PUT A SPELL ON YOU | ANGELINA JORDAN | REACTION

[@keithserafy]

Her 1st language is Norwegian (born & raised in Oslo, Norway), followed by English, Swedish, Farsi & a little Japanese & German. Now that she is in LA, she is learning Spanish. She was 9 yrs 2 months in this, but it wasn't released until she was 10 & she is currently 17, turning 18 on Jan 10, 2024. This was all her arrangement of this Screamin' Jay Hawken's original from the 50's. His photo was on the candle she had made to honor him at the beginning. The band affectionately calls her "The Boss" because she is!

[@omunozl]

Always enjoy seeing peoples first reaction to this little girl. This is a MASERPIECE!

[@silversurfer8278]

What a great choice for a Halloween reaction! Angelina Jordan was 9yr 2m old when she recorded this. The writings at the beginning are her instructions (nicely put) to the band leader, because it is basically Angelina's rearrangement of the original song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. By the end of the session, the band called her "The Boss". Even at that age, AJ spoke Norwegian, English, plus a decent level of Farsi and Japanese (her grandparents' languages), and at age 12 in a concert in Japan, she sang some Japanese songs. She is also Norway's youngest ever published author, at age EIGHT. You need to react to her live outdoor concert performance of "What a Difference a Day Makes" at age 8, in front of about 2,000 people; and at the same age, outdoor, her singing "What a Wonderful World" as the soloist for the Nobel Peace Prize presentation ceremony in Oslo. At age 10, her live concert performance on "The Stream Gir Tilbake" (Norwegian TV) of "Feeling Good" is my favourite ever performance of that song, eclipsing in my eyes even the great Nina Simone. I can only say that this girl - now a young woman of 17 - will keep on shocking you.

[@elmarwinkler6335]

It was and still is a great honor for every musician in Scandinavia, to work with Angelina Jordan, The Treasure of Norway. Her own norwegian people declared her that, when she was 8 years old. CONFIRMED. When seasoned and experienced musicians ask a little girl for musical advise..... YES exactly that😄😁.

[@ronraskind]

Great reaction and insight. Here are all the basics! 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 when she was 14. She was not widely promoted for a few years, as her family wanted to allow her a normal childhood. However, things are changing rapidly as she has now graduated school. She has recently released two original music video singles from Republic Records, Love Don't Let Me Go, and Now I'm the Fool, coinciding with her new six song EP called Old Enough. The four other songs have been released as visualizers, but where it is that videos are coming. A world tour is in the works, likely for the fall, accompanying her full album release. Here is a chronological playlist from ages 6 to 17, of Angelina's 200 videos including tiktok and Instagram. The list begins with some originals, her EP, and a few specialty songs. Then it starts chronologically beginning with Gloomy Sunday at age 7 on NGT. kzbin.info/aero/PL2v8kgVeo4EbQD6l_WAVjOfItquzW7oEc 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 continue 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.

[@Arlene_G]

11 MILLION VIEWS & COUNTING...... Angelina's is the NEW classic version of this song... Many versions on the market, but THIS is the one that will endure through generations to come... PEACE!

[@christophersmith2793]

Angelina won Norway’s Got Talent at 8 years old, at present Angelina is 17 years old!

[@TheBlaster54]

Angelina was nine in this video. She wrote her book, “Between Two Hearts” at the same age. She also became the youngest Norwegian citizen to have written a book and it be published. She speaks four languages, plays four instruments, she wrote four songs by the time she was twelve years old and she has been writing the arrangements to the songs she covers since she was eight years old. When she was six years old she covered, “I Who Have Nothing”. She is singing the song, in English while she is reading the adult level lyrics, in English. Angelina had already accomplished more in her life by the time she was nine years old that most normal humans have.

[@ClaudioMarcucci7756]

Thanks for the wonderful and unaware reaction, this song is one of the important steps to understand the singularity of Angelina's talent. It's unreal like her, from a very young person, she choice to use her incredible passion and understanding through music in a splendid way, especially for these legendary songs. She is definitely the only 9-year-old girl who understands and has the courage and the ability to sing this song from Screaming' Jay, so imbued with his power, and reorganize it according to her musical sensibility and vision. I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also interpreted by great singers. Welcome back in the world of this magical singer, Angelina is sure my preferred singer. Now she is a young girl of 17 old years and, if is possible, is even more amazing, this girl has an absolutely unique talent and taste and she is not afraid of anything, there are no impossible songs for her, she will find a way to transform them with her extraordinary musical intelligence. Angelina is musical poetry. 💛🧡 ❤

[@christophersmith2793]

