Screamin' Jay Hawkins would definitely approve of this cover of his classic song.

Angelina Jordan is definitely a super genius.

She is very well protected and her AJ childhood was Sara main priority. As far as musical drive its all Angelina. Yes Jazz was played in the house but it was AJ who fell in love with it and all the old greats.

- 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.

The girl is just the best ever

She also put a spell on me. I follow her on a daily basis

Awesome reaction to Angelina Jordan in Beast mode! That is about 95% of the time, enjoy the journey, God Bless!

Let's just say she's a child prodigy. Once in 100 year's. We get to enjoy the talent. Mozart was also a child prodigy.

Absolutely phenomenal performance from a musical genius, and Angelina actually arranges this herself paying tribute to the original artist Screaming J Hawkins a blues musician from the 1950s, Angelina is the boss and is commanding the performance, Angelina barefoot story, Angelina was traveling in the Middle East with family her Grandmother is from Iran 🇮🇷,Angelina met a poor girl by the road side the girl had a set of scales and was weighing people for money,Angelina befriend the girl who was the same age both 6 years old, the poor girl had scars on her bare feet, after speaking for a while Angelina gave the her own shoes, and always performs barefoot to remember all the children less fortunate, Angelina has raised millions for environmental causes and children’s charities, she is now 17 years old and still stays true to herself performing barefoot,great reaction thanks 🙏

Angelina is a gift from heaven, and has come down to earth to be an amazing role model for how to live your life, by helping others, and inspire children to become great adults. My only analogy for me is when my grandson came into the world. He is the greatest gift my wife and I ever received, and the love this little guy has given us, makes us happier beyond our dreams. Angelina is a gift for all of us.

Angelina is channelling the original artist, Screaming Jay Hawkins, who was a pretty wild character, but she was doing it in her own unique way. It's tempting to think she must have been driven by ambitious parents, but the opposite is the case. She binge-watched people like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald on KZread and badgered her family to let her go on Norway's Got Talent, which she eventually did - and won at age 8. There's a fascinating story about why she performs barefoot, but I'll let other 'angels' tell you about that. Glad you liked the song!

Screamin Jay Hawkins sang this song similar to Miss Jordan. Miss Jordan has an amazing voice for her age !

Here for the AJ journey down the rabbit hole. Any song age 6 to 17.

oh yah,,, WELCOME to AJs World !!!

Angelina Jordan is 17 years Old. She sang yesterday in Paris at the ceremony - FIFA Football Awards 2022. A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice. She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss. 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 KZread. 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 KZread 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 KZread 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 KZread. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On KZread, 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.

I apologize to all those that follow Angelina's "Spell on You" reactions, but I have tirelessly played this video maybe a couple hundred times and am still dumbfounded by the performance and delighted by the shocked reactors. I cut and paste this following reply all the time now because it gets tiring typing it out so often .... so, again, I apologize, but it must be done: Angelina wrote an incredibly emotional song called "Million Miles" in memory of her beloved grandfather who had just passed away (at that time). She was 13/14 years old. She recorded it later as her first single for her new label, Republic Records. Do a reaction to the black and white live studio version. It is one of three companion videos. The others are the actual official Republic video music release and a lyrics version. I highly recommend doing a reaction to the lyrics version second. It is the same recording as the official version but has graphics done by her grandmother, a noteworthy Iranian artist. With these videos, she has produced a quite stunning beginning of her career with Republic. Also, the pianist in the live studio video is a very high up Republic executive. Angelina commented that when she was in the studio doing the song she cried throughout the session. You can hear and see the pain she feels for her loss when you watch the live studio set. She said she wanted the song to be for anyone that had such a loss. With consideration to that background to her song, you will get as emotional as she was when she recorded it. She has this magical vocal power that draws you into this other dimension. She has always put her soul and emotions into her works. She arranges most all her music, as she has been doing since she began performing over the past ten plus years.

