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Chocolate cake with macadamia nuts, strawberries, and mocha ice cream on the side. The very highest note Freddie sings briefly is a D5. That is the same note that Adam held effortlessly at the end of Feeling Good live. Two steps below the high note he sang in Fever every night on tour. Five steps below the ringing highest notes of Crawl Thru Fire. He sang the D5 a bunch of times on TSMGO, and even higher on the final run of WATC.

The only notes of Freddie's that Adam may not be able to sing are the very lowest notes in Freddie's range, as Freddie's voice was slightly deeper than Adam's.

Not to worry. And, Adam would sound FANTASTIC on that song. I can imagine him singing it rather like Soaked, with almost an opera aria feel to it. Very emotional and powerful.

Thanks, cassie... I missed that BoRap audition but caught him on this.... and I was hooked. I don't know much about vocal analysis but I thought "Boy, this kid can sing!"
What is the highest note he sang here, cassie , and is that a head voice? Thanks :D

Yup, the kid can sang! You don't have to know much about vocals to recognize it and thoroughly enjoy it. I think that those who know something about the voice, tho', may be even more impressed cuz we know how difficult it is to do what he is doing, and how rare such an ability is.

The highest note here is a wailed out F5, and octave and a half above middle C. And, what I hear is a powerful full voice with some rasp added. It is not pure head voice. The head voice ring is there, but the chest voice is also incorporated.

Now, here is the thing. A tenor voice range is usually quoted as being C3-C5. The tenor high C (C5) is the watermark for operatic tenors. You do that well, and consistently, without cracking or switching to a light head voice, and that is the mark of greatness. This YT demonstrates that operatic tenor high C, and talks about its importance. It also shows a tenor talking about the note, and singing it in a light head voice, so you can hear the difference.




So, Adam has a tenor voice. Adam's lowest note that he sings regularly is the C3, tho' we have very occaionally heard him sing a step lower. But his highest full voice note?? Well, he sang an F#5 (4 whole steps above that coveted tenor high C) in Fever practically every night on tour. And, some say his G5s and A5s are also full voice.

(at about 2:24 here)

Some of the greatest tenors in the opera world would kill to have that note in their repertoire. Recently, in a couple of interviews when asked about those high notes, Adam has commented that when taking vocal lessons growing up he was told "this is your top note". Chances are they were referring to the tenor high C. "But I don't want that to be my top note." So, on his own, he experimented and found higher notes than a tenor is supposed to be able to hit. (And we are eternally grateful he didn't accept the limitations being laid upon him).

Yes, he IS that AMAZEBALLS.

ETA: As for that benchmark tenor high C, and the other high notes demonstrated on the video on tenors, above, Adam routinely incorporates those notes in almost every song he sings. They are almost throw-aways, not even worth thinking about. Angelina has said that she thinks Adam is going to change singing and what we think about it in a fundamental way. She may be right. A century ago, tenors didn't think they could hit the high C--- until someone did. Then, that became the standard for all tenors to aim for. Could Adam be game changing as well? Demonstrating that the old limits need not apply? Yes, it could happen.

cassie... love this very informative YT video you posted.
I actually understood what he's talking about after all the lessons you shared with us.
Thanks :D