Sara Beth Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
82 Facts About Sara Bareilles
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Sara Bareilles has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States.
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Sara Bareilles has earned various accolades, including two Grammy Awards, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards.
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Sara Bareilles received further recognition with the release of her second studio album Little Voice, which was her first recording for a major record label.
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Sara Bareilles made her Broadway debut when she composed music and wrote lyrics for the 2015 musical Waitress, for which she earned nominations for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
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Sara Bareilles subsequently received Olivier Award nominations for its 2021 West End transfer production.
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Sara Bareilles released the 2015 studio album What's Inside: Songs from Waitress, which is a recording of her singing many of the musical's songs.
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Sara Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, Humboldt County, California, one of three daughters of Bonnie Halvorsen, a funeral home worker, and Paul Sara Bareilles, an insurance adjuster.
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Sara Bareilles has two sisters, Stacey and Jennifer, and a half-sister, Melody.
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Sara Bareilles is of Italian, English, German, Portuguese, and French descent; her last name Bareilles is French.
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Sara Bareilles speaks some Italian and lived in Bologna, Italy for a year during college.
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Sara Bareilles was raised Catholic, and attended parochial school until junior high, when she transferred to public school.
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Sara Bareilles 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, in which she appeared as Audrey.
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The group's rendition of Sara Bareilles' "Gravity" was featured on the Best of College a Cappella 2004 compilation CD.
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Sara Bareilles performed in the annual student concert UCLA Spring Sing, winning twice.
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Sara Bareilles taught herself to play multiple instruments, including the piano.
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Sara Bareilles released two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003: The First One in April and The Summer Sessions in October.
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In January 2004, Sara Bareilles released her first studio album, Careful Confessions.
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Sara Bareilles signed a contract with Epic Records on April 15,2005 and spent the rest of the year and the early months of 2006 writing, composing and reworking songs for her upcoming album.
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Sara Bareilles was the opening act in 2006 for Marc Broussard's "Carencro" tour.
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In 2007, Sara 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 US tours.
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Sara Bareilles opened for James Blunt on his US tour in association with VH1 You Oughta Know.
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Sara 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.
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Sara Bareilles concluded the tour in her home town of Eureka, California, on December 19,2008, at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.
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Sara Bareilles toured with Counting Crows and Maroon 5 between July 25 and August 26,2008.
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Sara Bareilles made her third appearance in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the University of Virginia's annual Springfest on March 28, her first as the opener for Marc Broussard in 2005 and the second being an opening act for Maroon 5.
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Sara Bareilles sent out a special holiday message to fans on her mailing list and gave out a free live acoustic EP recorded during her Gravity Tour.
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In early 2010, Sara Bareilles recorded video of what she called "An Ode to Jersey Shore" and posted it to her official website as a gag for fans.
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Sara Bareilles began work on the follow-up to her major label debut in the summer of 2009, collaborating with the likes of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, members of Weezer, and Pharrell Williams.
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Sara Bareilles was selected as VH1's Posted Artist of the Month for July 2010, chronicling her life leading up to the album's release.
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Sara Bareilles toured in support of Kaleidoscope Heart from September to December 2010, with most of the shows being sold out.
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Sara Bareilles toured Europe and parts of Asia and Australia with Maroon 5 throughout spring 2011.
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Sara Bareilles opened select shows for the country music duo Sugarland on their Summer 2011 Incredible Machine Tour.
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Sara Bareilles was added in the third season of the NBC television series The Sing-Off as a celebrity judge following the departure of Nicole Scherzinger, alongside Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men.
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Sara Bareilles premiered a new song which might be appearing on the new album in question, which was titled "Only Shadows".
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In February 2013, Sara Bareilles began teasing her fans to her upcoming album through her Twitter and YouTube accounts.
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On March 27,2013, Sara Bareilles announced that she would conduct an 18-city tour to promote the new album.
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Sara Bareilles performed two songs for the feature film Bounty Killer, which was released in September 2013.
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On January 26,2014, Sara Bareilles performed a duet with Carole King at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Sara Bareilles toured 24 American cities between July 10,2014, and August 14,2014, in her "The Little Black Dress Summer Tour".
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Sara Bareilles sang "Smile" during the "In Memoriam" segment of the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards show on August 25,2014.
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In June 2013, it was reported that Sara Bareilles was to score Waitress, a musical adaptation of the 2007 film of the same title.
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Sara Bareilles debuted a song from the musical, "She Used to Be Mine", during some shows on her Little Black Dress Tour.
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The book was tentatively set for release in 2014; however, Sara Bareilles finished the book in March 2015.
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Sara Bareilles began work on her fifth studio album, What's Inside: Songs from Waitress, in April 2015 at New York City's Electric Lady Studios, in collaboration with producer Neal Avron, who had previously worked with Sara Bareilles on Kaleidoscope Heart.
