Angelina is a gift from heaven. Humble, incredible talent, charitable, and an example for children to look up to.. never seen such a package in my 65 years. You will get many songs to watch, and she will make you cry. Best wishes to you
You made very astute observations of this young phenom for someone who has never seen her perform before. I hope to watch you explore more of her rather large body of work over the past decade, most of it is on RUclips.
Simply one of the most wonderful and beautiful human beings on this planet....oh yeah and likely the most talented human being on this planet as well.... all I've got. Thank you for the reaction, there is a long long way to go with this young lady. Happy New Year.
That tv seems fitting, since AJ is an old soul ❤️ Just fantastic this girl, both inside and out ❤️ Her barefoot story and her voice is incredible ❤️ She even wrote a book about the barefoot story and became the youngest published author in Norway at the time ❤️ Its called Between 2 Hearts 👍❤️
Awesome reaction and you hit The Mother Load to an Artist to react to! She is approaching 180 songs in her catalog, which 5 are Originals, all arranged by her from age 6. She is 16 and will turn 17 on the 10th of January, 2023. Enjoy the journey, God bless!
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's amazing cover of this Amy Winehouse classic - at age 10. Angelina Jordan from Norway is now 16 (turning 17 next month) & has close to 180 covers & some original songs readily available on RUclips. But in order to better understand her musical roots in jazz & her early influencers, highly recommend all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want You, Bang Bang & Summertime) - at ages 7-8. And to really appreciate her raw talent, you need to watch her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You (which she also arranged) - at age 9. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
You have just discovered the most fascinating singer of the 21st century and you have only just scratched the surface with this genius girl, who has been performing masterpieces since she was 7 (she'll be 17 in January). I heartily recommend you take the dive into the rabbit hole. You won't regret it. Excellent reaction. 😎
- Who is Angelina Jordan - Angelina is a Norwegian born child prodigy in music. She's a singer/ songwriter who's arranged over 180 covers and 5 originals, all since the age of 7. Angelina began singing at 18 months old. At 2, she began teaching herself how to sing, focusing primarily on the jazz masters of decades gone by. These are artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James. She's also influenced by Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, and Adele, to name a few. She's also been said to be the girl of 1,000 voices. Yet even though we can hear the phrasing and style she puts in the songs, it's always Angelina that we hear. At 7 years old, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent. She was the last to audition. The judges had no idea who she was or what she could do. They saw a diminutive mussy haired, barefooted girl with her teeth still growing in. For her audition, she performed "Gloomy Sunday" from Billie Holiday. On TV-2, they've reported over 14 million views of this performance. This does not take into account the many hundreds of reactors showing this audition to millions more. Needless to say, Angelina went on to win the 2014 season of NGT shortly after her 8th birthday. The family was bombarded with requests for performances, interviews, and record label offers. They turned down 90% of the requests, as they insisted that Angelina should enjoy a normal childhood. That didn't stop Angelina from performing at select engagements around the world, singing for Heads of State, and even Barack Obama. She's spent time and worked with musicians such as Quincy Jones and Alan Walker. She first appeared on American television, The View, at 8 years old. Angelina auditioned for America's Got Talent The Champions at 13 years old. She made it just up to the final selection of the final 5 when she dropped from the competition. It wasn't that she wasn't good enough to be in the final 5, but it was because she refused to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music. She even turned down Disney. At 14, Angelina signed with Republic Records. Republic gave her complete artistic control as well as control over the performances she would make. Angelina is now 16 and lives in LA. She turns 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.
I think you just found yourself a new best friend, her name is Angelina Jordan Astar. Enjoy her life catalog, so far on RUclips ober 10 yrs there is about 170+ to choose from. She will tear down the walls you hide behind open your heart let you cry and embrace you like a mother to a child all with her presence and her many vocals. Her voice might be big, she stands at 6ft tall but its her heart that is the biggest. See you soon!
Hi, Pandora! Please watch "America Got Talent" Angelina was 13 years old, performing her arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and her version of "Yellow Brick Road," these songs will show you how Angelina has grown as an Artist. I suggest you go back went her career began at age 7; she was discovered on the "Norway Got Talent" show in 2014. She sang 4 Jazz songs Starting with "Gloomy Sunday" and ending with "Summer Time." I forgot to mention Angelina is a Norwegian Jazz Singer and was a Child Prodigy that fell in love with Jazz Music at a very young age ( 2-1/2 yrs old) and has arranged her songs and covers with a touch of Jazz injected into all her music.
Nice reaction! She has a video of “Valerie” you may also enjoy among her HUNDREDS of videos. Read the comments and react to a few more of her videos and you’ll be completely hooked! It’s quite the journey. 😃
The funfact here is, normally, the vocalist feel Honore to work with KORK, a VERY respected Radio orchestra in Norway. But this time it was the other way around, as you can see in the faces of the musicians. Noble woman Angelina Jordan Astar the National Treasure of Norway was a superstar when she was 8. Angelina does not boss around ore be condesent. She is well öoved for her friendliness and highly respected for her sense of music. If Angelina says there was a error, there was an error, like here, it was the second take. She was furious....with herself. While checking the first take in the engineer-booth she discovered, she had failed. MONSTROUS, CATASTROPHY, 😆, the shame to need a second take, at age 10. Pandora, have a pleasant year 2023 and I hope dearly to hear and see more of Angelina Jordan on your channel.
She is singing and speaking to Amy. Not necessarily us. A brilliant and gifted young artist. Many think perhaps the best new voice in a generation or more.
Angelina first went viral with her audition on Norway's Got Talent, where she sang Gloomy Sunday, virtually channeling Billie Holiday. That's a good one to do, but you want to move forward in time. I therefore suggest her most popular video, Bohemian Rhapsody, which she performed on America's Got Talent - Champion's edition, broadcast January 2020.
This young lady turned 18 in January and Headlined her own show in Las Vegas in February! Dhe has over 200 covers and original music! She is currently collaborating on new music with Toby Gad, Diane Warren, David Foster, and other talented songwriters and musicians! Her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent The Champions in 2020 got her a Golden Buzzer and went viral! Qieen loved it so much they gave her permission to release her version! The best song to react to at age 8 is her appearance on the View in the US singing Fly Me To The Moon with just a guitar accompaniment! Angelina Jordan Astar does many amazing songs and her voice adapts to the style dhe sings! Looking forward to many reactions from you! A couple of other singers that might interest you are, Sydnie Christmas who resently won Britain's Got Talent, and Gabriel Henrique from Brazil, his I Want To Know What Love Is with Coral Black to Black on a rooftop is amazing!
I have subscribed to follow your journey down the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole. She is an amazing artist and a beautiful person. You will get to know a lot about her through her fans (called Angels). Suspicious Minds is a great recent performance to react to if you want to see her evolution. That said, Angelina is able to excel at many styles and genres. You will see as you work your way through her portfolio. I look forward to your incredible journey. Thanks.
Your curiosity will take you far with Angelina. Her unique style, versatility and approach to the different genre will keep you interested. Great reaction
Excellent observations, enjoyed your reaction. In the comments, you will no doubt receive a couple of biographies. They are well worth your time to read and will answer many questions about Angelina. I will enjoy watching you discover just how amazing this girl is, there is something so joyful in seeing someone new look in bewilderment and confusion at what they are hearing and seeing and trying to fit the two conflicting pieces together. Recommendations for something recent? "Suspicious Minds" would be a great choice, or if you want to do a very interesting double reaction, you can do Her version of "My Funny Valentine" at 10 yrs old and again at 16 yrs old. (both are stunning) After that you must do "I Put A Spell On You" the black and white version. That will really blow you away! (she had just turned 9 when she recorded that one) This girl is truly something very special, and as talented as she is, she is still very humble. Beautiful inside and out. Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New year to you!
This is a great AJ performance -- but IMO there are many, many others that stand out. I know you'll get lots of recs, but "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "I Put a Spell on You" should top the list. Many thanks for your reaction.
Really nice reaction, you should hear her now, she's 16 now. Check out her recent release of suspicious minds by elvis. Its so good. Looking forward to more reactions of Angelina. ♥️
@@PandoraPlaysMusic It’s phenomenal! Make sure you get around to reacting to songs from her performances in Norway this past summer, too. You will be blown away at how good she is live. Many of the commenters you will hear from flew to Norway in June and July to see her concerts and they all said she is actually better in person (I know… hard to imagine, right?).
@@PandoraPlaysMusic slight edit..Suspicious Minds was written by Mark James..I only mention this because Angelina covers this song in a way which more closely reflects the true meaning of the words Mark James wrote..
This video was Angelina’s second take singing this song with Kirk. There another video on RUclips showing Angelina sitting in the control booth listening to the recording of the first take, and you can tell she wasn’t happy with it. So, she went back out to studio and nailed the second time.
Angelina sings this one well, but only had a day to improvise the lyrics because her mom didn't want her singing Amy's very adult lyrics. The Angelina performance you want is the black & white video of I Put A Spell On You, recorded when she was 9. It'll blow you away. Here's a link: ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html
Your intuitions about Angelina are spot on. Talented - yes, mature- yes, fascinating - also yes! Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! Here her mom told her she couldn't sing the original lyrics so she had about 24 hours to revise them. She did this so well no changes were required from the orchestra. 2 takes and done! Angelina Jordan arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (160+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse to the Beatles (and many others in between) and do them all justice! If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40-piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you figure out why she performs barefoot! Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library.