Absolutely phenomenal arrangement by our musical genius, yes this is Angelina’s own arrangement at 9 years old, Angelina is paying tribute to the original artist Screaming J Hawkins a blues musician from the 1950s , Angelina is commanding the performance she is the boss, great reaction thanks 🙏

[@jollyo9276]

Wongerful reactions ladies. 😆😁🤣 👣Young Angelina blew us all out of our mind with this one. Of course she did. With such attitude and sassiness from a 9 year old, it just had to. And it still does. At least for me 😵‍💫 Angelina somehow more or less kept these capabilities in her pocket after this (some exceptions though) up untill now, as her release of her 6 songs EP in july. It`s called "Old Enough", and all original songs. By this she finaly grabed into her pocket and put this serious attitude and sassiness into use once more. At 17, she finaly was there. Try her songs "Now I`m The Fool" and "Diamond". Or even the one called "Good In Goodbyes" All relesed this summer 👣 🤗

[@GrandmaEllen]

Angelina Jordan is 9 years old in this video. This was after auditioning for and winning Norway's Got Talent with jazz at ages 7/8. She is a prodigy in many aspects. AND this is her own arrangement based on the 1956 original by "Screaming" Jay Hawkins, who she honors on that candle in the beginning of the video. Angelina is 17 years old in 2023 and has dropped new original music this year. Grandma Ellen, out of goofy girl camp.

[@lightbearer7552]

Thank you ladies for your reaction to the wonderful magical beautiful world of AJ full of joy and love, throw the rues out . she will always surprise you, she was 9 yrs old here and this is her own arrangement of the original by "Screaming Jay Hawkins", Yes she started very early first heard singing at 18 months there is a video. Her Granma played jazz around the house and by 2/3 years old she was scouring you tube for all the jazz greats and taught herself to sing by 7 yrs old she auditioned for Norway's got talent with her performance of "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie Holiday her greatest influence, her performance went viral and AJ the legend was born she went on to win the show at 8 yrs old . The angels (her fans) will overwhelm you with info.💗👣

[@musicluvr70]

Her mother had a clue of what was to come when she heard Angelina singing a few lines of Whitney Houston in her crib at 18 months. At 3 years old she told her Mom she wanted to be on "that Simon show", 10 years later she was.

[@tamtammer]

Yes it's scary with so much talent in a 9 year old girl. ❤

[@alanfoster6589]

This was my introduction to AJ years ago. Most impressive cover by a child I've ever seen.

[@robertsilva631]

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 vocal arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version and communicated to the band how she wanted it to be played - 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 some of the same band members 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, followed by her saying 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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmHJZKdpmdJ1mM0

[@FlameCold258]

Thanks for your reaction! She is only 17 years old today and from Norway. She signed with the label Republic Records just 14 years old, I think we can safely leave the promotion to Republic Record. Marketing will start when her full album is released later this year. There's only one EP with 6 songs she's released from RR now, and they haven't started marketing until the full album is released!. Republic Records know 100% what they are doing? I think a lot of people don't realize how much Angelina has done in her short life (17). She performed FIFA AWARD song, and performed in front of 40 000 people only 11 years old invited by Norah Jones. She was also specially invited by Quincy Jones to perform on his 85th birthday in the O2 arena / London. And so on goes the list... She has over 250 songs on KZbin with cover songs and many originals. Angelina also plays piano and guitar. The truth is that within a year or two she will be the artist for the big occasions. and not a "bare belly plastic artist" who tops a list for a week and is forgotten just as quickly. She already eats most female vocalists for breakfast, and the label Republic Records and the rest of the music industry know that too! Angelina Jordan has nothing to prove. When she sometimes belts is it because the fits in the performances. She sings to us only she can do! Angelina recently had a sold-out concert in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where there was an audience from 9 different country all the way from Australia and from 39 different states in the USA.

[@Danny_R_]

So Angelina Didn't only sing this.. She also arranged this song. To arrange a song means: *"involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety"* In the beginning you can see her handing a sheet of notes too one of the musicians. 9 years old!!! And she doing this!!?? 🤯 Norwegian is her first language. She also speaks farsi, English and Japanese. And since she is Norwegian she can understand and somewhat speak Swedish and Danish as well. Also heard that she is learning Spanish now too.. This girl is just built different..

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Miss Angelina speaks Swedish, Norwegian, English, persian Farsi (she talked to an persian little girl when she was 6 yo) and japanese, as her maternal grandparents are iranian and japanese. Her mother Sarah and the brother Michael taught japanese in Japan, where they grew up. She playes for sure piano and guitar.

