Lucky man, you've arrived! Thank You. Welcome to the future of music! We are anxiously awaiting your journey! She's barefoot to remind us all that children around the world are living without shoes. At age 6 she gave hers away to a child on the street, earning money weighing people with a bathroom scale. Then she published a book about the experience at age 9. She is a true prodigy - vocally, speaks 4 languages, plays 3 instruments, has kept a diary since she could write, and has a hand in the arrangement of all the songs she sings (known as "The Boss"). Her family is protecting her from the wolves which is why you haven't heard of her. All good.
I loved your reaction and subscribed. I discovered Angelina about 18 months ago and she is now my all time favorite musical artist and I am 62 years young. I say Angelina doesn't cover songs, she completes them. Her 5 original songs show great promise as a songwriter. She signed with Republic Records a year ago but her family requested to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore Republic has not promoted her 2 originals released since her signing. I truly believe Angelina is a once in forever musical artist and there is magic in her voice.
Thank you for your reaction and welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan. Here is an introduction to Angelina for you and your viewers who might not be familiar with her. Angelina is Norwegian, her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar. Her father is Swedish, her mother is Norwegian from a Japanese father and Iranian Mother Mery Zamani who is a poet and a painter and was a child prodigy in her own rights. She started singing at the age of one and a half when she fell in love with Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. A year later she discovered Jazz through her grandmother and showed lot of interest in artists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and Louis Armstrong. Angelina pestered her mother to enter her in “Simons Show” as she called it from the age of 3. Her mother relented and entered her in Norway Got Talent at the age of 7 where she auditioned with Billie Holiday’s Gloomy Sunday. She went ahead to win the the big prize at the finals where she received 46% of the votes while the remaining 9 finalists combined received 54%. Angelina said she likes singing because she wants to bring joy and love to the whole world. One of her dreams from a very young age was to sing at the Nobel Peace Prize concert. She accomplished that at the age of 8 singing Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World. After winning NGT, she was flooded with offers from major music labels as well as Disney but they were all turned down by her and her family in order for her to continue her education and to protect her artistic integrity. Her uncle/manager in an interview last year he talked about music labels top executives who would fly to Norway on private jets with huge contracts offers but would leave mad and frustrated because they never expected being turned down. Angelina is fluent in Norwegian as well as in English. She also speaks some Swedish which is very close to Norwegian and probably learned it from her father. She also speaks Farsi which she learned from her grandmother as well as some Japanese that she picked up from her grandfather as well as her mom and uncle who lived for a period of time in Japan. She actually performed a Japanese song at a concert in Japan. Most of her performances after NGT were for charitable children organizations where she helped to raise millions. At the age of 6 and while travelling in another country with her family, she came across a young orphaned shoeless girl who was weighing people on a bathroom scale for some coins in order to support herself and her siblings. After chatting with her for a while and without prompting from her family, she gave her shoes to the orphan girl. She recorded that incident in her diary and vowed to always sing barefoot when doing that in public to remember that girl and to remind herself and us about the many needy children around the world. At the age of 9 she wrote and published a book about that encounter making her Norway’s youngest published author. Proceeds from that book are donated to children charities. Angelina Jordan has about 150 songs in her repertoire. Late last year she signed with Republic Records as their highest priority new artist. Her versatility is unmatched. She will wow and surprise you all the time. 15 years old today who is an excellent role model for today’s youth and her best is yet to come. Thank you for reading and Keep up the good work.
I so glad you reacted to Angelina. I love you reactions. You are very informative. I hope you do more. She is just the best. Her consistency, tone and emotions she delivers everytime. Thank you.
Welcome to the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole. You hit the nail on the head with everything you said. I’ve been following her for about five years six years now. I absolutely believe she is an angel sent from heaven to do good on this earth. There’s so much I want to say and tell you I’m sure other people will. You definitely need to go read the story of why she sings barefoot that will melt your heart. Next song you absolutely have to do black-and-white version I put a spell on you. She was nine years old when she did this song and like just about every other song she does she does the arrangement. So at the beginning the paper the guy is looking at is her arrangement of how the song needs to be done. She is absolutely gifted in all realms of life. She wrote a book about why she sings barefoot, so she is the youngest author to be published in Norway, she has a knack for taking a cover and making it better than the original, she speaks like four languages, English being like her second or third. She is very humble she is now 15 years old and like 6 foot tall. She is known as the barefoot princess she has a very big fanbase that is very protective of her. welcome to the Angelina world. 🥰😍
AJ is amazing because she was born a star. One in a billion. Should have won AGT20. Hope the fame doesn't swallow her up and she ends up like AW! In this industry they use and abuse! Good luck AJ.
Her opening performance on AGT Champions was her introduction to a greater audience. She was a very well known name among some of the biggest names in the industry for years before this performance. (If you can imagine that is possible at 13) She sang for the Nobel Peace Prize recipients, Quincy Jones invited her to sing at his 85th birthday celebration, she went viral on TH-cam at 7 with her first performance on Norway's Got Talent, but even through all this, her parents shielded her from the "industry" and turned down many recording contracts so she could have as normal as a childhood as possible. She always sings barefoot in public since she was 7, in honor of a young shoeless, homeless girl she met the year before, while in the middle east (and literally gave her the shoes off her feet) She became Norway's youngest published author at 9 when she wrote a book about this experience, which translates to "Between Two Hearts". She donates nearly all the profits from this book to orphan children, as well as many concerts through out the years. Not only is she a great talent, her empathy of others is at the top of the charts also. There are videos of all these things on TH-cam, and I have compiled 3 different playlists on my channel, of everything I can find. Signed by Republic Records a year ago at 14, she has released 2 new songs and several more 'covers', which in my opinion, are better than the original in most cases. This is a deep hole to go down to explore this young lady's life so far, but one that I'm sure you will find extremely enjoyable and worthwhile.
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to Angelina's great performance of a very well known song that she rearranged & made her own. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances, then Fly Me To The Moon on The View (age 8) & either of her Feeling Good performances (1 outside, 1 in) at age 10. Or - to truly witness her raw talent, go directly to her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You (age 9). Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
New sub here,great reaction,always fun to watch 1st time reactions to Angelina.Quincey Jones had Angelina sing Fly me to the Moon at his 85th birthday bash at O2 in London.See the rehearsal video with full orchestra,makes a great reaction.He said that she reminded him of a young MJ,lofty praise.
Thank you for your great first reaction to Angelina. Oh, my friend, you are in for the ride of your life! It won’t be long before you will be inundated with other comments here that will give you excellent information about Angelina, her prodigious talent and her huge humanitarian heart. We all know your main purpose is to react to the performers (and you do it very, very well) but, let me just say, the more reactions you do to her, the more you will see your subscriptions, likes, views and comments go through the roof! That’s what TH-cam is looking for from you. Just know that Angelina’s millions of fans around the world are very, VERY loyal and will follow you to the ends of the Earth for as long as you continue to react to her!
This video only shows comments from three of the judges. Heidi Klum was the last judge to comment and she gave Angelina Jordan the golden buzzer but it is left out of this video so do a search for Angelina Jordan receives golden buzzer on America's Got Talent in the search box and it will come up.
You are not going to believe what you just walked into. The journey is truly unbelievable. Point of interest. Angelina has never been nervous in her life. She is fearless and lives to be onstage. As she has stated “singing is like breathing to me”
Every Angelina "Angel" in the world wouldn't miss this video if they ran into it. Why? Because we love it when someone is about to discover our barefoot princess. When you started breathing heavy as the song continued, so did we with you. If you started to cry, we would have started crying with you, as well. I think after a few minutes (and, after you play this again for yourself) you will feel something going on inside you. Yes, there sure is. She's in your heart already and she's there to stay. I'll leave it there. You have so much to experience listening to Angelina and finding out what a wonderful human being she is.
For your next reaction to Angelina I encourage you to check out black and white version of I put A spell On You! Make sure your butt is glued to the chair!
Besétáltál Angelina csapdájába, innen nincs kiút, meg ke nézned minden előadáasát, tálán nála éreztem a reinkarnáció érzetet, már 6 éves kora óta énekel mikrofon előtt, hatalmas a repertoálja 15 éves kora ellenére, jó szórakozást, és várom a legközelebbi reakciódat vele!
Hi & thank you Gij for that great reaction & in put. I give new Angie reactors a welcome pack, please read. She chooses all her own songs & does all her own arrangements ever since she was very young, even when she did Screaming Jay Hawkins “I put a spell on you” the B&W version, th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html at barely 9, even at 7 & 8 on NGT (Norway’s Got Talent). On AGT-C Angie made her outfit from silkscreen patterns of her grandma's art work. She makes several of her other outfits for shows & concerts too. Queen was so blown away with it that they posted it & gave her the rights to it. Angie also paints great, plays 5 instruments & speaks & sings 4+ languages, English being her 3rd. Angie turned 15 on 1-10-21 & she’s around (close to 2 meters) 6 ft tall. Angie is a very kind, giving, loving, respectful, humble & a big hearted Christian girl. She always sings barefoot when performing & she wrote a book about it at 9 called “Between Two Worlds” & she was/is the youngest to be published in Norway. (Why does Angie performs barefoot Angelina's short little interview explaining why she performs barefoot. th-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/w-d-xo.html) Others will explain this or you can look it up Angie has arranged over 135 covers & written 5 songs & had 2 written for her & she’s mastered over 10 genre’s already. One of her nicknames is “The barefoot princess with a 1000 voices & a Mona Lisa smile” (I do hope you buy & download her single & help support her art & music) Angie never sings a song the same way twice, so you could say they’ll all be 1st time reactions. You'll want to check out th-cam.com/users/MrRustysPlace he has all of Angie's songs in order. (He has over 29k subs, this is so you’ll know which one) You might want to start from the very beginning were it all started. “I who have nothing” by Ben E. King & covered by Tom Jones & Shirley Bassey. She’s 6 in a sound booth at her school. th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html “Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday she was 7 here on NGT Audition th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html “I’m a fool to want you” cover by Billie Holiday she was 7 just turned 8 NGT quarter finals the Judges cut. (a capella & haunting) th-cam.com/video/6LIcQL5gLoY/w-d-xo.html “Bang Bang” cover by Nancy Sinatra she’s 8 NGT semi finals th-cam.com/video/pcBoB49Gxn8/w-d-xo.html “Summertime” by George Gershwin th-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/w-d-xo.html Finals on NGT & she’s 8 here. “Billie Jean” (Jazzy Michael Jackson Cover) th-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/w-d-xo.html released 7-31-21 she’s 15 (Please ignore the fake Angie fans they're just trolls)
You have a new subscriber, but BEWARE! This is a long comment. I hope you have the patience to read to the end. Thank you for discovering and reacting my favourite singer. Simon was correct when he said that he had never heard that version, Angelina re-arranged it for the performance. She does this with many of her cover songs. Her fans call it "Angelina-fying" a song. The lady who first stood and clapped at the end of Angelina's performance was her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani. On her right was Angelina's mother, Sara Astar, then Juliette, her sister and then her uncle, Michael Astar who is also her Manager. Heidi Klum hit the Golden Buzzer. So Angelina went straight to the Final, where she performed Elton John's classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".¡ My introduction to Angelina was on her first appearance at Norway's Got Talent, and I didn't expect much from a 7-year-old. Just a cute little girl, all nervous, rushing the song in parts, hesitating and then stumbling over or forgetting her words and generally acting her age and doing her best to get through a childish song like "Twinkle, twinkle little star". Well, it was a seven-year-old child who appeared on the stage. She was small and had wild hair and gaps in her mouth, where there once were baby teeth. My first surprise was how she confidently answered questions put to her by one of the judges. She showed no signs of nerves and when she was asked what song she was going to perform, she declared she was going to sing a song by the legendary Billie Holiday. Then she gestured off-stage for the technician to start the music and started singing. Yeah! The body of the 7-year-old child was still there, but the voice wasn't. It was that of a 40-50 year old black woman who had been singing for decades. That first moment of surprise has been experienced many times since then. I have followed her career since I saw that first video on TH-cam and in the years she has been singing publicly she has mastered many musical genres, including Blues, Country, Disco, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Soul, EDM and Rock and covered songs first performed by many famous singers, like Adele, Whitney Houston, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lana del Ray, Avicii, Bill Withers, Gloria Gaynor, Andy Williams, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and many others: in total over 120 different songs and 82 different performers. She takes ownership of every song she sings while still paying respect to the original. She never goes into unnecessary theatrics. Never sings those high or low notes unless they are absolutely necessary. Never projects herself in any performance which says "look how good I am". She just sings the song as she feels it is meant to be sung. She has the innate ability not only to sing a song as emotionally as the song deserves, but to be able to communicate those same emotions to the listener. When you listen to her, there is the feeling that you are the object of her attention. She is singing for you alone. I have listened to every interview she has given and every documentary about her and every performance she has ever given. What I will never understand is how a very shy and humble girl in her normal life, can be transformed into the perfect vehicle for the song she has chosen to sing, once she starts to sing. Although the gift of singing and all her performances appear to be effortless, Angelina works very hard to ensure that the one she is going to record reflects what she sees as the correct way to meld both lyrics and melody. If you go to th-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html you will find many rehearsals where, not only do you get to see her rehearsing but being the "ordinary" girl she is (if indeed one is able to apply that adjective to her). Most of her performances are recorded in her home studio, either with backing music or a single guitar. Most are done in one take. She treats the whole thing as a hobby. As we would have said when I was young. "There is no 'side' to her," She is completely transparent to the world. Perhaps you would like to go back a few years and work forward. By doing so, you will come to the realisation that she is "unique" and I don't use that word loosely. There is truly no other singer who has her versatility and sheer ability to communicate the emotions of a song to her listeners. I doubt there is another singer who works so hard to ensure that, when she sings the song, it is sung in such a way that her listener becomes enmeshed in the emotions @Phil Garinger has made some excellent suggestions for future reactions from you. My only additions are for one done shortly before her appearance on Norway's Got Talent and the four songs she sang at that event. So, here a few recordings for you to consider. age 6 - First visit to a Recording Studio:I who have nothing: th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html age 7 - Norway's Got Talent - First Audition: Gloomy Sunday: th-cam.com/video/8q7MqdFoibI/w-d-xo.html age 7 - Norway’s Got Talent - Judges' Cut-Off:I’m a fool to want you th-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/w-d-xo.html age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Semi Final: Bang Bang: th-cam.com/video/cSEO3IMVtCI/w-d-xo.html age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Final: Summertime: th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html
Welcome to the journey that is Angelina Jordan, there is alot to unpack about this girl this was her arrangement and she has been arranging since she was 8 years old.
Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! You've done it now. You have fallen into the vortex of Angelina Jordan who arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (135+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 7/8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday , Nancy Sinatra , and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse (and many others in between) and do them all justice! If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40 piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you find out why she performs barefooted. Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library. She is 15yo now and recently signed with Republic Records in anticipation of her sweet takeover of the world coming soon!
I recall in NGT, the Hostess asked her: "Were you nervous?",, "No.",,"Do you ever get nervous?",,, "No." (giggle),,, "Oh! You just enter that other world. I like that world." or something to that effect. Stunning! Nice reaction!
michael From an interview, prior to a concert in Norway a few years ago, she was asked if she found it "scary" performing in front of so many people. She laughed at this (as if to say: "'Are you kidding? Don't be silly!") and replied: "No, I think it's nothing but fun! I love singing!"
The next judge gave her the golden buzzer. And she's 6 feet tall in this video. And she made the outfit she was wearing. Her grandma's art work imprinted on the material. She wasn't nerverse. She said she doesn't get nerverse, she gets anxious, ready to get to it. She is great. 🇺🇸👍🔥💯
She opened for Norah Jones in S. Korea at 11yo in front of 40,000 people. She has no fear. If you want to see her present herself to the world, watch "Gloomy Sunday" on Norway's got talent. She said at that time, "If there hadn't been a Billie Holiday, there wouldn't be an Angelina Jordan"
@M&G: I think many will agree than one of the more unique things about Angelina is that you always feel good when you hear her sing. Ain't a bad thing.
You are late to the Angelina phenomena, but you have your choice of 130+ videos to catch up with the rest of her amazing rise to stardom from age 7 to her current age of 15. I subscribed in hopes you will follow her career. Her covers always sound unique and almost always better. Her originals starting at age 11, will blow your mind.
Welcome to Angelina’s world. I just suscribed because of her. She’s a musical genius from Norway. Always performed barefoot. There’s a beautiful story behind it. She’s actually 15 years old old. Speak many languages and English is her third language. Plays different instruments too. Started singing with 18 months and her maternal grandmother introduced her to the old jazz classic songs. Has more than 140 covers from artists and different styles and made her own arrangements to the songs. And she has 3-4 original songs. She mades her own lyrics too. May be you can start with her cover of the song : I put a spell on you, black and white version. She was 9 years old there. It’s breathtaking. Such a voice control.
Welcome to Angelina's world. She is an extraordinary young artist with over 140 covers and other videos that she has recorded between the ages of 6 and 15 which is her current age. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8 and has already established herself as an accomplished Jazz artist. Her preferred genre is Jazz but she has done covers of about every genre you can name. What you will find in Angelina is a vocalist who doesn't do vocal gymnastics, she simply and beautifully interprets the story and meaning of the song and pours her soul into every performance.
Angelina has sung all over the world for Nobel Laureates, heads of state, music icons, and other dignitaries. She has performed everywhere from small weddings of a few people, to London's O2 stadium, and Seoul South Korea with 40,000 people. She performs at jazz festivals, conferences, and charity benefits. At the age of 15, she is a seasoned performer with 8 years of recording and performing. Many of her live performances when she was 10, 11, and 12 years old blow away even the original adult performers of the songs she sings. She is definitely worth your time to experience and get to know. She has covered Sinatra, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Queen, Miley Cyrus, Patsy Cline, James Brown, Lana Del Rey, Norma Jones, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and many more. Here is a good sampling of my favorites of hers that cover a variety of genres and ranges. I have included some of her live rehearsal sessions which actually blow away other performers produced releases. This is just a short list and other fans of Angelina will have the same length list with different songs. I have rarely heard one of her performances that I have thought was not up to par. Original songs written by Angelina: "7th Heaven" - 15 years old - original song - th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html "Million Miles" - 14 years old - original song -th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html "Shield" - 12 years old - original song - th-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/w-d-xo.html "Oslo" original song 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/uxF-KiiSVoA/w-d-xo.html "What is Life" - 11 years old - First original song - th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html Other favorites: "Feeling Good" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/w-d-xo.html "I put a spell on you" - 9 years old - th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html - cover of "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "All I Ask", 15 years old - Adele cover - th-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/w-d-xo.html "Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html "Cry me a River" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/w-d-xo.html "Diamonds are Forever" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/9RGZRg9YH3k/w-d-xo.html "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/w-d-xo.html "Lovin You" 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/qrwuJVs_nJs/w-d-xo.html "This is a Man's World" - 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/w-d-xo.html "Fly me to the Moon" 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/w-d-xo.html "A Million Years Ago" - 12 years old - Adele cover - th-cam.com/video/QHLtZQ3sIwE/w-d-xo.html "A Song for A" - 12 years old (?) - th-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/w-d-xo.html "I have nothing" - 13 years old - Whitney Houston Tribute- th-cam.com/video/eTcvvO6B3Io/w-d-xo.html "Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - th-cam.com/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/w-d-xo.html "Dream a little dream of me" Studio Rehearsal - th-cam.com/video/GmvfrvhY9z0/w-d-xo.html "Crazy" - 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/gF183Y1OQlo/w-d-xo.html "Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - th-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for reacting to the diamond vocals - The Norwegian singer (Now based in LA) Angelina Jordan is a young living legend. When her record label (Republic Records) , family and herself want it, they can just push the button. Many people forget that she is only 15 years old today because she is so mature for her age. No need to hurry, I'm sure Angelina has good people around her. I think everyone on her team including the record company (Republic Records), slows down a bit with marketing her. She is so good anyway, so she can not be ignored. She delivers music that lasts, and not music that lasts for a few weeks as plastic hit. Angelina has over 600 Million Views on TH-cam and over 2 Billion Views on Facebook overall on her videos. Angelina won Norway's Got Talent at the Age of 8, and has been producing masterclass level vocals ever since. The only and regular marketing is done by the fans via TH-cam. All the important top personalities in the western music industry know who she is and what she can do. In just a few years I know that we will see great things from Angelina. If you need to identify who she sound like, I can tell you that she has 1000 different voices to choose from, depending on the song choice and type .. It's Angelina.
Angelina has a catalogue of approximately 145 cover and original songs for you to investigate and react to. I highly suggest the you react to her age six year old studio performance of Tom Jones’ song, “I Who Have Nothing.” Removing one’s socks before viewing is highly recommended. Her age nine year old cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 1956 song, “I Put a Spell On You” is a must see.
She always sing barefoot in public for humanitarian reason. AGT was 7 years late…she was already viral on TH-cam since 2014, but for you it’s never to late to react to the best vocalist on the planet.
Facts from super fan Andy Schnell, fascinated by the first note. 13-year-old Angelina Jordan created an ingenious arrangement for one of the world's most popular songs and then gave a vocal performance for the ages. Angelina is a true musical wonder, but she is blessed with a range of skills that are second to none. She signed with Republic Records in 2020 as a top priority new artist, but her family asked her to allow her to have as normal a childhood as possible. Please take the time to read the bio I have put together for you. Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway, to her Norwegian mother Sara Astar and Swedish father Gerry Christian Slattman, who chose to keep his life private. Angelina started singing around 18 months old after listening to Whitney Houston on TH-cam. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos, and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani, got Angelina interested in classical jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a child prodigy as an artist and poet and married a Japanese man who died in 2019. Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and took part in the afternoon program at the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts, where she received vocal training from around the age of 4. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and paints. More recently, she and her grandmother have designed and made the clothes she wears on stage. Why Angelina always appears barefoot At the age of 6, while traveling the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl her age standing by the roadside asking people to step on their bathroom scales to be weighed in Hope to get some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as not to get the scales dirty and stepped on the scales many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl, who wore no shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns that she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don't go well with her and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl, who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to be a doctor. But that will never happen as I have no parents and siblings, so I have to do whatever is necessary so that we can survive. ”Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so that Angelina's dream would come true. Angelina still says that she thinks of this homeless girl every day and has always stepped barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norwegian history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. Angelina recorded a few songs in a recording studio at the ages of 6 and 7, most notably “I Who Have Nothing,” a truly remarkable achievement for a 6- or 7-year-old. Angelina is blessed with a deep voice with a beautiful rich tone and has always made her sound much older than her age. Many compare her voice to Amy Winehouse's. Her voice is very emotional, which is very rare for a young girl and some people cannot accept that such a soulful voice can come from someone who does not have enough life experience. A vocal coach on TH-cam recently said, "If you have a song and want to add more emotion to that song, have Angelina sing it." At the age of 8 (see Erik's replies to a comment I made on 6/7/21 on the JHTreacts video proving that Angelina was 8 years old) Angelina's audition at NGT was a cover of Billie Holidays “Gloomy Sunday, ”a song that was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities feared the song would increase suicide rates. Really bizarre that this should be the song to start a musical prodigy career. One of the NGT judges cried. The next appearance on NGT was her cover of Billie Holidays "I'm a Fool to Want You" with acapella singing, which NGT required unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the cut round of the competition jury
Excellent reaction and you just listened to the Greatest Singer ever! Her musical tool box has more tools than any other singer. She adapts her voice to fit the song and takes ownership of around 90% of them. No Kidding! Check out, "I' put a spell on you", black and white version. She was 9 and is an epic performance, God Bless!
Great reaction, you hit them all ,she has a little all of them you named and everybody else as well. Angelina is the elevator of covers, she takes them to top floor and them some .
Great reaction. I'll echo some of the other commenters by recommending the black & white video of I Put A Spell On You, recorded when Angelina was nine years old. It's the most amazing musical experience I've had in the last 20 years. I still listen to it almost every day and always find something new.
You got your references all right. One thing you hear over and over again is that she makes songs her own. And as they say, "You ain't seen nothing yet." Get ready for the plunge down the rabbit hole as we fans are want to say.
Age 9 - Her own arrangement to Screamin Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You". Weight for age, its one of the greatest songs of all time........next to her unreleased demo age 10 called I'm Still Holding Out For You. She sang for Quincy Jones at his 85th birthday on his request. QJ says she's the greatest talent since MJ. You will notice AJ pays tribute to the original artists in her covers.
