Interviewer: So, Mariah... I heard you have a 7 octave range... Mariah: I don't know her.

I think they confused her ability to sing in the 7th octave with having a 7 octave range. she has a 5 octave range. f2 - b7

*CONCLUSION*: She doesn't know.

She knows what she can do, shes just being modest

She's knows damn well how many octaves she has lmao, you can tell by her singing that her knowledge of music is on a high level.

I don't think Mariah really cared for how many octaves she had. I think she just wanted to experiment with her voice and play around, sing different notes and sound great. That's why she's has got some of the best vocally-layered songs out there.

Mariah + Vocal Range = Humble

She knows EXACTLY how much range she has

you can tell it annoyed her or embarassed her, especially in her early career

SHE DOES NOT KNOW!!!!!! Quit asking her

"Can you give us an example?" "Darling NO, YOU GOTTA PAY" lol

Did she really say " I'm not technical " ? Lol please you're the most technical singer I've ever seen !

I find this fascinating. I've become obsessed with vocal ranges lately, and I don't really know why, lol.

I don't blame Mariah for not giving her range, opera singers get nailed to the wall if they can't hit notes in the roles they sing. Pop singers have more freedom in this area, they can change melody lines if they don"t think they can reach a note - and it's also exciting - will she that note or won"t she? Opera singers can't change a melody )except with coloratura) - they have to hit those notes - careers are over or they change roles if they can't hit a solid high C in Aida, for example.

Queen of I Don't Know 😂❤️

she must get tired of getting asked these questions

Interviewer: So, Mariah... I heard Gerogia brow and she have a 7 octave range... Mariah: I don't know her.

She knows that on bad days she can't hit certain notes, so that's why she doesn't want to quote her range to be 5 or whatever octaves. She doesn't want people to expect she can hit a G7 whistle all the freaking time. But i'm sure she approximately knows what her range is, she is not dumb people!!!

Of course she knows her range, she just wanted to entertain the mystery and the hype around her range. Her range used to be 5 full octaves and she is able to hit/sing notes on the 7th octave, hence why some people who know nothing thought she had a 7-octave range. She has a 5-octave range, from g2 to g#7 approximately.

Her mother, opera singer and vocal coach.. Mariah telling us that mother never mentioned her octaves after saying my mother is very technical... Okay so lets go ask Patricia!! She knows!

3:11 That's what I've been saying. Mariah is naturally an alto, with an unusual range. True sopranos can't hit low notes as dark as Mariah does.

I love that she can hit notes that she can't even name. She's so vocally talented but not necessarily trained in ready notes or being technically and I respect that for some reason. She's got a naturally talent it wasn't learned, she was born with it.

It's true the host says that some vocalists have a big gap between some notes. Some so-called 5 octave singers actually have 3, but Mariah Carey has 5 continuous octaves, note by note. If we count quality support or the significant octaves, then probably 3 and something down from Eb3 and up to the sixth octave (like E6 head voice). People usually don't take whistle into account because that's impossible to be resonated, nor is it really useful in singing; but I think her whistle definitely plays an important role in her music with versatility. Singers rarely have 3 or more octaves of SIGNIFICANT ranges.

She’s always been so humble about her voice and her range. Listen to how she talks about her singing, she’s not cocky, and she doesn’t boast her singing ability over others. In fact she’s always given other vocalists shes shared the stage with spotlight because for her it seems to be more about the experience of performing rather than constantly showing off what you can do vocally. She always talks about her voice like “it’s whatever comes out at the moment” when she knows especially back then she could deliver about anything anytime she wanted.

It may have been better that she didnt answer or confirm the 7 octave incase the interviewer challenged her to demonstrate or prove it on the spot

She probably knew about her voice but she had to play the innocent image

LMAO. All I think about every time is "I don't know her."

We love tired one octave queen

People need to realise just because Mariah said she's an alto doesn't actually mean she's an alto!! Altos, or the correct term "contraltos" have an androgynous tone throughout their voice, while Mariah's voice blossoms in the high fifth and sixth octave, which SCREAMS soprano.

the queen is very humble

She seems so uninterested when people mention her seven octaves but she's just trying to be modest. She is the vocal queen.

I find it hard to believe she didn't know her range. She had to measure it at one point considering people kept talking about it.

SUMMARY OF VIDEO: SHE DOES NOT KNOW ! lol and btw she opened a garage door

She know nothing. Jon Snow must be pissed

honestly, I think not until fans started making videos analyzing the range was it possible to really know. And even then, all we have to go by is what we have on record. I'm always blown away by how gracious she is answering these questions ad nauseum day after day, country after country, year after year.

Her voice is so amazing, I love her voice!

