That guy... as you mentioned was the original artist of this song 👍 Insane performance by a 9 year old... blows my mind every time I listen to that performance ❤️
Hi Kent. Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@kentovewagenes1141 If we only had the full version of the song, it would have been awesome! Oh well, at least she got exposure from her appearance on the show....
Here is a great example of how Angelina sounded in the Summer of 2022 at age 16 performing live - this video is part of a documentary about the 2022 Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway - There is a short interview of Angelina in the beginning followed by her performing two of her original songs live in concert: ruclips.net/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/видео.html
Hi Robert! Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 I saw it - Fantastic! Also, I am thinking there may be another song as the initial photo that was revealed showed a contestant walking in front of Angelina wearing a wedding dress - maybe Angelina sings another song while the contestants walk by modeling wedding dresses?
@@robertsilva631 I hope so! You can't go wrong with 2 songs from her! Hopefully there will be a full screen version of this soon. Probably have to wait a little bit longer for the people at GNTM to post it on their RUclips page!
💗💗💗her grandma Mery Zemani is an artist (poet and painter) and music lover who introduced Angelina to Jazz at a very early age... Angelina loved singing since she was one and a half (Whitney Houston), but she was obsessed with the jazz greats Mery introduced her to, like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald or Etta James... as soon as she was able and allowed to do so she started surfing youtube and searching for artists for hours, and practice singing for hours. She's mainly self taught, her teachers were wise enough to not mess with her natural talent, just showed her how to avoid damaging her instrument... Peace and love from Bavaria!
I just LOVE your reaction videos! The element of surprise on your face is so authentic and magical to watch! Can not wait for your reaction to her Elvis cover, Suspicious Minds.....Just push Play....Don't talk just soak in her Tone...(it may even get you misty eyed) :) Keep on 3....2....1...BOOM Blessings to you and yours!!!
The new Queen of Jazz, at your service. ;) Fact. The Album "Magic" she recorded at the age of 11, is currently holding 11th place on the top 100 Jazz Album charts... And I suspect it may rise over the coming years. She has a number of stunners on that album. :)
Great reaction! Angelina is mostly self taught. Her family has no other musically inclined people that we know of. Her grandmother Mery often played jazz and blues music in the house when Angelina was little, and she just fell in love with music at an early age. Looking forward to more Angelina with you.
Angelina is just a natural born singing talent, (Angelina a short history ); Angelina has been singing since she was 1.5 years old (18 months started singing a Whitney Huston song , video on You Tube of this, here is the linkruclips.net/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/видео.html , at point 1:55 on this video is her at 1.5 years old singing , no 18 month child is trained to do this )
When Angelina was 5 years of age she attended her schools after class music program in Oslo where they did not try to influence her voice but taught her how to care for it as well as teaching her music theory. Even up to this day A.J. is always experimenting with her voice she is always trying out various vocal gymnastics in her tiktok short vids that she drops regularly. When you jump into Angelina"s library of music it is like being sucked down into a whirlpool, scary but exciting at the same time. Enjoyed your reaction thx.
@@paulwagner9303 Paul that was how I felt after watching several of her videos on youtube, it was like your first roller coaster ride as a child and since then I sit with my coffee most mornings and scour the internet for trade publication articles and lesser known recordings from A.J. I am a newby I guess compared to a lot of her fans as I first heard her perform just shorly before her appearance on AGT. It is like a treasure hunt every day.
Hello from Norway. Good reaction, today I give you a sub. I want to follow you on this journey. It will be fun! No, Angelina Jordan do not have a family in the music industry. She is just born to sing.
Great reaction and new sub. Her Grandma introduced her to Jazz. She had very little training. She is a natural and practices hours every day. This is the greatest performance ever. Barely 9 and does her own arrangements. You would like her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent Champions 2020 at 13 years old. So good Queen gave her the copy rights to her version. Then all 4 performances on Norway's Got Talent 2014 at 7 and 8. She won. Gloomy Sunday, I'm a Fool to Want you, Bang Bang and Summertime.
Excellent, enthusiastic reaction, John. There is so much more for you to experience from Angelina's extensive music online. There is a short video of her singing a snippet of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" when she was One and one-half years old and she is mostly self-taught listening to her Grandma's old jazz records and online. Her fan base will fill you in. ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html. "Feeling Good" at 10 yrs old is my favorite.
I bet your daughter sound like this😁 Nobody's daughter sounds like this apart from Angelina. Many reactors to this song mention how cute she is and then that hear that come out of her
Angelina was 9 years old in this. She is 17 today. You see her making last minute changes to the arrangement at the start. The man was reviewing them when he chuckled. She was in charge. The original was by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins in 1956. That's his picture on the candle she is holding. Ok, we now know what your next Angelina reaction will be.🤣
chris The man (music director????) chuckled because Angelina had titled the last minutes changes as "my wishes". He has said that he thought this was so precious.
@@103mrg Does anyone in the studio or the family still have that piece of paper? I bet that is going to be worth framing as a gem of this our angelic superstar.
Another spell was cast by 9yo Angelina. Let’s analyze the video: 1st you see how small and cute she is. 2nd you see she is barefoot (story below) 3rd You see her making her “Wish List” of suggested changes to the song. 4th the band leader taking note of the changes. 5th Angelina is holding a candle with “Screemin’ Jay Hawkin’s (original artist 1956) picture on it. 6th the old soul in her voice. She is the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina wrote and her Grandmother illustrated a book about why she sings barefoot. She was on a trip to Iran where her grandmother is from and met a street girl weighing people for money. Angelina sat and talked with the girl. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, a doctor but that it could never happen. Angelina told her to never give up hope. The girl complimented Angelina on her shoes and Angelina noticed her scarred bare feet so she gave them to her, and the little girl told Angelina she would pray for her every day. Angelina sings barefoot to this day to remind herself (and the world) that there are still children in need. All book proceeds go to charity.
Angelina was near her 9th birthday when she created this arrangement for the 1956 Screamin Jay Hawkins classic and then took control of the studio and musicians to deliver a powerful, sassy performance. Angelina taught herself to sing and arrange songs. She is a prodigy with a skill set unlike any other that I know of. For Angelina, it is all about telling the story of the song and conveying the emotion. Angelina is easily my all time favorite musical artist.
Hi Andy! Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
This young artist is a once in a generation talent. I’m envious that you get to experience so many amazing performances for the first time. I’m in for the journey. This is going to be fun.
Nice reaction! Honestly, No one in Angelina's family are singers or musicians. Only her grandma Mery is a famous painter and poet. Angelina is mostly self taught. She did attend a school for arts and music, however, she only stayed for a short time due to disagreements on how they were training her. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music all of the time in their home. She would use her mom's iPad and pull up RUclips to listen to jazz legends such as Billie Holiday (her major influence), Louis Armstrong, and Dinah Washington to name a few. She would also go to a record store to play and listen to old jazz records. There was an interview in which the record store owner said she was amazed that such a little girl was so interested in old jazz music...
@@GG_AJfan Don’t know if there was any dispute at school. She entered at four and is seen in school programs recorded by grandma. She at six and seven was recording in school sound booth. Recorded Rolling In The Deep, Hurt, Sky Fall, and I Who Have Nothing. Believe she moved to the Middle East at six and returned around seven. Also note that at school she was taking Piano,violin and flute along with studying music theory at five and six. Don’t think there was any school problem. Just an extremely busy girl.
I had never heard before that Angelina only spent a short time at the school for arts and music, that there was a disagreement with the school on how they were training her. Are you able to post a source for this information, please? My understanding is that she enrolled in the after school arts and music programme at the age of four and that it was part of the Waldorf School she attended. If I am correct, it means she was there at least until the age of seven. As to lessons for her voice, I was under the impression that these were given post her performance of "I put a spell on you" at age 9 and that the sole purpose of the lessons was to show her ways to sing which would not damage her vocal cords. I have no sources for my views other than the many comments over the years on these matters
@@GG_AJfan To try to be more specific, she attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received vocal training and piano lessons. In addition to singing and playing the piano, she leaned to play violin, guitar and flute, and painting. I should have said singing program, not school. That's my bad. As for the disagreement, I can't remember the exact interview I heard this from, but it was mentioned that the family pulled Angelina from the singing program, not the school, because the vocal coaches were trying to change the way she was singing which would have changed the uniqueness of her singing voice. It may have been one of the episodes of Wrapped In A Warm Blanket I heard this, but not one hundred percent sure. Still, I do know this was mentioned and it was one of those bits of information that kind of stuck with me. I 'm reaching out to Alan and Pontus if they have heard of this.....
@@alberttenfoot Hi Albert. Sorry, I meant to say the singing program, not the school. I'm racking my brain right now in trying to remember where I actually heard this. Again, from what I can remember, she was receiving vocal lessons to sing without hurting her voice, but the family pulled her from the singing lessons due to some issue in which they thought it would change singing voice uniqueness. I just got an e-mail from Pontus. He has heard the same thing, but he doesn't remember the exact source. We're waiting for Alan to respond to see if he remembers. Sorry Albert, sometimes when we accumulate so much information about Angelina, remembering the sources gets a bit vague.....
- 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.
when she was six years old, Angelina met a homeless, shoeless girl. After they talked for a long time, she gave the girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them. Since that time, Angelina has always performed barefoot in public, she has also worked to raise millions of dollars on behalf of environmental causes and children's charities around the world. I read that her passion for music began at just one-and-a-half years of age when Angelina first saw Whitney Houston on RUclips performing I Will Always Love You and Billie Holiday became a favourite of hers too. She started imitating these singers and that is how her parents discovered her talent. I don't think either of her parents are musicians, certainly not professionally.
Angelina did the arrangement of this masterpiece. The band called her “The Boss”! You see her writing notes at the beginning? Those are changes she wanted the piano player to make. The candle shows her homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins, the original artist who performed this song. She took his version and made it her own.
As you probably know, Hocus Pocus was released in 1993, some 33 years after Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote and performed this song. Just thought I'd give you a gentle reminder. 🙂 Thank you for featuring Angelina a second time, 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 RUclips, 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.
Albert, I love your list! It’s awesome to see more and more reviews of Angelina’s singing! And I am thrilled about her new original song, Love Don’t Let Me Go! It’s got a lot of fun and joy and thoughtfulness about life all mixed in it.
