The average person can sing between one and two octaves. The range of a professional singer can be anywhere from three to five octaves. The highest note ever sung by a human was an E♭ above high C, or the C eight octaves above middle C, sung by Georgia Brown in 1973. The lowest note ever sung by a human was a D♭ below low C, or the C seven octaves below middle C, sung by Tim Storms in 2008.