airplanes" live The Monster Tour, "American Oxygen", "Birthday Cake", "Breakin' Dishes", "Bring It Back", "California King Bed", "Can't Remember To Forget You", "Cheers (Drink To That)", "Consideration", "Coulda Been the One", "Darling Nikki" live The Loud Tour, "Dem Haters", "Diamonds", "Disturbia", "Doo Wop (That Thing)/Who Am I" live Milan 2008, "Farewell", "FourFiveSeconds", "Hard", "Hold in My Head", "Just Stand Up", "Lemon", "Let Me", "Lift Me Up", "Live Your Life", "Love on the Brain", "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary", "LOYALTY.", "Mad House", "No Type" live 2015, "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", "Only Girl (In The World)", "Phresh Out The Runway", "Pour It Up", "Princess of China", "Red Lipstick", "ROCKSTAR 101", "Russian Roulette", "Selfish Girl", "Should I", "Skin", "SOS", "Stay", "Talk That Talk", "This Is What You Came For", "Too Good", "We All Want Love", "What's My Name", "Who's That Chick?", "Woo")
G♯3 ("All Of The Lights", "As Real As You And Me", "Bad" Remix, "BELIEVE IT", "Break It Off", "Cold Case Love", "Dancing In The Dark", "Desperado", "Don't Stop The Music", "Do Ya Thang", "Fading", "Get It Over With", "Get Up, Stand Up", "A Girl Like Me", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Half Of Me", "Here I Go Again", "Hypnotized", "If It's Lovin' That You Want", "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2", "Jump", "The Last Song", "The Last Time", "Lemon",  "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary", "Mad House", "Nobody's Business", "No Love Allowed", "Numb", "Nothing Is Promised", "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)", "Push Up On Me", "Question Existing", "Redemption Song" live The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Rehab", "Right Now", "Roll It", "Rude Boy", "Rush", "Same Ol' Mistakes", "Say You, Say Me" live Pre-Grammys 2016, "Selfish", "Sell Me Candy", "Sledgehammer", "Stan" live The Monster Tour, "Shut Up And Drive", "Take A Bow", "Te Amo", "Vogue" live Fashion Rocks 2008, "Watch n' Learn", "Wonderwall" live Dublin 2010, "Work", "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)")
G3 ("Birthday Cake", "California King Bed", "Close to You", "Cockiness (Love It)", "Cold Case Love", "Complicated", "Consideration", "Coulda Been the One", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Dem Haters", "Disturbia", "Farewell", "Final Goodbye", "Fire Bomb", "Fool in Love", "G4L", "Hold in My Head", "Hypnotized", "Is This Love" live Manchester 2008, "Jump", "Kisses Don't Lie", "Let Me", "Loveeeeeee Song", "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)", "LOYALTY.", "A Million Miles Away", "Needed Me", "Never Ending", "Now I Know", "Phresh Out The Runway", "Pon De Replay", "Pose", "Run This Town", "Should I", "Skin", "Stupid in Love", "Take Care", "Take It Bow", "This Is What You Came For", "Wait Your Turn", "We All Want Love", "Who Ya Gonna Run To", "Willing To Wait", "Yeah, I Said It", "You Da One")
F♯3 ("Airplanes" live The Monster Tour, "As Real As You And Me", "Bad" Remix, "BELIEVE IT", "Doo Wop (That Thing)/Who Am I" live Milan 2008, "Don't Stop The Music", "Drunk on Love", "Famous", "FourFiveSeconds", "G4L", "Kiss It Better", "Lemon",  "Livin' on a Prayer" live Madrid 2011, "Lost In Paradise", "Nobody's Business", "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", "Only Girl (In The World)", "Paper Planes" live Milan 2008, "Photographs", "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)", "Push Up On Me", "Question Existing", "Redemption Song" live The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Right Now", "ROCKSTAR 101", "Rush", "Russian Roulette", "Sex With Me", "Shut Up And Drive","Sledgehammer", "SOS", "Take A Bow", "Talk That Talk", "Te Amo", "Watch n' Learn", "What's My Name", "Work")
F3 ("Born Again", "Close to You", "Cockiness (Love It)", "Cold Case Love", "Consideration", "Darling Nikki" live The Loud Tour, "Desperado", "Fire Bomb", "Get It Over With", "Get Up, Stand Up", "A Girl Like Me", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Half Of Me", "Higher", "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2", "James Joint", "Kisses Don't Lie", "The Last Song", "Loveeeeeee Song", "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)", "Man Down", "A Million Miles Away", "Needed Me", "Never Ending", "Pon De Replay", "Pose", "Take Care", "Unfaithful", "Wait Your Turn", "Wild Thoughts", "Willing To Wait")
E3 ("Cheers (Drink To That)", "Dem Haters", "Disturbia", "James Joint", "Jump", "Lift Me Up", "LOYALTY.", "Now I Know", "Red Lipstick", "Rush", "Sex With Me", "Take A Bow", "Towards The Sun", "Who Ya Gonna Run To", "Yeah, I Said It")
E♭3 ("BELIEVE IT", "Born Again", "Desperado", "Famous", "Get It Over With", "Livin' on a Prayer" live Madrid 2011, "Push Up On Me", "Take Care", "We Ride", "Wild Thoughts")
D3 ("Bring It Back", "Close to You", "Disturbia", "Fire Bomb", "G4L", "Love on the Brain", "Towards The Sun", "Wait Your Turn", "Willing To Wait", "Yeah, I Said It")
C♯3 ("BELIEVE IT", "James Joint", "Sex With Me")
C3 ("Wild Thoughts")

