will.i.am (2,890 views)

[Gilad]

William James Adams Jr.
Known As: will.i.am
Associated Act: Black Eyed Peas
Vocal Range: F♯1 - F♯5

Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)")
F5 ("Big and Chunky", "Fergalicious")
E5 ("Ba Bump", "Get Original", "I'm So Excited", "Latin Girls", "Let's Get R**ed/It Started")
E♭5 ("Dum Diddly", "Fly Girl", "Go Go", "Smells Like Funk")
D5 ("FIYAH", "I'm So Excited", "Party All the Time", "Play It Loud")
C♯5 ("Do What You Want", "Don't Lie", "FIYAH", "Fly Girl", "The Ghetto", "One More Chance", "Secrets", "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)", "The World Is Crazy")
C5 ("Funky Bahia", "I Like to Move It", "Keep Bouncin' (Street)", "L.O.V.E.", "My Style", "Out of My Mind", "Party All the Time", "¿Que Dices?", "Ride Ride", "Sexy", "Smells Like Funk", "The Traveling Song", "Where Is the Love?")
B4 ("Anxiety", "Ba Bump", "Best Friends", "Go!", "Great Times Are Coming", "Hey Mama", "Latin Girls", "Money", "PULL UP", "Reach for the Stars", "Ride Ride")
B♭4 ("CONSTANT pt.1, pt.2", "Damn Damn Damn", "Do What You Want", "Ev Rebahdee", "Feel It", "Forever", "The Ghetto", "I'm So Excited", "Love You Long Time", "Streets", "This Is Love")
A4 ("Bang Bang", "Best Friends", "Better Than Yesterday", "Big and Chunky", "Bringing It Back", "Dance to the Music", "Em a Double Dee", "Freshy", "Get Your Money", "Great Times Are Coming", "Hands Up", "Heartbreaker", "Hip Hop Is Dead", "I Am", "I Gotta Feeling", "If You Want Love", "It's a New Day", "L.O.V.E.", "Reach for the Stars", "Rock That Body", "Something Really Bad", "The Traveling Song")
G♯4 ("Ain't It Pretty", "ALL AROUND THE WORLD", "BAILAR CONTIGO", "Big and Chunky", "Bomb Bomb", "The Boogie That Be", "DOPENESS", "Fallin' Up", "FEEL THE BEAT", "Go!", "Gone Going", "I Got It from My Mama", "I Wanna Go Crazy", "Latin Girls", "Mash Out", "Power to the People", "Pump It", "Scream & Shout", "Simple Little Melody", "Weekend")
G4 ("ACTION", "Anxiety", "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity", "Be Nice", "Boom Boom Pow", "Burn the Disco", "CELEBRATE", "Damn Damn Damn", "Don't Stop the Party", "El Teke Teke", "FEEL THE BEAT", "Funky Bahia", "GET DOWN", "Go Go", "Heartbreaker", "I Like to Move It", "It's a New Day", "JUMP", "Love You Long Time", "MABUTI", "Make Them Hear You", "Mamma Mia", "Missing You", "Own It", "Play It Loud", "Quando Quando Quando", "Release", "Ring-A-Ling", "Smells Like Funk", "Solo", "Someday", "They Don't Want Music", "This Is Love", "TODO BUENO", "Wavin' Flag", "Yesterday")
F♯4 ("Alive", "All Hustle No Luck", "Alone", "The Best One Yet (The Boy)", "Big and Chunky", "The Boogie That Be", "Boys & Girls", "Bringing It Back", "CELEBRATE", "Clap Your Hands", "Do It Like This", "Do What You Want", "Electric City", "Everything Wonderful", "Forever", "Geekin'", "Get Your Money", "Gone Going", "GUARANTEE", "I Wanna Go Crazy", "I WOKE UP", "I'm So Excited", "Let's Get R**ed/It Started", "Photographs", "Reach for the Stars", "SIMPLY THE BEST", "Shake Your Monkey", "She's a Star", "Sumthin' Special", "The World Is Crazy")
F4 ("ACTION", "Ain't It Pretty", "Bang Bang", "Be Nice", "Bebot", "B.E.P. Empire", "Best Night", "Better Than Yesterday", "Born to Get Wild", "Burn the Disco", "Check It Out", "Chica Ideal - Remix", "Don't Bring Me Down", "DURO HARD", "EW!", "Express Yourself", "Feel It", "Fly Girl", "For the People", "GET IT", "Get Original", "Ghetto Ghetto", "HIT IT", "I Gotta Feeling", "I Want You", "In the Ayer", "It Should Be Easy", "La Patte", "Light Up the Night", "Love Bullets", "Love You Long Time", "Make It Funky", "MAMACITA", "NO MAÑANA", "On My Own", "One More Chance", "Paradise", "Party All the Time", "ROCKnROLLbaby", "Rómpela", "Shut Up", "Simple Little Melody", "Streets", "TODO BUENO", "Treat Me Like Your Money", "We Ain't", "What It Is", "Where Is the Love?", "Yesterday")
E4 ("All That I Got (The Make Up Song)", "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity", "Ba Bump", "B.E.P. Empire", "Boy Like You", "Boys & Girls", "Caliente", "The Coming", "Don't Lie", "DON'T YOU WORRY", "A Dream", "Embrace", "Funky Bahia", "GET DOWN", "Gettin' Dumb", "Hands Up", "Heartbreaker", "I Am", "I Love My Bitch", "I WOKE UP", "If You Didn't Know", "I'm in the House", "Invisible", "Labor Day (It's a Holiday)", "Love You More", "Make It Funky", "Mami", "My Humps", "NEWS TODAY", "Nothing Really Matters", "Own It", "Pump It", "Quando Quando Quando", "Rap Song", "RING THE ALARM pt.1, pt.2, pt.3", "Sexy", "She Loves Me", "She's a Star", "Solo", "Spending Money", "Take It", "#thatPOWER", "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)", "The Traveling Song", "Union", "Wavin' Flag")

Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("A8", "All That I Got (The Make Up Song)", "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity", "AUDIOS", "Bang Bang", "Bebot", "The Best One Yet (The Boy)", "Better Than Yesterday", "BIG LOVE", "CELEBRATE", "Craziest Things", "Disco Club", "Don't Trip", "A Dream", "Fashion Beats", "Hands Up", "Heartbreaker", "Here I Come", "Hey Mama", "Impatient", "Joints & Jam", "Karma", "Let Me", "L.O.V.E.", "Make Them Hear You", "MAMACITA", "Mami", "Mamma Mia", "Mash Out", "Meet Me Halfway", "NEWS TODAY", "NO ONE LOVES ME", "One More Chance", "Plane to P.R.", "Play It Loud", "Quando Quando Quando", "Request + Line", "Rock That Body", "Sexy", "Shut Up", "Spending Money", "Sunny Hours", "Tell Your Mama Come", "The Time (Dirty Bit)", "True", "We Ain't")
C♯3 ("3 Words", "Ain't It Pretty", "ALL AROUND THE WORLD", "BAILAR CONTIGO", "The Boogie That Be", "Boy Like You", "Dynamite Interlude", "Fallin' Up", "Feelin' Myself", "FIYAH", "Forever", "Go Go", "Gone Going", "Home", "I Can't Wait", "If You Didn't Know", "If You Want Love", "In My City", "LA", "Labor Day (It's a Holiday)", "Latin Girls", "Money", "Movement", "Now Generation", "Picture Perfect", "Possessions", "Problem (The Monster Remix)", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008", "Rómpela", "Sumthin' Special", "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)", "We Got Chu", "Weekends", "Whenever", "Where Ya Wanna Go", "WINGS")
C3 ("4EVER", "About You", "Ain't It Pretty", "AUDIOS", "Be Nice", "Big Fat Bass", "Bomb Bomb", "The Boogie That Be", "Cali to New York", "Damn Damn Damn", "Dance to the Music", "Duet", "Electric City", "Embrace", "Ev Rebahdee", "Feel It", "FEEL THE BEAT", "Fly", "For the People", "The Frog", "Great Times Are Coming", "Heaven", "Hello", "HIT IT", "Hot", "I Got It from My Mama", "I Gotta Feeling", "I'm in the House", "Imma Be", "It's My Birthday", "JUMP", "Light Up the Night", "Lil' Lil'", "Love Bullets", "Magic", "Make It Funky", "Mas Que Nada", "Missing You", "MUEVELO", "NEW WAVE", "NO MAÑANA", "Nothing Really Matters", "Over", "Party All the Time", "Positivity", "PULL UP", "Quando Quando Quando", "Ring-A-Ling", "RING THE ALARM pt.1, pt.2, pt.3", "RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)", "ROCKnROLLbaby", "Shake Ya Boom Boom", "Smile Mona Lisa", "S.O.S. (Mother Nature)", "Sunny Hours", "Surfboard", "Third Eye", "What It Is", "What's That Right There", "Where Is the Love?", "XOXOXO", "Yesterday")
B2 ("3 Words", "A8", "ALL AROUND THE WORLD", "All Hustle No Luck", "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity", "B.E.P. Empire", "The Best One Yet (The Boy)", "BIG LOVE", "Boys & Girls", "Bridging the Gaps", "The Coming", "Do What You Want", "The Donque Song", "eXplosion", "Fallin' Up", "Feelin' Myself", "GET READY", "GIRL LIKE ME", "Hey Mama", "I Can't Wait", "If You Want Love", "Invisible", "Latina", "Let's Get R**ed/It Started", "Like That", "Loose Ends", "Mamma Mia", "Mare", "Meet Me Halfway", "OMG", "One Tribe", "Photographs", "Pick It Up", "Power to the People", "Release", "Smells Like Funk", "STREET LIVIN'", "Sumthin' Special", "Take It", "The Time (Dirty Bit)", "Touch Your Button (Carnival Jam)", "The Way U Make Me Feel", "The World Is Crazy")
B♭2 ("5 Estrelas", "Baby Love", "CONSTANT pt.1, pt.2", "Don't Phunk with My Heart", "Dum Diddly", "DURO HARD", "Ev Rebahdee", "Everything Wonderful", "EW!", "Feel It", "Fly Girl", "Free", "Freshy", "Ghetto Ghetto", "Go!", "Head Bobs", "Heaven", "Hello", "Hooda Hella U", "Imma Be", "In the Ayer", "Just Can't Get Enough", "Love Won't Wait", "Missing You", "Movement", "Play It Loud", "Secrets", "Simple Little Melody", "Smile Mona Lisa", "Someday", "S.O.S. (Mother Nature)", "This Is Love", "VIBRATIONS pt.1, pt.2, pt.3", "Where Ya Wanna Go", "XOXOXO")
A2 ("4EVER", "Ba Bump", "Best Friends", "Boom Boom Pow", "Boys & Girls", "Bridging the Gaps", "The Coming", "Craziest Things", "Disco Club", "A Dream", "Geekin'", "I Am", "Imma Be", "Jungle Go Dumb", "Love You More", "Magic", "Nothing Really Matters", "Now Generation", "Over", "Out of My Mind", "Phenomenon", "Power to the People", "Release", "Sexy", "Something Really Bad", "Tai Arrive", "Wavin' Flag", "Where Is the Love?", "The World Is Crazy", "YES or NO")
G♯2 ("3 Words", "Check It Out", "Fly Girl", "GET LOOSE", "Gone Going", "Head Bobs", "Home", "I Can't Wait", "Invisible", "Latina", "Love Bullets", "She's a Star", "The Situation", "Weekends")
G2 ("ACTION", "Bang Bang", "Beep", "Best Friends", "Best Night", "Fall Down", "FEEL THE BEAT", "GET IT", "Good Morning", "Heartbreaker", "I Like to Move It", "It's My Birthday", "La Patte", "PULL UP", "Scream & Shout", "Smells Like Funk", "Someday", "Take It Off", "Third Eye", "The Traveling Song")
F♯2 ("Em a Double Dee", "FIRE STARTER", "I Wanna Go Crazy", "Pick It Up", "#thatPOWER")
F2 ("Bang Bang", "Bomb Bomb", "Boom Boom Pow", "Disco Club", "Don't Phunk with My Hurt", "Express Yourself", "Jungle Go Dumb", "S.O.S. (Mother Nature)")
E2 ("Love You More", "Pump It", "#thatPOWER")
E♭2 ("DOPENESS", "Dum Diddly", "FIYAH", "Go!", "They Don't Want Music")
D2 ("Better Than Yesterday", "GET IT", "She Loves Me", "STREET LIVIN'")
C♯2 ("Check It Out", "DOPENESS", "Whenever")
C2 ("Embrace", "I Like to Move It")
B1 ("Do It Like This")
G♯1 ("DOPENESS")
F♯1 ("Big and Chunky", "Don't Phunk with My Heart", "She Loves Me")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Grey marks growled notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and/or non-rapped notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}G♯5 ("Pump It"[1])
G5 ("Anxiety"[2])
F♯5 ("Ride Ride"[2])
F5 ("ACTION"[1], "Dynamite Interlude"[2][4])
E5 ("Don't Phunk with My Heart"[1])

