The Vocal Ranges of the Greatest Singers (original) (raw)

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To create this piece, we took the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time as compiled by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008. To this list, we added some of today's top singers including the nominees for top male and female artist at the Billboard Music Awards 2014. We cross-referenced the resulting list with vocal range data curated by The Range Place. We included all of the singers on the list for whom the data was readily available.

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• "David Bowie" by Helge �ver�s used under CC BY-SA 2.0
• "Paul McCartney live in Dublin" by Fiona used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "Beyonce - Montreal 2013" by Nat Ch Villa used under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "56960-The-Rolling-Stones-14-On-Fire" by xiquinhosilva used under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "Christina Aguilera" by Raffaele Fiorillo used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "Madonna and Freddie Mercury" by Debarshi Ray used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "Bob Dylan" by badosa used under CC BY 2.0.
• "Radiohead" by Tim Cochrane used under CC BY 2.0.
• "Náttúra concert Reykjavik 2008 Björk" by Bruce McAdam used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Desaturated from original.
• "John Lennon" used under CC BY 2.0.
• "Prince performing at Coachella 2008" by Micahmedia at en.wikipedia / Desaturated from original.

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