There is only so much talent, charisma, and beauty to go around. Try to be patient when you meet people who are tone-deaf, dull, and hard to look at. It's not their fault, there just wasn't much left over after they made Angelina Jordan.
The Queen of jazz no doubt ! Our barefoot princess inherited all the jazz greats in her DNA and even at 9 years old delivered a mind blowing performance ! I guarantee if you close your eyes and listen to it you would think this was a 30-40 year old singer ! Angelina is the supreme storyteller and a student genius of music because she is able to listen to and mimic and deliver great vocals with such feeling and emotion it's uncanny to witness !Fearless , sincere, compassionate and loving are all adjectives that tell you who she is ! She is the real deal ,a true artist who will break out on the music world this year with her first debut album ! The world is about to experience the brilliance that is Angelina Jordan ! She is a Diva already and the next superstar bar none ! Thank you for your continued support of our barefoot princess because It is so much appreciated ! Sending much thanks and love from Canada ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
You will get a ton of information about Angelina in the comments of others and many suggestions what to watch next. So I am going to zoom in on one detail: her bare feet. The reason that she performed and still performs barefoot always is really nice. When she was 6, she travelled through the Middle-east. She met a poor girl in the streets. That girl did not have shoes and had scarred feet. Angelina gave her boots to that girl and has performed (not for rehearsals) barefoot in remembrance of that girl and to raise awareness for poor kids everywhere. She is not only an awesome artist but also an awesome person :-)
AJ was all grown up here in this one at 9 y.o. If you want to see her when she was young check out her Norway's Got Talent performances at the tender ages of 7 and 8! Lol
Listen to her in studio at 6 yrs old singing I Who Have Nothing....then listen to her Live in studio singing her song Million Miles and Adeles Easy On Me.....then you will hear her massive growth!
Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy. She is now 17, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She has not been widely promoted yet, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, she graduates school this year, and her new album of originals should be released within the next few months, followed by a world tour, possibly this summer. Here is a link from ages 6 to 17 of over 100 Angelina chronological TH-cam performances with five originals. Here is a more comprehensive playlist of approximately 190 videos including tiktok and Instagram. Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. It is related to a promise she made to herself and to the world when she was only 6 years old. She was traveling in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own favorite shoes. Angelina ask the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said a doctor, but she could not because she had to take care of her siblings. She asked Angelina the same question and Angelina said I want to sing for the world. The young girl said she would pray for Angelina. Since then, Angelia has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She even donated her winnings from Norway's Got Talent to charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond. Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love. Please remember to include in your description the artist Official Channel as well as the original video, if you have not already done so. Verbally encouraging your viewers to like comment and subscribe to yours and the artists' videos and channels boosts subscriptions and algorithms for both of you. Potential subscribers recognize those who support exceptional artists like Angelina
As someone said before... The only thing bigger than her music is her heart. How is it possible? I have come to the conclusion "Because it is Angelina"
Yes, you are correct, all we need to do to answer every question as to how and why she does things is to say her name "Angelina". Nothing else is necessary.
Rachel, dear, Angelina started singing at the age of 1,5 YEARS or 18 MONTH. Dicovered Jazz shortly after and decided at age 3, to practice 6 hours daily for 6 days a week. At age 4 ,for technical advise, she also entered the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Oslo, later, the academy in LA. By age 10 she was so versatile, she could have given masterclasses (I am citing Christie Bouvier and others). At age 13 she is 10 years into her craft and a veteran of music. As a few vocal teachers said, her box of musical tools is BIG and she knows exactly how to use them. Be safe and sound. Elmar from Germany.
She recorded this at 9 yrs 2 months but it wasn't posted until she was 10. Angelina is about to explode in exposure as she graduates HS a year early this spring & her family will allow her record label, Republic Records of UMG, to promote her. They have been waiting patiently for 3 years because her family insisted she have as normal a childhood as possible & to finish her basic schooling before she begins her full-time career. Her debut album of original songs will be released this fall & a single from the album is scheduled to be released at the end of this month (Apr 2023). She did a series of concerts last summer in her home country (Norway) where many of her lucky fans flew in from across the world to hear her live. To get up to date with Angelina there is a great video from a Jazz Festival last August, where she sang 2 of her most recent original songs, 7th Heaven, a jazzy inspirational song about never giving up on your dream & Million Miles, about the loss of a loved one which, in her case, was her maternal grandpa. There is even a little behind the scenes interview with her while getting ready for the show. It's only 9:38 min long, so it's easy to do in one reaction & I haven't heard any problems about copyrights. Here is the link & I liked & subed for more Angelina reactions, my favorite vocal artist of my lifetime. th-cam.com/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction. I’m 70 and listen to Angelina every day. Her journey has me totally absorbed. Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on her other pieces such as her Owen song 7th Heaven.
Welcome to Angelina's world. She is an extraordinary young artist with over 180 covers and other videos that she has recorded between the ages of 6 and 17 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 17, she is a seasoned performer with 11 years of recording and performing. She is at her best in front of a live band and an audience. 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, Norah Jones, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and many more. She signed with Republic Records when she was 14 and has been working on new original music while she completes high school which will be this year. She has announced that her first commercially released album with Republic will drop this fall at which time RR will begin their full scale promotion of Angelina as an artist. I expect her career to take off like a rocket as soon as she is introduced commercially to the world. Here is a sampling of my top favorites of hers that cover a variety of genres and ages. 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 - th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html "Million Miles" - 14 years old -th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html "Shield" - 12 years old - 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 - th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html Favorites from her early years "Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html "Feeling Good" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/w-d-xo.html "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/w-d-xo.html "Cry me a River" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/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 "Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - th-cam.com/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/w-d-xo.html "Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - th-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/w-d-xo.html More recent performances "All I Ask", 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/w-d-xo.html "Easy on Me" - 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/w-d-xo.html "Mercy" - 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/7Mthm-9jECM/w-d-xo.html "My Funny Valentine" - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html "Suspicious Minds" - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html "Killing Me Softly - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/haAhsQwICY0/w-d-xo.html
This ⬆️ is what a typical Angelina Jordan fan’s top three looks like! She is such a phenomenally good singer that it’s impossible to limit favorites to a list of three songs… or even TEN songs. She’s THAT good… at SEVENTEEN! Make sure you get around to reading all of the comments Angelina Jordan fans send you (we are often referred to as “Ångels”). You are bound to come across the story of why Angelina sings barefoot - a touching story that makes you realize what a truly beautiful human being Angelina really is. Love your reaction… I look forward to seeing more! 🎶🖤👣
As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point. Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 17 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan. We love her dearly we do. At the tender Age of 17 she already has a back catalog of video's in the 180+ range. And everything she touches turns to gold, I sincerely have about 50 of her songs that are all rated in my top 3 of all time. LOL *Not joking though*. THank you for your wonderful reaction. :)
She is a treasure. She was nine in that recording. The notes that you see her doing in the intro was she arranging the song. And keep in mind that english is not her first language. You can research for yourself why she is barefoot in all of her numbers. It's a true back story.
9 years old and had already won Norways Got Talent and sung all over the world. She also became Norways youngest author, in that year, with 'Between Two Hearts'. A famous poet read her diary which he said needed to be turned into a book, about how she gave a shoeless orphan with scarred feet her boots.The promises the two children made to each other. The reason Angelina sings barefoot.
- The Barefoot Princess - (From her book, television and radio interviews, and podcasts made between 2014-2015. Includes excerpts from her diary made that day in 2012.) Why does Angelina sing barefooted? Angelina Jordan is known as "The Barefoot Princess" or "The Barefoot Princess of Jazz," amongst many other names. She always performs barefooted, whether in front of a live audience or during a studio performance. The story is that while living in the Middle East, at 6 years old, Angelina came across an orphaned girl, of her own age, sitting in the street, weighing people on a bathroom scale to earn money. Angelina said to herself, "I would like to share her life for one second to know what it is like to sit alone, wet, and damp, and barefoot in a corner of the street." Angelina could see the girl's bare feet were scarred and that it was cold outside, so she offered her own shoes to the girl. Little Angelina says that she really loved her shoes, as they were very nice and she knew she would miss them. But she saw the other little girl’s need for them, which outweighed her own desire to keep them. So she insisted the little girl take them. Angelina called her Princess, even though the girl said she didn't live in a castle, but the ruins of a building next to where she sat. After sharing their hopes and dreams, the little girl said of Angelina's wish to sing for the world, "You will become the one you dream of and when your dreams come true, you have to remember the poor children without shoes; and I will pray for you Angelina.” Later that day, 6 y/o Angelina wrote in her diary, "The world is very strange. Right then and there, I felt as if a door in my heart opened up, and it was filled with lots of lights. It was as if there was, from Earth to Heaven, a staircase. I climbed the stairs. To be able to do something for another human - it was such a big thing…hard to describe really.” From that point on, Angelina takes off her shoes, in honor of ‘Princess’ and all the other less fortunate children of the world, who are orphaned, hungry, or in want of even basic clothing. In 2015, at the age of 9, Angelina wrote a book about the encounter, as everyone continued to ask why she sang barefoot. Her grandmother, Mery Zamani, created the artwork for the book. So at 9, Angelina Jordan became the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina has performed alongside many other artists, raising attention and helping to raise over 21 million euros and millions of dollars for children in need.