She wrote the arrangement of this. Angelina never gets nervous when she sings. I am giving you the link to her audition for Norway's Got Talent. She shows no nerves or any sign of being uncomfortable at all.She was asked once if she got nervous? Angelina said, singing is like breathing to me. So why would I be nervous to breathe? She also said when she sings she goes to a place in her head that is always beautiful and peaceful with no bad thoughts about anything. Angelina definitely marches to a different drummer, but it is the perfect personality to walk the path that she has chosen, or the path chosen for her by the Universe. Angelina performs barefoot because of a promise she made to a young street kid in Iran. That is where her grandma was born and raised. The suit she was wearing is her and grandma's creation. The pattern on the material is made from a painting grandma painted showing Angelina's journey through singing so far. Then Angelina laid it out and cut it out then sewed it together. I think Angelina has found it necessary to make her own stuff because at 6'0" tall at 13 makes it hard to find clothes to fit. She has now topped 6'1" at 15 so maybe her growth spurt. Well I'm getting tired so I will give you the link to her first audition ever. Thanks for reacting to Angelina. th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html
❤️ ***PRECIOUS ART, IS ALWAYS OUR INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION, JUST LIKE ANGELINA'S CHOICES, IN HER SONGS, HER LYRICAL CHOICES, HER ARRANGEMENTS OF COVER'S, HER VISUALS IN HER VIDEO'S, & IN & HER VOICE, & THAT TO ME, IS WHAT MAKES HER, NOT ONLY A PHENOMINAL SINGER, BUT A PRECIOUS PIECE OF ART, THAT AFFECTS US ALL IN DIFFERENT WAYS*** ❤️
Welcome to the rabbit hole i will see you in approximately 140 covers i have enjoyed over 85 of them some multiple times and i will just tell you in the opinion of this 58 year old man who has listened to great singes since the 40's that have appeared that Angelina Jordan right now at 15 is the best ever period. So take your time you can't choose wrong just dive in.
Angelina is a gift from heaven to show her amazing skills, which reaches into our souls. No one better, and I’ve followed her for 6 years. Humble, classy, mega talented, and jazz is her first love. 140+ covers, and now her own songs. Best wishes
The last judge gave her the Golden Buzzer & this was taped 2 years ago (Oct 2019). She is 15 now, has signed wit Republic Records of UMG & has matured even more. You really nailed her influences, that was very perceptive. Before you go back to see the "Baby" Angelina (7-8), you should see her today. My 2 recent favorites are her Jazzy/Pop version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean & her cover of Adele's All I Ask. She's the most versatile artist I've ever seen, she can sing any genre, any style from any era of vocal musical history. She is a veritable walking, talking jukebox.
Love your Reaction. Angelina's 1st time in studio was at 6yrs singing "I Who Have Nothing" what a great time she had an She Blew Many away then check out NWGT then See her in her I Put a Spell On You. That is her paying Homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins from 1955
Welcome to Angelina's world ! Nobody does covers better then she does ! She always makes them her own with respect to the original artists ! She has done 140 covers of over 75 different artists ! She is known as the barefoot princess ,queen of jazz and the girl with a thousand voices ! She is fearless , effortless and competent ! She has done five originals that are fantastic ! She has a jazz influenced background from an early age ! I would suggest her version of "I Pur a Spell on You "the black and white studio edition when she was 9 years old by Screamin Jay Hawkins !! This will give you an insight into her jazz background ! I guarantee you will be blown away as everyone who ever saw it is ! Thank you for your heartfelt comments and keep posting 👍😊🙂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🤗
Well after herring so many PPL saying they wanted to here what she could do on her own she said HOLD MY Water and has written "Million Miles" and that is how far above the rest of the Music industry She has just set the bar. Every one, A toast, Long Live the New Queen Of Music.
Welcome to the World of Angelina Jordan Astar!! She is the Queen of Jazz !!!! and a living Legend with the age of 15. She is biggest musical talent of present time so if you like to do more reactions best to start is I put a spell on you by Screaming jay Hawkins. She wrote the setup for this song as a tribute for Screaming Jay by turning 9! It is a Masterpiece of music art. So lay back and enjoy her music is the best i ever seen and hear in my live. Best Chris
Always a blast watching a new reaction to Angelina Jordan, very well vocalized reaction👍 Since discovering Angelina myself about 6 months ago she has ruined me, listening to other vocalists now is a disappointment, compared to Angelina's vocals and soul without any use of autotune or other electonic tricks, she is incomparable to today's crop of young mainstream singers. A great starting point in Angelina's journey is her own arrangement of I put a spell on you aged 9 yrs old. To showcase her range her version of Whitney Houstons, I have nothing, is beautiful and powerful. Looking forward to watching more Angelina reactions from you🥰
Congrats on finding Angelina, you have quite a journey if you decide to take it. Thumbs up sir. Angelina has been performing for thousands for years and on TV, so AGT no problem.
clarification: Angelina doesn't get nervous. She has been singing for celebrities (including Malala, the Nobel Peace Prize winner) for a long time. you have to check her version of "I put a spell on you" She is singing the Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) version whose face is on the candle she held in the beginning.
You have got to check out the early stuff. When she's singing Blues, that's when she's the best. Also check into the reason why she doesn't wear shoes, she's a special young lady.
Take the opportunity to open a new musical chapter in your life..you know your stuff so you’ll truly appreciate this unique, once in many a lifetime talent..you won’t regret it I promise? Subd.
The Los Angeles-based 14-year-old singer and songwriter amplified her voice around the globe, racking up over half-a-billion TH-cam views, just shy of 2 billion Facebook views, and praise from Time, CNN, The BBC, and People. Along the way, she performed for world leaders at some of the most influential events in Europe, appeared on European and North American television, and quietly enraptured a growing fan base. In 2020, she brings a soulful signature sound to life with her Republic Records debut. The breadth of Angelina’s soulful and deep alto vocal delivery showcases a rare class of musical aptitude that you would attribute to an old soul, and legendary talent, well beyond her years. “I feel like I’ve lived many years more than my age. I feel like music found me. I want people to get connected to my music and my lyrics and to share something special with the love I have for music." Angelina went from belting out Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to immersing herself in jazz at five-years-old. She discovered Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong by combing jazz playlists across TH-cam. At eight-years-old, she won Norway’s Got Talent with a viral rendition of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday.” Labels and producers feverishly sought her out, but she already possessed a clear picture of what her path would be. Taking her time, she opted to carefully hone her voice through countless hours of practice, gigs, and writing. “It was really great, but I knew I wanted something bigger,” she admits. “I didn’t want to jump into it until I felt I was ready.” She got “ready” through a series of historic performances. She graced the stage of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and delivered an emotionally charged rendition of “What A Wonderful World.” A year later, she wowed an audience at Brilliant Minds in Stockholm. Touching down in Seoul during 2017, she joined a powerhouse bill alongside PSY and Norah Jones in front of 40,000 people at Muse In City Festival. Quincy Jones personally invited her to perform at his 85th birthday at London’s O2 Arena. Every time she took the stage, she was notably barefoot, which remains one of her signatures thus far. “A long time ago, I was traveling with my family, and I met a young homeless girl with no shoes,” she recalls. “She was barefoot, so I gave her my shoes because I really wanted to help her. Today, I sing barefoot as a reminder of all the kids in the world who need help and support.” Along the way, GRAMMY® Award-winning production duo Stargate [Beyoncé, Sam Smith, Rihanna] reached out, and they initiated a fervent creative partnership together. She continued to write lyrics, compose on piano and guitar, and record. Catching the attention of Republic Records, she inked a deal with the label in 2020. Now, she formally introduces herself on the single “Million Miles.” With lyrics exclusively penned by Angelina, her robust delivery sails over sparse piano on the verses as the track builds towards a sweeping refrain, “We’re a million miles apart. It’s pulling my heart." “Million Miles” is about losing someone you really love,” she explains. “This song is very personal to me, because I had never felt the feeling of losing someone before I wrote this.” With more music on the horizon, there is more of Angelina’s captivating voice and songwriting in store. “I hope you feel connected to the music and the stories behind the songs,” she leaves off. “Love is the most powerful thing though. That’s the message.”
Regarding your recent reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody Did you notice during her performance they highlighted audience members in the front row. That is Angelina's Family. From left to right Her uncle and manager Michael Astar, her little sister Juliette, her mother and her grandmother. Notice her little sister crossing her fingers as the performance starts and later her mother wipe tears from her eyes. Sounds like you have done some research because the Angelina fans have not found you yet. If they had, this reaction would have blown up with views, subscriptions and an inundation of comments giving you background, History and information. Be prepared, they will come. Also remember she said she had waited 10 years to sing for Simon. When she was 3 years old she was begging her mother to go on 'that Simon show'. A child prodigy who started singing Whitney Houston at 1 & 1/2, Won Norways Got Talent at 8 yrs old singing Billy Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday', 'I'm a Fool to Want You', 'Bang, Bang' by Nancy Sinatra and 'Summertime' by George Gershwin! She fulfilled one of her childhood wishes when she sang for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8, her second wish that you just watched was to sing for that 'Simon Show" that she expressed at 3 yrs old when she sang on America's Got Talent 'The Champions' at 13 yrs old singing the most beautiful rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody ever created! She has sung for Quincy Jones & Barak Obama among many others and raised millions for Children Charities and Climate Change! No theatrics here, simply the most soulful interpretation of a song and an ability to convey that emotion right down to your very soul! She has made many grown men cry! Buckle up, you're going to need it! She is 15 as of Jan 10th this year and has just released her second original with Republic Records after being protected to allow her to grow up and when they got a deal that gave her 100 % control over her art. The true GOAT in my opinion! She was 9 when singing a song by Screamin Jay Hawkins on the candle from 1956. th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html She started studying all the Greats of Jazz at 3yrs old on u-tube. What little girl studies Jazz at that age? The one & only Angelina Jordan, The Velvet Voice of the Barefoot princess of Jazz! I would love to see you start with one of her most recent. Her cover of 'When You Believe' by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carie. Watch the studio version first if you haven't seen it. One of her Best! Never one to show off this simple beautiful rendition shows her mindset in approaching her music. Nothing theatrical, just soft Velvet perfection! th-cam.com/video/uAlVzI8-5hQ/w-d-xo.html. Then watch this rendition set as the soundtrack of the animated Movie 'The Prince of Egypt' using clips from the "Prince of Egypt" singing 'When You Believe' ! th-cam.com/video/RgsPM2BEsqk/w-d-xo.html Who ever put that video together did a masterful job. Absolutely Beautiful! Also if you loved Amy Winehouse, Check out one of my favorites 'Valerie' with her having fun with her sister Juliet on Venice Beach. th-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/w-d-xo.html Perfect again! After that I'ld use Rusty Schackelford's Chronological playlist and jump around to those you are familiar with. th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html You can't go wrong with anyone of them. And you can see her journey knowing her age at the time she sang it and where she was at that point in her and our journey. Another must view is 'Fly My to the Moon' on 'The View' at 8 yrs old & was my favorite among her half dozen versions because of the shear cuteness and her masterful phrasing! th-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/w-d-xo.html Rusty's playlist starts with her first visit to the studio at 6yrs old!
You got it exactly right. A real reaction. She's a genius. Her covers rival the originals. How about her covers of Lana Del Rey's Born to Die, Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind, Adele's When We Were Young. Her recent originals, like 7th Heaven, on her new label, Republic, are well worth listening to.
Great reaction. I’ll be back when you react to more Angelina. I love her rendition of Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. But my favorite to date is I’m Still Holding Out For You. I think you’ll enjoy it. 😃
She has done over 135 covers and everyone is better than the original. You should do the next song she did on AGT, Yellow Brick Road. Better yet, see her in BEAST mode, I Put a Spell on You, black and white version at 9 years old. The Greatest Performance Ever by The Greatest of all Time.
Hey great reaction but you might want to consider just recommending it leaving links to the singers video and their homepage show support for them whoever you are reacting to thanks
And so the question is, "How intimidated is Angelina when she goes on stage?". Here's what she says about her experiences when she steps on stage. "When I sing I go to another world. The world is endless. It's like, full of happiness. I love it. It's amazing. And when I am on stage, I don't want to go [leave the stage]. [laughing]. I just want to be on stage" A snippet of Skaylan’s interview of Angelina Jordan (age 12) on Norwegian TV - November 2018
Hey Jim, love the Tartarian sculpture you have as the profile pic. My fave is the o e where the women is laying down and that thin vale is covering her. Its so life like you almost wonder if Medusa really existed or was Medusa actually a technology capable of turning anything into stone?
