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The freshman sets the tone

Mouthing off Musical.ly star Martin takes anywhere from 10 minutes to two hours to film her lip-synced videos.

Baby Ariel

Name

Ariel Martin

Age

15

Audience

Musical.ly: 13.1 million; Instagram: 2.9 million; YouTube: 1.3 million

Specialty

Lip-synced videos

Recent hit

A tousled-haired Martin offers her rendition of the 14-second

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