19 Facts About Grace Vanderwaal

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Grace Vanderwaal is known for her distinctive vocals and has often accompanied herself on the ukulele.

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Grace Vanderwaal next toured in mid-2018 with Imagine Dragons in their Evolve World Tour, and in 2019, after opening in a tour for Florence and the Machine, she headlined her own Ur So Beautiful tour.

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3.

Grace Vanderwaal made her acting debut in 2020, starring as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway in the Disney+ musical drama film Stargirl, followed by its 2022 sequel Hollywood Stargirl.

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4.

Grace Vanderwaal has been named to Billboard magazine's 21 Under 21 list of fast-rising young music stars five times and is the youngest person ever included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 music list.

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5.

Grace Vanderwaal is set to graduate from the Laurel Springs School in 2022.

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6.

Grace Vanderwaal asked for one for her 11th birthday but her mother refused, thinking she would never learn to play it.

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7.

Grace Vanderwaal includes among her musical influences such artists as Jason Mraz, Twenty One Pilots and Katy Perry.

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8.

Grace Vanderwaal began to perform during open mic events at small venues near her home and to study music theory.

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9.

Grace Vanderwaal 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.

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10.

Grace Vanderwaal was the second female winner and the second child winner in the show's history.

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11.

Grace Vanderwaal 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.

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12.

Grace Vanderwaal donated funds to help establish an elementary school show choir in the East Ramapo Central School District, sponsored scholarships for graduating seniors from each of Ramapo and Spring Valley High Schools pursuing music and another show choir at Chestnut Ridge Middle School.

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13.

Grace Vanderwaal sang "Moonlight" on Megyn Kelly Today on the release date.

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14.

Grace Vanderwaal began her first solo concert tour, the Just the Beginning Tour, on November 5,2017, which ran through February 2018.

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15.

Grace Vanderwaal was the opening act for Imagine Dragons in the North American leg of their Evolve World Tour from June to August 2018.

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16.

Grace Vanderwaal made several tour stops in the southeastern US with Florence and the Machine in June 2019 and conducted her own North American tour, titled "Ur So Beautiful", in August and September 2019, with an additional performance in November.

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17.

Grace Vanderwaal has been cast in an upcoming film, Megalopolis, written and to be directed by Francis Ford Coppola; production is set to begin later in 2022.

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18.

Grace Vanderwaal was a finalist in the Best Female Artist category at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2017, the youngest finalist in the awards' history.

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19.

Grace Vanderwaal is the youngest person ever included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 music list.

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