[@johnbattles1002]

Ladies, thank you for a great reaction! And congratulations for discovering the Eighth Wonder of the World -- Angelina Jordan Astar! Nine years old here (March 2015), now 17 with supermodel looks and more vocally unbelievable than ever, and soon to be 18 on January 10, 2024. And if her singing astounds you, just wait until you begin learning about her as an extraordinary human being (the soul of a true empath; why she never wears shoes when performing; Norway's youngest published author ever at age 9; winner of Norway's Got Talent at age 8(!); ETC.....!

[@josepsamarrafarre]

They're really under her spell! 😊😊😊

[@waynecarriker460]

Looks like everyone has filled you in on all of Angelina’s accomplishments and her bio. Thanks for the fun reaction.

[@billpo]

When I first heard this child…I couldn’t believe it…incredible voice…unlike no other… PS. You are all beautiful women

[@glensnider6388]

17 now, Norwegian is first language, signed with Republic Records, first EP is out now, check out her original work even before that EP like “Shield” a song she wrote, composed and sang at age 12 as a thank you you her family and others who supported her. Or check out “Million Miles” that she wrote at age 14 as a tribute to her grandfather who passed away. Generational talent and if you see someone of the short documentaries on her life and upbringing a truly wonderful person at heart! 8:56

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Dear ladies, at age nine, she already was a veteran in her craft. Almost daily practicing for hours on hours, visiting her "normal" school AND visiting the academy for music and performing arts in Oslo (later in LA) her expertise and her control had grown to professional level. FACT. My friend here explain the rest. Friends?, YES Claudio is a very good co-Commeter. Elmar from Germany

[@clydeatrowbridge]

angelina is norwegian as is her mother. father is swedish and maternal grandparents are iranian and japanese,, started school at 3-4 skipped 6th grade. born jan 10 2006...wrote an illustrated childrens book at 9 and became youngest published author in norways history.her GM was a child prodigy at 9 -poet author painter and artist. angelina has inherited all these skills and her GM is her inspiration...

[@dojoswitzer]

Angelina’s mother is Persian/Japanese, likely born in Japan. Michael talks about his early years in Japan.

[@rburkett1939]

Angelina’s Grandmother was on Iranian radio at 4 reading her poetry…

[@DonaldLancon]

I'm not sure we know which grade she skipped. I assume you're alluding to the _A-Magazine_ article from December 2017, which said she "attends 7th grade, while her friends and the other children of her own age attend 6th grade". But the April 2016 NRK TV segment about her recording "Back to Black" said she was in 5th grade at that time. That would be consistent with her having already skipped a grade. Since she is seen in a classroom with her friends in the March 2014 TV segment where she "goes back to her school after her first audition", I think we can assume she had not already skipped a grade at that point. That would have been 2nd grade. So, I think she must have skipped either 3rd or 4th grade (or did them both in the same year). (BTW, if she started school when she was 3, then she couldn't have skipped a grade. She would need to have started pre-K at 4 or Kindergarten at 5 to make the timing work.)

[@andyschnell58]

Angelina was near her 9th birthday when she created her arrangement for this 1956 Screamin Jay Hawkins (photo on candle) classic. She took command of the studio and musicians to deliver a very sassy performance. English is her third language after Norwegian and Farsi and she could also speak Japanese at this age. I will post the biography I compiled for her in another comment and hope I don't get put in KZbin "comment jail" yet again. The reason Angelina performs barefoot is heartwarming and speaks to who she is as an empathic and humble person.

[@andyschnell58]

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 KZbin. 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 was near her 8th birthday 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.” 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 money was placed in a trust and available when Angelina turns 18. 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. 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 KZbin. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On KZbin, 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 playlist now exceeds 200 songs. 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. She has since become the singing voice for the 2026 World Cup. On May 5th, 2023, Angelina released her original "Love Don't Let Me Go" On July 21, 2023, her “Old Enough” EP was released with 5 new original songs: “Fire and Rain”, “Diamond”, “Now I’m the Fool”, “All My Fault” and “Good in Goodbyes” On October 27, 2023 "Our Time" was released and that song is being used in a commercial for the finance company SoFi. 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 desired to 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.

[@geoffreynorth9046]

How do you know ? :) Well her mother Sara heard her singing in her cot at 18mths - a Whitney Houston song - and found it so beautiful she recorded it... A snippet of that video was included in a Norwegian TV documentary about Angelina that was quite well known to her fans.. but they had more and very recently her Grandmother Mery released a longer version and it is quite remarkable.... There could be no doubt about Angelina being an amazing vocal and musical prodigy: she continued to push herself to get better and better, and started to badger her mother to enter her in Norway's Got Talent from the age of 4 or 5... Sara held out until Angelina was 7 when she entered her: she won the entire competition at the age of 8, with 46% of the votes (I think there were 10 finalists left)... She is something else entirely as should become clear from the comments you get - not just "another great child singer" but something much more...

