Whitney Houston (17,641 views)

[Baronessa]

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (9 August 1963 - 11 February 2012)
Vocal Range: C♯3 - E♭6

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{Vocal Range Timeline}Whitney Houston:
Whitney Houston (1985): F♯3 - G5 - C6
Whitney (1987): E♭3 - G♯5 - C6
I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990): E♭3 - G♯5 - A5
The Bodyguard (1992): F♯3 - G♯5 - B♭5^{[motion picture soundtrack]}
The Preacher's Wife (1996): D3 - F♯5 - G♯5^{[motion picture soundtrack]}
My Love Is Your Love (1998): E♭3 - F♯5 - G5
Just Whitney... (2002): C♯3 - F5
One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003): D3 - F5 - G5
I Look to You (2009): D3 - F♯5

Significant High Notes:

E♭6 ("Heartbreak Hotel" Wembley Arena, London, November 8 1999)
C♯6 ("I Am Changing" The Summit, Houston, TX 16 August 1985, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Arista's 15th Anniversary 1990)
C6 ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Love Is a Contact Sport", "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" The Summit, Houston, TX 16 August 1985, "Someone for Me")
B5 ("He, I Believe" Yokohama Arena 1990, "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "So Emotional", "You Give Good Love" Wembley Arena, London 4 November 1986)
B♭5 ("Run to You", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute)
A5 ("All the Man That I Need", "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "Queen of the Night", "Someone for Me", "Take Good Care of My Heart")
G♯5 ("All the Man That I Need", "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Big Break 1990, "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Feels So Good", "Fine", "Higher Love", "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "I Belong to You", "I Love the Lord", "I'm Every Woman", "I'm Knockin'", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Look Into Your Heart", "Love Will Save the Day", "Moment of Truth", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Super Bowl XXV, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Who Do You Love")
G5 ("Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "For the Love of You", "Heart to Heart" Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 2 August 1986, "Hold On, Help Is on the Way", "Home" Merv Griffin Show 1983, "How Will I Know", "I Believe in You and Me", "If I Told You That", "In Return" Yokohama Arena 1991, "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be", "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "La Donna È Mobile" Rainforest Benefit Concert 1994, "Love's in Need of Love Today" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "My Name Is Not Susan" studio / Yokohama Arena 1991, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" Wembley Arena, London 4 November 1986, "One Wish (For Christmas)", "Revelation" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "Saving All My Love for You" Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya 17 January 1990, "So Emotional", "Step by Step", "Takin' a Chance", "This Day", "Touch the World" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Where You Are", "You Give Good Love")
F♯5 ("America the Beautiful", "A Brand New Day" Carnegie Hall, New York, NY 28 October 1985, "Control/Sweet Love/Stop to Love" Boston Common, Boston, MA 25 August 1987, "Count on Me", "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "Heart to Heart" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hold Me", "Hold Up the Light", "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "I Belong to You", "I Have Nothing", "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I Say a Little Prayer" Big Break 1990, "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Every Woman", "I'm Knockin'", "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be", "Joy to the World", "Look Into Your Heart", "Love Is a Contact Sport", "Love Will Find a Way"; "Love Will Save the Day", "Lover for Life", "Loverman/My Man" Billboard Music Awards 1991, "Master Blaster (Jammin')" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Queen of the Night", "Salute", "Saving All My Love for You", "Say You Love Me" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Take Me to Your Heart", "Thinking About You", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "When You Believe", "Who Do You Love", "You Give Good Love" Wembley Arena, London 4 November 1986, "You're Still My Man")
