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Angelina Jordan ASTAR (the name says it all), this norwegian genius (now 17 y old) is imo the best singer on this planet. I am 70 y old and have never heard a singer like her in my whole life. She is on another level. Her voice touches my heart and cleanses my soul.
You've never heard this version before because Angelina not only sang it, she arranged it too! Shivers & Tears!! She sings through your soul. My favorite performance ever. 🍁
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 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 is working on a new album of original music which will be coming out this year. She recently returned back to Norway and performed at a number of sold out concerts in which fans from around the world came to see her. Many of the fans there said she sounded better live in person and was a once in a lifetime experience. Her fans call her The Barefoot Princess. She always performs with no shoes when she sings. Why? The reason is very special. When she was 6 years old, she was traveling with her family in Iran where she met a shoeless homeless girl in the streets that was about her age. She made money by weighing people. After speaking with her for a few minutes, Angelina noticed the scars on the girl's feet and asked the girl what her dream is. The girl said she wanted to be a doctor but she couldn't because she had to make money for her family. Angelina did what came natural to her, she gave the little girl her shoes and told her to not give up on her dreams. The girl then asked Angelina what her dreams were, Angelina answered that she wanted to be a superstar, and the girl said she would pray for her success. Since then, Angelina has performed barefoot in honor of that little girl and to those who are less fortunate around the world. She keeps this promise to this day. One of the reasons why we love her so much!
Thank you Kevin for reacting to incomparable Angelina, barefoot angel queen of jazz who wants to spread love and kindness throughout the world her beautiful voice only bettered by her beautiful Heart so loved by her fans because she is the embodiment of Love .
I enjoyed your comments and presentation. You are witnessing a legend in the making. You're only at the edge of the rabbit hole! Please read a brief biography below which tells you why she sings barefoot. Norwegian born Angelina Jordan began singing at the age of one and a half, and by age three was listening to jazz and classics legends on repeat. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, but Angelina chose her own path. Her first studio performance was at age 7, singing I Who Have Nothing. She won Norway's Got Talent at the age of only 8, singing old time classics from Billie Holliday and George Gershwin, and became the youngest ever vocalist to win an international Got Talent Show! Her performance at 9 years old of Screamin Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You is considered one of the finest recordings ever of a 9-year-old vocalist! Angelina also went viral on America's Got Talent the champions in 2020 with her unique versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Angelina sings in English which unbelievably is her third language! She is a true prodigy. She is now 17, and has recorded a huge library of songs, including covers and several originals. A major attraction to Angelina's music is the emotion and attitude she conveys, although she has not experienced the life events! She is known as the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices as she can adjust her tone, style, and register for any song or genre. She was signed by Republic Records almost two years ago. She has not been widely promoted yet, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, she graduates school this year, and her new album of originals should be released within the next few months, followed by a world tour, possibly this summer. Here is a link from ages 6 to 17 of over 100 Angelina chronological RU-vid performances with five originals. Here is a more comprehensive playlist of approximately 180 videos including tiktok and Instagram. Why does Angelina sing barefoot? The answer may bring a tear to your eye. It is related to a promise she made to herself and to the world when she was only 6 years old. She was traveling in the Middle East with her mom and grandmother and they came across a young orphan girl with no shoes and scarred feet. Angelina gave the girl her own favorite shoes. Angelina ask the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said a doctor, but she could not because she had to take care of her siblings. She asked Angelina the same question and Angelina said I want to sing for the world. The young girl said she would pray for Angelina. Since then, Angelia has forever performed barefoot as a reminder of all those less fortunate. At age 9 she wrote a book about this experience, Between two Hearts, becoming the youngest ever published author in Norway. She also has helped raise millions for children's charities. She even donated her winnings from Norway's Got Talent to charities. She is a special individual, and one you cannot follow without developing an emotional bond. Angelina captures hearts because she is humble and has compassion for humanity. Her stated goal from childhood was to sing for the world and spread love and peace. I trust this will cause you to embrace her as millions of others have, and that you will continue down the rabbit hole from which you will not want to escape. Peace and love. Please remember to include in your description the artist Official Channel as well as the original video, if you have not already done so. Verbally encouraging your viewers to like comment and subscribe to yours and the artists' videos and channels boosts subscriptions and algorithms for both of you. Potential subscribers recognize those who support exceptional artists like Angelina
For Bohemian Rhapsody, the remaining members of Queen were so impressed they allowed Angelina to copyright her version and it has been and is still is available on several music streaming services where she gets the royalities.