[@hu._-]

AJ is Norwegian and speaks the language natively. She was a young 9 yo here and 17 now. Grandmother was a child prodigy and recognized AJ was also one when AJ was found singing a Whitney Houston song in her crib at 18 mo. At age 6 she is recorded in studio singing various songs in English and reading the music sheets, the songs were all challenging adult songs. BTW, she is self-taught, family did not want anyone putting constraints on her creativity. AJ was walking around with a tablet selecting songs to listen to on a tablet when she was 2 to 3 yo, listening to jazz masters and learning to sing while learning to talk. Her music education began by listening to her grandmother play music around the house (probably pretty constantly and before she was even born?).

[@Charlesbaker3017]

They were expecting..Mary had a little lamb..instead got..our beautiful incredibly talented..Angelina..

[@Christian-DH]

🎉🎉🎉 Who is Angelina Jordan ? Angelina is a Norwegian born child prodigy in music. She's a singer/ songwriter who's arranged over 180 covers and 5 originals, all since the age of 7. Angelina began singing at 18 months old. At 2, she began teaching herself how to sing, focusing primarily on the jazz masters of decades gone by. These are artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James. She's also influenced by Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, and Adele, to name a few. She's also been said to be the girl of 1,000 voices. Yet even though we can hear the phrasing and style she puts in the songs, it's always Angelina that we hear. At 7 years old, she auditioned for Norway's Got Talent. She was the last to audition. The judges had no idea who she was or what she could do. They saw a diminutive mussy haired, barefooted girl with her teeth still growing in. For her audition, she performed "Gloomy Sunday" from Billie Holiday. On TV-2, they've reported over 14 million views of this performance. This does not take into account the many hundreds of reactors showing this audition to millions more. Needless to say, Angelina went on to win the 2014 season of NGT shortly after her 8th birthday. The family was bombarded with requests for performances, interviews, and record label offers. They turned down 90% of the requests, as they insisted that Angelina should enjoy a normal childhood. That didn't stop Angelina from performing at select engagements around the world, singing for Heads of State, and even Barack Obama. She's spent time and worked with musicians such as Quincy Jones and Alan Walker. She first appeared on American television, The View, at 8 years old. Angelina auditioned for America's Got Talent The Champions at 13 years old. She made it just up to the final selection of the final 5 when she dropped from the competition. AGT's designated "Super Fans" didn't carry her over into the final 5. The web blew up when she was dropped. At 14, Angelina signed with Republic Records. Republic gave her complete artistic control as well as control over the performances she would make. She turned 17 on January 10, 2023, graduated from high school, and has embarked on her professional music career. Her first EP under Republic Records is aptly titled, "Old Enough."

[@sverregylseth6095]

So fun to watch you jump down the AJ Rabbit hole 😂 Norwegian is her first language but she speaks another also at this time. Yes, she can spell, she wrote her score for the band and the producer is nodding at her last minute changes. She also pays respects to the original artist, Jay Hawkins, at the start with his picture on the glass holder with the candle ( her grandmother gives her). Love it. Look forward to your next. ❤

[@donnilloyd1355]

She is going to amaze you all, in EVERY Post you do about her. She has been at the top of the game from day 1. I am amazed that it took this long for you to react to this. But, I'm glad that you did. Great Post, Ladies.

[@Arturo.H.M]

Congratulations!!! You have enjoyed what probably is the best version ever of this song.

[@stillracer2514]

I'm not sure at what age Angelina began, but she could speak English (her third language) by age 1 and a half, and could definitely read and write English by age 6. She also Knows Norwegian her primary language, Farsi and some Japanese. She is now 17 and a great singer!

[@damedicmt]

Good morning ladies… My goodness, have you found a diamond in the rough! But many already know about ANGELina Jordan. She was nine years old in that video that you first reacted to. And I believe she was eight years old on the second one: fly me to the moon. I believe she just turned 18 years old, and her first language is Norwegian as she is from Oslo, Norway. And , she knows two other languages fluently: English being one of them. And she has studied some others and currently is studying Spanish - as she currently has made her home in Los Angeles, California. You have entered and most likely, have fallen into the rabbit hole! And it will be a glorious journey, so enjoy the ride! As many of us, angels (as she calls her fans), are experiencing. Angelina Jordan is a once in a generation artist. She has the ability to touch a soul like no other, as she performs with a heart of gold, and only desiring to bring joy to the world, through song. I also want to make a sidenote, take notice of your amount of subscriptions currently, and if you continue this journey, with Angelina Jordan, watch that number skyrocket!

