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kaitlyn april 11 , 2009 performing at the national cherry blossom festival on -lsb- http://www.kaitlynmaher.com/ www.kaitlynmaher.com.usa -rsb- 2007 -- present -lrb- singer -rrb- kaitlyn maher
 solo_singer 10 january 2004 vocals , piano , guitar pop/rock , religious kaitlyn maher forum photo crop.jpg novi , michigan , united states kaitlyn ashley maher child singer , actress
kaitlyn maher

kaitlyn ashley maher -lrb- born january 10 , 2004 -rrb- is an american child singer and actress born in michigan , and raised in ashburn , virginia .
in 2008 , at the age of 4 , she appeared on the third season of `` america 's got talent '' and for her audition sang `` somewhere out there '' .
she advanced through four rounds of competition and one was of the final ten contestants , the youngest person to ever reach that level .
maher has since appeared live at the great kids expo in chantilly , virginia , on october 25 , 2008 , a live broadcast of the 2008 lighting of the national christmas tree , on december 4 , 2008 , attended by president george w. bush and over 7,000 guests , and the 2009 cherry blossom festival on april 11 , 2009 .
on october 3 , 2009 , maher was the opening act of the addi and cassi hempel fund benefit .
maher has appeared in a harris teeter commercial airing during december 2008 .
she was also selected by compassion international as its first ever child ambassador , visited children in el salvador with compassion , got to meet her sponsored child , and shot a music video to her title song `` you were meant to be . ''
maher signed a recording deal late in 2009 with indie extreme for the release of her debut album `` you were meant to be '' .
the album was released december 15 , 2009 .
kaitlyn appeared in the disney direct to video movie `` santa buddies '' as the voice for the character , tiny , which was released on november 24 , 2009 .
maher played the orphan quinn in `` the search for santa paws '' released as a direct to video on november 23 , 2010 which had its television premiere on the disney channel in december 2011 .
she played sarah reynolds in the sequel titled `` santa paws 2 : the santa pups '' released on november 20 , 2012 .
on her official twitter account it was once mentioned by maher that a new album had been planned .
it is yet to be confirmed .