As others suggested, check out Screamin' Jay Hawkins to see who she's channeling here.

Hav Never Cried Before Listening to i Put a SpeLL on U.who Does That ? But This Amazing GirL has That AbiLity of Connecting 2 ur FeeLings &:Forcing 1 to reLease the Tears.🌹💃👍

Brilliant reaction. If you had any doubts before, Angelina would most certainly acknowledge you as one of her "angels." Angelina began teaching herself to sing at around 2-3 years old. With records and KZread, she listened to countless hours of Billie Holiday, Etta James, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, along with more recent greats, such as Amy Winehouse and Adele, to name a few. .

She was very bless by god point blank

This ChiLd is Living Proof That if U Didn't beLieve n ChanneLing Spirits U wiLL Giv it 2nd Thoughts Bcause U Wud Swear the OriginaL Singers of the Songs are Using Her Body 2 Sing Their Songs👍💃🌹

It never gets old✌️ 7 years now I've been following Angelina and whenever I see a new reactor watch this video it's classic,, Wait until you see Bohemian Rhapsody,, I like your reaction they're very authentic keep up the good work..

It will be interesting to see what happens as an adult singer? 🤔 She's a prodigious child singer but once she's an adult it loses the shock factor of how brilliant she was at such a young age. Time will tell

All of the past greats live in Angelina’s vocal chords.

Jennifer, thanks ----she's channeling "screaming Jay Hawkins". If you watch the beginning again it't the face on cup she's holding! Angelina been singing since 1 1/2.

There is her grandmother who is her mentor..she hørt musikk,old song,jazz,soul,pop,you naim.from to yers old and she nail it..she can sin evryting to day..she is born to sing..💟😊

She seems to Chanel who ever she needs to and it works well for her at times you can almost see the person right there in front of you

Some would say she is channeling Screaming J Hawkins, the original artist, but she is channeling Ella Fitzgerald, who the said could sing the phone book, and if you remember she sang “A Tisket A Tasket”, and she also scatted which there are no words only sounds that truly made her another instrument in the band, Angelina has this talent too, they say she sounds like Billie Holliday, but she is smoother, Amy Winehouse, but she is smoother, Nina Simone, but she is smoother, Etta James, but she is smoother, Elvis, she matches but amplified, especially in the emotion department, and even Frank Sinatra, she out smooths the old smoothie himself, and all that is because she went to school on Ella Fitzgerald. Don’t take my word for it, listen to the songs like “Summertime” and you will hear it for yourself. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2aWy8mfY5adkbg.html

Jennifer, you have discovered a 9 yr old child prodigy with extraordinarily talented. Angelina was influenced by great Jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday. Her Grandmother played their records for her went she was in the crib and shared her love of Jazz with her granddaughter. Went Angelina was 6 yrs old, her Grandmother took her to a Recording Studio for the first time to experience what has become her life as a recording Artist. Her first recording was "I Who Have Nothing," she sang in English; Angelina's native language is Norwegian. Please watch this video; it's unbelievable how she could confidently record for the first time. Jennifer, you have just fallen into Angelina's "Rabbit Hole" with NO Way Out!

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 is not widely promoted yet, however, as her family has decided to wait until she graduates school, so she has a normal childhood. Here is a link from ages 6 to 17 of 106 Angelina chronological KZread performances with five originals. m.kzread.info/head/PL2v8kgVeo4EbYDVnRwObjETfWpXbzbgIO Here is a more comprehensive playlist of 180 videos including tiktok and Instagram. kzread.info/head/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. kzread.info 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.

@peterhormell1511

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This is one of the best, concise explanations as to why Angelina is “the barefoot princess”. Thanks Ron! 🖤👣

@timhonigs6859

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Took all the words outta my mouth! I don't have anything to say. Kudos

@robertedwardpenn91

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Outstanding work. All I can write is "ditto".

@ronraskind

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@@peterhormell1511 Thank you.

@ronraskind

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@@timhonigs6859 Thanks so much.

