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On June 7, 2016, VanderWaal auditioned for the [[America's Got Talent (season 11)|eleventh season]] of [[NBC]]'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, [[Howie Mandel]], as his "[[America's Got Talent (season 11)#Golden buzzer|golden buzzer]]" act to skip the next round and perform in the live quarterfinal round.<ref name=collegian/><ref>Roberts, Karen and Sharon Rhodes. [http://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/14/grace-vanderwaal-agt-results/90348006 "Grace VanderWaal wins ''AGT'', will sing in Vegas"], ''[[The Journal News]]'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016</ref> [[Simon Cowell]] called VanderWaal "the next [[Taylor Swift]]."<ref name="second" /> Brittany Spanos in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine termed the song an "emotional, catchy, quirky tune".<ref>Spanos, Brittany. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/americas-got-talent-star-grace-vanderwaal-talks-songwriting-katy-perry-20160609 "''America's Got Talent'' Star Grace VanderWaal Talks Songwriting, Katy Perry"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', June 9, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016</ref> 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.<ref name=Mallenbaum1>Mallenbaum, Carly. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/09/12/grace-vanderwaal-5-things-we-learned-americas-got-talent-phenom/90233852 "Grace VanderWaal: 5 things we learned about the ''America's Got Talent'' phenom"], ''USA Today'', September 13, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> For the semifinals on August 30, she performed "Light the Sky",<ref name=collegian/> and for the September 13 finals, she sang "Clay", a song about dealing with bullies.<ref>Heldman, Breanne L. [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/14/agt-grace-vanderwaal-song-bullies-finale "''America's Got Talent'': Grace VanderWaal wows with original song about bullies"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', September 14, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> ''AGT''{{'}}s video of VanderWaal's audition has accumulated more than 75 million views.<ref>America's Got Talent. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxO9MpQ2vA&t=190s "Grace VanderWaal: 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer – America's Got Talent 2016"], YouTube, accessed December 19, 2017</ref> It was ranked as the No. 5 trending YouTube video of 2016.<ref>Elizabeth, De. [http://www.teenvogue.com/story/top-trending-youtube-videos-of-2016 "The Top 10 Trending YouTube Videos of 2016"], ''[[Teen Vogue]]'', December 7, 2016; and Raynor, Madeline. [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/07/youtube-top-trending-videos-2016 "Adele, Channing Tatum make YouTube's top trending videos of 2016"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', December 7, 2016</ref> |
On June 7, 2016, VanderWaal auditioned for the did you know anyone can edit this, this is not a reliable source... [[America's Got Talent (season 11)|eleventh season]] of [[NBC]]'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, [[Howie Mandel]], as his "[[America's Got Talent (season 11)#Golden buzzer|golden buzzer]]" act to skip the next round and perform in the live quarterfinal round.<ref name=collegian/><ref>Roberts, Karen and Sharon Rhodes. [http://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/14/grace-vanderwaal-agt-results/90348006 "Grace VanderWaal wins ''AGT'', will sing in Vegas"], ''[[The Journal News]]'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016</ref> [[Simon Cowell]] called VanderWaal "the next [[Taylor Swift]]."<ref name="second" /> Brittany Spanos in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine termed the song an "emotional, catchy, quirky tune".<ref>Spanos, Brittany. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/americas-got-talent-star-grace-vanderwaal-talks-songwriting-katy-perry-20160609 "''America's Got Talent'' Star Grace VanderWaal Talks Songwriting, Katy Perry"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', June 9, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016</ref> 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.<ref name=Mallenbaum1>Mallenbaum, Carly. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/09/12/grace-vanderwaal-5-things-we-learned-americas-got-talent-phenom/90233852 "Grace VanderWaal: 5 things we learned about the ''America's Got Talent'' phenom"], ''USA Today'', September 13, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> For the semifinals on August 30, she performed "Light the Sky",<ref name=collegian/> and for the September 13 finals, she sang "Clay", a song about dealing with bullies.<ref>Heldman, Breanne L. [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/14/agt-grace-vanderwaal-song-bullies-finale "''America's Got Talent'': Grace VanderWaal wows with original song about bullies"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', September 14, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> ''AGT''{{'}}s video of VanderWaal's audition has accumulated more than 75 million views.