There's another one I just came across called loving you and it's also amazing She's singing at some outside concert.. also the one people usually start with is I put a spell on you that will blow your mind... Welcome to Angelina's world
I remember reacting like this when I heard Angelina. But I've listened to her so much that this has almost become "normal" for me. And now, all the other "child stars" sound like cartoon characters...
Great reaction to Angelina, she is not only a very beautiful young woman she is amazing she sings, arranges the songs, wright her own songs too. She is 17 now. and is destined to be best female ever. Can't wait to see her winning Grammys, Gold and Platinum discs. She covered over a hundred songs. Also Queen where so impressed by her version of Boh Rap that they gave her the recording rights to it. Hope to see more from you.
Rewrote one of the most successful and well know classics in the history of music, AT 13, and debuted it in front of millions! She is fearless and beyond talented.
Last years Elvis cover SUSPICIOUS MINDS age 16 was spectacular and well worth reacting to. Note her homage to Elvis and Pricilla. Elvis the black leather jumpsuit and red guitar from his comeback special. Pricilla the hair. She also injects some Elvis isms into her vocal tone. Yet dusts of this old classic making it her own...much as she did with Bohemian Rhapsody.
Great 1st reaction to Angelina who I've been mesmerized by for going on 5 years now & at 17 she's the best I've ever seen, EVER! Likrd & subed for future reactions to her as she is AMAZING!!!
Great reaction! I absolutely love first reaction to the beautiful Angelina. Having read many of the comments below I couldn’t see anyone advising you to react to her black and white video of I put a spell on you which was recorded when she was 9. It’s a tribute to the original artist Screaming Jay Hawkins, her own arrangement! Hang on to your hat, it will be blown right off your head! By the way welcome to the huge fan club of the greatest singer ever!
You have stumbled over someone very special. And other fans of hers will fill you in on her background, including why she sings barefoot in live concerts. Let me suggest that you go all the way back to age 6, not just her current music. The evolution is astonishing. And you and your followers will learn more if you play the entire videos, including introductions. I am in my 7th decade and have never experienced anyone better.
I think you missed out when you cut out the beginning of the recording. She always sings barefoot you will find the reason which is a beautiful story. Blessings from South Africa
Angelina Jordan is 17 yo in 2023. Yes, she tackles iconic songs. Arranges her own covers. Queen gave her the rights to her version. She's barefoot---started at age 6. That story is incredible. Angelina got Heidi Klum's golden buzzer, sending her straight to the finals, where she wowed again with Elton John's "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road." A few months after this performance, she signed with Republic Records in an incredible deal. Tackling iconic songs, you need to visit her jazz rendition of "Billie Jean." You can find it here on YT in her Angelina Jordan Covers channel. Bright yellow and red photo. Do it as a reaction. I'm giggling over your enthusiasm. Grandma Ellen, signing out.
Fly me to the moon on The View was my first introduction to Angelina. My amazement paralled yours! That was 3 years ago and I've been hooked since! I listen to her every single day! She is a once in a lifetime singer!
Angelina promised to perform barefoot until all the children in the world have shoes. Her silent gesture speaks volumes! The story of how it started (when she was about 6 years old) is inspiring. Not only does she have phenomenal vocals, she is a great artist and a wonderful human being ❣️
Fly Me To The Moon is Angelina's most performed song - at age 12 she was asked by the Legendary Quincy Jones to open his 85th Birthday Concert in London's O2 Arena - unfortunately, no complete professional video of that performance has been released - However, here a video of Angelina's actual concert performance audio mixed with the rehearsal video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OMkwoqUNNkE.html
Subscribed and love your Excitement.. You've not even scratched the surface yet. She literally has masterpieces at every age.... Phenomenal through all ages... It's impossible to explain what you will experience, since I'm still experiencing it for close to 2 years now. Oh and you mentioned Adele songs... Sorry to say, but this young lady can slay Adele songs all day long. She's covered many. "All I ask", "Easy on Me", "Million Years", and more.