No shoes? To remember a shoeless child in the middle east. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and performs barefoot to remember the poor children around the world. She is Norwegian, speaks several languages, does most of her own arrangements and the more than 180 covers she has performed in her 17 years are judged by many to be better than the originals. HERE IS ONE OF IF NOT HER EARLIEST RECORDING BOOTH VISITS AT SIX (6), kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJ6FvK17oLnHldY.html

Her grandmother played jazz all the time.

She's channeling Skreaming Jay Hawkins

She has over 300 covers and she smashes everyone of them from billie holiday ,elvis,etta james and meny more from agev7 to 17

She also did this arrangement. She's the boss.

You should check out the song she wrote about her grandfather that just passed away. Amazing.. A Million Miles

I always enjoy watching those walls of scepticism dissipate as the realisation dawns that Angelina is no ordinary child singer 😁 I see you’re on board now..welcome..I applaud you overcoming your scepticism and giving Angelina a go..I promise the risk will be rewarded..you have so much wonder lying ahead of you..I’m almost jealous! I encourage you to read the comments..they are packed full of great info including why she sings barefoot..!

About her crib. At NGT she won, the judges there talked between each other that this girl must have been drinking whiskey since born. ❤😂

If you would like to come with us angels down the rabbit hole, You must begin with Norway's got talent when Angelina was 7 years old. Once you've seen Angelina and the Norway's got talent Competition, You might be interested in her 1st studio recording covering Tom Jones, " I who have nothing". Having done that you should have spiraled with the rest of us.

Greetings from Scotland! "Who is this child channelling?" Well that would be all the greatest Jazz singers of her Grandmothers day! Mery Zamani is a very respected Iranian artist - and one of AJ's Grandmothers! She has always had a passion for Jazz music and AJ listened to it constantly when she was with her. In 2015 (when she was 9yo, around the same time as this video) AJ published a book called "Mellom to hjerter" (Between Two Hearts). Her grandmother Mery, illustrated it for AJ. The book tells the story of the 6yo AJ meeting a poor motherless girl in the Middle East who was barefoot, because she had no shoes. AJ and the girl spoke at length, and as she departed. she took off her shoes and gave them to the girl! The girl promised to pray for AJ so that she would fulfil her dream to become a successful singer. AJ says the book is based on a real story and she says this is the reason *she always performs barefoot!* She insists that she will do this until all the children of the world have shoes! It's not just a book or a story, AJ has raised tens of millions for children and families in need all over the world! Pretty special young lady eh?

I don’t believe she has ever sounded like a child. Your guess is as good as anyone else’s as to how she had this talent at such a young age. Read all the comments, keep reacting to her, and you’ll enjoy an amazing yet unexplainable journey.

Another spell was cast by 9yo Angelina. Let’s analyze the video: 1st you see how small and cute she is. 2nd you see she is barefoot (story below) 3rd You see her making her “Wish List” of suggested changes to the song. 4th the band leader taking note of the changes. 5th Angelina is holding a candle with “Screemin’ Jay Hawkin’s (original artist 1956) picture on it. 6th the old soul in her voice. 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.

Not only was she exposed to and absorbed the originals, she is also born with a brilliant mind to come up with these unique interpretations.

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.

It's 1/3/23 and this is STILL the greatest thing I've ever seen.🤯

Nice reaction. The shock factor is there for everyone. What's even more amazing is that Angelina picks and arranges her music. Attached is a link to an interview of why Angelina doesn't wear shoes. The other link is her singing Unchained Melody after the interview. Be sure to have a box of tissues close by. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5d3rqaSYKa5ips.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYSar9yGlaWyktI.html

I love the way you do your comments. I will follow you ever, congratulations

Angelina was exposed to jazz by her grandmother, with whom she was and remains very close. She showed a talent for singing before age 2 and was encouraged by her family but never forced. She arranged this herself.

