Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter. She received extensive notice at an early age and was known for her distinctive vocals, often accompanying herself on ukulele.
VanderWaal began his musical career by posting videos of the original song and its cover on YouTube and performing on open mic nights near Suffern's hometown of New York. In September 2016, at the age of 12, he won the eleventh season of NBC's America's Got Talent TV show (AGT), singing the original song. In December 2016, he released his first EP, Perfect Not Perfect , on the Columbia Records label. She has appeared on Planet Hollywood Resort & amp; Casino in Las Vegas, Madison Square Garden, opening and closing of the 2017 Winter World Special Winter Games in Austria, various charity concerts, the Austin City Limits Music Festival and at some TV talk shows. She won the 2017 Disney Music Radio Award for Best New Artist and Teen Choice Award, has twice been crowned as the 21 Under 21 magazine's Advertisement Signature of the rising young music star. , and received the Billboard Women Award at the Music Rising Star Award.
In November 2017, VanderWaal released the full album, Just the Beginning, and then he made his first concert tour. He toured in mid-2018 with Imagine Dragons on their Evolve World Tour. She is set to star in the upcoming Disney movie Stargirl .
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 origin and works as vice president of marketing at LG Electronics. VanderWaal moved to Suffern, New York, where he lived with his parents and older sister; he also has an older brother. After winning the America's Got Talent , VanderWaal was home schooled and enrolled in an online course for grade 7, but returned to public school for grade 8. Initial music effort
VanderWaal started singing and composing songs at the age of three. As a teenager, he finds inspiring songwriting by watching movies and trying to imagine what a character feels, and "what if I were them, and writing songs." She decided to learn ukulele after watching a friend play family and watch video of Twenty One Pilots on YouTube. He then bought one, used the money he received for his 11th birthday, and watched more videos to teach himself how to play. He also plays saxophone in his school's marching band.
In 2015, VanderWaal began recording original covers and songs, accompanying himself on ukulele, and posting them on his original YouTube channel, "Oh forget me". He was among the musical influences of artists such as Jason Mraz, Twenty One Pilot and Katy Perry. He also began performing during open mic events in small places near his home and to study music theory. In July 2016, after auditions at AGT , VanderWaal performed at the Lafayette Theater in Suffern and at Ramapo's Summer Concert at the Palisades Credit Union Park.
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Careers
2016: American Talent Got
On June 7, 2016, VanderWaal auditioned for the eleventh season of NBC's talent show AGT , singing the original song about identity, "I Do not Know My Name". He was chosen by one of the show's judges, Howie Mandel, as his "golden bell" acting to pass the next round and perform in the quarter-finals of life. Simon Cowell calls VanderWaal "Taylor Swift next." Brittany Spanos in Rolling Stone magazine called the song "an emotional, exciting, and unique tone." VanderWaal continued to feature his original song on the show; for her next appearance in the quarterfinals on August 23, 2016, she sang "Beautiful Thing", a song she wrote for her sister. For the semi-finals on August 30, he performed "Light the Sky", and for the September 13 final, he sang "Clay", a song about dealing with bullies. AGT ' VanderWaal's audition video has garnered over 85 million views. This is classified as a YouTube video no. 5 who are trending in 2016.
VanderWaal again featured "I Do not Know My Name" in the final episode of September 14, then introduced the appearance of Stevie Nicks, who compared his own style with VanderWaal. At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal is announced as the winner of season 11. She is the second female winner and second child action winner in the event's history.
Post- Talent Got America
VanderWaal plans to use some of his triumph of AGT to donate to charity and buy two tree houses, built by a team from Treehouse Masters for himself and his sister. VanderWaal was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in September 2016, and he broadcast four sold-out shows at the PH Showroom in Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort & amp; The casino in October, performing with other AGT finalists . He was also the title of America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular in December at NBC, where he arranged "Frosty the Snowman".