F5 ("All at Once" American Music Awards 1987, "Aretha Franklin Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Big Break 1990, "Clouds", "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Eternal Love", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Feels So Good", "The First Nöel", "The Giver of Life/In Return" Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo 5 January 1990, "He, I Believe" Wembley Arena, London 7 May 1988, "He's All Over Me", "Higher Love", "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "I Go to the Rock", "I Have Nothing", "I Know Him So Well", "I Love the Lord", "I Was Made to Love Him", "If I Told You That", "Joy", "Joy to the World", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "Let the Feeling Flow" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 27 September 1987, "Look Into Your Heart", "Love Is a Contact Sport", "Loverman/My Man" Billboard Music Awards 1991, "One Moment in Time","One of Those Days", "One Song" Washington, D.C. 1990, "One Wish (For Christmas)", "A Quiet Place" Superstars and Their Moms 1987, "Run to You", "Same Script, Different Cast", "So Emotional", "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", "Something in Common", "A Song for You", "Take Me to Your Heart", "Takin' a Chance", "This Day", "Touch the World" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Until You Come Back", "We Didn't Know", "When You Believe", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "Where You Are", "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", "Wonderful Counselor" American Music Awards 1988, "You Give Good Love", "You Send Me" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988, "You'll Never Stand Alone", "You're Still My Man")
E5 ("All the Man That I Need", "America the Beautiful", "Anymore", "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "A Brand New Day" Carnegie Hall, New York, NY 28 October 1985, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Count on Me", "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 22 June 1994, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Fine", "For the Lovers", "Get It Back", "Greatest Love of All", "Hold Me", "Hold On, Help Is on the Way", "Hold Up the Light", "Home" Merv Griffin Show 1983, "I Believe in You and Me", "I Learned from the Best", "I Look to You", "I Love You" Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY19 June 1994, "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I Say a Little Prayer" Big Break 1990, "I Will Always Love You", "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", "In Return" Yokohama Arena 1991, "Jesus Loves Me", "Like I Never Left", "Little Drummer Boy", "The Love You Save" Estadio Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires 16 April 1994, "Master Blaster (Jammin')" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Miracle", "My Heart Is Calling", "My Love", "My Name Is Not Susan", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", "Nothin' but Love", "One of Those Days", "Our Love's in Danger", "Queen of the Night", "Same Script, Different Cast", "Saving All My Love for You", "Shock Me", "Someone for Me", "Something in Common", "Special Delivery", "Step by Step", "Take Good Care of My Heart", "Tell Me No", "Think", "Thinking About You", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Whatchulookinat", "Wonderful Counselor" American Music Awards 1988)
E♭5 ("All at Once", "Amazing Grace" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "America the Beautiful", "Aretha Franklin Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Call You Tonight", "Clouds", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "The First Nöel", "For the Love of You", "The Giver of Life/In Return" Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo 5 January 1990, "Happy Birthday" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "He, I Believe" Wembley Arena, London 7 May 1988, "He's All Over Me", "Heart to Heart" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hold Up the Light", "How Will I Know", "I Believe in You and Me", "I Belong to You", "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "I Go to the Rock", "I Have Nothing", "I Learned from the Best", "I Love the Lord", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "I Was Made to Love Him", "I'm Every Woman", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "Joy", "Joy to the World", "Let the Feeling Flow" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 27 September 1987, "Love Is a Contact Sport", "Love That Man", "Loverman/My Man" Billboard Music Awards 1991, "Miracle", "Moment of Truth", "My Love Is Your Love", "O Come O Come Emmanuel", "One Moment in Time", "One Song" Washington, D.C. 1990, "One Wish (For Christmas)", "People" Washington, D.C. 1994, "A Quiet Place" Superstars and Their Moms 1987, "Run to You", "A Song for You", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Super Bowl XXV, "Take a Chance", "There Is Music in You", "This Day", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "Where You Are", "Who Do You Love", "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", "Worth It", "You Light Up My Life", "You Send Me" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988)