Very nice first reaction! Oh boy, you are going to be bombarded by her fans called Angels that will fill you in on this music prodigy with an old soul from Norway. She's basically been a star since she was 7 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Her early influences are Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Etta James to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. She entered and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, " Wow, what a rendition!" Not only that, but she received the copyrights for her version of this song from Queen, which makes it hers now. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity. Now 16 years old, living in Los Angeles, and is signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records have agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. She is working on a new album of original music which will be coming out next year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience. Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Hi, Pandora! BEWARE! This is a very long comment, and I hope you have the patience to read to the end. Thank you for discovering Angelina. Others have told you a lot about her and her abilities, from which you will gather she has a very devoted and articulate fan base. She calls the fans her "Angels" and I am proud to be one of them. I discovered her in 2014, at the age of 83, when she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent, singing Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday". If someone had told me that I would become enchanted by a 7-year-old child, with wild hair and missing teeth, I'd have told them they were mad to even think it. But, here I am, some 8 years later, looking forward to every new song she releases and between times watching and listening to performances I've seen and heard many hundreds of times. 🙂 I keep a database of the RUclips channel owners who feature Angelina and from New Zealand there is only one other who first reacted to her on 8 Nov 2022. His channel is named NZ Boy, should you be interested. To help you discover Angelina's uniqueness and appreciate her musicality, I am going to suggest you react to the songs listed below. They are chosen to show you just how talented and versatile Angelina is. She has many "nicknames" - The Chameleon of Song, The Barefoot Princess with a 1,000 voices, etc., and as you listen to her, you will surely understand that they are a true reflection of her talent. The first song I have selected has become what is almost obligatory for new Reactors to feature on their channel. Angelina took as her base the original stage performance of the singer/songwriter, Screaming' Jay Hawkins, made some subtle changes to both lyrics and melody and produced a performance which, to me, has made it the definitive version of the song. Here is the link: age 9 - Studio Recording - "I put a spell on you": ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html Angelina was a student at the Waldorf School, Oslo and took part in the After School program, where she used the school's recording studio for at least four performances. My favourite is listed below: age 6/7 - I who have nothing - ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html I'll now recommend you react to her performance on Norway's Got Talent. You will be "gob smacked" at the almost unbelievable improvements she makes in both her singing and her stage presence in these performances. Here are the links. Other than the second one listed, all have English subtitles, which should be on automatically. If not, make sure you click on the cog and enable them. You will then be able to read the comments made by the Judges for each performance. age 7 - Norway's Got Talent - First Audition:"Gloomy Sunday"- ruclips.net/video/d3gSho9yf88/видео.html age 8 - Norway’s Got Talent - Judges' Cut-Off: "I’m a fool to want you" - ruclips.net/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/видео.html age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Semi Final: "Bang Bang" - ruclips.net/video/pcBoB49Gxn8/видео.html age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Final: "Summertime" - ruclips.net/video/443pBSpx5B4/видео.html It now becomes difficult as there are more incredible performances from Angelina at ages 8 -9, but I suggest two she did at the age of 10. I submit them because for me, it was the first time I realised that she had lost all the childishness from her voice and had the inalienable right to "stand tall" amongst all other professional singers and be judged accordingly. Here is a link to those performances. age 10 - "I'm still holding out for you" - ruclips.net/video/Dv8mjCh5iiE/видео.html age 10 - "Feelin' Good" - ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html Now I am going to skip three years and recommend performances which go from age 13 to her present age of 16. Here are the links. age 12 - "I’d Rather Go Blind" - (Etta James cover) ruclips.net/video/pK8mMXQb3_I/видео.html Three of her original songs age 12 - "Shield" - ruclips.net/video/IUAvEoPxNvw/видео.html age 14 - "Million Miles" (Live in Studio): ruclips.net/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/видео.html age 15 - "7th Heaven" - (Official Music Video) ruclips.net/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/видео.html and three covers age 15 - "All I ask" - (Adele Cover) ruclips.net/video/8gJuprckBxI/видео.html age 15 - "Billie Jean" - (Michael Jackson cover) ruclips.net/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/видео.html age 15 - "Easy on me" (Adele): ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html age 16 - "My funny Valentine" - ruclips.net/video/ETGLbsGDAI0/видео.html As I mentioned earlier, I discovered Angelina shortly after she uploaded to RUclips her initial audition on Norway's Got Talent in 2014, which was a few months before I celebrated my 83rd birthday, and I've been a devotee since hearing the performance. I didn't expect much from a 7-year-old. Just a cute little girl, all nervous, rushing the song in parts, hesitating and then stumbling over, or forgetting, her words and generally acting her age and doing her best to get through a childish song like "Twinkle, twinkle little star". What did I see? Well, it was a seven-year-old child, with wild hair and gaps in her mouth, where there once were baby teeth. And that was when the perception of seeing a "normal" child ended and things turned upside down. She confidently answered the questions put to her by a Judge. Declared she was going to sing a song by the legendary Billie Holiday. Gestured off-stage for the technician to start the music, and then started singing. The body of the 7-year-old was still there, but the voice wasn't. It was that of a 40-year-old black woman with years of experience singing blues and soul. I was surprised then, and that surprise is still with me, some seven years later. I have followed her career since I saw that first video on RUclips and in the seven years she has been singing publicly she has mastered many musical genres, including Blues, Country, Disco, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Soul, EDM and Rock and covered songs first performed by many famous singers, like Adele, Whitney Houston, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lana del Ray, Gloria Gaynor, Andy Williams, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and many others. What is more extraordinary is that she takes ownership of every song she sings while still paying respect to the original. She never goes into unnecessary theatrics. Never sings those high or low notes unless they are absolutely necessary. Never projects herself in any performance which says "look how good I am". She just sings the song as she feels it is meant to be sung. And I'll add an even more extraordinary item for you to consider, to show how unique she is. She has the innate ability not only to sing a song as emotionally as the song deserves, but to be able to communicate those same emotions to the listener. As I have noted, I have been following her career a long time and have listened to every interview she has given and every documentary about her and every performance she has ever given. What stands out for me is how a very reserved and humble girl, in her normal life, can be transformed into the perfect vehicle for the song she has chosen to sing. Although the gift of singing and all her performances appear to be effortless, Angelina works very hard to ensure that the one she is going to record reflects what she sees as the correct way to meld both lyrics and melody. If you go to ruclips.net/channel/UChM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig you will find many rehearsals where, not only do you get to see her rehearsing but being the "ordinary" girl she is (if indeed one is able to apply that adjective to her). Most of her performances are recorded in her home studio, either with background music or a single guitar. Most are done in one take. She treats the whole thing as a hobby. As we would have said when I was young. "There is no 'side' to her" She is completely transparent to the world. I will end this missive by urging you to consider supporting Angelina by p,osting a link to the song you are featuring sand also her official channels. Here are the links. Angelina Official channels Angelina Jordan's official site - www.angelinajordanofficial.com Angelina Jordan Official channel - ruclips.net/channel/UC1Pw... Angelina Jordan Cover Channel - ruclips.net/channel/UCv-Q... Covering many Rehearsals and childhood videos of Angelina, in addition to some performances not on other channels. The owner of this channel is Angelina's maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani, a well-known and respected Iranian artist, and the person who encouraged Angelina's interest in music. Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz - ruclips.net/channel/UChM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig
Thank you for sharing your favourite songs. Everyone in my community knows how much I love a good list. I have printed it:) Thank you again so much. I'll be enjoying the journey! ❤️
What you will soon realize is that Angelina today at 16 Angelina is already the best Jazz singer on the Planet! Soon to be one of the Best Vocalists of All Time. ♥👣👸🏻 Angelina won Norway's Got Talent when she was 8 yrs old after starting the competition at 7 yrs old. The youngest winner of any Got Talent show on the planet. She had to wait two years because you had to be 7 yrs old to enter. She started with a rendition of Billie Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday' which she just infused with Billie's soul. She followed this by another Billie classic with a pitch perfect rendition of 'I'm a Fool to Want You' acapella. Her next performance was a beautiful rendition of 'Bang, Bang' by Sonny & Cher and performed most famously by Nancy Sinatra. She won the competition with what I consider her first Masterpiece performance of 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Shortly after winning she was designated a National Treasure by the Norwegian people. ♥👣👸🏻 There is video of Angelina recorded by her mother Sarah Astar singing a couple of lines of "I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston when she was 18 months old. She started studying all the greats of Jazz soon after under the guidance of her Iranian Grandmother Mery Zamani a child prodigy in her own right as an artist and poet. English is Angelina's 3rd language behind Norwegian and Farsi along with Japanese and some German and perhaps more. She did this from 2 & 3 yrs old by scrolling thru RUclips of all their most Iconic performance. Angelina doesn't just mimic these greats, she reinterprets them and then simply sings them the way they were meant to be sung. She makes them her own. Angelina was begging her mother to go on "that Simon show" when she was 3 yrs old. encouraged to sing children songs, she would have none of that. Angelina chooses her own songs and she is absolutely fearless. No song is too big and no artist is too Iconic. All the most Iconic songs by the most Iconic singers in music history. Angelina has said singing to her is as important to her as breathing. ♥👣👸🏻 She will sing anything Acapella at any time and often does. Her Tic-Toc is full of these impromptu performances wherever she might be whether in the car, walking around the neighborhood or in a parking Garage. Accompanied by most often a simple guitar or piano her performances are always incredible. Add a band or even a full orchestra as in her performance for Quincy Jones at his request singing his arrangement of 'Fly Me to the Moon'. The same arrangement he did for Frank Sinatra. This opened for his 85th birthday celebration at the 02 Arena in London. ♥👣👸🏻 She is well known worldwide in the industry. Her family and Angelina have been holding back turning down many of the biggest in the industry while she finishes school. Remember she's only 16. They finally signed with Republic Records about two year ago after getting a deal that gave her control of her artistic vision and has since released 2 originals, 'Million Miles' & '7th Heaven' plus a soundtrack for the New Movie "The Hating Game" which opens with her song 'Mercy' performed most notably by Duffy. Republic has labeled her their Highest Priority and assigned a team to her including Rob Christy a multiple Grammy Winner, often on the piano in many of her performances and a whole team of equally qualified professionals. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the industry and always get exactly what she wants. They call her the Boss and have immense respect for her. She is due to release her 1st album promised by Angelin to be soon. She has been diligently perfecting her craft since winning Norway's Got Talent singing all over the world, Germany, Japan, Korea as well as TV appearances such as The View, Little Big Shots and most notably America's Got Talent where she premiered her Iconic Performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which Queen gave her the rights to record her own version available on ITunes and Spotify included on her Album 'Magic' which she released on her own along with a Christmas Song collection. She didn't win AGT because she would not sign with Simon. IMO. She has also sung for Many Heads of State including Barack Obama and for Quincy Jones 85th birthday at the 02 Arena in London and a couple songs opening for Norah Jones in Korea. She also sang at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8 yrs old for Malala and another recipient. Mostly she has sung for charities helping raise millions for children charities and climate change. The great part is that most of it has been well documented often by herself and her family. Her Grandmother who introduced her to Jazz at 3 & 4 yrs old is behind the camera more than anyone else. Norway proclaimed her a National Treasure shortly after she won NGT. Love the reactions. Get ready for a deep dive. She is worth it! Love from the Land of Vikings and the home of the Kensington Runestone here in mid-Minnesota wherein lies a huge Norwegian population. ♥👣👸🏻
Love your reaction. Others are better equipped at telling you more about the Norwegian “barefoot princess”. I will add my vote to “Suspicious Minds” (a recent cover of a famous Elvis Presley tune) for your next reaction. Of course, hearing these two songs which span a seven year stretch of Angelina’s young but lengthy career will want you to hear more of her over 170-song oeuvre. I look forward to following your reactions to this amazing, talented singer - the most beautiful voice of the twenty first century! ❤️👣
Hi Pandora! 👋🤓 I watch all of your The Warning reactions. I love Angelina Jordan. Try AJ's recent rendition of "My Funny Valentine". 🗣Great to see you! 🤘🤓🍿
The day before this recording session, Angelina's mom read the Amy Winehouse lyrics and told her daughter she couldn't sing them. Angelina went straight to work, writing new lyrics which fit the music perfectly. She went to the recording session and only needed two takes to make this video. Angelina was 10 years old.