Thank you for continuing to discover Angelina. 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 KZread, 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. Angelina was 9 years and 2 months old when she performed this song. It is her 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. (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. 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.

Great reaction! You may want to rethink how you feel about child performers when it comes to Angelina. Actually, though, she's a 40-year old woman in a child's body! Lol! She is absolutely amazing. Speaking of her crib, there is a video of her attempting to sing "I Will Always Love You" at EIGHTEEN months, after listening to Whitney Houston sing it! I hope you're truly reading the comments from us fans, because if you read them on your previous reaction, you should undoubtedly know the REAL REASON why Angelina never wears shoes due to an encounter she had when she was six years old. Please research that because it's extraordinarily heartwarming. She published a book when she was 9 years old about the reason, making her Norway's youngest ever published author! It's called "Between Two Hearts."

Well, I think Angelina finally got ahold of you.

I liked your attempts at rationalizing how she came to sing so well. Other reactors could only suggest channeling, but we know that's irrational. She just always liked singing and first attempted a tiny bit of it at age 1. You may be right when you say the Mom must've surrounded her with music. That may have enhanced an innate love for music and inspired her drive to sing. Plus, she had the voice!

In the beginning there was music, and it came to pass that the planets and stars aligned, and a child was born Jan 10, 2006, in Oslo, Norway, and now we know what the true meaning of the word music is, Angelina Jordan.

The barefoot story is a heartfelt one ❤️ She has kept that pledge to that little girl now for 11 years 👍❤️ Even wrote a book about why she is barefoot while performing ❤️

"Normal" reaction of those who listen to this performance by Angelina for the first time...disbelief, astonishment..confusion feeling of being made fun of..all true because Angelina is not "normal", immense talent capable of penetrating the heart, ears and soul of the listener. Thanks Jennifer for your sincere reaction, good life.. Massimo

A genuine reaction, thank you!

What really boggles the mind is her impeccable sense of timing and inflection at the ripe old age of NINE!

2 months after 9th birthday 😊 now watch her singing I who have nothing at age 6. Her grandmother is responsible for her hearing a lot of jazz at an early age. She also did her early videos. This link shows part of the I who have nothing recording and she explains why she sings barefoot. The conversation she refers to was in Farsi ( Persian) she speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Norwegian at least some Japanese . She has performed in Japan in Japanese. I've been told she is currently learning Spanish. After winning Norway's got talent She wrote a book about why she sings barefoot and became the youngest published author in Norway's history. English title "Between two Heart's " very sweet kid allso.

@hans-georgschroter7887

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And don't forget German, she did an interview for RTL TV after winning NGT in German, because she was learning a bit German at school, ... Ich heiße Angelina Jordan 🤩 so sweet,👍💓

@bik7083

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She knows Japanese because her grandfather was Japanese and she also speaks Swedish because her father is Swedish. She is truly talented in so many ways.

This is her homage to Scream'in Jay Hawkins. How this was performed was entirely her project. It's what she wanted to do. She has been often referred to a prodigy.

This child is an old soul. She's been here before! She learned this herself by watching KZread. She was holding a microphone and singing at a year and a half old. Please search for and watch "Born to Sing"!! It is a documentary about her young years. She even wrote and published a book at nine years old!

Who is Angelina channeling? Angelina opens by showing a candle with the image of original composer Screamin' Jay Hawkins. She gives appropriate homage to the originals in all of her works.

Great reaction! This was the first song I heard from her and it challenged my beliefs about what is possible. I’ve lived in a better, more hopeful world ever since.

The term, child singer, doesn’t apply to Angelina. She’s not channeling here-this is her arrangement that respects the genre, but it’s all Angelina. Close your eyes and you have a version of this classic blues song that could be part of any anthology of American blues. Her age is irrelevant. And you’ll see as you watch more of her, she will stun you in many other genres. Her covers of Adele, for example, are rated by many hardcore Adele supporters as better than the originals. Her vocal tools are endless. I decided she was the best singer I ever heard when she was 12 with her acoustic cover of Adele’s A Million Years Ago. kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3yA1ryKY9avp6g.html No channeling at all-just an incredible, uniquely beautiful voice and interpretation of lyrics that makes you feel every word.

