Grace VanderWaal information

Grace VanderWaal
Grace VanderWaal
	VanderWaal in 2018
Background information
Born	January 15, 2004 (age 20); Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer; songwriter; actress;
Instrument(s)	Ukulele; guitar;
Labels	Syco; Columbia;
Website	gracevanderwaal.com

Grace Avery VanderWaal^[2] (born January 15, 2004)^[1] is an American singer, songwriter and actress.^[3] She is known for her distinctive vocals and has often accompanied herself on the ukulele.

VanderWaal began her musical career by posting videos of her original songs and covers on YouTube and performing at open mic nights near her home in Suffern, New York. In September 2016, at age 12, she won the eleventh season of the NBC competition show America's Got Talent (AGT), performing her original songs. In December 2016, with Columbia Records and Syco Music, she released her debut EP Perfectly Imperfect, which became the best selling EP that year. Her first full-length studio album, Just the Beginning (2017), debuted at number 22 on the U.S Billboard 200. She released a second EP, Letters Vol. 1, in 2019.

She has performed at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Madison Square Garden, the opening and closing of the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, various benefit concerts, the Austin City Limits Music Festival 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 Imagine Dragons in their Evolve World Tour, and in 2019, after opening in a tour for Florence and the Machine, she conducted her own Ur So Beautiful tour. She made her acting debut in 2020, starring as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway in the Disney+ musical drama film Stargirl, followed by its 2022 sequel Hollywood Stargirl.

VanderWaal has received 2 Radio Disney Music Awards (including a Best New Artist award), a Teen Choice Award, the 2017 Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award, and the 2018 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Push Act. She has been named to Billboard magazine's 21 Under 21 list of fast-rising young music stars five times (2016–2019 and 2021) and is the youngest person ever included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 music list.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Carter, Brooke (March 25, 2017). "What Happened to Grace VanderWaal – Now in 2017". Gazetter Review.
^ VanderWaal, Grace (confirmed account) [@GraceVanderWaal] (June 22, 2016). "Avery" (Tweet). Retrieved September 15, 2016 – via Twitter.
^ Spanos, Brittany. "Hear Grace VanderWaal's "Today and Tomorrow" Ahead of Stargirl Release: Teenage singer-songwriter returns to her ukulele for song featured in film debut", Rolling Stone, March 6, 2020
^ Cite error: The named reference Greenburg2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[birthdate-1] Carter, Brooke (March 25, 2017). "What Happened to Grace VanderWaal – Now in 2017". Gazetter Review.

[2] VanderWaal, Grace (confirmed account) [@GraceVanderWaal] (June 22, 2016). "Avery" (Tweet). Retrieved September 15, 2016 – via Twitter.

[3] Spanos, Brittany. "Hear Grace VanderWaal's "Today and Tomorrow" Ahead of Stargirl Release: Teenage singer-songwriter returns to her ukulele for song featured in film debut", Rolling Stone, March 6, 2020

[Greenburg2018-4] Cite error: The named reference Greenburg2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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