@@PandoraPlaysMusic you have just scratched the surface of the most intriguing musical artist of my 64 years. Angelina and her music have improved the quality of my life.
Wonderful reaction! You've responded to Angelina as most do with wonder and bewilderment. I am providing you a brief biography below with a playlist. I will provide you three songs that you must react to to give you an idea of where she was and where she's going. 1. I put a spell on you, a year earlier at age nine. Probably the finest ever recording of a 9-year-old vocalist! Strap in! 2. Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT at age 13. 3. Suspicious Minds at age 16 current Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy. She is now 16, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She is not widely promoted yet, however, as her family has decided to wait until she graduates school, so she has a normal childhood. Here is a link from ages 6 to 16 of 106 Angelina chronological RUclips performances with five originals. m.ruclips.net/p/PL2v8kgVeo4EbYDVnRwObjETfWpXbzbgIO Here is a more comprehensive playlist of 180 videos including tiktok and Instagram. ruclips.net/p/PL2v8kgVeo4EbQD6l_WAVjOfItquzW7oEc Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. When she was 6 years old, she was in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own shoes and has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond. Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love. ruclips.net/user/AngelinaJordanOfficial Please remember to include in your description the artist Official Channel as well as the original video, if you have not already done so. Verbally encouraging your viewers to like comment and subscribe to yours and the artists' videos and channels boosts subscriptions and algorithms for both of you. Potential subscribers recognize those who support exceptional artists like Angelina.
Thanks for a great first reaction to Angelina. You won't start to understand how incredibly versatile she is until you've heard about ten of her performances--and she will probably sound different in all ten of them. For something recent I recommend her recording of Suspicious Minds: ruclips.net/video/RTbKhkceR00/видео.html
Well, I'll wager that you've not had so many comments so quickly in quite a while. Welcome to Angelina's world. I am one of many of the "ancients" (79-3/4) among her ardent fans. She truly has the most fascinating voices I have ever heard. But aside from her beautiful voice she has a way about her that enchants and enthralls. She reminds me of one of my favorites from long ago - Julie London. This excerpt from Wikipedia about London comes close to capturing Angelina's allure: "Predominantly a torch singer,[8] London was described by critics as both "sultry"[23] and "low-keyed".[48] Her recordings were often noted by critics for being "intimate",[8][49] typically featuring sparse guitar and bass arrangements.[50] A BBC Legends episode noted: "Some singers sing as though they are addressing a crowd; some sing as though they are in a bar with a lot of people-[London] sings as though she's in one room, with you-and that's the difference."[8]" Welcome to the rabbit hole.
Such a talented and skilled young girl. Listening to her one would never think she's 10 years old. But at 10 she had been singing jazz and blues for 8 years. And she has been very dedicated to her craft. She's been a pro for many years but is obviously improving in her vocal and breath control and in the variety of strengths. Amazing. Good reaction. It's always interesting to hop back and forth to see where she came from and where she is now, while enjoying her well documented progress with nearly 200 recordings, covers and originals.
@@PandoraPlaysMusic my first time hearing her at the age of 7y , her first Time public performance at NGT. The judges and the whole audience were shocked with her performance of Gloomy Sunday from Billie holiday. She is always fearless, powerful and fascinating.✌️ don't ask why, only enjoy,,💓💕
Peter mentioned the summer 2022 concerts. This July 10 concert has so many great recordings getting posted online. Great video, superior sound. The two of the best I have seen are from… Mattias: ruclips.net/video/BU7zp1zodvg/видео.html (close to the stage) and Vidar: ruclips.net/video/2Z8N1Xy62Mk/видео.html (far from the stage, maybe a wider audio rage of high and low pitches). Plus this one from July 7: ruclips.net/video/DYVxnY06BWw/видео.html (Mt. Everest)
Thank you for giving audience to our Angel. This young lady touches a lot of hearts, especially in the older community (I'm not sure why that is, but it is, and we adore her). I hope you will find reason to explore her past, why she has the fan base that she has, why we believe she will become one of, if not the, greatest vocalist of this century.
Welcome to Angelina Jordan's universe! Great first-time reaction 😄 I know you want to go forward to see her today. However, this is about her middle currently. Might I suggest going back first to watch all of her Norways Got Talent songs. She was ages 7 and 8 when she won. Those are short, and you could do them in one or two videos. Then jump forward and watch her 2 original songs, Million Miles and 7th Heaven. Then her cover of Elvis Suspicious Minds. Looking forward to more AJ reactions.
Lovely reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 I think you 'got' her, and most people who gets her, eventually falls in love with her music. Out of her close to 200 covers, this one isnt even in my top 50. You will probably get a lot of reccomendations, chose any song you like and you probably wont be disappointed, you really cant go wrong with her. Here are a couple from my top 5 thats often overlooked when reccomending songs from her. Her covers of All I Ask from Adele, and Stay from Rihanna. Hope you will enjoy discovering this once in a lifetime talent that Angelina is 🌹 See you in the next one!
I am one of the many Angelina angels and this is not on my top 50 either. But even her #100 on the list of favorites is 💯. For a shockingly good hall-of-fame performance go for I Put A Spell on You (age 9, black and white, phenomenal). For a recent one try Suspicious Minds
Great reaction, Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan, she was 10 here. Her first performance was at 7 on Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, which she won at 8, truly an old soul. Her roots are in jazz from the age of 1 1/2. Today at 16 she is even more impressive. she sings barefoot to remind herself and everyone of all the children who do not have shoes Love to hear you reaction to more of her originals and cover renditions
Long before Angelina got known for her Amy Winehouse covers,people called her "little Amy" or "new Amy" because she loves to have her hair set up like Amy used to,and because Angelina sounds like Amy when she sings. I heard Angelina herself finds that one of the best compliments she has gotten,and is ofc very proud that people think she looks and sounds like one of her favourite singers. She fought her parents into a compromise over this song,wich just proves how much Angelina loves Amys songs. Have you seen her Valorie cover yet? It was Mark Ronson and Amys hit together. You might see Angelinas little sister at some points in that "vacation video",she tends to get alot of attention too from reactors lol. Not gonna say why,just laying it out there as a teaser. But there Angelina sounds very much like Amy.
Here is a great example of how Angelina sounds like now at age 16 - 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
You got it; she is absolutely fascinating and surprising. Most of her covers and originals from age 6 to 16 (taday) will leave you feeling the same way. No better quality singer out there these last few years but relatively little known because she seems to have been protected from the usual path and people. Can't wait to see you discover more, if you decide to take a journey with her.
Pandora I first caught your reaction to Disturbed's "Sound Of Silence" and watching the effect it had on you made me start to explore your channel. I am glad to hear you say you wanted to explore more Angelina Jordan. I wanted to give you a 4 song primer to show you her evolution. Start with her rendition of "I Put A Spell On You" at the age of 9 then her AGT audition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and then her at 13 yrs old just sitting on a sofa doing "I Would Rather Go Blind" and finish up with her live studio recording of Adele's "Easy On Me". I think this will give you a true feel for how talented this young lady is. Please also check out who a lot of people consider the best voice of this generation, Morissette Amon. Try either "Rise Up or "Never Enough" both on WISH 107.5. Also have a listen to her acapella performance of "Drivers License" . For something completely different, KZ Tandingan on Singer 2018 doing "Rolling In The Deep", pure electricity. Last suggestion would be Lara Fabian doing "Je Suis Malade". Select the one from the RUclips channel Frenchrescue. Best audio and both English and French subtitles for your viewers listening pleasure. Thanks for making me a subscriber and I look forward to your future reactions.
Gave you a sub for an enjoyable reaction to AJ.You will find that her vocals are always brilliant,it's the artistry that will constantly catch you off guard with her unpredictability.
I would finish her 3 other NGT (Norways got Talent performances) there is one more at age 7 and then last two are Age 8. All are amazing. Then it's obligatory to do her rendition of screaming jay Hawkins I put a pell on you (age 9). Most are stunned into silence, even vocal coaches. There are stunning and heart felt performances all along the way at every age. She has around 200 performances in total including recent summer concerts and videos she has released before and after. Most make a pit stop on her three AGT performances at age 13. She is now just turned age 17 on January 10th 2023. She has raised millions for children's charities. The story of why she only performs barefoot is that she met a homeless and shoeless child when traveling with her parents when she was 6. She gave the child the boots off her own feet. She signed with Republic records at age 14, but has been going slow, no promotions and she has only ever done concerts all over the world when school is out in the summers.
@@PandoraPlaysMusic " gloomy Sunday " is a song about suicide another performance from ANGELINA with lyrics changed to be more age appropriate , thank god she did otherwise perhaps we would not be aware now OF ANGELINA JORDAN.
