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Grace Elizabeth Weber (born June 28th, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. She was named a 2010 Spotlight Artist to Watch in Billboard Magazine's August 7th, 2010 issue and has been touring nationally since 2008. She performed on the Oprah Winfrey Show in November 2009 as part of Oprah's Karaoke Challenge, having been hand picked as one of eight people to perform on the show out of hundreds of thousands of online video entries.

Grace released her first solo album, "Hope & Heart," in September 2011. The album debuted at #8 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Charts and also charted at #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Grace recorded "Hope & Heart" with Grammy Award winning producer, Mike Mangini (Joss Stone, Diane Birch). Grace is now working on her sophomore album.

Early Life
Weber was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, the third child of four to Ralph Weber, a lawyer, and Patricia Mueller, a teacher. Weber grew up among a large extended family of musicians, her mother being one of ten children, all of whom were required by their father to learn an instrument. Weber joined the Milwaukee Children's Choir at age 10 and began singing the National Anthem for different sporting events around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At twelve, Weber joined the Inner City Youth Gospel Choir in Milwaukee and began singing gospel music at churches and revivals around the city.

Weber performed on the nationally televised, Showtime At The Apollo at The Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY at age 16 and within the same year sang at the wedding of Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra in Santa Barbara, California. Weber was chosen as a Silver Award Winner in Popular Voice through the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (Young Arts) in 2006 and became a 2006 Presidential Scholar in the Arts through the NFAA. Weber performed at the Kennedy Center in 2006 as a part of the Presidential Scholar program.

Weber attended New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and created a major in Music Performance and Music Marketing with a minor in Studio Art. Weber graduated from NYU in May 2010.