Teen sensation Katelyn Tarver still only 18 years old is a veteran of several years in the music industry beginning with were appearance as a finalist at the American Idol Juniors as a thirteen year old. She possesses all the poise that you would expect from a girl who performed on television before more than thirty-five million people. She drew rave reviews at the time from Deborah Gibson (remember her as the teen pop star Debbie), Gladys Knight, Brian McKnight and Ryan Seacrest.

Katelyn Tarver's debut CD Wonderful Crazy was released in early November 2006 and was followed up with entering into an agreement with Disney Radio to become one of their incubator artists. It seems as though everything the young woman from Georgia touches turns to gold.

Tarver has appeared as a model and acted in commercials for VH1, MTV, Cosmo Girl and Teen People. She was also featured in the spring 2005 issue of Super Model Unlimited.

Even more impressive is the fact that the producers for The Barbie Diaries movie invited her to be the body double for the animated character. How is that you say? Let Katelyn explain, "It's an animated movie from Mattel and I am Barbie. They did motion captures. I didn't do her voice or anything like that. I'm her motions. Have you ever heard of motion capture? They used it in Polar Express with Tom Hanks. You get in this spandex suit with sensors. These cameras pick up the sensors and they pick up the motion from your moves. It was pretty interesting. We did it at a place called Curious Pictures in New York. We go in and I put on these spandex pants and this spandex shirt thing. You put on sensors that are hooked to your elbows and knees and places where your joints bend. They use these little cameras to pick up the sensors. Somehow they make animation out of that.  I have seen a rough version of (Barbie) It's cool. I was like, wow that's me. There is a scene in which she rocks out playing a guitar and that was a lot of fun to do. It was cool to watch. It was really neat." Somebody else's voice is being used for Barbie. Katelyn says, "I had to lip sync to the audio. I am not sure who they used (for the voice of Barbie). "

It is refreshing to talk to a teen that is comfortable being a teenage girl, and enjoying the ride without becoming jaded or stuck on her. Katelyn presents a fresh face with a bouncy attitude.  When pondering a question posed to her she starts off with a lazy Georgia drawl, and then at breakneck speed dives into the conversation before switching gears, and heading off in another direction.