Ms Jordan is known as the Barefoot Princess and may I suggest checking out her back story to find out the beautiful reason why she performs Barefoot. (Thank you for a great reaction)
Angelina performs barefoot to remind her of all the less fortunate children in the world. Angelina won Norway's Got Talent at age 7/8. She is the youngest published author in Norway at age 9. She has helped raise millions for charities. She speaks multiple languages and plays multiple instruments. She signed with Republic Records in 2020. Angelina has over 180 covers, 5 originals and will be releasing an album this year. She just recently performed at the Fifa awards last week with Redone.
Kevin, "Welcome to the Wonderful World of Angelina Jordan!" No one like her, Kevin. In fact, I don't believe there has ever been anyone like her. When people first discover her and listen to her sing they get goosebumps, tear up (with the urge to cry), and find it difficult to string words together to make intelligent sentences. It's an indication she has already touched your heart with her love and your heart has taken over your body. Your brain is stuck on, "What just happened?" Kevin, I can tell you are focusing specifically on music and I can understand that. But, in regards to Angelina I would strongly suggest you read the comments from her fan base (her 'angels') and find out who she is and how her 'angels' feel about her. Wait till you find out why she sings barefoot. She is much more than a super talented singer. People in the industry believe her artistic abilities border on genius. But, most of all, she is a beautiful human being, very kind, caring and loving. (When she won Norway's Got Talent she donated her winnings to charities supporting aid for children.) If, like you said, you can't wait to space out video's to listen to her ( it would take years, believe me) and you want to listen to her on your own, then without question check out some other reactors and read the comments of her fan base. That will give you a great idea of what's going on with her and her connection to all of us. You seem like a great guy! I just subscribed and hopefully you'll do an Angelina video every once in a while. Well, maybe more. Kevin, all of us listen to her every day, some of us for the past 10 years. What other artist does that happen with? And, on top of it we're talking about an artist between the ages 7 and !7 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to “The World Of Angelina Jordan Astar” (full name). “The Barefoot Princess With The Velvet Voice And A Mona Lisa Smile”. Born Jan 10, 2006 in Oslo Norway. From her audition on Norway’s Got Talent (2014 - age 7 - Gloomy Sunday "Billy Holiday") through the final on America’s Got Talent The Champions (2020 - age 13 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road "Sir Elton John") and the 130+ videos in between you will not be disappointed. This includes three originals song: “What Is Life”, “Oslo” and “Shield” Since then she has done many new covers and now her new singles "Million Miles" and “7th Heaven”, along with her movie soundtrack "Mercy" from the motion picture “The Hating Game”. As well as her brilliant version of Elvis’s “Suspicious Mind”. My personal favorite is her cover of Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die". Although “Mercy” is really growing on me. She is the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina wrote and her Grandmother illustrated a book about why she sings barefoot. She was on a trip to Iran where her grandmother is from and met a street girl weighing people for money. Angelina sat and talked with the girl. Angelina asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and the girl replied, a doctor but that it could never happen. Angelina told her to never give up hope. The girl complimented Angelina on her shoes and Angelina noticed her scarred bare feet so she gave them to her, and the little girl told Angelina she would pray for her every day. Angelina sings barefoot to this day to remind herself (and the world) that there are still children in need. All book proceeds go to charity Don't take my word on this but, she does Adele better than Adele!
Hi. New sub and 1st time visitor here. I have been an "angel" for 6 years now. Listen to her every day. Many here will fill you in on our beautiful Barefoot Princess, I'm just going to sit back, delight in your journey and drop a comment now and then. You have no idea what's about to happen to you.
The way he was reacting to Fly Me to The Moon, when he said he was going to do AGT Bohemian Rhapsody next, I was thinking this guy’s gonna need a straight jacket and doctor when hears that 🤣
Please continue to do reactions to Angelina. Her Angels (Fans) will fill you in with more information than you can absorb about our barefoot princess in the comment section.
