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Adam Lopez Costa (26 August 1975 -)
Years Active: 2005 - present
Vocal Range: B♭1 - E♭8 (6 Octaves + 5 Semitones)
{Vocal Analysis}Possessing agility at both ends of his range, it is somewhat difficult to hypothethise where exactly Lopez's tessitura sits naturally, but the general timbre of his voice would back up his own assertion that his natural placement is that of a tenor. He sounds quite comfortable delving into the second octave, being able to drop down to at least G2 directly from his mid-range easily, and showing the capability to sustain fairly rounded notes as low as E2/E♭2. Below this Lopez's lower register becomes more notably laryngeal, but he has shown the capability regardless to pull a 'chesty' sound down as low as C2. Although Lopez seldom if ever makes use of any 'fry-mix' technique in his music, he has also shown the capability to produce and sustain fryish notes down to B♭1, and though not displaying the most pleasant tone, it seems fair given his ability to sustain these notes on a clear pitch to count this as part of his range. Meanwhile, in his upper register Lopez's 'chest' belting usually caps out around C5, by his own admission. Lopez rarely belts higher than this in any form in his lead vocals, but has demonstrated the ability to carry a 'mixed' sound up as high as F5. Occasionally, Lopez will also make use of a slightly weightier 'head voice', and notes of this variety I have left black in the thread, but typically, he mainly utilises soft falsetto throughout the fifth octave. Lopez himself says that this technique tends to top at C6 for him, and it is not uncommon for him to reach up to upper fifth octave notes in his own songs. His vibrato is consistent throughout his different registers, and he shows ample control over his falsetto by making features of both staccatos and melismatic runs. On occasion, Lopez has shown the ability to venture above C6 in his falsetto register, even managing to recreate the original staccatos up to F6 in his rendition of 'The Magic Flute.' The most well-known feature of Lopez's voice and the cornerstone of his famous/infamous range is his whistle register. Until 2018, Lopez held the Guinness World Record for the highest note produced by a male, an E♭8, and particularly in the earlier days of his own recording career he would add sixth and seventh octave whistles to many songs. Whether for vocal or stylistic reasons, Lopez uses his whistle register a little less obtrusively these days, but still shows the inclination and ability to produce whistles into the seventh octave. Lopez has referred to being able to produce whistle notes up to B♭8, but as of yet has not demonstrated this in either his record-setting or his musical career. To summarise, Lopez's use of his gargantuan range is obnoxious at times, but his control over his various registers is undeniable- like many a Guinness World Record holder, the mere existence of his feats all but justify themselves.
Significant High Notes:
E♭8 "Nessun Dorma", "Range Demonstration" Live on Hot Source 2004
C♯8 "Range Demonstration" Live on Hot Source 2004
B7 "Nessun Dorma"
F♯7 "Guinness World Record Attempt"
F7 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella)
E7 "Emotions", "Stay With Me"
E♭7 "O Sole Mio"
D7 "Adagio for Dreams", "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "The Magic Flute"
C7 "Emotions", "Someday" (YouTube acapella), "Take On Me", "The Girl From Ipanema"
B6 "Shioah", "Stay With Me"
B♭6 "Always"
A6 "Adagio for Dreams", "Ave Maria", "Home", "How Do I Get Over You?", "Oh Holy Night"
G♯6 "Shioah", "Showstopper"
G6 "Fantasy", "How Do I Get Over You?"
F♯6 "I'll Keep On Loving You", "O Sole Mio", "Showstopper"
F6 "Ain't That the Way" "The Magic Flute"
E6 "Adagio for Dreams"
D6 "Earthly Bound", "The Magic Flute"
C6 "Emotions", "Four Octave Arpeggio", "One Step Away"
B5 "Paper Boat", "Shioah", "Showstopper"
B♭5 "Always", "And the Melody Still Lingers On", "Ave Maria", "The Girl From Ipanema", "White Christmas"
A5 "Adagio for Dreams", "Someday" (YouTube acapella)
G♯5 "Showstopper", "The Way You Make Me Feel"
G5 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "Ave Maria", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Gotta Get It", "Sometimes There Is Magic", "The Loco-Motion", "The Magic Flute"
F♯5 "Fantasy", "Showstopper", "Stay With Me", "Take On Me"
F5 "Ain't That the Way", "Kaleidoscope", "Giving the Least Technical Explanation of 'Mixed Belting' Ever", "Someday" (YouTube acapella), "Sunny", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "White Christmas"
E5 "Earthly Bound", "Home", "Give Me Life", "Gotta Get It", "One Step Away", "This Heart of Mine"
E♭5 "And the Melody Still Lingers On", "I'll Keep On Loving You", "Showstopper", "Stay With Me"
D5 "All I Know", "Holiday", "How Do I Get Over You?", "Paper Boat", "Take On Me", "The Loco-Motion", "Where Do We Go from Here?"
C♯5 "All the Things You Are, "I Believe in You", "You"
C5 "Ave Maria", "Caro Mio Ben", "Give Me Life", "Kaleidoscope", "Listen to Me", "One Step Away", "Sometimes There Is Magic", "Sunny", "The Girl From Ipanema"
B4 "Earthly Bound", "Fantasy", "Holiday", "Home", "How Do I Get Over You?", "I'll Keep On Loving You", "Paper Boat", "Showstopper", "Stay With Me", "Where Do We Go from Here?"