Angelina's Mother Sarah Astar was not happy with the lyrics of the song as being too adult. She insisted Angelina change them if she wanted to do the song. Angelina finished writing them in the car on the way to the recording. My understanding is that they fit so well that KORK had no need to change the arrangement and that to me is astonishing! Angelina's roots are in Jazz. She been listening and studying these icons from the past century since she was 2-3 yrs old on you-Tube. Also Angelina arranges, at least in part, if not in total, total control of all her performances. She has since she was 7-8 yrs old. She knows what she wants and gets exactly what she wants out of the artists and musicians she works with, many of them who are some of the most accomplished in the industry. ♥👣 Some have referred to this as a rehearsal and I will be happy to be corrected by someone who Knows but I suspect this was no rehearsal but a scheduled performance with this performance being the purpose. KORK is the Norwegian National Orchestra known as the Norwegian Radio Orchestra & I don't believe I have heard this performed with this arrangement with these particular members in a live event. She did do a live performance of "Summertime" with the full Orchestra. Correct me if I'm wrong. I have recently learned that KORK actually contacted Angelina for the purpose of this recording plus several others. I had thought Angelina's family had contacted them. I stand corrected. I'm guessing National Orchestra requested her because of her talent and because she was declared by Norway as a National Treasure shortly after winning Norway's Got Talent. I believe this booking was arranged for the purpose of this recording. It's on her Album as well as others for a project KORK was doing. Thus the scheduled time slot. I'm guessing the arrangement was made ahead of time and each party was working with this. Angelina was informed the night before I believe and had the night and next day before the performance to make the changes. I believe she worked on it that evening but didn't quite finish it. She visited an amusement park on the day of and before the performance. I've watched video of her in an interview at the park with a friend. It looks like they had the whole park to themselves. She finished the lyrics on the ride to the recording session. The remarkable thing is that the lyrics fit so well they had no need to change the arrangement. I believe this performance was the second take. Again I will be happy to be corrected on this if I am wrong but regardless this performance was typical Angelina Magic. Smooth Velvet Perfection! ♥👣If there is a performance and a recording of it I'd love to see & or hear it. I know she did it live a time or two but not with these members and this arrangement. ♥👣
For anybody new to Angelina, who wants to get to know her quickly, I created this playlist with ten songs from age 7 to 16 (plus a recent feature about her): ruclips.net/p/PLddfS789jBCrSUcMxwCiHeJi8A9zN5xt3 You could pick any of those for your next reaction, they are all great! 1. Gloomy Sunday, her 2013 audition to Norway's Got Talent, when she was 7, which was aired in 2014 and then immediatly went viral. 2. Fly Me to the Moon, live on The View, was her US debut later in 2014, and also went viral. It gathered more than 34 Million views on RUclips, and many more on Facebook. 3. I Put a Spell On You, the song where Screamin' Jay Hawkins got his nickname from, has 10 Million Views so far. Her cover is closer to his original than most well known covers of it. She was 9 years old here. 4. Feeling Good, in a version sung on TV in 2016 while still being 10 years old, though she already started to perform the song in public about a year earlier. 5. A Million Years ago, one of 11 Adele covers she did, as an impressive acoustic home studio recording. 6. Shield, from 2018, was the third original she relased that year at 12 years old. It is about the protection and support she gets from her family. 7. Bohemian Rhapsody, in her own stripped down arrangement on AGT the Champions Season 2, wowed everyone, including the group Queen themselves, who twittered "Wow, what a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody!" 8. Million Miles, which she wrote and produced together with Stargate, is about the loss of a close person (her grandfather), and was the first song she released 2020 with Republic Records. 9. 7th Heaven , her 2nd song with RR from 2021, is encouraging people to persue their dreams, like she did. 10. Suspicious Minds, done 2022, is an Elvis cover as unique as Bohemian Rhapsody was.
Angelina is apparently a big Amy fan herself, as she covered six different songs from her already. Here is a playlist of her performing Amy covers on 13 different occasions, including some rehearsals: ruclips.net/p/PLddfS789jBCr8KoO0WZav1NRC6qGL6K3e And she changed the lyrics for some of the others as well PS: fixed link, that was missing the last character before
Hi Pandora, even if you already got some comments with good information allow me sending you my "standard firsties comment" (SFC) - maybe you can find some for you new information in it ;-) "... just to see the evolution ..." - for that I would propose to continue with (one of) her earliest recordings: "I, Who Have Nothing", recorded when she was 6 yo! ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html - because here when she recorded "Back To Black" she was already in her 4th year of her career! 😊 "... it makes me want to watch more ..." - the start of my SFC could give an explanation... 🙃 … ... (because of length limits in YT-comments my SFC follows in the next comment 😏)…
Please watch/react AGT Bohemian Rhapsody (age 13) next. Then her Norway's got talent series (age 7/8) And an absolute knock your socks off, I put a spell on you (age 9 or 10) would also make a great next to watch.. I envy your discovery path to come, as I had mine a couple of years ago and still am moved by everything she does.
- The Barefoot Princess - 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 age 6, 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.
Here is a link from this year: ruclips.net/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/видео.html First a interview by national TV with their beloved treasure, than live on stage 2 original songs "7th heaven" and "Million Miles". She is not little anymore. She is 186 cm tall. I´m not sure, but I suspect she sewed her gowns herself, as she did in earlier times. Million Miles is a tribute to her beloved japanese Grandpa, who died during AGT 2020. He took her with him into Oslo, as he helped the homless community with food and jobs. A true Gentleman. PEACE to all.
A surprising choice for your first reaction to ANGELINA but I guess because you are a Amy fan . ANGELINA age 10 here and if I recall she wasn't happy with the first performance in the recording studio . as so often with ANGELINA she is experimenting with different vocal styles as would be expected at such a young age .I'm not a fan of Amy Winehouse but ANGELINA is fond of her and has performed around 6 songs but I can't say any of them are my favourite ANGELINAS performances. Just one last point if young artists wait to be a certain age to be able to perform songs deemed inappropriate for them , they would be restricted to singing " twinkle twinkle little star " many young artists change lyrics to be more age appropriate otherwise they would be severely restricted in their song choices.as a Amy fan perhaps you're expectation was to much from a ten year old.
I must say: That I can tell by the look on your face you are being polite and that's okay. But if you are going to do a cover of The Queen Amy Winehouse. Don't change all the words. If her mother told her that she couldn't sing that specific song then she should have waited until she was of age. No disrespect to the young lady but NO, NO, NO, NO, NO it didn't work for me SORRY.
You're taking things far to seriously , this is a ten year old who as she often does is experimenting with her vocals as would be expected at such a young age. ANGELINA is fond of Amy Winehouse and so covered this song and some others I'm not a fan of Amy winehouse so I can't say any would be in my favourite angelina performances. but she is brave and covers many songs from numerous different artists from age 6 warts and all including in a recording booth age 6 performing " I have nothing " ( Whitney Houston) if she had waited to be , "of age" the vast majority of her renditions would never have been recorded including her 1st audition for NGT( Norway 🇳🇴 got talent) aged 7 " gloomy Sunday " a suicide song which again the lyrics were changed to be more aged appropriate .many young artists do this it's not unusual for them to alter the lyrics otherwise wise they may be restricted to sing " twinkle twinkle little star " .
I can tell by the tone of your comment that you are a AMY WINEHOUSE superfan , so I doubt you would have given any credit at all to ANGELINA even if she gave a perfect world class performance so not surprised by your comments of a 10 year old performing a far from perfect rendition .no credit at all.
You need to react to singers of tick tock these are the world's greatest young singers that just love to sing and not looking for fame. They are way better than professionals these kids.
Hi Pandora! THIS is the troll we warned you about! He's been doing this for months. To try to spread negativity and lies about a 16 year old singer is pretty distasteful and pathetic! What logical reason would a person do this?...
Pandora as Angelina’s fame grows unfortunately she attracts weirdo trolls like this sad person who’s been denigrating Angelina for months now. We think he’s rather unwell sadly.
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the mazing Angelina Jordan .
'Suspicious minds', very recent, it will blow you away.
I'm looking forward to it!
I always come back to AJ !!!
Angelina is a gift from heaven. Humble, incredible talent, charitable, and an example for children to look up to.. never seen such a package in my 65 years. You will get many songs to watch, and she will make you cry.
Best wishes to you
You made very astute observations of this young phenom for someone who has never seen her perform before. I hope to watch you explore more of her rather large body of work over the past decade, most of it is on RUclips.
Welcome to Angelina's world :-) Nexxt stop: look up on RUclips for "Angelina Jordan Norway's Got talent all performances"
10 years old... how???
You'll find this girls music to be the mother of all rabbit holes. Have fun and enjoy.
For me it was the find of a lifetime.
"...mother of all rabbit holes." Indeed! ...with well over 150 RUclips videos in many genres from age six to sixteen! What a talent!
Simply one of the most wonderful and beautiful human beings on this planet....oh yeah and likely the most talented human being on this planet as well.... all I've got. Thank you for the reaction, there is a long long way to go with this young lady. Happy New Year.
Welcome to Angelina's World. This was, of course, > 6 yrs ago, when she was 10 y.o. (!) She will be 17 y.o. Jan 10, 2023. Dive in!!
Angelina Jordan turns 17 in days (January 2023).
That tv seems fitting, since AJ is an old soul ❤️ Just fantastic this girl, both inside and out ❤️ Her barefoot story and her voice is incredible ❤️ She even wrote a book about the barefoot story and became the youngest published author in Norway at the time ❤️ Its called Between 2 Hearts 👍❤️
Very perceptive for a first ever reaction. Now I'm curious to see how you react to the next one. See you next time. : )
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Awesome reaction and you hit The Mother Load to an Artist to react to! She is approaching 180 songs in her catalog, which 5 are Originals, all arranged by her from age 6. She is 16 and will turn 17 on the 10th of January, 2023. Enjoy the journey, God bless!
