Esmée Denters was only 17-years-old when she started covering Mariah Carey and Beyonce songs on Youtube. She started out as a pancake house waitress with a webcam and a dream, and it all has dominoed from there.

Esmée has become one of the first artists signed to Justin Timberlake’s Tennman Records after discovering her talent in 2008.

She began working with Timberlake on her debut album, “Outta Here“, which is due out in stores on May 22, 2009. Her first single from the album is also named “Outta Here” and you can view the making of the video, below:

Listen to her song from 2008′s Youtube Live, called “Follow My Lead“:

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For more information this talented artist, please visit her official website, her MySpace page, her Facebook, or follow her on Twitter.