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's incredible cover of this 1950s Jay Hawkins (displayed on the candle) classic. Angelina was actually 9 here & it was her own arrangement (even at this young age the band members affectionately referred to her as "The Boss"). Angelina Jordan from Norway is now 17 & has well over 180 covers & some original songs readily available on TH-cam. But - in order to better understand her musical roots, I highly recommend her Norway Got Talent audition singing Gloomy Sunday - at age 7. While you can't go wrong with any of her songs, another milestone was her AGT audition at age 13 singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
- Who is Angelina Jordan - Angelina is a Norwegian born child prodigy in music. She's a singer/ songwriter who's arranged over 180 covers and 5 originals, all since the age of 7. Angelina began singing at 18 months old. At 2, she began teaching herself how to sing, focusing primarily on the jazz masters of decades gone by. These are artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James. She's also influenced by Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, and Adele, to name a few. She's also been said to be the girl of 1,000 voices. Yet even though we can hear the phrasing and style she puts in the songs, it's always Angelina that we hear. At 7 years old, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent. She was the last to audition. The judges had no idea who she was or what she could do. They saw a diminutive mussy haired, barefooted girl with her teeth still growing in. For her audition, she performed "Gloomy Sunday" from Billie Holiday. On TV-2, they've reported over 14 million views of this performance. This does not take into account the many hundreds of reactors showing this audition to millions more. Needless to say, Angelina went on to win the 2014 season of NGT shortly after her 8th birthday. The family was bombarded with requests for performances, interviews, and record label offers. They turned down 90% of the requests, as they insisted that Angelina should enjoy a normal childhood. That didn't stop Angelina from performing at select engagements around the world, singing for Heads of State, and even Barack Obama. She's spent time and worked with musicians such as Quincy Jones and Alan Walker. She first appeared on American television, The View, at 8 years old. Angelina auditioned for America's Got Talent The Champions at 13 years old. She made it just up to the final selection of the final 5 when she dropped from the competition. It wasn't that she wasn't good enough to be in the final 5, but it was because she refused to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music. She even turned down Disney. At 14, Angelina signed with Republic Records. Republic gave her complete artistic control as well as control over the performances she would make. She turned 17 on January 10, 2023, and will graduate from high school after the spring semester. From then on, she will embark on her full-time professional career. She's been working closely with Republic on her first album under their label. It's likely that it will drop shortly after her graduation.
Angelina 9 yo. Look at her! She controls the entire recording. She has the power and ability to carry this out. The fact that she then has an outstanding fantastic voice and theatrical body language only makes everything even better. The musicians are also amazingly good. They give everything to complete this masterpiece! This little Norwegian girl reads the English lyrics while singing! She is from Norway and they speak Norwegian there. English is Angelina's 3rd language! Already at 5-6 years old, she understands exactly what is meant in the English lyrics! Incredible! A genius at work. I am so happy for everything she gives me. / a Swedish Viking.
👍👍One thing I noticed recently about this performance. Watch her during the sax solo, her head is moving in rhythm to the sax licks. She feels every note.
Awesome reaction to 9 year and 2 month old, Angelina Jordan! Welcome to her World with almost 190 songs in her catalog and over 300 videos. She arranges all her songs and is all about Emotions rather than a bunch of gymnastics to sound pretty. She has other songs I say are Originals she didn't write, but was first to release or were specifically written for her voice. "Above The Water" and "A Song For A" were written for her voice at age 13. She did a Demo at age 10 and was leaked at age 12, before the Original was released by Baby Fuzz. If you listen to his version, you will see he used her arrangement, "I'm Still Holding Out For You". Give Baby Fuzz credit, it's beautiful lyrics. Lastly she was asked by Red One, a 2 time Grammy winner, Singer/Writer/Producer, to join him to perform the 2022 FIFA Awards Anthem Song, "We Are The Best" at The FIFA Awards Ceremony in Paris 23 February 2023. She is a treat, wanting to share her Pure Love to the World, God Bless!
Angelina was 9 years and 2 months young her in this video from original singer screaming Jay Hawkins from 1956 by the way,my year of birth! Now I‘m 66 years young and listening to music for 50 years and am a music expert! I have never heard such a unique voice! and seen such a humanity as Angelina!!! This song is a Masterpiece from young extremely talented child and talent marvel Angelina !!! Our barefoot 🦶 Princess 👸and Queen of Jazz🎷🎺🎶🎙👸She is for me the best singer artist vocalist ever in this new time and generation!!! She is not from this planet 🌎 She has all the greatest old Jazz and Soul singers in her Body and Voice and when Angelina sings everyone comes back to life!!! You won‘t find a talent marvel or prodigy child,girl,now beautiful young Lady like Angelina anywhere!!! She is so special, natural, unique, humble, humanity, emotional!!! AJ has the whole package! Young beautiful,unique,and extremely talented,an an Angel 😇 of Earth 🌍 with many past lives!!! She is that girl from another time and that girl with 1000 VoicesI lover❤her voice her humanity and charity!!!She was 17 years young on January 10.2023.! Great reaction 👍👍👋🏻Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️✌️🙏😇👍👋🏻🙋♂️Roger over and out.😊
Angelina won Norway's Got Talent when she was 8 yrs old after starting the competition at 7 yrs old. The youngest winner of any Got Talent show on the planet. She had to wait two years because you had to be 7 yrs old to enter. She started with a rendition of Billie Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday' which she just infused with Billie's soul. She followed this by another Billie classic with a pitch perfect rendition of 'I'm a Fool to Want You' acapella. Her next performance was a beautiful rendition of 'Bang, Bang' by Sonny & Cher and performed most famously by Nancy Sinatra. She won the competition with what I consider her first Masterpiece performance of 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Shortly after winning she was designated a National Treasure by the Norwegian people. ♥👣👸🏻 There is video of Angelina recorded by her mother Sarah Astar singing a couple of lines of "I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston when she was 18 months old. She started studying all the greats of Jazz soon after under the guidance of her Iranian Grandmother Mery Zamani a child prodigy in her own right as an artist and poet. English is Angelina's 3rd language behind Norwegian and Farsi along with Japanese and some German and perhaps more. She did this from 2 & 3 yrs old by scrolling thru TH-cam of all their most Iconic performance. Angelina doesn't just mimic these greats, she reinterprets them and then simply sings them the way they were meant to be sung. She makes them her own. Angelina was begging her mother to go on "that Simon show" when she was 3 yrs old. encouraged to sing children songs, she would have none of that. Angelina chooses her own songs and she is absolutely fearless. No song is too big and no artist is too Iconic. All the most Iconic songs by the most Iconic singers in music history. Angelina has said singing to her is as important to her as breathing. ♥👣👸🏻 She will sing anything Acapella at any time and often does. Her Tic-Toc is full of these impromptu performances wherever she might be whether in the car, walking around the neighborhood or in a parking Garage. Accompanied by most often a simple guitar or piano her performances are always incredible. Add a band or even a full orchestra as in her performance for Quincy Jones at his request singing his arrangement of 'Fly Me to the Moon'. The same arrangement he did for Frank Sinatra. This opened for his 85th birthday celebration at the 02 Arena in London. ♥👣👸🏻 She is well known worldwide in the industry. Her family and Angelina have been holding back turning down many of the biggest in the industry while she finishes school. Remember she just turned 17 January 10th. They finally signed with Republic Records about three years ago after getting a deal that gave her control of her artistic vision and has since released 2 originals, 'Million Miles' & '7th Heaven' plus a soundtrack for the New Movie "The Hating Game" which opens with her song 'Mercy' performed most notably by Duffy. Republic has labeled her their Highest Priority and assigned a team to her including Rob Christy a multiple Grammy Winner, often on the piano in many of her performances and a whole team of equally qualified professionals. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the industry and always get exactly what she wants. They call her the Boss and have immense respect for her. She is due to release her 1st album promised by Angelin to be soon. She has been diligently perfecting her craft since winning Norway's Got Talent singing all over the world, Germany, Japan, Korea as well as TV appearances such as The View, Little Big Shots and most notably America's Got Talent where she premiered her Iconic Performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which Queen gave her the rights to record her own version available on ITunes and Spotify included on her Album 'Magic' which she released on her own along with a Christmas Song collection. She didn't win AGT because she would not sign with Simon. IMO. She has also sung for Many Heads of State including Barack Obama and a couple of songs opening for Norah Jones in Korea. She also sang at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8 yrs old for Malala and another recipient. Mostly she has sung for charities helping raise millions for children charities and climate change. The great part is that most of it has been well documented often by herself and her family. Her Grandmother who introduced her to Jazz at 3 & 4 yrs old is behind the camera more than anyone else. Norway proclaimed her a National Treasure shortly after she won NGT. Love the reactions. Get ready for a deep dive. She is worth it! Love from the Land of Vikings here in mid-Minnesota USA wherein lies a huge proud Norwegian population. ♥👣👸🏻
She really got a hold of her voice at 10. There's several recordings where she has perfect pitch and expert placement in a timbre of a 30 y.o. singer. Her rooftop version of Everytime We Say Goodbye stands right next to Ella's. Not kidding 😮
The greatest performance ever. By a 9 year old? Barely 9 and does her own arrangements. Pure musical genius. She has just gotten better. A few suggestions. 1. All 4 performances on Norway's Got Talent at 7 and 8. In order. Gloomy Sunday, I'm a Fool to Want You, Bang Bang, Summertime. She won with 46% of the votes for the 10 finalists. 2. Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent 2020 at 13. 3. 3 of her 7-9 Adele covers. Someone Like You at 13, All I Ask at 14, Easy on Me at 15.
