An American classical crossover singer is named for Jackie Evancho. She rose to fame being the 2nd-place finish in the fifth season of America's Got Talent in the year 2010. Moreover, she also entered talent competitions, sang the US national anthem at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game, issued her first album, "Prelude to a Dream". She is very active on social sites as well. In the year 2017, she performed the US national anthem at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and she became the youngest person ever to perform a concert series at Cafe Carlyle. As of 2019, she continues to tour. Since 2009, she has issued a platinum-selling EP and eight albums, including three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts. Jackie has more than 459k followers on Facebook, 74.4k followers on Instagram, and 65.8k followers on Twitter and 223k subscribers on Youtube channel. Scroll down to know more information regarding her full biography, birthday, wiki, age, awards, real name, songs and albums, net worth, boyfriend, and many more.
Famous For
- For finishing second in the singing contest America’s Got Talent in its fifth season.
- For her singing talent and releasing various albums and EPs.
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Early Life of Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho was born as Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho (birth name/real name) on 9th April 2000. Her birthplace/hometown is in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the USA. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is mixed with Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Hungarian, German, Italian. Her race is White. She was born to Catholic parents, Lisa (mother), and Michael Evancho (father). Her father had a video security business until 2010. She also has an elder sister Juliet (before Jacob) who is a transgender, and 2 younger siblings named; Rachel and Zachary. As per her education, she learned to play the piano and violin. She attended Pine Richland High School graduating in the year 2018. As of 2020, she celebrated her 20th birthday. Her horoscope is Aries and her religion is Roman Catholic.
Career of Jackie Evancho
- Jackie was selected for the regional semifinals of his "Hitman Talent Search Contest" finishing as runner-up.
- She then sang in the "David Foster & Friends" concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey in October 2009.
- She then released her independent debut album, Prelude to a Dream in November 2009 which featured mainly covers of classical crossover songs such as "Con te partirò", "The Prayer", "To Where You Are", "Concrete Angel" and "Amazing Grace".
- The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 121, and at No. 2 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart, in August 2010.
- After that, she was accepted as a contestant on the fifth season of NBC's America's Got Talent (AGT) by placing first in its 2010 YouTube competition. Her semifinal performance was "Time to Say Goodbye".
- Her final competition performance, on 14th September 2010, was of Gounod's "Ave Maria".
- The following evening at the AGT season finale, Evancho sang "Time to Say Goodbye" together with guest artist Sarah Brightman, then Evancho was announced as the runner-up, finishing second to singer Michael Grimm.
- In the year 2010, she performed in 10 cities with America's Got Talent: Live Tour, signed a record deal with SYCO Music and Columbia Records and performed in Las Vegas with David Foster.
- She released her debut album titled "O Holy Night" which became an instant success and the album debuted on the 2nd spot on Billboard 200 chart and made her the youngest solo artist to debut in the top 10 list of the chart.
- She became the top-selling debut artist of 2010.
- The album further went on attaining the top 3 spots in the Billboard Classical and Billboard Holiday Albums charts and sold 2,39,000 copies in the first week of its release.
- The album was promoted on several platforms such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show, further ensuring the humongous success of the album.
- She released her second album titled "Dream with Me", in June 2011 which debuted on the second spot on Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA.
- The album’s success crossed the national borders and Jackie became the youngest artist ever to debut on the top 5 in the UK.
- The album featured covers of some classic songs along with some originals with some of the lyrics written by Jackie herself.
- In July 2011, Jackie embarked on her first nationwide solo tour to further promote her album and performed at 18 venues across the nation.
- In December 2011, she came out with her Christmas album titled "Heavenly Christmas" which was her first album to not debut in the top 10 of Billboard 200 but kept dominating the Billboard Classical chart.
- Billboard ranked Heavenly Christmas on the fourth spot for the list of highest-selling classical albums of the year.
- She released her fourth full-length studio album in October 2012 titled Songs from the Silver Screen which included Jackie’s rendition of popular songs from classic films such as The Lion King, Titanic, Moulin Rouge! and the South Pacific.
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- The album debuted on the 7th spot on the Billboard 200 thus making her the youngest ever musician to have three Billboard top 10 albums.
- In September 2014, Jackie released her next album titled "Awakening" which was unique to her previous efforts in many ways which had covers of some classic songs along with the classic covers of some contemporary songs.
- One of the most loved songs from the album was her rendition of the song Rains of Castemere from the popular fantasy drama series "Game of Thrones".
- The album debuted at the 17th spot in the Billboard 200 charts.
- In October 2016, She released her third Christmas album titled "Someday at Christmas", which received average reviews from her fans and critics alike which managed a place in Billboard 200’s top 100 list.
- In March 2017, she released her seventh and her last album to date titled "Two Hearts" which debuted on the 100th spot on Billboard 200 and at the top of the Billboard Classical charts.
- The same month, she released a music video of a song from the album, "Pedestal".
- In February 2019, she competed on America's Got Talent: The Champions but did not advance to the final.
- On April 12th, 2019, she released her eighth studio album, "The Debut", focusing on songs from 21st century Broadway musicals and musical films, and the album was produced by Michael Mangini.
- She stated in 2019 that she has begun working with vocal coach Joan Lader.
- She began a U. S. tour in April 2019 to promote The Debut, beginning with two nights at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York.
- Jackie has also been promoting the album on various media, including Yahoo! Finance and Good Morning America.
- She even performed three concerts with Michael Feinstein at his eponymous club in New York in August.
- The album is her eighth consecutive release on the Billboard Classical Albums chart to reach No. 1.
- She is an animal lover and is Ambassador for US Mission Humane.
- She is well-mannered and was on the 10 best-mannered people of the 2011 list.
Awards and Achievements of Jackie Evancho
In 2009 talent contests, she won the Golden Ribby Award-WonderworldTV and the Talent Quest TV Show (both in Massachusetts). She performed at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2014 awards dinner singing "Over the Rainbow". An award has been instituted in her name by Kean Quest Talent Search for exceptional singing talent.
Net Worth of Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho is a very successful singer and with her career as a singer, she has accumulated a huge amount of money. As of 2020, the net worth of Jackie Evancho is estimated to have $6 Million and her salary is believed to have $ 3.5-400k annually. Her major source of earning is from her singing career, record sales, albums, tours, concerts. She is living a luxurious lifestyle from her earnings and she is satisfied with her earnings. She has appeared in King Orthodontics commercial along with a couple of others. In 2012, she modeled for GUESS Kids and Justice Girls Clothing in 2014. To help protect the animals, she was also made the ambassador for Mission: Humane.
Personal Life of Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho is not married yet and she is still to get married. She is a very secretive person talking about her personal life. She is assumed to be single as of now. It seems like she is focusing on her career rather than spending her valuable time on making boyfriends. Her sexual orientation is straight. She is enjoying her present life happily without any disturbances. There are also no rumors or dating history regarding Jackie Evancho.
Body Measurements of Jackie Evancho
Jackie Evancho is a very hot and sexy singer with a tall height of 5 feet 1 inch. Her body weighs 47 kg. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her body measures of 32-23-33 inches (breast-waist-hip). Her bra size is 30B and her dress size is 4 (US). Overall, she has got a healthy body with a charming personality attracting a lot of people towards her. She has got a very glowing face and a charming smile.
