This winter, Jordan Pruitt had the chance of a lifetime: opening up for the High School Musical Tour. But this amazing experience was 11 years in the making -- 15-year-old Jordan started singing in public when she was 4 years old and began writing songs before she hit junior high school. Now, this Georgia girl is labelmates with some pretty huge stars, including Aly & AJ, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, and more. After lending her voice to the soundtracks of movies like Jump In!, Read It and Weep, and Air Puppies, Jordan's finally releasing her own full album -- No Ordinary Girl, out Feb. 6. Before you score the album, meet the smiley Southerner behind those poppy tunes.

What was it like on the High School Musical tour? Did you learn anything from them?
It’s such an honor to be opening for HSM! This is such an amazing experience, and I’m so glad that I am getting to participate in something so awesome. I learned the dance routine to "We're all in this Together."

What's your favorite song to perform? Which song on the album is most personal to you?
I love "Miss Popularity" because it’s the most fun to perform and sing live. "Waiting For You" is my favorite song on the album, but the song that is the most personal to me would be "Outside Looking In."

What's been your favorite video to make?
They have all been so much fun! But I really loved "Outside Looking In."

Your album is called No Ordinary Girl. How are you ordinary, and how are you not ordinary?
I’m ordinary in that I like to hang out with my friends and family, I love fishing with my Dad, and like most girls, I love to shop! Being "No Ordinary Girl" doesn’t mean I’m perfect or don’t make mistakes -- it just means that doing the right thing is important to me, which means understanding and accepting consequences, and striving to be the very best I can be. It also means that I don’t feel to pressured to make decisions based other [people]'s opinions just to fit in.

How would your friends describe you?
I think very outgoing, caring, friendly, and very positive.

You've said that you felt left out in growing up. What advice would you give kids who are in the same position now?
Learn to appreciate the value of what you have to offer. You may feel left out because it conflicts with your values or principles. Remember not to keep score so often. Life changes things -- those who barely acknowledged me in school suddenly want to be my friend now.