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In June 2016, Sara Bareilles performed the part of Ariel in a two-night live presentation of Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Sara Bareilles performed the Joni Mitchell song "Both Sides, Now" during the In Memoriam homage at the 89th Academy Awards in February 2017.
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On March 31,2017, Sara Bareilles took to the Broadway stage in the role of Jenna Hunterson in Waitress for a 10-week engagement.
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Sara Bareilles returned to the role again in January 2019, for a four-week run opposite Gavin Creel as Dr Pomatter.
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Sara Bareilles was well received in the role by fans and critics and was nominated for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
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On June 10,2018, Sara Bareilles hosted the 72nd Tony Awards with Josh Groban.
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Sara Bareilles and Groban performed the opening number to the show, "This One's for You", which was an ode to those who would not win an award that night and referencing that neither had won a major award before, particularly noting the Grammy Awards.
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Sara Bareilles was one of the composers who were nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Original Score for SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Sara Bareilles was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Special and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "This One's for You" for her work at the 72nd Tony Awards.
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In early 2017, Sara Bareilles announced that she was working on a new album to be released by the end of 2018.
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On February 13,2019, Sara Bareilles announced the title of her sixth album will be Amidst the Chaos.
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Sara Bareilles released "Shiny", a song about "wanting moms to see how special they really are," on May 10,2019, to coincide with Mother's Day.
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On January 27,2020, Sara Bareilles made her West End debut, as Jenna Hunterson in Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre, opposite Gavin Creel as Dr Pomatter.
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Sara Bareilles won the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for the song "Saint Honesty" from her album Amidst the Chaos on January 27,2020.
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On March 25,2019, Sara Bareilles appeared on stage at an Apple event to announce that she, along with JJ Abrams and Waitress collaborator Jessie Nelson, had developed a series for Apple TV+ entitled Little Voice, for which she had recorded the theme song.
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On September 4,2020, Sara Bareilles released an album titled More Love: Songs from Little Voice Season One with her own recordings of songs from the series.
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Sara Bareilles reprised the role in a Broadway revival at the St James Theatre through September 4,2022.
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Sara Bareilles starred opposite Creel, Brian d'Arcy James, Joshua Henry, Phillipa Soo, Patina Miller, and Cheyenne Jackson.
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In May 2023, to commemorate the centennial anniversary of The Walt Disney Company, Sara Bareilles recorded a cover of "When You Wish Upon a Star" as part of the company's "100 Years of Wonder" campaign and was released as a single on May 14,2023 after being performed live as part of Disney Night on season 21 of American Idol.
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Sara Bareilles is often compared to artists such as Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple and Billy Joel, due to her vocal ability and incorporation of piano into her music.
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Sara Bareilles has described her sound as "piano-based pop soul", with Bareilles finding inspiration from singers such as Etta James and Sam Cooke.
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Sara Bareilles is often praised for her songwriting abilities, with critics stating she "conveys vulnerability and wisdom in lyrics that speak honestly about relationships from a woman's point of view", and that her "writing voice is uniquely her own".
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In 2013, Sara Bareilles parted amicably with her longtime bandmates to "move in a new direction".
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Sara Bareilles subsequently embarked on a short solo tour named Brave Enough, before forming a new band in anticipation of her fall co-headlining tour with OneRepublic.
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In December 2008, a single Sara Bareilles had performed in collaboration with Ingrid Michaelson, titled Winter Song, was released from the compilation The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs.
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Sara Bareilles recorded the song Come Home, a duet with OneRepublic, which was released on iTunes on July 14,2009.
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Sara Bareilles appeared with Weezer on Jimmy Kimmel Live and as an AOL Sessions guest, performing I Want You To, as well for a special performance on YouTube.
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Sara Bareilles has performed for the First Family numerous times:.
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In 2011, as pop rock band Maroon 5 was touring in promotion for their Hands All Over album, Sara Bareilles contributed to the female vocals for the song Out of Goodbyes.
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In December 2010, Sara Bareilles appeared on the second-season finale of The Sing-Off to sing King of Anything with The Backbeats.
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Sara Bareilles joined The Sing-Off as a judge in its third season alongside musicians Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman.
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Sara Bareilles performed the duet Love Won't Let You Get Away with Seth MacFarlane on his debut studio album, Music Is Better Than Words, and reunited to perform the song with him at Club Nokia on March 26,2011.
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Sara Bareilles was featured on the track titled Mango Tree, from the Zac Brown Band album titled Jekyll + Hyde, which was released on April 28,2015.
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Sara Bareilles was featured on Summer is Over, the first single from Jon McLaughlin's third studio album, Promising Promises, a re-issue of his self-released album Forever If Ever.
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Sara Bareilles joined him on another rendition of Baby, It's Cold Outside.
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Sara Bareilles collaborated with Folds again in January 2018 at The Kennedy Center for his DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents concert series with the National Symphony Orchestra.
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Sara Bareilles was in a relationship with former band member and guitarist Javier Dunn until 2013.