Angelina is one of the most addictive singers I have ever listened to, & one of the very few, that can pull you right into the song, making you feel, every word, every note, & every emotion. ❤️💙 I always have this feeling that Angelina is not only channeling some of these late great singers, but that they also pass through her, when she is singing their song,& is why she can capture the true spirit of the original singer ❤️💙 A rare beauty, in every sense of the word ❤️💙 Loved your reaction!!!
Angelina is on her way to the top. At 14 AJ signed with Stargate Production Co. (Beyonce, Rihanna, Sam Smith) and the largest recording company, Republic Records. Angelina at 16 is the MASTER of her universe, she is top priority for both Stargate, and Rob Christie Republic Records Studio Director at Universal Music Group Manhattan Beach, California. As of Dec 2021; her social media presence is equally impressive as she’s racked up over a billion UA-cam views, and 2.5 billion Facebook views, and has garnered praise from Time, CNN, BBC, and People. She has now done the song “Mercy” in the soundtrack of “Hating Game Movie” that just came out. We do not have to worry about Angelina's future with Republic Records as long as Rob Christie has her under his wing. Rob is a honest man, and has been in the music industry for quite a while Thank you MR. Christie, and take care.
My introduction Angelina, my brother lives in Norway which is as you know Angelina’s was born there, he managed to acquire tickets for a live concert when Angelina was 12 years old, and Angelina was absolutely amazing live , her version of Its A Mans World blue my mind , I have been following Angelina now for 4 years now, and she is my favourite vocalist of all, I have tickets for her forthcoming concerts in this summer, cannot wait to see Angelina live again, she is absolutely amazing!
I heard another singer reacting to a recent performance by Angelina say he has custom fitted earpieces but he still tapes them because they move just enough that he loses part of the low end.
Jess, you asked what happened. What _didn't_ happen was Angelina did _not_ sign with Simon. She did sign with a major, major label -- Republic Records (Universal Music Group's most prestigious division). Her uncle Michael Astar reportedly negotiated an unheard-of deal that 1. Angelina would be able to move forward at her own pace (to at least graduate from high school before her first album) and 2. Be able to record her own style of music in her own way. Republic Records recognizes what a unique talent Angelina truly is and are being very patient and supportive of her and her development. They realize they have a superstar in the making.✨⭐✨💖✨⭐✨
Great reaction bro 🙏 i cry everytime when i listen this song, it is so amazing beautiful, her voice unbelievebel, she is divine 👑♥️🌹🌟 and of sure unbelievebel that she not won that show
You just want this to go on forever...her control is mindblowing and the runs just so perfect...she isn't got from god...u cant teach what she does...pure raw talent...love your enthusiasm♡ check out "I'm a fool to want u" so many great covers and amazing originals too!
I think you should go back to that 7yr old Angelina and where it all started for her in the public eye and my ears,,lol,, that would be Norway got talent show 2014, Billie Holiday's- "Gloomy Sunday" 👣🌬🌎
I really appreciate your reactions and thoughts on Angelina. She is my favorite singer. I've been around for 79 years and she is the first singer I have to listen to every day.
About a year later, Angelina was sign to a Major Recording Company called “Republic Records”. A couple of Angelina’s originals songs have been released by her new label, and they are in the process of recording a new Album we hope will be released this year (I’m buying several as gifts). Enjoy her journey, she has about 160 covers on UA-cam singing from six till the present.
Six months after this Angelina signed with Republic Records as their priority new artist,at age 14.She is being allowed to finish school before major promo erupts and the contract is tailored to allow her artistic development.The CEO of RR,Mr Lipman personally signed the contract after staff insisted he listen to a demo tape.Her first original with them is Million Miles,and her second is 7th Heaven,the full album with mostly originals expected this year.Btw Queen tweeted out their praise of Angelina's Bohemian Rhapsody performance and gave their blessing to her to record her version to market,which she did.
One day this masterpiece will hit the Billion view mark as more and more realise she is beyond special. I really enjoy your reactions and comments always very interesting. Her self penned tracks are beautiful and all are a MUST.
To add a little bit more to Andy Schnell's nice bio of Angelina, a few more tidbits of interest about Angelina. This is Part 1. As noted, Angelina was born in Oslo, Norway. She has lived for extended periods both in Oslo and in Los Angeles where Angelina now lives since 2020. She also lived for a time in the Middle East where she met the young girl who inspired her to perform barefoot after Angelina gave the girl her shoes and the girl said she would pray for Angelina. Angelina's mother is Norwegian Sara Astar, daughter of Iranian artist and poet Mery Zamani and a Japanese father. Her father is Gerry Christian Slattman, a petroleum engineer from Sweden. Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School. It is an integrated primary, middle and high school with around 550 pupils. The school is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Norway. The arts play a major role in the Waldorf's curriculum and the activities surrounding the school. The Oslo Waldorf School includes a professionally equipped theater hall. Due to its long waiting lists, pupils are often enrolled shortly after birth to attend the school. Angelina participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received piano lessons and possibly some very basic vocal lessons. No attempt was made to change her style as that is not a good thing to do at any age unless one is hurting one's voice. In addition to singing and playing the piano, she plays violin, guitar and flute, and also paints. Unlike the US, the Norwegian system of extracurricular schools of music and performing arts (SMPA) is mandated by law. These schools are designed to reach all children and youth aged 6 to 15 in Norway. The law governing it states that each municipality, "alone or in collaboration with other municipalities, shall provide courses in music and other cultural activities for children and young people, organized in association with the school system and local cultural life" (see Norwegian Education Act 1998, § 13-6). It is unclear, but the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program may be associated with The Norwegian Academy of Music which is also located in the west end of Oslo where the Oslo Waldorf School is located. It is the largest music academy in Norway and is considered to have the best music education. Throughout the years the Academy has educated many of Norway's most renowned musicians. It educates musicians within music genres of folk, church, classical and, quite notably, a string of successful performers within the jazz realm. Given Angelina's love of jazz, it makes perfect sense that she would have wanted to attend an after-school program at such a prestigious and world renown place as the Norwegian Academy of Music. Unfortunately, it is not totally clear whether the Academy also ran/is the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program that Angelina attended. Sadly, Angelina’s paternal grandfather died in March 2018 and her maternal grandfather died in November 2019. Angelina’s maternal grandmother Mery Zamani has had tremendous influence on Angelina and her career as she introduced Angelina to jazz at an early age. Mery is a somewhat famous Iranian contemporary writer, poet and painter who was also child prodigy herself being on Radio Iran's Children program at age 4 and began writing poetry and painting by age of 9. Later Mery was trained in art at Tokyo Academy in Japan where she met her husband, who was Japanese, during her master degree's training in Japan. There is nine year old video showing some of Mery's artwork in home setting: ua-cam.com/video/i9NxX0tSjS0/v-deo.html Mery has a UA-cam channel that supports Angelina called Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz: ua-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html. There are lots of videos in it that could only have been taken by insider or family member. Mery is also widely known under artist alias name Mosarz. Mery illustrated book that Angelina wrote ("Mellom to hjerter" that translates to "Between Two Hearts") and was published in November 2015 when Angelina was 9 years-old and became youngest published author in Norway. Book based on Angelina's diary/notebooks and describes her meeting with shoeless girl. Podcast was published by Angelina’s publisher, Cappelen Damm, in November 2015. In it Angelina talks with Erling Kittelsen, Norwegian author and poet and friend of family, about her book. Angelina tells of her understanding with little girl that Angelina will not wear shoes when she performs and that little girl will pray for Angelina. During pauses in talk, we hear small extracts from book which should be on children's reading list: ua-cam.com/video/6p6iL989P_8/v-deo.html There is also a nice interview of Angelina by Anne Lindmo, on her NRK TV show "Lindmo" on 11/14/2015. It is in Norwegian, but clicking the CC button will turn on subtitles. During the interview Angelina describes her meeting the little Middle Eastern girl and giving the girl her sea