<P> VanderWaal began composing her first songs at age three, using a wireless microphone . As a preteen, she found songwriting inspiration by watching movies and trying to imagine what a character was feeling, and "what it would be like if I were them, and wrote a song ." She was inspired to learn the ukulele after watching a family friend play and seeing a Twenty One Pilots video on YouTube . She then bought one, using money she had received for her 11th birthday, and watched more videos to teach herself how to play . She has also played the saxophone in her school's marching band . After learning to play the ukulele, VanderWaal began to perform during open mic events at small venues near her home and to study music theory . In July 2016, after her audition on AGT, VanderWaal performed at the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern and at the Ramapo Summer Concert Series at Palisades Credit Union Park . </P> <P> In 2015, VanderWaal began to record song covers and original songs, accompanying herself on ukulele, and post them on her YouTube channel, "Oh Never mind it's just me". Julia Lennox of AndPop.com reviewed 15 of VanderWaal's covers, praising her arrangements, vocal delivery, musical taste, and "the combination of sass, attitude and confidence she brings to every cover". She includes among her musical influences such artists as Jason Mraz, Twenty One Pilots and Katy Perry . </P> <P> On the June 7, 2016, broadcast during the eleventh season of NBC's AGT, VanderWaal auditioned with her original song, "I Don't Know My Name", and was Howie Mandel's "golden buzzer" act . Simon Cowell called VanderWaal "the next Taylor Swift ." Brittany Spanos in Rolling Stone magazine termed the song an "emotional, catchy, quirky tune". VanderWaal continued to perform only original songs on the show, including her next performance at the quarterfinals on August 23, 2016, titled "Beautiful Thing", a song written for her sister; USA Today characterized VanderWaal's voice as "endearingly croaky". Others have called it "raspy" and "timelessly soulful". For the semifinals on August 30, she performed "Light the Sky", and for the September 13 finals, she sang "Clay", a song about dealing with bullies . Lindsay Peoples wrote for New York Magazine: "The songs she wrote and performed on AGT were not only catchy but emotional and unique to her own sound, a mix of raw and folk". AGT's video of VanderWaal's audition has accumulated more than 70 million views . It was ranked as the No. 5 trending YouTube video of 2016 . </P> <P> VanderWaal again performed "I Don't Know My Name" for the September 14 finale episode, then introduced a performance by Stevie Nicks, who compared her style with VanderWaal's and said, "(W) e like to be a little different...and not like anybody else . She's got it . Whatever happens, Grace is going to the top ." At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner . She was the second female winner and second child act winner in the show's history . </P>

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