| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Courtney America’s Got Talent |
| Mother / Mom | Ann-Marie Hadwin |
| Hometown | Hartlepool, in County Durham, England. |
| Siblings | She has two younger siblings Paul and Melissa. |
| What song did Courtney Hadwin sing? | In her audition for the 13th season of America’s Got Talent, Hadwin sang Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle”. |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | Born in 2004. As of 2025, she is around 21 years old. |
| Husband / Marriage / Wedding / Boyfriend / Dating | Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | British |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Details
Introduction :
- Courtney Hadwin is a teenage schoolgirl from the UK. A singing sensation & a social media favorite, she is best known for achieving the ‘Golden buzzer’ in the latest season of the American talent contest, America’s Got Talent.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Courtney Hadwin was born in 2004 and grew up in County Durham in North East England, UK. She lives in this small town of Heselden on the outskirts of Hartlepool.
- Parents : Currently, her father Paul is aged 34 & her mother Anne-Marie is also aged 34.
- She has two younger siblings – A brother named Paul aged eleven & her sister, Melissa is aged nine.
- As she is still young, much of her upbringing so far have remained private, but she famously admits in interviews, that she likes to busy in order to raise money for her singing lessons.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Courtney attended junior schools in her hometown of Heselden & has reportedly always seemed to be a natural performer.
- She now attends The Academy at Shotton Hall, for her high school education, and this was where her remarkable singing talent was first spotted when she performed in a school musical.
Singing Career, Salary and Net Worth :
The Voice UK :
- Before finding her fame on America’s Got Talent, Courtney hit the headlines in the UK after appearing in the junior version of The Voice UK.
- Entering in 2016, at the tender age of 12, she raised eyebrows with her splendid performances. In her audition, two of the four judges, McFly’s Danny Jones and English songstress Pixie Lott turned their chair after her powerful rendition of the Tina Turner classic, ‘Nutwood City Limits’.
- After accepting a place on the team of Danny Jones, Courtney effortlessly made her way through the sing-offs and was narrowly beaten in the final of the contest by Jess Folley.
America’s got Talent :
- After her first contest’s success, Hadwin and her parents considered carefully, which was the best contest for her to enter next.
- As she was still too young to appear on the X-Factor, the family opted to boycott Britain’s got Talent in favor of America’s got Talent, claiming that it is the biggest show in the world.
- After a shy, reserved introduction to all the four judges, Courtney burst into an outrageous rendition of Marvin Gaye’s song ‘Too Hot to Handle’, complete with her own, choreographed dance moves. Judge Howie Mandel was so impressed with her performance that he pressed his golden buzzer and sent Courtney directly to their finals.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Courtney loves to perform soul classics, and on her route to the final of The Junior Voice UK competition in 2016, she performed classics such as Dancing in the Street, James Brown’s I’ve got you and the song I’m Telling You as featured in the movie Dream Girls.
- Her performances in both shows have been praised highly by a number of celebrities on social media, Simon Cowell himself described her as a lion and similar to a younger Janis Joplin, in the manner she transformed hair shy demeanor into an explosive performance.
If Janis Joplin were still alive she would adopt Courtney as her “twin” sister!!! Imagine Janis and Courtney singing duets!!! It doesn’t nevah get no more better than these 2 girls!!! As close as the rest of the singing world gets to Janis and Court is Tina Turner. ‘Nuff said!! CJ
Amazing voice and talent…It’s Howie glad came to know about ur talent…Go, Courtney!
You have quite a few facts wrong. Danny Jones was the only one that turned for Courtney. “Hard to handle” is the name of the song written by 3 people one of which was Otis Reading. Black Crows covered it later on which is closer to the version Courtney did with her own twist of it. The family did not get together to decide what talent show was next after the voice kids UK. It’s believed AGT contacted them to invite her to AGT. The song performed at voice kids by Tina turner was called Nutbush city limits. She had already been performing in open mic contests. She wasn’t discovered at school first. But that did help her gain some popularity.
Courtney, you have already sold an iTines record and an LP record if they put it on vinyl. I am 65 and live in the US and have missed Janis Joplin for 48 years. I love your voice. Keep on going
The inimitable Courtney Hadwin’s debut on ‘America’s Got Talent’ was actually a cover of ‘Hard to Handle’, by ‘The Black Crowes’, not Marvin Gaye, or whatever song you mentioned in the article here. Deborah, you are right that Otis Redding also performed ‘Hard to Handle’, and actually did it earlier, in 1964.The best remembered, and definitely the one that the stunning Ms. Hadwin’s performance is more closely stylized after is the ‘Black Crowes’ however, from 1990.
Sorry Bill The Black Crows were babies when Otis Redding wrote Hard to Handle.
Actually, the song is great but this girl Courtney is something very special growing in the music world with a great performance, it does not matter the song.
Self, her?
It’s you! 😉
Otis Redding performs Too got to handle not Marvin Gaye.
The lights of you have missed the point she’s an actual rockstar, not a popstar. She’s beautiful, she’s so young and her voice is amazing to give missed the point it’s not about the seven who sang “what first whatever” it’s about a child absolutely killing it with amazing voice and songs. I love her she’s the best all the best and there’s nothing about any of her performances that is wrong she’s astounding and she still a baby more talented than any of those Twatt’s like Britney Spears or whomever she is Astounding. Absolutely brilliant.
To Courtney-You are so beautiful
Courtney, I would love to be able to follow your career. Please let me know the best way to know what you are doing next. You are great
Goto YouTube and search Courtney Hadwin. You will be busy for a very long time watching endless videos all about her and all her covers from when she was 8 years old on up to now at 15 including an original “pretty little thing”