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Singers with a three-octave vocal range

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Lana Del Rey
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its melancholic exploration of glamor and romance, with frequent references to pop culture and 1950s–1970s Americana. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, two Brit Awards, two Billboard Women in Music awards, and a Satellite Award, in addition to nominations for 11 Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Variety honored her at their Hitmakers Awards for being "one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century". In 2023, Rolling Stone placed Del Rey on their list of the "200 Greatest Singers of All Time", while Rolling Stone UK named her as the "greatest American songwriter of the 21st century".
Céline Dion
Canadian singer (born 1968)
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her multifaceted career, artistic reinventions, and eclectic fashion style. Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 250 million records.
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and eccentric public persona, she has developed an eclectic musical style over a career spanning five decades, drawing on electronica, pop, dance, trip hop, jazz, and avant-garde music. She is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of her era.
Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is known for his three-octave tenor vocal range, live performances, retro showmanship, and musical versatility. He is accompanied by his band, the Hooligans. Raised in Honolulu, Mars gained recognition in Hawaii as a child for his impersonation of Elvis Presley, before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a musical career.
Alicia Keys
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1981)
Chester Bennington
American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017)
Bono
Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
Kesha
Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. She has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017), and the top-ten records Warrior (2012) and High Road (2020). She attained ten top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including "Tik Tok", "Right Round" with Flo Rida, "My First Kiss" with 3OH!3, "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug", "Take It Off", "We R Who We R", "Blow", "Die Young", and "Timber" with Pitbull. Her 2009 single "Tik Tok" was the best-selling digital single
Usher
American R&B singer (born 1978)
Chris Brown
American singer and rapper (born 1989)
The Weeknd
Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1990)
Lara Fabian
Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
Tarja Turunen
Finnish singer
Sertab Erener
Turkish singer (born 1964)
Kelly Rowland
American singer and actress (born 1981)
Brandy Norwood
American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979)
Bridgit Mendler
American actress and singer
Mina
Italian singer (born 1940)
Floor Jansen
Dutch singer
La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and actor. She is the fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family. Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, The Jacksons, on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "Night Time Lover", "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her fifth album was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan and Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.
Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)
Jackie Wilson
American singer (1934–1984)
Alice Babs
Swedish singer and actor (1924-2014)
Michael Kiske
German singer
Florence Ballard
American singer (1943–1976)
Tamia
Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill (born May 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Tamia performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. In 1994, after signing a development deal with Warner Bros. Records, she was asked by veteran producer Quincy Jones to appear on his album ''Q's Jook Joint (1995), earning her Grammy Award nominations for their collaboration on "You Put a Move on My Heart" and "Slow Jams". Her self-titled debut album was released in 1998 and followed by a series of successful albums with Elektra Records, including A Nu
Kim Ryeowook
South Korean singer, actor, musical actor and model
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
American singer
Slim Whitman
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lou Christie
American singer
Howard Jones
American singer (born 1970)
Yuya Tegoshi
Japanese idol
Serena Ryder
Canadian singer and musician
El DeBarge
American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and record producer
Joe Yamanaka
Japanese singer (1946–2011)
Lani Misalucha
Filipino singer (born 1969)
Penny Ford
American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
Lydia Canaan
Lebanese singer-songwriter
Flora Batson
African-American singer