I would say welcome to AJ' rabbit hole. You should check her out at 9 in beast mode covering Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I put a spell on you"(the black and white version. Then I recommend her covers of "I'd rater be blind", "It's a man's world" or "Loving you". She also as great originals such as "Shield"(the live version), "Million miles"(In-studio live), "7th heaven"(In-studio live). Her studio version of "I'm still holding out for you" that she recorded at the age of ten is a masterpiece. You should also read about why she always perform barefoot. She is the youngest ever publish author in Norway at 9 years old. This girl is the definition of prodigy.
Hi Gij, even if you already got a lot of comments with good information allow me sending you my "standard firsties comment" (SFC) - may be you can find some for you new information in it ;-) So, here it is (a wee bit personalized): Welcome to the universe of Angelina Jordan and thanks a billion for this professional presented reaction to her - I'm sure to hear more reactions to her from you! ...because it is... ...too late! From now on you are assimilated in Angelinas entourage! Resistance is futile... Even if you won't believe it and if you are in denial about it: Only listen to one song sung by Angelina Jordan and you are hooked on listening her voice! May be you aren't aware of it yet... a legend says in rare cases there are humans who can resist.... but I can't believe it ;-) Every time it's a pleasure to watch people reacting to Angelina Jordan - especially when it is the first time - and I hope to see more of your reactions on Angelina Jordan... ;-) May be you wonder, what videos you should next react to ;-) ... There is a big pile of over 130 videos on TH-cam with Angelina Jordans rehearsals, covers and originals... She is born 10th January 2006 in Oslo/Norge (English is her 3rd language ;-) ), sung her first notes of a Whitney Houston song with 18 months (link see down), started researching the internet for Jazz 3 yo, entered Norske Talenter (Norwegian Got Talent) 7 yo and won it 8 yo, was on AGT The Champions (recorded Oct. 2019, aired Jan. 2020) where she didn't won - some rumours say because she/her mother didn't sign the contract with the enterprise of Simon Cowell for to stay independend - meanwhile she has signed with Republic Records (musicnorway.no/aktuelt/industry-talk-michael-astar ). Btw. her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar, but in most occations she is introduced as Angelina Jordan - she herself answered in the audition of Norske Talenter her name is "Angelina Jordan"… ;-) First of all here are the official channels of her and the most known fan club: Angelina Jordan Official - th-cam.com/channels/1Pwa4nFvIPbtYVLcBGDpjA.html Angelina Jordan Cover Channel - th-cam.com/channels/v-QOBc_N1xb8dTwqazD9Kg.html Angelina Jordan VEVO Channel - th-cam.com/channels/D9xBPlntT45VN6dY1LNhng.html Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz - th-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html her website: www.angelinajordanofficial.com/ (on this web site you can find also her accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and the site of Republic Records with her introduction: www.republicrecords.com/artists/angelina-jordan Some links from the big pile: Here the short doku with her singing at 1,5yo (see her singing at this age at 1:52-2:10): th-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/w-d-xo.html (One of?) Her first "visit" to a recording studio at 6yo: "I who have nothing": th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html ... here are some links to the clips of NGT: First Audition: "Gloomy Sunday": th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html Judges' Cut-Off: "I’m a fool to want you": th-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/w-d-xo.html Semi Final: "Bang Bang": th-cam.com/video/cSEO3IMVtCI/w-d-xo.html Final: "Summertime": th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html ...and a version of "Summertime" with a bit of docu ahead and the judges comments - and with english subtitles ;-) th-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/w-d-xo.html … here in between NGT and AGT you will find a huge selection of videos with Angelina and each of it will blow your mind. … her originals: 1. "7th Heaven" several Versions: * Official Audio released on March 19th 2021: th-cam.com/video/N0yK_07a1_U/w-d-xo.html * Official Studio Performance released April 08th 2021: th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html * Official music video, released July 16th 2021 : th-cam.com/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/w-d-xo.html 2. "Million Miles" several Versions: * Official Lyric Video (I would call it Lyric&Art Video), rel. on Nov. 6th 2020: th-cam.com/video/NhKRh5ZtuWk/w-d-xo.html * Official Live in Studio, (1st rel. on Dec. 16th 2020: www.youtube.com/watch?vOPSweR1S-bs - this doesn't work anymore) * second rel. Dec. 18th 2020: th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html * Official Music Video, rel. Jan. 28th 2021: th-cam.com/video/XA1_CUaM52I/w-d-xo.html 3. "Shield" - several versions: * live in a TV show th-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/w-d-xo.html * audio from a studio recording th-cam.com/video/XVtUZWHmY8Y/w-d-xo.html * music video by her granma th-cam.com/video/DJRNtjek9Gs/w-d-xo.html * live at a jazzy concert: th-cam.com/video/9sYypd1yGR4/w-d-xo.html 4. "Oslo": th-cam.com/video/R2HkKh_Cp8I/w-d-xo.html 5. "What Is Life": th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html - and songs especially wrote for her: 1. "Song for A": th-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/w-d-xo.html - (there is a discussion if "A" stands for Angelina, Annie - the woman in the lyrics - or both of them ;-) - the lyrics are from a poem from Robert Burns written in 1783 ! ) 2. "Above the water": th-cam.com/video/SC3F0bKKk3U/w-d-xo.html - interesting voice - even if EDM is not my preferred genre ;-) ... here her "mini concert" from AGT the Champions (Watch out: With these videos other reactors have the most problems with copyright claims...): "Bohemian Rhapsody": th-cam.com/video/7gQljxeaNuM/w-d-xo.html "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road": th-cam.com/video/NVRWYEk8T3A/w-d-xo.html “Someone You Loved": th-cam.com/video/0go_TIm4jtI/w-d-xo.html ...and for those, who like to hear it with the audio from the rehearsal without the noise from the audience at the performance a version edited from pa1189j : th-cam.com/video/O6Jw-ETH1mA/w-d-xo.html Besides she is mostly making her very own arrangement there are some very interesting videos of her, where she uses the original arrangement or a big one of someone else like "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston Tribute) th-cam.com/video/eTcvvO6B3Io/w-d-xo.html or "Fly Me To The Moon" in the arrangement of Quincy Jones (rehearsal with concert mixed audio for his birthday party in the O2 arena): th-cam.com/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/w-d-xo.html . And here is a video where it is explained (with English subtitles) why she performs barefoot: th-cam.com/video/A-OKLslO74Y/w-d-xo.html and here an Interview in the Norwegian TV (with English subtitles) from 2015 after she has published her book about the story why she is barefoot when performing: th-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/w-d-xo.html In addition to school she got also vocal training at the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program (I read, that this school said, they couldn't teach her more stuff because she has all learned what she could learn in this school ;-) ) - and btw. she plays also grand piano, violin, flute and guitar, make her arrangements herself, wrote a book, sew clothes for herself (partly with art from her grandma like in her first AGT performance and in her music video "Shield"). So she is a real all-rounder and I think all her fans are eager to see and hear what she is doing next... All the other things like more recommendation, chronological playlists and so on you can read in the comments of the mega-fans like Fernando F., Rusty (AJ videos in chronological order th-cam.com/channels/55am_6Y5-Fj4ri8xOInstA.html), Andy Schnell, ... And a little Question: When you react to her cover "I put a spell on you" b/w studio version at 9yo (th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html - btw. like here she made most of her cover arrangements by herself! ..at the beginning she made her lastchanges for the piano arrangement and gave her "wishes" to the band leader..) it would be nice to react in the same reaction video IN ADVANCE to the original from Screemin' Jay Hawkins (from 1956 - Live: th-cam.com/video/7kGPhpvqtOc/w-d-xo.html or another version of it: th-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/w-d-xo.html and here a version from 1990 in Tokyo - I feel, this is like the version Angelina has taken as the model, but I don't know it ( ;-) ): th-cam.com/video/Bb9ag8bch_U/w-d-xo.html or as Audio-Studio-Version: th-cam.com/video/82cdnAUvsw8/w-d-xo.html) that's real fun :-D - and than you will find out that Angelinas cover is a real tribute to Jay Hawkins :-D Btw. I read somwhere that her grandma was in person at a concert of SJH in Japan (as she, AJs mother and uncle lived there some years - AJs granpa is Japanese) and there AJs granma bought this candle as a souvenier ;) ...I hope this story isn't a HOAX :)) Thanks a billion again for your reaction! … and see you soon with your next AJ reactions - with greetings from Berlin/Germany :-D Best regards Andreas Oh - and another little plea: It would help Angelina - and I think you would like to help her - if you put the link to her video you reacted to and may be also to her web-site, YT channels,... in the description. Some other reactors even ask the people to watch the original video too and like it too for to support Angelina - you know: Because of the algorythm... ;-)) (all the links to her social media and web sites and the web site of Republic Records with her introduction you find above ;-) ) Thanks a billion and all the best Andreas
Subscribed! Easiest decision I've ever made. Based off of what you told us, like which artists you listen to and respect, I know for a fact that you will LOVE Angelina. There is just so much to this girl that you will understand with time. And you WILL get caught off guard time and time again. In your case I know that the right way for you to start with her will be from the very beginning (like I did LOL ) Start with her auditions in Norway's Got Talent when she was 7 years old (all jazz). By the time she won she had JUST turned 8. If I were you, I would definitely do it in this order, even before listening to her rendition of "I Put A Spell On You" at age 9. I'm totally positive that you will enjoy it even more when you have some more background on her. Actually, her VERY first studio recording was done when she was six years old, covering "I Who Have Nothing". Why not start with that one ? Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html I'm really looking forward to following you on this journey, and eventually greet you on the bottom of that rabbit hole :-) Much love and respect from Norway :-)
Awesome reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 You mentioned Michael Jackson, she recently released a jazzy cover of Billie Jean. Quincy Jones apparently said she is the biggest talent he has heard since Michael. Cant confirm that, but he did invite her to sing at his 85th birthday concert. She sang one of her favorites, a beautiful rendition of Fly me to the moon. My favorite from her is maybe her cover of Stay by Rihanna, but its close to impossible to pick, and to suggest songs because there are so many gems. There are reactors who still get dumbfounded by her versatility and crazy talent even after 30/40 reactions. Subscribed so I dont miss the next one! 🌹
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the legendary Queen. Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition" 👏💯 *AJ* 💯👏
Great reaction, welcome to the best singer in the world, she has many videos and everyone is special. She's a blessing to the world. She's 15 now
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I look forward to more of your reactions to Angelina
Listen to . I put a spell on you by Angelina Jordan.. very nice.
Just subscribed for our beautiful Angel, Angelina. I have been listening daily for many years. Never get tired, actually look forward.
Lucky man, you've arrived! Thank You. Welcome to the future of music! We are anxiously awaiting your journey! She's barefoot to remind us all that children around the world are living without shoes. At age 6 she gave hers away to a child on the street, earning money weighing people with a bathroom scale. Then she published a book about the experience at age 9. She is a true prodigy - vocally, speaks 4 languages, plays 3 instruments, has kept a diary since she could write, and has a hand in the arrangement of all the songs she sings (known as "The Boss"). Her family is protecting her from the wolves which is why you haven't heard of her. All good.
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I loved your reaction and subscribed. I discovered Angelina about 18 months ago and she is now my all time favorite musical artist and I am 62 years young. I say Angelina doesn't cover songs, she completes them. Her 5 original songs show great promise as a songwriter. She signed with Republic Records a year ago but her family requested to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore Republic has not promoted her 2 originals released since her signing. I truly believe Angelina is a once in forever musical artist and there is magic in her voice.
I’m looking forward to seeing more!!!
She's being brought up properly she has great family soon household name when they're ready
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Super reaction, really hope you check her out more, so much of her out there. She is amazing..: )
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I can't see this enough! I love her,love her interpretation of this song! It's brave,it's smart, it's wonderful!
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Thank you for your reaction and welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan.
Here is an introduction to Angelina for you and your viewers who might not be familiar with her.
Angelina is Norwegian, her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar. Her father is Swedish, her mother is Norwegian from a Japanese father and Iranian Mother Mery Zamani who is a poet and a painter and was a child prodigy in her own rights. She started singing at the age of one and a half when she fell in love with Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. A year later she discovered Jazz through her grandmother and showed lot of interest in artists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and Louis Armstrong.