She could sing jazz at age 7. She won Norway's Got Talent competing with adults at age 7 ! If you want to be blown clean out of your socks check out all of her performances in NGT. Phenomenal!
@@103mrg Just had turned eight… or won at seven but the show was released to the public when she had just turned eight. I can’t remember which way it was.
@@103mrg It is absolutely correct that Angelina won the NGT at 7 years old. FYI: AGT, NGT, etc. are worldwide franchises operating under the same rules. At the end of your participation in XGT, you receive a certificate which reflects the day you entered the contest. When Angelina, the Barefoot Angel, said in AGT that she was 7-year-old when she won the NGT, she was absolutely correct based on her certificate.
At the beginning you see she did the change ups and gave it to the guy. It was Screaming Jay Hawkins on the candle. His version was in the 50's really worth a listen. To see where hers came from. Fly me to the moon, Summertime, Gloomy Sunday, It's a man's world. Her Gramma had awesome taste in Music. It is so Awesome she has brought these classics back as only she can. Wonderful musical Journey to her 17 year old self now. Cheers
There's a short documentary on RUclips it's called Born to Sing the Angelina Jordan story the early years. It's got a ton of information about Angelina. WELL WORTH WATCHING !!! Your going to find out just how special she is...
Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman. Angelina started singing around 18 months of age, after listening to Whitney Houston on RUclips. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran. Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where starting around age 4, she had training in music but no vocal training. Her teachers were smart enough to not attempt to change what she was doing vocally. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage. *Why Angelina always performs barefoot* At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true. Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. Angelina, at age 6 and 7, did record a few songs in a recording studio at her school, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 6 year old. At age 7, Angelina’s audition on Norway’s Got Talent, was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried. Angelina had turned 8 years old for her next performance on NGT, covering Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience. In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them. In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists. Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on RUclips went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old. In December 2014, Angelina realized a life-long desire to sing at the Save the Children's Peace Prize Celebration which is part of the Noble Peace Prize celebration. Angelina’s family took her to United States, Brazil, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea, Singapore among other corners of Earth, to perform for heads of state and to help raise money for charity. All before Angelina turned 14. A 9 years and 2 months old, Angelina recorded a music video covering the 1956 Jay Hawkin’s classic, “I Put a Spell On You”. The video begins by showing Angelina writing her “wishes” for how she wants to perform the song. Angelina has always created her own arrangements for her cover songs. At age 10 and just a week before her 11th birthday, Angelina recorded a demo of “I’m Still Holding Out for You”. Her family never pursued having that recording officially released but someone leaked it on a RUclips video. Thankfully, everyone involved with that song is now ok with the leaked version. Many angels (fans) believe this is one of Angelina’s best performances. When Angelina was 11, she performed a number of concerts in Norway with a jazz/rock band. Those concerts included up to 14 songs, each remarkably performed. Angelina seems to be at her best when on stage, never nervous, only 100% confident. On June 27, 2018, at age 12, Jordan performed “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. She has said that was the high point of her young career which was already in it’s 6th year. During 2018, Angelina lost her paternal grandfather, her friend Avicii and one of her idols, Aretha Franklin. She did a moving tribute for each. In 2019, Angelina accepted an invitation to compete in the 2nd season of America’s Got Talent (AGT), The Champions. She had, since age 3, wanted to perform for Simon Cowell and she earned his praise with her genius arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The surviving members of Queen loved it so much they put a link to it on their Twitter. Angelina was eliminated after covering Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Angelina’s family refused to sign any agreement with AGT. Angelina, before age 14, had covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, spanning at least 8 genres, all of which are available on RUclips. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On RUclips, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as Rusty Shackleford has put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video. The pandemic hit shortly after her performances on AGT and likely caused a change of plans by her family, most notably her Uncle Michael who is her manager. Her family agreed to a contract with Republic Records in August 2020. Republic Records declared Angelina Jordan their highest priority new artist. Reportedly her family requested Republic to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore have yet to fully promote her. In November 2020, Angelina released “Million Miles” which she wrote after the passing of her beloved maternal grandfather. She dedicated the song to anyone who has ever lost a loved one. Angelina had previously released, 3 other original songs: “What is Life”, “Oslo” and “Shield” In April 2021, her original “7th Heaven” was released. A jazzy, danceable, inspiring song. Angelina has posted numerous short performances on Tik Tok and Instagram. Angelina has concerts scheduled in Norway in July 2022. Personally, Angelina as a great human being and her music came into my life when I needed it most. Her music has improved the quality of my life more than I can express. I now introduce her to as many people as I can, with the hope her music will do the same for others. We know once her family believes the time is right and allows Republic Records to fully promote her, she will become the superstar she has always dreamt and believed she would be. I encourage others to use this biography to help educate others about the love, empathy, magic and beauty that is Angelina Jordan Astar and her unique music.
My thoughts on this performance. I love this performance so much. 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 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 - ruclips.net/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/видео.html "Million Miles" - 14 years old -ruclips.net/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/видео.html "Shield" - 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/видео.html "Oslo" original song 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/uxF-KiiSVoA/видео.html "What is Life" - 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/видео.html Favorites from her early years "Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - ruclips.net/video/443pBSpx5B4/видео.html "I Put a Spell on You" - 9 years old - ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html "Feeling Good" - 10 years old - ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - ruclips.net/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/видео.html "Cry me a River" - 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/видео.html "Lovin You" 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/qrwuJVs_nJs/видео.html "This is a Man's World" - 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/видео.html "Fly me to the Moon" 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/видео.html "Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - ruclips.net/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/видео.html "Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - ruclips.net/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/видео.html More recent performances "All I Ask", 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/8gJuprckBxI/видео.html "Easy on Me" - 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html "Mercy" - 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/7Mthm-9jECM/видео.html "My Funny Valentine" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/видео.html "Suspicious Minds" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/RTbKhkceR00/видео.html "I Have Nothing" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/bELcgA4S7mM/видео.html "Killing Me Softly - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/haAhsQwICY0/видео.html
There is a video of her singing a couple lines from Whitney at 1-1/2. There is her first studio recording at 6. She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at 7 .. at 8 she won. So .. this is a year after she won NGT.
Angelina started by auditioning for Norways Got Talent, when she was 7, she was known as a jazz singer, sang Billie Holiday covers, Nancy Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. She’d had a birthday part way through and was 8 when it ended. It is a good place to start to understand just how gifted she was at an early age.
A couple of years back, this reaction would have brought you thousands of "Likes" and dozens of subs, believe me. But now as her first new single under Republic Records has been dropped 3 days ago, "Angels" (Her fans) are more focused on reacting to the new song "Love don't let me go". Otherwise, Angelina has thousands of very faithful and enthusiastic fans. Good reaction by the way. You've got a lot to catch up with.
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: ruclips.net/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/видео.html
This just in - Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@CarlD70 No problem! Now it looks like other sites are posting the performance too! I really can't wait for the official post of this performance by Germany's Next Top Model RUclips page. It will be full screen!
Home video has her singing Whitney Houston at a year and a half and RUclips has videos of her, at age 6, in her school's recording studio where she also got vocal training. Her musical influence is her artist Grandmother's jazz record collection. She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at age seven and won after just turning 8. She was raised to only perform when school was out and she only did charity work even though the NGT win got her lots of big money offers. She has performed for Obama and the Nobel Prize Committee and for Royalty. She always performs barefoot until all children in the world have shoes and she has raised millions for that cause. She is the youngest published aurthor in her home country, Norway. Her performances are chosen and arranged by her and are one take. She was a finalist on America's Got Talent and did a unique cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody that was so good, Queen gave her the rights. She performed at Quincy Jones B'day at London't O2 Arena and he said she is the greatest talent since Michael Jackson. When she does covers, and she has done many, she always honors the original artist but gives the Angelina extra. Her grandmother produces her videos, her uncle Michael is her manager, the piano player is her producer at Republic Records where she has complete artistic control. She is a prodigy, along the lines of Mozart, but singing and arranging. Her voice is still developing.
John , you are obviously a very insightful reactor. By all means do her rendition of Fly Me To The Moon. She has many covers of this song, but I think you will enjoy the one that you saw in the thumbnail the most.
Angelina Jordan started at 18 months of age Won Norways Got Talent at 8 Has multiple Languages and Instruments she can play. She's known as the Boss The Gal of a Thousand Voices Go deep into the Rabbit hole She'll Blow your mind EVERYTIME ❤
Naturally gifted. She took some music classes very early on but no voice lessons. They knew enough to not mess with her natural abilities. She's in charge of her music. She selects her covers and does her own arrangements. Her musical foundation is jazz and blues. At 9 years old here she had been singing for 7 1/2 years and in the studio for at least 4 years. She begged her mom to let her compete in Norway's Got Talent when she was 7. She sang jazz and blues in her 3rd language, English and won with a judge stating "You ARE music". Now she's 17 and just released a new original single that been #1 on the Spotify Retro Pop Chart for 4 days.
There's a ton to discover about this young phenom John, most of it will be in the many comments. I hope you read them. One thing you said in your reaction stood out to me, that was how she wasn't holding back. That is spot on. One of the underrated aspects of Angelina's talent is her total lack of hold-back, nervousness, self-consciousness, worry about being judged, none of that normal stuff most of us have that prevents us from being our best is present in this girl. She is a quiet humble girl while being extremely self confident in her musical abilities. She was already a seasoned pro by this time. She had part or all in the arranging of this performance. 👍👍
- 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 6 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" in the style of 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. Some attribute this to her refusal to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music. 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.Comments are turned off on Angelina Jordan singing "Gloomy Sunday."- 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 was dropped from the competition. There's still some controversy about her not advancing in the competition with some attributing it to her refusal to sign with an AGT affiliated label. 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 Records on her first album under their label. She released one track on 5 May 2023 as a video.
Angelina is a musical prodigy genius. She is the only member of her family who performs. Her grandmother appreciates classic jazz music and introduced Angelina to recordings at an early age, but she is mostly self-taught. There is home video of Angelina singing on pitch to a Whitney Houston song at 18 months old.