green ankle boots. Angelina then reads some of her diary that would become a part of her book. It is impressive how well the writing is and Angelina wrote this as a 6-year old. We can only hope that our US school system could teach our 6-years old to write so eloquently: ua-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/v-deo.html After the interview with Anne Lindmo, the 9-year old Angelina sings a short cover of "Unchained Melody" in the style of Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, who many consider the gold standard for the song. Be prepared to have your mind blown when Angelina goes into high head voice like Bobby did, and nails it, live on TV: ua-cam.com/video/wPfMzMeBLbo/v-deo.html There are three published Angelina videos created and directed by Mery: ---- Fly Me To The Moon (as 10-year old, sung with acoustic guitar in one of her most viewed videos: ua-cam.com/video/jnnzbdt4_RE/v-deo.html) ---- When You're Smiling (as 11-year old, starts out with her missing school attendance. She is riding bike and comes across sad girl crying and stops to see what is wrong. You will have to watch to see what happens next: ua-cam.com/video/bLuNQ6s7fCQ/v-deo.html) ---- Shield (as 12-year old, Angelina co-wrote this song. As 13-year old, Mery did artistic video of Angelina singing song: ua-cam.com/video/m8OCbAlr_48/v-deo.html) NOTE: As 12-year old, sung live on the very popular Scandinavian talk show Skavlan (2.5 to 3 million viewers per show). This is the most popular viewed version of the song: ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html [In interview (changes to English at about 0:36 mark) before Angelina sung on Skavlan, paraphrasing, she said that when she sings she goes into endless other world that is full of happiness. She said that song Shield is about someone you love and whose strong love protects you wherever you are. Angelina said song's sound was inspired by Bond films. Her favorite Bond film songs are Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. She sings few bars of "Diamonds Are Forever" a cappella. She said that highlight of her career was singing for Quincy Jones' 85th birthday concert in London. When asked if she feels like she is 12 years old, Angelina says she only does when she looks at her passport: ua-cam.com/video/97hjWg4ToRQ/v-deo.html] There are two other notable published performances of "Shield" by Angelina: ---- as 12-year old, sung in club-like venue with same excellent four piece band used for 2018 Kongsberg Jazz Festival: ua-cam.com/video/9sYypd1yGR4/v-deo.html ---- as 13-year old, sung on 7/12/2019 at outdoor concert at Prøysenhuset, Rudshøgda, Norway with a jazz/rock band that was touring with her. This is an encore performance that she asked the audience what they wanted to hear and they replied her song "Shield". And Angelina looks to be wearing the same outfit that she wore on America's Got Talent - The Champions show when she sung her famous cover version of Queen's song "Bohemian Rhadsody" that was shown on TV on January 6, 2020, a few days before her 14th birthday: ua-cam.com/video/whH6fnKAooo/v-deo.html
Angelina auditioned for Norway’s Got Talent when she was 7, went on to win it. She had vibrato, sense of timing, didn’t rush the songs even back then. I think she was born with it. Well worth going and listening to the 4 songs she sang. Would love to her your reaction and take on them. Thankyou for a great review.
Thanks for a review with real substance. They interviewed her before this performance and they asked her what she would do if she won. She thought about it and said, "I would be very humble and work really hard." Her musical genius plus her voice, her timbre, makes you just want to hear more. You could do her new cover of Adele's Easy On Me, or her older, but remarkable covers of Rihanna's Stay, Lana Del Rey's Born to Die, Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind. Or Angelina's latest original 7th Heaven. None of them will disappoint.
Another masterpiece.... at her young age Angelina Jordan has always excel all the expectations with her renditions, Her unique voice makes her uncomparable and as I said before Only Angelina can beat Angelina. God bless her. And Thanks for your words. and to acknow a true artist.
This video alone has 56M+ views in a little over 2 years. These combined with all the reactors' videos and the original AGT videos, probably over 65M views. Plus Queen praised the performance on their official site with a link. When she's ready to go full time public, who knows what is to come.
Loved your reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 Its no wonder people come to watch and interact in the comments, when you always show up with so much passion and knowledge. On top of that you seem to understand how insanely talented Angelina is. And that is always a joy to watch. Take care and see you in the next one! 🌹
The expectation was tremendous, you can see it on people's faces, on Simon's own, Heidi Klum's 'thank you for being here', the 'Wow' backstage. Simon feared (knew) that in a popular vote she would win, so he made up the whole thing about Cowell's fans, (sorry, superfans), and they tried too hard to stop her from winning, no one is stupid enough to put this amazing creature in 5th place in a talent show.
Not a real competition, all prerecorded. But what Howie said comes true, this performance changed her Life and Career in many different ways, she confirmed at her Christmas online show. This performance opened the US market for her. Look the views of this performance, over 100mill with many uploads 💓💕
This was her arrangement. Queen when they heard immediately put it up on all their platforms. They also liked Angelina so much they let Angelina copyright her arrangement. Oh, her outfit she made that herself. The pattern on the material was made from one of Angelina's grandma Mery Zamani's paintings. She is a highly regarded artist and poet. The painting chronicles the journey through music that Angelina has made so far. They are all images of Angelina as she grows. So they had the material made and then Angelina did the sewing and cutting etc. Well just a few items to color in some of the periphery in Angelina's experience on AGT Champions.
Everything you said can be summarized in one word, MASTERPIECE. The remaining members of Queen absolutely loved it and said Freddie would have loved it, as well. Your reaction was terrific and you touched on a lot of good points. One thing I can see happening to you is you are starting to combine her artistic abilities with who she is as a person. As that becomes one it elevates her to a level reserved for only one. To me, she is a Messenger of Love. Can you describe the feelings you get when you listen to her? Your heart cannot resist her. Who else can you listen to, and watch her sing the same song to you hundreds and hundreds of times and be on the verge of tears every time?
I just watched this again and must say that you do a fantastic job of breaking down Angelina’s performances. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and acknowledgement of her talent as a vocal artist and as a musician. So fun to watch your reactions! Stay on the Angelina train, please!
The first elderly woman to stand and applaud at the end of her performance is her grandmother who by the way is also the one who designed the suit Angelina is wearing. It is her grandmother's original artwork that is printed onto that suit. Beside her grandmother in the audience is her mother, Sara, then her little sister, Juliette and then her uncle Michael who is also her manager. The camera pans to them several times through the performance. So now you have met most of her family as well.
For me, this is the best live performance I’ve ever seen in a setting like this. Like you, I describe Angelina as captivating. You don’t know what she’s going to do with the next line, and you’re on the edge of your seat waiting to hear it. As you watch other live performances, you’ll see again that Angelina can mesmerize a crowd into silence. There’s very little applause during her performances because no one wants to miss anything. I’ve followed music all my life, and I’ve never reacted to a singer as I do with Angelina. Like many of her fans, I listen to her everyday. She is literally once in a lifetime. Yes, it’s time for you to hear I Put a Spell on You. No analysis necessary. Just sit back and enjoy the most amazing music video you’ve ever seen. Angelina at 9 years old with a great live jazz band behind her taking us back about 75 years for some old school blues that respects the original, but gives us 100% Angelina. ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html
Wonderful reaction. It's interesting that other reactors mention only the guitar as well. In fact, after she sings "gotta leave you all behind to face the truth," the piano takes over from there (with the guitar in the background). Her voice commands so much attention that the background is hardly noticeable.
Thank you for another fine reaction, Angelina. I, too, have watched and listened to many covers of this song and without exception every singer follows the original format. Angelina, at the age of 13 is the only one who had the courage to look at the song and rearrange it so that her performance would reflect how she felt the song should be sung. It is all Angelina. What other singer, of any age, would have the musical knowledge to take such a brave decision and present it to millions of people?. As a matter of interest, before this performance went public, there were 79 channel owners Reacting to Angelina. Now there are, at a guess, nearly 1,500, with a total in excess of 13,000 reactions which have garnered millions of views.
