Ten year old Jackie Evancho sets record by her grand Billboard debut

November 29th, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Los Angeles, Nov 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) First she won hearts on the America’s Got Talent show with her beautiful and mesmerizing voice and now she is all set to rule the Billboard charts too. 10 years old Jackie Evancho has set a Billboard record by her debut album ‘O Holy Night’. The album debuted at the second spot and she aced the top spot in the Billboard classical charts.

She set the record as she is the youngest solo artist so far who has a top ten single on the charts. As the sales of her album crossed 293,000 copies in the very first week itself, so Jackie managed to become the hottest selling debut artist of the current year. Her pure and melodious voice has touched millions of people when she appeared on the TV show and now they are all flocking to buy her album.

Besides the album, Jackie is also busy with other things such as a special Christmas show, which will be held at the Rockefeller Center on the 30th of November.

“Jackie Evancho is one of the purest and finest vocalists I’ve ever heard, and the initial response to her debut release has been phenomenal,” according to Steve Barnett, who is the Chairman of Columbia Records.

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