<ref>America's Got Talent. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxO9MpQ2vA&t=190s "Grace VanderWaal: 12-Year-Old Ukulele Player Gets Golden Buzzer – America's Got Talent 2016"], YouTube, accessed December 19, 2017</ref> It was ranked as the No. 5 trending YouTube video of 2016.<ref>Elizabeth, De. [http://www.teenvogue.com/story/top-trending-youtube-videos-of-2016 "The Top 10 Trending YouTube Videos of 2016"], ''[[Teen Vogue]]'', December 7, 2016; and Raynor, Madeline. [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/07/youtube-top-trending-videos-2016 "Adele, Channing Tatum make YouTube's top trending videos of 2016"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', December 7, 2016</ref> |
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VanderWaal again performed "I Don't Know My Name" at the September 14 finale episode, then introduced a performance by [[Stevie Nicks]], who compared her own style with VanderWaal's.<ref>Angermiller, Michele Amabile. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7510401/stevie-nicks-grace-vanderwaal-americas-got-talent-praise "Stevie Nicks Praises Grace VanderWaal on ''America's Got Talent'': 'She's Got It'"], ''Billboard'', September 14, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner.<ref>Angermiller, Michelle Amabile. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7510409/americas-got-talent-winner-grace-vanderwaal-vegas-concerts "''America's Got Talent'' Winner Grace VanderWaal Books Vegas Concerts"], ''Billboard'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> She was the second female winner and the second child act winner in the show's history.<ref name=second>Izadi, Elahe. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/09/15/the-next-taylor-swift-meet-the-12-year-old-singer-songwriter-who-won-americas-got-talent "'The next Taylor Swift' – Meet the 12-year-old singer-songwriter who won ''America's Got Talent''"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> |
VanderWaal again performed "I Don't Know My Name" at the September 14 finale episode, then introduced a performance by [[Stevie Nicks]], who compared her own style with VanderWaal's.<ref>Angermiller, Michele Amabile. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7510401/stevie-nicks-grace-vanderwaal-americas-got-talent-praise "Stevie Nicks Praises Grace VanderWaal on ''America's Got Talent'': 'She's Got It'"], ''Billboard'', September 14, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner.<ref>Angermiller, Michelle Amabile. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7510409/americas-got-talent-winner-grace-vanderwaal-vegas-concerts "''America's Got Talent'' Winner Grace VanderWaal Books Vegas Concerts"], ''Billboard'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> She was the second female winner and the second child act winner in the show's history.<ref name=second>Izadi, Elahe. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/09/15/the-next-taylor-swift-meet-the-12-year-old-singer-songwriter-who-won-americas-got-talent "'The next Taylor Swift' – Meet the 12-year-old singer-songwriter who won ''America's Got Talent''"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 15, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016</ref> |
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Grace VanderWaal | |
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VanderWaal performing at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games | |
Background information | |
Born | [1] Lenexa, Kansas, U.S. | January 15, 2004
Origin | Suffern, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments |
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Labels | Columbia |
Website | gracevanderwaalofficial |
Grace Avery VanderWaal[2] (born January 15, 2004)[1] is an American singer-songwriter from Suffern, New York, who earned wide notice at an early age. She is known for her distinctive vocals and often accompanies 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 hometown. In September 2016, at age 12, she won the eleventh season of the NBC TV competition show America's Got Talent (AGT), singing her original songs. In December 2016, she released her first EP, Perfectly Imperfect, on the Columbia Records label. 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 several television talk shows. She won the 2017 Radio Disney Music Award for Best New Artist and a Teen Choice Award, has twice been named to Billboard magazine's 21 Under 21 list of fast-rising young music stars, and received the 2017 Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award.
In November 2017, VanderWaal released a full-length album, Just the Beginning, and then she conducted her first concert tour. She is set to tour with Imagine Dragons in mid-2018.