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's amazing cover of this Amy Winehouse classic - at age 10. Angelina Jordan from Norway is now 16 (turning 17 next month) & has close to 180 covers & some original songs readily available on RUclips. But in order to better understand her musical roots in jazz & her early influencers, highly recommend all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want You, Bang Bang & Summertime) - at ages 7-8. And to really appreciate her raw talent, you need to watch her black & white performance of I Put A Spell On You (which she also arranged) - at age 9. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Excellent reaction
You have just discovered the most fascinating singer of the 21st century and you have only just scratched the surface with this genius girl, who has been performing masterpieces since she was 7 (she'll be 17 in January). I heartily recommend you take the dive into the rabbit hole. You won't regret it. Excellent reaction. 😎
🥰 Welcome to AJ :-))
- Who is Angelina Jordan -
Angelina is a Norwegian born child prodigy in music. She's a singer/ songwriter who's arranged over 180 covers and 5 originals, all since the age of 7.
Angelina began singing at 18 months old. At 2, she began teaching herself how to sing, focusing primarily on the jazz masters of decades gone by. These are artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James. She's also influenced by Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, and Adele, to name a few. She's also been said to be the girl of 1,000 voices. Yet even though we can hear the phrasing and style she puts in the songs, it's always Angelina that we hear.
At 7 years old, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent. She was the last to audition. The judges had no idea who she was or what she could do. They saw a diminutive mussy haired, barefooted girl with her teeth still growing in. For her audition, she performed "Gloomy Sunday" from Billie Holiday. On TV-2, they've reported over 14 million views of this performance. This does not take into account the many hundreds of reactors showing this audition to millions more.
Needless to say, Angelina went on to win the 2014 season of NGT shortly after her 8th birthday. The family was bombarded with requests for performances, interviews, and record label offers. They turned down 90% of the requests, as they insisted that Angelina should enjoy a normal childhood.
That didn't stop Angelina from performing at select engagements around the world, singing for Heads of State, and even Barack Obama. She's spent time and worked with musicians such as Quincy Jones and Alan Walker. She first appeared on American television, The View, at 8 years old.
Angelina auditioned for America's Got Talent The Champions at 13 years old. She made it just up to the final selection of the final 5 when she dropped from the competition. It wasn't that she wasn't good enough to be in the final 5, but it was because she refused to sign with an AGT affiliated label, should she win. She knew very well what production hungry labels could do to her music. She even turned down Disney.
At 14, Angelina signed with Republic Records. Republic gave her complete artistic control as well as control over the performances she would make. Angelina is now 16 and lives in LA. She turns 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.
I think you just found yourself a new best friend, her name is Angelina Jordan Astar. Enjoy her life catalog, so far on RUclips ober 10 yrs there is about 170+ to choose from. She will tear down the walls you hide behind open your heart let you cry and embrace you like a mother to a child all with her presence and her many vocals. Her voice might be big, she stands at 6ft tall but its her heart that is the biggest. See you soon!
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New subscriber for Angelina, you're one lucky gal, you just stumbled on to the greatest female vocalist of all times
Hi, Pandora! Please watch "America Got Talent" Angelina was 13 years old, performing her arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and her version of "Yellow Brick Road," these songs will show you how Angelina has grown as an Artist. I suggest you go back went her career began at age 7; she was discovered on the "Norway Got Talent" show in 2014. She sang 4 Jazz songs Starting with "Gloomy Sunday" and ending with "Summer Time." I forgot to mention Angelina is a Norwegian Jazz Singer and was a Child Prodigy that fell in love with Jazz Music at a very young age ( 2-1/2 yrs old) and has arranged her songs and covers with a touch of Jazz injected into all her music.
Try her tribute to her late grandfather, the Original "Million Miles Apart", written by 13 yr old AA
Nice reaction! She has a video of “Valerie” you may also enjoy among her HUNDREDS of videos. Read the comments and react to a few more of her videos and you’ll be completely hooked! It’s quite the journey. 😃
Thanks! ❤️
The funfact here is, normally, the vocalist feel Honore to work with KORK, a VERY respected Radio orchestra in Norway. But this time it was the other way around, as you can see in the faces of the musicians. Noble woman Angelina Jordan Astar the National Treasure of Norway was a superstar when she was 8. Angelina does not boss around ore be condesent. She is well öoved for her friendliness and highly respected for her sense of music. If Angelina says there was a error, there was an error, like here, it was the second take. She was furious....with herself. While checking the first take in the engineer-booth she discovered, she had failed. MONSTROUS, CATASTROPHY, 😆, the shame to need a second take, at age 10. Pandora, have a pleasant year 2023 and I hope dearly to hear and see more of Angelina Jordan on your channel.
She is singing and speaking to Amy. Not necessarily us. A brilliant and gifted young artist. Many think perhaps the best new voice in a generation or more.
Angelina first went viral with her audition on Norway's Got Talent, where she sang Gloomy Sunday, virtually channeling Billie Holiday. That's a good one to do, but you want to move forward in time. I therefore suggest her most popular video, Bohemian Rhapsody, which she performed on America's Got Talent - Champion's edition, broadcast January 2020.
Thanks!
her cover of Stay will blow u away ;)
This young lady turned 18 in January and Headlined her own show in Las Vegas in February! Dhe has over 200 covers and original music! She is currently collaborating on new music with Toby Gad, Diane Warren, David Foster, and other talented songwriters and musicians! Her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on America's Got Talent The Champions in 2020 got her a Golden Buzzer and went viral! Qieen loved it so much they gave her permission to release her version! The best song to react to at age 8 is her appearance on the View in the US singing Fly Me To The Moon with just a guitar accompaniment! Angelina Jordan Astar does many amazing songs and her voice adapts to the style dhe sings! Looking forward to many reactions from you!
A couple of other singers that might interest you are, Sydnie Christmas who resently won Britain's Got Talent, and Gabriel Henrique from Brazil, his I Want To Know What Love Is with Coral Black to Black on a rooftop is amazing!
have a happy new year ❤
You too! ❤️
I have subscribed to follow your journey down the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole. She is an amazing artist and a beautiful person. You will get to know a lot about her through her fans (called Angels). Suspicious Minds is a great recent performance to react to if you want to see her evolution. That said, Angelina is able to excel at many styles and genres. You will see as you work your way through her portfolio. I look forward to your incredible journey. Thanks.
Your curiosity will take you far with Angelina. Her unique style, versatility and approach to the different genre will keep you interested. Great reaction
Excellent observations, enjoyed your reaction. In the comments, you will no doubt receive a couple of biographies. They are well worth your time to read and will answer many questions about Angelina. I will enjoy watching you discover just how amazing this girl is, there is something so joyful in seeing someone new look in bewilderment and confusion at what they are hearing and seeing and trying to fit the two conflicting pieces together.
Recommendations for something recent? "Suspicious Minds" would be a great choice, or if you want to do a very interesting double reaction, you can do Her version of "My Funny Valentine" at 10 yrs old and again at 16 yrs old. (both are stunning) After that you must do "I Put A Spell On You" the black and white version. That will really blow you away! (she had just turned 9 when she recorded that one)
This girl is truly something very special, and as talented as she is, she is still very humble. Beautiful inside and out. Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New year to you!
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too!
This is a great AJ performance -- but IMO there are many, many others that stand out. I know you'll get lots of recs, but "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "I Put a Spell on You" should top the list. Many thanks for your reaction.
Hi there pandora
Hey you:)
Really nice reaction, you should hear her now, she's 16 now. Check out her recent release of suspicious minds by elvis. Its so good. Looking forward to more reactions of Angelina. ♥️
I'll have to listen to it as I love that song, and can imagine how beautifully she'll sing it. Already made her a playlist. ☺️
@@PandoraPlaysMusic It’s phenomenal! Make sure you get around to reacting to songs from her performances in Norway this past summer, too. You will be blown away at how good she is live. Many of the commenters you will hear from flew to Norway in June and July to see her concerts and they all said she is actually better in person (I know… hard to imagine, right?).
@@PandoraPlaysMusic slight edit..Suspicious Minds was written by Mark James..I only mention this because Angelina covers this song in a way which more closely reflects the true meaning of the words Mark James wrote..
This video was Angelina’s second take singing this song with Kirk. There another video on RUclips showing Angelina sitting in the control booth listening to the recording of the first take, and you can tell she wasn’t happy with it. So, she went back out to studio and nailed the second time.
She has my respect!
Angelina sings this one well, but only had a day to improvise the lyrics because her mom didn't want her singing Amy's very adult lyrics. The Angelina performance you want is the black & white video of I Put A Spell On You, recorded when she was 9. It'll blow you away. Here's a link: ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html
Thank you!
Your intuitions about Angelina are spot on. Talented - yes, mature- yes, fascinating - also yes! Great reaction to a vocal tour-de-force! Here her mom told her she couldn't sing the original lyrics so she had about 24 hours to revise them. She did this so well no changes were required from the orchestra. 2 takes and done!
Angelina Jordan arguably brings the most confident, versatile, seemingly effortless, and fearless vocal artistry found today (whether measured across artists, genres, or decades). You may think this an exaggeration but listen to a few more of her many performances (160+ covers plus original songs - all on YT) and you will see! She has been performing at a high level all over the world since age 8 when she won Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, and Gershwin. It is the rare singer that can, as Angelina has done, go from Queen to "Screamin" Jay Hawkins to Adele to Elvis to Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson to Etta James to James Brown to Amy Winehouse to the Beatles (and many others in between) and do them all justice!
If you want to hear music, listen to anyone. If you want to feel music, listen to Angelina. She will stagger you with her ability to find and bring forth the 'essence', the emotional message of nearly any song. You have far to go with Angelina. She is equally comfortable and equally able to impact us whether singing a cappella, accompanied only by a piano or guitar, in front of professional studio musicians or a 40-piece military band. With her immense vocal toolkit, arranging ability (yeah, that too, since about 8yo or so) and the work ethic to make what she does only 'seem' effortless, she will hopefully be touching hearts for a long time to come. Wait until you figure out why she performs barefoot!
Why God has performed the miracle of touching the world with one of such talent, musical IQ, commitment, and generosity as Angelina we can wonder but we must all marvel. Welcome aboard the AJ train! Please react to more of her impressive library.
Yeah... what HE said....