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of another masterful performance by Angelina - this time in her cover of the Sceamin' Jay Hawkins 1950s classic (which she also arranged) - at age 9. Even at this young age, the band members affectionately referred to her as "The Boss". But in order to get a better understanding of her musical roots, I highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances - starting with her audition singing Gloomy Sunday - at age 7. (And why did she go on NGT at age 7? Because even though she wanted to go on when she was even younger, 7 was the minimum age :). Also recommend her USA debut on The View at age 8 (after winning NGT) singing Fly Me To The Moon. It also includes a short interview where she answers the question as to how old she was when she started singing. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Fly to the moon is one of her favorites to sing. You have the official video, a live acoustic version from the view when she was 8, and a live full orchestrated composed by Quincy Jones AJs bestie, and she sung it for his 85th bday at the 02 in london when she was 12. Recommend all 3
She is unique, and she is developing even more. I love the "barefoot princess". Thanks for the reaction, great as always. Warm greetings from Serbia :)
Angelina has done most, if not all of her own arrangements to her covers. She has done all her on training with a little help when she was sill a toddler. She’s a vocal/singer/songwriter prodigy. Her family has supported her from, well always, but they’ve made it clear Angelina is the Boss.
Great reaction my friend ; ) if YT had an hall of fame this would be in there for sure ; ) us Angels (name off Angelina's fans ) love AJ in beast mode like this ,this performance can never be replicated by any 9 year old ever ..or even an adult hehe Like someone below mentioned her performances from Norway got talent at age 7 & 8 ...., i know someone gonna give you the links to them. have a good one take care an stay safe subscribed btw with Angelina you can always expect the unexpected hehe
That's a very good reaction to this epic performance - I like it a lot. 👍 You are right, she knows her voice very well and knows how to use it to achieve the desired effect. You started with one of her originals and this here is a good one to take you further - and there's a lot more to discover! It's always interesting to see how people remember the past and how memories blur and we only recognize some triggers of what really happened back then. One of those triggers is the line "I put a spell on you," which appears in both Jay's song and the Hocus Pocus witch song. But that's pretty much the only thing they have in common. Bette Midler never performed the Jalacy Hawkins song called "I Put A Spell On You". All tracks of the "Hocus Pocus" movie soundtrack were written and composed by John Debney (except for a single track by W.A.Mozart and another by James Horner). To refresh your memory, here is a lyric video of Bette's performance - try to find a line that is also in Jay's original and/or Angelina's rendition ruclips.net/video/iaZQoBqlMng/видео.html . Apart from the trigger line mentioned above, there are none. Here is Jay's appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show ruclips.net/video/3S7a4Uj2yME/видео.html for comparsion.
Hi Paul. Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 Hey rw, thanks for the hint. That already sounds a lot better than the unfortunate FIFA gig - they probably pay the sound guys better in LA than in Paris. She definitely has more power than on Venice Beach, but I can't tell if it's better until I've heard it a few more times. Let's see how the whole thing looks like when it is broadcast the day after tomorrow.
Hocus Pocus was not the original. "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 1968 Creedence Clearwater recorded this song. Hocus Pocus was 1993. The picture on the candle is of SCREAMIN Jay. CCR version is my favorite
If you ask Angelina's fans to tell you something about her most likely you will get more than you can read - remember you asked for it. Angelina's family is very important but it seems that there was not anybody musically inclined her grandmother is a poet and painter and had a lot of influence on Angelina. So here are some facts about Angelina. First, her family, Her maternal grandmother (Mary) is Iranian (Angelina speaks Farsi). By now you probably know what happened when Angelina lived in the Middle East (Bare feet story but I strongly recommend to hear it directly from Angelina in this interview - you will not regret seeing it ruclips.net/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/видео.html ). Her maternal grandfather is Japanese. As I understand Angelina's mother and uncle grew up in Japan. (people claim that Angelina speaks a little Japanese). There is a video of her singing a song in Japanese (ruclips.net/video/dT0L8ISgE8Q/видео.html) at a concert in Japan. The Wild Music channel reacting to her Japanese song praised her pronunciation ruclips.net/video/D7iwJ8ebPJo/видео.html . So, by now she is fluent in at least 3 languages (Norwegian, English, and Farsi) - She had countless concerts in Norway, Sweden, Germany, England, Russia, Greece, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Brazil, and the North Pole. (So much I found out - probably there are more) In Seoul she opened the concert for Norah Jones, she performed for Norway Prime Minister royalties, President of US, on Quincy Jones's birthday concert, and appeared in many TV shows. Also at age 9, she published a children's book. She appeared in some Netflix production ruclips.net/video/1TkGeO6gWCI/видео.html and therefore on red carpet. Despite all this, she still behaves like a simple girl rather than a star. More than anything else I am impressed with her composure, (see Summertime ruclips.net/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/видео.html her final appearance on Norway got Talent age 8). Probably you want to see her in recording studio at age 6. It is (good) recording cover off "I who have nothing" at age 6 ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html to me she already sounds like proffesionall. I enjoyed in this recording seeing her excitement (she is usually cool as a cucumber). All this she accomplished before COVID so before age of 13. By that time she recorded 2 or 3 original songs, Now she has 6 original songs one was published couple of days ago - Love do not let me Go.
As others are saying, no one else in her family is especially musically talented or "connected" in the way you were talking about, as far as we know. Her uncle (mother's brother), who became her manager, comes the closest: he was a hip-hop DJ for a few years before he shifted to music management. But, as he tells the story, "Three months after I started the management [company], with no artists or any real talent in sight, my niece signed up for _Norway’s Got Talent_ ." He makes it sound like he didn't even know she could sing, but that's not the case: she had been singing for friends and family for many years at that point, and in fact had been saying that she wanted to be a "superstar" who could "sing for the whole world" for at least a couple of years. (She started singing at 1½, announced that she wanted to sing for Simon Cowell on one of his shows when she was 3, and had been asking her mother to sign her up for talent competitions that she was too young to participate in, at least since she was 5.) Her grandmother (mother's mother) has been described as a child prodigy, but in art and poetry, not music. She seems to have served mainly as a creative inspiration and a source of strength for Angelina. I haven't seen or read anything that would suggest she pushed her granddaughter into perfoming. As for her parents, it's obvious that neither of them would have chosen a life "in the public eye" for themselves or for their daughter (unless she chose it for herself, which she clearly did). I say this based on the fact that her mother has always seemed *very* uncomfortable on camera (in the handful of interviews we've seen her in over the years) and has always talked about taking things slow and trying to give her daughter as normal a life as possible until she is old enough to take control of it; and her father is almost never seen at all (I only know of one instance where he answered a few questions on camera, right after Angelina won NGT). It's pretty obvious that Angelina has always been the driving force behind her own singing "career" (in quotes since it effectively began when she was 1½) and that it is she who dragged the rest of her (immediate) family, kicking and screaming, into the public eye, not the other way 'round. Finally, I will note that in the footage of her singing at 1½ (which you will see eventually, if you continue to react to her), she appears to be holding a wireless karaoke mic and her voice sounds like it's being piped through a speaker. That might explain how she got interested in singing in the first place: perhaps her family had "karaoke nights" that she witnessed from birth. We don't know.
Great reaction! New Subscriber! Thank you! You mentioned the "Fly Me to the Moon" cover. Yes, she has not only covered that particular song many, many times, but it became pretty much her signature song! She obviously loves "Ol' Blue Eyes Sinatra"!
Mery Zemani, her grandmother was a child prodigy in Iran as an artist, Her grandmother is a mentor to Angelina and they are very close. Mery is not a musical prodigy, but is involved in all her productions and artistry.
Sarah is the singer nobody nobody Angelina Jordan‘s family sings at all. Her grandmother is a national stuff for the international famous painter, an artist, and pull it, but no one saying just her and she is a gift a little girl she’s a prodigy she was born with this voice. Song all of the world this is born with the prodigy
As far as anyone knows, nobody in Angelina's family sings or plays. Her earliest influences were her grandmother's music collection and RUclips suggestions. She clearly had a very good ear and a passion for singing. While many children her age could pick out a melody and hold a tune, she seems to have been attracted to the stylistic intricacies best represented by jazz singers. Pre-teen Angelina improvised ways to make the sounds in her head while the rest of her anatomy was busy catching up. I have joked in the past that the first music teacher who tried to tutor her has been rocking back and forth in a darkened room ever since but I was making the serious point that the only thing any vocal coach could do for her is teach her how to protect and preserve her voice as it evolves. So, having come to terms with the notion that Angelina's ability and potential as a singer seemed limitless, I became much more fascinated by her creativity. Sure, I had read comments about her being referred to as 'the boss' and had seen what I then viewed as a contrived handing over her arrangement in the above video, but I wasn't fully convinced Angelina could also arrange and compose until she posted California Dreamin' and Shield. She was 12, had honoured a personal invitation from Quincy Jones to perform Fly Me to the Moon at a tribute concert in my home town and, for the first time, I was beginning to think of her as not merely a prodigious talent but potentially a musical genius. Despite this, my heart dropped a year later when I became aware she not only planned to audition for America's Got Talent but to do so by covering Bohemian Rhapsody - two choices that could spell career suicide. Well, she not only dropped the mic on me back then, based on the evidence of this past week, she appears to be about to make me look a fool again for thinking a self-written debut album as a 17-year-old would be too great a risk.
Grandma, Mery Zamani is Angelina’s most influential, creative, inspirational and her muse. Angelina’s and grandma Mery’s is as wonderfully and lovingly tight as it gets.
AJA was 9 yrs, 2 mo. Old here... Her 1st time in a proper sound booth was age 6, she worked on 4 songs. The best video that day, was her singing I WHO HAVE NOTHING (Tom Jones / Shirley Bassy)... 1st take... amazing to watch.
Did you notice her writing the little notes for the music director before the video started. These were changes to the arrangement the director said they were her wishes. She has performed these musicians before and they call her the Boss...
You're right, she totally went for it. To my knowledge, she has never sung this song with such abandon since then. So glad to be able to revisit it on RUclips whenever I need a reminder of how freaking fantastic she was at nine.
Like several of her songs, she has at least three versions of Fly Me to the Moon that I know of, including one at age 8 in front of a live audience at The View. She is also Norways youngest published author apparently, and she speaks Norwegian, English and Farsi, so if this music thing doesn't work out, she may take a weekend off to forge world peace.
