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Grace VanderWaal was born on January 15,<!-- At least one source has this wrong. January 15 is correct per https://twitter.com/GraceVanderWaal/status/745080776350302209 (primary source, official account). --> 2004, in [[Suffern, New York]].<ref name=earn/> She lives with her parents, Dave and Tina, and her older siblings, brother Jakob and sister Olivia.<ref name=earn/><!-- Cites previous 2 sentences. --> Her father is a vice president of marketing at [[LG Electronics]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wolf|first=Alan|url=http://www.twice.com/news/people/she-did-it-industry-daughter-grace-vanderwaal-wins-top-prize-america-s-got-talent/62868|title=She Did It: Industry Daughter Grace VanderWaal Wins Top Prize on ''America's Got Talent''|work=[[Twice (magazine)|Twice]]|date=September 15, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref> The family also has two dogs.<ref name=earn>{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Naveen|title=Grace VanderWaal Family: Things To Know About ''AGT'' 2016 Winner’s Parents| url=http://www.earnthenecklace.com/grace-vanderwaal-family-things-to-know-about-agt-2016-winners-parents|work=Earn the Necklace|date=September 15, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref>
Grace VanderWaal was born on January 15,<!-- At least one source has this wrong. January 15 is correct per https://twitter.com/GraceVanderWaal/status/745080776350302209 (primary source, official account). --> 2004, in [[Suffern, New York]].<ref name=earn/> She lives with her parents, Dave and Tina, and her older siblings, brother Jakob and sister Olivia.<ref name=earn/><!-- Cites previous 2 sentences. --> Her father is a vice president of marketing at [[LG Electronics]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wolf|first=Alan|url=http://www.twice.com/news/people/she-did-it-industry-daughter-grace-vanderwaal-wins-top-prize-america-s-got-talent/62868|title=She Did It: Industry Daughter Grace VanderWaal Wins Top Prize on ''America's Got Talent''|work=[[Twice (magazine)|Twice]]|date=September 15, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref> The family also has two dogs.<ref name=earn>{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Naveen|title=Grace VanderWaal Family: Things To Know About ''AGT'' 2016 Winner’s Parents| url=http://www.earnthenecklace.com/grace-vanderwaal-family-things-to-know-about-agt-2016-winners-parents|work=Earn the Necklace|date=September 15, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref>


VanderWaal bought her first [[ukulele]] with money from her 11th birthday.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Roberts|first1=Karen|title=Check out Grace VanderWaal's ukuleles|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/people/suburbarazzi/2016/07/29/grace-vanderwaal-ukuleles-tour-her-instruments/87664024|work=Lohud|date=July 31, 2016|accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref> She maintains a YouTube channel, where she posts videos of her original songs and covers.<ref name=collegian>{{cite news|last1=Salazar|first1=Hayley|title=Artist to Watch: ''America’s Got Talent''&#39;s Grace VanderWaal| url=http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2016/09/06/artist-to-watch-americas-got-talents-grace-vanderwaal|work=The Collegian|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref>
VanderWaal began composing her first songs at age three, using a wireless microphone.<ref name=earn2>{{cite news|last=John|first=Caroline|title=Grace VanderWaal Family: 4 Things You Need To Know|url=http://www.earnthenecklace.com/grace-vanderwaal-family-4-things-you-need-to-know/|work=Earn the Necklace|date=August 31, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref>
She bought her first [[ukulele]] with money from her 11th birthday.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Roberts|first1=Karen|title=Check out Grace VanderWaal's ukuleles|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/people/suburbarazzi/2016/07/29/grace-vanderwaal-ukuleles-tour-her-instruments/87664024|work=Lohud|date=July 31, 2016|accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref> She maintains a YouTube channel, where she posts videos of her original songs and covers.<ref name=collegian>{{cite news|last1=Salazar|first1=Hayley|title=Artist to Watch: ''America’s Got Talent''&#39;s Grace VanderWaal| url=http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2016/09/06/artist-to-watch-americas-got-talents-grace-vanderwaal|work=The Collegian|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref>


==Music==
==Music==

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Grace VanderWaal
Birth nameGrace Avery VanderWaal
Born (2004-01-15) January 15, 2004 (age 20)
Suffern, New York
Occupations
Instruments

