‘All By Myself’ by Dimash Kudaibergen

I love it when Celine Dion sings this song, but this young man from Kazakhstan is in a class all by himself. For starters, he’s singing in English. Then, he gives the song the same emotional heft as Dion. But then…right at the end, when you think it’s all over, he does what his fans are waiting for, he sings an upper register that a Coloratura soprano would envy. And it’s NOT falsetto!

Dimash’s vocal range is beyond belief. I’ve read that it’s 6 octaves, but that’s 4/5ths of the notes on a piano! To fit that many octaves in, he’d have to be singing two octaves below middle C, and I haven’t hear him sing anywhere near that low. I think six octaves is hype by fans.

The only other singer I’ve ever heard with a similar, freakish range was Ima Sumac, a Peruvian singer of the last century:

‘In one live recording of “Chuncho”, she sang a range of over four and a half octaves, from B2 to G♯7.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac

In this song, Sumac jumps octaves right at the end. Amazing, but…I kind of like Dimash better.

cheers,
Meeks