Hi John, thanks a billion for this 2nd reaction to Angelina Jordan. Besides my comment to your first AJ reaction a little note to this song: its not "the song from Hokus Pokus" 😉 because there it was also a cover. Let me cite my comment to your first reaction (in a slightly changed version because you already reacted to this song now): "... A little explanation: Her cover "I put a spell on you" b/w studio version at 9yo (ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html - btw. she made most of her cover arrangements by herself!) based on the original from Screemin' Jay Hawkins (from 1956) - Live: ruclips.net/video/7kGPhpvqtOc/видео.html or another version of it: ruclips.net/video/orNpH6iyokI/видео.html and here a version from 1990 in Tokyo - I feel, this is like the version Angelina has taken as the model, but I don't know it ( ;-) ): ruclips.net/video/Bb9ag8bch_U/видео.html or as Audio-Studio-Version: ruclips.net/video/82cdnAUvsw8/видео.html) that's real fun - if you watch this too and may be after this watch Angelinas cover again you will find out that Angelinas cover is a real tribute to Jay Hawkins :-D At the beginning you see her something writing on a sheet and a man reading it and smiles than.. in an interview this man, who was the "bandleader", said, this were some "wishes" from Angelina (she was every time very polite he said) for changes of her arrangement for the piano :))) The candle you can see at about 0:12 shows a portrait of J. Hawkins - I think her grandma bought it at a concert in Tokyo ;) At 0:26 you can see the bassist smiling - I can imagine that he smiles about the expectable reactions of the listeners in the moment, when Angelina starts to sing at 0:30 ;-) Btw. I read somewhere that her grandma was in person at a concert of SJH in Japan (as she, AJs mother and uncle lived there some years - AJs grandpa is Japanese) and there AJs grandma bought this candle as a souvenir ;) ...I hope this story isn't a HOAX :)) ..." And btw.: "Fly Me To The Moon" is somehow her inofficial signature song; she performed it over years in several arrangements - mostly from herself. The version she sung at the Quincy Jones birthday party in O2 areena London was of course from Quincy Jones :))) Age Upload Where link 7/8 21.03.2014 "Senkveld ""The Late Show"" (TV2)" ruclips.net/video/rFWs2Z_RZ3Y/видео.html 8 19.09.2014 "The View" US-TV Show ruclips.net/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/видео.html 8 15.08.2019 Gala 2014 von "Ein Herz für Kinder" "Angelina Jordan sings in charity for children with heart disease. (Dec. 6th 2014)" ruclips.net/video/3d8w4urgHq4/видео.html 10 30.04.2017 Little Big Shots US (aired 17.04.2016? If the title of another video is right: ruclips.net/video/cw1mx16mUFY/видео.html) ruclips.net/video/ESlRssCSTdE/видео.html 10 09.07.2016 Kongsberg jazzfestival ruclips.net/video/iOdWleX9fzE/видео.html 10/11? 12.02.2017 Music video by Mery Zamani (her grandma) ruclips.net/video/jnnzbdt4_RE/видео.html 11 02.06.2017 Angelina Jordan singing "Fly Me To the Moon", Nor-Shipping 2017, Oslo, May 30, 2017 ruclips.net/video/KGNuIWvfSXk/видео.html 11? 02.10.2018 The incomparable Angelina Jordan at Jake & Rachel's wedding ruclips.net/video/6XJ5xnUgKCw/видео.html 12 26.09.2018 Kongsberg jazzfestival 07.07.2018 - Angelina Jordan - LIVE from concert ruclips.net/video/6ykYpql2mp8/видео.html 12 16.07.2019 12.07.2019 - Prøysenhuset, Rudshøgda, Norway ruclips.net/video/VqYO30zB6DU/видео.html 12 02.12.2019 2018 Rehearsal for the Quincy Jones birthday in the London O2 Arena ruclips.net/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/видео.html (This list is not exhaustive.) And for to understand Angelinas inspiration here are some other artists from the classic jazz era: Kaye Ballard - In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon) (1954): ruclips.net/video/vpC_N19UlIk/видео.html Shirley Bassey - (In Other Words) Fly Me To The Moon (1963 Recording): ruclips.net/video/MolLz3tV7qo/видео.html Peggy Lee - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words): ruclips.net/video/v9J1-ReetZo/видео.html Gala in Berlin: This performance was in Berlin/Germany, Dec. 6th 2014, a TV-Show/-Gala for to collect for children with problems like medical issues (heartproblems, cancer,...) - only on this eve they collected 16,269,471 Euro for children in need... Have fun and stay well and healthy CU in your next AJ reaction Andreas 😎
The original was by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, he recorded his version in 1956.....the picture on the candle at the beginning is him.........check out his performances here on RUclips........Angelina performed a tribute here, her vocals are an intriguing interpretation of the original
John, No one in Angelina's family was musically inclined. Her Grandmother Mery loved jazz music and influenced Angelina by playing and listening to old jazz records, went Angelina was a young child. The one connection with her Grandmother, they both were Child Prodigies; Mery's gift was poetry and Art, and Angelina's music.
I've put this together from other sources: Angelina's mother, Sara Astar, is Norwegian and the daughter of Iranian artist and poet Mery Zamani and a Japanese father. Her father, Gerry Christian Slättman, is Swedish. Jordan received vocal training and piano lessons in the after-school program of the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts in Oslo, Norway. In addition, she plays the violin, guitar and flute, and she also paints. As far as I know, she has further published a book in Norway. I believe that Angelina's background is an excellent example of how a mixture of very diverse influences can mount in incredible and multi-faceted talent. All best from Germany
Her grandmother is/was a child prodigy in painting and poetry, and has been the force encouraging her. Her uncle Mike is her manager but her parents and sister are not musical. Her uncle, Michael Astar, has been in the entertainment industry for almost two decades. He has worked with artists such as Nas, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Wu-tang Clan, Dizzee Rascal, Tinie Tempah, Xzibit, Fat Joe, and many more.
No one in her family is musical although her grandma Mery is a renowned visual artist and who introduced tiny Angelina to jazz very early. It is truly a conundrum when we try to rationalize how it is possible that this tiny sweet-faced 9yo Norwegian girl can step up to a microphone, flip some switch within her, become this "beast-mode" version of herself (most probably named "AJ don't play"), deliver an extraordinary and musically and socially sophisticated performance, then just-like-that return to the pensive young lady once again... There aren't words for this! "I Put a Spell On You" has been covered many times and is recognized as a classic, yet almost never is the tone of the original 1956 "Screamin" Jay Hawkins version captured. This is because Hawkins was the original shock-rock guy (think Ozzy Osbourne-type craziness) and his style is difficult to emulate and also because his dated delivery is uncomfortable and stereotypical to our modern sensibilities. Yet Angelina respectfully sings his own song in a manner that exceeds his (Hawkin's image is on the candle she holds at the start of her video). You must go and listen to Hawkins' original to see the true genius in how AJ incorporates many of his vocal elements [usually omitted by most singers]. This shows another aspect of her musical IQ and arranging genius (not to mention her masterful control of her vocal instrument equaled by few others regardless of age). "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" ruclips.net/video/orNpH6iyokI/видео.html
Great reaction: surprisingly I don't think her family is hugely musical... Angelina heard music in the house and started singing as a baby - there is a video showing her at 18 months singing some lines from Whitney's version of "I will always love you" - very nicely and perfectly in tune (holding what might be a toy microphone throwing out her arms and throwing back her head like a seasoned performer)... She somehow knew she had this incredible talent, and discovered jazz by flipping through RUclips - in an interview she says "The music found me..." and "Without Billie Holliday there would be no Angelina"... She is a very unusual and remarkable prodigy.
I do love the Bette Midler/Hocus Pocus version of this song, too. But I believe in this recording, Angelina is channeling the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 1950’s original. It’s my belief talent like hers, at this young age, is innate. She is simply born with it. Yes, she has trained over the last ten years, and I can’t wait to hear what she does with her gift in the future. She won the ‘Norway’s Got Talent’ show at eight years old…..those are fun videos…(hint, hint, hint)! Love your reactions. More please!
Best female Vocalist on the Planet possibly the galaxy
Angelina not Angela and of course Angelina pays homage to the original by Screamin Jay Hawkins from 1956
That guy... as you mentioned was the original artist of this song 👍 Insane performance by a 9 year old... blows my mind every time I listen to that performance ❤️
Hi Kent. Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 I really liked her performance of Love on the brain and One moment in time... the best version of love on the brain ever ❤️
@@kentovewagenes1141 If we only had the full version of the song, it would have been awesome! Oh well, at least she got exposure from her appearance on the show....
Here is a great example of how Angelina sounded in the Summer of 2022 at age 16 performing live - this video is part of a documentary about the 2022 Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway - There is a short interview of Angelina in the beginning followed by her performing two of her original songs live in concert: ruclips.net/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/видео.html
Hi Robert! Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 I saw it - Fantastic! Also, I am thinking there may be another song as the initial photo that was revealed showed a contestant walking in front of Angelina wearing a wedding dress - maybe Angelina sings another song while the contestants walk by modeling wedding dresses?
@@robertsilva631 I hope so! You can't go wrong with 2 songs from her! Hopefully there will be a full screen version of this soon. Probably have to wait a little bit longer for the people at GNTM to post it on their RUclips page!
Masterpiece cover which has the spirit of Screamin Jay Hawkins original version. Thanks for the great reaction
💗💗💗her grandma Mery Zemani is an artist (poet and painter) and music lover who introduced Angelina to Jazz at a very early age... Angelina loved singing since she was one and a half (Whitney Houston), but she was obsessed with the jazz greats Mery introduced her to, like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald or Etta James... as soon as she was able and allowed to do so she started surfing youtube and searching for artists for hours, and practice singing for hours. She's mainly self taught, her teachers were wise enough to not mess with her natural talent, just showed her how to avoid damaging her instrument... Peace and love from Bavaria!
I just LOVE your reaction videos! The element of surprise on your face is so authentic and magical to watch! Can not wait for your reaction to her Elvis cover, Suspicious Minds.....Just push Play....Don't talk just soak in her Tone...(it may even get you misty eyed) :) Keep on 3....2....1...BOOM Blessings to you and yours!!!
this is far from cute this is one of the best vocalist we ever seen giving us the best version of this song
The new Queen of Jazz, at your service. ;) Fact. The Album "Magic" she recorded at the age of 11, is currently holding 11th place on the top 100 Jazz Album charts... And I suspect it may rise over the coming years. She has a number of stunners on that album. :)
Oh my, you have a journey ahead. Good luck!
