Grace VanderWaal was born on the fifteenth January 2004, and she is a highly prominent American songwriter and singer. She has very unique vocal styles, and she has been well-known for writing expressive songs using a ukulele to compose them.

She commenced her music career by doing original music video covers and open mic contests held near her house. She is a winner of America’s Got Talent, a television talent search show airing on NBC. She released her first extended play named Perfectly Imperfect under the record label of Columbia. She has also released a full-length album that she called Just the Beginning in the year 2017. Two years later, she decided to launch her second extended play, Letters Volume 1, in 2019.

Early Life

She commenced her musical journey at the young age of three by making songs. She has found inspiration as a preteen while watching movies and imagining the emotions of the characters. She also learned to play the ukulele after watching Twenty One Pilots, the band, perform on YouTube. She brought herself a ukulele from the money she received after her eleventh birthday. She also started playing in the school’s marching band, where she played saxophone.

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Career Beginning

She did several original song covers and posted them on YouTube. She also opened up about her melodic inspirations and named TOP, Jason Marz, and Katy Perry. She also did open mic performances in small places near her home and did auditions at AGT. She also found an opportunity to perform at the Lafayette Theatre and a series of summer concerts held in the Credit Union Park.

She used her winnings from AGT to buy two tree houses and make a donation to a charity. Her treehouse was built by the Treehouse Masters team that she brought for herself and her sister. She has signed a record label deal with Columbia Records, and she has released multiple albums with them. Her breakout extended play album was named Perfectly Imperfect, and it included five songs, out of which she performed four at the AGT stage. The single from the play called Gossip Girl was produced by the prominent Greg Wells. Her breakout album quickly landed in the charts of Billboard 200, ranking up at the ninth spot. This album was the bestselling extended play of 2016, and the leading single named I don’t know my name broke out on digital song sales at a global spot of thirty-seven.

Personal Life

She is originally from Kansas, and she lived in the city of Lenexa. Her father acquired the post of marketing vice president at the megacorporation, LG Electronics. This job allowed their family to make a shift to New York, where they resided in Suffern. She later earned a move to South Carolina and won America’s Got Talent in the year 2016. She has enrolled in 7th Grade courses since being homeschooled but later decided to attend a public school.

Net Worth

Grace Vanderwaal has a current approximate net worth of about 2 million USD.