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Nightbirde

musical artist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ107366114
Source-derived summary

Jane Kristen Marczewski (December 29, 1990 – February 19, 2022), better known by her stage name Nightbirde, was an American singer-songwriter.

Previously having released two EPs and several singles, Nightbirde auditioned on America's Got Talent in 2021, where she received a Golden Buzzer for her original song "It's OK". However, she decided to withdraw from AGT before the quarterfinals, because of worsening health due to cancer.

Marczewski died on February 19, 2022. She was 31 years old. Nightbirde's music has been released posthumously by her family.

Early life and education

Marczewski was born on December 29, 1990. She was originally from Zanesville, Ohio, and had three siblings. Marczewski started songwriting at age six, when she helped her mother finish the lyrics for a song. As a young Christian, she volunteered and participated in various church ministries.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nightbirde” as musical artist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 2022, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1990-12-31. The account is most persuasive where Nightbirde, musical and artist can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as musical artist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q107366114. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1990, 2022 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from Nightbirde” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.