Grace Avery VanderWaal[1] (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and ukuleleist from Suffern, New York. In 2016, at 12 years of age, she won the eleventh season of the NBC TV competition show America's Got Talent.[2]

Early life

Grace VanderWaal was born on January 15, 2004, in Suffern, New York.[3] She lives with her parents, Dave and Tina, and her older siblings, brother Jakob and sister Olivia.[3] Her father is a vice president of marketing at LG Electronics.[4] The family also has two dogs.[3]

VanderWaal began composing her first songs at age three, using a wireless microphone.[5] She bought her first ukulele with money from her 11th birthday.[6] She maintains a YouTube channel, where she posts videos of her original songs and covers.[7]

Music

VanderWaal has written original songs (including those sung on AGT) and recorded them, playing her own ukulele accompaniment, on her YouTube channel, Oh Never mind it's just me. She also sings and uploads covers of popular songs, including "Ex's and Oh's", "Pity Party", and "Imagine".[8]

America's Got Talent

For the June 7, 2016, broadcast during the eleventh season of NBC's America's Got Talent, VanderWaal auditioned with her original song, "I Don't Know My Name", and was Howie Mandel's "golden buzzer" act.[9][7] Simon Cowell called VanderWaal "the next Taylor Swift."[10] She would continue the trend of performing only original songs; her next performance, at the quarterfinals on August 23, 2016, was "Beautiful Thing", a song written for her sister.[7] For the semifinals on August 30, VanderWaal performed "Light The Sky",[7] and for the September 13 finals, she sang "Clay", a song about staying true to who you are in the face of bullying.[9][11]

VanderWaal again performed "I Don't Know My Name" for the September 14 finale episode, then introduced a performance by Stevie Nicks, her "true hero of inspiration." Afterward, Nicks said of VanderWaal, "she reminds me a lot of me in a lot of ways. ... She's got it. Whatever happens, Grace is going to the top."[12] At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner. She is the show's first female winner and first child winner since Bianca Ryan took the top prize in season 1.[10]

Post-America's Got Talent

VanderWaal is set to headline at the PH Showroom at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in October 2016.[13] She plans to use part of her winnings from America's Got Talent to make a donation to charity.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ VanderWaal, Grace (confirmed account) [@GraceVanderWaal] (June 22, 2016). "Avery" (Tweet). Retrieved September 15, 2016 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Amabile Angermiller, Michelle (15 September 2016). "America's Got Talent Winner Grace VanderWaal Books Vegas Concerts". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Rao, Naveen (September 15, 2016). "Grace VanderWaal Family: Things To Know About AGT 2016 Winner's Parents". Earn the Necklace. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ Wolf, Alan (September 15, 2016). "She Did It: Industry Daughter Grace VanderWaal Wins Top Prize on America's Got Talent". Twice. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ^ John, Caroline (August 31, 2016). "Grace VanderWaal Family: 4 Things You Need To Know". Earn the Necklace. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. ^ Roberts, Karen (July 31, 2016). "Check out Grace VanderWaal's ukuleles". Lohud. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d Salazar, Hayley (September 6, 2016). "Artist to Watch: America's Got Talent's Grace VanderWaal". The Collegian. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  8. ^ VanderWaal, Grace. Oh Never mind it's just me (official channel). YouTube. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Roberts, Karen; Rhodes, Sharon (September 15, 2016). "Grace VanderWaal wins AGT, will sing in Vegas". The Journal News. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  10. ^ a b Izadi, Elahe (September 15, 2016). "'The next Taylor Swift' – Meet the 12-year-old singer-songwriter who won America's Got Talent". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  11. ^ Amabile Angermiller, Michelle (September 13, 2016). "Grace VanderWaal, 12, Rocks America's Got Talent Finale With Original Song: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  12. ^ Amabile Angermiller, Michele (September 14, 2016). "Stevie Nicks Praises Grace VanderWaal on America's Got Talent: 'She's Got It'". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  13. ^ Respers France, Lisa (September 15, 2016). "America's Got Talent crowns Grace VanderWaal as winner". CNN. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  14. ^ Haas, Mariah; Petit, Stephanie (September 15, 2016). "America's Got Talent Winner Grace Vanderwaal, 12, Reveals What She's Going to Do with Her $1 Million Prize". People. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
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