She got the "Golden Buzzer" from the last judge, Heidi Klum. That sent her to the finals, where she sang a beautiful rendition of Elton John's, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. She failed to make the top 5 & it was won by a group of older big boys throwing around younger small boys in death defying tricks. Since it was all pre-recorded 3-4 months earlier than it aired on TV, the public couldn't vote as they do in the regular AGT. Instead it was voted on by 50 "Superfans,"(I call them "Stupidfans") one from each state, that obviously prefer gymnasts over singers. According to Angelina's uncle/business manager, Michael Astar, Simon had been trying to get her to sing on the show for years, but they always declined because of the restrictive, controlling parts of the usual AGT Contract. She finally accepted when Simon agreed to give her a non-binding contract where he had no say in her future. She needed a big platform to introduce herself to the American audience & AGT needed the ratings. It worked out for everyone.
Well said, Keith. The format (I like your label "stupidfans") was totally ridiculous. I read somewhere that a poll was taken of fans who had watched the shows on TV, and 89% picked Angelina to win before the final "stupidfans" vote. Had this been the regular AGT format, there's no doubt that she would have finished in the top 3, and she probably would have won. But getting the golden buzzer was huge for her worldwide exposure. If you count all the different YT sites that have this performance, it has now received over 120M views, and is growing exponentially. It is by far the most watched of her performances. And for my vote, it's an absolute MASTERPIECE!!
The outfit Angelina has on comes from her world-renowned artist grandmother's painting Angelina had a material print made from the painting and she made the outfit she wore from it. Just another talent.
ANGELINA JORDAN now 16 years old - Signed with Republic Records only 14 years old. Her first album is at work with Republic Records for release. Born and raised in Oslo, Norway; this world-renowned singer has earned fantastic reviews for the amazing breadth, depth and maturity of her vocal talent that simply belies her young age. She started singing when she was only 1 1/2 years old!!!! Angelina’s videos have received over 1 billion views on UA-cam and almost 2,5 billion views on Facebook. Amazingly, her passion for music began at just one-and- a-half years of age when Angelina first saw Whitney Houston on UA-cam performing I Will Always Love You. Whitney - and later Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington - became her first major musical influences. At the age of seven, Angelina auditioned for Norway’s Got Talent performing Billie Holiday’s Gloomy Sunday. She won the competition with the show drawing record TV audiences. Not surprisingly, throughout her rising career, Angelina has featured in prominent media outlets including TIME, CNN, BBC, and People while also performing on the U.S. network TV shows Little Big Shots and The View.
As well as singing before Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, charitable causes to which Angelina has given her talent include the Rainforest Alliance at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and Ein Herz für Kinder in Berlin where she helped raise over 21 Million Euros for children and families in need. This multi-talented singing prodigy has also written a successful, illustrated children’s book in her native Norway making Angelina the youngest published author in the country’s history. 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. The reason they still take it fairly slowly is that she is only 16 years old - This in agreement with Republic Record, the family, and Angelina herself. She is now working on her record. Angelina has already sung in many countries, and all important people in the music industry know who she is. They only need to press the button when the time is right for the next step. No point in "burning out" a 16 year old jewel of a singer and I think many people forget how young she really is since she is so mature for her age! Angelina’s videos have received over 1 billion views on UA-cam and almost 2,5 billion on facebook.
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the remaining members of the legendary Queen . Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition". 💯 *AJ* 💯 BTW, Angelina released her version of Bohemian Rhapsody on January 24th, 2020 under her own record label ANGELINA JORDAN INC. 🤗🤗
Here is some information/bio about AJ and her family. Love your reaction! Enjoy: 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 UA-cam. 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 considered a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran. Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish. 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. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. 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. 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 6 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. Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on UA-cam 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. A 9 years and 2 months old, 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 UA-cam 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. 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 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 UA-cam. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On UA-cam, 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. 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 has concerts scheduled 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. Courtesy of Andy Schnell
GReat bio there Dale. I think it would benefit if you update it with the covers trough Republic Records: Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Heal the World, Beatles' Yesterday, Adele's Easy on me and All I ask, the Elvis Presly cover Suspicious Minds, the evergreen cover My Funny Valentine., Mercy (from The Hating Game movie Soundtrack), and her latest performances back home in Norway with Whitney Houston's I have nothing and Queen's Bohemian Rapsody.
I have never experienced anything like this MASTERPIECE in my life, and that will be 75 years in June, and she was 13, almost 14, I can't wait for the rest of the story.
A genius arrangement and a vocal performance for the ages. Angelina did get the Golden Buzzer. Her family did not sign with Simon. Angelina re-recorded her version and owns the copyright. I believe Angelina was getting close to having an album ready after AGT but the pandemic hit. She ended up signing with Republic Records in August 2020 with two conditions from her family. First, she chooses what she wants to sing and secondly, to be allowed as normal a childhood as possible (she was 14 when signed with Republic). Republic has honored the agreement and has not promoted either of her two originals released under Republic, "Million Miles" and "7th Heaven". Angelina has promised an album this year and she has concerts in Norway on June 22, July 1, 7 and 10th.
Hola, muchas gracias por esta reaccion, esta es maravilloso, sin esos momentos que Angelina los vuelve eternos, si conocen a alguien que crea en la Magia, muestrenle este video. Saludos desde Argentina...
I'd love to see your breakdown of Angelina's Mics in her performance of "I Put a Spell On You' Black & white in the studio. She uses one mic in the studio that I am pretty sure you will recognize. Again, I have no knowledge on this. She has a second mic again should be recognizable as she performs live with the band behind her. 'I'm guessing most of the vocals were recorded in the booth but I would love to know if there was any of both. This is probably Angelina's most Iconic performance and one of her most watched and I haven't heard anyone who knows how this was likely done. The most beautiful and best rendition of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ever created. I'm almost sure you agree. She owned it and mastered her own Iconic Performance out of it. All Angelina. Heidi gave her the Golden Buzzer. Great to see you arrive at this one. My comments have been getting deleted before you see them and I think I figured out why. They think I'm spamming you. Probably because I included some links or pasted comments I've used before. I use those to give reactors info on this marvel of nature. Don't know if you even remember me after all the deleted comment. I'm the one that bugged you till you checked her out the first time. Bohemian Rhapsody was one of her most Iconic most watched performance. 9 million + views I think. Notice in the video they frequently Highlight members in the front row. That is Angelina's family. Left to right Michael Astar, Angelina's uncle and manager, sister Juliette, Mother Sarah Astar &.Grandma Mery Zamani. Notice Juliette crossing her fingers as the performance begins and again as the judges react. You will also notice her mother wipe tears from her eyes during the performance. I can't imagine how emotional & proud they must have been. Enjoying the reactions and comments as well as the breakdowns you do. Haven't missed a one. Though apparently you missed all my comments. Probably in you junk folder is my guess. Hope you get this one. I always wait for this one to have a chance to introduce Angelina's family. My suggestions for your next ones would have to start with 'I Put a Spell On You' Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956. Angelina goes Beast Mode. Black & white studio version. 9 yrs old. Followed by 'It's a Man's World where she shows some real power. Surprised you haven't gotten to "Spell" yet. Greetings from the Land of Vikings and the Kensington Runestone in mid-Minnesota and the largest native Norwegian Population in America. She didn't win because she wouldn't sign, bottom line. IMO. Humble. Yes. And I love how you describe her painting a picture. She is a Master Story Teller. You are one of only a couple who have caught the taped earpieces. Demonstrate your attention to detail.
Thanks for reaction, would you consider a ANGELINA playlist with over 160 videos you may certainly need one. without it makes it problematic to not make requests already reacted to.
Great reaction! As far as I know, she designs her own clothes - including that brilliant suit she wore for Bohemian Rhapsody. Moreover, she used prints from illustrations her grandma created for the children's book Angelina wrote and published when she was about 8 yo. Incredible!
Every word has value and meaning and they don't show Heidi hitting the golden buzzer? She is "Next Level Event" We are seeing the beginning of something new!
The aspect of being 'relaxed' and 'professional' on stage, as you mentioned, this girl truly has it in her 'DNA'. As a professional musician myself I can confirm that it's really hard and rare to achieve that state of "flow", that state of being one with the music in a live performance.