Well said Ken! 😉👍
@@rickrack4812 😊👍😉
Very nice first reaction! Oh boy, you are going to be bombarded by her fans called Angels that will fill you in on this music prodigy with an old soul from Norway. She's basically been a star since she was 7 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Her early influences are Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Etta James to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. She entered and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, " Wow, what a rendition!" Not only that, but she received the copyrights for her version of this song from Queen, which makes it hers now. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity.
Now 16 years old, living in Los Angeles, and is signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records have agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. She is working on a new album of original music which will be coming out next year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience.
Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
What a beautiful human being. ❤️
Hi, Pandora! BEWARE! This is a very long comment, and I hope you have the patience to read to the end. Thank you for discovering Angelina. Others have told you a lot about her and her abilities, from which you will gather she has a very devoted and articulate fan base. She calls the fans her "Angels" and I am proud to be one of them. I discovered her in 2014, at the age of 83, when she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent, singing Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday". If someone had told me that I would become enchanted by a 7-year-old child, with wild hair and missing teeth, I'd have told them they were mad to even think it. But, here I am, some 8 years later, looking forward to every new song she releases and between times watching and listening to performances I've seen and heard many hundreds of times. 🙂
I keep a database of the RUclips channel owners who feature Angelina and from New Zealand there is only one other who first reacted to her on 8 Nov 2022. His channel is named NZ Boy, should you be interested.
To help you discover Angelina's uniqueness and appreciate her musicality, I am going to suggest you react to the songs listed below. They are chosen to show you just how talented and versatile Angelina is. She has many "nicknames" - The Chameleon of Song, The Barefoot Princess with a 1,000 voices, etc., and as you listen to her, you will surely understand that they are a true reflection of her talent.
The first song I have selected has become what is almost obligatory for new Reactors to feature on their channel. Angelina took as her base the original stage performance of the singer/songwriter, Screaming' Jay Hawkins, made some subtle changes to both lyrics and melody and produced a performance which, to me, has made it the definitive version of the song. Here is the link:
age 9 - Studio Recording - "I put a spell on you": ruclips.net/video/nwFloCPXzCs/видео.html
Angelina was a student at the Waldorf School, Oslo and took part in the After School program, where she used the school's recording studio for at least four performances. My favourite is listed below:
age 6/7 - I who have nothing - ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html
I'll now recommend you react to her performance on Norway's Got Talent. You will be "gob smacked" at the almost unbelievable improvements she makes in both her singing and her stage presence in these performances. Here are the links.
Other than the second one listed, all have English subtitles, which should be on automatically. If not, make sure you click on the cog and enable them. You will then be able to read the comments made by the Judges for each performance.
age 7 - Norway's Got Talent - First Audition:"Gloomy Sunday"- ruclips.net/video/d3gSho9yf88/видео.html
age 8 - Norway’s Got Talent - Judges' Cut-Off: "I’m a fool to want you" - ruclips.net/video/LXknLZDoRVQ/видео.html
age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Semi Final: "Bang Bang" - ruclips.net/video/pcBoB49Gxn8/видео.html
age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Final: "Summertime" - ruclips.net/video/443pBSpx5B4/видео.html
It now becomes difficult as there are more incredible performances from Angelina at ages 8 -9, but I suggest two she did at the age of 10. I submit them because for me, it was the first time I realised that she had lost all the childishness from her voice and had the inalienable right to "stand tall" amongst all other professional singers and be judged accordingly. Here is a link to those performances.
age 10 - "I'm still holding out for you" - ruclips.net/video/Dv8mjCh5iiE/видео.html
age 10 - "Feelin' Good" - ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
Now I am going to skip three years and recommend performances which go from age 13 to her present age of 16. Here are the links.
age 12 - "I’d Rather Go Blind" - (Etta James cover) ruclips.net/video/pK8mMXQb3_I/видео.html
Three of her original songs
age 12 - "Shield" - ruclips.net/video/IUAvEoPxNvw/видео.html
age 14 - "Million Miles" (Live in Studio): ruclips.net/video/3KxvwuZ7oEM/видео.html
age 15 - "7th Heaven" - (Official Music Video) ruclips.net/video/9rLiWvwzbCA/видео.html
and three covers
age 15 - "All I ask" - (Adele Cover) ruclips.net/video/8gJuprckBxI/видео.html
age 15 - "Billie Jean" - (Michael Jackson cover) ruclips.net/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/видео.html
age 15 - "Easy on me" (Adele): ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html
age 16 - "My funny Valentine" - ruclips.net/video/ETGLbsGDAI0/видео.html
As I mentioned earlier, I discovered Angelina shortly after she uploaded to RUclips her initial audition on Norway's Got Talent in 2014, which was a few months before I celebrated my 83rd birthday, and I've been a devotee since hearing the performance.
I didn't expect much from a 7-year-old. Just a cute little girl, all nervous, rushing the song in parts, hesitating and then stumbling over, or forgetting, her words and generally acting her age and doing her best to get through a childish song like "Twinkle, twinkle little star". What did I see? Well, it was a seven-year-old child, with wild hair and gaps in her mouth, where there once were baby teeth. And that was when the perception of seeing a "normal" child ended and things turned upside down. She confidently answered the questions put to her by a Judge. Declared she was going to sing a song by the legendary Billie Holiday. Gestured off-stage for the technician to start the music, and then started singing. The body of the 7-year-old was still there, but the voice wasn't. It was that of a 40-year-old black woman with years of experience singing blues and soul. I was surprised then, and that surprise is still with me, some seven years later.
I have followed her career since I saw that first video on RUclips and in the seven years she has been singing publicly she has mastered many musical genres, including Blues, Country, Disco, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Soul, EDM and Rock and covered songs first performed by many famous singers, like Adele, Whitney Houston, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lana del Ray, Gloria Gaynor, Andy Williams, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and many others. What is more extraordinary is that she takes ownership of every song she sings while still paying respect to the original. She never goes into unnecessary theatrics. Never sings those high or low notes unless they are absolutely necessary. Never projects herself in any performance which says "look how good I am". She just sings the song as she feels it is meant to be sung. And I'll add an even more extraordinary item for you to consider, to show how unique she is. She has the innate ability not only to sing a song as emotionally as the song deserves, but to be able to communicate those same emotions to the listener.
As I have noted, I have been following her career a long time and have listened to every interview she has given and every documentary about her and every performance she has ever given. What stands out for me is how a very reserved and humble girl, in her normal life, can be transformed into the perfect vehicle for the song she has chosen to sing.
Although the gift of singing and all her performances appear to be effortless, Angelina works very hard to ensure that the one she is going to record reflects what she sees as the correct way to meld both lyrics and melody. If you go to ruclips.net/channel/UChM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig you will find many rehearsals where, not only do you get to see her rehearsing but being the "ordinary" girl she is (if indeed one is able to apply that adjective to her). Most of her performances are recorded in her home studio, either with background music or a single guitar. Most are done in one take. She treats the whole thing as a hobby. As we would have said when I was young. "There is no 'side' to her" She is completely transparent to the world.
I will end this missive by urging you to consider supporting Angelina by p,osting a link to the song you are featuring sand also her official channels. Here are the links.
Angelina Official channels
Angelina Jordan's official site - www.angelinajordanofficial.com
Angelina Jordan Official channel - ruclips.net/channel/UC1Pw...
Angelina Jordan Cover Channel - ruclips.net/channel/UCv-Q...
Covering many Rehearsals and childhood videos of Angelina, in addition to some performances not on other channels. The owner of this channel is Angelina's maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani, a well-known and respected Iranian artist, and the person who encouraged Angelina's interest in music.
Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz - ruclips.net/channel/UChM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig
Thank you for sharing your favourite songs. Everyone in my community knows how much I love a good list. I have printed it:) Thank you again so much. I'll be enjoying the journey! ❤️
What you will soon realize is that Angelina today at 16 Angelina is already the best Jazz singer on the Planet! Soon to be one of the Best Vocalists of All Time. ♥👣👸🏻
Angelina won Norway's Got Talent when she was 8 yrs old after starting the competition at 7 yrs old. The youngest winner of any Got Talent show on the planet. She had to wait two years because you had to be 7 yrs old to enter. She started with a rendition of Billie Holiday's 'Gloomy Sunday' which she just infused with Billie's soul. She followed this by another Billie classic with a pitch perfect rendition of 'I'm a Fool to Want You' acapella. Her next performance was a beautiful rendition of 'Bang, Bang' by Sonny & Cher and performed most famously by Nancy Sinatra. She won the competition with what I consider her first Masterpiece performance of 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Shortly after winning she was designated a National Treasure by the Norwegian people. ♥👣👸🏻
There is video of Angelina recorded by her mother Sarah Astar singing a couple of lines of "I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston when she was 18 months old. She started studying all the greats of Jazz soon after under the guidance of her Iranian Grandmother Mery Zamani a child prodigy in her own right as an artist and poet. English is Angelina's 3rd language behind Norwegian and Farsi along with Japanese and some German and perhaps more. She did this from 2 & 3 yrs old by scrolling thru RUclips of all their most Iconic performance. Angelina doesn't just mimic these greats, she reinterprets them and then simply sings them the way they were meant to be sung. She makes them her own.
Angelina was begging her mother to go on "that Simon show" when she was 3 yrs old. encouraged to sing children songs, she would have none of that. Angelina chooses her own songs and she is absolutely fearless. No song is too big and no artist is too Iconic. All the most Iconic songs by the most Iconic singers in music history. Angelina has said singing to her is as important to her as breathing. ♥👣👸🏻
She will sing anything Acapella at any time and often does. Her Tic-Toc is full of these impromptu performances wherever she might be whether in the car, walking around the neighborhood or in a parking Garage. Accompanied by most often a simple guitar or piano her performances are always incredible. Add a band or even a full orchestra as in her performance for Quincy Jones at his request singing his arrangement of 'Fly Me to the Moon'. The same arrangement he did for Frank Sinatra. This opened for his 85th birthday celebration at the 02 Arena in London. ♥👣👸🏻
She is well known worldwide in the industry. Her family and Angelina have been holding back turning down many of the biggest in the industry while she finishes school. Remember she's only 16. They finally signed with Republic Records about two year ago after getting a deal that gave her control of her artistic vision and has since released 2 originals, 'Million Miles' & '7th Heaven' plus a soundtrack for the New Movie "The Hating Game" which opens with her song 'Mercy' performed most notably by Duffy. Republic has labeled her their Highest Priority and assigned a team to her including Rob Christy a multiple Grammy Winner, often on the piano in many of her performances and a whole team of equally qualified professionals. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the industry and always get exactly what she wants. They call her the Boss and have immense respect for her. She is due to release her 1st album promised by Angelin to be soon.
