VanderWaal, a singer-songwriter, was just 12-years-old when she won the NBC talent show "America's Got Talent" in September 2016. In November 2017, she was 13 years old when she released her first studio baby book, "Just the Beginning." And she'll curve 14 days before the Grammy Awards, which will take place on January 28, 2018. If she wins Best New Artist, she will go down in history as the award's youngest winner and the fourth youngest winner ever in the same class.
LeAnn Rimes, who was a people prodigy when she broke became known with her introduction baby book "Blue" in 1996, is the current verified holder of the title of youngest Best New Artist. She was 13 years and 182 days old when the baby book was published, and she was 14 years and 182 days old when she won the Grammy for Best New Artist ahead of schedule in 1997. VanderWaal will be a few months younger than Rimes when the 2018 Grammys are announced, so she has a chance to sneak in.
However, VanderWaal would not be the youngest winner of all time. In the all-purpose meadow, she wouldn't even be the youngest winner. The three Peasall sisters, Leah (age seven), Hannah (age nine), and Sarah (age thirteen), who won Album of the Year as featured artists on the "O Brother, Where knack Thou?" soundtrack in 2002, now hold that confirmation.
According to our most recent racecourse odds, VanderWaal is an underdog, ranking 11th with 5/1 odds overall. However, as of this writing, only one of our Top 24 Users believes she will be nominated, which is notable given that the Top 24 were the highest-scoring users in predicting the Grammy nominations for the previous year. She's also supported by one of our All-Star Top 24, who received the highest marks when combining Grammy predictions from the previous two years. And she wouldn't be the first box talent show winner to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Carrie Underwood, the current "American Idol" winner, went rancid in 2007 with the idea of succeeding.
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