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.WebsiteGrace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter. She earned wide notice at an early age and is known for her distinctive vocals, often accompanying herself on the ukulele.VanderWaal began her musical career by posting videos of her original songs and on YouTube and performing at nights near her hometown of, New York. In September 2016, at age 12, she won the of the TV competition show ( AGT), singing her original songs.

In December 2016, she released her first EP, on the label. In November 2017, she released a full-length album,. She released a second EP, Letters Vol 1, in November 2019.She has performed at the in Las Vegas, the opening and closing of the in Austria, various benefit concerts, the and on various television talk shows.

VanderWaal conducted her first concert tour in 2017 in support of Just the Beginning. She next toured in mid-2018 with in their, and in 2019, after opening in for, she headlined her own 'Ur So Beautiful' tour.

She stars in the 2020 film.VanderWaal won the 2017 and a, has been named to magazine's 21 Under 21 list of fast-rising young music stars in four consecutive years (2016–2019), received the 2017, and is the youngest person ever included in ' 30 Under 30 Music List. Contents.Early life Family and education VanderWaal was born near, to Tina and David VanderWaal, who lived in at the time. Her father is of Dutch descent.

When he became a vice president of marketing at in 2007, the family moved to. VanderWaal has an older brother and sister. After winning, VanderWaal was home-schooled and enrolled in online courses for 7th grade but later attended public school part of the time.

Early musical efforts VanderWaal began singing and making up songs at the age of three. As a preteen, she found songwriting inspiration by watching movies and trying to imagine what a character was feeling, and 'what it would be like if I were them, and wrote a song.' She decided to learn the after watching a Brazilian play and seeing a video on YouTube.

She asked for one for her 11th birthday but her mother refused, thinking she would never learn to play it. Then she bought one on her own using money she had received for her 11th birthday, and watched more videos to teach herself how to play. She also played the saxophone in her school's marching band.In 2015, VanderWaal began to record song and original songs, accompanying herself on ukulele, and to post them on her YouTube channel. She includes among her musical influences such artists as,. She also began to perform during events at small venues near her home and to study music theory.

In July 2016, after her audition on AGT, VanderWaal performed at the in Suffern and then at the Summer Concert Series at. Career 2016: America's Got Talent On June 7, 2016, VanderWaal auditioned for the of 's talent competition show AGT, singing her original song about identity, 'I Don't Know My Name'. She was selected by one of the show's judges, as his ' act to skip the next round and perform in the live quarterfinal round. Called VanderWaal 'the next.' Brittany Spanos in magazine termed the song an 'emotional, catchy, quirky tune'. VanderWaal continued to perform her original songs on the show; for her next performance at the quarterfinals on August 23, 2016, she sang 'Beautiful Thing', a song that she wrote for her sister.

For the semi-finals on August 30, she performed 'Light the Sky', and for the September 13 finals, she sang 'Clay', a song about dealing with bullies. AGT 's video of VanderWaal's audition has accumulated more than 100 million views.

It was ranked as the No. 5 trending YouTube video of 2016.VanderWaal again performed 'I Don't Know My Name' at the September 14 finale results episode, then introduced a performance by, who compared her own style with VanderWaal's. At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner.

She was the second female winner and the second child act winner in the show's history. Post- America's Got Talent VanderWaal planned to use part of her AGT winnings to make a donation to charity and to buy two tree houses, built by the team from, for herself and her sister. VanderWaal was a guest on and in September 2016, and she headlined four sold-out concerts in the PH Showroom at the Las Vegas in October, performing with other AGT finalists. She also headlined the in December on NBC, where she performed her arrangement of '.VanderWaal signed a recording deal with in September 2016 and released her debut, on December 2, 2016.

The five songs on the EP include all four of VanderWaal's original songs from AGT and another original, 'Gossip Girl', all produced. A Walmart version featured one additional song, 'Missing You (Coffeehouse Version)'. The EP debuted on the albums chart at No. 9 and was the best selling EP of 2016.

The lead single, 'I Don't Know My Name', debuted on Billboard 's chart at No. 37 and on the chart at No. Another song on the EP, 'Light the Sky', was featured as background music in Google's 'Year in Search 2016' video.VanderWaal promoted the EP with a series of appearances and performances. In November 2016, she performed 'Light the Sky' and ' at halftime during a game at in New York City, and 'I Don't Know My Name' in the 2016, on NBC's show and at the Christmas tree lighting at, in New York City, where she also sang 'Light the Sky'.

In December, she sang 'I Don't Know My Name' on, at 's annual holiday fundraiser at the (where she also duetted with Lauper on '), on CBS's, and at 's stop at Madison Square Garden. In reviewing the last event, Jon Caramanica of commented: 'One of the loudest receptions of the night was for Grace VanderWaal, a precociously thoughtful 12-year-old singer-songwriter-ukulele player'.

