FIRST time ever hearing Angelina Jordan - I Put A Spell On You ,, WOW 

The original was actually Screaming Jay hawkins. She holds a candle with his pic on in the beginning of the song. She was 9 years old here. Just turn 9 i belive. She won Norway got talent when she was 8. Started the auditions when she was only 7. Not only is she singing this song she arranged it. At 9! She did not follow the original. Its actually far from it. And yes she is bearfoot she always performs bearfoot. There is actually a really touching story behind it and she wrote a book about it called Mellom to hjerter (between two hearts) Youngest to ever publish a book in Norway at age 9. I Agree its abit weird with kids in show biz especially when its the parents pushing them and they dont really want any of it. But this is all her. She actually asked her mom to put her on Norways got talent when she was 6 or 7. She got a good family and people around her so im not as worried about her as i might have been with someone else. This girl is so mature for her age and really a role model and who kids should look up to instead of alot of these other "artist". When she won Norways got talent she gave away her price money to charity (500 k Nok (Norwegian kroner) about 45k us dollars) She speaks 4 languages. Norwegian, English, Japanese and since she got family from middle east she speaks one of the languages they speak there. (im not sure which one. Someone tell me if they know) OK there is so much to talk about with this girl that if i dont stop now i will never stop. Shes only 17 but she done so much.. Im a hip hop head but since i was born in Norway and watched her when she did Norways got talent i was kinda blown away and been following her ever since. (For about 10 year now) If you're going down the rabbit hole i suggest *Bohemian rhapsody * at Americans got talent the champions. (14 years old) She does her own rendition of it and its beautiful. Even Queen themselves tweeted on twitter "Wow, what a rendition" and gave her permission to record her version of the song. Also a hidden gem that is a leaked song called *Im still holding out for you* (10 years old) which is mine and alot of peoples favorites. Just too bad it was never officially released.

Actually, English is Angelina's 3rd language and she's an amazingly talented young lady. A true child prodigy.

Just proof this isn’t our first time on this earth, She has a old soul she did this before. Just my opinion

Angelina is brilliant, genius, prodigy, and a saint for her great big heart. Angelina has it all.

Angelina is self Taught, Wrap your Head Around that

Angelina is naturally talented, she has a beautiful soul, and sings from the heart...Be Blessed☝️🖼☝️🎇🤓

You can't teach it, you can't learn it. This is more than talent, it's a blessing, it's supernatural, and you guys ain't seen nothing yet. Angelina will blow your mind all the way to present.

Angelina was near her 9th birthday when she created her arrangement (see her writing at the start of the video) then took control of the studio and musicians to deliver a powerful, emotional performance. The only things that exceed her musical talents are her humility and empathy. Please read her bio. 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. Musicians working with Angelina would call her the boss since she knew exactly how she wanted to sing the song and would confidently instruct the musicians. While one could say Angelina was mimicking other artists, there is no doubt she had her own style and created her own arrangements, even at this early age. 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 to trim the number of vocalists who passed their audition, 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”. The vast majority of the prize money was donated to charity benefitting poor children. Record company executives flew their private jets to Norway to attempt to sign 8 year old Angelina but all were thankfully rebuked. Disney also made an offer but not accepted. 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 and Mexico 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 11, Angelina recorded her “It’s Magic” album which has, at times, been in the top 10 best selling jazz albums. The album can be purchased on iTunes or Amazon. On June 27, 2018, at age 12, Jordan performed “Fly Me to the Moon” for Quincy Jones in The O2 Arena in London. She has said that was the high point of her young career which was already in it’s 6th year. During 2018, Angelina lost her paternal grandfather, her friend Avicii and one of her idols, Aretha Franklin. She did a moving tribute for each. In 2019, Angelina accepted an invitation to compete in the 2nd season of America’s Got Talent (AGT), The Champions. She had, since age 3, wanted to perform for Simon Cowell and she earned his praise with her genius arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The surviving members of Queen loved it so much they put a link to it on their Twitter and allowed Angelina to copyright her version. Angelina’s family refused to sign any agreement with AGT which would give Simon any control over her career. 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 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" Personally, Angelina as a great human being and her music came into my life when I needed it most. Her music has improved the quality of my life more than I can express. I now introduce her to as many people as I can, with the hope her music will do the same for others. We know once her family believes the time is right and allows Republic Records to fully promote her, she will become the superstar she has always dreamt and believed she would be. I encourage others to use this biography to help educate others about the love, empathy, magic and beauty that is Angelina Jordan Astar and her unique music.

