Grace 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 of Suffern, New York. In September 2016, at 12, she won the eleventh season of the NBC TV competition show America’s Got Talent, singing her originals. In December 2016, she released her first EP, Perfectly Imperfect, on Columbia Records. 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, followed by her first concert tour. She is touring in mid-2018 with Imagine Dragons in their Evolve World Tour. Alas, she is set to star in Disney’s upcoming film Stargirl. It is just the beginning for Grace VanderWaal, but she will be a spectacular, unforgettable closing act for your event.