Angelina pestered her mother to enter her in “Simons Show” as she called it from the age of 3. Her mother relented and entered her in Norway Got Talent at the age of 7 where she auditioned with Billie Holiday’s Gloomy Sunday. She went ahead to win the the big prize at the finals where she received 46% of the votes while the remaining 9 finalists combined received 54%. Angelina said she likes singing because she wants to bring joy and love to the whole world. One of her dreams from a very young age was to sing at the Nobel Peace Prize concert. She accomplished that at the age of 8 singing Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World.
After winning NGT, she was flooded with offers from major music labels as well as Disney but they were all turned down by her and her family in order for her to continue her education and to protect her artistic integrity. Her uncle/manager in an interview last year he talked about music labels top executives who would fly to Norway on private jets with huge contracts offers but would leave mad and frustrated because they never expected being turned down.
Angelina is fluent in Norwegian as well as in English. She also speaks some Swedish which is very close to Norwegian and probably learned it from her father. She also speaks Farsi which she learned from her grandmother as well as some Japanese that she picked up from her grandfather as well as her mom and uncle who lived for a period of time in Japan. She actually performed a Japanese song at a concert in Japan.
Most of her performances after NGT were for charitable children organizations where she helped to raise millions.
At the age of 6 and while travelling in another country with her family, she came across a young orphaned shoeless girl who was weighing people on a bathroom scale for some coins in order to support herself and her siblings. After chatting with her for a while and without prompting from her family, she gave her shoes to the orphan girl. She recorded that incident in her diary and vowed to always sing barefoot when doing that in public to remember that girl and to remind herself and us about the many needy children around the world. At the age of 9 she wrote and published a book about that encounter making her Norway’s youngest published author. Proceeds from that book are donated to children charities.
Angelina Jordan has about 150 songs in her repertoire. Late last year she signed with Republic Records as their highest priority new artist. Her versatility is unmatched. She will wow and surprise you all the time. 15 years old today who is an excellent role model for today’s youth and her best is yet to come.
Thank you for reading and Keep up the good work.
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I so glad you reacted to Angelina. I love you reactions. You are very informative. I hope you do more. She is just the best. Her consistency, tone and emotions she delivers everytime. Thank you.
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You have found the genius of Angelina.
You can look forward to great journey ahead.👍😊
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This young lady is a gift to us all. Keep listening Big Man , you will not regret it.
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Loved your facial expressions !
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One of her best one is "It's A Man's World, live.
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Welcome to the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole. You hit the nail on the head with everything you said. I’ve been following her for about five years six years now. I absolutely believe she is an angel sent from heaven to do good on this earth. There’s so much I want to say and tell you I’m sure other people will. You definitely need to go read the story of why she sings barefoot that will melt your heart. Next song you absolutely have to do black-and-white version I put a spell on you. She was nine years old when she did this song and like just about every other song she does she does the arrangement. So at the beginning the paper the guy is looking at is her arrangement of how the song needs to be done. She is absolutely gifted in all realms of life. She wrote a book about why she sings barefoot, so she is the youngest author to be published in Norway, she has a knack for taking a cover and making it better than the original, she speaks like four languages, English being like her second or third. She is very humble she is now 15 years old and like 6 foot tall. She is known as the barefoot princess she has a very big fanbase that is very protective of her. welcome to the Angelina world. 🥰😍
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If you like people who can crank it up a notch you found the right girl!
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AJ is amazing because she was born a star. One in a billion. Should have won AGT20. Hope the fame doesn't swallow her up and she ends up like AW! In this industry they use and abuse! Good luck AJ.
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Her opening performance on AGT Champions was her introduction to a greater audience. She was a very well known name among some of the biggest names in the industry for years before this performance. (If you can imagine that is possible at 13) She sang for the Nobel Peace Prize recipients, Quincy Jones invited her to sing at his 85th birthday celebration, she went viral on TH-cam at 7 with her first performance on Norway's Got Talent, but even through all this, her parents shielded her from the "industry" and turned down many recording contracts so she could have as normal as a childhood as possible. She always sings barefoot in public since she was 7, in honor of a young shoeless, homeless girl she met the year before, while in the middle east (and literally gave her the shoes off her feet) She became Norway's youngest published author at 9 when she wrote a book about this experience, which translates to "Between Two Hearts". She donates nearly all the profits from this book to orphan children, as well as many concerts through out the years. Not only is she a great talent, her empathy of others is at the top of the charts also. There are videos of all these things on TH-cam, and I have compiled 3 different playlists on my channel, of everything I can find. Signed by Republic Records a year ago at 14, she has released 2 new songs and several more 'covers', which in my opinion, are better than the original in most cases. This is a deep hole to go down to explore this young lady's life so far, but one that I'm sure you will find extremely enjoyable and worthwhile.
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New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to Angelina's great performance of a very well known song that she rearranged & made her own. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances, then Fly Me To The Moon on The View (age 8) & either of her Feeling Good performances (1 outside, 1 in) at age 10. Or - to truly witness her raw talent, go directly to her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You (age 9). Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
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New sub here,great reaction,always fun to watch 1st time reactions to Angelina.Quincey Jones had Angelina sing Fly me to the Moon at his 85th birthday bash at O2 in London.See the rehearsal video with full orchestra,makes a great reaction.He said that she reminded him of a young MJ,lofty praise.
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bernie What Quincy said was: She's the greatest talent he's seen since MJ.
Thank you for your great first reaction to Angelina. Oh, my friend, you are in for the ride of your life! It won’t be long before you will be inundated with other comments here that will give you excellent information about Angelina, her prodigious talent and her huge humanitarian heart. We all know your main purpose is to react to the performers (and you do it very, very well) but, let me just say, the more reactions you do to her, the more you will see your subscriptions, likes, views and comments go through the roof! That’s what TH-cam is looking for from you. Just know that Angelina’s millions of fans around the world are very, VERY loyal and will follow you to the ends of the Earth for as long as you continue to react to her!
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Angelina is a Vocal Goddess, she is always amazing and mesmerizing
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She is the best at bringing back the voices of those gone by. Her soul becomes like theirs and she reflects it back to us to enjoy once again.
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I highly recommend watching her " I put a spell on you " cover at 9 years old.
You'll be blown away.
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Just sub'd all because of Angelina. Enjoy the ride. You will never be disappointed. Thank you for that awesome reaction.
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This was America's got Talent The Champions!
This video only shows comments from three of the judges. Heidi Klum was the last judge to comment and she gave Angelina Jordan the golden buzzer but it is left out of this video so do a search for Angelina Jordan receives golden buzzer on America's Got Talent in the search box and it will come up.
You are not going to believe what you just walked into. The journey is truly unbelievable. Point of interest. Angelina has never been nervous in her life. She is fearless and lives to be onstage. As she has stated “singing is like breathing to me”
Every Angelina "Angel" in the world wouldn't miss this video if they ran into it. Why? Because we love it when someone is about to discover our barefoot princess. When you started breathing heavy as the song continued, so did we with you. If you started to cry, we would have started crying with you, as well. I think after a few minutes (and, after you play this again for yourself) you will feel something going on inside you. Yes, there sure is. She's in your heart already and she's there to stay.
I'll leave it there. You have so much to experience listening to Angelina and finding out what a wonderful human being she is.
Angelina Jordan is soul food.
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For your next reaction to Angelina I encourage you to check out black and white version of I put A spell On You! Make sure your butt is glued to the chair!
Amazing voice
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She was 13 when this was filmed but she is 15 now & will be 16 in January.
Besétáltál Angelina csapdájába, innen nincs kiút, meg ke nézned minden előadáasát, tálán nála éreztem a reinkarnáció érzetet, már 6 éves kora óta énekel mikrofon előtt, hatalmas a repertoálja 15 éves kora ellenére, jó szórakozást, és várom a legközelebbi reakciódat vele!
Hi & thank you Gij for that great reaction & in put. I give new Angie reactors a welcome pack, please read. She chooses all her own songs & does all her own arrangements ever since she was very young, even when she did Screaming Jay Hawkins “I put a spell on you” the B&W version, th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html at barely 9, even at 7 & 8 on NGT (Norway’s Got Talent). On AGT-C Angie made her outfit from silkscreen patterns of her grandma's art work. She makes several of her other outfits for shows & concerts too. Queen was so blown away with it that they posted it & gave her the rights to it. Angie also paints great, plays
5 instruments & speaks & sings 4+ languages, English being her 3rd. Angie turned 15 on 1-10-21 & she’s around (close to 2 meters) 6 ft tall. Angie is a very kind, giving, loving, respectful, humble & a big hearted Christian girl. She always sings barefoot when performing & she wrote a book about it at 9 called “Between Two Worlds” & she was/is the youngest to be published in Norway.
(Why does Angie performs barefoot Angelina's short little interview explaining why she performs barefoot.
th-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/w-d-xo.html) Others will explain this or you can look it up Angie has arranged over 135 covers & written 5 songs & had 2 written for her & she’s mastered over 10 genre’s already. One of her nicknames is “The barefoot princess with a 1000 voices & a Mona Lisa smile”
(I do hope you buy & download her single & help support her art & music)
Angie never sings a song the same way twice, so you could say they’ll all be 1st time reactions.
You'll want to check out th-cam.com/users/MrRustysPlace he has all of Angie's songs in order. (He has over 29k subs, this is so you’ll know which one)
You might want to start from the very beginning were it all started.
“I who have nothing” by Ben E. King & covered by Tom Jones & Shirley Bassey. She’s 6 in a sound booth at her school. th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html
“Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday she was 7 here on NGT Audition th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html
“I’m a fool to want you” cover by Billie Holiday she was 7 just turned 8 NGT quarter finals
the Judges cut. (a capella & haunting) th-cam.com/video/6LIcQL5gLoY/w-d-xo.html
“Bang Bang” cover by Nancy Sinatra she’s 8 NGT semi finals th-cam.com/video/pcBoB49Gxn8/w-d-xo.html
“Summertime” by George Gershwin th-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/w-d-xo.html Finals on NGT & she’s 8 here.
“Billie Jean” (Jazzy Michael Jackson Cover) th-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/w-d-xo.html released 7-31-21 she’s 15
(Please ignore the fake Angie fans they're just trolls)
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To hear her low range you should listen to 'How Great Thou Art'. But her very best vocal is 'I'm Still Holding Out For You'.
"...holding out..." Yes, you're right.
Appreciate the recommendation
that acapela in the beginning is probably the best acapela I had ever listened to. hands down. Perfection.
You have a new subscriber, but BEWARE! This is a long comment. I hope you have the patience to read to the end. Thank you for discovering and reacting my favourite singer. Simon was correct when he said that he had never heard that version, Angelina re-arranged it for the performance. She does this with many of her cover songs. Her fans call it "Angelina-fying" a song. The lady who first stood and clapped at the end of Angelina's performance was her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani. On her right was Angelina's mother, Sara Astar, then Juliette, her sister and then her uncle, Michael Astar who is also her Manager. Heidi Klum hit the Golden Buzzer. So Angelina went straight to the Final, where she performed Elton John's classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".¡
My introduction to Angelina was on her first appearance at Norway's Got Talent, and I didn't expect much from a 7-year-old. Just a cute little girl, all nervous, rushing the song in parts, hesitating and then stumbling over or forgetting her words and generally acting her age and doing her best to get through a childish song like "Twinkle, twinkle little star". Well, it was a seven-year-old child who appeared on the stage. She was small and had wild hair and gaps in her mouth, where there once were baby teeth. My first surprise was how she confidently answered questions put to her by one of the judges. She showed no signs of nerves and when she was asked what song she was going to perform, she declared she was going to sing a song by the legendary Billie Holiday. Then she gestured off-stage for the technician to start the music and started singing. Yeah! The body of the 7-year-old child was still there, but the voice wasn't. It was that of a 40-50 year old black woman who had been singing for decades. That first moment of surprise has been experienced many times since then.
I have followed her career since I saw that first video on TH-cam and in the years she has been singing publicly she has mastered many musical genres, including Blues, Country, Disco, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Soul, EDM and Rock and covered songs first performed by many famous singers, like Adele, Whitney Houston, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lana del Ray, Avicii, Bill Withers, Gloria Gaynor, Andy Williams, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and many others: in total over 120 different songs and 82 different performers. She takes ownership of every song she sings while still paying respect to the original. She never goes into unnecessary theatrics. Never sings those high or low notes unless they are absolutely necessary. Never projects herself in any performance which says "look how good I am". She just sings the song as she feels it is meant to be sung. She has the innate ability not only to sing a song as emotionally as the song deserves, but to be able to communicate those same emotions to the listener. When you listen to her, there is the feeling that you are the object of her attention. She is singing for you alone.
