Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

The YouTube video below features the original Hallelujah version sung by Leonard Cohen himself in London, England. Cohen's album "Live in London" was released in March 2009 and was his first full-concert release. It is available in a 2-set CD as well as in DVD format. The album includes 25 songs including popular ones like Suzanne; So long, Marianne; Sisters of Mercy; Bird on a Wire; and Famous Blue Raincoat.

Jon Bon Jovi, lead singer of the American rock band Bon Jovi, requires no introduction. He's one of my favourite singers and I've enjoyed his music ever since I can remember. As I was listening to various renditions of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah, I came across this video rendition of Hallelujah by Jon Bon Jovi. It became one of my favourite versions of the song Hallelujah, so I had to include it here.

Josh Krajcik, a singer and songwriter from Columbus, Ohio, in the US, who auditioned for Simon Cowell's X-Factor USA was among the latest to sing Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah in the semi-finals. He was one of the last three finalists left standing in the competition along with Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene. I was following X-Factor USA since the beginning and Josh Krajcik was one of my favorites. Below is the video of Josh's rendition of the song Hallelujah.

I came across the Canadian Tenors, a vocal quartet, in December 2010 while watching a special program aired on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) television. And guess what? They performed Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. This was the first time I ever heard them sing and wow, they sounded so good.

The current singers of the vocal quartet are Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira, Fraser Walters and Clifton Murray. In February 2010, the Canadian Tenors appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show singing "Hallelujah" along with Canadian singer, Celine Dion.

At just 9 years old, Rhema Marvanne, is a powerhouse singing sensation. A resident of Dallas, Texas, Rhema sings Gospel music. She sees it as her a calling and a way to glorify God. In October 2010, she released her first self-titled album "Rhema Marvanne". Besides singing, she has appeared in Gerard Butler's movie, Machine Gun Preacher. Rhema is another YouTube sensation with over 27 million upload views.

I will let the YouTube video below do the talking in terms of Rhema Marvanne's voice, as she sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah...very soul-touching and heartwarming.

Jordan Jensen is a budding music artist and YouTube Sensation who hails from Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. As I browsed YouTube for different renditions of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah, I came across the video featured below. I decided to check it out and was immediately wowed by Jordan's incredibly gifted voice.

No wonder he has reached over 2 million channel views and over 15 million upload views on his Youtube channel. Jordan definitely is talented and I'm sure he will graduate from YouTube and into the professional music world as an artist.

With the popularity of Leonard Cohen's song, Hallelujah, many music lovers want to learn how to sing and play the song on their guitar. The video below features an easy-to-understand lesson with step-by-step guitar chords to learn to play Hallelujah on an acoustic guitar. I enjoy playing the guitar too, so the video tutorial below helped me greatly to learn how to play Hallelujah. Hope you find it useful as well.

If you are looking to play Leonard Conhen's song Hallelujah on the piano, you will find the video tutorial below very helpful. Piano teacher Peter Darling walks you through an easy-to-understand tutorial and sings along showing you every piano chord you need to play the Hallelujah song that has become so popular.