Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles (2015)

Sara Beth Bareilles [ ˈsæɹə bəˈɹɛlɪs ] (born December 7, 1979 in Eureka , California ) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist . She made her breakthrough in the USA in 2007 with the single Love Song .

Life

Sara Bareilles grew up in Eureka and graduated from senior high school there in July 1998. She then studied at the University of California, Los Angeles , where she belonged to an a cappella group. After completing her communication studies degree in 2002, she performed in clubs and bars and released two demo albums in 2003, which mainly contained live tracks.

Bareilles released her first studio album Careful Confessions in January 2004, and in April 2005 she signed a contract with Epic Records . Bareilles toured with Marc Broussard , Aqualung and Mika as well as Paolo Nutini and Maroon 5 . In July 2007, Sara Bareilles released her second studio album Little Voice , which reached the top 10 on the US album charts. The musician achieved her worldwide breakthrough with the single Love Song . Love Song was nominated for "Song Of The Year" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" at the 2008 Grammy Awards .

Her third studio album, Kaleidoscope Heart , was released on September 7, 2010. The single King of Anything was nominated at the 2010 Grammy Awards in the "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" category. The album was released on February 11, 2011 in Germany.

Bareille's fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest , was released on July 16, 2013 and earned the artist her fourth Grammy nomination for the "Album Of The Year" category at the 2013 Grammy Awards .

In October 2015, Bareilles published her book Sounds Like Me - My Life (so far) in a Song . In the same month, the musical Waitress , whose songs and texts were written by Bareilles, premiered at New York's American Repertory Theater (ART). On Broadway , it ran at the Brooks Atkinson Theater from April 24, 2016 to January 5, 2020 with 33 previews and 1,544 regular performances. It also ran successfully in London's West End from February 8, 2019 to March 14, 2020. Bareilles himself played Jenna in both productions for a few months each.

In 2018 Bareilles took on the role of Mary Magdalene in the NBC Live Musical "Jesus Christ Superstar - Live in Concert".

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Careful Confessions	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 20, 2004
2007	Little Voice	DE52 (6 weeks) DE	AT46 (6 weeks) AT	CH34 (14 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (5 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (55 weeks)US	First published: July 3, 2007
2010	Kaleidoscope Heart	-	-	CH97 (1 week) CH	-	US1 gold (27 weeks)US	First published: September 7, 2010
2013	The Blessed Unrest	-	-	CH55 (1 week) CH	-	US2 gold (50 weeks)US	First published: July 16, 2013
2015	What's Inside: Songs from Waitress	-	-	-	-	US10 (6 weeks) US	First published: November 6, 2015
2019	Amidst the chaos	-	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	US6 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 5, 2019

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	iTunes Live from SoHo	-	-	-	-	US107 (1 week) US	First published: February 8, 2011
2013	Brave Enough: Live at the Variety Playhouse	-	-	-	-	US66 (1 week) US	First published: October 22, 2013

More live albums

• 2003: The First One
• 2003: The Summer Sessions
• 2008: Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore

Extended plays

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Once Upon Another Time	-	-	-	-	US8 (2 weeks) US	First published: May 22, 2012

More EPs

• 2007: Live Session EP
• 2008: Sara Bareilles: Unplugged on VH1
• 2009: Live from the Gravity Tour
• 2010: Kaleidoscope EP

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2007	Love Song Little Voice	DE13 (14 weeks) DE	AT18 (16 weeks) AT	CH16 (24 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (19 weeks)UK	US4th × 4 Gold (mastertone) + quadruple platinum (41 weeks)US
2010	King of Anything Kaleidoscope Heart	-	-	-	-	US32 platinum (22 weeks)US
2013	Brave The Blessed Unrest	-	-	CH67 (1 week) CH	UK48 silver (5 weeks)UK	US23 × 3 Triple platinum (42 weeks)US
2014	I Choose You The Blessed Unrest	-	-	-	-	US81 gold (5 weeks)US

More singles

• 2003: Fairytale
• 2007: City
• 2008: The River
• 2008: Bottle It Up (US:gold)
• 2009: Gravity
• 2011: Uncharted
• 2011: Gonna Get over You
• 2011: Love Is Christmas
• 2012: Stay
• 2015: She Used to Be Mine
• 2018: Armor
• 2019: Shiny

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	Come Home Dreaming Out Loud	-	-	-	-	US80 (1 week) US	OneRepublic feat. Sara Bareilles

Further guest contributions

• 2018: Do It for Love (P-Holla feat.Sara Bareilles)
• 2008: Winter Song ( Ingrid Michaelson feat. Sara Bareilles)

Awards

• Grammy Awards
  • 2020 : best American Roots performance for Saint Honesty

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Exclusive GRAMMY.com Interview With Sara Bareilles . grammy.com. July 24, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List . Billboard.com . June 12, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Jeremy D. Goodwin: American Repertory Theater's 'Waitress' is bound for Broadway . Boston Globe . August 13, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ billboard.com: Chart data for Come Home from OneRepublic
6. ^ Sara Bareilles in the Grammy Database, accessed January 31, 2020

Web links

Commons : Sara Bareilles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Sara Bareilles on MySpace
• Music Sales Awards: UK US