Fierce Masterpiece! Fearless, timeless and ageless. Wonderful ❣️

Her Iranian grandmother is the one that exposed her to jazz music from about the age of 3 she is a huge influence on Angelina's musical endeavors.... You mentioned her bare feet well she's called the barefoot princess for a reason. It's got nothing to do with being grounded it's about her empathy and humility it's quite a poignant story keep reacting to her and someone will fill you in...

The barefoot thing is because driving past a child without shoes, Angelina had the car stop so she could give hers to the child - she vowed not to wear shoes while she performed until every child had them, too . . . not only an amazing voice, but an amazing young woman, too.

Though she is honouring Screaming Jay Hawkins whose picture is on the candle this is not a straight cover, it's an amalgamation of several covers. She spent a great deal of time being looked after by her grandma who is a famous poet and painter. Also a child prodigy in her own right. She liked to have jazz playing as she worked. So you are right. Angelina heard jazz from the cradle but was born with perfect pitch. There is a clip of her at age 1 and1/2, with a mike. That is really shocking. It's a clip on an interview after her audition at 7 years old on NORWAYS GOT TALENT aired.

The was a cover of Screaming Jay Hawkins’ The candle she was holding at the beginning has his face it. She was 9 years old when this was recorded. There is an wonderful story as to why she performs barefoot. She befriended a young shoeless girl, when she was six. She wrote a book, between two hearts, about the experience, and became the youngest published author in Norway’s history, at the age of nine. She gave this girl her shoes and vowed to always perform barefoot as long as there that don’t have shoes. Please note, she made her public performance debut when she was 7, by completing on Norways Got Talent. She won the event and donated the winnings the children’s charity. She is not your average talented child singer. Yes she has been exposed to many of the greats starting from the beginning of life. The earliest recording of her singing was when she was 18 months. This is her passion and she has worked very hard to perfect her craft. She is self taught, does her own arrangements, choose the songs she sings, she knows what she wants and is very courteous when directing the musicians as to what she wants. The is true whether it’s one or an orchestra. To date she has released 5 originals, all wonderful. She tuned 17, on January 10, 2023. The list goes on but these are some highlights of her approximately 10 year career. I have no question that her career will take of like a shuttle launch, shortly after she graduates high school this year. Her fans are called Angels. It sounds like after hearing this performance you will be one also, welcome to the amazing world of Angelina Jordan. Is a vast world and there is beauty at every turn. Welcome❤

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Her grandmother was a massive influence on her. Billie Holiday is AJ favourite singer....this song is showing respect to Screamin Jay Hawkins.....the pic in the candle at beginning of performance....

🥰 Welcome to AJ 🥰

I know it might be hard to believe, but as incredible as she is here, she is even better now. At 17 today she is probably the best singer I've heard in decades. She can do anything (from Adele to Whitney to Jazz classics to her own original songs)....as you will discover if you keep checking her out. Enjoy. We all love her.

Eventually you will run into her relationship with Quincy Jones. He heard her sing 'Fly Me To The Moon' and it was the arrangement he had written for Frank Sinatra. She calls Quincy her closest friend in the business. He invited her to sing that song for his 85th birthday bash ay The O2 Arena in London. He has called her the best vocalist since Michael Jackson. She was 12 when she sang there. I'll give you the link to her rehearsal with the orchestra. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYGf2dGqhbG0m6g.html Angelina at 12 yrs.old rehearsal for her song to be sung for Quincy Jones. 'Fly Me To The Moon'.

That look in your eyes when you realized, "This girl has been her before..." I like to imagine Ella, Billie Holiday, Eretha, James Brown, Frank, etc...all the greats past sitting around a campfire with AJ, and they are just having a great time talking about music and performance, shaping stories. Then AJ gets the call, and she is back here on this planet, but a part of all of them came with her.

