Sara Bareilles is a popular US singer, pianist and songwriter. Resounding success came to her in 2007 after the release of the single "Love Song". More than 13 years have passed since then - during this time Sara Bareilles was nominated for the Grammy Award 8 times and even won the coveted statuette once. However, her career is not over yet!
Sara Bareilles has a strong and expressive mezzo-soprano voice. She herself defines her musical style as "piano pop soul". Due to the peculiarities of her vocal abilities and her active use of the piano, she is sometimes compared with such performers as Regina Spector and Fiona Apple. In addition, some critics praise the singer for the lyrics. They also have a completely unique style and mood.
The Early Years of Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles was born on December 7, 1979 in one of the towns in California. The future star grew up in a large family - she has two relatives and one half-sister. It is known that during her school years she participated in the local choir.
After school, the girl entered the University of California. While studying here, Sara took part in student music competitions. Plus, she independently, without the help of teachers, learned to play the piano brilliantly.
Debut album by Sarah Barellis
Sara Bareilles graduated from university in 2002 and began to perform in local clubs and bars, thus gaining a fan base. And already in 2003, in just a month, she recorded her debut audio album Careful Confessions at a small Asylum Recording studio.
However, it was released only in 2004. Interestingly, in addition to seven studio tracks, there were four compositions that were recorded during live performances. The total duration of the album is just under 50 minutes.
By the way, in the same 2004 Sara starred in the low-budget film "Women's Play". In that small episode where she appears in the frame, she sings just the song from the debut album "Undertow". And two more tracks from the same album - "Gravity" and "Fairy Tale" - simply sounded in this film.
It should also be mentioned that a few years later, in 2008, the Careful Confessions album was re-released. This made it possible to introduce him to a wider audience.
Musical career of Sara Bareilles from 2005 to 2015
The following year, 2005, Sara Bareilles signed a contract with Epic Records. And she works with him to this day. All of her studio albums, except for the first, were released under this label.
At the same time, it is worth highlighting the second disc "Little Voice" - it became a real breakthrough for the singer. It went on sale on July 3, 2007. The lead single from this record is the song "Love Song". She was able to climb to number 4 in the US and UK charts. In June 2007, iTunes recognized this song as the single of the week. Moreover, in the future she was nominated for a Grammy as "Best Song of the Year".
In 2008, the album "Little Voice" went gold, and in 2011 platinum. In concrete terms, this means that more than 1 copies of it were sold.
As for the singer's third album, Kaleidoscope Heart, it was released in 2010. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. In the first week, 90 copies of this album were sold. However, he could not achieve platinum status, like the same "Little Voice". In 000, Sara Bareilles was invited to the jury of the third season of the American TV show "The Sing Off" - to evaluate young performers.
Sara presented to the public on July 12, 2013 her next album, The Blessed Unrest. The recording process was covered on the singer's YouTube channel (which, of course, fueled the interest of the audience). On the Billboard 200 chart, the album could reach number two - this is its highest result. However, we must not forget that "The Blessed Unrest" was marked by two Grammy nominations.
Sarah's other activities
After that, Sara Bareilles decided to try herself in an unexpected role - to participate in the creation of a musical. On August 20, 2015, the premiere of the musical Waitress took place on the stage of the American Repertory Theater. The musical is based on the film of the same name.
For this performance, Sara wrote the original score and lyrics. By the way, this musical was in great demand among the audience and did not leave the stage for more than four years.
However, Sara Bareilles decided not to limit herself to the role of just an author - at some point she herself performed some of the songs from The Waitress (while reworking them a bit). Actually, from this material a new album was formed - "What's Inside: Songs from Waitress". It was released in January 2015 and was able to reach the Billboard 200 to the 10th position.
It should be added that in 2015 there was another important event for the fans of the singer - she released a book of memoirs called "Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song".
Sara Bareilles Lately
On April 5, 2019, the sixth studio audio album of the pop singer appeared - it was called "Amidst the Chaos". In support of this album, Sara Bareilles staged a four-day tour, playing shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
In addition, Sara Bareilles appeared on the popular Saturday Night Live show, where she sang two new songs. "Amidst the Chaos", like her previous LPs, entered the TOP-10 (reached the 6th place). One of the most iconic songs from this album is "Saint Honesty". And just for her, the pop singer was given the Grammy Award - in the nomination "Best Roots Performance".
In April 2020, Sara Bareilles announced that she had been ill with COVID-19 in a mild form. Also in 2020, the singer participated in the creation of the series "Her Voice", filmed for the Apple TV + service. For the first season of the series, she specially wrote a number of songs. And on September 4, 2020, they were released in the format of her solo LP under the title "More Love: Songs from Little Voice Season One".
