Grace Leer

Grace Leer, a Northern California native started singing at age 6, she knew there was nothing else she would love more than being on stage with a microphone in her hand, making people feel something through her voice. Throughout her younger years, Grace sang anywhere and everywhere she could throughout the Bay Area as well as playing competitive soccer and excelling in her schoolwork. She earned a soccer scholarship to the University California Berkeley to play Division 1 soccer where she not only was voted “Captain” her senior year but led the Bears to the NCAA tournament each of her 4 years. After graduating from Berkeley, Grace headed to Nashville to pursue her dream of becoming a country music singer/songwriter.

Holding down a full time Sales Position and performing and writing songs for 4 years, Grace auditioned for Season 18 of American Idol. Moving through the competition quickly, it was Katy Perry’s reaction to Her performance of “Natural Woman” during Idol’s Top 40 Showcase; “She literally came out her and made everyone else look like they were on a talent show” [Katy Perry] which landed Grace in the Top 20 but then onto Top 10! As American Idol came to an end Grace headed back to Nashville with a massive fan base and proceeded to sign her first Record and Publishing deal with 19 Entertainment/Industrial Media, a Management deal with Red Light Management, Empire Publishing and UTA. She also made her Ryman Auditorium debut in November of 2020. Grace hit the songwriting room hard, getting in rooms with Nashville’s best songwriters to find what truly makes her “Grace”. After a year, she has found her voice and her sound that incorporates her California roots and her favorite things about 90’s country. She released her Debut EP with Producers Dan Fernandez and Jared Hampton in 2021. Grace continues to hit the stage performing and writing.

In addition to her love of song writing and performing, Grace has always had a love of acting and filmmaking. She made her Acting Debut in the Supporting Actress role of Riley in the Hallmark Film, “Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas” which debuted on November 2023 and aired throughout the holiday season. She also wrote, recorded and released “Star on top of The Tree” a song that in addition to making several holiday playlists, was featured in the Hallmark Film!

A multi talented singer, songwriter, actress, model and athlete, Grace heads into 2024 with more music to release another EP in the works and perhaps more filmmaking, stay tuned.