[@charliemiller5831]

this performance is a confrontation.... challenging our expectations. You gals however, reacted exactly as expected. (wink)

[@tomrogers1305]

Upon recognizing (around age 4) that Angelina was something special, her parents set out to avoid tbe lure of showbiz and allow her to have as normal a life as possible but still have opportunities to perform to live audiences. She attended American in Norway pre-school and elementary school, so has been exposed to Engish most of her life. Started singing and piano lessons at four. And world travel occurred during summers. The moved to the USA to start high school was planned and timed by and with agreement by the entire family. When the CEO of Republic Records personally signed her to a contract (at 14), it was with the understanding that finishing her education was the first priority, so no school year concerts or tours. Covid prevented any of that, of course, but she completed school this summer and is now able to devote all her time to her passion.

[@Christian-DH]

🎉🎉🎉 The Barefoot Princess - (From her book, television and radio interviews, and podcasts made between 2014-2015. Includes excerpts from her diary made that day in 2012.) Why does Angelina sing barefooted? Angelina Jordan is known as "The Barefoot Princess" or "The Barefoot Princess of Jazz," amongst many other names. She always performs barefooted, whether in front of a live audience or during a studio performance. The story is that while living in the Middle East, at 6 years old, Angelina came across an orphaned girl, of her own age, sitting in the street, weighing people on a bathroom scale to earn money. Angelina said to herself, "I would like to share her life for one second to know what it is like to sit alone, wet, and damp, and barefoot in a corner of the street." Angelina could see the girl's bare feet were scarred and that it was cold outside, so she offered her own shoes to the girl. Little Angelina says that she really loved her shoes, as they were very nice and she knew she would miss them. But she saw the other little girl’s need for them, which outweighed her own desire to keep them. So she insisted the little girl take them. Angelina called her Princess, even though the girl said she didn't live in a castle, but the ruins of a building next to where she sat. After sharing their hopes and dreams, the little girl said of Angelina's wish to sing for the world, "You will become the one you dream of and when your dreams come true, you have to remember the poor children without shoes; and I will pray for you Angelina.” Later that day, 6 y/o Angelina wrote in her diary, "The world is very strange. Right then and there, I felt as if a door in my heart opened up, and it was filled with lots of lights. It was as if there was, from Earth to Heaven, a staircase. I climbed the stairs. To be able to do something for another human - it was such a big thing…hard to describe really.” From that point on, Angelina takes off her shoes, in honor of ‘Princess’ and all the other less fortunate children of the world, who are orphaned, hungry, or in want of even basic clothing. In 2015, at the age of 9, Angelina wrote a book about the encounter, as everyone continued to ask why she sang barefoot. Her grandmother, Mery Zamani, created the artwork for the book. So at 9, Angelina Jordan became the youngest published author in Norway. Angelina has performed alongside many other artists, raising attention and helping to raise over 21 million euros and millions of dollars for children in need.

[@MICHAELASHER.]

She's 9. And as far as she can't even write yet! She wrote and published a book at 9. Youngest author in Norway. She grew up speaking both English and Norwegian bilingually. She also speaks some, Farsi, Japanese and Swedish. I was at her Portsmouth concert and l spoke to one of her Norwegian fans, and he said her English is actually better than her Norwegian.

[@adairmartin]

And Sara told me that “Angelina has been doing adult things ever since she was 8 years old”.

[@daghugowilhelmsen5660]

Just a scary talented 9 yo girl. She is expected to become one of history's most famous and beloved musicians/singers. For many of her fans (angels), she is a gift from God. I hope and pray that she does not succumb to the pressure of expectation.

[@royperkins9176]

Masterpiece

[@krw73]

Her mother said the first time she took the stage on Norway's got talent, she started bawling because she knew/thought she had just lost her child to the wave of publicity and attention that was coming.

[@DonaldLancon]

And in an interview right after Angelina won the competition, Sara seemed to actually believe (or probably more accurately, hope against hope) that they could go back home and live a normal life after what had just happened. The poor woman…😉 I'm not saying she didn't make a valiant attempt to do just that, but there's only so much you can do when your oldest child wants to be a superstar, and has already convinced large numbers of people around the world that she will be…

[@ryanjacob3338]

And now you know why we're all thoroughly in love with her. Not only is she amazing and sweet. But she was already great as a kid too, which is entirely unfair. Nothing we can do. 9 yrs 2 MO here, and 9 yrs 6 MO in fly me to the moon. Which is entirely different from this, already a beautiful versatile artist at 9 😂. FFS. Neither were released immediately on youtube, so some don't know her ages on them, but from insta posts and info back in the day we can put her at those ages for those songs.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

Of all of the people that have covered this song , this young lady has just pushed CCR back to number two and taken over the list of great performances .