Just a wonderful reaction/analysis my friend. That was so fun to watch as you absorbed what was happening before your eyes and ears. Simply the most stunningly beautiful rendition of this song that has ever been done. What she did with this in that very short amount of time is amazing to say the least. She is a music genius besides her unmatchable talent and yes the most sweet, humble, caring human being you shall ever see. Has already helped raise over 22 million for children and environmental charities. This young lady is the Real Deal. You are not the first to say that Angelina is painting a picture with a pallet of colors with her voice, which is so so true. Really enjoy your reaction/comments with Angelina. Just subbed your channel. Looking forward to more with the Angel of music.
Excellent reaction and she knows how to do a song the way it was meant to be! Check out, "I'd Rather Go Blind", recorded when she was 12 and released at age 13, God Bless!
@@belindamelville2270 I didn't get the Emotion from his version, just great vocals. Angelina puts in the Emotion, doesn't need the big notes and hoopla, God Bless!
Thanks for this, watching your reaction is a huge pleasure. Your knowledge, your enthusiasm, your pleasure when you see or hear my angelic idol do things unexpectedly skilled and pleasing, all of it is impressive. I think you are correct, she is a nice person. Hasn't allowed the superb talent she clearly has, affect her personality. In every interview available she is consistently a genuinely nice person, interested in others, fun-loving, not much concerned with her appearance but willing to put up with the costume work mom and grandma impose on her. Though she's recently picked up an obsession with the blue eye filter she can apply on the social media sites. Teenagers).
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's incredible reinterpretation & performance of Queen's epic song. Highly recommend her follow up AGT performance of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (And if you listen closely to her lyrics, you'll hear her foretelling the outcome of the "competition".) Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
The arrangement by AJ is as stunning as the performance. Really, this is scary close to perfection. Please watch the full version where Heidi Klum hits the golden buzzer for AJ. (BTW Heidi and AJ are now BFFs.)
To add a little bit more to Andy Schnell's nice bio of Angelina, a few more tidbits of interest about Angelina. This is Part 2. Angelina’s manager from the beginning is her uncle Michael Astar. From article of Music Norway interview we learn that Michael was raised in Japan and music was always his passion. After his family moved to Norway, Michael became a hip-hop DJ. As a 16-year old he was a DJ at 21+ night clubs in Oslo, Norway, getting the gigs because he looked older and no one asked his age before being hired. After getting tired of being a DJ, Michael started a music management company in 2013, and 3 months later, with no clients yet, Angelina signed-up to try out for Norway’s Got Talent. Angelina’s first audition when 7-years old was a cover of Billie Holiday’s song “Gloomy Sunday” that went viral when it got uploaded to UA-cam. Then Angelina won Norway’s Got Talent, had other viral UA-cams, performed on Norway, US and other TV shows and her career started to take off. Eventually she had over 1 billion views of her performances on UA-cam and Facebook before Angelina’s appearances on the American’s Got Talent - The Champions show. Her performances there further accelerated her career. At this point, Angelina asked her uncle Michael if it was possible for her to move to the US to pursue her music dreams. Michael says this was a tough call, and he asked himself questions like; how on earth are you going to pull this off? What about a VISA? What about finances? Are you willing to sell everything you have and own, and also get a loan to risk everything? Michael related that “These were questions I had to ask myself, several times a day. Then, I remembered, what did my mom do when she went to Japan? She didn’t even talk Japanese or knew anyone. She did it because she risked everything for a better future.” So, Michael flew alone to Los Angeles, studied and learned anything he could learn from the people he got to know during his time in the Industry. After gathering a bunch of people, he came back to Norway and started the process. He indicated that “A few months later, I told her, PACK YOUR BAGS! We are going next week to pursue your dream! All in baby. Her smile made it all worth the hassle.” “We stayed patient because the way this industry works is bizarre and you have to dodge bullets right and left to get anywhere. But would I do it again? Of course! Life without challenge is boring," Michael says. For Michael, a lot of his time involves talking with industry people, to see what’s happening out there. Having recently become a father and with COVID-19, time has become even busier and more crazy than usual. “There is a lot of stuff happening with Angelina, and it requires daily briefings with a lot of people.” America’s Got Talent had always been interested in bringing Angelina to the show, but with their normal contract, artists are being locked into a label, management, and other things for many years. Michael says that it did not matter if you get exposure or not, it was out of the question to give away that many rights. This kind of patience eventually paid off. Michael said that “Some time passed and they again contacted me, asking if she wanted to sing on their show. I convinced them to give me a contract where Angelina is free from any deal if she performs, she is great for their TV show and Angelina will get the exposure she needs to breakthrough, because I knew, the talent is one of the kind like no other, I just needed her to be seen and was on a daily hunt for how to get the right spot for her in the USA.” After, Angelina’s success on America’s Got Talent, she eventually signed with Republic Records in August 2020 where Angelina was told she was Republic’s highest priority new artist. Michael says the commitment with the right interest in mind has been one of the most important things when choosing a team and partners to be part of Angelina’s team. “You also need to choose someone with the right chemistry. These are the people you have to deal with on a daily basis, you have to have a good feeling and chemistry with the team you choose.” Although no specifics yet, Michael says that the plans for Angelina include going global. Advice from Michael: “Go with your instinct, it never fails, crazy how nature does that. Always be humble, you get way further being a nice person, people tend to be nice back. Always read the contract. Find a good lawyer (It’s super hard to find the good one, but with dedication, you can). Don’t rely on people, you want something done? Do it yourself. If you are good at something, never do it for free (Quote from the Joker).”
This performance was the start of my journey with Angelina Jordan. Her voice is the most beautiful sound that penetrates your entire body and soul. Without a doubt, she is heaven-sent to brighten our lives during this unpredictable time.
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Hundreds of times i have listened but never get fed up she is so amazing!❤
Watching Angelina on TV when she performed this caused me to look her up on You Tube. I went to her NGT performances and have been hooked since.
BTW her full name is Angelina Jordan Astar kinda Fits doesn't it !!!
Angelina Rhapsody!
Her grandmother made the outfit for her.. amazing.
Queen liked it so much they gave her the copyright. Queen also posted it on thier own site.
Angelina is one of the most addictive singers I have ever listened to, & one of the very few, that can pull you right into the song, making you feel, every word, every note, & every emotion. ❤️💙 I always have this feeling that Angelina is not only
channeling some of these late great singers, but that they also pass through her, when she is singing their song,& is why she can capture the true spirit of the original singer ❤️💙 A rare beauty, in every sense of the word ❤️💙 Loved your reaction!!!
Huge AGT fan and I had never heard her before. How she didn't win in beyond me? I spend hours now listening to her on UA-cam. She's amazing.
I love to see you love for music So much passion and the reviewing thank you
It did change her life in the sense that her deal with RR came not long after this show.
The surviving members of Queen loved it, the tweeted it to their twitter followers 😊
8:07. Notice her tongue placement. It’s allowing that incredible enunciation followed by that amazing run. She honestly sings calligraphy
She is absolutely amazing
Angelina is on her way to the top. At 14 AJ signed with Stargate Production Co. (Beyonce, Rihanna, Sam Smith) and the largest recording company, Republic Records. Angelina at 16 is the MASTER of her universe, she is top priority for both Stargate, and Rob Christie Republic Records Studio Director at Universal Music Group Manhattan Beach, California. As of Dec 2021; her social media presence is equally impressive as she’s racked up over a billion UA-cam views, and 2.5 billion Facebook views, and has garnered praise from Time, CNN, BBC, and People. She has now done the song “Mercy” in the soundtrack of “Hating Game Movie” that just came out.
We do not have to worry about Angelina's future with Republic Records as long as Rob Christie has her under his wing. Rob is a honest man, and has been in the music industry for quite a while Thank you MR. Christie, and take care.
My introduction Angelina, my brother lives in Norway which is as you know Angelina’s was born there, he managed to acquire tickets for a live concert when Angelina was 12 years old, and Angelina was absolutely amazing live , her version of Its A Mans World blue my mind , I have been following Angelina now for 4 years now, and she is my favourite vocalist of all, I have tickets for her forthcoming concerts in this summer, cannot wait to see Angelina live again, she is absolutely amazing!
After hundreds of times hearing this, I still get chocked up.
Beautiful 😍
She is a gift musically and she just keeps growing talent wise . Enjoyed your reaction
This kind of performance makes it worth being alive......
