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Range: C3 - Bb5 - Eb7 (E7)

Longest Note: 16 Seconds

Vocal Type: Light-Lyric Soprano (4 Octaves, 1 note and a semi tone.)

Vocal Rating: B

Positives: Wide chest register, topping out at Bb5. The belting register has been developing a healthier mix, and generally sounds easy in the studio. Her melismatic control has grown stronger through practice, and can now stay in key. Her raspy mid-register and voice in general, accompanied by solid understanding of phrasing, conveys emotions very well. Though her lower register is hit or miss due to placement, it has shown the ability to resonate fairly well down to C#3 (Neon Lights). The whistle register is piercing with a rolling vibrato. (See Wildfire Live Performance). Demi's voice is able to transcend through genres, including Pop, Rock, Ballads, Jazz and Musical Theatre. Her stamina live is notably strong, keeping up with the demanding nature of her works. Capable of singing arpeggios that travel through different ranges of the voice.

Negatives: Her cracky rasp is not to everyone's taste. Her upper belts can sound shrill at points, sound unstable without mixing, and can be interpreted as shouting.  She employs the use of melisma very often in live performances and often takes deep and heavy breaths, which can become irritating to some, as well as creating a tremolo (uneven and unnatural oscillations of vibrato). The falsetto and head voice are underutilized and sound weak. Support is also an issue, only being present from around A3 - C5. While Lovato has recently developed her technique, she is still wildly inconsistent, often due to fatigue and extensive touring.

Vocal Range: D3 - B5 - E7

Vocal Type: Light-Lyric Soprano (4 octaves and a note)

Vocal Rating: B Positives: A vocal actress, being able to mimic the tones and voices of many singers, including Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion. Her lower register, though often weak and inconsistent (due to her sky-high tessitura), is relatively strong for a soprano, supporting down to F#3 (Into You) and extending to D3 (as seen in Dangerous Woman). Her belts are achieved through mixing, having stretched up to Bb5's successfully (Be My Baby); Grande also has no issue staying in the soprano tessitura for extended periods of time (see live performances of Break Free, Dangerous Woman and Focus). 

Her belting register as a whole is extensive and reaches up to an impressive B5. Capable of complex, fast melismas (see Hands on Me and Problem). A rolling vibrato can be heard in belts up to G#5 and as low as Bb3, before her lower register begins. Her falsetto is light and sweet and is also where the voice finds its 'ring,' being bright and healthy up to Eb6.  She has ultilised falsetto often (See God Is A Woman and The Way) The whistle register is piercing, and the whistles don't have disconnected tones attached to them (polyphonic tones). She is able to sing vocal runs in this register (See Emotions), and has posted clips on her social media while she is doing them. Negatives: The previously mentioned mixed belts generally lack power and the whistle register is not controlled (something she has admitted herself), so instead her ‘whistles’ are substituted with falsetto often during the ‘Yours Truly’ era.

Her slightly nasal and feminine tone is also polarizing. Her diction is unpolished, leaving her lyrics incomprehensible at points (see the bridge of Break Free) due to tongue tension. 

Grande also over activates muscles in her jaw - mostly while singing runs - furthering this tongue tension, which in turn changes the positioning of the larynx (See Dangerous Woman Acapella)

Intonation live has proven to be a problem at points (around 2013), and the lower register sounds unsupported in most instances. Her support is also inconsistent, ranging from around G3-C#5, above C5/C#5 she raises her larynx (See Bang Bang Summertime Ball Performances).

She has also had a vocal decline because she was made to sing the ultra high parts constantly while her technique suffered.  Ariana’s role as ‘Cat Valentine’ also hindered her resonance as she had to utilize a thinner and headier mix  / use of voice to match Cat’s air and personality.  Her diction however, during the 13 and Broadway eras were excellent, but her technique has went downhill since then.  Grande has also not produced resonance properly since 2012 (where she was last seen producing resonant Bb4s in her Firework cover).

Why this is her voice type :

Grande possesses a light, youthful and girly voice with a high tessitura, and her vocal tone is also described as pretty.

Common misconceptions :

-Coloratura ~ Ariana, yes, does have quite an agile voice, but compared to pop coloratura singers like Beyonce and Mariah Carey, she is definitely not one of them.

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