She has 200+ YT videos spanning 10 years and many, or most, are just as shockingly good. Many are baffling. The variety is also astounding. Some of the best are live TV performances because of the fine audio. They are all right here in the YT search box for new listeners. Some fans have put together lists of the best recordings of her songs. All good. WARNING!! Angelina will cats and ADDICTIVE spell on any listener.
Ah YES! The Future Queen of Music! You wont be disappointed. And if you like this one you have 170+ more songs to choose for your viewing and hearing pleasure. But it gets better she only 17yo currently, and her first single should drop this month of April following with her full debut album later this year!
nice reaction!!! Angelina is making wonderful music now. She was so amazing as a young girl and it has been really nice to follow her over the years as she has grown. You seem to like powerful female artists. there is a trio of 3 sisters called The Warning who you can see from again a very young age to the present. They are a spectacular rock band which did a US, Canada, Mexico (where they are from) tour. They are about to head to Europe for a tour.
Her own arrangement. Angelina has said singing is a natural to her as breathing. when performing for any public viewing she always takes her music very seriously.
I’am sure she stated arranging at eight. When recorded she was two months into her ninth year. Angelina Jordan Astar was first recorded singing at eighteen months of age. At two going on three she is obsessed with with listening to Jazz and Blues for hours each day on TH-cam. At three she tells her Mother she wants to sing on that Simon show. At four she enters school. At five she is speaking three languages and studying music theory. Consider the above as you are setting in your chair.
Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan! You have no idea what you've just come across. She's 9 years and 2 months old here and did the arrangement of this version of the song. The band members have called her "the boss" since she was 8. She entered Norway's Got Talent at 7 and won it just after turning 8. Here's the link to her first performance singing Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holliday (her idol) th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html
With Angelina Jordan you can begin your journey one of two ways the first is to see where the talent came from, ages 6 , 7 and 8 in Norway. Or you could try to see where she's at right now, she writes music as well as arrange the songs she sings.😮 Pick and choose which rabbit-hole you are going in. 😊
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - Her nationality is Norwegian but is fluent in English even at this age - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and communicates to them what she wants to do. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: th-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/w-d-xo.html
What you heard was the voice Angelina chose to deliver this old school blues rendition that she arranged herself. As you’ve read, she’s 9 here, and already sings better than any child you’ve ever heard. She’s known as the Girl with a Thousand Voices because she covers so many genres as authentically and beautifully as you heard today. You wonder what her voice is like now? It’s mesmerizing. Angelina is a once in a lifetime gift for anyone who listens to music. I listen to Angelina everyday, and I never thought I’d feel that way about any singer-not even close. She is just a staggering talent.
That moniker, “girl of thousand voices”, suggests that she is a mimic of other singers of different genres. She is well beyond that. She makes almost all her covers her own - very often even better than the original artist. But she isn’t a mimic, or impersonator.
@@jeffstumpf9129 I disagree, "Girl of 1000 Voices" doesn't mean she mimics others voices, it means with all her vocal tools she can create a unique sound or voice that she thinks best fits a song. Sometimes she sounds similar to the original singer, but other times she uses a totally different voice from the original singer, it's whatever she thinks is best for the song.. The point is, she can sound however she wants in a 1000 different ways.
Angelina is an old soul without a doubt, (feeling good) with 10 years is incredible and (suspicious minds) with 17 you will love it, thanks sdos 🇦🇷 Argentina.
What a great first reaction to Angie, thank you. She is a one stop artist if u love music, indulge in some of the suggestions below. She has already done many great things at such a tender young age, despite having some normality in being a school kid. About to become way more visible as school finishes this summer, strap in!!
"Welcome to the Wonderful World of Angelina Jordan!" The immediate reaction anyone has to Angelina is, "stunned silence!"! Rachel (did I spell it right?), you were interested in seeing how her voice has changed through the years so I have a good idea for you consider. She sang 'My Funny Valentine' at 10 years old sitting in a chair at home. Then she sang it again at 16 years old in a well produced video. If you splice the two video's together and show them to us on one video, you and your audience will absolutely love both versions. And, of course, there is a dramatic change in her voice. But, Rachel, just to give you an idea of how good both versions are, unofficially it's about 50-50 on which one her fans (her 'angels') enjoy watching more. Personally, I'm with the 10 year old gang! If you decide to join all of us around the world on her journey your experience will be something so wonderful you will understand when you read all of our comments the affect she has on people who listen to her and also find out what a wonderful human being she is, as well.
As others have mentioned, she was just a bit past her ninth birthday when she recorded this. "You're an old soul who has lived many lives.", "You ARE music!", "You were born to sing." "In front of us people, we have a star." Those are the comments of the judges (assuming the subtitle translation is correct) when, at SEVEN years old, Angelina auditioned for Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday's version of "Gloomy Sunday." She went on to win the competition after her eighth birthday. That win came about a year before the video you just reacted to.
It’s just doesn’t get much better than this. You should listen some songs from her concerts she performed June/July, 2022, in Norway. Her live performances will blow you away.
Oh boy, you are going to be bombarded by her fans called Angels that will fill you in on this music prodigy with an old soul from Norway. She's basically been a star since she was 7 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Her early influences are Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Etta James to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. In 2014, she entered and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, " Wow, what a rendition!" Not only that, but she received the copyrights for her version of this song from Queen, which makes it hers now. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity. Now 17 years old, living in Los Angeles, and is signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records have agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. She has a new album of original music which will be coming out this year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience. Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to be a superstar, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Of all the covers I have heard of this song by all the famous artists, this is the closest to Jay's original and IMO, the best. AJ replaces Jay's theatrics with intense emotion that better reflects the message and likely the original intent Jay had for the song before the drunken buffoonery of that first recording session where he defined the shock rock genre. He became famous for that recording so I mean no disrespect, it too is brilliant, both performances have a place in history. thanks for sharing
Loved your reaction to Angelina. She is an amazing artist to observe and study because she does bring something different to the table. A sound that the younger generation lack from the past brought back to life mixed with newer sounds for the future. Check out her latest video of " Suspicious Minds " Elvis Presley or " I have Nothing " Whitney Houston " at age 16. Both songs are done studio version and live.
The music industry is close to being blown up. When Angelina hits the world wide stage, there wont be another singer that will come close to being in her shadow. I have watched almost every video of her covering many many well known songs we thought we knew, but are in fact hearing them for the first time, the way she takes them and makes them brand new. Be careful. You will end up becoming an Angelinaholic like I am, not that it's a bad thing.
