Grace VanderWaal
American singer-songwriter
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May 2025 | Begins her Childstar Tour. |
April 4 2025 | Released her second studio album 'Childstar' through Pulse Records, expanding her musical discography. |
2024 | Grace VanderWaal announces upcoming singles 'Call It What You Want' and 'What's Left of Me' |
2024 | Grace VanderWaal will appear in the film 'Megalopolis' in the role of Vesta Sweetwater |
2024 | Performs a 'raspy, rousing version' of 'The Impossible Dream' at the Kennedy Center Honors, which honored Francis Ford Coppola. |
2023 | VanderWaal releases the single 'Boyfriends' |
2023 | Performs live in Brooklyn, New York, playing unreleased music at two shows. |
2022 | Grace VanderWaal releases the single 'Lion's Den' |
2022 | Stars in the sequel 'Hollywood Stargirl'. |
2022 | Grace VanderWaal graduated from the Laurel Springs School. |
June 3 2022 | Reprises her role as Stargirl in the Disney+ film 'Hollywood Stargirl'. |
2021 | VanderWaal releases singles 'Don't Assume What You Don't Know' and 'Repeat' |
2020 | Grace VanderWaal releases 'Today and Tomorrow' for the Stargirl soundtrack |
2020 | Makes her acting debut, starring as Susan 'Stargirl' Caraway in the Disney+ musical drama film 'Stargirl'. |
2019 | The New York State Senate awarded VanderWaal its Women of Distinction honor for her efforts to expand musical education in the East Ramapo Central School District. |
2019 | VanderWaal releases multiple singles including 'Stray', 'Hidaway' for the Wonder Park soundtrack, and 'Ur So Beautiful', 'Waste My Time', and 'I Don't Like You' from her Letters Vol. 1 project |
2019 | Opens for Florence and the Machine, and then conducts her own 'Ur So Beautiful' tour. |
2019 | Releases her second EP 'Letters Vol. 1'. |
2019 | VanderWaal launched her Ur So Beautiful Tour as a headlining tour. |
2019 | She opened for Florence and the Machine during their High as Hope Tour. |
November 22 2019 | Released her second EP 'Letters Vol. 1' through Columbia Records, continuing her musical career following her initial success. |
2018 | VanderWaal received the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Push Artist. |
2018 | Fender released VanderWaal's signature ukulele instrument line. |
2018 | Grace VanderWaal releases the single 'Clearly' |
2018 | Tours with Imagine Dragons as part of their Evolve World Tour. |
2018 | Won New Artist of the Year and Best 3 New Artists at the 32nd Japan Gold Disc Awards |
2018 | Tours with Imagine Dragons on their Evolve World Tour. |
March 2018 | Travels to Kenya with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to help hearing-impaired youth. |
2017 | VanderWaal was a finalist in the Best Female Artist category at the International Acoustic Music Awards, becoming the youngest finalist in the awards' history. |
2017 | VanderWaal won the Radio Disney Music Award for Best New Artist. |
2017 | Fender named VanderWaal its youngest Signature Series artist ever and first collaboration with a ukulele player. |
2017 | VanderWaal won a Teen Choice Award. |
2017 | Releases her first full-length studio album 'Just the Beginning', which debuts at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard 200. |
2017 | Conducts her first concert tour in support of 'Just the Beginning'. |
2017 | VanderWaal released two singles 'Moonlight' and 'So Much More Than This' from her album Just the Beginning, with 'Moonlight' reaching #3 on the charts |
2017 | VanderWaal received the Rising Star Award at Billboard Women in Music |
2017 | Grace VanderWaal embarked on her first headlining tour, the Just the Beginning Tour, which ran from 2017 to 2018. |
November 3 2017 | Releases her first full-length album 'Just the Beginning', which debuts at No. 22 on the Billboard 200, and begins her first solo concert tour. |
November 3 2017 | Releases her first full-length album 'Just the Beginning', which debuts at No. 22 on the Billboard 200. |
March 2017 | Performs at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, duetting with Jason Mraz at the opening ceremony and performing her own songs at the closing ceremony. |
2016 | Billboard magazine named VanderWaal to its 21 Under 21 list of 'music's hottest young stars', marking her first inclusion in this prestigious recognition. |
2016 | Grace VanderWaal releases her debut single 'I Don't Know My Name', which peaks at chart position 24 on one chart and 82 on another, from her EP Perfectly Imperfect |
December 2016 | Releases her debut EP 'Perfectly Imperfect' with Columbia Records and Syco Music, which becomes the best-selling EP of the year. |
December 2 2016 | Releases her debut EP 'Perfectly Imperfect' through Columbia Records, which debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and becomes the best-selling EP of 2016. |
October 2016 | Headlined four sold-out concerts at the PH Showroom in Las Vegas, performing with other AGT finalists. |
September 2016 | At age 12, VanderWaal wins the eleventh season of America's Got Talent by performing her original songs. |
September 14 2016 | VanderWaal wins America's Got Talent Season 11, becoming the second female and second child winner in the show's history. |
September 13 2016 | During AGT finals, VanderWaal performed her original song 'Clay', addressing the topic of bullying. |
August 30 2016 | During AGT semi-finals, VanderWaal performed her original song 'Light the Sky'. |
August 23 2016 | Performed 'Beautiful Thing' for the AGT quarterfinals, a song she wrote for her sister. |
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