I swear Billie Holliday, Amy Winehouse and Elvis Presley all knew earth needed a prodigy- this is her❤️
hi, third time listening and watching your reaction to our barefooted princess. Thank you and waiting for the next one. I have subscribed.
A great breakdown of her rendition!!
Great reaction Angelina received the Golden Buzzer for this performance!
I heard another singer reacting to a recent performance by Angelina say he has custom fitted earpieces but he still tapes them because they move just enough that he loses part of the low end.
Was it me?
ANGELINA JORDAN - I HAVE NOTHING (ALLSANG PA GRENSEN 2022) - REACTION
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@@Beldvlmnt LMAO (I actually need to write this out - LAUGHING MY A** OFF). How hilarious, you making the two comments, and my saying it back to you.
Jess, you asked what happened. What _didn't_ happen was Angelina did _not_ sign with Simon. She did sign with a major, major label -- Republic Records (Universal Music Group's most prestigious division). Her uncle Michael Astar reportedly negotiated an unheard-of deal that 1. Angelina would be able to move forward at her own pace (to at least graduate from high school before her first album) and 2. Be able to record her own style of music in her own way.
Republic Records recognizes what a unique talent Angelina truly is and are being very patient and supportive of her and her development. They realize they have a superstar in the making.✨⭐✨💖✨⭐✨
My favourite Angelina Jordan reaction!!!
You are a great reactor reacting to a great singer!!! thanks
Great reaction!
This performance never gets old
Thank you for your reaction. Loved it
So incredible
Great reaction bro 🙏 i cry everytime when i listen this song, it is so amazing beautiful, her voice unbelievebel, she is divine 👑♥️🌹🌟 and of sure unbelievebel that she not won that show
You just want this to go on forever...her control is mindblowing and the runs just so perfect...she isn't got from god...u cant teach what she does...pure raw talent...love your enthusiasm♡ check out "I'm a fool to want u" so many great covers and amazing originals too!
The most mesmerizing performance I have ever seen on a talent show ❤️
I really loved your great reaction, BEL, this lovely girl is simply unreal. 💛🧡❤
I think you should go back to that 7yr old Angelina and where it all started for her in the public eye and my ears,,lol,, that would be
Norway got talent show 2014, Billie Holiday's- "Gloomy Sunday"
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Gosh, I love ur reactions. Top notch for sure ! ❤️Angelina❤️
Angelina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
the fabric from her outfit was designed by her GM (Meri Zamini). I believe she or her GM sewed it themselves.. Her GM is an artist.
And have you seen her do I put a spell on you & also her cover of Adel's Easy on me. So amazing
Queen said: "WOW! What a rendition!"
Love how you describe her performance and talent. Thanks for a great reaction!
Please watch her own song, Million Miles-the studio version!
I really appreciate your reactions and thoughts on Angelina. She is my favorite singer. I've been around for 79 years and she is the first singer I have to listen to every day.
About a year later, Angelina was sign to a Major Recording Company called “Republic Records”. A couple of Angelina’s originals songs have been released by her new label, and they are in the process of recording a new Album we hope will be released this year (I’m buying several as gifts). Enjoy her journey, she has about 160 covers on UA-cam singing from six till the present.
You're right. Angelina is calm and humble, but she is also very comfortable on stage and confident in her abilities.
Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan 🥰
Regarding Angelina's Suite she Made it and the Art work is from her Grandmother.
Six months after this Angelina signed with Republic Records as their priority new artist,at age 14.She is being allowed to finish school before major promo erupts and the contract is tailored to allow her artistic development.The CEO of RR,Mr Lipman personally signed the contract after staff insisted he listen to a demo tape.Her first original with them is Million Miles,and her second is 7th Heaven,the full album with mostly originals expected this year.Btw Queen tweeted out their praise of Angelina's Bohemian Rhapsody performance and gave their blessing to her to record her version to market,which she did.
Great reaction! Glad to share in the bewilderment!
One day this masterpiece will hit the Billion view mark as more and more realise she is beyond special. I really enjoy your reactions and comments always very interesting. Her self penned tracks are beautiful and all are a MUST.
To add a little bit more to Andy Schnell's nice bio of Angelina, a few more tidbits of interest about Angelina. This is Part 1.
As noted, Angelina was born in Oslo, Norway. She has lived for extended periods both in Oslo and in Los Angeles where Angelina now lives since 2020. She also lived for a time in the Middle East where she met the young girl who inspired her to perform barefoot after Angelina gave the girl her shoes and the girl said she would pray for Angelina. Angelina's mother is Norwegian Sara Astar, daughter of Iranian artist and poet Mery Zamani and a Japanese father. Her father is Gerry Christian Slattman, a petroleum engineer from Sweden.
Angelina attended the Oslo Waldorf School. It is an integrated primary, middle and high school with around 550 pupils. The school is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Norway. The arts play a major role in the Waldorf's curriculum and the activities surrounding the school. The Oslo Waldorf School includes a professionally equipped theater hall. Due to its long waiting lists, pupils are often enrolled shortly after birth to attend the school.
Angelina participated in the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program, where she received piano lessons and possibly some very basic vocal lessons. No attempt was made to change her style as that is not a good thing to do at any age unless one is hurting one's voice. In addition to singing and playing the piano, she plays violin, guitar and flute, and also paints. Unlike the US, the Norwegian system of extracurricular schools of music and performing arts (SMPA) is mandated by law. These schools are designed to reach all children and youth aged 6 to 15 in Norway. The law governing it states that each municipality, "alone or in collaboration with other municipalities, shall provide courses in music and other cultural activities for children and young people, organized in association with the school system and local cultural life" (see Norwegian Education Act 1998, § 13-6).
It is unclear, but the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program may be associated with The Norwegian Academy of Music which is also located in the west end of Oslo where the Oslo Waldorf School is located. It is the largest music academy in Norway and is considered to have the best music education. Throughout the years the Academy has educated many of Norway's most renowned musicians. It educates musicians within music genres of folk, church, classical and, quite notably, a string of successful performers within the jazz realm. Given Angelina's love of jazz, it makes perfect sense that she would have wanted to attend an after-school program at such a prestigious and world renown place as the Norwegian Academy of Music. Unfortunately, it is not totally clear whether the Academy also ran/is the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program that Angelina attended.
Sadly, Angelina’s paternal grandfather died in March 2018 and her maternal grandfather died in November 2019. Angelina’s maternal grandmother Mery Zamani has had tremendous influence on Angelina and her career as she introduced Angelina to jazz at an early age. Mery is a somewhat famous Iranian contemporary writer, poet and painter who was also child prodigy herself being on Radio Iran's Children program at age 4 and began writing poetry and painting by age of 9. Later Mery was trained in art at Tokyo Academy in Japan where she met her husband, who was Japanese, during her master degree's training in Japan. There is nine year old video showing some of Mery's artwork in home setting: ua-cam.com/video/i9NxX0tSjS0/v-deo.html
Mery has a UA-cam channel that supports Angelina called Angelina Jordan Fanclub Mosarz: ua-cam.com/channels/hM_lpT4shdnsez93QMJPig.html. There are lots of videos in it that could only have been taken by insider or family member. Mery is also widely known under artist alias name Mosarz.
