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RE: Haley's Vocal Range
Haley's vocal range expands to E6, and she has absolutely no problem reaching it.
I guess another way to put this is, from where Haley's usual singing is (typically around D4, I'd say) her vocal range expands up for the most part. Meanwhile, most Alto's would expand down.
I really don't know how else to say this, but an alto is strongest in the lower notes. (not necessarily in their lower register, but rather in the lower female range) If she can't hit them. (And she really can't, her live vocal range only goes to A3) then she can't be an alto.
I know she often sings in her lower register, as that's where her songs start. But her lower notes are usually mid to perhaps even high notes for most altos. The signature for an alto is that they are stronger in lower notes. Haley isn't.
All pop music stars start singing in their lower notes. But the altos (Adele, Underwood, Amy), they'll start theirs even lower than Haley..because they can't reach the notes that Haley can reach..and thus the bridge (typically containing the glory type notes that are higher) need to be able to fit their voice.
Just because Haley doesn't often sing as high as those girls in the video you posted, it doesn't mean that she can't..and it doesn't mean that she's not a mezzo soprano. Those mezzo soprano's could sing all the notes in Haley's songs..where a lot of alto's (Unless they had an expanded range) would not be able to. (And I know that seems contrary to what I just said about the Alto notes, but my point is Haley doesn't even fit the baseline criteria for an alto, and she easily does for a mezzo soprano).
Those classical singers may have a larger range than Haley anyway (but funny enough, a lot of them can't sing higher, but can sing lower). That doesn't make Haley not a mezzo soprano. Another pop example is Justin Timberlake versus DeAndre Brackensick. They are both countertenors. (Falsetto singers, essentially). But Justin's range is F#2 to G5 (It's listed as B5...but he just does the MJ scream for A5 and B5..so that's also not part of his vocal range..) and Deandre's is D2 to C#6. DeAndre can obviously sing a heck of a lot more notes, including higher into his falsetto. But they are both Countertenors. (Even though they could easily sing all of the notes necessary to be tenors too..and often, their songs start even lower than a typical tenors would.)
I think it's important to remember, that a majority of pop singers aren't classically trained. But you don't have to sing all the notes that an opera singer could sing in order to be in one of those categories. Otherwise, for the majority of the population, only soprano's could be considered mezzo soprano's...and there would probably be about two soprano's in the choir room. And you'd have to make a split with the altos because most of them probably won't be able to reach all the higher notes necessary..and the ones that can, probably can't hit the lower notes.
It really isn't a matter of being able to hit all the notes a classical singer can hit. But rather, those classical singers strongest part of their range fall somewhere between those vocal ranges listed (A3 to A5, for example) and that's how they are sorted. (Similarly to how the strongest aspect of both Justin and DeAndre's voice are their falsettos..despite having the range to sing elsewhere)
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