[@rogergraetzer5992]

Hello you three ladies 👋I am a new subscriber to your channel and a true loyal Big, Big Angelina Angel 😇(fan) ! Angelina calls us all her angels 😇not (fans) Yes good song selection for Halloween 🤪 sung by a 9 year old prodigy girl 👧 👍👌👏 Angelina😇is in this song 9 years young and the Band call She The "Boss" This is a song from original screaming Jay Hawkins 1956! Angelina sings crazy🤪good! She is a natural talent! and prodigy girl and magical! now beautiful young Lady Queen ofJazz 👸🎺🎸!!! Angelina enchanted me in this song 💫 I was speechless 😶 at the end of the song!! If you close your eyes you think a 30 year old black, experienced jazz singer is singing the song incredibly mature!!! I've been following Angelina😇musically 🎸now almost 2 years since she won Norway's go talent show at the age of 8 with songs by Billy Holliday! Nancy Sinatra and Georges Gerswin Summertime song whereupon Angelina won the song competition with 46% of 10 finalists!!! The youngest winner ever!! Angelina is a generational talent 😲💥 Something never seen before! She is the truth 💫 and a gift to all of us Angels 😇 and every person 🌍! Always supports you! so that your dream of creating a loving ♥️ world 🌍 comes true, with your love ♥️ and voice 😲! tell all your friends! Angelina call 😯 us all her Angels 😇not (Fans) that is special and unique!!! For me, as a music expert of over 40 years, Angelina is the best female singer 😲! Artist! Vocalist 😲! and songwriter 📝 in this time 🕰 world 🌍 and generation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦!! She brings us a new style of music 👸🎙🎺 🎸🎷 and brings hope to the bad music industry 🎶!! Great, great, reaction and comments you three Ladys 👍👌👏 love ♥️ and peace ✌️☮️ and kindness 😀 have a great Week, time, work, and music time 👌👌greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🇨🇭🇨🇭 😇👣👰👸🎙 🎺🎷 🎸 🎼❤️‍🔥💥🔥💎👋💁‍♂️ Thank you a thousand times for your support my fellow angel 😇 from Angelina!! our Jazz Queen 👸 and Angel 😇!! on her two You Tube channels 🙏She deserves it a thousand times over!!!

[@davidricks7128]

Why does Angelina go barefoot Based on the true story of when she was six years old, Angelina met a homeless, shoeless girl. After they talked for a long time, she gave the girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world's children had them. Since that time, Angelina has always performed barefoot in public.

[@alberttenfoot]

Thank you for featuring Angelina again. With over 200 videos on KZbin you have a long way to go, and I hope you will do many more reactions to her, as she is well worth every nanosecond you spend on her. I have watched and listened to her in awe since she released her first video on KZbin, and what has been evident to me from the start is that she sings with total conviction, despite the fact that she is far too young to have experienced the events suggested in the lyrics of the song she has chosen to sing. But it is not only that, for strange as it may seem is the even more remarkable fact that she can convey the appropriate emotions within those lyrics to her listener. This is Angelina's tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote and performed the song in 1956 (50 years before Angelina was born). She based her arrangement on his original performance, although she discarded all the theatrics and allowed her voice and body language to tell the story. The song has been covered by many singers over the years, but to my knowledge, Angelina is the only one who has sung in the same style as the original. There are many things I found particularly worthy of note in this video. Some I recognised immediately and those I missed were brought to my attention by the more observant Angelina fans (her Angels) and I thank them for letting me know what I had missed. Another Angelina "Angel" has pointed out something else which I had missed, and it is added at (l) below, (a) Angelina finishing writing last minute changes she wanted and handing them to the Music Director, who smiled. (b) A brief glimpse of Mery Zamani, Angelina's maternal grandmother, a well known and respected Iranian Artist and poet who was also a child prodigy. She was the person who recognised Angelina's talent at an early age and exposed her to all the old time jazz singers. (c) The candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins on it. (d) The smile on the face of the Bass player. (e) How she rose on to her toes on the last occasion she sang "...because you're mine" (f) The fact she occasionally refers to her written notes on the music stand. Possibly to remind herself of the last minute changes she wanted. (g) Her unwavering passion throughout the performance. Evidenced by her facial expressions and the way she uses her hands and body to emphasise the direction of the song. (h) The way she takes a breath just before she starts the last phrase (I don't care.....) and that breath lasts the whole of that sustained note. A child of that age should not have the ability to hold a note for that length of time. (i) At the end, when she sings I Doooont Caaaaare, she employs TWO separate and distinct vibratos to the word care, a wide one to start the word and a tighter one to close the word (j) The instant transformation from "performance" mode to that of a pensive child, possibly wondering whether she could have done better. I comment on the "pensive" child because Angelina has an incredible work ethic and seeks to perform every song in a way she considers will bring out all the emotions within the lyrics and melody. (k) Perhaps the most remarkable is that despite her tender years, she sings with such total conviction that her authenticity is never in doubt. It is easy to believe that she has experienced the events described in the lyrics. It is not only her voice that is mesmerising, it is also her facial expressions, and the way she uses her hands and body. Her stage presence is electrifying. (l) The performance absolutely is powerful and raw but to me, I am amazed that this is balanced by the profound beauty of the ending phrase; the last twelve words of the song. AND… they are essentially sung a cappella! Angelina has been referred to as the "Queen of Jazz", "The Barefoot Princess", "The girl with a thousand voices". All of them are true, but I prefer the nickname I gave her after listening to about six of her performances. For me, she is "The Chameleon of Song", for as a chameleon is able to change its colour to match its surroundings, so Angelina is able to change the "colour" of her voice to accurately match the needs of the song to reveal the emotions within the lyrics and melody. Even more remarkable is her innate ability to communicate those same emotions to her listeners.