Mery illustrated book that Angelina wrote ("Mellom to hjerter" that translates to "Between Two Hearts") and was published in November 2015 when Angelina was 9 years-old and became youngest published author in Norway. Book based on Angelina's diary/notebooks and describes her meeting with shoeless girl. Podcast was published by Angelina’s publisher, Cappelen Damm, in November 2015. In it Angelina talks with Erling Kittelsen, Norwegian author and poet and friend of family, about her book. Angelina tells of her understanding with little girl that Angelina will not wear shoes when she performs and that little girl will pray for Angelina. During pauses in talk, we hear small extracts from book which should be on children's reading list: ua-cam.com/video/6p6iL989P_8/v-deo.html
There is also a nice interview of Angelina by Anne Lindmo, on her NRK TV show "Lindmo" on 11/14/2015. It is in Norwegian, but clicking the CC button will turn on subtitles. During the interview Angelina describes her meeting the little Middle Eastern girl and giving the girl her sea green ankle boots. Angelina then reads some of her diary that would become a part of her book. It is impressive how well the writing is and Angelina wrote this as a 6-year old. We can only hope that our US school system could teach our 6-years old to write so eloquently: ua-cam.com/video/-cCLDY0CSZ8/v-deo.html
After the interview with Anne Lindmo, the 9-year old Angelina sings a short cover of "Unchained Melody" in the style of Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, who many consider the gold standard for the song. Be prepared to have your mind blown when Angelina goes into high head voice like Bobby did, and nails it, live on TV: ua-cam.com/video/wPfMzMeBLbo/v-deo.html
There are three published Angelina videos created and directed by Mery:
---- Fly Me To The Moon (as 10-year old, sung with acoustic guitar in one of her most viewed videos: ua-cam.com/video/jnnzbdt4_RE/v-deo.html)
---- When You're Smiling (as 11-year old, starts out with her missing school attendance. She is riding bike and comes across sad girl crying and stops to see what is wrong. You will have to watch to see what happens next: ua-cam.com/video/bLuNQ6s7fCQ/v-deo.html)
---- Shield (as 12-year old, Angelina co-wrote this song. As 13-year old, Mery did artistic video of Angelina singing song: ua-cam.com/video/m8OCbAlr_48/v-deo.html)
NOTE: As 12-year old, sung live on the very popular Scandinavian talk show Skavlan (2.5 to 3 million viewers per show). This is the most popular viewed version of the song: ua-cam.com/video/lQtUbVKb0vs/v-deo.html
[In interview (changes to English at about 0:36 mark) before Angelina sung on Skavlan, paraphrasing, she said that when she sings she goes into endless other world that is full of happiness. She said that song Shield is about someone you love and whose strong love protects you wherever you are. Angelina said song's sound was inspired by Bond films. Her favorite Bond film songs are Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. She sings few bars of "Diamonds Are Forever" a cappella. She said that highlight of her career was singing for Quincy Jones' 85th birthday concert in London. When asked if she feels like she is 12 years old, Angelina says she only does when she looks at her passport: ua-cam.com/video/97hjWg4ToRQ/v-deo.html]
There are two other notable published performances of "Shield" by Angelina:
---- as 12-year old, sung in club-like venue with same excellent four piece band used for 2018 Kongsberg Jazz Festival: ua-cam.com/video/9sYypd1yGR4/v-deo.html
---- as 13-year old, sung on 7/12/2019 at outdoor concert at Prøysenhuset, Rudshøgda, Norway with a jazz/rock band that was touring with her. This is an encore performance that she asked the audience what they wanted to hear and they replied her song "Shield". And Angelina looks to be wearing the same outfit that she wore on America's Got Talent - The Champions show when she sung her famous cover version of Queen's song "Bohemian Rhadsody" that was shown on TV on January 6, 2020, a few days before her 14th birthday: ua-cam.com/video/whH6fnKAooo/v-deo.html
Angelina auditioned for Norway’s Got Talent when she was 7, went on to win it. She had vibrato, sense of timing, didn’t rush the songs even back then. I think she was born with it. Well worth going and listening to the 4 songs she sang. Would love to her your reaction and take on them. Thankyou for a great review.
Thanks for a review with real substance. They interviewed her before this performance and they asked her what she would do if she won. She thought about it and said, "I would be very humble and work really hard." Her musical genius plus her voice, her timbre, makes you just want to hear more. You could do her new cover of Adele's Easy On Me, or her older, but remarkable covers of Rihanna's Stay, Lana Del Rey's Born to Die, Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind. Or Angelina's latest original 7th Heaven. None of them will disappoint.
Another masterpiece.... at her young age Angelina Jordan has always excel all the expectations with her renditions, Her unique voice makes her uncomparable and as I said before Only Angelina can beat Angelina. God bless her. And Thanks for your words. and to acknow a true artist.
This video alone has 56M+ views in a little over 2 years. These combined with all the reactors' videos and the original AGT videos, probably over 65M views. Plus Queen praised the performance on their official site with a link. When she's ready to go full time public, who knows what is to come.
Loved your reaction, thanks so much for sharing! 💖 Its no wonder people come to watch and interact in the comments, when you always show up with so much passion and knowledge. On top of that you seem to understand how insanely talented Angelina is. And that is always a joy to watch. Take care and see you in the next one! 🌹
The expectation was tremendous, you can see it on people's faces, on Simon's own, Heidi Klum's 'thank you for being here', the 'Wow' backstage. Simon feared (knew) that in a popular vote she would win, so he made up the whole thing about Cowell's fans, (sorry, superfans), and they tried too hard to stop her from winning, no one is stupid enough to put this amazing creature in 5th place in a talent show.
Not a real competition, all prerecorded. But what Howie said comes true, this performance changed her Life and Career in many different ways, she confirmed at her Christmas online show. This performance opened the US market for her. Look the views of this performance, over 100mill with many uploads 💓💕
This was her arrangement. Queen when they heard immediately put it up on all their platforms. They also liked Angelina so much they let Angelina copyright her arrangement. Oh, her outfit she made that herself. The pattern on the material was made from one of Angelina's grandma Mery Zamani's paintings. She is a highly regarded artist and poet. The painting chronicles the journey through music that Angelina has made so far. They are all images of Angelina as she grows. So they had the material made and then Angelina did the sewing and cutting etc.
Well just a few items to color in some of the periphery in Angelina's experience on AGT Champions.
Wonderful reaction thanks for that !! AJ is one of a kind in this world!!
I really enjoy your reaction as you really know what she is doing...the technical and the emotional
Everything you said can be summarized in one word, MASTERPIECE. The remaining members of Queen absolutely loved it and said Freddie would have loved it, as well.
Your reaction was terrific and you touched on a lot of good points. One thing I can see happening to you is you are starting to combine her artistic abilities with who she is as a person. As that becomes one it elevates her to a level reserved for only one. To me, she is a Messenger of Love. Can you describe the feelings you get when you listen to her? Your heart cannot resist her. Who else can you listen to, and watch her sing the same song to you hundreds and hundreds of times and be on the verge of tears every time?
Four days later she turns 14 she got a contract with Republic records it did work it changed her life
Your articulation about Angelina is very accurate and professional.Th✌️ank you.
I just watched this again and must say that you do a fantastic job of breaking down Angelina’s performances. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and acknowledgement of her talent as a vocal artist and as a musician. So fun to watch your reactions! Stay on the Angelina train, please!
I appreciate this so much 🙏🙏 I got one uploading right now!!!
The first elderly woman to stand and applaud at the end of her performance is her grandmother who by the way is also the one who designed the suit Angelina is wearing. It is her grandmother's original artwork that is printed onto that suit. Beside her grandmother in the audience is her mother, Sara, then her little sister, Juliette and then her uncle Michael who is also her manager. The camera pans to them several times through the performance. So now you have met most of her family as well.
Hey Jesse, you know that she always does her own arrangements.
For me, this is the best live performance I’ve ever seen in a setting like this. Like you, I describe Angelina as captivating. You don’t know what she’s going to do with the next line, and you’re on the edge of your seat waiting to hear it. As you watch other live performances, you’ll see again that Angelina can mesmerize a crowd into silence. There’s very little applause during her performances because no one wants to miss anything. I’ve followed music all my life, and I’ve never reacted to a singer as I do with Angelina. Like many of her fans, I listen to her everyday. She is literally once in a lifetime.
Yes, it’s time for you to hear I Put a Spell on You. No analysis necessary. Just sit back and enjoy the most amazing music video you’ve ever seen. Angelina at 9 years old with a great live jazz band behind her taking us back about 75 years for some old school blues that respects the original, but gives us 100% Angelina. ua-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/v-deo.html
Wonderful reaction. It's interesting that other reactors mention only the guitar as well. In fact, after she sings "gotta leave you all behind to face the truth," the piano takes over from there (with the guitar in the background). Her voice commands so much attention that the background is hardly noticeable.