Great reaction! Angelina is mostly self taught. Her family has no other musically inclined people that we know of. Her grandmother Mery often played jazz and blues music in the house when Angelina was little, and she just fell in love with music at an early age. Looking forward to more Angelina with you.
Her uncle Michael, now her manager, was a DJ for a while but that's about it as far as family musical connections go, as far as I know. 😎
Angelina is just a natural born singing talent, (Angelina a short history ); Angelina has been singing since she was 1.5 years old (18 months started singing a Whitney Huston song , video on You Tube of this, here is the linkruclips.net/video/VJjG68Dfr-8/видео.html , at point 1:55 on this video is her at 1.5 years old singing , no 18 month child is trained to do this )
This link will take you direct to the point in the video: m.RUclips.com/watch?v=VJjG68Dfr-8&t=115
When Angelina was 5 years of age she attended her schools after class music program in Oslo where they did not try to influence her voice but taught her how to care for it as well as teaching her music theory. Even up to this day A.J. is always experimenting with her voice she is always trying out various vocal gymnastics in her tiktok short vids that she drops regularly. When you jump into Angelina"s library of music it is like being sucked down into a whirlpool, scary but exciting at the same time. Enjoyed your reaction thx.
love the whirlpool comparison, so true 👍
@@paulwagner9303 Paul that was how I felt after watching several of her videos on youtube, it was like your first roller coaster ride as a child and since then I sit with my coffee most mornings and scour the internet for trade publication articles and lesser known recordings from A.J. I am a newby I guess compared to a lot of her fans as I first heard her perform just shorly before her appearance on AGT. It is like a treasure hunt every day.
Hello from Norway. Good reaction, today I give you a sub. I want to follow you on this journey. It will be fun! No, Angelina Jordan do not have a family in the music industry. She is just born to sing.
Great reaction and new sub. Her Grandma introduced her to Jazz.
She had very little training. She is a natural and practices hours every day.
This is the greatest performance ever. Barely 9 and does her own arrangements.
You would like her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent Champions
2020 at 13 years old. So good Queen gave her the copy rights to her version.
Then all 4 performances on Norway's Got Talent 2014 at 7 and 8. She won.
Gloomy Sunday, I'm a Fool to Want you, Bang Bang and Summertime.
Excellent, enthusiastic reaction, John. There is so much more for you to experience from Angelina's extensive music online. There is a short video of her singing a snippet of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" when she was One and one-half years old and she is mostly self-taught listening to her Grandma's old jazz records and online. Her fan base will fill you in. ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html. "Feeling Good" at 10 yrs old is my favorite.
I bet your daughter sound like this😁 Nobody's daughter sounds like this apart from Angelina. Many reactors to this song mention how cute she is and then that hear that come out of her
Angelina was 9 years old in this. She is 17 today. You see her making last minute changes to the arrangement at the start. The man was reviewing them when he chuckled. She was in charge.
The original was by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins in 1956. That's his picture on the candle she is holding.
Ok, we now know what your next Angelina reaction will be.🤣
chris The man (music director????) chuckled because Angelina had titled the last minutes changes as "my wishes". He has said that he thought this was so precious.
@@103mrg couldn't remember his exact title.
@@103mrg Does anyone in the studio or the family still have that piece of paper? I bet that is going to be worth framing as a gem of this our angelic superstar.
@@louisegogel7973 I like how your mind works. ;-)
Another spell was cast by 9yo Angelina.
Let’s analyze the video:
1st you see how small and cute she is.
2nd you see she is barefoot (story below)
3rd You see her making her “Wish List” of suggested changes to the song.
4th the band leader taking note of the changes.
5th Angelina is holding a candle with “Screemin’ Jay Hawkin’s (original artist 1956) picture on it.
6th the old soul in her voice.
She is the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina wrote and her Grandmother illustrated a book about why she sings barefoot. She was on a trip to Iran where her grandmother is from and met a street girl weighing people for money. Angelina sat and talked with the girl. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, a doctor but that it could never happen. Angelina told her to never give up hope. The girl complimented Angelina on her shoes and Angelina noticed her scarred bare feet so she gave them to her, and the little girl told Angelina she would pray for her every day. Angelina sings barefoot to this day to remind herself (and the world) that there are still children in need. All book proceeds go to charity.
Angelina was near her 9th birthday when she created this arrangement for the 1956 Screamin Jay Hawkins classic and then took control of the studio and musicians to deliver a powerful, sassy performance. Angelina taught herself to sing and arrange songs. She is a prodigy with a skill set unlike any other that I know of. For Angelina, it is all about telling the story of the song and conveying the emotion. Angelina is easily my all time favorite musical artist.
Hi Andy! Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
You have to listen to "fly me to the moon" also, it is incredible!
This young artist is a once in a generation talent. I’m envious that you get to experience so many amazing performances for the first time. I’m in for the journey. This is going to be fun.
Nice reaction! Honestly, No one in Angelina's family are singers or musicians. Only her grandma Mery is a famous painter and poet. Angelina is mostly self taught. She did attend a school for arts and music, however, she only stayed for a short time due to disagreements on how they were training her. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music all of the time in their home. She would use her mom's iPad and pull up RUclips to listen to jazz legends such as Billie Holiday (her major influence), Louis Armstrong, and Dinah Washington to name a few. She would also go to a record store to play and listen to old jazz records. There was an interview in which the record store owner said she was amazed that such a little girl was so interested in old jazz music...
@rw716 I didn't know she was attending an arts school or that she left due to a disagreement on her teaching, interesting facts!
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Don’t know if there was any dispute at school. She entered at four and is seen in school programs recorded by grandma. She at six and seven was recording in school sound booth. Recorded Rolling In The Deep, Hurt, Sky Fall, and I Who Have Nothing. Believe she moved to the Middle East at six and returned around seven. Also note that at school she was taking Piano,violin and flute along with studying music theory at five and six. Don’t think there was any school problem. Just an extremely busy girl.
I had never heard before that Angelina only spent a short time at the school for arts and music, that there was a disagreement with the school on how they were training her. Are you able to post a source for this information, please?
My understanding is that she enrolled in the after school arts and music programme at the age of four and that it was part of the Waldorf School she attended. If I am correct, it means she was there at least until the age of seven. As to lessons for her voice, I was under the impression that these were given post her performance of "I put a spell on you" at age 9 and that the sole purpose of the lessons was to show her ways to sing which would not damage her vocal cords. I have no sources for my views other than the many comments over the years on these matters
@@GG_AJfan To try to be more specific, she attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received vocal training and piano lessons. In addition to singing and playing the piano, she leaned to play violin, guitar and flute, and painting. I should have said singing program, not school. That's my bad. As for the disagreement, I can't remember the exact interview I heard this from, but it was mentioned that the family pulled Angelina from the singing program, not the school, because the vocal coaches were trying to change the way she was singing which would have changed the uniqueness of her singing voice. It may have been one of the episodes of Wrapped In A Warm Blanket I heard this, but not one hundred percent sure. Still, I do know this was mentioned and it was one of those bits of information that kind of stuck with me. I 'm reaching out to Alan and Pontus if they have heard of this.....
@@alberttenfoot Hi Albert. Sorry, I meant to say the singing program, not the school. I'm racking my brain right now in trying to remember where I actually heard this. Again, from what I can remember, she was receiving vocal lessons to sing without hurting her voice, but the family pulled her from the singing lessons due to some issue in which they thought it would change singing voice uniqueness. I just got an e-mail from Pontus. He has heard the same thing, but he doesn't remember the exact source. We're waiting for Alan to respond to see if he remembers. Sorry Albert, sometimes when we accumulate so much information about Angelina, remembering the sources gets a bit vague.....
- 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.
when she was six years old, Angelina met a homeless, shoeless girl. After they talked for a long time, she gave the girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them. Since that time, Angelina has always performed barefoot in public, she has also worked to raise millions of dollars on behalf of environmental causes and children's charities around the world. I read that her passion for music began at just one-and-a-half years of age when Angelina first saw Whitney Houston on RUclips performing I Will Always Love You and Billie Holiday became a favourite of hers too. She started imitating these singers and that is how her parents discovered her talent. I don't think either of her parents are musicians, certainly not professionally.
Angelina did the arrangement of this masterpiece. The band called her “The Boss”! You see her writing notes at the beginning? Those are changes she wanted the piano player to make. The candle shows her homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins, the original artist who performed this song. She took his version and made it her own.
As you probably know, Hocus Pocus was released in 1993, some 33 years after Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote and performed this song. Just thought I'd give you a gentle reminder. 🙂
Thank you for featuring Angelina a second time, 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 RUclips, 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.
those are extremely wise and knowledgeable words and agree with each & every one of them. Kudos and profound love to my fellow angel...
Albert, I love your list! It’s awesome to see more and more reviews of Angelina’s singing!
And I am thrilled about her new original song, Love Don’t Let Me Go! It’s got a lot of fun and joy and thoughtfulness about life all mixed in it.
@@louisegogel7973 Yes, I agree it is an excellent song and has already been featured on 108 Reactor RUclips channels and attracted 419,691 views.
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Completamente de acuerdo.
She could sing jazz at age 7. She won Norway's Got Talent competing with adults at age 7 !
If you want to be blown clean out of your socks check out all of her performances in NGT. Phenomenal!
Won NGT at age 8.
@@103mrg Just had turned eight… or won at seven but the show was released to the public when she had just turned eight. I can’t remember which way it was.
@@louisegogel7973 The finals broadcast was aired live on May 23, 2014. Her 8th birthday was on Jan/10.
@@103mrg It is absolutely correct that Angelina won the NGT at 7 years old.
FYI: AGT, NGT, etc. are worldwide franchises operating under the same rules. At the end of your participation in XGT, you receive a certificate which reflects the day you entered the contest. When Angelina, the Barefoot Angel, said in AGT that she was 7-year-old when she won the NGT, she was absolutely correct based on her certificate.
@@omidhope7456 So, according to you, the day she entered the contest is when she won the contest. Quite absurd.
At the beginning you see she did the change ups and gave it to the guy. It was Screaming Jay Hawkins on the candle. His version was in the 50's really worth a listen. To see where hers came from. Fly me to the moon, Summertime, Gloomy Sunday, It's a man's world. Her Gramma had awesome taste in Music. It is so Awesome she has brought these classics back as only she can. Wonderful musical Journey to her 17 year old self now. Cheers
There's a short documentary on RUclips it's called Born to Sing the Angelina Jordan story the early years. It's got a ton of information about Angelina. WELL WORTH WATCHING !!! Your going to find out just how special she is...