D5 ("Abraham, Martin and John" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "After We Make Love", "All at Once", "Anymore", "Aretha Franklin Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Believe in Love", "A Brand New Day" Carnegie Hall, New York, NY 28 October 1985, "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Fire on the Bayou", "For the Lovers", "Freeway of Love" Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 22 June 1994, "Good Enough", "Heaven", "Hold On, Help Is on the Way", "Home" Merv Griffin Show 1983, "I Have Nothing", "I Know Him So Well", "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Coming Out" Arena di Verona, Verona 29 June 1998, "If I Told You That", "Impossible/It's Possible", "In My Business", "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be", "Jesus Loves Me", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "Little Drummer Boy", "Love That Man", "Love Will Save the Day", "Love's in Need of Love Today" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Lover for Life", "Memories", "Mr. Bojangles" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "My Heart Is Calling", "My Love", "My Love Is Your Love", "My Name Is Not Susan", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988, "One Moment in Time", "One of Those Days", "One Wish (For Christmas)", "Our Love's in Danger", "Revelation" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "Salute", "Say You Love Me" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Shock Me", "Sitting in Limbo", "So Emotional", "Step by Step", "Take a Chance", "Take Good Care of My Heart", "Take Me to Your Heart", "Takin' a Chance", "Tell Me No", "Things You Say", "Try It on My Own", "Unashamed", "Until You Come Back", "We Didn't Know", "Whatchulookinat", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "Where You Are", "Who Would Imagine a King", "You Give Good Love", "You Were Loved", "You'll Never Stand Alone", "You're Still My Man", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
C♯5 ("After We Make Love", "Amazing Grace" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Believe in Love", "Call You Tonight", "Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Control/Sweet Love/Stop to Love" Boston Common, Boston, MA 25 August 1987, "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 22 June 1994, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Dynamite", "Eternal Love", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Feels So Good", "Fine", "Get It Back", "Greatest Love of All", "Higher Love", "Hold Me", "How Will I Know", "I Believe in You and Me", "I Bow Out", "I Go to the Rock", "I Got You", "I Learned from the Best", "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "I Was Made to Love Him", "I'm Knockin'", "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", "In My Business", "Joy to the World", "Let the Feeling Flow" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 27 September 1987, "Like I Never Left", "Look Into Your Heart", "Love Will Find a Way"; "Love Will Save the Day", "Love's in Need of Love Today" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Master Blaster (Jammin')" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Me & You Against the World" Superstars and Their Moms 1987, "Miracle", "Moment of Truth", "Never Give Up", "O Come O Come Emmanuel", "Oh Yes", "Same Script, Different Cast", "Saving All My Love for You", "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", "Special Delivery", "Superstar" IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok 14 April 1994, "There Is Music in You", "Things You Say", "Thinking About You", "Touch the World" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Try It on My Own", "When You Believe", "You Send Me" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988, "You'll Never Stand Alone", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'")
C5 ("Abraham, Martin and John" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "All the Man That I Need", "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "Dear John Letter", "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "For the Love of You", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Bow Out", "I Got You", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Impossible/It's Possible", "In Return" Yokohama Arena 1991, "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "Jesus Loves Me", "Joy", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "Light of Love", "Little Drummer Boy", "Love That Man", "Mr. Bojangles" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Never Give Up", "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", "Oh Yes", "People" Washington, D.C. 1994, "Shock Me", "Someone for Me", "A Song for You", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Super Bowl XXV, "There Is Music in You", "Unashamed", "Until You Come Back", "Who Would Imagine a King", "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", "Worth It", "You Light Up My Life", "You Were Loved")
B4 ("Are You the Woman", "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)", "Control/Sweet Love/Stop to Love" Boston Common, Boston, MA 25 August 1987, "Count on Me", "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "For the Lovers", "Good Enough", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "I Look to You", "I Love You" Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY19 June 1994, "I Will Always Love You", "Impossible/It's Possible", "Like I Never Left", "Love Will Find a Way"; "Lover for Life", "Memories", "Million Dollar Bill", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" NEC Arena, Birmingham 28 April 1988, "Nothin' but Love", "O Come O Come Emmanuel", "Say You Love Me" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", "Superstar" IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok 14 April 1994, "Take Good Care of My Heart", "Try It on My Own", "Wonderful Counselor" American Music Awards 1988, "You Light Up My Life")