If ya didn't fast forward, you would have found out she started singing at 1.5 years old. Dont worry, she is very well protected from the horrors of the industry. She is 17 as of January. Her first single comes out in April and her debut album releases later this year. She sings Adele be
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Thank you for your reaction. I am a Adele fan for years but Angelina has a much more fuller, richer and soul full voice than Adele and shows that when she cover Adele's songs.
Thank you for the lovely reaction. I like you because you really react, you don't just sit there. I have been following Angelina since she was 7. If you stick with her, you will get a lot more followers. I'll let you go because you probably have a ton of reading to do, all the Angels will be schooling you in the comments lol. Angelina is a fascination. There is even footage of her somewhere when she was only 1 and could already match a pitch.
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. 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.
Hi, Kevin! Welcome to the wonderful world of Angelina. You may often be surprised by her choice of song, but will never be disappointed by any performance. She has a very large catalogue of songs uploaded to RU-vid, and a fan by the name Rusty Shackleford has compiled a chronological list of Angelina's performances. I urge you to use that as your major source of videos for her. Here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RjQZKBpVaes.html I agree with the comments of @Andy Schnell that you should always play the video from start to finish. To do otherwise means you will often miss some delightful moments. This is the first time I've come across your channel, as I follow those Reactors who only feature Angelina, so I don't know whether your approach to artists is the same on every occasion. It was very obvious that you "rated" Angelina as a very talented singer, but it annoyed me that you didn't deem to give much thought to when you should pause the video, and you often did so in the middle of a run. This would have been acceptable if you had then gone back five or so seconds, so that your viewers could listen again, but you didn't. It is quite possible, of course, that you were so overwhelmed by Angela that it is a "one off" and it is not your usual practice. If that is so, please accept my apologies.
Hi Kevin, nice that you took a peek down Angelina's rabbit hole. 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 (my opinion) but you will find out for yourself and believe me you become just as addicted to her voice as all other fans (angels), 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 every song and also transport many emotions and she has not only written around 170 covers but also 5 originals by her as well as 2 written for her which are all amazing and legendary even now and lots to tell, i look forward to more reactions and subscribed to you now, greetings from Germany, by the way she is now 17 years old
Sadly you were advised to skip to the performance for each video. Heads up for future reactions to Angelina, play the entire video as every second is worth watching AND the best help we can give ANY RU-vid channel is to watch each video in its entirety. Please take the time to read the biography I compiled for my all time favorite musical artist. 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 hundreds of millions. 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.
@@andyschnell58 Hi! No, I've been following AJ for 2-3 yrs now. I so appreciate your taking the time to 'fill in' the ones (with reactor sites) who are choosing to start out 'basically blank;' being informed/prepared, for some reactors, NOT a big priority. However, of those 'some,' there are many who will be interested to read your informative 'let's get ones up to speed' effort. So- - thank you for educating & sharing the love.