B♭4 "Always", "And the Melody Still Lingers On", "O Sole Mio", "The Magic Flute", "Vision of Love"
A4 "All I Know", "Earthly Bound", "Eternally", "Give Me Life", "Home", "I Believe in You", "Just A Memory Away", "Listen to Me", "The Loco-Motion", "This Heart of Mine", "Where Do We Go from Here?" "You"
G♯4 "Ain't That the Way", "All the Things You Are", "I'll Keep On Loving You", "Kaleidoscope", "Nessun Dorma", "Shioah", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Vision of Love"
G4 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "Always", "Ave Maria", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "End of a Tale, Start of a Story", "Gotta Get It", "Holiday", "How Do I Get Over You?", "I Believe in You", "One Step Away", "Sometimes There Is Magic", "The Magic Flute", "The Rainbow Connection", "This Heart of Mine", "White Christmas", "You"
Significant Low Notes:
E3 "Caro Mio Ben", "Earthly Bound", "Kaleidoscope", "The Loco-Motion", "The Rainbow Connection"
E♭3 "Ain't That the Way", "Gotta Get It", "White Christmas"
D3 "End of a Tale, Start of a Story", "Eternally", "Holiday", "How Do I Get Over You?", "Oh Holy Night", "Paper Boat", "The Girl From Ipanema"
C♯3 "Fantasy", "This Heart of Mine"
C3 "Ain't That the Way", "Ave Maria", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Caro Mio Ben", "Emotions", "Give Me Life", "Just A Memory Away", "One Step Away", "O Sole Mio", "The Girl From Ipanema", "You"
B2 "All the Things You Are", "End of a Tale, Start of a Story", "How Do I Get Over You?", "I'll Keep On Loving You", "Nessun Dorma", "Showstopper", "Paper Boat"
B♭2 "Always", "And the Melody Still Lingers On", "Ave Maria", "I Believe in You", "O Sole Mio", "Stay With Me", "You"
A2 "Adagio for Dreams", "All I Know", "Emotions", "Kaleidoscope", "Listen to Me", "One Step Away", "The Magic Flute", "Where Do We Go from Here?"
G♯2 "Adagio for Dreams", "Showstopper"
G2 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "Always", "Someday" (YouTube acapella), "Sometimes There Is Magic", "Take on Me", "The Loco-Motion"
F2 "Give Me Love", "Listen To Me", "Someday" (YouTube acapella), "Sunny"
E2 "Sometimes There Is Magic"
E♭2 "Range Demonstration" Live on Hot Source 2004, "The Magic Flute", "Vision of Love"[/div]
D2 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella)
C2 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "Four Octave Arpeggio", "Range Demonstration"
B♭1 "Instagram Video" August 8th 2019, "Range Demonstration"
Range-iest Song: "All In Your Mind" (YouTube Acapella) (C2-F7, 5 Octaves + 5 Semitones)
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Blue marks soft falsetto or whistle notes.
Grey denotes fry-ish notes that still retain a clear pitch.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Australian singer of Spanish parentage and head of the faculty at Sheldon College's Australian School of the Arts, best known for holding the Guinness World Record from 2008 to 2018 of the highest note hit by a male (E♭8) and by extension, for his absurdly wide vocal range. He has a freakish talent to control his whistle register right up to its most preposterous reaches, and to command both ends of his range seemingly at his leisure- whether musically enjoyable or not. Lopez is a curiosity of the vocal world, no doubt, and whilst you could probably achieve a similar effect to putting on one of his albums by listening to any 2000s pop album and leaving your kettle on to boil in the background, no compendium of vocal ranges would be quite complete without him.
C2 "All In Your Mind" (YouTube acapella), "Four Octave Arpeggio", "Range Demonstration"
B♭1 "Instagram Video" August 8th 2019, "Range Demonstration"
Range-iest Song: "All In Your Mind" (YouTube Acapella) (C2-F7, 5 Octaves + 5 Semitones)
{Questionable Notes}
C♯8 "Guinness World Record Attempt"[5]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
C♯8 "Guinness World Record Attempt"[5]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges}
The Popera EP (2005) G♯2-G♯4-B5-E♭8
Showstopper (2006) E♭2-F♯5-F6-E7
Till the End of Time (2008)- STILL AVAILABLE (NOT ON SPOTIFY)
Kaleidoscope (2014) F2-C♯5-B5-A6
This Heart of Mine (2017) E♭2-E♭5-B♭5-C7
The Popera EP (2005) G♯2-G♯4-B5-E♭8
Showstopper (2006) E♭2-F♯5-F6-E7
Till the End of Time (2008)- STILL AVAILABLE (NOT ON SPOTIFY)
Kaleidoscope (2014) F2-C♯5-B5-A6
This Heart of Mine (2017) E♭2-E♭5-B♭5-C7
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Blue marks soft falsetto or whistle notes.
Grey denotes fry-ish notes that still retain a clear pitch.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Australian singer of Spanish parentage and head of the faculty at Sheldon College's Australian School of the Arts, best known for holding the Guinness World Record from 2008 to 2018 of the highest note hit by a male (E♭8) and by extension, for his absurdly wide vocal range. He has a freakish talent to control his whistle register right up to its most preposterous reaches, and to command both ends of his range seemingly at his leisure- whether musically enjoyable or not. Lopez is a curiosity of the vocal world, no doubt, and whilst you could probably achieve a similar effect to putting on one of his albums by listening to any 2000s pop album and leaving your kettle on to boil in the background, no compendium of vocal ranges would be quite complete without him.