Significant Low Notes:

B♭3 ("Bridge Over Troubled Water" Big Break 1990, "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "Dynamite", "The First Nöel", "For the Love of You", "He's All Over Me", "Heart to Heart" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Higher Love", "Home" Merv Griffin Show 1983, "I Belong to You", "I Have Nothing", "I Love the Lord", "If I Told You That", "Impossible/It's Possible", "In Return" Yokohama Arena 1991, "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "Look Into Your Heart", "Love Will Save the Day", "Moment of Truth", "Mr. Bojangles" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "One Song" Washington, D.C. 1990, "Run to You", "Takin' a Chance", "This Day", "Touch the World" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "We Didn't Know", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "Where You Are", "Who Would Imagine a King", "Worth It")
A3 ("Abraham, Martin and John" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "After We Make Love", "Believe in Love", "Bend Down Low", "Count on Me", "Dear John Letter", "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 22 June 1994, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Good Enough", "Greatest Love of All", "Hold Me", "I Bow Out", "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I Say a Little Prayer" Big Break 1990, "I Will Always Love You", "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be", "Jesus Loves Me", "Joy", "Light of Love", "Like I Never Left", "Lover for Life", "Memories", "Million Dollar Bill", "My Love", "Never Give Up", "One of Those Days", "Our Love's in Danger", "Queen of the Night", "Say You Love Me" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Shock Me", "Someone for Me", "Something in Common", "Take Good Care of My Heart", "Take Me to Your Heart", "There Is Music in You", "Until You Come Back", "We Didn't Know", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go")
G♯3 ("Abraham, Martin and John" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "All the Man That I Need", "Amazing Grace" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Are You the Woman", "Aretha Franklin Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Call You Tonight", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Eternal Love", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Feels So Good", "The First Nöel", "He, I Believe" Wembley Arena, London 7 May 1988, "Heart to Heart" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "Higher Love", "Hold Up the Light", "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "I Got You", "I Look to You", "I Was Made to Love Him", "I'm Every Woman", "I'm Knockin'", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "Love Is a Contact Sport", "Love Will Find a Way", "Loverman/My Man" Billboard Music Awards 1991, "Me & You Against the World" Superstars and Their Moms 1987, "A Quiet Place" Superstars and Their Moms 1987, "Run to You", "Same Script, Different Cast", "So Emotional", "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", "A Song for You", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Super Bowl XXV, "Superstar" IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok 14 April 1994, "Thinking About You", "Touch the World" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "You'll Never Stand Alone")
G3 ("Anymore", "Aretha Franklin Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", "Dear John Letter", "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Dionne Warwick Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "For the Love of You", "For the Lovers", "Heaven", "Hold On, Help Is on the Way", "Home" Merv Griffin Show 1983, "I Believe in You and Me", "I Go to the Rock", "I Have Nothing", "I Know Him So Well", "I Love the Lord", "I Loves You Porgy/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" American Music Awards 1994, "I'm Every Woman", "In Return" Yokohama Arena 1991, "Little Drummer Boy", "Love's in Need of Love Today" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Miracle", "Moment of Truth", "Mr. Bojangles" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "My Heart Is Calling", "My Love", "My Love Is Your Love", "My Name Is Not Susan","Never Give Up", "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", "One Moment in Time", "One of Those Days", "One Wish (For Christmas)", "Revelation" Welcome Home Heroes 1991, "Something in Common", "Step by Step", "Tell Me No", "Whatchulookinat", "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", "Wonderful Counselor" American Music Awards 1988, "You Give Good Love", "You Were Loved")
F♯3 ("America the Beautiful", "Believe in Love", "Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Count on Me", "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Am Changing" Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 13 September 1986, "I Believe in You and Me", "I Belong to You", "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "I Learned from the Best", "I Will Always Love You", "In My Business", "It'll Be Okay", "Joy to the World", "Like I Never Left", "Love's in Need of Love Today" The Concert for a New South Africa 1994, "Lover for Life", "Loverman/My Man" Billboard Music Awards 1991, "Miracle", "Nothin' but Love", "O Come O Come Emmanuel", "Salute", "Same Script, Different Cast", "Saving All My Love for You", "Say You Love Me" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Superstar" IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok 14 April 1994, "Things You Say", "Thinking About You", "When You Believe", "You Light Up My Life")
F3 ("Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)", "Diana Ross Medley" DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 5 October 1997, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Fine", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Go to the Rock", "I Got You", "I Know Him So Well", "I Will Always Love You" World Music Awards 1994, "Joy to the World", "Just the Lonely Talking Again", "Little Drummer Boy", "Love That Man", "Oh Yes", "A Song for You", "This Day", "Unashamed", "Until You Come Back", "Who Would Imagine a King", "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", "You'll Never Stand Alone")
E3 ("After We Make Love", "Deck the Halls/Silent Night", "Fine", "For the Lovers", "Hold On, Help Is on the Way", "I Bow Out", "I Look to You", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "In My Business", "My Heart Is Calling", "My Name Is Not Susan", "One Wish (For Christmas)", "Step by Step", "Tell Me No", "Whatchulookinat", "When You Believe", "You Light Up My Life", "You Were Loved", "You'll Never Stand Alone")
E♭3 ("Amazing Grace" Radio City Music Hall 1994, "Dancin' on the Smooth Edge", "Eternal Love", "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Belong to You", "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "I Learned from the Best", "I Was Made to Love Him", "It'll Be Okay", "Joy", "Love That Man", "My Love Is Your Love", "O Come O Come Emmanuel", "Oh Yes", "Try It on My Own", "Where You Are", "Worth It")
D3 ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Salute", "Things You Say", "Unashamed", "Who Would Imagine a King")
C♯3 ("Try It on My Own")