Guys, I'm one of Angelina fans, we're called the "Angels". I loved your reaction but I swear you haven't seen/heard anything yet. She’s now 17 and one of the best female vocalist on the planet. You will be inundated with 2-3 hundred comments and biographies, please take the time to read a few, it's worth it.

9yr 2months. Today 17, has over 170 covers and 6 originals. Won Norway's Got Talent at age 7/8. Youngest published author in Norway at age 9. Performs barefoot to remind her of all the less fortunate children in the world.

Angelina is one of the most humane people you will ever meet or see. The reason she has no shoes when performing is that when she was six she came over a young girl in the middle east who did not have shoes and was weighing people on the street to make money is possible to support her family. After some conversation with the young girl, (you can look it up, Angelina has done interviews}, Angelina. at six years of age took the shoes off her own feet and gave them to the young girl and swore she would not wear shoes when performing until all the children in the world could have shoes. She has kept her word. Angelina is 17 now and raises millions of euros for childrens charities and also feed homeless people in los angelos. I am in my seventies and i look at what i have done, and wish that i had a tenth of the humanity this brilliant beautiful young lady has.

You guys have no idea who you two just stumbled onto, this young lady is the best Female vocalist on the Planet, possibly the Galaxy, bet !

Angelina's been singing since she was 18 MONTHS old! Her mother took a video of her singing in bed, with a microphone, after listening to her sing a Whitney Houston song from another room for a couple minutes. She grabbed the camera and started filming because she thought it was so cute. Angelina is TOTALLY self-taught. She tells the story of when she was 2 years old and she couldn't sleep one night, so she asked her mother if she could borrow her laptop to watch RU-vid videos. She came across Billie Holiday's video of "Gloomy Sunday". She admits that, if it wasn't for Billie Holiday, there wouldn't be an Angelina Jordan. Her grandmother, Mery Zamani, introduced her to other artists of that time like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, etc. At 7 years old she auditioned for Norway Got Talent with "Gloomy Sunday", then went on to WIN NGT when she was 8 (she had a birthday during the competition). Her parents turned down MANY record deals, including Disney, because they wanted her to have a normal childhood. It worked. Angelina is among the most humble, non-egotistical people on this planet. When she was 13, after one of her performances on AGT, Simon Cowell followed her backstage and said, "I don't believe you know just how good you really are!" [paraphrased] Her uncle/manager, Micheal Astar, got her signed with Republic Records in L.A. in 2020 when she was 14. She not only performs her music (covers and originals), she arranges them, too, as she did with the video above! She recently graduated from high school and released the first single from her new album, "Love Don't Let Me Go." The visualizer, (whatever that is) of that song includes her grandma Mery.

The original was performed by "Screaming" Jay Hawkins in 1956 and she did the arrangement at the age of 9,she took the Screaming Jay version,which was Blues and put a Jazz spin on it and did the vocals in a more dynamic fashion. The reason she doesn't wear shoes,is because,when she was 6 she was vacationing with her family in the Middle East and ran into a little girl who was very poor and she struck up a conversation with girl,talking about their dreams and the poor girl didn't have shoes and was admiring Angelina's shoes and she took the shoes off her feet and gave them to the poor shoeless girl and vowed to perform barefoot till all kids had shoes.

Angelina is self taught. No vocal coach parents. At 2-3 years old Angelina's grandmother would listen to jazz, and Angelina became obsessed with looking up jazz performers on RU-vid, and did very well singing along.

She speaks Norwegian, Swedish, English, and Farsi. She also plays piano, guitar, violin, and flute.

God put a spell on her❤. She always perform barefoot as a reminder of all the children who have no shoes. She has done a lot of money and gave it to they who have nothing. She is amazing. I saw the stars in your eyes when listen to Angelina 💎Thanks from Sweden and please listen to her new song... Love dont let me go❤

