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Hear Putri Ariani Take On Beyoncé's Famously Difficult Ballad "Listen" at 8 Years Old

The singer chose the powerful song for her Indonesia's Got Talent audition in 2014. 

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Putri Ariani has been a vocal powerhouse since she could talk. In fact, her father said that he knew his daughter had an amazing singing voice since she was 2 years old.

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Then, at the age of 8, Ariani auditioned for Indonesia's Got Talent in 2014, showing off an incredible vocal range at a super young age. She sang the notoriously difficult tune "Listen" by Beyoncé, which she described as one of her personal favorite songs, and belted the high notes perfectly.

Unsurprisingly, Ariani won the second Season of Indonesia's Got Talent after the jaw-dropping performance. 

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A split of Beyonce posing on the red carpet and Putri Ariani

What to know about "Listen" by Beyoncé

One of four new original songs written for the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls (the hit Broadway musical of the same name first ran in 1981) Beyoncé's character, Deena Jones, sings the song as a sign of independence from her controlling husband. "Listen" reached the number 61 position on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. 

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