Nearly all popular male singers are tenors; Why is this?

However, actually it is only a recent trend that most popular male singers are tenors compared to the past. If you look back to the second half of the 20th century, popular singers like Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Sinatra are all baritones, unlike guys like Ed Sheeran, Jason Mraz, Sam Smith and Justin Timberlake that we find in popular music today. read more

1 Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce was an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. Listen to his debut in 1961 singing "Che Gelida Manina" from "La Boheme". At 26, his performance left the audience gasping. read more

In popular singing there are no limits, there are female singers who sing in the vocal record "tenor", male singers like Bobby Mc Ferrin with 5 octaves of vocal record that reaches all vocal records of man. read more