--- title: Interactive: Compare Vocal Ranges of Best Singers, Billboard Nominees description: See which of your favorite singers can hit the highest and lowest notes canonical: https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-20T12:00:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:48.284Z og:title: This Interactive Chart Lets You Compare the Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers og:description: From Tina Turner to Elvis Presley to Adele og:url: https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Interactive Chart Lets You Compare the Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers twitter:description: From Tina Turner to Elvis Presley to Adele twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Interactive Chart Compares the Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 20, 2014 12:00 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 20, 2014 12:00 PM UTC When it comes to determining who the best singers are, we’re all bound to disagree at least a little bit. You may acknowledge that, say, Bruce Springsteen is a talented musician, but you just don’t get why your dad wants to listen to him all the time. Or you might like the sound of Beyoncé’s voice, but she’s simply not your _favorite._ (Though be careful with that one, because [the Beygency might come after you](http://time.com/87100/snl-beyonce-beygency-sketch/).) But for a more objective look at what makes a singer great, try using this handy interactive tool, [created by ConcertHotels.com](http://www.concerthotels.com/worlds-greatest-vocal-ranges), to compare the ranges of the world’s most famous vocalists. They chose artists from [_Rolling Stone’_s list ](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231)of the 100 greatest singers of all time, and then, to include more contemporary voices, also threw in some of the nominees for top male and female artists from this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Once they settled on a list, the ConcertHotels team turned to [The Range Place](http://therangeplace.forummotions.com/f1-range-stuff) to gather data on each singer’s vocal abilities. Check out the results below , which you can sort by range, highest note or lowest note. Who knew that when it came to pure vocal range, Axl Rose and Mariah Carey would blow everybody else out of the water? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/"},"headline":"This Interactive Chart Compares the Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers","datePublished":"2014-05-20T12:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:48.284Z","description":"See which of your favorite singers can hit the highest and lowest notes","url":"https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Paul McCartney","Miley Cyrus","Arts","interactive","singers","Bob Dylan","Mariah Carey","elvis presley"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/105319/compare-vocal-ranges-of-worlds-greatest-singers/","name":"This Interactive Chart Compares the Vocal Ranges of the World's Greatest Singers"}}]}] ```