She's was child in physical form only. What you will discover going forward is a beautiful soul in its purest form, coupled with one of the most mesmerizing voices of this century. Enjoy the ride🙂

At 9 years and 2 month old she revised the original Screaming Jay Hawkins 1956 original ,,, she also wrote the arrangements and gave them to the director in the beginning ,, You may as well go see her at 7 and 8 at NGT,, she won by the way

Nice reaction, Jennifer. One very important thing to remember about Angelina is that she's singing because she loves to sing. She has said that singing is as important as breathing to her. Nobody is, or has been, pushing her to perform. Why does she perform barefoot? The short answer is that she does it to remind herself that there are needy children who don't have shoes. There is a longer answer in the book she got published when she was nine, making her Norway's youngest author. The book is absolutely worth reading. It brings tears to my eyes every time I reread it. A short explanation is that when she was six years old, she was in the middle east with her mother and grandmother and happened across a girl beside the street with a bathroom scale who was weighing people to get a little money from them. Angelina struck up a conversation with the girl and found out the girl was a homeless orphan who was caring for her siblings. It was cold outside and Angelina noticed the girl was barefoot and had scars on her feet. Unprompted, Angelina took off her own shoes and gave them to the girl. The girl said she would pray for Angelina every day. Angelina made a commitment to always perform barefoot until all the children in the world had shoes and clothes. She has since always performed barefoot in public. She was barefoot when she sang at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony outside in December in Norway. She has performed barefoot for several heads of state and on possibly one of the biggest stages in the world she was barefoot on America's Got Talent. A six year old made a promise and she's still honoring it at 17.

Major brain of spirit through your body that’s not what she’s doing she’s not channeling she’s performing a song she heard and study by screaming Jay Hawkins 1956. D

Angelina was nine years and two months old in this performance.

Actually, she seems like she is because there’s a very heartfelt story behind it. She actually is the youngest published author in Norway she wrote a book of why she sings barefoot. She is absolutely an angel sent from heaven..

Angelina has been doing her own arrangements since she was 8 years old including this one She has also been the driving force in her career

Another amazing kid prodigy worth listening to is Daneliya Tuleshova at age 10, when she won the Voice Kids Ukraine. Her first performance with Stone Cold is amazing.

I wouldn’t say that Angelina was “channeling” here, more that she was “interpreting” Screaming Jay Hawkins. At 7 years, yeah, I’d say she was channeling Billie Holliday when she did “Gloomy Sunday”. But ever since she turned 8, Angelia became her own artist. She can made her voice do whatever she wants. Can she sound like Adele? Easily! Same with Amy Winehouse. But she adds her own soul, richness and depth that is unmistakenly “Angelina”.

welcome to the musical world of Angelina Jorden .

Неоспоримо гениальное исполнение 10 летней Анжелины! Браво девочка! She put a spell on me!💖💯👍🧚‍♂

@Christian-DH

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9 years and 2 months old when this was recorded.

@ooshta

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What filmed when she was 9 and released a year later just like her Fly me to the moon, Acoustic.

Angelina's grandmother exposed her to a lot of jazz music from a very early age. However, by the time she was 3 years old she would start her own journey scouring though KZread for all of the jazz greats. At age 3, she also told her mother that she wanted to sing for Simon Cowell on that music show and 10 years later Angelina made that dream come true by delivering her own composition of Queen's classic, Bohemian Rhapsody; truly a must see masterpiece. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmuHp5icYavalNY.html I know that you're not too big on listening to child singers but she has blessed us with numerous post on KZread of her performances throughout her development over the years for us to witness the evolution of a jazz great. There are over 200 post from the last ten years from the time she first stepped on to the stage for Norways Got Talent to a young 17 year old expecting to put out her first record release this year for Republic Records.