Thank you for discovering Angelina, I hope you will do many more reactions to her, as she is well worth every nanosecond you spend on her. I have watched and listened to her in awe since she released her first video on TH-cam, and what has been evident to me from the start is that she sings with total conviction, despite the fact that she is far too young to have experienced the events suggested in the lyrics of the song she has chosen to sing. But it is not only that, for strange as it may seem is the even more remarkable fact that she can convey the appropriate emotions within those lyrics to her listener. Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote and performed the song in 1956 (50 years before Angelina was born). She based her arrangement on his original performance, although she discarded all the theatrics and allowed her voice and body language to tell the story. The song has been covered by many singers over the years, but to my knowledge, Angelina is the only one who has sung in the same style as the original. There are many things I found particularly worthy of note in this video. Some I recognised immediately and those I missed were brought to my attention by the more observant Angelina fans (her Angels) and I thank them for letting me know what I had missed. Another Angelina "Angel" has pointed out something else which I had missed, and it is added at (l) below, (a) Angelina finishing writing last minute changes she wanted and handing them to the Music Director, who smiled. (b) A brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, Angelina's maternal grandmother, a well known and respected Iranian Artist and poet who was also a child prodigy. She was the person who recognised Angelina's talent at an early age and exposed her to all the old time jazz singers. (c) The candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins on it. (d) The smile on the face of the Bass player. (e) How she rose on to her toes on the last occasion she sang "...because you're mine" (f) The fact she occasionally refers to her written notes on the music stand. Possibly to remind herself of the last minute changes she wanted. (g) Her unwavering passion throughout the performance. Evidenced by her facial expressions and the way she uses her hands and body to emphasise the direction of the song. (h) The way she takes a breath just before she starts the last phrase (I don't care.....) and that breath lasts the whole of that sustained note. A child of that age should not have the ability to hold a note for that length of time. (i) At the end, when she sings I Doooont Caaaaare, she employs TWO separate and distinct vibratos to the word care, a wide one to start the word and a tighter one to close the word (j) The instant transformation from "performance" mode to that of a pensive child, possibly wondering whether she could have done better. I comment on the "pensive" child because Angelina has an incredible work ethic and seeks to perform every song in a way she considers will bring out all the emotions within the lyrics and melody. (k) Perhaps the most remarkable is that despite her tender years, she sings with such total conviction that her authenticity is never in doubt. It is easy to believe that she has experienced the events described in the lyrics. It is not only her voice that is mesmerising, it is also her facial expressions, and the way she uses her hands and body. Her stage presence is electrifying. (l) The performance absolutely is powerful and raw but to me, I am amazed that this is balanced by the profound beauty of the ending phrase; the last twelve words of the song. AND… they are essentially sung a cappella! Angelina has been referred to as the "Queen of Jazz", "The Barefoot Princess", "The girl with a thousand voices". All of them are true, but I prefer the nickname I gave her after listening to about six of her performances. For me, she is "The Chameleon of Song", for as a chameleon is able to change its colour to match its surroundings, so Angelina is able to change the "colour" of her voice to accurately match the needs of the song to reveal the emotions within the lyrics and melody. Even more remarkable is her innate ability to communicate those same emotions to her listeners.
Here is a link to a concert at Kongsberg/Norway, AJ is 16 and national TV did a documentation on her. First a little interview so you hear her speaking, then 2 original songs of her in a way she had never done before: th-cam.com/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/w-d-xo.html Elmar
Rachel, if you want to see her power now, I would suggest her singing Elvis, Suspicious Minds, but definitely go back to younger songs then. She will amaze you. Take care and enjoy the journey.
You mentioned something in your comments that was a bullseye for Angelina. You said she was "all in" for this performance. No doubt about it. Fully committed and completely confident in what she wants to convey. You'll find this to be the case over and over and over with her. She also happens to be talented beyond description... I sure hope to see you checking out more of her stuff! There is a HUGE array to pick from!
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice. She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
Love that you know the original of the song... so cool... the arrangement... she is 9 years old... the confidence... the soulful way of singing... the breath control... the vibrato... everything is on point ❤️ Just insane 😳🔥
✒️...this was a nice reaction, very refreshing 😂...hope you will follow our angel on her way to the best female singer of all time! Greatings from Berlin😉
As others have suggested go check out her performances on Norway's Got Talent when she had be no other than 7-8 years old.. It will blow your mind..!!!!
Omg ❤ you have a lot to do if you follow everthing Angelina has done. She did a Great perfomens in Norway when she sing I have nothing. (allsang pa gransen) ❤
As you welcomed us to join your Twitch family, we Angels welcome you to join the Angelina family. Subscribed for more wonderful reactions, such as this, to Angelina.
Everytime I see someone reacting to 8-year old Angelina Jordan singing this song I have a huge smile on my face. 😁It's just unbelivable to hear such mature, strong and low voice coming up from such a small body! 😂Great reaction! 😃
@@I_scribbles there’s no such thing as ‘the best singer’ it changes all of the time so why compare? I only pointed out those two because of their class and versatility - Angelina sings one style, an outdated one but that doesn’t stop her being the best in what she does!!!
@Darrell W Aj sings many styles. The only thing i have not heard her sing is opera. Jazz is what she started with and is her comfy home but AJ can sing anything. But if you like banshee screaming, that's different. Like I said when AJ is as old as Floor Jansen we will she whats she is like after her voice fully matures at about 26 years of age. Ever heard of Eivør?
Great job reacting! I’m always so glad when younger generations discover Angelina Jordan. She will be the dominate the music industry for most your life.
Angelina Jordan is now 17 years old. A few days ago she sang in Paris at the ceremony - FIFA Football Awards 2022. This song composed by RedOne is attempting to be an anthem for FIFA, the worldwide organization representing the largest and most popular sport in the worlds. A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice did it brilliantly. This must be seen.
Here at age 17 last month, she sang at the FIFA awards show in Paris. There is a wonderful amount of videos you can watch from as young as 6 yrs old on up. She is a one of a kind talent, but beautiful inside as well as out.
Hey Rey, I think you're a natural in from of the camera! Welcome to Angelina's world! It is quite normal to get shocked by this performance, the talent AJ has goes so deep and far that it is hard to take in. I think Angelina is the singer's singer. By that I mean that she employs so many different techniques, dynamics and ornaments in her performances that you would need to know a bit about singing to appreciate it. Angelina always does it so tasteful too, never overcooked. As you hear more of her you'll find that she adapts her style to the message and style of each song she does. From the top of my head, she's done Jazz (she's the QUEEN of jazz!), blues, soul, country, folk, RDM, pop, rhytm'n'blues, and even a smidge of rap.
Hi Rayactions!!! Thanks for your great reaction and here are two more amazing songs Angelina did !!! The first is her 2022 rendition of " My Funny Valentine" and the second is "Above the water" These are some of my favorite Angelina songs. Oh and a bonus is a song she wrote and arranged called "Shield" have fun bro. Ray
This was a 1st step in a journey of 1,000 miles.
Some people are just born with the mojo. Breathtaking!
Angelina was a prodigy so young, an old soul in a young body.
She won Norway’s got talent at age 7!
What? - Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan and the Angels.
The defination of an old Soul.
Moooore Angelina pleease!
AMMMMAZZZING!!!!!!!!
Your facial expressions inreacting to AJ are priceless 😊
There is only so much talent, charisma, and beauty to go around. Try to be patient when you meet people who are tone-deaf, dull, and hard to look at. It's not their fault, there just wasn't much left over after they made Angelina Jordan.
The Queen of jazz no doubt ! Our barefoot princess inherited all the jazz greats in her DNA and even at 9 years old delivered a mind blowing performance ! I guarantee if you close your eyes and listen to it you would think this was a 30-40 year old singer ! Angelina is the supreme storyteller and a student genius of music because she is able to listen to and mimic and deliver great vocals with such feeling and emotion it's uncanny to witness !Fearless , sincere, compassionate and loving are all adjectives that tell you who she is ! She is the real deal ,a true artist who will break out on the music world this year with her first debut album ! The world is about to experience the brilliance that is Angelina Jordan ! She is a Diva already and the next superstar bar none ! Thank you for your continued support of our barefoot princess because It is so much appreciated ! Sending much thanks and love from Canada ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
She was 9 (barely) actually. Angelina is the most exciting vocalist of our times. She's 17 now, six-foot tall and stunning. 😎
I think she was more cute then, but the talents has only improved.
@@JohnWarner-lu8rq cute then, stunning now
@@roddiener1235 so TRUE
Norwegian English is not her first language
She was born male.
