LaChanze is a Tony-winning actress and a talented singer and songwriter. Her career highlights include Broadway shows like "The Color Purple," "Once on This Island," and "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.” If you want to learn singing like LaChanze, you'll have to master a few things.

One of her signature vocal techniques is the ability to switch effortlessly between powerful belt and delicate head voice. LaChanze frequently uses her head voice to create a beautiful, bright tone, and then switches seamlessly to her belt voice for more emotionally charged moments. To learn similar techniques, you can start by practicing your resonance and breath support. Resonance helps create the full, rich sound that characterizes a great belt voice, while breath support allows you to maintain power and control.

As you start to develop your vocal control, there are several LaChanze songs that are great for practicing these techniques. One of her most famous belting moments came from "The Human Heart" in "Once on This Island." Another great song for learning LaChanze's techniques is "I Am Here" from "The Color Purple." This song showcases both her powerful belt voice and gentle, soaring head voice.

At Singing Carrots, we have a range of resources that can help you improve your singing skills and learn to sing like LaChanze. Our Vocal Range Test will help you determine your range, while the Pitch Accuracy Test will help you work on pitch and intonation. Our Vocal Pitch Monitor can help you track your progress as you learn to switch between different vocal registers, and our Pitch Training program includes interactive vocal warm-ups and exercises for agility and range.

In addition to our technical resources, we also have a range of articles on topics like breath support, voice registers, and singing with emotion and intuition. These articles, combined with our specific skills-related videos, can help you with skills like Twang, Growling, Vibrato, Warm-up/Practice-Starter, Articulation, Chest Voice, Voice Registers, Nasality, Onsets-offsets, Performing, Posture, Emotion-control, and Voice distortion.

Knowing how to find your own authentic voice is also critical in learning to sing like LaChanze. Our Singing Course is a 21-lesson program that covers singing theory and practical tips so that you can develop your singing style and find your own voice.

Learning to sing like LaChanze won't happen overnight, but with practice, patience, and the right resources, you can develop the skills you need to become a skilled, versatile vocalist.