A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice. As usual, a vocal master piece. Born Angelina Jordan Astar on January 10, 2006 in Oslo, Norway to her Norwegian mother, Sara Astar and her Swedish father, Gerry Christian Slattman. Angelina started singing around 18 months of age, after listening to Whitney Houston on RU-vid. She quickly became obsessed with listening to music videos and her maternal grandmother, Mery Zamani got Angelina interested in classic jazz. Mery Zamani is Iranian and was a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where starting around age 4, she had training in music but no vocal training. Her teachers were smart enough to not attempt to change what she was doing vocally. More recently she along with her grandmother have designed and made the clothing she wears on stage. Why Angelina always performs barefoot At age 6, while traveling in the Middle East with her mother and grandmother, Angelina noticed a girl around her age standing on the side of the road, asking people to step on her bathroom scale to be weighed in hopes of getting some money. Angelina took off her shoes so as to not get the scale dirty and stepped on the scale many times to make the girl feel better. Angelina befriends the girl who was not wearing shoes and has scars on her feet, and learns she is an orphan. The orphan girl tells Angelina how beautiful she thinks her shoes are. Angelina says her shoes don’t fit her well and she wants to give her shoes to the orphan girl who thanks Angelina for giving her the shoes. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, “I want to become a doctor, but that will never happen since I have no parents and I have siblings so I have to do whatever is necessary for us to survive.” Angelina told the girl to never give up on her dreams. The poor girl asked Angelina what she wanted to be when she grew up and Angelina replied that she wanted to sing for the whole world. The poor girl said she would pray every day so Angelina’s dream would come true. Angelina still says she thinks of that homeless girl every day and has always performed barefoot to remind her of all the children who are less fortunate. At age 9, she became the youngest published author in Norway’s history by writing a book about this encounter in the Middle East. PLEASE PURCHASE Angelina’s book from her merchandise store on her official website, angelinajordanofficial Angelina, at age 6 and 7, did record a few songs in a recording studio at her school, most notably “I Who Have Nothing”, a truly remarkable performance for a 7 year old. At age 7, Angelina’s audition on Norway’s Got Talent, was a cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday”, a song which was banned by a number of European countries during World War II because authorities worried the song would increase the suicide rate. Truly bizarre that this is the song to launch the career of a child musical prodigy. One of the judges on NGT cried. Angelina had turned 8 years old for her next performance on NGT, covering Billie Holiday’s “I’m a Fool to Want You” singing acapella which was required by NGT unless the singer also played an instrument while singing. This was the Judge’s cut round of the competition and was not performed in front of an audience. In the Semi Final round of NGT, Angelina sang “Bang Bang” which was written by Sonny Bono and was first performed by his wife Cher but is best known sung by Nancy Sinatra. The improvement in each performance is incredible even though there were only a couple months between them. In the Finals, Angelina did a cover of George Gershwin’s, “Summertime” and won the contest, capturing 46% of the votes from the ten finalists. When asked what she would like to do with the prize money she won (500,000 kroner or about $80,000), Angelina replied, “I want to give it to the poor children”. Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on RU-vid went viral. She gave a few concerts during the summer of 2014 while 8 years old. In December 2014, Angelina realized a life-long desire to sing at the Save the Children's Peace Prize Celebration which is part of the Noble Peace Prize celebration. Angelina’s family took her to United States, Brazil, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea, Singapore among other corners of Earth, to perform for heads of state and to help raise money for charity. All before Angelina turned 14. At age 9, Angelina recorded a music video covering the 1956 Jay Hawkin’s classic, “I Put a Spell On You”. The video begins by showing Angelina writing her “wishes” for how she wants to perform the song. Angelina has always created her own arrangements for her cover songs. At age 10 and just a week before her 11th birthday, Angelina recorded a demo of “I’m Still Holding Out for You”. Her family never pursued having that recording officially released but someone leaked it on a RU-vid video. Thankfully, everyone involved with that song is now ok with the leaked version. Many angels (fans) believe this is one of Angelina’s best performances. When Angelina was 11, she performed a number of concerts in Norway with a jazz/rock band. Those concerts included up to 14 songs, each remarkably performed. Angelina seems to be at her best when on stage, never nervous, only 100% confident. Also at age 11, Angelina recorded her “It’s Magic” album which has, at times, been in the top 10 best selling jazz albums. On June 27, 2018, at age 12, Jordan performed Frank Sinatra “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. She has said that was the high point of her young career which was already in it’s 6th year. During 2018, Angelina lost her paternal grandfather, her friend Avicii and one of her idols, Aretha Franklin. She did a moving tribute for each. In 2019, Angelina accepted an invitation to compete in the 2nd season of America’s Got Talent (AGT), The Champions. She had, since age 3, wanted to perform for Simon Cowell and she earned his praise with her genius arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The surviving members of Queen loved it so much they put a link to it on their Twitter. Angelina was eliminated after covering Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Angelina’s family refused to sign any agreement with AGT. Angelina, before age 14, had covered more than 130 songs from 80 different artists, spanning at least 8 genres, all of which are available on RU-vid. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On RU-vid, search on The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan as Rusty Shackleford has put all songs in one file and has a complete playlist in the description of that video. The pandemic hit shortly after her performances on AGT and likely caused a change of plans by her family, most notably her Uncle Michael who is her manager. Her family agreed to a contract with Republic Records in August 2020. Republic Records declared Angelina Jordan their highest priority new artist. Reportedly her family requested Republic to allow her as normal a childhood as possible and therefore have yet to fully promote her. During the pandemic, Angelina was often seen buying meals for the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. In November 2020, Angelina released “Million Miles” which she wrote after the passing of her beloved maternal grandfather. She dedicated the song to anyone who has ever lost a loved one. Angelina had previously released, 3 other original songs: “What is Life”, “Oslo” and “Shield” In April 2021, her original “7th Heaven” was released. A jazzy, danceable, inspiring song. Angelina has posted numerous short performances on Tik Tok and Instagram. Angelina had concerts in Norway in July 2022. In December 2022, Angelina performed at the Asian American Awards in Los Angeles. On 2/27/23, Angelina performed at the FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris, France, with a viewing audience in the millions. On May 5th, 2023, Angelina released her original "Love Don't Let Me Go". Angelina will be performing in Concert at the Music Hall in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Sept 22nd, 2023 - there are still some tickets available.