You will get a ton of information about Angelina in the comments of others and many suggestions what to watch next. So I am going to zoom in on one detail: her bare feet. The reason that she performed and still performs barefoot always is really nice. When she was 6, she travelled through the Middle-east. She met a poor girl in the streets. That girl did not have shoes and had scarred feet. Angelina gave her boots to that girl and has performed (not for rehearsals) barefoot in remembrance of that girl and to raise awareness for poor kids everywhere. She is not only an awesome artist but also an awesome person :-)
AJ was all grown up here in this one at 9 y.o. If you want to see her when she was young check out her Norway's Got Talent performances at the tender ages of 7 and 8! Lol
Listen to her in studio at 6 yrs old singing I Who Have Nothing....then listen to her Live in studio singing her song Million Miles and Adeles Easy On Me.....then you will hear her massive growth!
Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy.
She is now 17, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She has not been widely promoted yet, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, she graduates school this year, and her new album of originals should be released within the next few months, followed by a world tour, possibly this summer.
Here is a link from ages 6 to 17 of over 100 Angelina chronological TH-cam performances with five originals.
Here is a more comprehensive playlist of approximately 190 videos including tiktok and Instagram.
Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. It is related to a promise she made to herself and to the world when she was only 6 years old. She was traveling in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own favorite shoes. Angelina ask the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said a doctor, but she could not because she had to take care of her siblings. She asked Angelina the same question and Angelina said I want to sing for the world. The young girl said she would pray for Angelina. Since then, Angelia has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She even donated her winnings from Norway's Got Talent to charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond.
Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love.
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As someone said before... The only thing bigger than her music is her heart.
How is it possible? I have come to the conclusion "Because it is Angelina"
Yes, you are correct, all we need to do to answer every question as to how and why she does things is to say her name "Angelina". Nothing else is necessary.
Rachel, dear, Angelina started singing at the age of 1,5 YEARS or 18 MONTH. Dicovered Jazz shortly after and decided at age 3, to practice 6 hours daily for 6 days a week. At age 4 ,for technical advise, she also entered the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Oslo, later, the academy in LA. By age 10 she was so versatile, she could have given masterclasses (I am citing Christie Bouvier and others). At age 13 she is 10 years into her craft and a veteran of music. As a few vocal teachers said, her box of musical tools is BIG and she knows exactly how to use them.
Be safe and sound.
Elmar from Germany.
She recorded this at 9 yrs 2 months but it wasn't posted until she was 10. Angelina is about to explode in exposure as she graduates HS a year early this spring & her family will allow her record label, Republic Records of UMG, to promote her. They have been waiting patiently for 3 years because her family insisted she have as normal a childhood as possible & to finish her basic schooling before she begins her full-time career. Her debut album of original songs will be released this fall & a single from the album is scheduled to be released at the end of this month (Apr 2023). She did a series of concerts last summer in her home country (Norway) where many of her lucky fans flew in from across the world to hear her live. To get up to date with Angelina there is a great video from a Jazz Festival last August, where she sang 2 of her most recent original songs, 7th Heaven, a jazzy inspirational song about never giving up on your dream & Million Miles, about the loss of a loved one which, in her case, was her maternal grandpa. There is even a little behind the scenes interview with her while getting ready for the show. It's only 9:38 min long, so it's easy to do in one reaction & I haven't heard any problems about copyrights. Here is the link & I liked & subed for more Angelina reactions, my favorite vocal artist of my lifetime. th-cam.com/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction. I’m 70 and listen to Angelina every day. Her journey has me totally absorbed. Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on her other pieces such as her Owen song 7th Heaven.
Welcome to Angelina's world. She is an extraordinary young artist with over 180 covers and other videos that she has recorded between the ages of 6 and 17 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 17, she is a seasoned performer with 11 years of recording and performing. She is at her best in front of a live band and an audience. 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, Norah Jones, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and many more.
She signed with Republic Records when she was 14 and has been working on new original music while she completes high school which will be this year. She has announced that her first commercially released album with Republic will drop this fall at which time RR will begin their full scale promotion of Angelina as an artist. I expect her career to take off like a rocket as soon as she is introduced commercially to the world.
Here is a sampling of my top favorites of hers that cover a variety of genres and ages. 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 - th-cam.com/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/w-d-xo.html
"Million Miles" - 14 years old -th-cam.com/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/w-d-xo.html
"Shield" - 12 years old - 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 - th-cam.com/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/w-d-xo.html
Favorites from her early years
"Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html
"Feeling Good" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/w-d-xo.html
"Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - th-cam.com/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/w-d-xo.html
"Cry me a River" - 11 years old - th-cam.com/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/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
"Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - th-cam.com/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/w-d-xo.html
"Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - th-cam.com/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/w-d-xo.html
More recent performances
"All I Ask", 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/8gJuprckBxI/w-d-xo.html
"Easy on Me" - 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/w-d-xo.html
"Mercy" - 15 years old - th-cam.com/video/7Mthm-9jECM/w-d-xo.html
"My Funny Valentine" - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html
"Suspicious Minds" - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html
"Killing Me Softly - 16 years old - th-cam.com/video/haAhsQwICY0/w-d-xo.html
This ⬆️ is what a typical Angelina Jordan fan’s top three looks like! She is such a phenomenally good singer that it’s impossible to limit favorites to a list of three songs… or even TEN songs. She’s THAT good… at SEVENTEEN!
Make sure you get around to reading all of the comments Angelina Jordan fans send you (we are often referred to as “Ångels”). You are bound to come across the story of why Angelina sings barefoot - a touching story that makes you realize what a truly beautiful human being Angelina really is.
Love your reaction… I look forward to seeing more! 🎶🖤👣
As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point.
Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 17 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
So pleased you have found the Jewel In the Crown of worldwide musical talent and more!
Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan. We love her dearly we do. At the tender Age of 17 she already has a back catalog of video's in the 180+ range. And everything she touches turns to gold, I sincerely have about 50 of her songs that are all rated in my top 3 of all time. LOL *Not joking though*.
THank you for your wonderful reaction. :)
She is a treasure. She was nine in that recording. The notes that you see her doing in the intro was she arranging the song. And keep in mind that english is not her first language. You can research for yourself why she is barefoot in all of her numbers. It's a true back story.
Welcome to the world of Angelina. Enjoy!
9 years old and had already won Norways Got Talent and sung all over the world. She also became Norways youngest author, in that year, with 'Between Two Hearts'. A famous poet read her diary which he said needed to be turned into a book, about how she gave a shoeless orphan with scarred feet her boots.The promises the two children made to each other. The reason Angelina sings barefoot.
- The Barefoot Princess -
(From her book, television and radio interviews, and podcasts made between 2014-2015. Includes excerpts from her diary made that day in 2012.)
Why does Angelina sing barefooted? Angelina Jordan is known as "The Barefoot Princess" or "The Barefoot Princess of Jazz," amongst many other names. She always performs barefooted, whether in front of a live audience or during a studio performance. The story is that while living in the Middle East, at 6 years old, Angelina came across an orphaned girl, of her own age, sitting in the street, weighing people on a bathroom scale to earn money. Angelina said to herself, "I would like to share her life for one second to know what it is like to sit alone, wet, and damp, and barefoot in a corner of the street." Angelina could see the girl's bare feet were scarred and that it was cold outside, so she offered her own shoes to the girl. Little Angelina says that she really loved her shoes, as they were very nice and she knew she would miss them. But she saw the other little girl’s need for them, which outweighed her own desire to keep them. So she insisted the little girl take them.
Angelina called her Princess, even though the girl said she didn't live in a castle, but the ruins of a building next to where she sat. After sharing their hopes and dreams, the little girl said of Angelina's wish to sing for the world, "You will become the one you dream of and when your dreams come true, you have to remember the poor children without shoes; and I will pray for you Angelina.” Later that day, 6 y/o Angelina wrote in her diary, "The world is very strange. Right then and there, I felt as if a door in my heart opened up, and it was filled with lots of lights. It was as if there was, from Earth to Heaven, a staircase. I climbed the stairs. To be able to do something for another human - it was such a big thing…hard to describe really.”
From that point on, Angelina takes off her shoes, in honor of ‘Princess’ and all the other less fortunate children of the world, who are orphaned, hungry, or in want of even basic clothing. In 2015, at the age of 9, Angelina wrote a book about the encounter, as everyone continued to ask why she sang barefoot. Her grandmother, Mery Zamani, created the artwork for the book. So at 9, Angelina Jordan became the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina has performed alongside many other artists, raising attention and helping to raise over 21 million euros and millions of dollars for children in need.
