Alexis Jordan (singer)

Alexis Jordan in May 2011 at the Eska Music Ewards 2011 ( Katowice )

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Alexis Jordan   CH 96 05/01/2011 (1 week)   UK 9  silver 03/12/2011 (12 weeks)

Singles

Happiness   DE 57 04/01/2011 (12 weeks)   CH 44 03/13/2011 (10 weeks)   UK 3  gold 11/13/2010 (27 weeks) Good girl   UK 6th  silver 05.03.2011 (16 weeks) Hush hush   UK 66 05/28/2011 (6 weeks) Got 2 Luv U ( Sean Paul feat. Alexis Jordan)   DE 3  platinum 09/16/2011 (36 weeks)   AT 7th  gold 08/26/2011 (28 weeks)   CH 1  × 2 Double platinum 08/21/2011 (33 weeks)   UK 11  silver October 29, 2011 (12 weeks)   US 84 October 01, 2011 (6 weeks)

Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992 in Columbia , South Carolina ) is an American singer and actress .

life and career

She became known to a wide audience through her participation in the first season of the talent show America's Got Talent . In the talent competition, which was broadcast on NBC in 2006 , she reached the semi-finals. After her family moved to Atlanta, she pushed her musical career. After a high number of hits on her videos on the Internet platform YouTube , Jordan was signed by rapper and music producer Jay-Z in 2008 .

In 2010 her first single was released under the title Happiness . It is based on the song Brazil (2nd Edit) by Canadian DJ Deadmau5 . The recording reached number 1 on the US Hot Dance Airplay Charts in June 2010 and number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs Charts in July 2010 . In Australia, the title was awarded triple platinum in 2010. In November 2010 it reached the British and Irish charts. In addition, the song was voted the World Cup song of the 2011 Women's World Cup .

On January 15, 2013, the single Acid Rain was released. Acid Rain was written by Sia Furler and produced by Stargate , and it also samples parts of the Bingo Players song Get Up (Rattle) .

Alexis Jordan has a sister named Taylor Jordan, who also starred in the music video for Good Girl .

Discography

Albums

• 2011: Alexis Jordan

Singles

• 2010: Happiness
• 2011: Good Girl
• 2011: Hush Hush
• 2011: Happiness (New Release)
• 2011: Got 2 Luv U (with Sean Paul )
• 2013: Tell Me Something I Don't Know ( feat.Selena Gomez & Akro)
• 2013: Acid Rain (feat. J. Cole )
• 2014: Gone

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2011: for the single Happiness  New Zealand 2011: for the single Happiness  Spain 2012: for the single Got 2 Luv U

Platinum record  Australia 2011: for the single Got 2 Luv U 3 × platinum record  Australia 2011: for the single Happiness

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	280,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	300,000	musikindustrie.de
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	60,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	20,000	elportaldemusica.es
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	gold1	-	860,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	5 × gold5	7 × platinum7th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ current UK charts
3. ↑ current Irish charts
4. ↑ Steffen Hung: Alexis Jordan debuts new single 'Acid Rain' - listen . Digital spy . Retrieved March 9, 2013.
5. ↑ Acid Rain by Alexis Jordan . Soundcloud.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Alexis Jordan  - Collection of Images

• http://www.alexisjordanofficial.com
• Alexis Jordan in the Internet Movie Database (English)