Early life
Family and education
VanderWaal was born near Kansas City, Kansas, to Tina and David VanderWaal, who lived in Lenexa at the time. David is of Dutch descent[3] and works as a vice president of marketing at LG Electronics.[4][5] VanderWaal moved to Suffern, New York,[6] where she resides with her parents and older sister;[7] she also has an older brother.[8] After winning America's Got Talent, VanderWaal was home-schooled and enrolled in online courses for 7th grade[9][10] but returned to attending a school for 8th grade.[5][11]
Early musical efforts
VanderWaal began composing her first songs at age three, using a wireless microphone.[8] 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."[12] She decided to learn the ukulele after watching a family friend play and seeing a Twenty One Pilots video on YouTube.[13] She then bought one, using money she had received for her 11th birthday, and watched more videos to teach herself how to play.[14][a] She also played the saxophone in her school's marching band.[16]
In 2015, VanderWaal began to record song covers and original songs, accompanying herself on ukulele, and to post them on her original YouTube channel, "Oh Never mind it's just me".[17][18] She includes among her musical influences such artists as Jason Mraz, Twenty One Pilots and Katy Perry.[13][19] She also began to perform during open mic events at small venues near her home[8] and to study music theory.[6] In July 2016, after her audition on AGT, VanderWaal performed at the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern and at the Ramapo Summer Concert Series at Palisades Credit Union Park.[20]
Career
2016: America's Got Talent
On June 7, 2016, VanderWaal auditioned for the did you know anyone can edit this, this is not a reliable source... eleventh season of NBC'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, Howie Mandel, as his "golden buzzer" act to skip the next round and perform in the live quarterfinal round.[17][21] Simon Cowell called VanderWaal "the next Taylor Swift."[22] Brittany Spanos in Rolling Stone magazine termed the song an "emotional, catchy, quirky tune".[23] 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.[24] For the semifinals on August 30, she performed "Light the Sky",[17] and for the September 13 finals, she sang "Clay", a song about dealing with bullies.[25] AGT's video of VanderWaal's audition has accumulated more than 75 million views.[26] It was ranked as the No. 5 trending YouTube video of 2016.[27]
VanderWaal again performed "I Don't Know My Name" at the September 14 finale episode, then introduced a performance by Stevie Nicks, who compared her own style with VanderWaal's.[28] At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner.[29] She was the second female winner and the second child act winner in the show's history.[22]
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 Treehouse Masters, for herself and her sister.[30] VanderWaal was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in September 2016,[31] and she headlined four sold-out concerts in the PH Showroom at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in October, performing with other AGT finalists.[32] She also headlined the America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular in December on NBC, where she performed her arrangement of "Frosty the Snowman".[33]
VanderWaal signed a recording deal with Columbia Records in September 2016[34] and released her debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect, 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 by Greg Wells. A Walmart version featured one additional song, "Missing You (Coffeehouse Version)".[9] The EP debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 9[35] and was the best selling EP of 2016.[36] The lead single, "I Don't Know My Name", debuted on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart at No. 37[37] and on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at No. 24.[38] Another song on the EP, "Light the Sky", was featured as background music in Google's "Year in Search 2016" video.[39]
VanderWaal promoted the EP with a series of appearances and performances. In November 2016, she performed "Light the Sky" and "Riptide" at halftime during a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York City,[40] and "I Don't Know My Name" in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[41] on NBC's Today show[10] and at the Christmas tree lighting at South Street Seaport, in New York City, where she also sang "Light the Sky".[42][43] In December, she sang "I Don't Know My Name" on The Wendy Williams Show,[44] at Cyndi Lauper's annual holiday fundraiser at the Beacon Theatre (where she also duetted with Lauper on "True Colors"),[45] on CBS's The Talk,[46] and at Z100's Jingle Ball Tour 2016 stop at Madison Square Garden.[47] In reviewing the last event, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times commented: "One of the loudest receptions of the night was for Grace VanderWaal, a precociously thoughtful 12-year-old singer-songwriter-ukulele player".[48] Later that month, VanderWaal returned to NBC's Today Show to sing "Light the Sky".[49]
2017–present: Just the Beginning