Angelina is very close to her maternal grandmother, who is a well-known Iranian artist and a fan of jazz music, which Angelina listened to and began to explore on her own account before she was 2 years old. After listening on her tablet to artists she recognised from her grandma's collection, she would go on to select RU-vid recommendations and soon became well versed in recordings made by legends of the jazz genre. When asked in 2013 who her musical influences were, 7-year-old Angelina cited Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, in other words artists whose heyday predated even her grandmother! All of this goes to what experts have termed her 'vintage' style. She went on to enter 'Norway's Got Talent' as soon as she met the minimum age requirement and ultimately won a landslide victory by singing songs which were all first recorded at least 40 years before she was born. Even before she made the recording you just watched, viral videos of her NGT audition had led to Angelina being invited to make guest appearances on TV and radio in the US, South America, the UK, continental Europe and south-east Asia. Having turned down many potentially lucrative contract offers, including one from Disney, by the time she agreed to appear on the second series of 'America's Got Talent: The Champions', she had opened for Norah Jones in Korea, opened a Quincy Jones birthday concert in London, helped raise millions of dollars for charitable causes and released an album which would eventually knock Miles Davis off the #1 spot on the iTunes Jazz Album Top 100. She was not yet a teenager!

OMG guys! You have "discovered" the one and only Angelina Jordan... Be prepared to have a spell put on you because her voice and persona just grabs your soul! Others have already told you about her singing and life story. But her talent, the colours in her voice and how she can "paint" songs with so many different resources CAN'T BE TOUGHT! This is a gift that since a very young age (maybe 7 years old) she wants to use to bring joy and love to the wold. Just sayin'

The best example of getting into the industry is how Angelina and her family are doing it.

Her granny is Iranian, Granpa japanese both from her mother side), her Mother Norwegian and father Swedish. I put a spell on you was written and first recorded by Screaming Jay Hawkins.

No singers or musicians in her family. She speaks Norwegian English, Farsi, Swedish,and at least some Japanese. Learning Spanish now. Most talented singer I've ever seen.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote and performed the song. Angelina Jordan based her arrangement on that original. Angelina was born in 2006 and started singing at age eighteen months and is mostly self-taught. While she was living in the Middle East around age 6, she met a girl who had no shoes. Angelina gave the girl her own shoes and has performed barefoot since then as a reminder of that experience. She won Norway's Got Talent in 2014 at age 8, the year before this performance was recorded. If you want to hear how she sounds more recently, she just released her own original single called Love Don't Let Me Go.

Shocked that you have never geard of Angelina! She won Norways got talent at 7 years of age, was on American Idol at 13 years, she just turned 17 and released a new song. She's literally the new AMY Whinehouse.....but BETTER!!

Gentlemen, you are wrong. She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.

She's a PRODIGY... She closes her eyes and goes into another world..her words

AJ is self-taught and there has been little to no coaching and training. She started singing in her crib at age 18 months (on camera). When she was 2 and 3, she walked around with a tablet selecting songs to listen to. He family is not musical but her grandmother, child prodigy in art and poetry, serves as her mentor and videographer. AJ was born in Norway and 1/2 Swedish, 1/4 Japanese, 1/4 Persian. She now resides in LA. She speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, some German, some Japanese and a lot of jazz. AJ has been designated a national treasure by Norway after she won Norway's Got Talent at age 8 (year before this track was recorded). Nina, CCR, and all those others covered the 1956 original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins which was an early shock rock song brought on by a drunken studio session. AJ is the closet to the original of all the versions but substituted intense emotion for all the theatrics Jay did. Great review, thanks guys.

Gentlemen, welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan. She sings since age 1,5, discovered shortly after Jazz and Soul. Since age 3 she practices weekly for 36 hours. She taught herself singing, BUT, when age 4 she visited the music academy of Oslo/Norway for technical advise, later on the family moved to LA, so she could learn more on the academy there. At age 10, she cold give music lessons, masterclasses, so some respected vocal teachers said Gents, be safe and sound. Elmar from Germany.

❣ **One of the most amazing journeys in my life, has been, watching Angelina Jordan grow** ❣ Loved your reaction, & was very similar to mine, when I first heard Angelina sing this song 😊 No matter what your beliefs are, I always find it so intriguing, that the singers, Lou Rawls, James Brown, & Luther Vandross, all passed away, within a year of when Angelina was born, & also, with her passion for equality, & love for all mankind, she was also born, within a year, of Civil Rights Activist, Rosa Parks passing 😊 You guys are absolutely in the treat of your life, if you chose to continue down the Angelina rabbit hole!!!

Hi guys. Angelina Jordan was born Norway, and currently lives in LA. Her grandmother and mentor is Iranian. Cheers!

She attended the Oslo Waldorf School and participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, receiving vocal training and piano lessons. The school had a recording studio where AJ recorded here first cover at age six.

never had a vocal coach ...mother said her voice was so unique they didn't want anybody messing with it...studied music theory...plays flute violin guitar and piano sax and other stringed instruments. incredible songwriter and does all arrangements including this one...