Thank you for another fine reaction, Angelina. I, too, have watched and listened to many covers of this song and without exception every singer follows the original format. Angelina, at the age of 13 is the only one who had the courage to look at the song and rearrange it so that her performance would reflect how she felt the song should be sung. It is all Angelina. What other singer, of any age, would have the musical knowledge to take such a brave decision and present it to millions of people?. As a matter of interest, before this performance went public, there were 79 channel owners Reacting to Angelina. Now there are, at a guess, nearly 1,500, with a total in excess of 13,000 reactions which have garnered millions of views.
She got the "Golden Buzzer" from the last judge, Heidi Klum. That sent her to the finals, where she sang a beautiful rendition of Elton John's, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. She failed to make the top 5 & it was won by a group of older big boys throwing around younger small boys in death defying tricks. Since it was all pre-recorded 3-4 months earlier than it aired on TV, the public couldn't vote as they do in the regular AGT. Instead it was voted on by 50 "Superfans,"(I call them "Stupidfans") one from each state, that obviously prefer gymnasts over singers. According to Angelina's uncle/business manager, Michael Astar, Simon had been trying to get her to sing on the show for years, but they always declined because of the restrictive, controlling parts of the usual AGT Contract. She finally accepted when Simon agreed to give her a non-binding contract where he had no say in her future. She needed a big platform to introduce herself to the American audience & AGT needed the ratings. It worked out for everyone.
Perfectly explained!
Wow thanks for the info.....Some of knew but not some of the info about contract
Well said, Keith. The format (I like your label "stupidfans") was totally ridiculous. I read somewhere that a poll was taken of fans who had watched the shows on TV, and 89% picked Angelina to win before the final "stupidfans" vote. Had this been the regular AGT format, there's no doubt that she would have finished in the top 3, and she probably would have won. But getting the golden buzzer was huge for her worldwide exposure. If you count all the different YT sites that have this performance, it has now received over 120M views, and is growing exponentially. It is by far the most watched of her performances. And for my vote, it's an absolute MASTERPIECE!!
It worked out for everyone, but she was denied a vote in the final due to her refusing to sign the contract with Simon.
@@sveinandersskolt4498 And you KNOW that how?? Just people saying stuff they have NO proof of.
The outfit Angelina has on comes from her world-renowned artist grandmother's painting Angelina had a material print made from the painting and she made the outfit she wore from it. Just another talent.
Great reaction. Good to hear your perspective on this magical rendition. Can’t wait for the next one. All of AJ’s songs are works of art.
ANGELINA JORDAN now 16 years old - Signed with Republic Records only 14 years old. Her first album is at work with Republic Records for release. Born and raised in Oslo, Norway; this world-renowned singer has earned fantastic reviews for the amazing breadth, depth and maturity of her vocal talent that simply belies her young age. She started singing when she was only 1 1/2 years old!!!!
Angelina’s videos have received over 1 billion views on UA-cam and almost 2,5 billion views on Facebook. Amazingly, her passion for music began at just one-and- a-half years of age when Angelina first saw Whitney Houston on UA-cam performing I Will Always Love You. Whitney - and later Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington - became her first major musical influences.
At the age of seven, Angelina auditioned for Norway’s Got Talent performing Billie Holiday’s Gloomy Sunday. She won the competition with the show drawing record TV audiences.
Not surprisingly, throughout her rising career, Angelina has featured in prominent media outlets including TIME, CNN, BBC, and People while also performing on the U.S. network TV shows Little Big Shots and The View.
As well as singing before Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, charitable causes to which Angelina has given her talent include the Rainforest Alliance at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and Ein Herz für Kinder in Berlin where she helped raise over 21 Million Euros for children and families in need.
This multi-talented singing prodigy has also written a successful, illustrated children’s book in her native Norway making Angelina the youngest published author in the country’s history.
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.
The reason they still take it fairly slowly is that she is only 16 years old - This in agreement with Republic Record, the family, and Angelina herself. She is now working on her record. Angelina has already sung in many countries, and all important people in the music industry know who she is. They only need to press the button when the time is right for the next step. No point in "burning out" a 16 year old jewel of a singer and I think many people forget how young she really is since she is so mature for her age!
Angelina’s videos have received over 1 billion views on UA-cam and almost 2,5 billion on facebook.
Angelina wanted to impress Simon and got the highest praise from the remaining members of the legendary Queen . Queen are enthusiastic about Angelina's arrangement. Queen shared Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account with the words "WOW, what a rendition". 💯 *AJ* 💯 BTW, Angelina released her version of Bohemian Rhapsody on January 24th, 2020 under her own record label ANGELINA JORDAN INC. 🤗🤗
Here is some information/bio about AJ and her family. Love your reaction! Enjoy: 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 UA-cam. 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 considered a prodigy as an artist and poet while growing up in Iran.
Angelina speaks Norwegian, Farsi, English, Japanese and Swedish.
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. Angelina plays the piano, violin, guitar and flute and also paints. 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.
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 6 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.
Angelina had become a star in her native Norway and her videos on UA-cam 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.
A 9 years and 2 months old, 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 UA-cam 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.
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 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 UA-cam. Angelina has always made changes to each song she covers and often her version is preferred over the original. On UA-cam, 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.
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 has concerts scheduled 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.
Courtesy of Andy Schnell
GReat bio there Dale. I think it would benefit if you update it with the covers trough Republic Records: Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Heal the World, Beatles' Yesterday, Adele's Easy on me and All I ask, the Elvis Presly cover Suspicious Minds, the evergreen cover My Funny Valentine., Mercy (from The Hating Game movie Soundtrack), and her latest performances back home in Norway with Whitney Houston's I have nothing and Queen's Bohemian Rapsody.
What comprehensive information I am sure lots of people found it useful
I have never experienced anything like this MASTERPIECE in my life, and that will be 75 years in June, and she was 13, almost 14, I can't wait for the rest of the story.
A genius arrangement and a vocal performance for the ages. Angelina did get the Golden Buzzer. Her family did not sign with Simon. Angelina re-recorded her version and owns the copyright. I believe Angelina was getting close to having an album ready after AGT but the pandemic hit. She ended up signing with Republic Records in August 2020 with two conditions from her family. First, she chooses what she wants to sing and secondly, to be allowed as normal a childhood as possible (she was 14 when signed with Republic). Republic has honored the agreement and has not promoted either of her two originals released under Republic, "Million Miles" and "7th Heaven". Angelina has promised an album this year and she has concerts in Norway on June 22, July 1, 7 and 10th.
Hola, muchas gracias por esta reaccion, esta es maravilloso, sin esos momentos que Angelina los vuelve eternos, si conocen a alguien que crea en la Magia, muestrenle este video. Saludos desde Argentina...
I'd love to see your breakdown of Angelina's Mics in her performance of "I Put a Spell On You' Black & white in the studio. She uses one mic in the studio that I am pretty sure you will recognize. Again, I have no knowledge on this. She has a second mic again should be recognizable as she performs live with the band behind her. 'I'm guessing most of the vocals were recorded in the booth but I would love to know if there was any of both. This is probably Angelina's most Iconic performance and one of her most watched and I haven't heard anyone who knows how this was likely done.
The most beautiful and best rendition of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ever created. I'm almost sure you agree. She owned it and mastered her own Iconic Performance out of it. All Angelina.
Heidi gave her the Golden Buzzer. Great to see you arrive at this one. My comments have been getting deleted before you see them and I think I figured out why. They think I'm spamming you. Probably because I included some links or pasted comments I've used before. I use those to give reactors info on this marvel of nature. Don't know if you even remember me after all the deleted comment. I'm the one that bugged you till you checked her out the first time. Bohemian Rhapsody was one of her most Iconic most watched performance. 9 million + views I think. Notice in the video they frequently Highlight members in the front row. That is Angelina's family. Left to right Michael Astar, Angelina's uncle and manager, sister Juliette, Mother Sarah Astar &.Grandma Mery Zamani.