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{Questionable Notes}G♯6 ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Jerudong Park Amphitheatre, Bandar Seri Begawan 24 August 1996^[1a])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Whistle attempt gone wrong

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.

Coming from a gospel background, but among the top-flight of who people might call 'divas', and particularly a stepping stone between what you might consider a 'classic' and 'old' diva. Even if it might be easy to criticize her now, even during her time on this earth, to many Whitney was the best singer of all time and she earned so many industry stamps of approval that at some point you just have to wonder whether you're the one with the problem, you know?

Special thanks to 'S for the high quality bolds for "One Moment in Time", "How Will I Know", "You Give Good Love", "I Believe in You and Me" and "Saving All My Love For You"!

[sophiam122]

What is Whitney Houston's vocal type?

[mrrobot166]

Mezzo

[sophiam122]

Is she a lyric or a dramatic mezzo?

[Smitty.]

Feb 23, 2021 22:39:52 GMT mrrobot166 said:

Mezzo

so you looked at my post saying these one word post are annoying and comes across off as what you are saying is a fact, Liked the post, then still do the same thing after
am i missing something here? i get it if English is not you're native language but at this point i'm just confused about what you are trying to do here

[kaji]

Feb 23, 2021 22:39:52 GMT mrrobot166 said:

Mezzo

Lol. Ain't no mezzo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJ2I9dBxGU