Now we’ll see if you actually read the comments everyone made here! Angelina has amazing fans, and she has an amazing history. It’s well worth learning a bit of her history, then follow along with her childhood career starting at age 7. Once you do that for a half dozen performances, then go back and watch your own reaction to this one. I guarantee you’ll feel differently about the experience!

She's putting a spell on us all !!!

Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy. She is now 17, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She has not been widely promoted, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, things are changing rapidly as she is now graduating school. She has just released her new original single from Republic Records, and a new EP of originals is scheduled for early summer. A world tour is apparently in the works for the fall. Here is comprehensive playlist of approximately 191 videos including tiktok and Instagram. This includes her originals at the beginning of the list. Then starts chronologically. Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. It is related to a promise she made to herself and to the world when she was only 6 years old. She was traveling in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own favorite shoes. Angelina ask the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said a doctor, but she could not because she had to take care of her siblings. She asked Angelina the same question and Angelina said I want to sing for the world. The young girl said she would pray for Angelina. Since then, Angelia has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She even donated her winnings from Norway's Got Talent to charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond. Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love. Please remember to include in your description the artist Official Channel as well as the original video, if you have not already done so. Verbally encouraging your viewers to like comment and subscribe to yours and the artists' videos and channels boosts subscriptions and algorithms for both of you. Potential subscribers recognize those who support exceptional artists like Angelina Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy. She is now 17, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She has not been widely promoted, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, things are changing rapidly as she is now graduating school. She has just released her new original single from Republic Records, and a new EP of originals is scheduled for early summer. A world tour is apparently in the works for the fall. Here is comprehensive playlist of approximately 191 videos including tiktok and Instagram. This includes her originals at the beginning of the list. Then starts chronologically. Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. It is related to a promise she made to herself and to the world when she was only 6 years old. She was traveling in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own favorite shoes. Angelina ask the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said a doctor, but she could not because she had to take care of her siblings. She asked Angelina the same question and Angelina said I want to sing for the world. The young girl said she would pray for Angelina. Since then, Angelia has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She even donated her winnings from Norway's Got Talent to charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond. Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love. Please remember to include in your description the artist Official Channel as well as the original video, if you have not already done so. Verbally encouraging your viewers to like comment and subscribe to yours and the artists' videos and channels boosts subscriptions and algorithms for both of you. Potential subscribers recognize those who support exceptional artists like Angelina

Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - Her nationality is Norwegian but is fluent in English even at this age - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and communicates to them what she wants to do. The first thing she says is that she wants to start over, later she tells the pianist that the key is too low and that she wants to raise it a half-tone, then at the end of the song she changes the ending on the fly. The spoken language is Norwegian: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-80f3t3dmBbk.html

She put a spell on me many years ago. So here I am watching reaction videos. I believe in her. She makes my ears happy every day.

Enjoy the AJ rabbit hole...she will blow your minds

There will never be another vocalist like AJ . We are seeing a beautiful time in history.

This little prodigy is 9 and has arranged this whole take from Screaming Joe Hawkins's production known as the boss she has already won Norways got Talent and has written a book "Between two Hearts" "Norways youngest author" a story about why she performs barefoot Angelina speaks 2 languages fluently and sings in 5 languages and she plays the piano, flute, violin, and guitar and also paints awarded with a dynamite family that allows her to be a child while growing up a prodigy you can follow her videos "over 200 covers on U-tube" from age7 to present 17 also the best is her followers called angels "some of the nicest people on the net" that will deluge you with information about her just to watch you hearing this musical master do what she loves singing Welcome to the rabbit hole

Another great rabbit hole to explore. She's 9 here Her dedication song to Screaming Jay Hawkins. She won Norway's Got talent when she was 7

A nice 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. She started trying to sing at the age of 1 1/2 years old. First and foremost, she is a jazz singer but has the ability to sing any genre. She also does all of her own musical arrangements. Her early influences are Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Etta James to name a few. Her love of jazz came from her grandmother playing jazz music around her when she was young. In 2014, she entered at age 7 and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 8. With her new found fame, she used it to appear on many shows from abroad and help raise millions for the less fortunate children around the world. At age 13, she was invited to participate on America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2020. She shocked the audience and the judges with her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. She received a standing ovation from all and got the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum to go straight to the Finals. Her performance went viral and even the group Queen responded on Twitter by saying, " Wow, what a rendition!" Not only that, but she received the copyrights for her version of this song from Queen, which makes it hers now. She did not win, but her fan base grew and expanded her popularity. Now 17 years old, living in Los Angeles, and is signed with Republic Records, whose clients include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. Her family and Republic Records have agreed not to heavily promote her just yet so she can live as normal of a life as possible and finish her schooling. She has a new single coming out May 5th called Love Don't Let Me Go and a new album of original music which will be coming out this year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience. Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a poor shoeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to be a superstar, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!