VanderWaal signed a record deal with Columbia Records in September 2016 and released his debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect on December 2, 2016. Five songs on the EP include all four original VanderWaal songs from AGT and original other, "Gossip Girl", all produced by Greg Wells. The Walmart version featured one additional song, "Missing You (Coffeehouse Version)". EP debuted on the Billboard chart 200 albums at No. 1. 9 and is the best selling EP of 2016. The main single, "I Do not Know My Name", debuted at Billboard ' s Digital Ladder in No. 37 and on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at No. 24. Another song on EP, "Light the Sky", is featured as the background of the music in Google's "Year Search 2016" video.
VanderWaal promotes the EP with a series of appearances and performances. In November 2016, he performed "Light the Sky" and "Riptide" during breaks during the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and "I Do not Know My Name" at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2016, at NBC's Today and Christmas tree lighting in South Street Seaport, in New York City, where she also sings "Light the Sky". In December, she sang "I Do not Know My Name" on The Wendy Williams Show, at the annual fundraiser Cyndi Lauper at the Beacon Theater (where she also duets with Lauper on "True Colors"). , on CBS's The Talk , and on Z100's Jingle Ball Tour 2016 stop at Madison Square Garden. In reviewing the last show, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times commented: "One of the loudest receptioners of the evening was for Grace VanderWaal, a 12-year-old singer-songwriter." Later that month, VanderWaal returned to NBC's Today Show to sing "Light the Sky".
2017-present: First Start
In January 2017, VanderWaal sang "I Do not Know My Name" on Live with Kelly . She appeared above the Empire State Building for a couple engaged to a Valentine's Day event in the building in February. In March 2017, he appeared on WE Day Illinois at the Allstate Arena to celebrate youth action on social issues. He also sings "Light the Sky" at the annual "One Night for One Drop" benefit gala, hosted by Cirque du Soleil at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. That same month VanderWaal performed twice at the 2017 Winter Special Olympics in Austria, dueted with Jason Mraz on his two songs at the opening ceremony and performed his own songs at the closing ceremony. In April, he performed at the WE Day charity event in Seattle, and Los Angeles, and he appeared at the Radio Music Music Awards 2017. His performances may include a fundraiser at Ramapo High School in New Jersey for The Valley Hospital children's program. In June 2017, VanderWaal launched Perfect Not Perfect in Japan, did and met with fans there. She donated funds to help set up an elementary school choir at East Ramapo Central School District, sponsoring scholarships for senior graduates from Ramapo and Spring Valley High School chasing music and other choirs at Chestnut Ridge Middle School.
In early 2017, VanderWaal started working on a full-length album, eventually titled Just the Beginning, which he called "more produced... really the same sound... [but] lacking acoustics" than its debut EP. He told an interviewer for Rookie the magazine about how the process changed for the album, writing the song "on demand" with a collaborator: "I've never done this before; it's kind of weird to go into the room with a usually a guy 30 years old and just like 'Oh, let me open about my life for you and write a very personal song!' "In June, she participated in the opening of VidCon, YouTube OnStage , at the Arena at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, where she premiered the first single from her upcoming album," Moonlight ". He then released additional singles from the album. In July, she performed at Starkey Gala in St. Petersburg. Paul, Minnesota, to support the charity activities of hearing. In August, he returned to AGT as a guest, singing "Moonlight". In the same month, Windex used VanderWaal's "Beautiful Thing" as the soundtrack for commercials, Honda used the cover of "Over the Rainbow" for Japanese commercials, and SheKnows Media rated "I Do not Know My Name" as one of 16 most empowering songs for women so far in 2017. In September, VanderWaal performed at Live with Kelly and Ryan . That same month, she appeared in Treehouse Masters in an episode of the tree house that VanderWaal had planned since her performance at AGT, and modeled on New York Fashion Week for Marc Jacobs. She also promoted the album with performances in September at Ellen and in October at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where she was "[o] ne from the greatest escape act of the fest... that soaring sounds and songs -lovely pop popu... the crowds. "She performed at more WE Day events in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October and St.. Paul, Minnesota, in November.