She just released her new single off her upcoming album, it is great.
That has a nice ring to it.❤❤❤😊👍🏻
Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman.
Angelina started singing around 18 months of age, after listening to Whitney Houston on RUclips. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was considered a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran.
Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish.
Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where starting around age 4, she had training in music but no vocal training. Her teachers were smart enough to not attempt to change what she was doing vocally. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage.
*Why Angelina always performs barefoot*
At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes.
Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true.
Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East.
Angelina, at age 6 and 7, did record a few songs in a recording studio at her school, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 6 year old.
At age 7, Angelina’s audition on Norway’s Got Talent, was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried.
Angelina had turned 8 years old for her next performance on NGT, covering Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience.
In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them.
In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists.
Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on RUclips went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old.
In December 2014, Angelina realized a life-long desire to sing at the Save the Children's Peace Prize Celebration which is part of the Noble Peace Prize celebration.
Angelina’s family took her to United States, Brazil, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea, Singapore among other corners of Earth, to perform for heads of state and to help raise money for charity. All before Angelina turned 14.
A 9 years and 2 months old, Angelina recorded a music video covering the 1956 Jay Hawkin’s classic, “I Put a Spell On You”. The video begins by showing Angelina writing her “wishes” for how she wants to perform the song. Angelina has always created her own arrangements for her cover songs.
At age 10 and just a week before her 11th birthday, Angelina recorded a demo of “I’m Still Holding Out for You”. Her family never pursued having that recording officially released but someone leaked it on a RUclips video. Thankfully, everyone involved with that song is now ok with the leaked version. Many angels (fans) believe this is one of Angelina’s best performances.
When Angelina was 11, she performed a number of concerts in Norway with a jazz/rock band. Those concerts included up to 14 songs, each remarkably performed. Angelina seems to be at her best when on stage, never nervous, only 100% confident.
On June 27, 2018, at age 12, Jordan performed “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. She has said that was the high point of her young career which was already in it’s 6th year.
During 2018, Angelina lost her paternal grandfather, her friend Avicii and one of her idols, Aretha Franklin. She did a moving tribute for each.
In 2019, Angelina accepted an invitation to compete in the 2nd season of America’s Got Talent (AGT), The Champions. She had, since age 3, wanted to perform for Simon Cowell and she earned his praise with her genius arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The surviving members of Queen loved it so much they put a link to it on their Twitter. Angelina was eliminated after covering Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Angelina’s family refused to sign any agreement with AGT.
Angelina, before age 14, had covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, spanning at least 8 genres, all of which are available on RUclips. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On RUclips, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as Rusty Shackleford has put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video.
The pandemic hit shortly after her performances on AGT and likely caused a change of plans by her family, most notably her Uncle Michael who is her manager. Her family agreed to a contract with Republic Records in August 2020. Republic Records declared Angelina Jordan their highest priority new artist. Reportedly her family requested Republic to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore have yet to fully promote her.
In November 2020, Angelina released “Million Miles” which she wrote after the passing of her beloved maternal grandfather. She dedicated the song to anyone who has ever lost a loved one.
Angelina had previously released, 3 other original songs: “What is Life”, “Oslo” and “Shield”
In April 2021, her original “7th Heaven” was released. A jazzy, danceable, inspiring song.
Angelina has posted numerous short performances on Tik Tok and Instagram.
Angelina has concerts scheduled in Norway in July 2022.
Personally, Angelina as a great human being and her music came into my life when I needed it most. Her music has improved the quality of my life more than I can express. I now introduce her to as many people as I can, with the hope her music will do the same for others. We know once her family believes the time is right and allows Republic Records to fully promote her, she will become the superstar she has always dreamt and believed she would be.
I encourage others to use this biography to help educate others about the love, empathy, magic and beauty that is Angelina Jordan Astar and her unique music.
😅🤣😂 Dude... I was laughing the whole intro because i knew what was coming. This is the greatest thing you'll ever see.
My thoughts on this performance.
I love this performance so much. 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 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 - ruclips.net/video/bM8DzMRbiIc/видео.html
"Million Miles" - 14 years old -ruclips.net/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/видео.html
"Shield" - 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/видео.html
"Oslo" original song 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/uxF-KiiSVoA/видео.html
"What is Life" - 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/Bv0r77KN7RA/видео.html
Favorites from her early years
"Summer Time", Norway's got talent - 7 years old - ruclips.net/video/443pBSpx5B4/видео.html
"I Put a Spell on You" - 9 years old - ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html
"Feeling Good" - 10 years old - ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
"Every Time We Say Goodbye" - 10 years old - ruclips.net/video/KRSI8HmTHJA/видео.html
"Cry me a River" - 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/jV8HIVL2VDE/видео.html
"Lovin You" 11 years old - ruclips.net/video/qrwuJVs_nJs/видео.html
"This is a Man's World" - 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/HEm7tGrjIKk/видео.html
"Fly me to the Moon" 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/видео.html
"Wicked Game" - 12 years old - haunting rendition - ruclips.net/video/5IAMF4FDfw4/видео.html
"Above the Water" 13 years old - Electronic Dance Music - ruclips.net/video/y6SilwnR2Zc/видео.html
More recent performances
"All I Ask", 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/8gJuprckBxI/видео.html
"Easy on Me" - 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html
"Mercy" - 15 years old - ruclips.net/video/7Mthm-9jECM/видео.html
"My Funny Valentine" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/видео.html
"Suspicious Minds" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/RTbKhkceR00/видео.html
"I Have Nothing" - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/bELcgA4S7mM/видео.html
"Killing Me Softly - 16 years old - ruclips.net/video/haAhsQwICY0/видео.html
There is a video of her singing a couple lines from Whitney at 1-1/2. There is her first studio recording at 6. She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at 7 .. at 8 she won. So .. this is a year after she won NGT.
I watch your videos because I love your reaction to BTS. But I'm so happey you discovered Angelina. She was born to sing.
AJ was raised on Jazz from the cradle. As a musical prodigy, her talent is natural. She is a force to be reconded with.
Angelina started by auditioning for Norways Got Talent, when she was 7, she was known as a jazz singer, sang Billie Holiday covers, Nancy Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. She’d had a birthday part way through and was 8 when it ended.
It is a good place to start to understand just how gifted she was at an early age.
Angelina Jordan é uma cantora muito talentosa, eu adoro o estilo do canto dela.👏👏👏👏♥️♥️🇧🇷
A couple of years back, this reaction would have brought you thousands of "Likes" and dozens of subs, believe me. But now as her first new single under Republic Records has been dropped 3 days ago, "Angels" (Her fans) are more focused on reacting to the new song "Love don't let me go". Otherwise, Angelina has thousands of very faithful and enthusiastic fans. Good reaction by the way. You've got a lot to catch up with.
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: ruclips.net/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/видео.html
This just in - Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 Great! Thanks!
@@rw716 Thanks RW....it is fantastic!!!
@@CarlD70 No problem! Now it looks like other sites are posting the performance too! I really can't wait for the official post of this performance by Germany's Next Top Model RUclips page. It will be full screen!
Home video has her singing Whitney Houston at a year and a half and RUclips has videos of her, at age 6, in her school's recording studio where she also got vocal training. Her musical influence is her artist Grandmother's jazz record collection. She auditioned for Norway's Got Talent at age seven and won after just turning 8. She was raised to only perform when school was out and she only did charity work even though the NGT win got her lots of big money offers. She has performed for Obama and the Nobel Prize Committee and for Royalty. She always performs barefoot until all children in the world have shoes and she has raised millions for that cause. She is the youngest published aurthor in her home country, Norway. Her performances are chosen and arranged by her and are one take. She was a finalist on America's Got Talent and did a unique cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody that was so good, Queen gave her the rights. She performed at Quincy Jones B'day at London't O2 Arena and he said she is the greatest talent since Michael Jackson. When she does covers, and she has done many, she always honors the original artist but gives the Angelina extra. Her grandmother produces her videos, her uncle Michael is her manager, the piano player is her producer at Republic Records where she has complete artistic control. She is a prodigy, along the lines of Mozart, but singing and arranging. Her voice is still developing.
John , you are obviously a very insightful reactor. By all means do her rendition of Fly Me To The Moon. She has many covers of this song, but I think you will enjoy the one that you saw in the thumbnail the most.
Angelina Jordan started at 18 months of age
Won Norways Got Talent at 8
Has multiple Languages and Instruments she can play.
She's known as the Boss
The Gal of a Thousand Voices
Go deep into the Rabbit hole
She'll Blow your mind EVERYTIME
❤
Naturally gifted. She took some music classes very early on but no voice lessons. They knew enough to not mess with her natural abilities. She's in charge of her music. She selects her covers and does her own arrangements. Her musical foundation is jazz and blues. At 9 years old here she had been singing for 7 1/2 years and in the studio for at least 4 years. She begged her mom to let her compete in Norway's Got Talent when she was 7. She sang jazz and blues in her 3rd language, English and won with a judge stating "You ARE music". Now she's 17 and just released a new original single that been #1 on the Spotify Retro Pop Chart for 4 days.
By the end of the session, the band referred to her as "the boss".
There's a ton to discover about this young phenom John, most of it will be in the many comments. I hope you read them. One thing you said in your reaction stood out to me, that was how she wasn't holding back. That is spot on. One of the underrated aspects of Angelina's talent is her total lack of hold-back, nervousness, self-consciousness, worry about being judged, none of that normal stuff most of us have that prevents us from being our best is present in this girl. She is a quiet humble girl while being extremely self confident in her musical abilities. She was already a seasoned pro by this time. She had part or all in the arranging of this performance. 👍👍
Hocus pocus was not the original. Screaming Jay Hawkins the man on the candle was.
She has done something like 170 covers over 80 artists.
Only an Angel can do that . What? No i can't! At nine years old she killed it.
told you she was amazing. Welcome to another rabbit hole.
- 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 6 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" in the style of 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. Some attribute this to her refusal to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music.
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.Comments are turned off on Angelina Jordan singing "Gloomy Sunday."- 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 was dropped from the competition. There's still some controversy about her not advancing in the competition with some attributing it to her refusal to sign with an AGT affiliated label.