Just so you’ll know, she’s a child prodigy, and she actually Arranged the way she wanted the music played by the studio band and the original artist is screaming Jay Hawkins. I think this came out in the mid-1950s enjoy.❤. Would it make you feel better if somebody said you were Pranked? Everyone that hears this for the first time reacts the same as you guys just did.,

You have taken a while, a few years, but at last you have discovered the most amazing talent in all of recent music history, bar none.

Her backstory is almost as amazing as her voice.

The original is 1956 "Screaming" Jay Hawkins. That is what the candle shows, though it goes by quickly. She recorded this at age 9 and it is her own arrangement based on the original. This blew me away when I first heard it. I kept playing it over. This was AFTER she auditioned for and won Norway's Got Talent at age 7/8. Seriously. Her audition piece was the Billie Holiday version of "Gloomy Sunday." Creedence did cover this. Nina Simone is a cover. You do need to hear the 1956 Screaming Jay Hawkins original---it will show you the musicality she applied to her arrangement. She once said the song was about "a desperate love." Angelina speaks three languages at the time of this video: Norwegian, Farsi, and English. Probably some Japanese. Her father is Swedish. Angelina was born and grew up in (mostly) Oslo. She does have family in California and is now, in 2023 at age 17, living in LA with her family for the sake of her career. Her family insisted on as normal a childhood as possible, with an insistence on completing school. At age 9, Angelina also wrote a book about her 6 year old exchange in Farsi with a homeless girl who had lost both parents to illness and now was weighing people in the streets to support her younger siblings. This story is about why Angelina vowed to perform barefoot until all children everywhere have shoes and necessities. Angelina gave the boots she loved to the girl. Her maternal grandmother is Persian. Her grandfather is Japanese. He father is Swedish and the family was in Oslo Norway. Okay. Grandma Ellen, out.

Nice reaction guys! Born in Norway, Angelina Jordan was 9yr 2m when she recorded this, 13 months after she won "Norways Got Talent" at the age of eight. She had already appeared in live concerts and on TV in Norway, Germany and USA. She started singing at around 18 months, having heard her grandmother playing jazz and soul records. By age 3, watching one of the "Got Talent" shows, she announced to her mother that she was "going to sing for that Simon fella" (Simon Cowell - which she finally did on AGT Champions at age 13). Her parents were not musicians or coaches, Angelina pretty much chose her own path, with minimal voice coaching other than to protect her voice. AJ recorded her first album, featuring classic jazz covers, at the age of 12, and it reached the jazz charts in some countries. To date, there are now about 210 videos of her various performances from age 6 until present, age 17, with her first "proper" single with republic records released three weeks ago. I'm now aged 69, from a very musical family (my brother had hit records) and AJ is my favourite vocalist bar none. As you follow her journey, you will find that she can be a vocal chameleon, and one of the most versatile and emotive singers on planet earth. Her influences include Billie Holiday, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Shirley Bassey, Elvis, Nora Jones, Amy Winehouse, Adele and many others. She currently has more than 1.8 billion views on RU-vid and 4 billion on Facebook. I'll leave it to Angelina's other fans - "Angels" - to suggest what to react to next. This girl will shock you - repeatedly!

She was 9 when she recorded this. She won Norway's Got Talent when she was 7. You have been Angelified by our Barefoot Princess (she only performs barefoot to this day). Welcome to the eargasmic world of Angelina Jordan

She did the Screaming Jay Hawkins version of this song.. you can see the tribute on the candle she's holding at the start

«Lost for words» is the original reaction. If ever there was a phenom, this is it!

Welcome to another rabbit hole to go down she is a singing angel

Welcome to Angelinas world, better late then never. Just a freaking, insanely, scary talented 9yo litle girl ( acording to music produsers ). Been hunted by the music industri since she was 8 yo but her family wanted her to have a childhood as normal as possibel for a talent like that ( we talking about Mosart level of talent ). Have fun.