Notice Juliette crossing her fingers as the performance begins and again as the judges react. You will also notice her mother wipe tears from her eyes during the performance. I can't imagine how emotional & proud they must have been. Enjoying the reactions and comments as well as the breakdowns you do. Haven't missed a one. Though apparently you missed all my comments. Probably in you junk folder is my guess. Hope you get this one. I always wait for this one to have a chance to introduce Angelina's family. My suggestions for your next ones would have to start with 'I Put a Spell On You' Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956. Angelina goes Beast Mode. Black & white studio version. 9 yrs old. Followed by 'It's a Man's World where she shows some real power. Surprised you haven't gotten to "Spell" yet. Greetings from the Land of Vikings and the Kensington Runestone in mid-Minnesota and the largest native Norwegian Population in America. She didn't win because she wouldn't sign, bottom line. IMO. Humble. Yes. And I love how you describe her painting a picture. She is a Master Story Teller. You are one of only a couple who have caught the taped earpieces. Demonstrate your attention to detail.
An artist you come over once in a lifetime! She’s magical! You got drawn into her singing! Thank you for your wonderful reaction!🥰🙏❤️🌟
Thanks for reaction, would you consider a ANGELINA playlist with over 160 videos you may certainly need one. without it makes it problematic to not make requests already reacted to.
Great reaction! As far as I know, she designs her own clothes - including that brilliant suit she wore for Bohemian Rhapsody. Moreover, she used prints from illustrations her grandma created for the children's book Angelina wrote and published when she was about 8 yo. Incredible!
Every word has value and meaning and they don't show Heidi hitting the golden buzzer? She is "Next Level Event" We are seeing the beginning of something new!
The aspect of being 'relaxed' and 'professional' on stage, as you mentioned, this girl truly has it in her 'DNA'. As a professional musician myself I can confirm that it's really hard and rare to achieve that state of "flow", that state of being one with the music in a live performance.
And she's already did that at very young age.
She made this song from a killersong to a love song..💟
Just a wonderful reaction/analysis my friend. That was so fun to watch as you absorbed what was happening before your eyes and ears. Simply the most stunningly beautiful rendition of this song that has ever been done. What she did with this in that very short amount of time is amazing to say the least. She is a music genius besides her unmatchable talent and yes the most sweet, humble, caring human being you shall ever see. Has already helped raise over 22 million for children and environmental charities. This young lady is the Real Deal. You are not the first to say that Angelina is painting a picture with a pallet of colors with her voice, which is so so true. Really enjoy your reaction/comments with Angelina. Just subbed your channel. Looking forward to more with the Angel of music.
HYPNOTIZING...
Excellent reaction and she knows how to do a song the way it was meant to be! Check out, "I'd Rather Go Blind", recorded when she was 12 and released at age 13, God Bless!
Im sure "the way it was meant to be" was the way Freddie sang what he had written...🤣🤣🤣 but a beautiful cover...🙂
@@belindamelville2270 I didn't get the Emotion from his version, just great vocals. Angelina puts in the Emotion, doesn't need the big notes and hoopla, God Bless!
Thanks for this, watching your reaction is a huge pleasure. Your knowledge, your enthusiasm, your pleasure when you see or hear my angelic idol do things unexpectedly skilled and pleasing, all of it is impressive.
I think you are correct, she is a nice person. Hasn't allowed the superb talent she clearly has, affect her personality. In every interview available she is consistently a genuinely nice person, interested in others, fun-loving, not much concerned with her appearance but willing to put up with the costume work mom and grandma impose on her. Though she's recently picked up an obsession with the blue eye filter she can apply on the social media sites. Teenagers).
New subscriber - thanks to your great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's incredible reinterpretation & performance of Queen's epic song. Highly recommend her follow up AGT performance of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (And if you listen closely to her lyrics, you'll hear her foretelling the outcome of the "competition".) Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
"But, you know, I'd be happy just making music." - John [ Miss. Angelina Jordan - Bel Development Host ] Lurie
The arrangement by AJ is as stunning as the performance. Really, this is scary close to perfection. Please watch the full version where Heidi Klum hits the golden buzzer for AJ. (BTW Heidi and AJ are now BFFs.)
Excellent reaction. Great info. Angelina is a true artist. She is special no doubt. I always look forward to her performance’s.
A brilliant reaction, really, to a young lady who is destined to express her almost limitless talents to the world!
Una genio absoluta. Ella, Angelina es extraordinaria. Gran reacción.
Just watched your reaction again. One of the best and most insightful AJ reactions I've seen. Thank you.
Very good evaluation listen to Argelina is like went see the good painters trace with brushes and created some fantastic...
To add a little bit more to Andy Schnell's nice bio of Angelina, a few more tidbits of interest about Angelina. This is Part 2.
Angelina’s manager from the beginning is her uncle Michael Astar. From article of Music Norway interview we learn that Michael was raised in Japan and music was always his passion. After his family moved to Norway, Michael became a hip-hop DJ. As a 16-year old he was a DJ at 21+ night clubs in Oslo, Norway, getting the gigs because he looked older and no one asked his age before being hired.
After getting tired of being a DJ, Michael started a music management company in 2013, and 3 months later, with no clients yet, Angelina signed-up to try out for Norway’s Got Talent. Angelina’s first audition when 7-years old was a cover of Billie Holiday’s song “Gloomy Sunday” that went viral when it got uploaded to UA-cam. Then Angelina won Norway’s Got Talent, had other viral UA-cams, performed on Norway, US and other TV shows and her career started to take off. Eventually she had over 1 billion views of her performances on UA-cam and Facebook before Angelina’s appearances on the American’s Got Talent - The Champions show. Her performances there further accelerated her career.
At this point, Angelina asked her uncle Michael if it was possible for her to move to the US to pursue her music dreams. Michael says this was a tough call, and he asked himself questions like; how on earth are you going to pull this off? What about a VISA? What about finances? Are you willing to sell everything you have and own, and also get a loan to risk everything? Michael related that “These were questions I had to ask myself, several times a day. Then, I remembered, what did my mom do when she went to Japan? She didn’t even talk Japanese or knew anyone. She did it because she risked everything for a better future.”
So, Michael flew alone to Los Angeles, studied and learned anything he could learn from the people he got to know during his time in the Industry. After gathering a bunch of people, he came back to Norway and started the process. He indicated that “A few months later, I told her, PACK YOUR BAGS! We are going next week to pursue your dream! All in baby. Her smile made it all worth the hassle.”
“We stayed patient because the way this industry works is bizarre and you have to dodge bullets right and left to get anywhere. But would I do it again? Of course! Life without challenge is boring," Michael says.
For Michael, a lot of his time involves talking with industry people, to see what’s happening out there. Having recently become a father and with COVID-19, time has become even busier and more crazy than usual. “There is a lot of stuff happening with Angelina, and it requires daily briefings with a lot of people.”
America’s Got Talent had always been interested in bringing Angelina to the show, but with their normal contract, artists are being locked into a label, management, and other things for many years. Michael says that it did not matter if you get exposure or not, it was out of the question to give away that many rights.
This kind of patience eventually paid off. Michael said that “Some time passed and they again contacted me, asking if she wanted to sing on their show. I convinced them to give me a contract where Angelina is free from any deal if she performs, she is great for their TV show and Angelina will get the exposure she needs to breakthrough, because I knew, the talent is one of the kind like no other, I just needed her to be seen and was on a daily hunt for how to get the right spot for her in the USA.”
After, Angelina’s success on America’s Got Talent, she eventually signed with Republic Records in August 2020 where Angelina was told she was Republic’s highest priority new artist. Michael says the commitment with the right interest in mind has been one of the most important things when choosing a team and partners to be part of Angelina’s team. “You also need to choose someone with the right chemistry. These are the people you have to deal with on a daily basis, you have to have a good feeling and chemistry with the team you choose.”
Although no specifics yet, Michael says that the plans for Angelina include going global.
Advice from Michael: “Go with your instinct, it never fails, crazy how nature does that. Always be humble, you get way further being a nice person, people tend to be nice back. Always read the contract. Find a good lawyer (It’s super hard to find the good one, but with dedication, you can). Don’t rely on people, you want something done? Do it yourself. If you are good at something, never do it for free (Quote from the Joker).”
This performance was the start of my journey with Angelina Jordan. Her voice is the most beautiful sound that penetrates your entire body and soul. Without a doubt, she is heaven-sent to brighten our lives during this unpredictable time.