Also are mashups of Angelina with either original artist or instrumental band. Some are truly incredible: ---- Ain’t No Sunshine [was created using 12-year old Angelina’s simple cover and band musicians Hank Roberts (great cello), Brian Wilson (drums), Mike Stark (piano) and Anna Coogan (guitar) who originally performed song for singer Canen, making fantastic composition of this Bill Withers classic 1971 R&B hit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JyziJiJ1HYg.html] ---- Crazy (mix of 12-year old Angelina’s 2018 Kongsberg Jazz Festival audio with two rehearsal videos to make a great rendition of this Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson 1961 hit country song. Amazing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RI9s_Qp7X_g.html) ---- I Will Survive (this 1978 disco hit by 35-year old Gloria Gaynor is mixed with 10-year old Angelina’s audio-only track. Whenever Gloria is shown, she is singing. Whenever Angelina is shown, she is singing. Close eyes and tough to tell difference. Mind-blowing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WFvvYGK1YLU.html) ---- Easy On Me [mix of 15-years old Angelina’s cover video (plus snipets of several other videos) with 33-year old Adele’s music video. Tough to tell difference between Angelina’s and Adele’s voices: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OXtRa4FlhMM.html] ---- Back To Black (remix of 10-year old Angelina’s cover video done with KORK orchestra and 23-year old Amy Winehouse’s music video. Amy and Angelina’s voices seem like duplicates of each other: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ly82w_iIrh4.html) ---- All Of Me (combines 13-year old Angelina’s cover with music video of 35-year old John Legend playing piano and singing with 28-year old Lindsey Stirling’s violin accompaniment. Not perfect, but creates virtual duet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i0rSKumJE8s.html) ---- Stay (mix of 12-year old Angelina cover with 24-year old Rihanna and 27-year old Mikky Ekko music video. Angelina and Rihanna sound similar even though 12 year age difference. This piano ballad about a relationship became Rihanna’s 27th million-seller: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OgrCIURzpyo.html) ---- Sign Of The Times (mix of 15-year old Angelina short cover with parts of 23-year old Harry Styles’ BBC produced TV show. Creates a mind-blowing 2 minutes long virtual duet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8glJLHUd7uo.html)
Yes, that AGT performance changed her life, as she acknowledged herself in her last year's summer concerts. It got the sucessfull Stargate production duo to contact her, they did several songs together, of which the first one got her a contract with Republic Records. She published two singles with them so far, the third is expected end of April, and a new album will appear in fall. She recorded her first album at age 11 with the staff band of the Norwegian armed forces, but that only contained two originals, 'Oslo' and 'What is life'. Here is a playlist with all of her orignals so far, 5 (co-)written by her, 3 written for her, whith her (co-)written ones done at several occasions: ru-vid.com/group/PLddfS789jBCows3lQAxFixqTj_rFbGFLM
Your reaction blew me away! I'm glad you now know about Angelina Jordan,and I just subscribed🤗Wait til you know why she's barefooted, she's very humble and may she always stay that way🥰
If you go back and watch the whole FMTTM video, you'll see a little girl for a while, as she is being interviewed...but then, as soon as Rosie asks "what are you going to sing?", Angelina's face changes and she suddenly becomes a consummate jazz artist.
Great reaction and the reason why she sings barefoot is because when she was 6 she was in Iran with her family for a while (she is half Iranian from her mother side) and she met an orphan shoeless girl in the street and she gave her shoes to that girl and from then on she sings barefoot on the stage for the memory of all people in need around the world 👍👍💙💙💙
She was barefoot as she is in every public performance to bring attention to the plight of poor children in the world without shoes. Not only is she one of the world's greatest vocalists, she's also a huge humanitarian.
Yeah, she killed both of these songs that most people believe are untouchable compared to the original artist. Now watch her kill some Adele songs, Million Years ago age 12, All I Ask age 15 and several others. AJ was singing Adele’s Rolling In The Deep at 5! How about Whitney H? She first sang I Will Always love You at age 1&1/2, then last year at 16 sang If I Don’t Have You! Don’t bother warring shoes, socks or a hat….she will blow them all off. Thanks from Alaska and I just subscribed for more Angelina Jordan.
If you want to be really surprised, watch her performance of the Jay Hawkin’s classic, “I Put a Spell On You”. A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voicewas only 9 years old.
AGT removed this video from RU-vid after a week, for unknown reasons. But apparently (I'm writing apparently even though I know it's true, because I still can't quite believe it) Qeen gave Angelina ALL rights to HER version of Bohemian Rhapsody... I'm not going to say that's why this performance suddenly resurfaced on RU-vid, I don't even know if it had anything to do with it, but I don't think it had a negative effect : )
Adele songs? Wait till you hear her Adele covers. Some reactors even went so far to say she manages to make Adele sound dull in comparison😂. E.g. A million years ago: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QHLtZQ3sIwE.html or more recently, All I ask: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8gJuprckBxI.html Her best latest performance IMHO is her homage to Elvis' Suspicious Minds: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RTbKhkceR00.html Btw, if you want to watch everything, you'll better cancel all dates until xmas. Its 190+ performances on YT, all great.