I'll be adding notes as I go through her concerts but here are some notes off the top of my head.
Boldable sustained B5s and a short C#6 towards the end - youtu.be/7pa6rUAOc0o
C6 - www.youtube.com/watch?t=230&v=uUmmPexm_Uo&feature=youtu.be
G6s up to you if you wanna count them (I personally would count them in this particular case but I can see why not) - youtu.be/BrNuLSnYtOA?t=215
She always does B5s in the live version of You Give Good Love. Two examples - www.youtube.com/watch?t=241&v=GZoDTfzftnU&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?t=711&v=nYdJgJOb-u8&feature=youtu.be
Bb5s - youtu.be/jrl86U__Im0?t=323
Boldable G5 belt at 4:54 and a belted G#5 at 9:17 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJ2I9dBxGU
Belted G5 in this version in London '86 - www.youtube.com/watch?t=291&v=XaCTmcLF8Bs&feature=youtu.be
The highest belt in I Say a Little Prayer is a G, not F# - youtu.be/-uE1Dho_3UA?t=202
Another G5 - youtu.be/kKV6agAIwbs?t=171
G5 - www.youtube.com/watch?t=257&v=fi0O9BLcyvU&feature=youtu.be
She belts a G5 here but there's already a G#5 listed for the song so probs wouldn't bother - www.youtube.com/watch?t=126&v=b2vZO41T-4U&feature=youtu.be
She sang You Give Good Love in a higher key in some performances (including the popular version from the Johnny Carson show - youtu.be/5e9aqfi2aro?t=203) and I'd say this F#5 belt might be boldable - www.youtube.com/watch?t=231&v=GZoDTfzftnU&feature=youtu.be
Belted F#s in A Brand New Day, a few times and an A5 - www.youtube.com/watch?t=474&v=nYdJgJOb-u8&feature=youtu.be
Belted G5 - www.youtube.com/watch?t=238&v=PL4P9bFqygI&feature=youtu.be
Stellar F5s, a lot more notes in this performance so I recommend watching it - www.youtube.com/watch?t=133&v=ejj9B55M0_Y&feature=youtu.be
F5 in the live version of All At Once - youtu.be/2-elQTyYaaU?t=236
C5s and an Eb5 in a snippet of the song People - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQjjM1Gajc

I'll post more later.

Feb 23, 2021 22:50:12 GMT sophiam122 said:

Is she a lyric or a dramatic mezzo?

For reference this is how an operatic lyric mezzo-soprano sounds like lol youtu.be/Nb4kN5Vfk8Q?t=179

[IhateMana]

Feb 23, 2021 23:03:05 GMT Smitty. said:

so you looked at my post saying these one word post are annoying and comes across off as what you are saying is a fact, Liked the post, then still do the same thing after
am i missing something here? i get it if English is not you're native language but at this point i'm just confused about what you are trying to do here

ease off youngun, how about letting the moderators take care of the uhhh... you know... moderating

[Baronessa]

Feb 23, 2021 23:50:40 GMT kaji said:

Boldable sustained B5s and a short C#6 towards the end - youtu.be/7pa6rUAOc0o

I can't find the C♯6 in this.

The highest belt in I Say a Little Prayer is a G, not F# - youtu.be/-uE1Dho_3UA?t=202

I think that might graze G♯5 actually, but I guess it might be too short.

[galaxyseal]

I'm presuming the C♯6 is around the 6:38 mark (it's a bit hard to hear but I do hear it)

[kaji]

Feb 24, 2021 13:30:46 GMT galaxyseal said:

I'm presuming the C♯6 is around the 6:38 mark (it's a bit hard to hear but I do hear it)

Yeah. That run upwards is up to C#. 

[glo]

WHERE IS MARIAH

[Baronessa]

Coming right up.

[mjuk2013]

I've always adored her live E5s in Hold Up the Light, so I was lowkey disappointed they didn't get bold treatment, but then again as singular notes they're not as impressive, as the fact that they've gotten delivered in a row with such breeze and resonance.

[kotipelto]

I bet in her prime she could go higher than C#6. Too bad there's no random warmup vid, that's often where those novelty high notes happen.

[kaji]

Mar 7, 2021 15:56:59 GMT kotipelto said:

I bet in her prime she could go higher than C#6. Too bad there's no random warmup vid, that's often where those novelty high notes happen.

There is a clip where she does runs around Eb6s but it hasn’t been added yet because I haven’t found the source.

I’d argue that this C#6 would be better as a bold over the hoarse interview clip one youtu.be/DkJ2I9dBxGU?t=392

[Baronessa]

I'm not too sure that it is because it's probably playing too fast.

[kaji]

I don't see the F#5 in 'Greatest Love of All' in the thread - youtu.be/IYzlVDlE72w?t=183
There’s an Eb6 in Heartbreak Hotel in London, November 8 1999.