Suspicious Minds was not an original the original artist was Mark James who wrote and recorded Suspicious Minds, then later Elvis covered the song and for Elvis it was a hit , Great upgrade of Adele’s song from Angelina she is so stunning in this performance Million Years Ago one of my favourites from our musical genius, great reaction thanks 🙏
Awesome reaction and this song performance really showcased her split second on the fly decisions, to me faster than a computer and nails it! In an Interview, Ivan the guitarist said, "She would scroll her tablet for a song and ask if he knew it, and said she wasn't that familiar with it either. She then would tell me to take 15 minutes to get familiar and she will study the lyrics. 2 minutes later she would say follow my lead and it would only take 1 take unless I messed up. Sometimes I would get lost in her voice". That is unbelievable talent a gift from God, God Bless!
Just a 12 year old pouring out her emotions in a song ❤️ Even the guitar player, Ivan Mendez got emotional ❤️ This is a masterpiece IMO ❤️ One of many 👍 Would love this version on Spotify ❤️
Ivan Mendez was Angelina's (12y) guitarist in LA in 2018. In an interview with Alan Papier on his RU-vid channel, Ivan told the story of how the cover's came about. In a nutshell "Angelina doesn't have a wish list of songs, she decides spontaneously if she likes a song. After hearing a song she says great song and has downloaded the lyrics. OK, well, let's start ". Then the cover was recorded in one take, Angelina sang the song here for the first time after her arrangement without rehearsing beforehand. 💯 *AJ* 💯
This is one of Angelina’s best-and that is really saying something. If you knew the Adele original, you would be even more impressed. Angelina has more vocal tools, more technique than even great singers like Adele, and she interprets lyrics differently than other singers. And that voice… Acoustic Angelina is my favorite. Here’s a 12 year old, unprocessed, unfiltered, casually reading the lyrics and knocking it out of the park. Like so many songs, this is Angelina’s now. I don’t believe you’ve see her jazzy cover of Billie Jean. Whenever I hear it, I believe there’s no other singer around who could even attempt to cover it-let alone come up with the arrangement. Watch what she can do: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xp67k9wk2Mw.html
This will never be sung better than this...ever. Including the original artist...this is an upgrade at the highest level at 12 years old. Love the reaction. 🥰🥰
Original by Adele Adkins. Lyrics are about how fame has personally affected her and everyone around her - fits well to a small little but also famous child from Norway ... Angelina was 12yo in this and released her own original about the matter ("Shield") soon later. On an emotional level it's on par with "Stay" and "Every time we say Goodby"
I prefer this 'jam session' version of the song, that she did at home with her guitar playing friend Ivan, even though he wasn't familiar with it and she had to read lyrics off a tablet at her side, than Adele's fully produced original. Angelina, unlike Adele, is a jazz singer and when it comes to putting over a heartfelt ballad, her jazz roots allow her to bring more emotion laden penetration to the listener than Adele could ever hope to do.
Yeah man. Exactly that, all that. Such a trip that performance, not even things like going in and out of her zone, nor reading the lyrics takes away from a 12 year old taking you to another place. Must be some performance then. I almost feel like I enjoy that when she's younger, almost helps me enjoy it more to be pulled in and out of a journey, it's too good otherwise and I forget to appreciate the tiny adorable kid and just how impressive it is, I get a second to check out Ivan on guitar looking like he may die of feelings. Gives it another layer of confirmation, a reminder of it throughout, of how raw it is.
Great reaction, wish more people in the UK knew of her, I tell everyone I know to check out her huge catalogue. She is amazing whatever she sings! I have subscribed to you and hope you will do more reactions to Angelina in the future .
Ivan Mendez Watch as Ivan Mendez, Angelina's LA guitarist reacts to her voice, he is blown away by her storytelling vocals, and was working with her very often. This is a classic example of the fact that no matter how many times one has experienced AJ performances she has the ability to hypnotize you with those storytelling vocals.
There are singers who would need a whole lot of takes to get a good clean full version...then there are singers who can get it done (with a lot of rehearsal and honing) in one or two...then there's Angelina, who can sit down and familiarize herself with the song for ten minutes while the guitarist learns the chords, and then produce a masterpiece first time, every time, time and time again...Ivan said he was in total awe of her and found it hard to concentrate sometimes, such was the sheer beauty of what he was hearing.
I think you mean smokey for Suspicious Minds? I just love these informal first-take play sessions filmed by her Grandma Mery, usually. This is an Adele cover. AND I bring you news: Her EP, "Old Enough," drops Friday, July 21, 2023. She's excited, and all the angels here and on the other side are over the moon with happiness. Don't miss it! Grandma Ellen, happy to help you.
