No woman on earth can sing as low as Joy Chapman.

The Surrey-based singer is now a world-record holder after hitting a very deep 33.57-hertz C1 note.

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sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 not even my lowest note, so Isa国际传媒檓 going to do another attempt to smash the record,sa国际传媒� she promised.

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In the minute-long video, Chapman introduces herself as a 52-year-old Surrey resident who works as a singer, songwriter and tribute artist. As a sa国际传媒渞etro-modern countrysa国际传媒� musician, she has a 15-song album coming out called .

Her world record is one way for Chapman to get noticed in the music world.

sa国际传媒淎bout a year ago, I was just doing scales and vocal training, and through the years I noticed different vocal coaches kind of freaking out as Isa国际传媒檓 going down the vocal scale, that it was creeping them out,sa国际传媒� Chapman recalled with a laugh.

Her niece did some research and discovered that the female record for low-note singing was well above how low Chapman was able to go. sa国际传媒淭hat kind of started this,sa国际传媒� said Chapman, who lives in the Clayton area, on the Surrey-Langley border.

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Turns out, the record attempt was a long, nerve-wracking ordeal over the past year.

sa国际传媒淓verything had gone wrong with all the tries before this one,sa国际传媒� Chapman said. sa国际传媒淚t was ridiculous, the number of things that went wrong.sa国际传媒�

First, there were problems with a low-end limiter on the mic. Days later, Joysa国际传媒檚 mother slipped into a coma and died, resulting in a sad delay. Later, studio noise aborted another session, and yet more camera issues caused problems.

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Understandably, Chapman said she was nervous in the moments before she finally hit the record low note in February. sa国际传媒淪o uptight with everything,sa国际传媒� she said her vocals tightened up, so she wasnsa国际传媒檛 able to go as low as she typically can.

sa国际传媒淲hat I can sing is at the end of the sonogram, apparently,sa国际传媒� Chapman explained. sa国际传媒淚sa国际传媒檓 being lined up with a specialist to scope my vocals to see whatsa国际传媒檚 actually happening, for science, that allows me to go that low. Itsa国际传媒檚 hypothesized that because I have a condition called hyper-mobility syndrome in my body, that Isa国际传媒檓 able to lower my larynx than most humans. Wesa国际传媒檇 like to get some universities involved because we need more forensic equipment.

sa国际传媒淭he sonograms and mics have trouble picking up the notes,sa国际传媒� Chapman added, sa国际传媒渂ecause when yousa国际传媒檙e going as low as I am it becomes difficult to hear the notes. Itsa国际传媒檚 almost not notes, itsa国际传媒檚 vibrations at that point.sa国际传媒�

Online, Chapmansa国际传媒檚 music can be found on and , among other websites.

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