I have listened to every interview she has given and every documentary about her and every performance she has ever given. What I will never understand is how a very shy and humble girl in her normal life, can be transformed into the perfect vehicle for the song she has chosen to sing, once she starts to sing.
Although the gift of singing and all her performances appear to be effortless, Angelina works very hard to ensure that the one she is going to record reflects what she sees as the correct way to meld both lyrics and melody. If you go to th-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html you will find many rehearsals where, not only do you get to see her rehearsing but being the "ordinary" girl she is (if indeed one is able to apply that adjective to her). Most of her performances are recorded in her home studio, either with backing music or a single guitar. Most are done in one take. She treats the whole thing as a hobby. As we would have said when I was young. "There is no 'side' to her," She is completely transparent to the world.
Perhaps you would like to go back a few years and work forward. By doing so, you will come to the realisation that she is "unique" and I don't use that word loosely. There is truly no other singer who has her versatility and sheer ability to communicate the emotions of a song to her listeners. I doubt there is another singer who works so hard to ensure that, when she sings the song, it is sung in such a way that her listener becomes enmeshed in the emotions
@Phil Garinger has made some excellent suggestions for future reactions from you. My only additions are for one done shortly before her appearance on Norway's Got Talent and the four songs she sang at that event.
So, here a few recordings for you to consider.
age 6 - First visit to a Recording Studio:I who have nothing: th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html
age 7 - Norway's Got Talent - First Audition: Gloomy Sunday: th-cam.com/video/8q7MqdFoibI/w-d-xo.html
age 7 - Norway’s Got Talent - Judges' Cut-Off:I’m a fool to want you th-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/w-d-xo.html
age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Semi Final: Bang Bang: th-cam.com/video/cSEO3IMVtCI/w-d-xo.html
age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Final: Summertime: th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html
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Welcome to the journey that is Angelina Jordan, there is alot to unpack about this girl this was her arrangement and she has been arranging since she was 8 years old.
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Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! You've done it now. You have fallen into the vortex of Angelina Jordan who arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (135+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 7/8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday , Nancy Sinatra , and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse (and many others in between) and do them all justice!
If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40 piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you find out why she performs barefooted.
Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library. She is 15yo now and recently signed with Republic Records in anticipation of her sweet takeover of the world coming soon!
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Hello!! Por favor escucha muuuuucho más de Angelina!! Es Sublime!!
Saludos desde Argentina!!
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I recall in NGT, the Hostess asked her: "Were you nervous?",, "No.",,"Do you ever get nervous?",,, "No." (giggle),,, "Oh! You just enter that other world. I like that world." or something to that effect. Stunning! Nice reaction!
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michael From an interview, prior to a concert in Norway a few years ago, she was asked if she found it "scary" performing in front of so many people. She laughed at this (as if to say: "'Are you kidding? Don't be silly!") and replied: "No, I think it's nothing but fun! I love singing!"
The next judge gave her the golden buzzer. And she's 6 feet tall in this video. And she made the outfit she was wearing. Her grandma's art work imprinted on the material. She wasn't nerverse. She said she doesn't get nerverse, she gets anxious, ready to get to it. She is great. 🇺🇸👍🔥💯
Yeah that part was cut out of the video I found
You seem like a great guy. I'll sub. 🇺🇸👍🔥💯
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She opened for Norah Jones in S. Korea at 11yo in front of 40,000 people. She has no fear. If you want to see her present herself to the world, watch "Gloomy Sunday" on Norway's got talent. She said at that time, "If there hadn't been a Billie Holiday, there wouldn't be an Angelina Jordan"
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@M&G: I think many will agree than one of the more unique things about Angelina is that you always feel good when you hear her sing. Ain't a bad thing.
More Angelina please! She makes my soul smile
No nono, AJ doesn't get "intimidated"--singing is her happy place.
You are late to the Angelina phenomena, but you have your choice of 130+ videos to catch up with the rest of her amazing rise to stardom from age 7 to her current age of 15.
I subscribed in hopes you will follow her career. Her covers always sound unique and almost always better. Her originals starting at age 11, will blow your mind.
More coming for sure!!!
Welcome to Angelina’s world.
I just suscribed because of her. She’s a musical genius from Norway. Always performed barefoot. There’s a beautiful story behind it. She’s actually 15 years old old. Speak many languages and English is her third language. Plays different instruments too. Started singing with 18 months and her maternal grandmother introduced her to the old jazz classic songs. Has more than 140 covers from artists and different styles and made her own arrangements to the songs. And she has 3-4 original songs. She mades her own lyrics too.
May be you can start with her cover of the song : I put a spell on you, black and white version. She was 9 years old there. It’s breathtaking. Such a voice control.
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You have an awesome knowledge of music! We love our Angelina Jordan 🇯🇴 ❤ 💙
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Great review. You should check out her cover of "Billy Jean".
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Welcome to Angelina's world. She is an extraordinary young artist with over 140 covers and other videos that she has recorded between the ages of 6 and 15 which is her current age. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8 and has already established herself as an accomplished Jazz artist. Her preferred genre is Jazz but she has done covers of about every genre you can name. What you will find in Angelina is a vocalist who doesn't do vocal gymnastics, she simply and beautifully interprets the story and meaning of the song and pours her soul into every performance.
Angelina has sung all over the world for Nobel Laureates, heads of state, music icons, and other dignitaries. She has performed everywhere from small weddings of a few people, to London's O2 stadium, and Seoul South Korea with 40,000 people. She performs at jazz festivals, conferences, and charity benefits. At the age of 15, she is a seasoned performer with 8 years of recording and performing. Many of her live performances when she was 10, 11, and 12 years old blow away even the original adult performers of the songs she sings. She is definitely worth your time to experience and get to know. She has covered Sinatra, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Queen, Miley Cyrus, Patsy Cline, James Brown, Lana Del Rey, Norma Jones, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and many more.
Here is a good sampling of my favorites of hers that cover a variety of genres and ranges. I have included some of her live rehearsal sessions which actually blow away other performers produced releases. This is just a short list and other fans of Angelina will have the same length list with different songs. I have rarely heard one of her performances that I have thought was not up to par.
Original songs written by Angelina:
"7th Heaven" - 15 years old - original song - th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html
"Million Miles" - 14 years old - original song -th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html
"Shield" - 12 years old - original song - th-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/w-d-xo.html
"Oslo" original song 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/uxF-KiiSVoA/w-d-xo.html
"What is Life" - 11 years old - First original song - th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html
Other favorites:
"Feeling Good" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/w-d-xo.html
"I put a spell on you" - 9 years old - th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html - cover of "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original
"All I Ask", 15 years old - Adele cover - th-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/w-d-xo.html
"Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html
"Cry me a River" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/w-d-xo.html
"Diamonds are Forever" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/9RGZRg9YH3k/w-d-xo.html
"Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/w-d-xo.html
"Lovin You" 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/qrwuJVs_nJs/w-d-xo.html
"This is a Man's World" - 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/w-d-xo.html
"Fly me to the Moon" 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/w-d-xo.html
"A Million Years Ago" - 12 years old - Adele cover - th-cam.com/video/QHLtZQ3sIwE/w-d-xo.html
"A Song for A" - 12 years old (?) - th-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/w-d-xo.html
"I have nothing" - 13 years old - Whitney Houston Tribute- th-cam.com/video/eTcvvO6B3Io/w-d-xo.html
"Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - th-cam.com/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/w-d-xo.html
"Dream a little dream of me" Studio Rehearsal - th-cam.com/video/GmvfrvhY9z0/w-d-xo.html
"Crazy" - 12 years old - th-cam.com/video/gF183Y1OQlo/w-d-xo.html
"Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - th-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/w-d-xo.html
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Most complete comment I've ever read and all the links as a bonus.thank you Mr.Phil Garinger👏🤝
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Geez Phil is this what you get to do behind that desk of yours all day. I dont blame you just saying thanks for the time putting a nice list together.
Thank you for reacting to the diamond vocals - The Norwegian singer (Now based in LA) Angelina Jordan is a young living legend.
When her record label (Republic Records) , family and herself want it, they can just push the button. Many people forget that she is only 15 years old today because she is so mature for her age. No need to hurry, I'm sure Angelina has good people around her. I think everyone on her team including the record company (Republic Records), slows down a bit with marketing her. She is so good anyway, so she can not be ignored. She delivers music that lasts, and not music that lasts for a few weeks as plastic hit. Angelina has over 600 Million Views on TH-cam and over 2 Billion Views on Facebook overall on her videos. Angelina won Norway's Got Talent at the Age of 8, and has been producing masterclass level vocals ever since. The only and regular marketing is done by the fans via TH-cam. All the important top personalities in the western music industry know who she is and what she can do. In just a few years I know that we will see great things from Angelina.
If you need to identify who she sound like, I can tell you that she has 1000 different voices to choose from, depending on the song choice and type .. It's Angelina.
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Angelina has a catalogue of approximately 145 cover and original songs for you to investigate and react to. I highly suggest the you react to her age six year old studio performance of Tom Jones’ song, “I Who Have Nothing.” Removing one’s socks before viewing is highly recommended. Her age nine year old cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 1956 song, “I Put a Spell On You” is a must see.
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She always sing barefoot in public for humanitarian reason.
AGT was 7 years late…she was already viral on TH-cam since 2014, but for you it’s never to late to react to the best vocalist on the planet.
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AJ is just one of a kind, thrills me when someone reacts to this 13 yr old(then) that has a full grown adult hidden in her somewhere.
Facts from super fan Andy Schnell, fascinated by the first note. 13-year-old Angelina Jordan created an ingenious arrangement for one of the world's most popular songs and then gave a vocal performance for the ages. Angelina is a true musical wonder, but she is blessed with a range of skills that are second to none. She signed with Republic Records in 2020 as a top priority new artist, but her family asked her to allow her to have as normal a childhood as possible. Please take the time to read the bio I have put together for you. Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway, to her Norwegian mother Sara Astar and Swedish father Gerry Christian Slattman, who chose to keep his life private.
Angelina started singing around 18 months old after listening to Whitney Houston on TH-cam. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos, and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani, got Angelina interested in classical jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a child prodigy as an artist and poet and married a Japanese man who died in 2019. Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and took part in the afternoon program at the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts, where she received vocal training from around the age of 4. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and paints. More recently, she and her grandmother have designed and made the clothes she wears on stage.
Why Angelina always appears barefoot
At the age of 6, while traveling the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl her age standing by the roadside asking people to step on their bathroom scales to be weighed in Hope to get some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as not to get the scales dirty and stepped on the scales many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl, who wore no shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns that she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don't go well with her and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl, who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to be a doctor. But that will never happen as I have no parents and siblings, so I have to do whatever is necessary so that we can survive. ”Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so that Angelina's dream would come true.
Angelina still says that she thinks of this homeless girl every day and has always stepped barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norwegian history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. Angelina recorded a few songs in a recording studio at the ages of 6 and 7, most notably “I Who Have Nothing,” a truly remarkable achievement for a 6- or 7-year-old.
Angelina is blessed with a deep voice with a beautiful rich tone and has always made her sound much older than her age. Many compare her voice to Amy Winehouse's. Her voice is very emotional, which is very rare for a young girl and some people cannot accept that such a soulful voice can come from someone who does not have enough life experience. A vocal coach on TH-cam recently said, "If you have a song and want to add more emotion to that song, have Angelina sing it."
At the age of 8 (see Erik's replies to a comment I made on 6/7/21 on the JHTreacts video proving that Angelina was 8 years old) Angelina's audition at NGT was a cover of Billie Holidays “Gloomy Sunday, ”a song that was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities feared the song would increase suicide rates. Really bizarre that this should be the song to start a musical prodigy career. One of the NGT judges cried. The next appearance on NGT was her cover of Billie Holidays "I'm a Fool to Want You" with acapella singing, which NGT required unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the cut round of the competition jury
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Excellent reaction and you just listened to the Greatest Singer ever! Her musical tool box has more tools than any other singer. She adapts her voice to fit the song and takes ownership of around 90% of them. No Kidding! Check out, "I' put a spell on you", black and white version. She was 9 and is an epic performance, God Bless!
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great take on AJ...incredible lower register...