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's incredible cover of this 1950s Jay Hawkins (displayed on the candle) classic. Angelina was actually 9 here & it was her own arrangement (even at this young age the band members affectionately referred to her as "The Boss"). Angelina Jordan from Norway is now 17 & has well over 180 covers & some original songs readily available on TH-cam. But - in order to better understand her musical roots, I highly recommend her Norway Got Talent audition singing Gloomy Sunday - at age 7. While you can't go wrong with any of her songs, another milestone was her AGT audition at age 13 singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Looking forward to more of your Angelina reactions. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
- Who is Angelina Jordan -
Angelina is a Norwegian born child prodigy in music. She's a singer/ songwriter who's arranged over 180 covers and 5 originals, all since the age of 7. Angelina began singing at 18 months old. At 2, she began teaching herself how to sing, focusing primarily on the jazz masters of decades gone by. These are artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James. She's also influenced by Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, and Adele, to name a few. She's also been said to be the girl of 1,000 voices. Yet even though we can hear the phrasing and style she puts in the songs, it's always Angelina that we hear.
At 7 years old, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent. She was the last to audition. The judges had no idea who she was or what she could do. They saw a diminutive mussy haired, barefooted girl with her teeth still growing in. For her audition, she performed "Gloomy Sunday" from Billie Holiday. On TV-2, they've reported over 14 million views of this performance. This does not take into account the many hundreds of reactors showing this audition to millions more.
Needless to say, Angelina went on to win the 2014 season of NGT shortly after her 8th birthday. The family was bombarded with requests for performances, interviews, and record label offers. They turned down 90% of the requests, as they insisted that Angelina should enjoy a normal childhood.
That didn't stop Angelina from performing at select engagements around the world, singing for Heads of State, and even Barack Obama. She's spent time and worked with musicians such as Quincy Jones and Alan Walker. She first appeared on American television, The View, at 8 years old.
Angelina auditioned for America's Got Talent The Champions at 13 years old. She made it just up to the final selection of the final 5 when she dropped from the competition. It wasn't that she wasn't good enough to be in the final 5, but it was because she refused to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music. She even turned down Disney.
At 14, Angelina signed with Republic Records. Republic gave her complete artistic control as well as control over the performances she would make. She turned 17 on January 10, 2023, and will graduate from high school after the spring semester. From then on, she will embark on her full-time professional career. She's been working closely with Republic on her first album under their label. It's likely that it will drop shortly after her graduation.
Angelina 9 yo. Look at her! She controls the entire recording. She has the power and ability to carry this out. The fact that she then has an outstanding fantastic voice and theatrical body language only makes everything even better. The musicians are also amazingly good. They give everything to complete this masterpiece! This little Norwegian girl reads the English lyrics while singing! She is from Norway and they speak Norwegian there. English is Angelina's 3rd language! Already at 5-6 years old, she understands exactly what is meant in the English lyrics! Incredible!
A genius at work. I am so happy for everything she gives me. / a Swedish Viking.
👍👍One thing I noticed recently about this performance. Watch her during the sax solo, her head is moving in rhythm to the sax licks. She feels every note.
Awesome reaction to 9 year and 2 month old, Angelina Jordan! Welcome to her World with almost 190 songs in her catalog and over 300 videos. She arranges all her songs and is all about Emotions rather than a bunch of gymnastics to sound pretty. She has other songs I say are Originals she didn't write, but was first to release or were specifically written for her voice. "Above The Water" and "A Song For A" were written for her voice at age 13. She did a Demo at age 10 and was leaked at age 12, before the Original was released by Baby Fuzz. If you listen to his version, you will see he used her arrangement, "I'm Still Holding Out For You". Give Baby Fuzz credit, it's beautiful lyrics. Lastly she was asked by Red One, a 2 time Grammy winner, Singer/Writer/Producer, to join him to perform the 2022 FIFA Awards Anthem Song, "We Are The Best" at The FIFA Awards Ceremony in Paris 23 February 2023. She is a treat, wanting to share her Pure Love to the World, God Bless!
Angelina was 9 years and 2 months young her in this video from original singer screaming Jay Hawkins from 1956 by the way,my year of birth! Now I‘m 66 years young and listening to music for 50 years and am a music expert! I have never heard such a unique voice! and seen such a humanity as Angelina!!! This song is a Masterpiece from young extremely talented child and talent marvel Angelina !!! Our barefoot 🦶 Princess 👸and Queen of Jazz🎷🎺🎶🎙👸She is for me the best singer artist vocalist ever in this new time and generation!!! She is not from this planet 🌎 She has all the greatest old Jazz and Soul singers in her Body and Voice and when Angelina sings everyone comes back to life!!! You won‘t find a talent marvel or prodigy child,girl,now beautiful young Lady like Angelina anywhere!!! She is so special, natural, unique, humble, humanity, emotional!!! AJ has the whole package! Young beautiful,unique,and extremely talented,an an Angel 😇 of Earth 🌍 with many past lives!!! She is that girl from another time and that girl with 1000 VoicesI lover❤her voice her humanity and charity!!!She was 17 years young on January 10.2023.! Great reaction 👍👍👋🏻Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️✌️🙏😇👍👋🏻🙋♂️Roger over and out.😊
Angelina won Norway's Got Talent when she was 8 yrs old after starting the competition at 7 yrs old. The youngest winner of any Got Talent show on the planet. She had to wait two years because you had to be 7 yrs old to enter. She started with a rendition of Billie Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday' which she just infused with Billie's soul. She followed this by another Billie classic with a pitch perfect rendition of 'I'm a Fool to Want You' acapella. Her next performance was a beautiful rendition of 'Bang, Bang' by Sonny & Cher and performed most famously by Nancy Sinatra. She won the competition with what I consider her first Masterpiece performance of 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Shortly after winning she was designated a National Treasure by the Norwegian people. ♥👣👸🏻
There is video of Angelina recorded by her mother Sarah Astar singing a couple of lines of "I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston when she was 18 months old. She started studying all the greats of Jazz soon after under the guidance of her Iranian Grandmother Mery Zamani a child prodigy in her own right as an artist and poet. English is Angelina's 3rd language behind Norwegian and Farsi along with Japanese and some German and perhaps more. She did this from 2 & 3 yrs old by scrolling thru TH-cam of all their most Iconic performance. Angelina doesn't just mimic these greats, she reinterprets them and then simply sings them the way they were meant to be sung. She makes them her own.
Angelina was begging her mother to go on "that Simon show" when she was 3 yrs old. encouraged to sing children songs, she would have none of that. Angelina chooses her own songs and she is absolutely fearless. No song is too big and no artist is too Iconic. All the most Iconic songs by the most Iconic singers in music history. Angelina has said singing to her is as important to her as breathing. ♥👣👸🏻
She will sing anything Acapella at any time and often does. Her Tic-Toc is full of these impromptu performances wherever she might be whether in the car, walking around the neighborhood or in a parking Garage. Accompanied by most often a simple guitar or piano her performances are always incredible. Add a band or even a full orchestra as in her performance for Quincy Jones at his request singing his arrangement of 'Fly Me to the Moon'. The same arrangement he did for Frank Sinatra. This opened for his 85th birthday celebration at the 02 Arena in London. ♥👣👸🏻
She is well known worldwide in the industry. Her family and Angelina have been holding back turning down many of the biggest in the industry while she finishes school. Remember she just turned 17 January 10th. They finally signed with Republic Records about three years ago after getting a deal that gave her control of her artistic vision and has since released 2 originals, 'Million Miles' & '7th Heaven' plus a soundtrack for the New Movie "The Hating Game" which opens with her song 'Mercy' performed most notably by Duffy. Republic has labeled her their Highest Priority and assigned a team to her including Rob Christy a multiple Grammy Winner, often on the piano in many of her performances and a whole team of equally qualified professionals. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the industry and always get exactly what she wants. They call her the Boss and have immense respect for her. She is due to release her 1st album promised by Angelin to be soon.
She has been diligently perfecting her craft since winning Norway's Got Talent singing all over the world, Germany, Japan, Korea as well as TV appearances such as The View, Little Big Shots and most notably America's Got Talent where she premiered her Iconic Performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which Queen gave her the rights to record her own version available on ITunes and Spotify included on her Album 'Magic' which she released on her own along with a Christmas Song collection. She didn't win AGT because she would not sign with Simon. IMO. She has also sung for Many Heads of State including Barack Obama and a couple of songs opening for Norah Jones in Korea. She also sang at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8 yrs old for Malala and another recipient. Mostly she has sung for charities helping raise millions for children charities and climate change. The great part is that most of it has been well documented often by herself and her family. Her Grandmother who introduced her to Jazz at 3 & 4 yrs old is behind the camera more than anyone else. Norway proclaimed her a National Treasure shortly after she won NGT. Love the reactions. Get ready for a deep dive. She is worth it! Love from the Land of Vikings here in mid-Minnesota USA wherein lies a huge proud Norwegian population. ♥👣👸🏻
She really got a hold of her voice at 10. There's several recordings where she has perfect pitch and expert placement in a timbre of a 30 y.o. singer.