In January 2017, VanderWaal sang "I Don't Know My Name" on Live with Kelly.[50] She performed atop the Empire State Building for engaged couples at the building's Valentine's Day lighting event in February.[51] In March 2017, she performed at WE Day Illinois at Allstate Arena to celebrate young people's action on social issues.[52] She also sang "Light the Sky" at the annual benefit gala "One Night for One Drop", organized by Cirque du Soleil at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.[53] The same month, VanderWaal appeared twice at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, duetting with Jason Mraz on two of his songs at the opening ceremony and performing her own songs at the closing cerermony.[54][55] In April, she performed at WE Day charity events in Seattle,[56] and Los Angeles,[57] and she appeared at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.[58] Her May appearances included a fundraiser at Ramapo High School in New Jersey for The Valley Hospital's children's programs.[59] In June 2017, VanderWaal launched Perfectly Imperfect in Japan, performing and meeting with fans there.[60] She donated funds to help establish an elementary school show choir in the East Ramapo Central School District,[61] sponsored scholarships for graduating seniors from each of Ramapo and Spring Valley High Schools pursuing music[62] and another show choir at Chestnut Ridge Middle School.[63]
By early 2017, VanderWaal began working on a full-length album, eventually titled Just the Beginning, that she called "more produced ... really the same sound ... [but] less acoustic" than her debut EP.[64][65] She told an interviewer for Rookie 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!'"[66] In June, she participated in VidCon's opening show, YouTube OnStage, in The Arena at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California,[67] where she premiered the first single from the upcoming album, "Moonlight".[68][69] She later released additional singles from the album.[69][70] In July, she performed at the Starkey Gala in St. Paul, Minnesota, to support hearing charities.[71] In August, she returned to AGT as a guest performer, singing "Moonlight".[72] The same month, Windex used VanderWaal's "Beautiful Thing" as the soundtrack to an advertisement,[73] Honda used her cover of "Over the Rainbow" for a Japanese ad,[74] and SheKnows Media ranked "I Don't Know My Name" as one of the 16 most empowering songs for women so far in 2017.[75] In September, VanderWaal performed on Live with Kelly and Ryan.[76] The same month, she appeared on Treehouse Masters in an episode about the tree houses that VanderWaal had planned since her appearance on AGT,[77] and modeled at New York Fashion Week for Marc Jacobs.[78] She also promoted the album with performances in September on Ellen[79] and in October at the Austin City Limits Music Festival,[80] where she was "[o]ne of the fest's biggest breakout acts ... whose soaring voice and sweet pop songs charmed large ... crowds."[81] She performed at more WE Day events in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October[82] and St. Paul, Minnesota, in November.[83]
VanderWaal released Just the Beginning on November 3, 2017.[84] She sang "Moonlight" on Megyn Kelly Today on the release date.[85] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 22.[86] She began her first solo concert tour, the Just the Beginning Tour, on November 5, 2017, which ran through February 2018.[87] By September 2017, the tour had sold out.[69] VanderWaal returned to Japan in late November to promote the album.[88] In December, she appeared on the Today show.[89] She is set to join Imagine Dragons as the opening act of the North American leg of their Evolve World Tour in the summer of 2018.[90]
VanderWaal's Instagram account has more than 2 million followers,[91] each of her YouTube channels has more than 1 million subscribers, with more than 200 million combined total views,[92] and her Facebook page has more than 1 million followers.[93]
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".[94] In another 2016 assessment, USA Today characterized VanderWaal's voice as "endearingly croaky".[24] Others called it "raspy"[95] or "timelessly soulful".[96] Lindsay Peoples wrote for New York Magazine: "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".[97] Billboard magazine praised VanderWaal's vocals on her debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect, finding them "reminiscent of a Taylor Swift-Regina Spektor hybrid".[98] Rolling Stone agreed.[99] Brianna Wiest of Teen Vogue 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. ... [W]e see ... 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."[100]
A review of VanderWaal's album Just the Beginning in USA Today stated: "VanderWaal's big-throated performance on 'A Better Life' channels Florence Welch and Miley Cyrus. 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."[84] A reviewer for The Buffalo News wrote that the "vast diversity in her songwriting ... makes her stand out as a truly unique and exquisite artist."[101] Selina Fragassi of the Chicago Sun-Times commented that, on the album, VanderWaal's "raspy-sweet-peculiar vocals recall Elle King, Regina Spektor and Katy Perry ... [and] proves herself a modern-day Mozart".[102] Joey Guerra and Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle similarly praised VanderWaal's "smart pop songs that beautifully showcase her persona and wonderfully peculiar rasp of a voice."[103] A reviewer for the Dallas Observer opined that VanderWaal's lyrics tackle "complicated issues with aplomb as her raspy, warbling voice undulates around each syllable."[104] A reviewer called VanderWaal's Seattle concert in February 2018 "a well balanced set of ballads and full energy songs. ... [H]er 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". [105]
Billboard magazine named VanderWaal to its 2016 21 Under 21 list of "music's hottest young stars",[31] and Variety listed her in its "Young Hollywood Impact Report 2017".[106] 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.[107] VanderWaal won the 2017 Radio Disney Music Award for Best New Artist[108] and a 2017 Teen Choice Award.[109] Refinery29 included her on its 2017 list of 29 young actors, singers and activists "on the verge of superstardom."[110] In 2017, Billboard named VanderWaal, for the second consecutive year, to its 21 Under 21 list.[111] Also in 2017, Fender named VanderWaal as its youngest Signature Series artist ever, and its first collaboration with a ukulele player; the instrument line is expected to be released in 2018.[112] VanderWaal received Billboard's 2017 Women in Music Rising Star Award.[113]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2016 | America's Got Talent | Won | |