VanderWaal released Just i Beginning on November 3, 2017. She sang "Moonlight" on Megyn Kelly Today on the release date. The album debuted on the Billboard chart 200 albums at No. 1. 22. He started his first solo concert tour, Just the Beginning Tour, on November 5, 2017, which runs through February 2018. In September 2017, the tour has sold out. VanderWaal returned to Japan in late November to promote the album. In December, she appeared on the Today event. In March 2018, VanderWaal traveled to Kenya with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to help the deaf youth there. In April, she appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She is the opening act for Imagine Dragons on their North American leg of Evolve World Tour from June to August 2018. Vanderwaal is set to star in her first movie as the title character at the upcoming Disney Stargirl, based on the 2000 novel of the same name. The film will be featured on Disney's new streaming platform which is expected to be introduced in 2019.
Instagram account VanderWaal has more than 2.7 million followers, its YouTube channel has more than 2.7 million subscribers, and its Facebook page has more than 1 million followers.
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Reputation and rewards
In 2016, Julia Lennox of AndPop.com reviewed 15 covers of VanderWaal songs posted on her YouTube channel, praising her arrangements, vocal delivery, musical tastes, and "the combination of pride, attitudes, and beliefs she brings to every cover". In another assessment in 2016, USA Today characterizes VanderWaal's voice as "a frightening smile". Others call it "hoarse" or "immortal soul". Lindsay Peoples writes for New York Magazine : "The songs [VanderWaal] write and perform on AGT are not only interesting but emotional and unique to her own voice, raw mix and the people". Billboard magazine praised VanderWaal's vocals on her debut EP,
VanderWaal's "Just the Beginning" album review at USA Today states: "VanderWaal's great performance on 'A Better Life' channel, Florence Welch and Miley Cyrus There is a certain chirp in VanderWaal's voice reminiscent of Swift, but on the contrary, his vocals are closer to Sia in his voice-filled pronunciation... VanderWaal sounds like a 13-year-old singer in his song, in the best possible way With a refreshingly green sound, he launches himself in a big chorus with total restraints. "The reviewer for
The reviewer called the Seattle VanderWaal concert in February 2018 "a balanced ballad collection and songs full of energy.... [H] er stage and style are age-appropriate chic boho suitable for teen-themed works, but old-soul- his mind... The set is full of amazingly sweet comments and vocals ". Abby Jones of Billboard writes that her appearance from her single "Clear" on The Late Show in 2018 is "moving... fascinating... mature, powerful". A reviewer for Mass Live said about her performance on a tour in June 2018 that she "was a wonderful surprise... holding her own in the arena of rock. [She] won over the crowds." Later that month, a tour observer noted, at Argus Leader, "the odd crown flower, the exuberant attitude and the incredible sound...... VanderWaal amazed the audience". The other wrote in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that "VanderWaal is one of the youngest players in Summerfest this year, he is also one of the most talented, bringing a sweet, slightly frayed rasp to assure pop songs".
Billboard magazine named VanderWaal to list 2016 21 Under 21 "hottest young music star," and Variety listed her name in "Young Hollywood Impact" Report 2017 "He is a finalist in the Best Female Artist category at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2017, the youngest finalist in award history.VanderWaal won the Disney Music 2017 Music Award for Best New Artist and Teen Choice Award 2017. putting it on the 2017 list of 29 young actors, singers and activists "on the verge of superstardom." In 2017, Billboard named VanderWaal, for the second year in a row, to list 21 Under 21 Also in 2017, Fender named VanderWaal as the youngest ever Signature Series artist, and its first collaboration with ukulele players, the instrument line is expected to be released in 2018. VanderWaal received Billboard 2017 Women at M usic Rising Star Award.
Awards and nominations
Discography
Albums
Singles
See also
Note
References
External links
- Official website
- 2018 Documentary on VanderWaal by UPROXX
- Vandewaal's "Small Desk Concert" at NPR
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