[@robertsilva631]

Here is a great example of how Angelina sounded in the Summer of 2022 at age 16 performing live - this video is part of a documentary about the 2022 Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway - There is a short interview of Angelina in the beginning followed by her performing two of her original songs live in concert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnyuZ2mBatpkfMU

[@32a34a]

I love your honesty about your child. I grew up in a day and age when my grandmother would tell anybody and everybody that I was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I was of course 8,9,10 and on and on and on.

[@IkramKahn-ov8fq]

Spellbound, hexed, and Angelified by our little Barefoot Princess

[@johnvasi]

The song doesn’t fit Angelina. Angelina fits the song. She doesn’t sing in different genres-she inhabits them like no one else I’ve ever heard. She’s not showing off here. She’s giving us old school blues today because she’s honoring the original genre and vibe of this song. Angelina is simply the best singer I’ve ever heard. She has given me the best versions of songs I’ve ever heard from her very early childhood to now at 17. Blues, jazz, ballads, power ballads, r&b, soul and more-all done with respect for the genre, but all unmistakably Angelina. Just listen: any age, any title, any genre.

[@primordialsimilarity6262]

Best female Vocalist on the Planet right now, and it ain't even close, Oh, did I mention she's only 17 yrs old

[@krw73]

If this is your first reaction to her, I'm totally here for the rabbit hole. She's 9 yo in this video. Suggestions.... I'd rather go blind (12), A million years ago (12), and Bohemian Rhapsody (13) Edit: Just noticed that you've seen Bohemian Rhapsody...lol

[@hans-georgschroter7887]

Congratulations you found the most impressive musical genius of our lifetime 🎉❤ she's starting at the age of 7y on NGT and won it 2014 in a landslide 🎉. Now she's 17y old and released an impressive EP Old enough. Please check it out 🙏👍💕

[@larrypifer1103]

She is a genius; she could spell long before she attended kindergarten, and she arranged this song just for her, the band director was reading her directions for the band at the start of the video. She was born an adult.

[@omegafirelord7469]

That was her uncle Mike, her manager, reading the arrangement Angelina had prepared and smiling about what was about to happen!

[@nikosmastrakoulis3377]

This was a great reaction ladies, please, please. *please* react to more of Angelina's originals and covers! You will soon realize you have only scratched the surface of a unique, great artist! Greetings from Greece :)

[@larsfrodelarsen6645]

And so - suddenly you hear the holy spirit of music !!!

[@McDevittMike]

There is a video of Angelina singing a Whitney Houston song at 1 1/2 years old, It defies logic. 😎

[@dojoswitzer]

This is the link to Angelina starting at age 18 months, singing two phrases to Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ when most children are uttering their first words (someone heard a quote from her mother that much more was sung as she ran to get her phone to record): m.KZbin.com/watch?v=VJjG68Dfr-8&t=115 1:53 to 2:10 (this is a very brief 15 second home video in the middle of a longer TV interview)

[@kenj1621]

You know that you have a prodigy when your 1 1/2 year old wants to sing and you suggest twinkle twinkle little star and they suggest Whitney Houston.

[@DeansMayhem]

Great reactions ladies.