[Ultimoot]

Feb 28, 2021 12:21:16 GMT glo said:

WHERE IS MARIAH

web.archive.org/web/20170702180200mp_/http://therangeplace.boards.net/thread/873/mariah-carey

[rundelletorres]

Feb 23, 2021 22:04:22 GMT Baronessa said:

[onlysee]

Nov 1, 2021 15:39:15 GMT rundelletorres said:

Please, the way you said it is just so uncomfortable, you should learn how to make posts here

Also, you should learn what vocal range is. If we talk about Whitney, it is like:

- most of her notes that are told to be lower than D3 (except for this one in this thread) are completely mistaken and are actually higher OR don't have a tone at all
- the same thing is with her whole sound above D6: these are exclamations or whistle notes with questionable quality

That's why her vocal range is C♯3 - C♯6

By the way, it could be changed, I found a video of at least one B♭6 that deserves attention: it is short, but generally reatains her tone. It just needs more opinions, but I would say it's countable

[kaji]

Nov 1, 2021 17:44:57 GMT onlysee said:

Nov 1, 2021 15:39:15 GMT rundelletorres said:

Please, the way you said it is just so uncomfortable, you should learn how to make posts here

Also, you should learn what vocal range is. If we talk about Whitney, it is like:

- most of her notes that are told to be lower than D3 (except for this one in this thread) are completely mistaken and are actually higher OR don't have a tone at all
- the same thing is with her whole sound above D6: these are exclamations or whistle notes with questionable quality

That's why her vocal range is C♯3 - C♯6

By the way, it could be changed, I found a video of at least one B♭6 that deserves attention: it is short, but generally reatains her tone. It just needs more opinions, but I would say it's countable

Whitney has a couple notes that are countable above E-flat 6 (at least in my opinion). I would count the B-flat 6 you linked personally but we unfortunately don't know the source. I personally would also be partial to include the G6s in My Name is Not Susan (Oakland, 1991). Some say it's reverse phonation but to my ears sounds like a legit M2 mechanism in the flute register mode, although the pitch varies a ton. 

[Baronessa]

rundelletorres Putting your actual reply in your edit reason is a completely new way to post, and I have to kind of respect that. In the future, though, please do put the content of your post within your reply and not the edit reason.

[rundelletorres]

Nov 1, 2021 22:20:18 GMT Baronessa said:

rundelletorres Putting your actual reply in your edit reason is a completely new way to post, and I have to kind of respect that. In the future, though, please do put the content of your post within your reply and not the edit reason.

My Apologize,I'm Sorry I'f Im offend you,I am just Newbie heree

Nov 1, 2021 19:32:51 GMT kaji said:

Nov 1, 2021 17:44:57 GMT onlysee said:

Please, the way you said it is just so uncomfortable, you should learn how to make posts here

Also, you should learn what vocal range is. If we talk about Whitney, it is like:

- most of her notes that are told to be lower than D3 (except for this one in this thread) are completely mistaken and are actually higher OR don't have a tone at all
- the same thing is with her whole sound above D6: these are exclamations or whistle notes with questionable quality

That's why her vocal range is C♯3 - C♯6

By the way, it could be changed, I found a video of at least one B♭6 that deserves attention: it is short, but generally reatains her tone. It just needs more opinions, but I would say it's countable

Whitney has a couple notes that are countable above E-flat 6 (at least in my opinion). I would count the B-flat 6 you linked personally but we unfortunately don't know the source. I personally would also be partial to include the G6s in My Name is Not Susan (Oakland, 1991). Some say it's reverse phonation but to my ears sounds like a legit M2 mechanism in the flute register mode, although the pitch varies a ton. 

I'm Sorry My Apologize Sir Kaji, I am just Newbie Here.

[kaji]

Up to C6 in this performance youtu.be/S9lSec9TVNg?t=229

[mitreg3797]

Feb 23, 2021 22:39:52 GMT mrrobot166 said:

Mezzo

Definitely not a mezzo