The Vocal Range of Michael Jackson: (F2-)F♯2-G♯5(-F6)

Armed with incredible singing, dancing and performing skills, the late Michael Jackson definitely deserved the title 'The King of Pop'. His different vocal styles, combined with the classic falsetto yelps made him one of the most recognizable singers in the history of pop and rock music.

Jackson was a high tenor during his long career. He had an ability of preserving the naturnal beauty of his timbre while going really high, thanks to his easy high notes. Jackson didn't just use a really clean and bright style, but also a raw and chesty style, which he used while belting in the lower 5th octave.

Thanks to LoveGreatVocals for helping me find few great notes!

1. 0:00 - Fleeting C3s from "Blood on the Dancefloor".
2. 0:15 - Short C3 from "Break of Dawn".
3. 0:19 - Calm C3s from "Someone Put Your Hand Out".
4. 0:28 - Solid B2 from "Monkey Business".
5. 0:32 - Quick B♭2s from "Space Dance".
6. 0:46 - Strong B2s and A2s from the improvised live a-cappella performance of "Who Is It".
7. 1:09 - Streak of C3s and A2s from "Money".
8. 1:38 - Spoken notes from "Dangerous" bottoming around G♯2.
9. 2:07 - Jackson warming up his voice in 1994, he slides down to a strong A2, G♯2 and G2, and then down to a surprisingly strong but notably quieter F♯2. He also gets a vocal fry F2 (not full) afterwards.
10. 2:35 - Time for high notes: quick tenor high C (C5) and powerful sustained B♭4s from "You Are Not Alone".
11. 2:52 - Fantastic C5s from "The Lady in My Life".
12. 3:19 - Almost effortless C5s from "Just a Little Bit of You".
13. 3:44 - Michael's classic chest belting style with powerful B♭4s and C5s from "Blood on the Dance Floor", also with a quick falsetto B♭5.
14. 4:00 - Extremely good C5s from "Blame It on the Boogie".
15. 4:22 - The classic key change from "Man in the Mirror" with some relaxed C5s by Jackson.
16. 4:39 - Clean C♯5s from the legendary chorus of "Thriller".
17. 4:53 - Raw C♯5s from "Bad".
18. 5:13 - Fantastic singing from "Beat It" with some clean C♯5s.
19. 5:32 - One of Jackson's best vocal moments, incredible high melody singing around C♯5 from "Earth Song": he keeps on hitting these notes for almost two minutes in the studio version!
20. 6:01 - Easy C♯5s from "Off the Wall".
21. 6:17 - Powerful C♯5s from "Is It Scary".
22. 6:46 - Passionate C♯5 from "She's Out of My Life", fantastic!
23. 7:01 - "Can You Feel It" with some melody singing around C♯5.
24. 7:17 - Impressive D5s from "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".
25. 7:26 - Powerful D5s from Michael's best vocal performance, "Dirty Diana".
26. 7:51 - Really easy D5s from the demo version of "Sunset Driver".
27. 8:08 - Great D5s from "Things I Do for You".
28. 8:23 - Effortless D5s from "In the Closet", also with a falsetto E5 near the end.
29. 8:51 - Emotional D5s from "We've Got Forever".
30. 9:21 - Chesty C♯5s and D5 from "Heaven Can Wait".
31. 9:27 - More powerful C♯5s from "Earth Song", also with a quick E♭5.
32. 9:50 - Fantastic E♭5s from "Lovely One".
33. 9:59 - Impressive, clean D5s and one E♭5 from the 1994 vocal warm-up.
34. 10:26 - Very chesty E♭5s from the ending of "Will You Be There".
35. 10:46 - Quick sung E♭5 in the harmony of the chorus of "Liberian Girl".
36. 10:56 - Effortless E5s from the vocal track of "Smooth Criminal", also with some chesty C♯5s: those clean notes are really similar to the ones in "In the Closet".
37. 11:17 - Great high note singing from "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", Michael hits clean and easy B4s, D5 and even E5!
38. 11:39 - Good E5 from "Destiny".
39. 11:46 - Easy melody E5s and yelped E♭5s and E5 from "Speed Demon".
40. 12:01 - Really clean full F5s from the live version of "Dirty Diana", also with some yelped falsetto G♯5s.
41. 12:37 - Two impressively clean F5s from "Enjoy Yourself".
42. 12:47 - Really thin and head voice-like F♯5 from "That's What You Get (For Being Polite)".
43. 12:52 - Michael's highest full notes ever, thin but full G5s and G♯5s (with few falsetto cracks up to B5s) from "Dirty Diana", really good!
44. 13:20 - And finally falsetto: spectacular falsetto singing from "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" with some E♭5s and F♯5s.
45. 13:40 - A blistering falsetto G5 from the live performance of "I'll Be There".
45. 13:51 - A5s and one B♭5 from "Scream".
46. 14:00 - B5s from "Black or White".
47. 14:14 - Quick B5 and sustained G♯5 from the cover of "Come Together", originally by The Beatles.
48. 14:35 - Yelped A5s, C6s and one C♯6 from "Smooth Criminal".
49. 14:52 - Michael's highest note ever, falsetto F6 from the live performance of "Man in the Mirror".

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[beroth77]

have you used only his teen-adult singing? dont know i guess he reached much higger notes as a child...i know...cant compare a childs voice with an adult's voice but anyway...songs like music and me,i'll be there ,ben...he goes insanely high and using full voice. very nice work anyway man.thanks

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@beroth77 His voice hadn't dropped yet during those recordings.

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@2young2old I checked out every possible unreleased track I could find, yet didn't find anything lower or higher by him.

[thekingofcinema1]

@GoodGuitarSolos so does mj have an impressive vocal range. for you which singer would you say has the most impressive vocal range

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@thekingofcinema1 Probably Ville Valo, Paul McCartney, Mike Patton or Axl Rose, considering how much range they've shown and sounded pretty comfortable doing so too.

[bwm5150]

What I've always admired about Michaels voice is the fact that not only does he have an incredible range, he is able to sing in so many different styles. He can be smooth, sharp and percussive, agressive, soft, layered up and bare. He can fit his voice to the song and get inside it to deliver some incredibly emotive performances. Truly the greatest imo!

[Litalici0us]

Could you please make a Prince Vocal Range Video

[makagirl48]

Thank you for this video. He is incredible and there will never be another like him.  Truly one of kind and greatly missed.

[WhDemiJackson]

@hereatneverland I know it.

[hereatneverland]

@WhDemiJackson It's actually not, we count only the same musical note. Not the last time he took a breath. :)

[WhDemiJackson]

@hereatneverland 19 seconds :)

[hereatneverland]

you should check "Elizabeth I love you", at the end he sustains the same note for 16 seconds. clean! It was wonderful. Thank you for this video, I loved it.

[Horicert]

Unbelievable voice.