Sara Beth Bareilles
(; born December 7, 1979) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. [2]
She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard
Pop 100 chart. Bareilles' vocal range registers from contralto to mezzo-soprano.
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Biography
Early life and family
Bareilles was born and raised in
Eureka,
California. She participated in the high school choir, Limited Edition, and local community theater musical productions, including her high school's production of
Little Shop of Horrors
as Audrey.
[3] She graduated from Eureka Senior High School in June 1998, having been voted "Most Talented" in the senior yearbook of that year.
Her family resides in the Eureka, Sacramento and Santa Cruz areas of California.
Bareilles attended
UCLA, where she was a member of the co-ed
a cappella group Awaken A Cappella,
[4] and can be heard on their
Dysfunktional Family
Album singing Gravity and I Want You Back by the Jackson 5.
[5] The group's rendition of Bareilles' "Gravity" was featured on the
Best of College A Cappella 2004
compilation CD. Sara also stated on MTV's
TRL
that she and the band
Maroon 5 go back far to their younger days in California when the band was known as Kara's Flowers. She performed in the annual student concert,
UCLA Spring Sing, winning twice.
Career
After graduating from college in 2002, Bareilles performed at local bars and clubs (such as the
Hotel Café and Genghis Cohen in Los Angeles), building a following, before performing in larger venues. She issued two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003:
The First One
in April and
The Summer Sessions
in October. In 2004, she appeared as a singer in a bar in the indie film
Girl Play
, performing the song "Undertow".
In January 2004, Bareilles released her first studio album,
Careful Confessions
. She signed a contract with
Epic Records' A&R executive Pete Giberga on April 15, 2005. The remainder of the year and early 2006 were spent writing and reworking songs for her upcoming album. Her song, "Gravity," appears briefly in the 2006 independent film
Loving Annabelle
. She also toured as the opening act in 2006 for
Marc Broussard's "Carencro" tour.
In mid-2004 she opened for
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden during their inaugural headline tour, supported
Guster on their first UK tour and co-headlined a tour with
Jon McLaughlin. In 2007, Bareilles toured as the opening act for
Aqualung and
Mika, and later that year opened for several shows on both
Maroon 5 and
Paolo Nutini's U.S. tours. She also opened for
James Blunt on his U.S. Tour in association with VH1 You Oughta Know.
In June 2007,
iTunes featured Bareilles' single "
Love Song" as the free single of the week. The following month, her major-label debut
Little Voice
shot to #1 on the list of most downloaded albums of the music store
[6] in its first week of release, and debuted at #45 on the
Billboard 200 chart. After being featured on a
Rhapsody commercial in 2007, "Love Song" began climbing the pop charts, jumping from #73 to #16 in one week. As of December 27, 2007, "Love Song" has entered the top 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Bareilles performed the song on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
on Thursday, January 17, 2008, and on
the Today
show on Thursday, February 21, 2008.
As of February 14, 2008,
Little Voice
has been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album peaked in the Billboard 200 at #7.
[7] Bareilles' single, "Love Song" was certified 2x platinum in April 2008.
She toured with
Counting Crows and Maroon 5 between July 22 and August 26, 2008. The first stop was
Virginia Beach, Virginia and the last stop
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
[8] Bareilles was selected as MTV artist of the week for July 7 - 11 and appeared again on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
on Wednesday, July 9, 2008; and on December 9, 2008 (with
Ingrid Michaelson).
On October 28, 2008, Bareilles released "Live At The Fillmore" on DVD and CD. The package is a recording of her first headlining tour at the famous
Fillmore in
San Francisco. She concluded the tour in her home town of Eureka, California on December 19, 2008, at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.
In December 2008, a single with
Ingrid Michaelson titled "Winter Song" was released off the compilation
The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs
. The two performed it on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
, and an animated video was released.
During the spring of 2009 Bareilles was on her second headlining tour, the "Gravity Tour," to promote the third and final single from her album
Little Voice. She made her second appearance in
Charlottesville, VA during
UVA's annual Springfest on
March 28, her first being an
opening for
Maroon 5.