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 Records on her first album under their label. She released one track on 5 May 2023 as a video.
Angelina is a musical prodigy genius. She is the only member of her family who performs. Her grandmother appreciates classic jazz music and introduced Angelina to recordings at an early age, but she is mostly self-taught. There is home video of Angelina singing on pitch to a Whitney Houston song at 18 months old.
thank you for your review and welcome to the Amazing Angelina Jordan.
Nope, no musicians in her family, she’s what we call a prodigy and I would add she’s a musical genius.
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of another masterful performance by Angelina - this time in her cover of the Sceamin' Jay Hawkins 1950s classic (which she also arranged) - at age 9. Even at this young age, the band members affectionately referred to her as "The Boss". But in order to get a better understanding of her musical roots, I highly recommend going back to all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances - starting with her audition singing Gloomy Sunday - at age 7. (And why did she go on NGT at age 7? Because even though she wanted to go on when she was even younger, 7 was the minimum age :). Also recommend her USA debut on The View at age 8 (after winning NGT) singing Fly Me To The Moon. It also includes a short interview where she answers the question as to how old she was when she started singing. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Her Fly Me to the Moon cover is amazing too!
Fly to the moon is one of her favorites to sing. You have the official video, a live acoustic version from the view when she was 8, and a live full orchestrated composed by Quincy Jones AJs bestie, and she sung it for his 85th bday at the 02 in london when she was 12. Recommend all 3
Hocus Pocus? Try goin' amuck for the original Screaming Jay Hawkins one from the 50s.
She is unique, and she is developing even more. I love the "barefoot princess". Thanks for the reaction, great as always. Warm greetings from Serbia :)
Great Reaction 👍🙏👣
She is self taught.
She arranged every portion of the song
Angelina has done most, if not all of her own arrangements to her covers. She has done all her on training with a little help when she was sill a toddler. She’s a vocal/singer/songwriter prodigy. Her family has supported her from, well always, but they’ve made it clear Angelina is the Boss.
Angelina went a school that taught music and she also an after school class in music.👍🏼🎼💞
Been following Angelina for many years. Simple she's a child prodigy.
Great reaction my friend ; ) if YT had an hall of fame this would be in there for sure ; ) us Angels (name off Angelina's fans ) love AJ in beast mode like this ,this performance can never be replicated by any 9 year old ever ..or even an adult hehe Like someone below mentioned her performances from Norway got talent at age 7 & 8 ...., i know someone gonna give you the links to them. have a good one take care an stay safe subscribed btw with Angelina you can always expect the unexpected hehe
Great reaction thank you also watch her other 150 plus covers wild bill
That's a very good reaction to this epic performance - I like it a lot. 👍 You are right, she knows her voice very well and knows how to use it to achieve the desired effect. You started with one of her originals and this here is a good one to take you further - and there's a lot more to discover!
It's always interesting to see how people remember the past and how memories blur and we only recognize some triggers of what really happened back then. One of those triggers is the line "I put a spell on you," which appears in both Jay's song and the Hocus Pocus witch song. But that's pretty much the only thing they have in common. Bette Midler never performed the Jalacy Hawkins song called "I Put A Spell On You". All tracks of the "Hocus Pocus" movie soundtrack were written and composed by John Debney (except for a single track by W.A.Mozart and another by James Horner). To refresh your memory, here is a lyric video of Bette's performance - try to find a line that is also in Jay's original and/or Angelina's rendition ruclips.net/video/iaZQoBqlMng/видео.html . Apart from the trigger line mentioned above, there are none. Here is Jay's appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show ruclips.net/video/3S7a4Uj2yME/видео.html for comparsion.
Hi Paul. Angelina's appearance on Germany's Next Top Model has been posted on RUclips. She is actually singing the song Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Just search this title: Angelina Jordan "VALERIE" from Germany's Next Top Model to watch the video!
@@rw716 Hey rw, thanks for the hint.
That already sounds a lot better than the unfortunate FIFA gig - they probably pay the sound guys better in LA than in Paris. She definitely has more power than on Venice Beach, but I can't tell if it's better until I've heard it a few more times. Let's see how the whole thing looks like when it is broadcast the day after tomorrow.
Hocus Pocus was not the original.
"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 1968 Creedence Clearwater recorded this song. Hocus Pocus was 1993. The picture on the candle is of SCREAMIN Jay. CCR version is my favorite
If you ask Angelina's fans to tell you something about her most likely you will get more than you can read - remember you asked for it. Angelina's family is very important but it seems that there was not anybody musically inclined her grandmother is a poet and painter and had a lot of influence on Angelina. So here are some facts about Angelina. First, her family, Her maternal grandmother (Mary) is Iranian (Angelina speaks Farsi). By now you probably know what happened when Angelina lived in the Middle East (Bare feet story but I strongly recommend to hear it directly from Angelina in this interview - you will not regret seeing it ruclips.net/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/видео.html ). Her maternal grandfather is Japanese. As I understand Angelina's mother and uncle grew up in Japan. (people claim that Angelina speaks a little Japanese). There is a video of her singing a song in Japanese (ruclips.net/video/dT0L8ISgE8Q/видео.html) at a concert in Japan. The Wild Music channel reacting to her Japanese song praised her pronunciation ruclips.net/video/D7iwJ8ebPJo/видео.html . So, by now she is fluent in at least 3 languages (Norwegian, English, and Farsi) - She had countless concerts in Norway, Sweden, Germany, England, Russia, Greece, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Brazil, and the North Pole. (So much I found out - probably there are more) In Seoul she opened the concert for Norah Jones, she performed for Norway Prime Minister royalties, President of US, on Quincy Jones's birthday concert, and appeared in many TV shows. Also at age 9, she published a children's book. She appeared in some Netflix production ruclips.net/video/1TkGeO6gWCI/видео.html and therefore on red carpet. Despite all this, she still behaves like a simple girl rather than a star. More than anything else I am impressed with her composure, (see Summertime ruclips.net/video/bnpFsCNKzFg/видео.html her final appearance on Norway got Talent age 8). Probably you want to see her in recording studio at age 6. It is (good) recording cover off "I who have nothing" at age 6 ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html to me she already sounds like proffesionall. I enjoyed in this recording seeing her excitement (she is usually cool as a cucumber). All this she accomplished before COVID so before age of 13. By that time she recorded 2 or 3 original songs, Now she has 6 original songs one was published couple of days ago - Love do not let me Go.
“ I have a daughter the same age..this is going to be cute”…😂😂 Absolutely NEVER been trained..it’s all her…
As others are saying, no one else in her family is especially musically talented or "connected" in the way you were talking about, as far as we know. Her uncle (mother's brother), who became her manager, comes the closest: he was a hip-hop DJ for a few years before he shifted to music management. But, as he tells the story, "Three months after I started the management [company], with no artists or any real talent in sight, my niece signed up for _Norway’s Got Talent_ ." He makes it sound like he didn't even know she could sing, but that's not the case: she had been singing for friends and family for many years at that point, and in fact had been saying that she wanted to be a "superstar" who could "sing for the whole world" for at least a couple of years. (She started singing at 1½, announced that she wanted to sing for Simon Cowell on one of his shows when she was 3, and had been asking her mother to sign her up for talent competitions that she was too young to participate in, at least since she was 5.)
Her grandmother (mother's mother) has been described as a child prodigy, but in art and poetry, not music. She seems to have served mainly as a creative inspiration and a source of strength for Angelina. I haven't seen or read anything that would suggest she pushed her granddaughter into perfoming.
As for her parents, it's obvious that neither of them would have chosen a life "in the public eye" for themselves or for their daughter (unless she chose it for herself, which she clearly did). I say this based on the fact that her mother has always seemed *very* uncomfortable on camera (in the handful of interviews we've seen her in over the years) and has always talked about taking things slow and trying to give her daughter as normal a life as possible until she is old enough to take control of it; and her father is almost never seen at all (I only know of one instance where he answered a few questions on camera, right after Angelina won NGT). It's pretty obvious that Angelina has always been the driving force behind her own singing "career" (in quotes since it effectively began when she was 1½) and that it is she who dragged the rest of her (immediate) family, kicking and screaming, into the public eye, not the other way 'round.
Finally, I will note that in the footage of her singing at 1½ (which you will see eventually, if you continue to react to her), she appears to be holding a wireless karaoke mic and her voice sounds like it's being piped through a speaker. That might explain how she got interested in singing in the first place: perhaps her family had "karaoke nights" that she witnessed from birth. We don't know.
Great reaction! New Subscriber! Thank you! You mentioned the "Fly Me to the Moon" cover. Yes, she has not only covered that particular song many, many times, but it became pretty much her signature song! She obviously loves "Ol' Blue Eyes Sinatra"!
Mery Zemani, her grandmother was a child prodigy in Iran as an artist, Her grandmother is a mentor to Angelina and they are very close. Mery is not a musical prodigy, but is involved in all her productions and artistry.
Sarah is the singer nobody nobody Angelina Jordan‘s family sings at all. Her grandmother is a national stuff for the international famous painter, an artist, and pull it, but no one saying just her and she is a gift a little girl she’s a prodigy she was born with this voice.
Song all of the world this is born with the prodigy
Kudos to her awesome band, her performance just stunning
As far as anyone knows, nobody in Angelina's family sings or plays. Her earliest influences were her grandmother's music collection and RUclips suggestions. She clearly had a very good ear and a passion for singing. While many children her age could pick out a melody and hold a tune, she seems to have been attracted to the stylistic intricacies best represented by jazz singers. Pre-teen Angelina improvised ways to make the sounds in her head while the rest of her anatomy was busy catching up. I have joked in the past that the first music teacher who tried to tutor her has been rocking back and forth in a darkened room ever since but I was making the serious point that the only thing any vocal coach could do for her is teach her how to protect and preserve her voice as it evolves.