SPOILER: Click to show

{notewatched discography/credits}
Music Of The Sun (2005) mikale (D3 - F♯5)
A Girl Like Me (2006) galaxyseal (E♭3 - G5)
Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) mikale (D3 - F♯5)
Rated R (2009) galaxyseal (D3 - F5)
LOUD (2010) mikale (E3 - E♭5)
Talk That Talk (2011) galaxyseal (E3 - F5)
Unapologetic (2012) mikale (Eb3 - C♯6)
ANTI (2016) galaxyseal (C♯3 - C♯6)
Features / Singles mikale
Live Performances galaxyseal

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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered to be impressive relating to the person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.

[newdasher]

I would extend her high range down to maybe a Bb4 or an A4. She requires way too much effort to hit B4s for that to be the start of her high range. She just doesn't have enough ease up there.

[luxiouskorsay]

Feb 26, 2021 17:18:16 GMT newdasher said:

I would extend her high range down to maybe a Bb4 or an A4. She requires way too much effort to hit B4s for that to be the start of her high range. She just doesn't have enough ease up there.

i agree with that, A4s is when her voice starts to tense

[newdasher]

Feb 26, 2021 17:58:45 GMT luxiouskorsay said:

Feb 26, 2021 17:18:16 GMT newdasher said:

I would extend her high range down to maybe a Bb4 or an A4. She requires way too much effort to hit B4s for that to be the start of her high range. She just doesn't have enough ease up there.

i agree with that, A4s is when her voice starts to tense

Yeah exactly.

[mikale]

galaxyseal and I discussed it and we probably won't bring the extremities down in the near future. Maybe some day we'll review it again. :ball:

[newdasher]

Mar 1, 2021 2:25:42 GMT mikale said:

galaxyseal and I discussed it and we probably won't bring the extremities down in the near future. Maybe some day we'll review it again. :ball:

Is there a specific reason why you decided not to? Because I think Luxious and I made a solid argument for why it's not a good representation of her range.

[Captain Planet]

Mar 1, 2021 17:00:50 GMT newdasher said:

Mar 1, 2021 2:25:42 GMT mikale said:

galaxyseal and I discussed it and we probably won't bring the extremities down in the near future. Maybe some day we'll review it again.

Is there a specific reason why you decided not to? Because I think Luxious and I made a solid argument for why it's not a good representation of her range.

Probably because they would have to review her entire discography again, and that takes time.

[newdasher]

Mar 1, 2021 19:47:49 GMT Captain Planet said:

Mar 1, 2021 17:00:50 GMT newdasher said:

Is there a specific reason why you decided not to? Because I think Luxious and I made a solid argument for why it's not a good representation of her range.

Probably because they would have to review her entire discography again, and that takes time.

Fair enough. That would definitely be a pain in the arse.