Mery Zemani, Angelina's grandmother is a huge influence on this beautiful young lady. Mery was a child prodigy in Iran as an artist. She does most of the chroeography and film clips for Angelina. If you want to see how much Angelina loves her grandmother, watch her latest release "Love dont let me go".

Congrats, you just discovered the most astonishing voice of the century...!

It's about time you got to react to our barefoot princess as she is known as ! Also the queen of jazz and the girl with a thousand voices ! Angelina is the real deal ! She was singing by the age of two and has a strong jazz influenced background as you will discover ! Listened to Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong ,Frank Sinatra and Whitney Houston as a child ! She doesn't just cover songs she uncovers them and puts her own spin on them while staying true to the original artist ! Won Norway's Got Talent at 8 ; wrote the best selling children's book in Norway at 9 ( about why she doesn't wear shoes) performed all over the world and by the age of 14 had raised millions of dollars for children's charities ! Angelina is now 17 and the top priority young artist in the Republic Record's group of fabulous artists ! She is about to release her debut album next month to the world and no doubt it will impact the music scene heavily ! She has performed live a couple of months ago for the FIFA awards show in Paris to a live streamed audience of 300 million viewers ! She has performed for royalty and music royalty for Quincy Jones in London a few years ago ! Quincy said she is the best young artist he has seen since Michael Jackson , high praise from a legend ! I am so happy you guys have reacted to this mind blowing cover ! Only about 180 covers and originals to go from Angelina's huge catalogue of music ! I guarantee you will never be disappointed only amazed as you begin this incredible journey as hundreds of reactors, vocal coaches and fans have ! I would suggest her rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" from AGT the Champions 2020 where she got the golden buzzer ! It's a jaw dropping performance at 13 years old that was arranged by Angelina ! Keep posting guys and sending you much thanks and live from Canada ! 👍🇨🇦❤️

So this 9 year old is now 17 and I have followed her since she was 7. I have been able to listen to her every day because you never know how she is going to sing a song. It's like she's 100 different artists and yet you could pick her voice out in a choir. Every genre. Her parents have managed her career with great sensitivity.

If you read all of Andy Schnell’s comment below, you will begin to understand why there are thousands of “Angelia’s Angels” watching out for her on RU-vid…..and everywhere else. Thanks for your reaction guys. Keep on going and get ready for a real ride down the “Rabbit Hole”.

She is paying tribute to the original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a voodoo-inspired Jazz singer, which was released in 1956. You guys have just stumbled across a very deep and dangerous rabbit hole here, She's been at this publicly since she was 7 (she is now 17). Angelina wears shoes all the time with the exception of when she's performing. She is known as 'The Girl with a 1,000 Voices' and if you follow her more closely you'll understand why. I sincerely hope you do. You won't regret it. She has done covers of Amy Winehouse, Adele, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Michael Jackson, Nancy Sinatra, Elvis, Rhianna, Miley Cyrus, and countless others and in virtually every one of them is at least as good and usually better than the original. She also has several originals. 😎

I think she lived a passed live as a singer. She has an old Soul.

Angelina is the girl with a thousand voices welcome to her world

A Norwegian prodigy ❤️ She is incredible and very talented and her versatility is off the charge ❤️

This young artist is BELOVED by her fan base! I count myself among them and we are an active group. You may expect a rain of informative comments from many knowledgeable AJ followers! Please do yourselves the favor of exploring the many wonders of Angelina's world!

Over the years, she will become a legend for the great moments in the world. She has plenty of time. Remember she is just 17 years old today, which we forget when we see her perform. Republic Records who should also be praised for appreciating this unique talent.

The dude on the candle is the original writer and singer . Screaming Jay Hawkings 1956. She played off him.! She's Scandinavian from Norway.! Living in LA.

Angelina Jordan is a TRUE prodigy. She started sing when she was 18 months old. I believe she is the best vocalist since recording was possible. She can do ANYTHING.

Screaming Jay Hawkins was the Original Artist 1957

No need to worry about her. Although she's still a minor, she got like 10 years of experience already, she's used to singing in front of thousands if not millions of people (e.g. FIFA awards). Many things have happened to her live on stage, be it voice cracks or performing hoarse due to a cold,... doesn't matter, people still love her and support her, especially her family. Her music label grants her artistic freedom. At this point she's "too big to fail".

Angelina Jordan Astar is Norwegian, from Oslo Norway and doesn't have a "middle eastern accent" whatever that means. She is not pushed by her parents, Angelina is the engine and her parents are the handbreake so to speak.. And Screming Jay Hawkins was quite a caracter! 😀 Loved Pegasus's expression as Angelina began to sing!