C♯2 ("Don't Stop the Party"[1])
B1 ("FIRE STARTER"[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.

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{Album Ranges}Black Eyed Peas
Behind the Front (1998): G♯2-F♯4-C5
Bridging the Gap (2000): G♯2-A2-A4-E5
Elephunk (2003): G2-B4-E5
Monkey Business (2005): F♯1-E♭2-B♭4-E5
The E.N.D. (2009): F2-A4-D5
The Beginning (2010): B1-G4-D5
MASTERS OF THE SUN Vol.1 (2018): G♯1-C♯2-G♯4-B♭4
TRANSLATION (2020): G2-G♯4
ELEVATION (2022): F♯2-C3-A4-C5

will.i.am
Lost Change (2001): F♯2-A4-B4
Must B 21 (2003): E♭2-B4-C5
Songs About Girls (2007): F2-G♯4-E♭5
#willpower (2013): E2-B♭4-C♯5

[Seb]

William Range

[Smitty.]

big and chunky

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Oct 24, 2021 2:03:55 GMT Smitty. said:

big and chunky

lensdump.com/i/rsGyAq

[rtim]

Now knowing how much range he has, its kind of sad to hear it wasted on a discography of mostly terrible music

[Macca]

Ever since this thread came out, I always thought the G♯2 in "Scream & Shout" was a G2.

[Gilad]

Hahaha what are you talking about it's always been listed as G2 😅👀