So, having come to terms with the notion that Angelina's ability and potential as a singer seemed limitless, I became much more fascinated by her creativity. Sure, I had read comments about her being referred to as 'the boss' and had seen what I then viewed as a contrived handing over her arrangement in the above video, but I wasn't fully convinced Angelina could also arrange and compose until she posted California Dreamin' and Shield. She was 12, had honoured a personal invitation from Quincy Jones to perform Fly Me to the Moon at a tribute concert in my home town and, for the first time, I was beginning to think of her as not merely a prodigious talent but potentially a musical genius. Despite this, my heart dropped a year later when I became aware she not only planned to audition for America's Got Talent but to do so by covering Bohemian Rhapsody - two choices that could spell career suicide. Well, she not only dropped the mic on me back then, based on the evidence of this past week, she appears to be about to make me look a fool again for thinking a self-written debut album as a 17-year-old would be too great a risk.
Grandma, Mery Zamani is Angelina’s most influential, creative, inspirational and her muse. Angelina’s and grandma Mery’s is as wonderfully and lovingly tight as it gets.
Check out Angelina Jordan singing Fly me to the moon, on the View.
You will love it.
AJA was 9 yrs, 2 mo. Old here...
Her 1st time in a proper sound booth was age 6, she worked on 4 songs. The best video that day, was her singing I WHO HAVE NOTHING (Tom Jones / Shirley Bassy)... 1st take... amazing to watch.
Did you notice her writing the little notes for the music director before the video started. These were changes to the arrangement the director said they were her wishes. She has performed these musicians before and they call her the Boss...
You're right, she totally went for it. To my knowledge, she has never sung this song with such abandon since then. So glad to be able to revisit it on RUclips whenever I need a reminder of how freaking fantastic she was at nine.
Keep that energy, you are going to be stunned. She is fantastic.
Like several of her songs, she has at least three versions of Fly Me to the Moon that I know of, including one at age 8 in front of a live audience at The View. She is also Norways youngest published author apparently, and she speaks Norwegian, English and Farsi, so if this music thing doesn't work out, she may take a weekend off to forge world peace.
Her newest song, Love Don't Let Me Go, is a masterpiece!
Talento impresionante desde muy joven....y tiene canciones y participaciones en concursos mucho mas pequeña. Debes verlos
Watch her singing I who have nothing at age 6. Then to see her low range how great thou art.
She's a genius
Hi John, thanks a billion for this 2nd reaction to Angelina Jordan.
Besides my comment to your first AJ reaction a little note to this song:
its not "the song from Hokus Pokus" 😉 because there it was also a cover.
Let me cite my comment to your first reaction (in a slightly changed version because you already reacted to this song now):
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A little explanation:
Her cover "I put a spell on you" b/w studio version at 9yo (ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html - btw. she made most of her cover arrangements by herself!) based on the original from Screemin' Jay Hawkins (from 1956) - Live: ruclips.net/video/7kGPhpvqtOc/видео.html
or another version of it: ruclips.net/video/orNpH6iyokI/видео.html
and here a version from 1990 in Tokyo - I feel, this is like the version Angelina has taken as the model, but I don't know it ( ;-) ): ruclips.net/video/Bb9ag8bch_U/видео.html
or as Audio-Studio-Version: ruclips.net/video/82cdnAUvsw8/видео.html)
that's real fun - if you watch this too and may be after this watch Angelinas cover again you will find out that Angelinas cover is a real tribute to Jay Hawkins :-D
At the beginning you see her something writing on a sheet and a man reading it and smiles than.. in an interview this man, who was the "bandleader", said, this were some "wishes" from Angelina (she was every time very polite he said) for changes of her arrangement for the piano :)))
The candle you can see at about 0:12 shows a portrait of J. Hawkins - I think her grandma bought it at a concert in Tokyo ;)
At 0:26 you can see the bassist smiling - I can imagine that he smiles about the expectable reactions of the listeners in the moment, when Angelina starts to sing at 0:30 ;-)
Btw. I read somewhere that her grandma was in person at a concert of SJH in Japan (as she, AJs mother and uncle lived there some years - AJs grandpa is Japanese) and there AJs grandma bought this candle as a souvenir ;)
...I hope this story isn't a HOAX :))
..."
And btw.: "Fly Me To The Moon" is somehow her inofficial signature song; she performed it over years in several arrangements - mostly from herself. The version she sung at the Quincy Jones birthday party in O2 areena London was of course from Quincy Jones :)))
Age Upload Where link
7/8 21.03.2014 "Senkveld ""The Late Show"" (TV2)" ruclips.net/video/rFWs2Z_RZ3Y/видео.html
8 19.09.2014 "The View" US-TV Show ruclips.net/video/nBGMQ9Kx9iI/видео.html
8 15.08.2019 Gala 2014 von "Ein Herz für Kinder"
"Angelina Jordan sings in charity for children with heart disease. (Dec. 6th 2014)" ruclips.net/video/3d8w4urgHq4/видео.html
10 30.04.2017 Little Big Shots US (aired 17.04.2016? If the title of another video is right: ruclips.net/video/cw1mx16mUFY/видео.html) ruclips.net/video/ESlRssCSTdE/видео.html
10 09.07.2016 Kongsberg jazzfestival ruclips.net/video/iOdWleX9fzE/видео.html
10/11? 12.02.2017 Music video by Mery Zamani (her grandma) ruclips.net/video/jnnzbdt4_RE/видео.html
11 02.06.2017 Angelina Jordan singing "Fly Me To the Moon", Nor-Shipping 2017, Oslo, May 30, 2017 ruclips.net/video/KGNuIWvfSXk/видео.html
11? 02.10.2018 The incomparable Angelina Jordan at Jake & Rachel's wedding ruclips.net/video/6XJ5xnUgKCw/видео.html
12 26.09.2018 Kongsberg jazzfestival 07.07.2018 - Angelina Jordan - LIVE from concert ruclips.net/video/6ykYpql2mp8/видео.html
12 16.07.2019 12.07.2019 - Prøysenhuset, Rudshøgda, Norway ruclips.net/video/VqYO30zB6DU/видео.html
12 02.12.2019 2018 Rehearsal for the Quincy Jones birthday in the London O2 Arena ruclips.net/video/OMkwoqUNNkE/видео.html
(This list is not exhaustive.)
And for to understand Angelinas inspiration here are some other artists from the classic jazz era:
Kaye Ballard - In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon) (1954): ruclips.net/video/vpC_N19UlIk/видео.html
Shirley Bassey - (In Other Words) Fly Me To The Moon (1963 Recording): ruclips.net/video/MolLz3tV7qo/видео.html
Peggy Lee - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words): ruclips.net/video/v9J1-ReetZo/видео.html
Gala in Berlin:
This performance was in Berlin/Germany, Dec. 6th 2014, a TV-Show/-Gala for to collect for children with problems like medical issues (heartproblems, cancer,...) - only on this eve they collected 16,269,471 Euro for children in need...
Have fun and stay well and healthy
CU in your next AJ reaction
Andreas
😎
The original was by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, he recorded his version in 1956.....the picture on the candle at the beginning is him.........check out his performances here on RUclips........Angelina performed a tribute here, her vocals are an intriguing interpretation of the original
"Jazz Music is a Language of the Emotions." - Charles [ Ms. Angelina "Magical Jazz Vocalist" Jordan ] Mingus "Thank U / JohnReavestLive / DD."
John, No one in Angelina's family was musically inclined. Her Grandmother Mery loved jazz music and influenced Angelina by playing and listening to old jazz records, went Angelina was a young child. The one connection with her Grandmother, they both were Child Prodigies; Mery's gift was poetry and Art, and Angelina's music.
I've put this together from other sources: Angelina's mother, Sara Astar, is Norwegian and the daughter of Iranian artist and poet Mery Zamani and a Japanese father. Her father, Gerry Christian Slättman, is Swedish. Jordan received vocal training and piano lessons in the after-school program of the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts in Oslo, Norway. In addition, she plays the violin, guitar and flute, and she also paints. As far as I know, she has further published a book in Norway. I believe that Angelina's background is an excellent example of how a mixture of very diverse influences can mount in incredible and multi-faceted talent.
All best from Germany
Prepare to be awestruck at every turn with AJ.
Her grandmother is/was a child prodigy in painting and poetry, and has been the force encouraging her. Her uncle Mike is her manager but her parents and sister are not musical.
Her uncle, Michael Astar, has been in the entertainment industry for almost two decades. He has worked with artists such as Nas, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Wu-tang Clan, Dizzee Rascal, Tinie Tempah, Xzibit, Fat Joe, and many more.
No one in her family is musical although her grandma Mery is a renowned visual artist and who introduced tiny Angelina to jazz very early. It is truly a conundrum when we try to rationalize how it is possible that this tiny sweet-faced 9yo Norwegian girl can step up to a microphone, flip some switch within her, become this "beast-mode" version of herself (most probably named "AJ don't play"), deliver an extraordinary and musically and socially sophisticated performance, then just-like-that return to the pensive young lady once again... There aren't words for this!
"I Put a Spell On You" has been covered many times and is recognized as a classic, yet almost never is the tone of the original 1956 "Screamin" Jay Hawkins version captured. This is because Hawkins was the original shock-rock guy (think Ozzy Osbourne-type craziness) and his style is difficult to emulate and also because his dated delivery is uncomfortable and stereotypical to our modern sensibilities. Yet Angelina respectfully sings his own song in a manner that exceeds his (Hawkin's image is on the candle she holds at the start of her video). You must go and listen to Hawkins' original to see the true genius in how AJ incorporates many of his vocal elements [usually omitted by most singers]. This shows another aspect of her musical IQ and arranging genius (not to mention her masterful control of her vocal instrument equaled by few others regardless of age). "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" ruclips.net/video/orNpH6iyokI/видео.html
Great reaction: surprisingly I don't think her family is hugely musical... Angelina heard music in the house and started singing as a baby - there is a video showing her at 18 months singing some lines from Whitney's version of "I will always love you" - very nicely and perfectly in tune (holding what might be a toy microphone throwing out her arms and throwing back her head like a seasoned performer)... She somehow knew she had this incredible talent, and discovered jazz by flipping through RUclips - in an interview she says "The music found me..." and "Without Billie Holliday there would be no Angelina"... She is a very unusual and remarkable prodigy.
I do love the Bette Midler/Hocus Pocus version of this song, too. But I believe in this recording, Angelina is channeling the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 1950’s original. It’s my belief talent like hers, at this young age, is innate. She is simply born with it. Yes, she has trained over the last ten years, and I can’t wait to hear what she does with her gift in the future. She won the ‘Norway’s Got Talent’ show at eight years old…..those are fun videos…(hint, hint, hint)! Love your reactions. More please!