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Such a unique super talent, just another 143 videos to see! Lovely reaction.
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Great reaction, you hit them all ,she has a little all of them you named and everybody else as well. Angelina is the elevator of covers, she takes them to top floor and them some .
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Great reaction. I'll echo some of the other commenters by recommending the black & white video of I Put A Spell On You, recorded when Angelina was nine years old. It's the most amazing musical experience I've had in the last 20 years. I still listen to it almost every day and always find something new.
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You got your references all right. One thing you hear over and over again is that she makes songs her own. And as they say, "You ain't seen nothing yet." Get ready for the plunge down the rabbit hole as we fans are want to say.
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Age 9 - Her own arrangement to Screamin Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You". Weight for age, its one of the greatest songs of all time........next to her unreleased demo age 10 called I'm Still Holding Out For You. She sang for Quincy Jones at his 85th birthday on his request. QJ says she's the greatest talent since MJ. You will notice AJ pays tribute to the original artists in her covers.
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@@TheCurtisMagicUncleGijShow here is the link. Again, she's 9!! th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html
She wrote the arrangement of this. Angelina never gets nervous when she sings. I am giving you the link to her audition for Norway's Got Talent. She shows no nerves or any sign of being uncomfortable at all.She was asked once if she got nervous? Angelina said, singing is like breathing to me. So why would I be nervous to breathe? She also said when she sings she goes to a place in her head that is always beautiful and peaceful with no bad thoughts about anything. Angelina definitely marches to a different drummer, but it is the perfect personality to walk the path that she has chosen, or the path chosen for her by the Universe.
Angelina performs barefoot because of a promise she made to a young street kid in Iran. That is where her grandma was born and raised. The suit she was wearing is her and grandma's creation. The pattern on the material is made from a painting grandma painted showing Angelina's journey through singing so far. Then Angelina laid it out and cut it out then sewed it together. I think Angelina has found it necessary to make her own stuff because at 6'0" tall at 13 makes it hard to find clothes to fit. She has now topped 6'1" at 15 so maybe her growth spurt. Well I'm getting tired so I will give you the link to her first audition ever. Thanks for reacting to Angelina.
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Watcher feom the beginning in Norway got talent, they exist subtitled. She is just fantastic!!
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Welcome to the rabbit hole i will see you in approximately 140 covers i have enjoyed over 85 of them some multiple times and i will just tell you in the opinion of this 58 year old man who has listened to great singes since the 40's that have appeared that Angelina Jordan right now at 15 is the best ever period. So take your time you can't choose wrong just dive in.
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Angelina is a gift from heaven to show her amazing skills, which reaches into our souls. No one better, and I’ve followed her for 6 years. Humble, classy, mega talented, and jazz is her first love. 140+ covers, and now her own songs. Best wishes
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Check out I put a spell on you when she was 9 black and white version.
The last judge gave her the Golden Buzzer & this was taped 2 years ago (Oct 2019). She is 15 now, has signed wit Republic Records of UMG & has matured even more. You really nailed her influences, that was very perceptive. Before you go back to see the "Baby" Angelina (7-8), you should see her today. My 2 recent favorites are her Jazzy/Pop version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean & her cover of Adele's All I Ask. She's the most versatile artist I've ever seen, she can sing any genre, any style from any era of vocal musical history. She is a veritable walking, talking jukebox.
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Yes, she has crazier range than you have seen, by far--high and low low low
Love your Reaction. Angelina's 1st time in studio was at 6yrs singing "I Who Have Nothing" what a great time she had an She Blew Many away then check out NWGT then See her in her I Put a Spell On You. That is her paying Homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins from 1955
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Welcome to Angelina's world ! Nobody does covers better then she does ! She always makes them her own with respect to the original artists ! She has done 140 covers of over 75 different artists ! She is known as the barefoot princess ,queen of jazz and the girl with a thousand voices ! She is fearless , effortless and competent ! She has done five originals that are fantastic ! She has a jazz influenced background from an early age ! I would suggest her version of "I Pur a Spell on You "the black and white studio edition when she was 9 years old by Screamin Jay Hawkins !! This will give you an insight into her jazz background ! I guarantee you will be blown away as everyone who ever saw it is ! Thank you for your heartfelt comments and keep posting 👍😊🙂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🤗
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Well after herring so many PPL saying they wanted to here what she could do on her own she said HOLD MY Water and has written "Million Miles" and that is how far above the rest of the Music industry She has just set the bar. Every one, A toast, Long Live the New Queen Of Music.
Welcome to the World of Angelina Jordan Astar!! She is the Queen of Jazz !!!! and a living Legend with the age of 15. She is biggest musical talent of present time so if you like to do more reactions best to start is I put a spell on you by Screaming jay Hawkins. She wrote the setup for this song as a tribute for Screaming Jay by turning 9! It is a Masterpiece of music art. So lay back and enjoy her music is the best i ever seen and hear in my live. Best Chris
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Always a blast watching a new reaction to Angelina Jordan, very well vocalized reaction👍 Since discovering Angelina myself about 6 months ago she has ruined me, listening to other vocalists now is a disappointment, compared to Angelina's vocals and soul without any use of autotune or other electonic tricks, she is incomparable to today's crop of young mainstream singers. A great starting point in Angelina's journey is her own arrangement of I put a spell on you aged 9 yrs old. To showcase her range her version of Whitney Houstons, I have nothing, is beautiful and powerful. Looking forward to watching more Angelina reactions from you🥰
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Congrats on finding Angelina, you have quite a journey if you decide to take it. Thumbs up sir. Angelina has been performing for thousands for years and on TV, so AGT no problem.
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LOVED your reaction to AJ! Take a listen to Brian Justin Crum. It would be great to see your reaction. Hold onto your socks!
clarification: Angelina doesn't get nervous. She has been singing for celebrities (including Malala, the Nobel Peace Prize winner) for a long time.
you have to check her version of "I put a spell on you"
She is singing the Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) version whose face is on the candle she held in the beginning.
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You have got to check out the early stuff. When she's singing Blues, that's when she's the best. Also check into the reason why she doesn't wear shoes, she's a special young lady.
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Take the opportunity to open a new musical chapter in your life..you know your stuff so you’ll truly appreciate this unique, once in many a lifetime talent..you won’t regret it I promise? Subd.
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The Los Angeles-based 14-year-old singer and songwriter amplified her voice around the globe, racking up over half-a-billion TH-cam views, just shy of 2 billion Facebook views, and praise from Time, CNN, The BBC, and People. Along the way, she performed for world leaders at some of the most influential events in Europe, appeared on European and North American television, and quietly enraptured a growing fan base.
In 2020, she brings a soulful signature sound to life with her Republic Records debut.
The breadth of Angelina’s soulful and deep alto vocal delivery showcases a rare class of musical aptitude that you would attribute to an old soul, and legendary talent, well beyond her years.
“I feel like I’ve lived many years more than my age. I feel like music found me. I want people to get connected to my music and my lyrics and to share something special with the love I have for music."
Angelina went from belting out Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to immersing herself in jazz at five-years-old. She discovered Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong by combing jazz playlists across TH-cam. At eight-years-old, she won Norway’s Got Talent with a viral rendition of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday.” Labels and producers feverishly sought her out, but she already possessed a clear picture of what her path would be.
Taking her time, she opted to carefully hone her voice through countless hours of practice, gigs, and writing.
“It was really great, but I knew I wanted something bigger,” she admits. “I didn’t want to jump into it until I felt I was ready.”
She got “ready” through a series of historic performances. She graced the stage of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and delivered an emotionally charged rendition of “What A Wonderful World.” A year later, she wowed an audience at Brilliant Minds in Stockholm. Touching down in Seoul during 2017, she joined a powerhouse bill alongside PSY and Norah Jones in front of 40,000 people at Muse In City Festival. Quincy Jones personally invited her to perform at his 85th birthday at London’s O2 Arena.
Every time she took the stage, she was notably barefoot, which remains one of her signatures thus far.
“A long time ago, I was traveling with my family, and I met a young homeless girl with no shoes,” she recalls. “She was barefoot, so I gave her my shoes because I really wanted to help her. Today, I sing barefoot as a reminder of all the kids in the world who need help and support.”
Along the way, GRAMMY® Award-winning production duo Stargate [Beyoncé, Sam Smith, Rihanna] reached out, and they initiated a fervent creative partnership together. She continued to write lyrics, compose on piano and guitar, and record. Catching the attention of Republic Records, she inked a deal with the label in 2020.
Now, she formally introduces herself on the single “Million Miles.” With lyrics exclusively penned by Angelina, her robust delivery sails over sparse piano on the verses as the track builds towards a sweeping refrain, “We’re a million miles apart. It’s pulling my heart."
“Million Miles” is about losing someone you really love,” she explains. “This song is very personal to me, because I had never felt the feeling of losing someone before I wrote this.”
With more music on the horizon, there is more of Angelina’s captivating voice and songwriting in store.
“I hope you feel connected to the music and the stories behind the songs,” she leaves off. “Love is the most powerful thing though. That’s the message.”
Regarding your recent reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody Did you notice during her performance they highlighted audience members in the front row. That is Angelina's Family. From left to right Her uncle and manager Michael Astar, her little sister Juliette, her mother and her grandmother. Notice her little sister crossing her fingers as the performance starts and later her mother wipe tears from her eyes. Sounds like you have done some research because the Angelina fans have not found you yet. If they had, this reaction would have blown up with views, subscriptions and an inundation of comments giving you background, History and information. Be prepared, they will come. Also remember she said she had waited 10 years to sing for Simon. When she was 3 years old she was begging her mother to go on 'that Simon show'. A child prodigy who started singing Whitney Houston at 1 & 1/2, Won Norways Got Talent at 8 yrs old singing Billy Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday', 'I'm a Fool to Want You', 'Bang, Bang' by Nancy Sinatra and 'Summertime' by George Gershwin! She fulfilled one of her childhood wishes when she sang for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8, her second wish that you just watched was to sing for that 'Simon Show" that she expressed at 3 yrs old when she sang on America's Got Talent 'The Champions' at 13 yrs old singing the most beautiful rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody ever created! She has sung for Quincy Jones & Barak Obama among many others and raised millions for Children Charities and Climate Change! No theatrics here, simply the most soulful interpretation of a song and an ability to convey that emotion right down to your very soul! She has made many grown men cry! Buckle up, you're going to need it! She is 15 as of Jan 10th this year and has just released her second original with Republic Records after being protected to allow her to grow up and when they got a deal that gave her 100 % control over her art. The true GOAT in my opinion! She was 9 when singing a song by Screamin Jay Hawkins on the candle from 1956. th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html She started studying all the Greats of Jazz at 3yrs old on u-tube. What little girl studies Jazz at that age? The one & only Angelina Jordan, The Velvet Voice of the Barefoot princess of Jazz! I would love to see you start with one of her most recent. Her cover of 'When You Believe' by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carie. Watch the studio version first if you haven't seen it. One of her Best! Never one to show off this simple beautiful rendition shows her mindset in approaching her music. Nothing theatrical, just soft Velvet perfection! th-cam.com/video/uAlVzI8-5hQ/w-d-xo.html. Then watch this rendition set as the soundtrack of the animated Movie 'The Prince of Egypt' using clips from the "Prince of Egypt" singing 'When You Believe' ! th-cam.com/video/RgsPM2BEsqk/w-d-xo.html Who ever put that video together did a masterful job. Absolutely Beautiful! Also if you loved Amy Winehouse, Check out one of my favorites 'Valerie' with her having fun with her sister Juliet on Venice Beach. th-cam.com/video/sqmJLkgk2Ik/w-d-xo.html Perfect again! After that I'ld use Rusty Schackelford's Chronological playlist and jump around to those you are familiar with. th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html You can't go wrong with anyone of them. And you can see her journey knowing her age at the time she sang it and where she was at that point in her and our journey. Another must view is 'Fly My to the Moon' on 'The View' at 8 yrs old & was my favorite among her half dozen versions because of the shear cuteness and her masterful phrasing! th-cam.com/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/w-d-xo.html Rusty's playlist starts with her first visit to the studio at 6yrs old!
Wow!!! Thanks for the recommendation
You got it exactly right. A real reaction. She's a genius. Her covers rival the originals. How about her covers of Lana Del Rey's Born to Die, Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind, Adele's When We Were Young. Her recent originals, like 7th Heaven, on her new label, Republic, are well worth listening to.