She has been diligently perfecting her craft since winning Norway's Got Talent singing all over the world, Germany, Japan, Korea as well as TV appearances such as The View, Little Big Shots and most notably America's Got Talent where she premiered her Iconic Performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which Queen gave her the rights to record her own version available on ITunes and Spotify included on her Album 'Magic' which she released on her own along with a Christmas Song collection. She didn't win AGT because she would not sign with Simon. IMO. She has also sung for Many Heads of State including Barack Obama and for Quincy Jones 85th birthday at the 02 Arena in London and a couple songs opening for Norah Jones in Korea. She also sang at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at 8 yrs old for Malala and another recipient. Mostly she has sung for charities helping raise millions for children charities and climate change. The great part is that most of it has been well documented often by herself and her family. Her Grandmother who introduced her to Jazz at 3 & 4 yrs old is behind the camera more than anyone else. Norway proclaimed her a National Treasure shortly after she won NGT. Love the reactions. Get ready for a deep dive. She is worth it! Love from the Land of Vikings and the home of the Kensington Runestone here in mid-Minnesota wherein lies a huge Norwegian population. ♥👣👸🏻
Her fundraising is very moving. How beautiful.
Love your reaction. Others are better equipped at telling you more about the Norwegian “barefoot princess”.
I will add my vote to “Suspicious Minds” (a recent cover of a famous Elvis Presley tune) for your next reaction. Of course, hearing these two songs which span a seven year stretch of Angelina’s young but lengthy career will want you to hear more of her over 170-song oeuvre. I look forward to following your reactions to this amazing, talented singer - the most beautiful voice of the twenty first century! ❤️👣
Thank you! ❤️
Ok, now you must go back in time and listen to her Norway Got Talent 4 songs to measure her immense talent. You got a new Subscriber.
Hi Pandora! 👋🤓
I watch all of your The Warning reactions. I love Angelina Jordan. Try AJ's recent rendition of "My Funny Valentine".
🗣Great to see you!
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The day before this recording session, Angelina's mom read the Amy Winehouse lyrics and told her daughter she couldn't sing them. Angelina went straight to work, writing new lyrics which fit the music perfectly. She went to the recording session and only needed two takes to make this video. Angelina was 10 years old.
That's very impressive!
@@PandoraPlaysMusic you have just scratched the surface of the most intriguing musical artist of my 64 years. Angelina and her music have improved the quality of my life.
Andy, have also a safe and peasant 2023. Best wishes from Elmar.
Wonderful reaction! You've responded to Angelina as most do with wonder and bewilderment. I am providing you a brief biography below with a playlist. I will provide you three songs that you must react to to give you an idea of where she was and where she's going.
1. I put a spell on you, a year earlier at age nine. Probably the finest ever recording of a 9-year-old vocalist! Strap in!
2. Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT at age 13.
3. Suspicious Minds at age 16 current
Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy.
She is now 16, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She is not widely promoted yet, however, as her family has decided to wait until she graduates school, so she has a normal childhood.
Here is a link from ages 6 to 16 of 106 Angelina chronological RUclips performances with five originals.
m.ruclips.net/p/PL2v8kgVeo4EbYDVnRwObjETfWpXbzbgIO
Here is a more comprehensive playlist of 180 videos including tiktok and Instagram.
ruclips.net/p/PL2v8kgVeo4EbQD6l_WAVjOfItquzW7oEc
Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye.
When she was 6 years old, she was in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own shoes and has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond.
Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love.
ruclips.net/user/AngelinaJordanOfficial
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Thanks for a great first reaction to Angelina. You won't start to understand how incredibly versatile she is until you've heard about ten of her performances--and she will probably sound different in all ten of them. For something recent I recommend her recording of Suspicious Minds: ruclips.net/video/RTbKhkceR00/видео.html
Well, I'll wager that you've not had so many comments so quickly in quite a while. Welcome to Angelina's world. I am one of many of the "ancients" (79-3/4) among her ardent fans. She truly has the most fascinating voices I have ever heard. But aside from her beautiful voice she has a way about her that enchants and enthralls. She reminds me of one of my favorites from long ago - Julie London. This excerpt from Wikipedia about London comes close to capturing Angelina's allure:
"Predominantly a torch singer,[8] London was described by critics as both "sultry"[23] and "low-keyed".[48] Her recordings were often noted by critics for being "intimate",[8][49] typically featuring sparse guitar and bass arrangements.[50] A BBC Legends episode noted: "Some singers sing as though they are addressing a crowd; some sing as though they are in a bar with a lot of people-[London] sings as though she's in one room, with you-and that's the difference."[8]"
Welcome to the rabbit hole.
Such a talented and skilled young girl. Listening to her one would never think she's 10 years old. But at 10 she had been singing jazz and blues for 8 years. And she has been very dedicated to her craft. She's been a pro for many years but is obviously improving in her vocal and breath control and in the variety of strengths. Amazing. Good reaction. It's always interesting to hop back and forth to see where she came from and where she is now, while enjoying her well documented progress with nearly 200 recordings, covers and originals.
Oh my goodness. 200? I'm looking forward to the journey!
@@PandoraPlaysMusic ❤️ …👍👣
@@PandoraPlaysMusic my first time hearing her at the age of 7y , her first Time public performance at NGT.
The judges and the whole audience were shocked with her performance of Gloomy Sunday from Billie holiday. She is always fearless, powerful and fascinating.✌️ don't ask why, only enjoy,,💓💕
Peter mentioned the summer 2022 concerts. This July 10 concert has so many great recordings getting posted online. Great video, superior sound. The two of the best I have seen are from…
Mattias: ruclips.net/video/BU7zp1zodvg/видео.html (close to the stage) and
Vidar: ruclips.net/video/2Z8N1Xy62Mk/видео.html (far from the stage, maybe a wider audio rage of high and low pitches).
Plus this one from July 7: ruclips.net/video/DYVxnY06BWw/видео.html (Mt. Everest)
Thank you!
Thank you for giving audience to our Angel. This young lady touches a lot of hearts, especially in the older community (I'm not sure why that is, but it is, and we adore her). I hope you will find reason to explore her past, why she has the fan base that she has, why we believe she will become one of, if not the, greatest vocalist of this century.
She breathes new life into the great music of our youth.
For me, she already is the greatest singer ever. Only the rest of the world doesn't know yet.
Welcome to Angelina Jordan's universe! Great first-time reaction 😄 I know you want to go forward to see her today. However, this is about her middle currently. Might I suggest going back first to watch all of her Norways Got Talent songs. She was ages 7 and 8 when she won. Those are short, and you could do them in one or two videos. Then jump forward and watch her 2 original songs, Million Miles and 7th Heaven. Then her cover of Elvis Suspicious Minds. Looking forward to more AJ reactions.
Lovely reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 I think you 'got' her, and most people who gets her, eventually falls in love with her music. Out of her close to 200 covers, this one isnt even in my top 50. You will probably get a lot of reccomendations, chose any song you like and you probably wont be disappointed, you really cant go wrong with her. Here are a couple from my top 5 thats often overlooked when reccomending songs from her. Her covers of All I Ask from Adele, and Stay from Rihanna. Hope you will enjoy discovering this once in a lifetime talent that Angelina is 🌹 See you in the next one!
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Here is a link to AIA: ruclips.net/video/8gJuprckBxI/видео.html
I am one of the many Angelina angels and this is not on my top 50 either. But even her #100 on the list of favorites is 💯. For a shockingly good hall-of-fame performance go for I Put A Spell on You (age 9, black and white, phenomenal). For a recent one try Suspicious Minds
Great reaction, Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan, she was 10 here. Her first performance was at 7 on Norway's Got Talent singing Billie Holiday, which she won at 8, truly an old soul. Her roots are in jazz from the age of 1 1/2. Today at 16 she is even more impressive. she sings barefoot to remind herself and everyone of all the children who do not have shoes
Love to hear you reaction to more of her originals and cover renditions
Her meaning of being barefoot is beautiful. ❤️
Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT age 13
Interesting starting point.... Welcome to her fan club. :D
Long before Angelina got known for her Amy Winehouse covers,people called her "little Amy" or "new Amy" because she loves to have her hair set up like Amy used to,and because Angelina sounds like Amy when she sings. I heard Angelina herself finds that one of the best compliments she has gotten,and is ofc very proud that people think she looks and sounds like one of her favourite singers. She fought her parents into a compromise over this song,wich just proves how much Angelina loves Amys songs.
Have you seen her Valorie cover yet? It was Mark Ronson and Amys hit together. You might see Angelinas little sister at some points in that "vacation video",she tends to get alot of attention too from reactors lol. Not gonna say why,just laying it out there as a teaser. But there Angelina sounds very much like Amy.
Here is a great example of how Angelina sounds like now at age 16 - 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
Thank you!
Subscribing so I can enjoy this journey with you, I won't even waste time recommending you songs cause I know other will.
You got it; she is absolutely fascinating and surprising. Most of her covers and originals from age 6 to 16 (taday) will leave you feeling the same way. No better quality singer out there these last few years but relatively little known because she seems to have been protected from the usual path and people. Can't wait to see you discover more, if you decide to take a journey with her.
