: What is Shoshana Damari's voice called? Here and here are some samples of Shoshana Damari's singing. She was famous, among other things, for her very distinctive voice. Her voice is lower than a mezzo. Would that be a contralto?

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I would say she is a contralto or lyric alto. It is not inappropriate to classify singers like that even though they do not sing classical music.
My voice teacher has a lot of pop singers who are lyric altos according to her. She also says that a lyric alto is generally not a recognized voice type but she has a lot of students whose voice type is exactly that.