Victory Brinker (born February 4, 2012) is an American singer and performer specializing in classical music and live covers of

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Biography

Victory was an early talker, and memorized albums and got into opera music at the age of 6. She went to church and memorized hymns. She began singing opera for large audiences by performing at sporting events across the country after winning 12 talent shows. She performed on NBC’s Little Big Shots at age 7. She then competed on season 16 of ''America's Got Talent'' when she was 9, and made it to the finals with the “golden buzzer”. In 2022, she was awarded the

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for the world's youngest opera singer based on her first professional contracts at age 7, when starring in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Lights and Legends. She also appeared in the Tamron Hall show. Later that year around Christmas, she performed all over New York City, and with the Latshaw Pops Orchestra at The Palace Theatre in

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. In November 2021 she released a Christmas EP titled ''The Wonder of Christmas''.

Discography

* ''The Wonder of Christmas'' (2021, EP)

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brinker, Victory 2012 births 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers American child singers American sopranos America's Got Talent contestants Living people Opera crossover singers Singers from Pennsylvania