Current known range: F2 (2014 "My All" Live) to B7 (1991 "Can't Let Go" studio version)

She knows exactly what she has, perfectly and she is technically trained because her voice use to be (and still is) pretty flawless, and I understand why she doesnt want to seem so aware, it keeps the magical feeling of it and it keeps her humble

Very humble and a very great artist I Am A True Fan

I feel like she knows it but if she says 5 octaves people would probably say prove it and try to make her hit notes when Mariah Just wants to rest ! Example 5:18

I actually think she does know, she's just being humble and doesn't wanna brag, which I love about her

OH. SHE DOESN'T KNOW. Jennifer Lopez can confirm.

"Can you give us a sample?" wtf, she's been singing for years what more of a sample can she give? buy the albums and listen to that. smh

I love how she sings in the beginning of the video. So flexible.

So what I've gathered is she doesn't know her range & that it takes lots of sleep to maintain it lmao

She can play Diva but she also can be really humble. She probably knows her range and everything related do her career, since she’s very hands on. And she also always says I didn’t get that much sleep so my voice is not so good, very modest.

She has sang in the 7th octave and all the way down to the 2 octave. When she has hit B7 and has hit B2, that means she has a minimum of a 5 octave range. The catch is, those are notes she has hit MULTIPLE times. If you can hit those notes multiple times, odds are she could hit notes that might be a few semitones higher or lower But it’s safe to say that she has more than 5 octaves.

Ok I got this from the another comment , but she sings in the 7th octave, but she doesn’t have a 7 octave vocal range, which I agree with. She has sung in the seventh octave most notably at the VMAs in the emotions era, but her lower register doesn’t cover the octaves to reach the 7 octave mark. She has a supported 5 octave vocal range which is extremely impressive

Ok first of all, NO ONE truly knows her range aside from what she has showcased professionally. But behind closed doors, I am more than Certain she can go Lower & Higher! She has hit certain notes with so much ease that it would be Insane to believe that 5 octaves is her limit. The reason she doesn't know is bcuz of exactly what she said, "It depends!" Fun fact: Mariah broke my fish tank while Emotions was playing. Hahaha. What a Legend!

Not technically trained? Wow, then that's the best way to be a singer.

Everyone knows that Mariah can go higher than Bb7

Mmm... Well, if she doesn't know specifically, fine. However, if you want to know and if she wants to know, listen to "You're So Cold" from Emotions to get an idea. The opening of that song covers five octaves from C to c'''' Including the whistle notes. (in scientific terms, C2 to C7 - or if you must, from second ledger beneath a regular bass staff to another octave above the second ledger above a treble staff). The peak of her lead vocals in this song appear to be at G'' (G5). Beyond this there might be a strain unless she jumps into the whistle notes. Note that Mariah doesn't sing a C''' (C6) even in the whistle voice on this song. Trained singers (myself included) usually work on a solid three-octave window including falsetto, and Mariah doesn't seem to be an exception there, but I bet she can strike four octaves in a warm-up (as can I).

“I really don’t know what it is”

I believe She has, 8 Octave, there is a Footage, where She Swimming with a Dolphin, There is a Silence, and the Dolphin touches Her Face and then she Makes an Incredible High Sonic Sound, really Sonic Unbelievable. The Dolphin Swims like a crazy on away, very happy and full with Joy, like wow This Woman talks to me Hahaha. But she never used that sound in Singing, but My God High!!!! Wow.

I find it hard to believe that a professional musician like herself never measured her octave range. That can be done in five minutes by sitting in front of the piano and hitting some keys. I think she doesn't want to say what her range is out of either humility, or to avoid being criticized when she doesn't perform up to her alleged range. Either way, she's amazing!

3:15 Thank you Mariah for stating you are an alto with an extended range. Why you slow people keep spouting Soprano this & Soprano that. This lady has stated many times she is an Alto that experiments with her voice.

that was actually really interesting

SHES SO HUMBLE😀😍

Her most consistent range when she first started was D3-B6 in her prime. She would occasionally hit E7, but kept most of her high notes around G6/B6. But as she aged going above G5 became hard for her to pull off with ease. And her lower notes went even lower to G2, which is shocking to hear a soprano dip that low. Technically Mariah's range closer to being a little over 4 octaves. As for 5 octaves, in not sure.

