Georgia Brown
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Georgia Brown, pseudonym of Rossana Monti (born June 29, 1980) is an Italian Brazilian
Italian Brazilian
-Italian immigration to Brazil:The Italian government claims there are 25 million Brazilians of Italian descent, which would be the largest population of Italian background outside of Italy itself. There are no actual surveys, or even verifiable calculations supporting such claims. According to...

 singer noted for her extensive vocal range
Vocal range
Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate. Although the study of vocal range has little practical application in terms of speech, it is a topic of study within linguistics, phonetics, and speech and language pathology, particularly in relation to the study...

. She was listed in the 2005 Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

for hitting the highest vocal note
Note
In music, the term note has two primary meanings:#A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound;#A pitched sound itself....

 and for possessing the greatest range, claimed to be exactly 8 octave
Octave
In music, an octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music", the use of which is "common in most musical systems"...

s from G2-G10 using scientific pitch notation
Scientific pitch notation
Scientific pitch notation is one of several methods that name the notes of the standard Western chromatic scale by combining a letter-name, accidentals, and a number identifying the pitch's octave...

. However, no recording of this feat exists and it was replaced in the 2007 edition of the Guinness book by Adam Lopez Costa
Adam Lopez
Adam Lopez Costa billed as Adam Lopez is a pop musician, 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...

who was recorded hitting a C#8 on a Guinness World Records show in 2005.

Albums

  • 1999: Black Nature (Gold disc, 125,000 copies sold in Brazil)
  • 2001: To Da Floor
  • 2003: Heart Beats (Gold disc, Double Gold, Platinum and Gold triple, 300,000 copies around the world)
  • 2008: The Renascence of Soul

Singles

  • 1997: Hold On
  • 1998: Commit A Crime
  • 2002: Lost Love
  • 2003: Forgiven
  • 2004: Nobody's Supposed To Be Here
  • 2005: Always
  • 2006: Loneliness
  • 2007: I'm Dangerous
  • 2007: Jesus
  • 2008: Save My Soul
  • 2008: Take Slow
  • 2008: Place In Your Heart
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