Great reaction, Kevin! I can definitely relate to it. Angelina sings barefoot as a reminder that many children around the world don't have basics like shoes. She's done this since age 6, when she gave her shoes to a shoeless girl in the MIddle East while her family was traveling. I think you'd appreciate her original song 7th Heaven, a boppy swing tune with a great lyric. Here's a link to a live performance from summer 2022: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Bo88l1aFDI.html
You should react to Angelina with Easy on Me and All I Ask from Adele! You will be in shock! Angelina is not deaf there is a very nice history behind she performing in barefoot! Regards from Norway 🇳🇴
I hope you read Andy Schnell's post below. This is a great, well written and researched history of Angelina. I'd read this before you listen to anything else. Great reaction. Thanks :)
If you continue down the rabbit hole, you will be amazed by her rendition of Screamin' Jay Hawkin's "I Put a Spell on You" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nwFloCPXzCs.html and there is a reason why she is called the Barefoot Princess 👣👑It's the most beautiful story I ever heard.
17 now and in a few months her first album will be out. She Is going to be setting the bar mighty high and most singers now will not be able to make the cut. To many now don't know how to really carry a tune opting to use Autotune and Most could not wright a single line of of Music opting to reuse others work. She does it all.
Hi, Kevin! Great reaction, - and welcome to Angelina’s rabbit hole, - it is huge! I’ve just clicked the Like and the Subscribed buttons, and will check out your channel. Aah, you mention Adam Lambert .. funny, that. Somewhere in YT Land there is a virtual duet of Adam and Angelina singing Feeling Good, which should give you some idea of what those two could do together. It will come up on a google search. Have fun!
That's phenomenal. good work. I've suggested to reactors not to react and be a fan, it's better. Hahaha. So I love the thought you won't do more despite it being an awesome one.
Kevin you should have played the intros it gives a lot of info about her, but still it’s a great reaction for the greatest vocalist on the planet and I subscribe. She always sing barefoot in public for a humanitarian reason, please read Andy Schnell Angelina bio.
The barefoot is part of Angelina's mission to get shoes all kids of this world and she set up a charity for this. When she visited Iran, her grandmothers country of origin, she saw a young girl barefoot begging at the side of the road. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and decided to always perform without shoes. Along with her grandmother, who is a known artist, they wrote and published a book about the incident. It made Angelina the youngest person in Norway to publish a book. The proceedes go to her charity, so far she has collected, along with others, over 21 million Euro's.
Angelina always performs barefoot in loving memory of a young girl she met at age six who had no shoes. Angelina took her own shoes off to give to the young girl. Longer story but she swore not to wear shoes performing until every child in the world could have shoes.
I don't know who sent the original request, but they should have told you to start at the beginning because you missed some beneficial information provided before she starts to sing.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of the Queen of Jazz. The G.O.A.T. 180+ originals and covers. Interesting comment. Angelina has done 7-9 Adele covers and all are preferred over the original. As Andy said. You need to see all her performances from beginning to end. I suggest seeing her in BEAST mode next. I Put a Spell on You, at 9 years old. The following link is from her channel. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nwFloCPXzCs.html
Sorry, but I have to repeat some of the best advice others have already given you. Angelina's Cover of Screamin Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" Link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nwFloCPXzCs.html, and Adele's "A Million Years Ago" Link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QHLtZQ3sIwE.html. Plus the story behind why she ALWAYS performs barefoot, a story that also made her Norway's youngest published author! Link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--cCLDY0CSZ8.html (This has English subtitles)
I want to pay Angelina she is fantastic. He said he would come international start. She just left France she’s a she did a song on stage at the soccer teams. All star song for a good one Sonya somewhere but he’s 6 foot tall now she’s years old and water performance. She’s been singing, all Rhonda world George Jones took of the south of South Korea, and open up her Alan Walker took around the world on ll
Disappointing that for Fly Me To The Moon you skipped the short interview with Angelina where we learn: - her appearance here is following Angelina's recent win at the Norway's Got Talent competition at age 8. - she started singing when she was very young (1 1/2). - & when she started singing, her preference was jazz.