Queen Mariah Carey is a Coloratura Soprano for why ... The coloratura soprano is that voice that has the ability to execute successions of quick notes within the vocal register of soprano, in an ornate style or with elaborate embellishments, including the quick passages of scales and trills, whether written or improvised. Term coloratura refers to the elaborate ornamentations of a melody. The soprano of coloratura is a voice of high agility, that usually has a tesitura quite exposed and commonly with capacity to handle the recording of whistle. In the strict sense, the term coloratura is not restricted to describe any range of the voice, so within the classification of vocal nuances, the coloratura soprano may be a light soprano, lyric, lyrical light dramatic dramatic coloratura. That does not look like mariah (in all truth😏), as I said before is not very skillful to recognize perhaps that is why people think that she Alto or Contralto by the low notes, the sopranos coloratura can have a voice So strong in the bass register, even very good breathing capacity even as I said before ability to move from a very high note to a higher and lower one (mimi no 😏) And a wonderful angelic voice again that is Queen Mariah Carey😘😍👑

She doesn't know how many octaves she has. because she's not impressing. she's singing. whatever comes out to her mouth then that's it. She's Music. She's not a karaoke machine.

how could the one of the best singers of all time not know her own voice? Maybe she's just trying to be modest.

That last note in the end though 😮❤❤

Mariah does have 5 octaves. Not 6 or 7. Her Studio range is: F2 - Bb5 - B7 Her live range is: F2 - G#5 - Bb7

How many interviewers asking Mariah about her range will it take until she measures it the world may never know

Very nice video!

mariah carey the best singer in the world during her prime and still one of the best of todays generation. SUPER TALENTED YET SUPER HUMBLE

She's so gorgeous.

What’s the point in having 7 or more octaves if there is no musical application for it? I think she knows this that’s why it seems unimportant to her. It’s like saying look how many strings your guitar has. Talk about her phrasing and emotion and she’d light up.

Good old Terry Wogan, legend gone but not forgotten! 😢

Interviewer: you can go really really low and really really high Mariah: Yeah🙄😏

4:06 today I probably have - 1 😂😂

I feel like only a few artists are known for their voices and not just their songs. Artists today, it's all about the song. No one is amazed by just their voice. And here we have Mariah, always known for both. LEGEND

I met her and she was super nice to me!!!...

Great 👌

Mariah sabe muito bem até onde pode chegar com sua voz, mas ela também tem uma ótima percepção em como colocar uma nota, seja ela grave ou aguda, numa música como um ornamento para combinar com a sensação que ela quer passar para o ouvinte e não apenas para mostrar que tem aquelas notas

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She has 5 octaves..Tommy Mottola put it out that she had 7 or 8 octaves when she first came out as a new artist..He stretched the truth a little bit just like when the Jackson 5 first came on the scene they said that Michael Jackson was younger than what he really was to increase the hype around him.

Mariah has Perfect Pitch and when she sings she clearly hear the Notes she hit...also when she is in the studio recording I doubt all those Notes (whistle notes) are random but rather planned...apart from that she saw vocal range vids about herself here on KZfaq,she atleast had an Idea about her own approximately range.

It can be so annoying when you ask a singer about their vocal range so much, especially considering how annoying it could be when you’re early in your career like she was.Obviously she doesn’t want be known so much for her range and labels, so you can tell how annoying it is.She’s a great singer and her music is beautiful, nothing else really matters.

Even though people mistaken that she has 7 octave range i think she could go higher if she really tried in her prime she could've officially earned that title

I bet she can go above C8 but she never has live She has ease at B7 so 1 note above she could have squeeze trough an octave more if she sung like everyone in the industry today

Mariah can go to Alto, mezzo sopran in her chest voice. and then can reach soprano even more with her head and whistle voice.

6:15 that sound like fly like a bird climax but 90's Mariah Carey

Good on you, Mariah.

We need an interviewer or lamb to show her one of the KZfaq Mariah vocal range videos so she can stop playing about that legendary five octave range ☺️ Even on a tired day she has still displayed at least four octaves of range which is still amazing!

she doesnt get it by training but its her own talent or gift from nature...like whitney and celine

I can't believe she had to discuss that question so much lol. If she had 2 but you loved her songs wouldn't it be good enough?

This video is so funny. I almost feel frustrated for her.

Really?She is saying she is not trained??She has one of the best techniques.She definately had vocal training...

I think she should memorise a script to answer the how many octaves question once she realised people were gonna ask her again and again without getting tired.

She knows about her vocal range but she won't say it😊 PS: The Charmbracelet era was so underrated

For someone so technically perfected, it's unbelievable she doesn't consider herself a 'technical singer'. Does the high C thing actually work though lmao

Her voice is an instrument

2018: So Mariah what vocal range do you have? Mariah: I still don’t know her... Lol I love this Songbird Supreme so much, of course she knows she’s just being incredibly modest....girl you’re not human your voice is not of this world we all know that 🙌🙌 Also that whistle at 6:12....ugh yes QUEEN

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Imagine having to explain that in every damn interview!

Lol i dont know i dont know . Wow and she is humble got to love her

of course she knows , but i love how modest she is about it