Later that month, VanderWaal returned to NBC's Today Show to sing 'Light the Sky'. 2017–2018: Just the Beginning. VanderWaal performing in 2018In January 2017, VanderWaal sang 'I Don't Know My Name' on. She performed atop the for engaged couples at the building's lighting event in February. In March 2017, she performed at Illinois at to celebrate young people's action on social issues.

She also sang 'Light the Sky' at the annual benefit gala 'One Night for ', organized by at the in Las Vegas. The same month, VanderWaal appeared twice at the in Austria, duetting with Jason Mraz on two of his songs at the opening ceremony and performing her own songs at the closing ceremony. In April, she performed at WE Day charity events in, and Los Angeles, and she appeared at the. Her May appearances included a fundraiser at in New Jersey for 's children's programs.

In June 2017, VanderWaal launched Perfectly Imperfect in Japan, performing and meeting with fans there. She donated funds to help establish an elementary school show choir in the, sponsored scholarships for graduating seniors from each of and pursuing music and another show choir at.By early 2017, VanderWaal began working on a full-length album, eventually titled, that she called 'more produced. Really the same sound. but less acoustic' than her debut EP. She told an interviewer for magazine about how her process changed for the album, writing songs 'on demand' with a collaborator: 'I've never done this before; it's kind of weird to go into a room with usually a 30-year-old man and just be like 'Oh, let me open up about my life to you and write a super personal song!'

' In June, she participated in 's opening show, YouTube OnStage, in The Arena at in Anaheim, California, where she premiered the first single from the upcoming album, '. She later released additional singles from the album. In July, she performed at the Gala in, Minnesota, to support hearing charities. In August, she returned to AGT as a guest performer, singing 'Moonlight'. The same month, used VanderWaal's 'Beautiful Thing' as the soundtrack to an advertisement, used her cover of ' for a Japanese ad, and ranked 'I Don't Know My Name' as one of the 16 most empowering songs for women so far in 2017.

In September, VanderWaal performed on. The same month, she appeared on Treehouse Masters in an episode about the tree houses that VanderWaal had planned since her appearance on AGT, and modeled at for.VanderWaal promoted Just the Beginning with performances in September on Ellen and in October at the, where she was 'one of the fest's biggest breakout acts. Whose soaring voice and sweet pop songs charmed large. She performed at more WE Day events in, British Columbia, in October and, Minnesota, in November. VanderWaal released Just the Beginning on November 3, 2017. She sang 'Moonlight' on on the release date.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at No. She began her first solo concert tour, the Just the Beginning Tour, on November 5, 2017, which ran through February 2018. By September 2017, the tour had sold out. VanderWaal returned to Japan in late November to promote the album. In December, she appeared on the Today show.In March 2018, VanderWaal travelled to Kenya with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to help hearing-impaired youth there. In April, she performed on. She was the opening act for in the North American leg of their from June to August 2018.

During the tour, she also performed on and at the 2018. In December 2018, she returned to Live with Kelly and Ryan together with to perform their duet from of '.

2019: Letters Vol 1 In early 2019, VanderWaal released the single 'Stray' and recorded her first soundtrack song, 'Hideaway', for the animated film. She made several in the southeastern US with in June 2019 and conducted her own North American tour in August and September 2019, with an additional performance in November, Later in the year she performed at gala to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.VanderWaal has released several songs in 2019 and released an EP, Letters Vol 1, in November 2019. Music Week describes it as 'spiky, futuristic, diverse'. She acted in her first film as the title character in, based on the, released in March 2020 on. Pete Hammond of wrote: 'Vanderwaal has the right stuff, musically and surprisingly with acting chops that never make it look like she's trying too hard.' Film critic Sheila O'Malley found fault with her performance, saying, 'VanderWaal is a compelling figure in her YouTube videos and in any clips you might find of her singing live. She really is playing that ukulele!

But she's opaque to the extreme here, and doesn't ignite the character at all. She doesn't have the skill as an actress to give us a sense that Stargirl has an inner life.' Reputation and accolades In 2016, Julia Lennox of AndPop.com reviewed 15 of VanderWaal's song covers posted on her YouTube channel, praising her arrangements, vocal delivery, musical taste and 'the combination of sass, attitude and confidence she brings to every cover'.