[@tadeostodullo4587]

😀😀😀😀😀

[@doobiedave9686]

At 9 years old, I thought that making farting sounds with my hand under my armpit and flapping my arm was cool and that girls had cooties. Angelina is incredible and a prodigy. Puff puff pass 🙌✌️

[@bboyshotty]

Her, Dimash, and So Hyang are THE tippy top of "Extra special" all time great level talents! Keep them a'comin!! So Hyang will blow you away as well

[@charlesmorris6476]

Ladies in this video she’s nine years old, she was born January 10, 2006. She speaks and did speak at the time of this recording four different languages composes her own arrangements and plays four different instruments that I know of she is a true prodigy child, and a genius. She also has a half a dozen original songs that she wrote and performs and has a couple of albums I believe out.

[@tedheiden6357]

Now you're on the Angelina Express. Enjoy the ride ladies. Also, she is deaf in her right ear.

[@dannyrhollingsworth4200]

Welcome to the Angelina Jordan rabbit hole

[@omunozl]

More like a blackhole of cosmic talent.

[@paulwagner9303]

That was fun. You ladies can't deny that there was something in your Halloween candy that wasn't intended for children. 😉 A few weeks before this recording, Angelina turned nine years old and was still nine when the music video with this horse was filmed six months later. And yes, her artistic self was 27 at the time (or maybe 30). 🤔 The three of you also look very young, probably too young to be familiar with the original (released in 1956). Please give it a listen because it is WILD and the only way to understand why Angelia's rendition is considered to this day to be the most epic cover of this song ever is to see Screemin' Jay Hawkins perform. kzbin.info/www/bejne/paOxoXtsnt6ioas

[@primordialsimilarity6262]

New Subscribers for Angelina

[@ronaldmcrae4896]

Angelina, known affectionately by the band as "The Boss".

[@joyceuglow1767]

She will turn 18 on January 10, 2024

[@Hardrock1a]

I can count on one finger the number of 9 year olds I want to listen sing anything more than once, but this I have listened to innumerable times.

[@jeremyEasley-kc6wz]

Will you please listen to AURORA she is also from Norway like Angelina. Play LUCKY FROM NIDAROSDOMAN... it's a concert that's live

[@samuelmregister]

Consider yourself changed.

[@andrewchacone9497]

Ladies, I forget how many times I have listened to Angelina's version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins's original song, "I Put A Spell On You." Angelina, was 9 years old, she earned the studio band respect and nicknamed "The Boss," for the revised lyrics and the tempo to the original song. However, this wasn't Angelina's first time in a Recording Studio. Back went Angelina was 6 years old her Grandmother arranged the first recording session for Angelina. She sang "I Who Have Nothing" in English ( her native language is Norwegian), and found her new sandbox to play in. Reply

[@williamdunphe-bh2pu]

One of the best vocalist versions of any song ever on KZbin or anywhere else wild bill 🙂😍🤩👍 aka puffandstuff13 pogo

[@johannesdippenaar5087]

She is 9 in the video. It was her arrangement. She is from Norway and is 17 now.

[@omegafirelord7469]

She was 9 here! You should react to her on The View with her cover of Fly Me To The Moon at age 8, and her cover of Feeling Good at age 10 on stage!

[@markpalfenier5851]

Prodigal lol 😅 u mean prodigy

[@osovagabundo1]

110 months old child😮

[@dojoswitzer]

108.8 months (Feb 3, 2015)

[@OleOlson121]

Fire! 🔥🔥🔥♥👣

[@alberttenfoot]

Couldn't resist your invitation to subscribe to your channel, so have done so.😀

[@alibinawang5099]

She very fluent in english at 7. You should react to her fly me to the moon at View. You hear her intervirw!

[@scottchristian8403]

Watch her at 7

[@John-fk3rv]

💯

[@olejensen3125]

🥰

[@mikeplott4817]

Great Reaction Ladies 👍👣🌹🙏

[@SuperLiorr]

A.J is 9 years old and English is her third language, not her second she is the🦶🦶👑🗣🎙🎷

[@danlucero5009]

Angelina Jordan Documentary Born to sing

[@CarlosCastillo-ue9cz]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@morbiouslenoir]

Care for some additional gobsmack? That's her arrangement.

[@dlblakey62]

🌟

[@joyceuglow1767]

Flummoxing. Always.

[@MichaelGroves777]

Hahaha, I've never seen a reactor expect this..

[@timscroggins2345]

Amazing

[@lannieharris7774]

Chevy 18 January 10 20/24 in their first language is Norwegian plus swedish Japanese plus Iranian

[@Denito_legal]

Oh boy : " I think she couldn't even spell the words" 🤔

[@indiecab9593]

NINE