Angelina Jordan

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Angelina Jordan at the end of 2017 at the age of 11 at a concert in Oslo

Angelina Jordan Astar (born January 10, 2006 ) is a Norwegian singer . In 2014, at the age of eight, she won Norske Talenter, Norway's version of the casting show Got Talent , where she sang classic jazz standards such as Gloomy Sunday and Summertime.

Life

Jordan's mother is Norwegian of Iranian origin, her father is Swede. She has a younger sister and has lived in Oslo since the family returned from the USA . There she attended the Waldorf School as well as the extracurricular program of the University of Music and Performing Arts for singing training . She also plays the piano, violin and flute.

Videos of Jordan's appearances on YouTube became an internet phenomenon and drew the attention of media around the world. Time magazine and People magazine, among others, dedicated articles to her. In 2014 she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize concert and with Fly Me to the Moon on the US TV program The View .

In 2020 Angelina Jordan took part in the 2nd season of the casting show America's Got Talent: The Champions , an offshoot of America's Got Talent , where jury member Heidi Klum pressed the so-called golden buzzer for her in the first auditions .

album

In 2018 , Jordan's first album It's Magic was released, accompanied by Forsvarets Stabsmusikkorps and on its music label (Forsvarets Musikk) . In addition to 14 cover versions of well-known jazz standards, including some instrumentals , it contains two pieces of music written by Jordan himself .

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ America's Got Talent: The Champions Is in the Books and the Winner Is ... In: Parade. February 18, 2020, accessed February 23, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ WATCH Norwegian Teen Star Angelina Jordan Wow At 'AGT Champions' Finals. In: Talent Recap. February 7, 2020, accessed February 22, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Angelina Jordan & Forsvarets Staff Music Corps. discogs.de, accessed on May 25, 2019 .


personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Angelina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan Astar, Angelina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 2006