You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻

Absolutely phenomenal performance from our barefoot princess Angelina 9 years old with her amazing Arrangement of the classic original by Screaming J Hawkins a blues musician from the 1950s , Angelina is paying tribute to him and in this performance is the boss commanding the performance, Angelina won Norway’s Got Talent at 8 years old and on America Got Talent Champions at 13 years old with her Arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody received the highest accolade from the band Queen and the guys from Queen gave Angelina the copyright to her arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody, the performance has around 110 million views on social media networks, Great reaction thanks 🙏

She was interduced to old school jazz at a very young age Billie Holliday being #1

Wow, holy cow.....that little angel. She is special!

Angelina Jordan ASTAR (the name says it all), this young norwegian genius (here 9 and now 17) is imo the best singer on the planet! I am 70 y old and have never heard a singer like her in my whole life.

Yes!!! You guys are onto Angelina! More more!

I found her on Vibe reactions she is vocally stunning!!!

Hi guys, great reaction Please remember to link the original video in your description thus honoring the artist.

Oh , my friends. You have gone and done it now! You have found the rabbithole that is AJ. Good luck meeting her army of angels. Good times ahead!!!!

Awesome reaction....you will be getting a lot of info from all her Angels below, I have been following over 8 years....I'm 82, and love all genres ....Angelina is now 17 and O M G beautiful and super talented........see you soon, I hope.

Everybody has been stunned from watching this video of the Norwegian, Angelina J. She was 8/9 at time of recording. Everybody knows. I just want to point out how terrific the studio band is.

At this young age of nine, Angelina was a phenom. She had already put out several videos and authored a book. She is 17 now, absolutely gorgeous and still a sensational vocalist. ❤️🦶🏻👸🏻

Screaming Jay wrote it and sang it. Worth listening to! Angelina is 9 for this one, now 17. She like REN are one take wonders. Angelina is my Jazz fix.

Angelina is the greatest male or female ever born. She just turned nine in this one.

The first clip we see of her with a mike is one and a half. Her grandma was a child prodigy an artist and poet. She listened to jazz as she painted and baby sat. Angelina was born with perfect pitch. Her first clip in the studio singing I Who Have Nothing, she was 6. It was arranged as a treat. Her parents took alot of advice when she won Norways Got Talent. She entered at 7 was 8 by the final. Her musical training was instrumental violin, flute, piano and guitar. Vocal coaching was purely breath control and protecting her voice. They did not want to alter her unique God given tone. We can watch her train by singing all the greats. It is addictive.

Hi, Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan (The Barefoot Princess) 1. Angelina was born in Norway. English is her second language because they teach them early in Norway. 2. She's been singing since she was 18 months old. (There is a short video of this.) 3. Angelina won Norway's Got Talent in 2014 at the ages 7-8. She started doing concerts in Norway and did travel the world after she won. She sung on AGT in 2020 at age 13 Freddie Mercury's Bohemian Rhapsody that brought down the house. She's been sounding like an adult since she was a child because she has a low register, with a breathy, raspy tone well beyond her years. 4. Angelina grew up listening to old jazz masters like Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sintra etc. on RU-vid. I believe it was her grandmother who introduced this kind of music to her. Angelina is very close to her artist grandmother who is Iranian. 5.Angelina grew up in Norway. Lived part of her life in the Middle East because her father is in the oil industry. She moved with her parents and little sister to LA when she signed a contract with Republic Records at the age of 14. She just turned 17 this year. Her parents had her wait until she graduated high school to start her singing career so she can have a normal life growing up. 6. Angelina arranges all of her covers. In the beginning of this video you'll see her writing notes for the band leader that is laughing to himself. 7. She has sung covers from: Billie Holiday, Edda James, Elvis Presley, Adel, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Del Rey, Freddie Mercury etc. 8. Angelina just released her new single 'Love Don't Let Me Go'). Her grandmother is in the video with her.

If you delve any deeper into this child’s career, you will notice there is something very strange about her. She never gets nervous and talks about children as if she is not one of them. That’s because she is a Cosmic Avatar which explains who and what she is perfectly. I had to look up the definition of both an Avatar and Cosmic Consciousness to understand what that meant and it explains why her singing has the effect it does on so many people. If her singing doesn’t cause any emotions in you, it means you are below a certain level of enlightenment and awareness. Of the hundreds of positive comments in all her videos, there are always one or two negative ones by souls who are obviously lost. This girl is here for one reason, and that is to bring love to the world through her music. You would do well to start your journey.

