Taylor Marie Ware (born September 17, 1994) is an American singer and

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er from

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. Before Ware knew how to yodel, she performed at a county fair at age four. Her talent was singing and playing a

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. When she was six she decided to sing to seniors, so she started an Adopt-a-Grandparent program. She taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, after going to a music convention with country singer Naomi Hills. In 2003, at age 9, Ware won $10,000 in the

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Yodel Challenge and the Sonic Search for a Star. She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. She also participated in a challenge to beat a

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. Ware performed on the ''

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'' with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old. When Ware was nine, she was given a dog as a gift by

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after she appeared on his now defunct television show, ''

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''. She named the dog Brady after him. Ware honed her yodeling skills while taking lessons from country music star

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who is known worldwide as the Tennessee Yodeler. At age eleven, she competed on

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'' and advanced to the final competition (which aired on August 16, 2006). She was one of the top three finalists but she lost to 11-year-old

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and Irish step-dancers/fiddlers, Celtic Spring. The million-dollar prize was later awarded to Ryan. Ware was an opening act at the

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for singer

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on December 29, 2006, performing the

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. Ware released her self-titled debut album in 2004. In 2007, she released her second album, titled ''America's Yodeling Sweetheart.'' She appeared in an episode of ''

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/ref> She also has appeared in commercials for Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Ware's younger brother, Harrison, is also a singer and yodeler. He has performed onstage at the

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Discography

''Taylor Ware'' track listing: #"He Taught Me How To Yodel" #"Take My Brother Please" #"Shuffle Song" #"Chime Bells" #"Grandpa" #"All I Ever Wanted Was A Pup" #"The Rose" #"When You're Down To Nothing" #"Cowboy's Sweetheart" #"9 to 5" #"Save Your Kisses For Me" #"Amazing Grace" ''America's Yodeling Sweetheart'' track listing: # "How Does She Yodel?" # "Yodeling Cowgirls" # "Mockingbird Yodel" # "Chocolate Ice Cream Cone" # "Taylor's Yodel" # "Cowboy's Sweetheart" # "My Little Lady Who" # "Nola" # "Hillbilly Fever" # "Jesse The Yodeling Cowgirl" # "He Taught Me How To Yodel" # "Yodel Your Troubles Away"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ware, Taylor 1994 births 21st-century American singers Singer-songwriters from Tennessee American child singers American women country singers American country singer-songwriters America's Got Talent contestants Living people People from Franklin, Tennessee Yodelers 21st-century American women singers Country musicians from Tennessee