Adam Lopez Costa (referred to as Adam Lopez), (born August 26 in Brisbane, Australia) is a pop musician, opera singer, vocal coach, and session vocalist. He is noted for his ability to produce extremely high notes in his whistle register and for his extensive vocal range, which is said to expand to more than 7 octaves. He is currently a Guinness World Record holder for hitting the highest note by a male.

Biography

Lopez was the second of three boys, born to Spanish immigrants Manuel Jesus Lopez Perez and Maria Del Rosario Costa Velasco. Both of his parents were musicians. Having started singing at the age of three, Lopez was a polished soprano by age ten. After finishing high school, Lopez studied voice at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Griffith University in Australia. He spent 5 years there developing his male coloratura, though he spent a total of 10 years developing his distinctive vocal abilities.

In addition to solo work, Lopez has worked as a session vocalist, singing backing vocals for Mariah Carey, Debelah Morgan, Keith Urban, Vanessa Amorosi, and other Australian artists. He has also worked in television and radio.

Lopez currently teaches voice at Sheldon College and is promoting his most recent album, Popera. He is also working on a new age album in the vein of Yma Sumac

Vocal profile

• Voice type: Tenor (with Piccolo Coloratura abilities)
• Octave range: 6 Octaves (E2-Eb8)
• Highest recorded note(s): Eb8 (Nessun Dorma), E7 (Stay With Me) 
• Lowest recorded note(s): E2
  

Audio Sample

• From A#7 to B7", pop singer - male soprano - Adam Lopez sings even higher than Mariah Carey. He gets these supersonic high notes: from A#7 to B7 - 1 1/2 note above Mariah's high G7# - around 6 seconds from the beginning.
• (For the sake of completeness: from +/- 1 1/2 sec. to 3 sec. Adam Lopez goes from C7 to D#7. From 3 sec. to 5,5 sec. from D7, via E7 to F#7. From 5,5 sec. to 5,8 sec. he reaches even higher: from G7 to G#7. About around 6 sec. an A7 changing into A#7 and as culminating point he goes from A#7 to B7)

World record

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Lopez holds the world record for highest vocal note produced by a male. That pitch is designated C#8 in note-octave notation; it is one half step above the highest note on a standard grand piano or 4435 Hz. Before achieving this record, Lopez held the previous Guinness World Record for singing a D7 in 2003. He broke his own record in June 2005.

Although he is most noted for this record, it is alleged that Lopez's voice is rangier than the grand staff in both directions. He is said to have the ability to pitch a B�ó1, one and one-half steps below Deep C. It is also said that he has produced B8, nearly an octave higher than his current record. His tessitura, however, lies in the tenor range.

External links

• Guinness world record page
• Adam's Official Page
• Video of the record