[IhateMana]

I dread to imagine how on earth she worked a G#5 into "Redemption Song"

[galaxyseal]

Saw a few notes missing so I did what I had to do (:))

F♯3, A3, B4, D5 in "FourFiveSeconds"
D3, E3, B4, E5, F♯5 in "Towards the Sun"
A3, B4 in "American Oxygen"
G♯3 in "Nothing Is Promised"
F♯3, G♯3 and A3 in "Lemon"
A3, C5 and D5 in "Just Stand Up!"
G♯3 and B4 in "Roll It"
C♯5 in "If I Never See Your Face Again"
F♯3, G♯3, B4 and E♭5 in "As Real as You and Me"
G♯3 in "Dancing in the Dark"
A3, B4 and C♯5 in "Live Your Life"
F♯3, A3, B4 and D5 in "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)"
F3, D5 in "Love the Way You Lie" (idk if you'd wanna add this since you already have notes from Part II but these are from the original)
A3 and B4 in "Can't Remember to Forget You"
A3 in "Too Good"
C5, D5 and E♭5 in "Bad Girl"
B4 in "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)"
E♭3 and F♯3 in "Famous"

[galaxyseal]

I coulda fuckin sworn that this note was in the Google Doc but there's a nice F3 in "Higher"

[DaydreamingBaritone]

A rather late announcement, but Rihanna is finally back and she has released 2 new songs for the movie soundtrack of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"!

E♭3, F3, B♭4 and G5 in "Born Again"

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5E6CExu204

E3, A3, C♯5 and E5 in "Lift Me Up"

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz2-eYojYAM

Edit: I think the D5(s) in "Sledgehammer" are quite impressive and deserving of bolds.

[tykiraalot]

Did Rihanna hit a B5 belting in that Hero performance? It doesn't have the best quality but she supported.
She started so good actually, but of course the song wasn't for her or at least she didn't have the right technique at the time.

youtu.be/FOrCz3ydBhU

[tykiraalot]

And also she hit many G#5 while singing Love On The Brain on tour, here one:

Link: (around 3:09) youtu.be/CDpEWVlVvwA

[mitreg3797]

Pure Mezzo Soprano

[Osmosis]

Jan 2, 2023 10:31:12 GMT tykiraalot said:

Did Rihanna hit a B5 belting in that Hero performance? It doesn't have the best quality but she supported.
She started so good actually, but of course the song wasn't for her or at least she didn't have the right technique at the time.

youtu.be/FOrCz3ydBhU

That's a B4 not a B5. The highest she gets to in the song is an E5 on the key change. 

[tykiraalot]

Jan 4, 2023 13:26:42 GMT Osmosis said:

Jan 2, 2023 10:31:12 GMT tykiraalot said:

Did Rihanna hit a B5 belting in that Hero performance? It doesn't have the best quality but she supported.
She started so good actually, but of course the song wasn't for her or at least she didn't have the right technique at the time.

youtu.be/FOrCz3ydBhU

That's a B4 not a B5. The highest she gets to in the song is an E5 on the key change. 

She definitely hit a B5, and also a G#5 and A5 here
youtube.com/shorts/3ZznkXmRpJw?feature=share

[Osmosis]

I wasn't aware of the ending there, I just went off the clip you shared. I agree, that's a B5.

[Steingrim]

Jan 4, 2023 15:22:12 GMT tykiraalot said:

Jan 4, 2023 13:26:42 GMT Osmosis said:

That's a B4 not a B5. The highest she gets to in the song is an E5 on the key change. 

She definitely hit a B5, and also a G#5 and A5 here
youtube.com/shorts/3ZznkXmRpJw?feature=share

Sounds like mixed voice throughout. So she's in head voice and it's not belting. It can be difficult to differentiate between the two, but very few singers have the ability to just sing A5 or higher in their chest voice.

[galaxyseal]

Regardless, she was 15 in that performance of "Hero" so it's unlikely that Mikale will want to count it

[mikale]

I concur. There’s no need to debate exactly what the note is because I don’t think it should be counted anyways lol.

[tykiraalot]

Jan 4, 2023 17:51:37 GMT Steingrim said:

Jan 4, 2023 15:22:12 GMT tykiraalot said:

She definitely hit a B5, and also a G#5 and A5 here
youtube.com/shorts/3ZznkXmRpJw?feature=share

Sounds like mixed voice throughout. So she's in head voice and it's not belting. It can be difficult to differentiate between the two, but very few singers have the ability to just sing A5 or higher in their chest voice.

Yes, despite the fact that several parts of her Hero performance were out of key, which i think was more due to the fact that she didn't have the ability to control and didn't know her own voice at the time, she seemed to be able to reach high notes easily, in performances at the beginning of her career she managed to go high with agility
She hit a E5 on If It's Lovin That You Want here with a GOOD agility
Link: youtu.be/2Uu-aLC_ADQ (3:04)

[tykiraalot]

Jan 4, 2023 16:37:36 GMT Osmosis said:

I wasn't aware of the ending there, I just went off the clip you shared. I agree, that's a B5.

Sorry, I had seen it before somewhere that part and i thought the video had the whole performance