Radio Disney Music Awards | Best New Artist | Won | |
2017 | Acoustic Music Awards | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Next Big Thing | Won | |
Billboard Women in Music 2017 | Rising Star Award | Won |
Discography
Albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US [86] |
AUS [114] |
CAN [115] |
BE (FL) [116] |
BE (WA) [117] |
JP [118] | ||
Just the Beginning |
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22 | 60 | 20 | 118 | 107 | 37 |
EPs
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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US [86] |
CAN [119] | ||
Perfectly Imperfect |
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9 | 11 |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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US Bub. [120] |
AUS [121] |
BEL (WA) Tip [117] |
JPN [122] | |||
"I Don't Know My Name" | 2016 | 24 | 82 | — | — | Perfectly Imperfect |
"Moonlight" | 2017 | — | — | 3 | — | Just the Beginning |
"So Much More Than This” | — | — | — | 43 | ||
"—" denotes that recording did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
See also
Notes
References
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- ^ a b Phull, Hardeep. "Katy Perry and Stevie Nicks think this teen singer is the next big thing", New York Post, December 21, 2017
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- ^ Rao, Naveen. "Grace VanderWaal Family: Things to Know About AGT 2016 Winner’s Parents", Earn the Necklace, September 15, 2016, accessed January 8, 2017
- ^ a b c John, Caroline. "Grace VanderWaal Family: 4 Things You Need To Know", Earn the Necklace, August 31, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016
- ^ a b Mallenbaum, Carly. "Exclusive: Grace VanderWaal's Perfectly Imperfect tracklist", USA Today, November 16, 2016, accessed November 17, 2016
- ^ a b D'Zurilla, Christie. "Grace VanderWaal performs 'I Don't Know My Name', shares her age-related angst on Today", Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2016
- ^ Nordstrom, Leigh. "Grace VanderWaal Balances Middle School With Marc Jacobs", Women's Wear Daily, November 3, 2017; and Bruner, Raisa. "Backstage With Pop's Youngest Rising Star Grace VanderWaal", Time magazine, November 16, 2017
- ^ Savayan, Tania. "AGT star Grace VanderWaal calls herself 'pretty bland'", USA Today (verified channel), YouTube, video at 2:16–2:38, September 15, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016
- ^ a b Sikorski, David. "Grace VanderWaal Reflects on Her Showstopping America’s Got Talent Performance", The Daily Beast, June 10, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016
- ^ Petit, Stephanie. "5 Things to Know About America's Got Talent Winner Grace Vanderwaal", People, September 15, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016
- ^ VanderWaal, Grace. "AGT Winner Grace VanderWaal Sings For Natalie & Kit!", World Airline's YouTube channel, video at 4:16–4:23, September 28, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016; and Roberts, Karen. "Check out Grace VanderWaal's ukuleles", The Journal News, July 31, 2016, December 10, 2016
- ^ Muppala, Savitha. "Grace VanderWaal's Popularity Creates Record Ticket Sales for AGT Show at Planet Hollywood", Movie News Guide, October 28, 2016
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- ^ Villanueva, Mariel Ann. "America’s Got Talent 2016 Grace VanderWaal to Sing Another Original for Live Shows?", Hall of Fame Magazine, August 12, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016; and Wicks, Amanda. "Grace VanderWaal’s Top 3 Cover Songs", Radio.com, June 9, 2016, accessed December 9, 2016
- ^ Weatherby, Taylor. "Grace VanderWaal's 10 Best Covers", Billboard, January 15, 2017
- ^ Roberts, Karen. "Grace VanderWaal is in L.A. for her next AGT appearance", The Journal News, September 9, 2016, December 10, 2016; and D'Onofrio, Michael. "AGT star Grace VanderWaal sings in Rockland", The Journal News, July 11, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016
- ^ Roberts, Karen and Sharon Rhodes. "Grace VanderWaal wins AGT, will sing in Vegas", The Journal News, September 15, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016
- ^ a b Izadi, Elahe. "'The next Taylor Swift' – Meet the 12-year-old singer-songwriter who won America's Got Talent", The Washington Post, September 15, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016
- ^ Spanos, Brittany. "America's Got Talent Star Grace VanderWaal Talks Songwriting, Katy Perry", Rolling Stone, June 9, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016
- ^ a b Mallenbaum, Carly. "Grace VanderWaal: 5 things we learned about the America's Got Talent phenom", USA Today, September 13, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016
- ^ Heldman, Breanne L. "America's Got Talent: Grace VanderWaal wows with original song about bullies", Entertainment Weekly, September 14, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016
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External links
- Official website
- VanderWaal's audition performance on America's Got Talent
- 2018 Documentary about VanderWaal by UPROXX
- 2004 births
- 21st-century American singers
- America's Got Talent winners
- American child singers
- American female singers
- American people of Dutch descent
- American ukulele players
- American singer-songwriters
- Columbia Records artists
- Living people
- People from Lenexa, Kansas
- People from Suffern, New York
- Singers from New York (state)
- Songwriters from New York (state)