Bareilles also played multiple college shows in April and May. Some were for college students only and others were open to the public.
Bareilles performed with many other singers on the series 3 finale of
30 Rock, alongside
Mary J. Blige and
Elvis Costello.
Bareilles recorded a song "Come Home", a duet with
One Republic, which was released on iTunes on July 14th, 2009.
Awards and nominations
- 2008 Billboard Year End Awards: "Hot Adult Contemporary Songs Ranked #1" for "Love Song"
- 2008 Billboard Year End Awards: "Hot Digital Songs Ranked #6" for "Love Song"
- 2009 Grammy Awards: "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "Love Song"
- 2009 Grammy Awards: "Song of The Year" for "Love Song"
Discography
The First One
(spring 2003) [9] [10]
# "Come Round Soon" (studio)CC•LV
# "Pretend"
# "Turn To Me"
# "City" CC•LV•LF
# "Gravity" CC•LV•LF
# "The Artist"
# "Waiting To See"
# "Everyday Stranger"
# "Red" CC
Some songs also included on:
CC
Careful Confessions
(2004)
LV
Little Voice
(2007)
LF
Live at the Fillmore
(2008)
| The Summer Sessions
(fall 2003) [11]
# "Inside Out" CC
# "Too Good For You, So Sorry"
# "Red" CC
# "Undertow" CC
# "My Love" CC
# "Good Girls"
# "Love on the Rocks" CC•LV•LF
# "City" CC•LV•LF
# "Bittersweet"
# "King Restless"
# "The Artist"
# "Come Round Soon" CC•LV
# "Come Round Soon" (studio) CC•LV
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Studio albums
Year
| Title
| Chart positions
| Sales and certifications
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US
| UK
| ETA
| NZ
| AU
| SWI
| NL
| AT
| IT
| BE
| IE
| DE
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2004
| Careful Confessions
- 1st studio album
- Formats: CD
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- Worldwide sales: —
- US Sales: —
- US Certification: —
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2007
| Little Voice
- 2nd studio album
- Formats: CD
| 7
| 9
| 24
| 26
| 49
| 34
| 31
| 48
| 45
| 37
| 45
| 52
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- Worldwide sales: 1,100,000
- US Sales: 837,135
- US Certification: Gold
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Singles
Year
| Single
| Peak positions
| Album
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US Hot 100
| US Pop 100
| US Adult
| US AC
| US Digital
| UK
| SPA
| AU
| IT
| CA
| NZ
| NL
| DE
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2007
| "Love Song"
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 11
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 13
| Little Voice
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2008
| "The River"
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| single only
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"Bottle It Up"
| 107
| 57
| 15
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| 92
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| 33
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| Little Voice
|
"Winter Song" (with Ingrid Michaelson)
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| The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Song
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2009
| "Gravity"
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| 100
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| Little Voice
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"Come Home" (with One Republic)
| 80
| -
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| 48
| -
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| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
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| single only
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Unplugged on VH1
Originally released: (January 29, 2008)
Record Label: Epic
# "
Love Song"
# "Bottle It Up"
# "Many the Miles"
# "Gravity"
iTunes releases
Live Session EP
(November 27, 2007)
# "Many the Miles"
# "Love Song"
# "In Your Eyes"
# "Gravity"
# "Bottle It Up"
Between The Lines: Live at the Fillmore
(DVD/CD - October 28, 2008)
(Blu-ray Disc/CD - November 11, 2008)
Track listing
#"Bottle It Up"
#"Vegas"
#"Morningside"
#"Love on the Rocks"
#"Between the Lines"
#"Fairytale"
#"August Moon"
#"City"
#"Love Song"
#"Many the Miles"
#"(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"
#"Gravity"
References
- California Births, 1905-1995.
- Official website
- AskMen.com biography
- http://dailybruin.com/news/2007/jul/23/little_voice_big_success/
- RARB Review of Awaken a cappella: Dysfunktional Family Album
- T.I. Is Top Dog Again On Billboard 200
- T.I. Jack Johnson Remains at #1 On Billboard 200
- Maroon 5 Official fan club
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