As others have mentioned below, the 'barefoot' performances are not content-related. They represent a promise she made to a poor, unshod, orphan girl, to whom she gifted her shoes, that she would work to provide more shoes to all the world's children should she succeed in her dream to become a 'world famous performer'. There is an interview where she details this promise, also portrayed in the book she produced about the episode, 'Mellom tu Hjerter' (Between Two Hearts) with the TV personality, 'Anne Lindmo' which is quite sweet to behold. Miss Jordan has been honoring her promise to the orphan girl for about 10 years now already.

Her mom Sarah said, after singing Whitney Houston in her crib age 1,5, she discovered Jazz at her grandparents. She listened for hours to the greats. When she dot her iPad she even listened at night, when she could not sleep (told by Angelina herself).

When you figure it all out, be sure to fill us in. We write words, words and more words down here but we ran out of what to actually say about our third Angelina video in.

She definitely is a child prodigy. To me, there are only a handful of child singers that were comparable to Angelina.....Judy Garland, Michael Jackson, LeAnn Rimes, and Jackie Evancho are the only ones that I can think of.

@kevingood4644

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Almira Wlilerhagen..

@goldenruletv7301

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Scratch LeAnn, she's a total B*tch that doesn't even want people to look at her in public. Michael was a tortured soul thanks to his psychotic father. This girl is an angel and only wants to share her gift with a warm hug and a smile. Not about the money.

Girl you have no idea what rabbit hole you just fell into lol Enjoy the journey, I'll be right here with you 😊

Angelina is bewildering. Our minds just can't understand how someone so young could be singing like that.

Angelina is and have been magical to follow ever since we discoverd her on Norways got talent in 2014. I listen er daily and like to put on the "It`s Magic"-album (from 2018) while doing my household here.

Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of this epic performance by Angelina (which she also arranged) - at age 9. She was able to take the Screamin' Jay Hawkins original & turn it into to an actual jazz song that we can all enjoy. I strongly believe that Angelina has the GOD given gifts of not only a beautiful voice, but also the innate ability to emote the essence of each song she sings direct to our hearts & minds to also allow us to deeply FEEL her music as it flows through her. To better understand her musical roots & early influencers, highly recommend all 4 of her Norway Got Talent performances (Gloomy Sunday, I'm A Fool To Want You, Bang Bang & Summertime) - at ages 7-8. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.

Fantastic reaction❤ Research the no shoes when she performs…it’s deeper than you could imagine😮

Great reaction to 9 y.o Angelina and her arrangement 👍. Please react to her short interview explaining why she performs barefoot. She always sings barefoot when performing & she wrote a book about it at 9 called “Between Two Worlds” & she was/is the youngest to be published in Norway. (Why does Angie performs barefoot. Please watch. Angelina gives a short little interview explaining why she performs barefoot. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5d3rqaSYKa5ips.html) at that same interview she was asked to sing, so at age 9 she sings "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. You can get that link by looking it up from the 2015 interview. It's separate from the interview with English subs.

🤣🤣🤣 I know the brain can't compute what you are hearing versus seeing.... Just a God given gift. She does fly me to the moon.... the line " fill my heart with song let me sing forever more". Was written for this special young lady... The video with the horse is just breath taking. It is great to watch her videos as she ages. Just the old classics she has brought back to life. Summertime, Gloomy Sumday. I'M Feeling Good. Great reaction cheers

It's best to ignore Angelina's age when you listen to her. Some people say "at this age...", but the truth is she's perhaps the best jazz vocalist on the planet at ANY age (even here, when she was 9). No adult could sing a cover better than AJ sang this. So, with Angelina, you can relax about not liking child singers -- because she's never really been one. Regarding her bare feet: I commend you to Andy Schnell's first comment below (not the one you replied to). Angelina is not just choosing to be "grounded" while she sings; it's a reflection of her character.

Listen to her at 7 when her mom said give them Jaz, Norways Got Talant she won

You still have no idea what she can do. It is going to be a fun journey for you!