As far as Amy Winehouse covers go, from Angelina jordan, I think my favorite one is Valerie, but her a w covers are not my favorite
Pandora I first caught your reaction to Disturbed's "Sound Of Silence" and watching the effect it had on you made me start to explore your channel. I am glad to hear you say you wanted to explore more Angelina Jordan. I wanted to give you a 4 song primer to show you her evolution. Start with her rendition of "I Put A Spell On You" at the age of 9 then her AGT audition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and then her at 13 yrs old just sitting on a sofa doing "I Would Rather Go Blind" and finish up with her live studio recording of Adele's "Easy On Me". I think this will give you a true feel for how talented this young lady is. Please also check out who a lot of people consider the best voice of this generation, Morissette Amon. Try either "Rise Up or "Never Enough" both on WISH 107.5. Also have a listen to her acapella performance of "Drivers License" . For something completely different, KZ Tandingan on Singer 2018 doing "Rolling In The Deep", pure electricity. Last suggestion would be Lara Fabian doing "Je Suis Malade". Select the one from the RUclips channel Frenchrescue. Best audio and both English and French subtitles for your viewers listening pleasure. Thanks for making me a subscriber and I look forward to your future reactions.
Gave you a sub for an enjoyable reaction to AJ.You will find that her vocals are always brilliant,it's the artistry that will constantly catch you off guard with her unpredictability.
I would finish her 3 other NGT (Norways got Talent performances) there is one more at age 7 and then last two are Age 8. All are amazing. Then it's obligatory to do her rendition of screaming jay Hawkins I put a pell on you (age 9). Most are stunned into silence, even vocal coaches. There are stunning and heart felt performances all along the way at every age. She has around 200 performances in total including recent summer concerts and videos she has released before and after. Most make a pit stop on her three AGT performances at age 13.
She is now just turned age 17 on January 10th 2023. She has raised millions for children's charities. The story of why she only performs barefoot is that she met a homeless and shoeless child when traveling with her parents when she was 6. She gave the child the boots off her own feet. She signed with Republic records at age 14, but has been going slow, no promotions and she has only ever done concerts all over the world when school is out in the summers.
I'm going to have to look them up because her Gloomy Sunday was incredible!
@@PandoraPlaysMusic " gloomy Sunday " is a song about suicide another performance from ANGELINA with lyrics changed to be more age appropriate , thank god she did otherwise perhaps we would not be aware now OF ANGELINA JORDAN.
ANGELINA will also graduate in June followed by promotion and album release by republic records ( umg)
Angelina's Mother Sarah Astar was not happy with the lyrics of the song as being too adult. She insisted Angelina change them if she wanted to do the song. Angelina finished writing them in the car on the way to the recording. My understanding is that they fit so well that KORK had no need to change the arrangement and that to me is astonishing! Angelina's roots are in Jazz. She been listening and studying these icons from the past century since she was 2-3 yrs old on you-Tube. Also Angelina arranges, at least in part, if not in total, total control of all her performances. She has since she was 7-8 yrs old. She knows what she wants and gets exactly what she wants out of the artists and musicians she works with, many of them who are some of the most accomplished in the industry. ♥👣
Some have referred to this as a rehearsal and I will be happy to be corrected by someone who Knows but I suspect this was no rehearsal but a scheduled performance with this performance being the purpose. KORK is the Norwegian National Orchestra known as the Norwegian Radio Orchestra & I don't believe I have heard this performed with this arrangement with these particular members in a live event. She did do a live performance of "Summertime" with the full Orchestra. Correct me if I'm wrong. I have recently learned that KORK actually contacted Angelina for the purpose of this recording plus several others. I had thought Angelina's family had contacted them. I stand corrected. I'm guessing National Orchestra requested her because of her talent and because she was declared by Norway as a National Treasure shortly after winning Norway's Got Talent. I believe this booking was arranged for the purpose of this recording. It's on her Album as well as others for a project KORK was doing. Thus the scheduled time slot. I'm guessing the arrangement was made ahead of time and each party was working with this. Angelina was informed the night before I believe and had the night and next day before the performance to make the changes. I believe she worked on it that evening but didn't quite finish it. She visited an amusement park on the day of and before the performance. I've watched video of her in an interview at the park with a friend. It looks like they had the whole park to themselves. She finished the lyrics on the ride to the recording session. The remarkable thing is that the lyrics fit so well they had no need to change the arrangement. I believe this performance was the second take. Again I will be happy to be corrected on this if I am wrong but regardless this performance was typical Angelina Magic. Smooth Velvet Perfection! ♥👣If there is a performance and a recording of it I'd love to see & or hear it. I know she did it live a time or two but not with these members and this arrangement. ♥👣
For anybody new to Angelina, who wants to get to know her quickly, I created this playlist with ten songs from age 7 to 16 (plus a recent feature about her): ruclips.net/p/PLddfS789jBCrSUcMxwCiHeJi8A9zN5xt3
You could pick any of those for your next reaction, they are all great!
1. Gloomy Sunday, her 2013 audition to Norway's Got Talent, when she was 7, which was aired in 2014 and then immediatly went viral.
2. Fly Me to the Moon, live on The View, was her US debut later in 2014, and also went viral. It gathered more than 34 Million views on RUclips, and many more on Facebook.
3. I Put a Spell On You, the song where Screamin' Jay Hawkins got his nickname from, has 10 Million Views so far. Her cover is closer to his original than most well known covers of it. She was 9 years old here.
4. Feeling Good, in a version sung on TV in 2016 while still being 10 years old, though she already started to perform the song in public about a year earlier.
5. A Million Years ago, one of 11 Adele covers she did, as an impressive acoustic home studio recording.
6. Shield, from 2018, was the third original she relased that year at 12 years old. It is about the protection and support she gets from her family.
7. Bohemian Rhapsody, in her own stripped down arrangement on AGT the Champions Season 2, wowed everyone, including the group Queen themselves, who twittered "Wow, what a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody!"
8. Million Miles, which she wrote and produced together with Stargate, is about the loss of a close person (her grandfather), and was the first song she released 2020 with Republic Records.
9. 7th Heaven , her 2nd song with RR from 2021, is encouraging people to persue their dreams, like she did.
10. Suspicious Minds, done 2022, is an Elvis cover as unique as Bohemian Rhapsody was.
Angelina is apparently a big Amy fan herself, as she covered six different songs from her already. Here is a playlist of her performing Amy covers on 13 different occasions, including some rehearsals: ruclips.net/p/PLddfS789jBCr8KoO0WZav1NRC6qGL6K3e
And she changed the lyrics for some of the others as well
PS: fixed link, that was missing the last character before
Hi Pandora,
even if you already got some comments with good information allow me sending you my "standard firsties comment" (SFC) - maybe you can find some for you new information in it ;-)
"... just to see the evolution ..." - for that I would propose to continue with (one of) her earliest recordings: "I, Who Have Nothing", recorded when she was 6 yo! ruclips.net/video/RjQZKBpVaes/видео.html - because here when she recorded "Back To Black" she was already in her 4th year of her career! 😊
"... it makes me want to watch more ..." - the start of my SFC could give an explanation... 🙃
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Please watch/react AGT Bohemian Rhapsody (age 13) next. Then her Norway's got talent series (age 7/8) And an absolute knock your socks off, I put a spell on you (age 9 or 10) would also make a great next to watch.. I envy your discovery path to come, as I had mine a couple of years ago and still am moved by everything she does.
- The Barefoot Princess -
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 age 6, 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.
Here is a link from this year: ruclips.net/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/видео.html
First a interview by national TV with their beloved treasure, than live on stage 2 original songs "7th heaven" and "Million Miles".
She is not little anymore. She is 186 cm tall. I´m not sure, but I suspect she sewed her gowns herself, as she did in earlier times. Million Miles is a tribute to her beloved japanese Grandpa, who died during AGT 2020. He took her with him into Oslo, as he helped the homless community with food and jobs. A true Gentleman. PEACE to all.
A surprising choice for your first reaction to ANGELINA but I guess because you are a Amy fan . ANGELINA age 10 here and if I recall she wasn't happy with the first performance in the recording studio . as so often with ANGELINA she is experimenting with different vocal styles as would be expected at such a young age .I'm not a fan of Amy Winehouse but ANGELINA is fond of her and has performed around 6 songs but I can't say any of them are my favourite ANGELINAS performances. Just one last point if young artists wait to be a certain age to be able to perform songs deemed inappropriate for them , they would be restricted to singing " twinkle twinkle little star " many young artists change lyrics to be more age appropriate otherwise they would be severely restricted in their song choices.as a Amy fan perhaps you're expectation was to much from a ten year old.
Your comments are not active for your " gloomy Sunday " reaction. ?
I think I fixed it?!
I must say: That I can tell by the look on your face you are being polite and that's okay. But if you are going to do a cover of The Queen Amy Winehouse. Don't change all the words. If her mother told her that she couldn't sing that specific song then she should have waited until she was of age. No disrespect to the young lady but NO, NO, NO, NO, NO it didn't work for me SORRY.
You're taking things far to seriously , this is a ten year old who as she often does is experimenting with her vocals as would be expected at such a young age. ANGELINA is fond of Amy Winehouse and so covered this song and some others I'm not a fan of Amy winehouse so I can't say any would be in my favourite angelina performances. but she is brave and covers many songs from numerous different artists from age 6 warts and all including in a recording booth age 6 performing " I have nothing " ( Whitney Houston) if she had waited to be ,
"of age" the vast majority of her renditions would never have been recorded including her 1st audition for NGT( Norway 🇳🇴 got talent) aged 7 " gloomy Sunday " a suicide song which again the lyrics were changed to be more aged appropriate .many young artists do this it's not unusual for them to alter the lyrics otherwise wise they may be restricted to sing " twinkle twinkle little star " .
I can tell by the tone of your comment that you are a AMY WINEHOUSE superfan , so I doubt you would have given any credit at all to ANGELINA even if she gave a perfect world class performance so not surprised by your comments of a 10 year old performing a far from perfect rendition .no credit at all.
You ain’t seen nothing yet
You need to react to singers of tick tock these are the world's greatest young singers that just love to sing and not looking for fame. They are way better than professionals these kids.
TROLL WITH MANY NAMES BEWARE.
Hi Pandora! THIS is the troll we warned you about! He's been doing this for months. To try to spread negativity and lies about a 16 year old singer is pretty distasteful and pathetic! What logical reason would a person do this?...
Pandora as Angelina’s fame grows unfortunately she attracts weirdo trolls like this sad person who’s been denigrating Angelina for months now. We think he’s rather unwell sadly.
Will you please go into hibernation TROLL?