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Great reaction. I’ll be back when you react to more Angelina. I love her rendition of Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. But my favorite to date is I’m Still Holding Out For You. I think you’ll enjoy it. 😃
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If you like elevated covers, you're gonna love Angelina.
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She has done over 135 covers and everyone is better than the original.
You should do the next song she did on AGT, Yellow Brick Road.
Better yet, see her in BEAST mode, I Put a Spell on You, black and white version at 9 years old.
The Greatest Performance Ever by The Greatest of all Time.
Thanks for the recommendation!!!
Or start with Norway’s got talent…
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yes! "see her in BEAST mode, I Put a Spell on You, black and white version at 9 years old"
I’m looking forward to your reaction to “I Put a Spell on You” (B&W version). ❤️🇳🇴
Nice job on this reaction, too! 😉👍
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Hey great reaction but you might want to consider just recommending it leaving links to the singers video and their homepage show support for them whoever you are reacting to thanks
And so the question is, "How intimidated is Angelina when she goes on stage?". Here's what she says about her experiences when she steps on stage.
"When I sing I go to another world. The world is endless. It's like, full of happiness. I love it. It's amazing. And when I am on stage, I don't want to go [leave the stage]. [laughing]. I just want to be on stage"
A snippet of Skaylan’s interview of Angelina Jordan (age 12) on Norwegian TV - November 2018
Hey Jim, love the Tartarian sculpture you have as the profile pic. My fave is the o e where the women is laying down and that thin vale is covering her. Its so life like you almost wonder if Medusa really existed or was Medusa actually a technology capable of turning anything into stone?
I would say welcome to AJ' rabbit hole. You should check her out at 9 in beast mode covering Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I put a spell on you"(the black and white version. Then I recommend her covers of "I'd rater be blind", "It's a man's world" or "Loving you". She also as great originals such as "Shield"(the live version), "Million miles"(In-studio live), "7th heaven"(In-studio live). Her studio version of "I'm still holding out for you" that she recorded at the age of ten is a masterpiece.
You should also read about why she always perform barefoot. She is the youngest ever publish author in Norway at 9 years old. This girl is the definition of prodigy.
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Hey Curtis, just saw this after loving your Romanticide reaction. Angelina is truly sensational, excellent react!
Appreciate it 🙏🏾 (Also I’m Uncle Gij … hopefully we get Curtis back soon for reactions!!! Thanks for tuning in!)
Hi Gij,
even if you already got a lot of comments with good information allow me sending you my "standard firsties comment" (SFC) - may be you can find some for you new information in it ;-)
So, here it is (a wee bit personalized):
Welcome to the universe of Angelina Jordan and thanks a billion for this professional presented reaction to her - I'm sure to hear more reactions to her from you! ...because it is...
...too late!
From now on you are assimilated in Angelinas entourage! Resistance is futile...
Even if you won't believe it and if you are in denial about it: Only listen to one song sung by Angelina Jordan and you are hooked on listening her voice! May be you aren't aware of it yet... a legend says in rare cases there are humans who can resist.... but I can't believe it ;-)
Every time it's a pleasure to watch people reacting to Angelina Jordan - especially when it is the first time - and I hope to see more of your reactions on Angelina Jordan... ;-)
May be you wonder, what videos you should next react to ;-) ...
There is a big pile of over 130 videos on TH-cam with Angelina Jordans rehearsals, covers and originals...
She is born 10th January 2006 in Oslo/Norge (English is her 3rd language ;-) ), sung her first notes of a Whitney Houston song with 18 months (link see down), started researching the internet for Jazz 3 yo, entered Norske Talenter (Norwegian Got Talent) 7 yo and won it 8 yo, was on AGT The Champions (recorded Oct. 2019, aired Jan. 2020) where she didn't won - some rumours say because she/her mother didn't sign the contract with the enterprise of Simon Cowell for to stay independend - meanwhile she has signed with Republic Records (musicnorway.no/aktuelt/industry-talk-michael-astar ).
Btw. her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar, but in most occations she is introduced as Angelina Jordan - she herself answered in the audition of Norske Talenter her name is "Angelina Jordan"… ;-)
First of all here are the official channels of her and the most known fan club:
Angelina Jordan Official - th-cam.com/channels/1Pwa4nFvIPbtYVLcBGDpjA.html
Angelina Jordan Cover Channel - th-cam.com/channels/v-QOBc_N1xb8dTwqazD9Kg.html
Angelina Jordan VEVO Channel - th-cam.com/channels/D9xBPlntT45VN6dY1LNhng.html
Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz - th-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html
her website: www.angelinajordanofficial.com/ (on this web site you can find also her accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)
and the site of Republic Records with her introduction: www.republicrecords.com/artists/angelina-jordan
Some links from the big pile:
Here the short doku with her singing at 1,5yo
(see her singing at this age at 1:52-2:10): th-cam.com/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/w-d-xo.html
(One of?) Her first "visit" to a recording studio at 6yo:
"I who have nothing": th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html
... here are some links to the clips of NGT:
First Audition: "Gloomy Sunday": th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html
Judges' Cut-Off: "I’m a fool to want you": th-cam.com/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/w-d-xo.html
Semi Final: "Bang Bang": th-cam.com/video/cSEO3IMVtCI/w-d-xo.html
Final: "Summertime": th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html
...and a version of "Summertime" with a bit of docu ahead and the judges comments - and with english subtitles ;-) th-cam.com/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/w-d-xo.html
… here in between NGT and AGT you will find a huge selection of videos with Angelina and each of it will blow your mind.
… her originals:
1. "7th Heaven" several Versions:
* Official Audio released on March 19th 2021: th-cam.com/video/N0yK_07a1_U/w-d-xo.html
* Official Studio Performance released April 08th 2021: th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html
* Official music video, released July 16th 2021 : th-cam.com/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/w-d-xo.html
2. "Million Miles" several Versions:
* Official Lyric Video (I would call it Lyric&Art Video), rel. on Nov. 6th 2020: th-cam.com/video/NhKRh5ZtuWk/w-d-xo.html
* Official Live in Studio, (1st rel. on Dec. 16th 2020: www.youtube.com/watch?vOPSweR1S-bs - this doesn't work anymore)
* second rel. Dec. 18th 2020: th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html
* Official Music Video, rel. Jan. 28th 2021: th-cam.com/video/XA1_CUaM52I/w-d-xo.html
3. "Shield" - several versions:
* live in a TV show th-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/w-d-xo.html
* audio from a studio recording th-cam.com/video/XVtUZWHmY8Y/w-d-xo.html
* music video by her granma th-cam.com/video/DJRNtjek9Gs/w-d-xo.html
* live at a jazzy concert: th-cam.com/video/9sYypd1yGR4/w-d-xo.html
4. "Oslo": th-cam.com/video/R2HkKh_Cp8I/w-d-xo.html
5. "What Is Life": th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html -
and songs especially wrote for her:
1. "Song for A": th-cam.com/video/Bo3mhxPM-uA/w-d-xo.html - (there is a discussion if "A" stands for Angelina, Annie - the woman in the lyrics - or both of them ;-) - the lyrics are from a poem from Robert Burns written in 1783 ! )
2. "Above the water": th-cam.com/video/SC3F0bKKk3U/w-d-xo.html - interesting voice - even if EDM is not my preferred genre ;-)
... here her "mini concert" from AGT the Champions (Watch out: With these videos other reactors have the most problems with copyright claims...):
"Bohemian Rhapsody": th-cam.com/video/7gQljxeaNuM/w-d-xo.html
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road": th-cam.com/video/NVRWYEk8T3A/w-d-xo.html
“Someone You Loved": th-cam.com/video/0go_TIm4jtI/w-d-xo.html
...and for those, who like to hear it with the audio from the rehearsal without the noise from the audience at the performance a version edited from pa1189j : th-cam.com/video/O6Jw-ETH1mA/w-d-xo.html
Besides she is mostly making her very own arrangement there are some very interesting videos of her, where she uses the original arrangement or a big one of someone else like "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston Tribute) th-cam.com/video/eTcvvO6B3Io/w-d-xo.html or "Fly Me To The Moon" in the arrangement of Quincy Jones (rehearsal with concert mixed audio for his birthday party in the O2 arena): th-cam.com/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/w-d-xo.html .
And here is a video where it is explained (with English subtitles) why she performs barefoot: th-cam.com/video/A-OKLslO74Y/w-d-xo.html and here an Interview in the Norwegian TV (with English subtitles) from 2015 after she has published her book about the story why she is barefoot when performing: th-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/w-d-xo.html
In addition to school she got also vocal training at the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program (I read, that this school said, they couldn't teach her more stuff because she has all learned what she could learn in this school ;-) ) - and btw. she plays also grand piano, violin, flute and guitar, make her arrangements herself, wrote a book, sew clothes for herself (partly with art from her grandma like in her first AGT performance and in her music video "Shield").
So she is a real all-rounder and I think all her fans are eager to see and hear what she is doing next...
All the other things like more recommendation, chronological playlists and so on you can read in the comments of the mega-fans like Fernando F., Rusty (AJ videos in chronological order th-cam.com/channels/55am_6Y5-Fj4ri8xOInstA.html), Andy Schnell, ...
And a little Question:
When you react to her cover "I put a spell on you" b/w studio version at 9yo (th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html - btw. like here she made most of her cover arrangements by herself! ..at the beginning she made her lastchanges for the piano arrangement and gave her "wishes" to the band leader..) it would be nice to react in the same reaction video IN ADVANCE to the original from Screemin' Jay Hawkins (from 1956 - Live: th-cam.com/video/7kGPhpvqtOc/w-d-xo.html or another version of it: th-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/w-d-xo.html
and here a version from 1990 in Tokyo - I feel, this is like the version Angelina has taken as the model, but I don't know it ( ;-) ): th-cam.com/video/Bb9ag8bch_U/w-d-xo.html
or as Audio-Studio-Version:
th-cam.com/video/82cdnAUvsw8/w-d-xo.html) that's real fun :-D - and than you will find out that Angelinas cover is a real tribute to Jay Hawkins :-D
Btw. I read somwhere that her grandma was in person at a concert of SJH in Japan (as she, AJs mother and uncle lived there some years - AJs granpa is Japanese) and there AJs granma bought this candle as a souvenier ;)
...I hope this story isn't a HOAX :))
Thanks a billion again for your reaction! … and see you soon with your next AJ reactions - with greetings from Berlin/Germany :-D Best regards
Andreas
Oh - and another little plea:
It would help Angelina - and I think you would like to help her - if you put the link to her video you reacted to and may be also to her web-site, YT channels,... in the description. Some other reactors even ask the people to watch the original video too and like it too for to support Angelina - you know: Because of the algorythm... ;-))
(all the links to her social media and web sites and the web site of Republic Records with her introduction you find above ;-) )
Thanks a billion and all the best
Andreas
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Amazing!!!
Subscribed! Easiest decision I've ever made. Based off of what you told us, like which artists you listen to and respect, I know for a fact that you will LOVE Angelina. There is just so much to this girl that you will understand with time. And you WILL get caught off guard time and time again. In your case I know that the right way for you to start with her will be from the very beginning (like I did LOL ) Start with her auditions in Norway's Got Talent when she was 7 years old (all jazz). By the time she won she had JUST turned 8. If I were you, I would definitely do it in this order, even before listening to her rendition of "I Put A Spell On You" at age 9. I'm totally positive that you will enjoy it even more when you have some more background on her.
Actually, her VERY first studio recording was done when she was six years old, covering "I Who Have Nothing". Why not start with that one ? Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/RjQZKBpVaes/w-d-xo.html
I'm really looking forward to following you on this journey, and eventually greet you on the bottom of that rabbit hole :-)
Much love and respect from Norway :-)
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Awesome reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 You mentioned Michael Jackson, she recently released a jazzy cover of Billie Jean. Quincy Jones apparently said she is the biggest talent he has heard since Michael. Cant confirm that, but he did invite her to sing at his 85th birthday concert. She sang one of her favorites, a beautiful rendition of Fly me to the moon. My favorite from her is maybe her cover of Stay by Rihanna, but its close to impossible to pick, and to suggest songs because there are so many gems. There are reactors who still get dumbfounded by her versatility and crazy talent even after 30/40 reactions. Subscribed so I dont miss the next one! 🌹
Thanks for the recommendation!!!
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the legendary Queen. Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition" 👏💯 *AJ* 💯👏
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