Like Ren she is a master class in music. Another rabbit hole to go down.

Hey guys, nice that you took a peek down Angelina's rabbit hole. she was 9 on this song, she arranged it herself from the 1956 original by Screaming Jay Hawkins. She won Norway's Got Talent at age 8 with songs by Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, and the song Summertime from the movie Porky and Bess You are at the very beginning and I hope you continue on your journey because there is a lot to discover, she is the best singer in the world in my opinion) but you will find out for yourself and believe me , They get as addicted to her voice as any other fans (Angels) do, she is also called the barefoot angel with 1000 voices, why she always performs barefoot is another story, she can adapt and improve her voice to any song and moreover many Transport emotions and she has not only written around 180 covers but also 6 originals by her as well as 2 written for her which are all amazing and even now legendary and there is a lot to tell, I look forward to further reactions and have subscribed to you now , greetings from Germany, by the way, she is now 17 years old. Her EP will be out in June and her album, everything with original songs, will be out in the fall

Screamin' Jay Hawkins did the original. She reinterpreted the the orignal. She wrote this arrangement. If you look at the beginning of the video, she starts with the candle with a picture of Screamin' Jay on it.She is Norwegian.

They teach music in her school. They let her do her thing. She has an awesome supportive family.💞👍🏼🎼

She has a natural talent matched with the ability to absorb the essence of jazz classics from Grandma's music collection. She is not "self taught". Her parents sent her to a music academy to learn to control and avoid damaging her voice, but but were watchful to assure no one tried to change it. Oh, and she also learned to play piano.

Nice reaction, guys. Angelina is self driven and, for the most part, self-taught musical genius who is supported and protected by her family.

Angelina is largely self-taught - her family are not professional musicians or singers- the only vocal training she has had is how to protect her voice - However, she does have training in piano, guitar, music theory, and writing. She writes her own vocal arrangements and has been singing professionally since age 8.

Heads up comment section about to explode =) Welcome to the AJ rabbit hole

"Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina Jordan!" She was 9 when she did this. She is Norwegian and the family moved to Los Angeles about 4 years ago. She is now 17. She started singing in public when she was 7 years old and won Norway's Got Talent (she turned 8 during the show). When you find out why she sings barefoot you will get a deeper understanding of who she is. This performance is very unique (to say the least!!!) and it stands alone. To give you an idea what you're in store for, if you choose to follow her with all of us around the world, her final performance in Norway's Got Talent was 'Summertime', yes, the classic 'Summertime' sung by Ella Fitzgerald. She sang 4 songs and each one is on you tube. There is a video of all 4 songs on the same video and it also includes the announcing of the winner (it's about 11 minutes long). So much to tell you but why don't you check her out a little more before you read more about her. The reason I say that is because you will start to feel her presence (her love) in your heart. What ?!?!?! I look forward to seeing more Angelina reactions from you. Two more little tidbits and then I'll say good-bye for now. She has no boundaries in regards to who enjoys her music: Gender, age, color, language, religion, occupation, musical preference, it doesn't make any difference. Opera singers to rap stars, makes no difference, you'll see why. Also, you were talking about the Middle East. Angelina is, ready for this (?), Norwegian, Swedish, Iranian and Japanese and now living in the USA (Los Angeles). See ya

I hadn't heard the Ren quote, but Angelina Jordan said that she taught herself to sing from watching and following RU-vid! I Hope you two enjoyed this sample enough to delve deeper into Angelina's Catalog ..Ypu won't regret it! You mentioned Etta James,.try AJ's rendition of "I'd Rather Go Blind" & for Ella Fitzgerald, try "Every time You Say Goodbye"

she has been listening to classic jazz and rock since she was 3 years old.

She was not trained. She watched soul singers and her Grandmother and family were supportive. She is a gift.

She has amazing vocal control and mesmerizing presence.🙏🏻🇨🇦

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She turned 17 this January, and will soon finish High School. Her Republic Records debut record is scheduled for release this year yet. She has gotten even better since this video she did as a little girl. We should expect more since the female singing voice isn't fully developed until her mid-20s. Her name is Angelina Jordan Astar. Her mom’s mom is Iranian, and her mom’s dad is Japanese. Angelina's dad is Swedish and their home was in Norway. Mom, sister, and Angelina moved to LA so she could work on her voice and make connections in the music industry.