Originally Posted by Hassaan13:
“A bit of a shame that it seems that her childhood was taken from her.
Her latest few albums don't seem to have charted here.”
She's having the time of her life, & says in interviews all the time that's very happy to be singing. She also typically dedicates one song per show (Reflection from the movie Mulan) to her mother for letting her do what she's doing.
She sings a light enough schedule that she's home in Pittsburgh roughly half the time. She still gets to be a child.
She sang the Star Spangled Banner & Elton John's Can You Feel the Love Tonight at our recent July 4th celebration at the Capitol. This is the latter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjnnVAMkl9k
Obviously, she's not a little girl any more. Her voice is much richer & her lungs are bigger. Notably, the chin waggle she used to have is much better. Her breath support is good. But make up your own mind.
As far as sales, her latest album, Songs from the Silver Screen, from Oct 2012, reached #7 on the US Billboard Top 200 charts. All of Jackie's albums have reached #1 on the Billboard Classical charts, except for her 1st, self-produced album, Prelude to a Dream from 2009, which reached #2 after she appeared on AGT.
She has sold roughly 3 million albums in all worldwide. Her concert tours have been well-attended. She appeared as Robert Redford's daughter in his most recent film, The Company You Keep. She is doing quite well, actually.
Seriously, "Heavenly Christmas" had no promotion in the UK that I've heard of yet. They should have released it in France. It would have sold well there.!