In another 2016 assessment, characterized VanderWaal's voice as 'endearingly croaky'. Others called it 'raspy' or 'timelessly soulful'. Lindsay Peoples wrote for: 'The songs VanderWaal wrote and performed on AGT were not only catchy but emotional and unique to her own sound, a mix of raw and folk'. Billboard magazine praised VanderWaal's vocals on her debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect, finding them 'reminiscent of a Taylor Swift- hybrid'. Rolling Stone agreed. Brianna Wiest of wrote: 'The EP takes you through Grace's range, touching on issues that are all-too-well-known for young people, as well as soul-stokingly beautiful medleys that almost anyone could relate to.

Her ability to master both a softer, vowel-breaking folk tone as well as push through a serious power-ballad by the end. It's rare that you see both at once, but that's part of the magic of Grace's sound: it's at once completely new, and totally unexpected.' A review of VanderWaal's album Just the Beginning in USA Today stated: 'VanderWaal's big-throated performance on 'A Better Life' channels. There's a certain chirp in VanderWaal's voice that's reminiscent of Swift, but otherwise, her vocals align much more closely to Sia's in her full-voiced belting and nonchalant pronunciations. VanderWaal sounds like a 13-year-old in her songs, in the best possible way. In a voice that sounds refreshingly green, she launches herself at huge choruses with a total lack of restraint.'

A reviewer for wrote that the 'vast diversity in her songwriting. Makes her stand out as a truly unique and exquisite artist.'

Selina Fragassi of the commented that, on the album, VanderWaal's 'raspy-sweet-peculiar vocals recall, Regina Spektor and Katy Perry. and proves herself a modern-day Mozart'. Critics writing in the similarly praised VanderWaal's 'smart pop songs that beautifully showcase her persona and wonderfully peculiar rasp of a voice.' A reviewer for the opined that VanderWaal's lyrics tackle 'complicated issues with aplomb as her raspy, warbling voice undulates around each syllable.' A reviewer called VanderWaal's Seattle concert in February 2018 'a well balanced set of ballads and full energy songs. Her stage and style are a boho chic age appropriate complement to her teenage themed, yet old-soul-mind works.

Her set was full of sweet commentary and incredible vocals'. Abby Jones of Billboard wrote that her performance of her single 'Clearly' on The Late Show in 2018 was 'moving. Stunningly bold.

Mature, powerful'. A reviewer for said of her performance on tour in June 2018 that she 'was a pleasant surprise. Holding her own in the arena rock milieu. She won over the crowd'. Later that month, a tour reviewer noted, in, 'her whimsical flower crown, carefree attitude and incredible voice. VanderWaal captivated the audience'. Another wrote in that 'VanderWaal is one of the youngest performers at 2018.

She's also one of the most talented, bringing a honeyed, slightly frayed rasp to assured pop songs'. Vanity Fair called her 2019 single, 'Stray', 'contemplative, haunting. 'Stray' and 'Hideaway' are mature and grounded – a progression from her previous work'. A Rolling Stone critic found her 2019 single 'Waste My Time' 'a major departure for the teen. The more mature track is dream-pop bliss'.

MTV's critic called the 2019 music video for her song 'I Don't Like You' 'a sharp portrait that. Represents the chaos, confusion, and anger we often feel in relationships. In a style reminiscent of 's best videos. With such deep-cutting lyrics. And sharp visuals'.magazine named VanderWaal to its 21 Under 21 list of 'music's hottest young stars' in four consecutive years, 2016–2019.

Variety listed her in its 'Young Hollywood Impact Report 2017'. She was a finalist in the Best Female Artist category at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2017, the youngest finalist in the awards' history.

VanderWaal won the 2017 and a. Included her on its 2017 list of 29 young actors, singers and activists 'on the verge of superstardom.'

VanderWaal is credited with helping to boost the popularity of the ukulele, and in 2017, named her as its youngest Signature Series artist ever and its first collaboration with a ukulele player; the instrument line was released in 2018. VanderWaal received Billboard 's 2017 and the 2018. She is the youngest person ever included in ' 30 Under 30 Music List.

In 2019 the awarded her its Women of Distinction honor for her efforts to expand musical education in the East Ramapo Central School District.By 2018, VanderWaal had accumulated eight million followers on social media. As of 2020, VanderWaal's Instagram account has more than three million followers, her YouTube channel has more than three million subscribers, and her Facebook page more than one million followers. Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryResult2016WonWon2017Acoustic Music AwardsBest Female ArtistNominatedChoice Next Big ThingWonWon2018NominatedPush Artist of the YearNominatedWon32ndNew Artist of the Year, Best 3 New ArtistsWonDiscography Albums List of albums, with selected chart positionsTitleDetailsPeak chart positions. Released: November 3, 2017. Label:. Format: CD, digital download2037EPs List of albums, with selected chart positionsTitleEP detailsPeak chart positions.

Released: December 2, 2016. Label: Columbia. Format: CD, digital download911Letters Vol. 1. Released: November 22, 2019.

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