List of people with absolute pitch

This is a list of notable people with absolute pitch, or "perfect pitch".

Note for pre-19th century composers

Owing to uncertainty in the historical record, it is often impossible to determine whether composers and musicians of the past had absolute pitch. Since absolute pitch is rare in European musical culture,[1] claims that any particular musician possessed it are difficult to evaluate. Among composers of the Baroque and Classical eras, evidence is available only for Mozart, who is documented to have demonstrated the ability at age 7.[2] Experts have only surmised that Beethoven had it, as indicated from some excerpts from his letters. By the 19th century, it became more common for the presence of absolute pitch to be recorded, identifying the ability to be present in musicians such as Camille Saint-Saëns and John Philip Sousa.[3]

List
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Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Name Year of birth Year of death Description
Ludwig van Beethoven[4] 1770 1827 German composer and pianist
Mariah Carey[4][5][6] 1969 (living) American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer
Frédéric Chopin[4] 1810 1849 Polish composer and pianist
Ella Fitzgerald[7] 1917 1996 American jazz singer
Jacob Collier[8][9] 1994 (living) English singer, composer and producer
Celine Dion[10] 1968 (living) Canadian singer
Charly García[11][12] 1951 (living) Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Whitney Houston[13] 1963 2012 American singer and actress
Michael Jackson[4] 1958 2009 American singer, songwriter and dancer
Dimash Kudaibergen[14] 1994 (living) Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[15][4] 1756 1791 Austrian composer
Charlie Puth[16][17] 1991 (living) American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Lea Salonga[18][19] 1971 (living) Filipina singer and actress
Brian Wilson[20] 1942 (living) American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the Beach Boys
Yo-Yo Ma[21] 1955 (living) American cellist

References
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  3. Naxos. (2018). "John Philip Sousa." Retrieved from https://www.naxos.com/person/John_Philip_Sousa_24864/24864.htm Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
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  7. "Ella Fitzgerald: America's First Lady Of Song". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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  11. Moreira, Vanessa (November 3, 2020). "Charly García y su gran don: el oído absoluto" [Charly García and his great gift: absolute pitch]. 970 Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  12. Jofre, Alejandro (October 23, 2017). "Carlitos antes de Charly: el oído absoluto de García" [Carlitos before Charly: García's perfect pitch]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  13. "Whitney Houston Has The Perfect Pitch, But That's Not All She's Remembered For". 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
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  17. Roberts, Maddy Shaw (December 3, 2020). "Yes, Charlie Puth has perfect pitch. He's also a piano major, Rachmaninov stan and jazz improvisor". Classic FM. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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