Her rooftop version of Everytime We Say Goodbye stands right next to Ella's.
Not kidding 😮
The greatest performance ever. By a 9 year old?
Barely 9 and does her own arrangements. Pure musical genius.
She has just gotten better. A few suggestions.
1. All 4 performances on Norway's Got Talent at 7 and 8. In order.
Gloomy Sunday, I'm a Fool to Want You, Bang Bang, Summertime.
She won with 46% of the votes for the 10 finalists.
2. Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent 2020 at 13.
3. 3 of her 7-9 Adele covers.
Someone Like You at 13, All I Ask at 14, Easy on Me at 15.
She has 200+ YT videos spanning 10 years and many, or most, are just as shockingly good. Many are baffling. The variety is also astounding. Some of the best are live TV performances because of the fine audio. They are all right here in the YT search box for new listeners. Some fans have put together lists of the best recordings of her songs. All good.
WARNING!! Angelina will cats and ADDICTIVE spell on any listener.
Humans around the planet, I give you Ms Angelina Jordan.
Ah YES! The Future Queen of Music! You wont be disappointed. And if you like this one you have 170+ more songs to choose for your viewing and hearing pleasure. But it gets better she only 17yo currently, and her first single should drop this month of April following with her full debut album later this year!
Check out Diamonds are forever. She was 11 her outside concert venue
@@I_scribbles that is the song i always recommend people listen to. she does such an amazing job in that video !!!
@@I_scribbles video link for it: th-cam.com/video/9RGZRg9YH3k/w-d-xo.html
@robert nolastname i listen to that song at least 3x in a row before i move on to a different song.
nice reaction!!! Angelina is making wonderful music now. She was so amazing as a young girl and it has been really nice to follow her over the years as she has grown. You seem to like powerful female artists. there is a trio of 3 sisters called The Warning who you can see from again a very young age to the present. They are a spectacular rock band which did a US, Canada, Mexico (where they are from) tour. They are about to head to Europe for a tour.
She had already WON Norways Got Talent when she was seven. You really need to check out her performances there.
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She's phenomenal
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It's 4/7/23 and this is STILL the greatest thing I've ever seen. 🤯
Her own arrangement. Angelina has said singing is a natural to her as breathing. when performing for any public viewing she always takes her music very seriously.
I’am sure she stated arranging at eight. When recorded she was two months into her ninth year.
Angelina Jordan Astar was first recorded singing at eighteen months of age. At two going on three she is obsessed with with listening to Jazz and Blues for hours each day on TH-cam. At three she tells her Mother she wants to sing on that Simon show. At four she enters school. At five she is speaking three languages and studying music theory.
Consider the above as you are setting in your chair.
Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan! You have no idea what you've just come across. She's 9 years and 2 months old here and did the arrangement of this version of the song. The band members have called her "the boss" since she was 8. She entered Norway's Got Talent at 7 and won it just after turning 8. Here's the link to her first performance singing Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holliday (her idol) th-cam.com/video/d3gSho9yf88/w-d-xo.html
4:45 Now that's how I imagine a perfect third! 😄
With Angelina Jordan you can begin your journey one of two ways the first is to see where the talent came from, ages 6 , 7 and 8 in Norway. Or you could try to see where she's at right now, she writes music as well as arrange the songs she sings.😮 Pick and choose which rabbit-hole you are going in. 😊
Welcome to the wonderment of Angelina Jordan. I have listened to her daily, almost religiously. She is a true blessing to the world, on many levels.
As we all were, Stunned. Great reaction.
Fun reaction. You have great facial expressions. I look forward to more AJ from you.
No better female singer exists today !!!
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - Her nationality is Norwegian but is fluent in English even at this age - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and communicates to them what she wants to do. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: th-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/w-d-xo.html
9 years and 2 months. Arranged it herself. She is music.
What you heard was the voice Angelina chose to deliver this old school blues rendition that she arranged herself. As you’ve read, she’s 9 here, and already sings better than any child you’ve ever heard. She’s known as the Girl with a Thousand Voices because she covers so many genres as authentically and beautifully as you heard today. You wonder what her voice is like now? It’s mesmerizing. Angelina is a once in a lifetime gift for anyone who listens to music. I listen to Angelina everyday, and I never thought I’d feel that way about any singer-not even close. She is just a staggering talent.
That moniker, “girl of thousand voices”, suggests that she is a mimic of other singers of different genres. She is well beyond that. She makes almost all her covers her own - very often even better than the original artist. But she isn’t a mimic, or impersonator.
@@jeffstumpf9129 I disagree, "Girl of 1000 Voices" doesn't mean she mimics others voices, it means with all her vocal tools she can create a unique sound or voice that she thinks best fits a song. Sometimes she sounds similar to the original singer, but other times she uses a totally different voice from the original singer, it's whatever she thinks is best for the song.. The point is, she can sound however she wants in a 1000 different ways.
@@keithserafy Exactly.
Angelina is an old soul without a doubt, (feeling good) with 10 years is incredible and (suspicious minds) with 17 you will love it, thanks sdos 🇦🇷 Argentina.
What a great first reaction to Angie, thank you. She is a one stop artist if u love music, indulge in some of the suggestions below. She has already done many great things at such a tender young age, despite having some normality in being a school kid. About to become way more visible as school finishes this summer, strap in!!
"Welcome to the Wonderful World of Angelina Jordan!" The immediate reaction anyone has to Angelina is, "stunned silence!"! Rachel (did I spell it right?), you were interested in seeing how her voice has changed through the years so I have a good idea for you consider. She sang 'My Funny Valentine' at 10 years old sitting in a chair at home. Then she sang it again at 16 years old in a well produced video. If you splice the two video's together and show them to us on one video, you and your audience will absolutely love both versions. And, of course, there is a dramatic change in her voice. But, Rachel, just to give you an idea of how good both versions are, unofficially it's about 50-50 on which one her fans (her 'angels') enjoy watching more. Personally, I'm with the 10 year old gang! If you decide to join all of us around the world on her journey your experience will be something so wonderful you will understand when you read all of our comments the affect she has on people who listen to her and also find out what a wonderful human being she is, as well.
The best version ever of the song and the best song ever in history by a 9 year old.
Angelina is already a legend. World class mega talented superstar, and no one is better. Enjoy the ride, and best wishes to you.
As others have mentioned, she was just a bit past her ninth birthday when she recorded this. "You're an old soul who has lived many lives.", "You ARE music!", "You were born to sing." "In front of us people, we have a star." Those are the comments of the judges (assuming the subtitle translation is correct) when, at SEVEN years old, Angelina auditioned for Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday's version of "Gloomy Sunday." She went on to win the competition after her eighth birthday. That win came about a year before the video you just reacted to.
Angelina turned 17 in January. This was her own arrangement! She had an amazing voice at 18 months old, she is incredible!
It’s just doesn’t get much better than this. You should listen some songs from her concerts she performed June/July, 2022, in Norway. Her live performances will blow you away.
Oh boy, you are going to be bombarded by her fans called Angels that will fill you in on this music prodigy with an old soul from Norway. She's basically been a star since she was 7 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Her early influences are Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Etta James to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. In 2014, she entered and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, " Wow, what a rendition!" Not only that, but she received the copyrights for her version of this song from Queen, which makes it hers now. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity.
Now 17 years old, living in Los Angeles, and is signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records have agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. She has a new album of original music which will be coming out this year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience.
Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to be a superstar, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Welcome to the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole, it's an amazing journey into the worlds best singer.
Of all the covers I have heard of this song by all the famous artists, this is the closest to Jay's original and IMO, the best. AJ replaces Jay's theatrics with intense emotion that better reflects the message and likely the original intent Jay had for the song before the drunken buffoonery of that first recording session where he defined the shock rock genre. He became famous for that recording so I mean no disrespect, it too is brilliant, both performances have a place in history.
thanks for sharing
Loved your reaction to Angelina. She is an amazing artist to observe and study because she does bring something different to the table. A sound that the younger generation lack from the past brought back to life mixed with newer sounds for the future. Check out her latest video of " Suspicious Minds " Elvis Presley or " I have Nothing " Whitney Houston " at age 16. Both songs are done studio version and live.
The music industry is close to being blown up. When Angelina hits the world wide stage, there wont be another singer that will come close to being in her shadow. I have watched almost every video of her covering many many well known songs we thought we knew, but are in fact hearing them for the first time, the way she takes them and makes them brand new. Be careful. You will end up becoming an Angelinaholic like I am, not that it's a bad thing.
