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Old 02-02-2006, 04:43
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I'm not making this thread to be personal and unpleasant, but it had been bugging me for the last few weeks of people stressing the point that Mariah Carey has the highest vocal range, for those of you who dislike her I made a surprising discovery and found out that she doesn't. it is in fact Minnie Ripperton (who tragically died in 1979) who's in the lead for having a 6/7-octave voice.


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Old 02-02-2006, 08:47
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Minnie is generally accepted to have a 5 octave range. Mariah is purported to have a 7 octave range, but is, in fact, also a 5 octave.
which is pretty awesome anyway!.
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Old 02-02-2006, 16:12
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Who cares. She may be blessed vocally but she's an evil cow...imho naturally...
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Old 02-02-2006, 18:17
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Minnie can reach much higher notes in her live performances because my mum went to see her perform,looks like you're second place Mariah.
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Old 02-02-2006, 19:01
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Minnie does have the higher vocal range yes, however Mariah has hit notes that are in Minnie's range. Nevertheless, they are both extremely good singers.

I think when Mariah is credited as having the highest vocals, do people mean in popular music right now? As far as I know, she has the highest vocal range of a living female singer.
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Old 02-02-2006, 19:49
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Originally Posted by Fashion
Minnie can reach much higher notes in her live performances because my mum went to see her perform,looks like you're second place Mariah.
It's not about how high they can go. It's about the range between the lowest and the highest notes they can sing.
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Old 02-02-2006, 21:53
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I know and Minnie can reach all the notes in between as well as the ability to go lower than Mariah,I started this thread because Mariah Carey I feel has become stuck-up due to the sucess of her latest album
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Old 02-02-2006, 22:09
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She might have the highest vocal range for a living singer or whatnot, but the warbling/screeching/whatever you want to call it, she does at the end of her songs really grates on my nerves!
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Old 03-02-2006, 17:04
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i dont care how high her voice is even if it the highest she has the most great voice ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-02-2006, 17:40
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No offence, but I think she's a chunky wailing bint! Her voice is incredibly annoying as well as her attitude.
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Old 03-02-2006, 20:13
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Originally Posted by Pleb
No offence, but I think she's a chunky wailing bint! Her voice is incredibly annoying as well as her attitude.
Thank god someone said it!
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Old 04-02-2006, 11:23
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Originally Posted by Fashion
I'm not making this thread to be personal and unpleasant, but it had been bugging me for the last few weeks of people stressing the point that Mariah Carey has the highest vocal range, for those of you who dislike her I made a surprising discovery and found out that she doesn't. it is in fact Minnie Ripperton (who tragically died in 1979) who's in the lead for having a 6/7-octave voice.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, if that were true, she'd have been able to sing as low as Barry White and have a high end audible only to dogs! In fact she had a 5 octave range, which is exceptionally rare.

Mariah Carey also has a 5 octave range. Unfortunately however, she's a really horrible singer. Let's just leave it there.
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Old 04-02-2006, 11:32
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For me, good singing is more about personality etc. than being technically perfect; I'd rather to listen to the likes Bob Dylan, Jarvis Cocker, and Alex Turner etc. instead of Mariah Carey.
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Old 04-02-2006, 14:55
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Originally Posted by blackcherrie
Thank god someone said it!
I could have said more blackcherrie, but it's far too offensive! So I'll just leave it as that!
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