The latest YouTube sensation, Joyce Jimenez, the blind singer who made her rendition of the song “Wrecking Ball” made an international headlines, as her viral video was posted in one of the world’s most popular blog, Mashable.com.
Watch the video of Joyce Jimenez singing Wrecking Ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm2bD8kc1kU
The Grade 5 student from Barangay Luzon in Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental became an instant hit on various social media sites after her video went viral despite her disability as a blind girl.
The YouTube video features Joyce Jimenez holding a microphone on one hand and her other hand appears to be reading Braille notes while she was performing. Her performance earned praises not only from the Filipinos but also from worldwide viewers.
The 11-year-old Joyce Jimenez, belted out the popular Miley Cyrus hit song, “Wrecking Ball” with a voice powerful than a “wrecking ball” according to the description made by Mashable writer, Neha Prakash.
The viral video which was embedded by Mashable have already garnered more than half a million views and counting on YouTube while the article was already shared more than two thousand times. The YouTube video was posted by YouTube user, George Doton.
Joyce Jimenez singing Wrecking Ball (Photo: YouTube Screen Capture)