Thank you for discovering Angelina, I hope you will do many more reactions to her, as she is well worth every nanosecond you spend on her. I have watched and listened to her in awe since she released her first video on TH-cam, and what has been evident to me from the start is that she sings with total conviction, despite the fact that she is far too young to have experienced the events suggested in the lyrics of the song she has chosen to sing. But it is not only that, for strange as it may seem is the even more remarkable fact that she can convey the appropriate emotions within those lyrics to her listener.
Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote and performed the song in 1956 (50 years before Angelina was born). She based her arrangement on his original performance, although she discarded all the theatrics and allowed her voice and body language to tell the story. The song has been covered by many singers over the years, but to my knowledge, Angelina is the only one who has sung in the same style as the original.
There are many things I found particularly worthy of note in this video. Some I recognised immediately and those I missed were brought to my attention by the more observant Angelina fans (her Angels) and I thank them for letting me know what I had missed. Another Angelina "Angel" has pointed out something else which I had missed, and it is added at (l) below,
(a) Angelina finishing writing last minute changes she wanted and handing them to the Music Director, who smiled.
(b) A brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, Angelina's maternal grandmother, a well known and respected Iranian Artist and poet who was also a child prodigy. She was the person who recognised Angelina's talent at an early age and exposed her to all the old time jazz singers.
(c) The candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins on it.
(d) The smile on the face of the Bass player.
(e) How she rose on to her toes on the last occasion she sang "...because you're mine"
(f) The fact she occasionally refers to her written notes on the music stand. Possibly to remind herself of the last minute changes she wanted.
(g) Her unwavering passion throughout the performance. Evidenced by her facial expressions and the way she uses her hands and body to emphasise the direction of the song.
(h) The way she takes a breath just before she starts the last phrase (I don't care.....) and that breath lasts the whole of that sustained note. A child of that age should not have the ability to hold a note for that length of time.
(i) At the end, when she sings I Doooont Caaaaare, she employs TWO separate and distinct vibratos to the word care, a wide one to start the word and a tighter one to close the word
(j) The instant transformation from "performance" mode to that of a pensive child, possibly wondering whether she could have done better. I comment on the "pensive" child because Angelina has an incredible work ethic and seeks to perform every song in a way she considers will bring out all the emotions within the lyrics and melody.
(k) Perhaps the most remarkable is that despite her tender years, she sings with such total conviction that her authenticity is never in doubt. It is easy to believe that she has experienced the events described in the lyrics. It is not only her voice that is mesmerising, it is also her facial expressions, and the way she uses her hands and body. Her stage presence is electrifying.
(l) The performance absolutely is powerful and raw but to me, I am amazed that this is balanced by the profound beauty of the ending phrase; the last twelve words of the song. AND… they are essentially sung a cappella!
Angelina has been referred to as the "Queen of Jazz", "The Barefoot Princess", "The girl with a thousand voices". All of them are true, but I prefer the nickname I gave her after listening to about six of her performances. For me, she is "The Chameleon of Song", for as a chameleon is able to change its colour to match its surroundings, so Angelina is able to change the "colour" of her voice to accurately match the needs of the song to reveal the emotions within the lyrics and melody. Even more remarkable is her innate ability to communicate those same emotions to her listeners.
Angelina is the best thing that has happened to this world in ten centuries, enjoy her brilliance.
I subscribed because I always subscribe to good Angelina Jordan reactors and also because you acknowledged "Power to the Woman!"...I'm all in😊♥️👣
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Here is a link to a concert at Kongsberg/Norway, AJ is 16 and national TV did a documentation on her. First a little interview so you hear her speaking, then 2 original songs of her in a way she had never done before: th-cam.com/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/w-d-xo.html
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Angie’s future is now. Love that girl. Thanks for the reaction. New sub, just because of Angie. ❤
Thank you so much for for reaction to Angelina and for all the other great reactions on your channel. Have a lovely day!
Rachel, if you want to see her power now, I would suggest her singing Elvis, Suspicious Minds, but definitely go back to younger songs then. She will amaze you. Take care and enjoy the journey.
Love ur reaction next I recommend America got talent show she was 13 she is doing a cover of bohemian rhapsody thank you
Excellent reaction.
Millions love her music 🎶 ,enjoyed your reaction
You mentioned something in your comments that was a bullseye for Angelina. You said she was "all in" for this performance. No doubt about it. Fully committed and completely confident in what she wants to convey. You'll find this to be the case over and over and over with her. She also happens to be talented beyond description...
I sure hope to see you checking out more of her stuff! There is a HUGE array to pick from!
Gorgeous❤❤❤
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice.
She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
Love that you know the original of the song... so cool... the arrangement... she is 9 years old... the confidence... the soulful way of singing... the breath control... the vibrato... everything is on point ❤️ Just insane 😳🔥
✒️...this was a nice reaction, very refreshing 😂...hope you will follow our angel on her way to the best female singer of all time!
Greatings from Berlin😉
As others have suggested go check out her performances on Norway's Got Talent when
she had be no other than 7-8 years old.. It will blow your mind..!!!!
Loved your reaction!!❤
Omg ❤ you have a lot to do if you follow everthing Angelina has done. She did a Great perfomens in Norway when she sing I have nothing. (allsang pa gransen) ❤
Welcome to the 🌍 of Angelina the princess of jazz music 🎷 who does not wear shoes 🦶🦶 during her performance and for a very good reason... Enjoy 👑 🗣🎙
Angelina is gem😍 Another Norwegian female singers to Take a look at is Aurora( Runaway) and Sigrid(Dynamite)
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Everytime I see someone reacting to 8-year old Angelina Jordan singing this song I have a huge smile on my face. 😁It's just unbelivable to hear such mature, strong and low voice coming up from such a small body! 😂Great reaction! 😃
Whoa, she’s so tiny but what an awesome voice!
Yes and she is 17 yo now and tops out at 6ft tall. Her voice even bigger now, one of the best!
@@I_scribbles yeah, one of the best singers of the genre she sings, but there’s Floor Jansen or Simone Simmons who are better singers!
@@DarrellW_UK okay and in 20 yrs when AJ gets older than we can compare
@@I_scribbles there’s no such thing as ‘the best singer’ it changes all of the time so why compare?
I only pointed out those two because of their class and versatility - Angelina sings one style, an outdated one but that doesn’t stop her being the best in what she does!!!
@Darrell W Aj sings many styles. The only thing i have not heard her sing is opera. Jazz is what she started with and is her comfy home but AJ can sing anything. But if you like banshee screaming, that's different. Like I said when AJ is as old as Floor Jansen we will she whats she is like after her voice fully matures at about 26 years of age. Ever heard of Eivør?
Great job reacting! I’m always so glad when younger generations discover Angelina Jordan. She will be the dominate the music industry for most your life.
YES! AJ is having a ton of fun with this performance. That often gets overlooked.
Angelina Jordan is now 17 years old. A few days ago she sang in Paris at the ceremony - FIFA Football Awards 2022. This song composed by RedOne is attempting to be an anthem for FIFA, the worldwide organization representing the largest and most popular sport in the worlds. A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice did it brilliantly. This must be seen.
Here at age 17 last month, she sang at the FIFA awards show in Paris. There is a wonderful amount of videos you can watch from as young as 6 yrs old on up. She is a one of a kind talent, but beautiful inside as well as out.
Hey Rey, I think you're a natural in from of the camera! Welcome to Angelina's world! It is quite normal to get shocked by this performance, the talent AJ has goes so deep and far that it is hard to take in.
I think Angelina is the singer's singer. By that I mean that she employs so many different techniques, dynamics and ornaments in her performances that you would need to know a bit about singing to appreciate it. Angelina always does it so tasteful too, never overcooked. As you hear more of her you'll find that she adapts her style to the message and style of each song she does. From the top of my head, she's done Jazz (she's the QUEEN of jazz!), blues, soul, country, folk, RDM, pop, rhytm'n'blues, and even a smidge of rap.
Hi Rayactions!!! Thanks for your great reaction and here are two more amazing songs Angelina did !!! The first is her 2022 rendition of " My Funny Valentine" and the second is "Above the water" These are some of my favorite Angelina songs. Oh and a bonus is a song she wrote and arranged called "Shield" have fun bro. Ray
Your going to freak out on how good she really is she can sing anyone. I would try , her version of, I rather go blind by Etta James. God bless
That was the same year she became Norway's youngest published author, right?