Sara Beth Bareilles is an American singer, songwriter, performer, and novelist who was born on December 7, 1979. In 2004, Bareilles self-released the album Careful Confessions. With the release of her second studio album, Little Voice (2007), her first recording for a big record company, she gained even more attention (Epic).
The album featured the number-four smash single “Love Song,” which garnered her two Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year. Her third studio album, Kaleidoscope Heart, was released in 2010, and the lead track “King of Anything” was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In the third season of the NBC singing competition series The Sing-Off, Bareilles acted as a judge. Her fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest, was released in 2013, and it received two Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year.
Bareilles received a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Show Theatre Album for her work on the Broadway musical Waitress in 2015.
She followed up with the studio album What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress in 2015, which has her singing several of the musical’s songs. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for her work in the Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants in 2016.
In 2018, Bareilles was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for her performance as Mary Magdalene in the NBC musical television spectacular Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. She also co-hosted the 72nd Tony Awards in 2018, for which she received two Primetime Emmy nominations.
Her sixth studio album, Amidst the Chaos, was published in 2019, and the tune “Saint Honesty” earned her the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance. She is now starring in Peacock’s musical comedy Girls5eva as Dawn Solano.
In the United States, Bareilles has sold over one million albums and nine million singles. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and has won one, as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards.
VH1 ranked Bareilles 80th out of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music in February 2012. Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, her New York Times bestseller book, was released in 2015.
What Ethnicity is Sara Bareilles?
Her surname name is Bareilles, and she is of Italian, English, German, Portuguese, and French origin. She speaks some Italian and spent a year in college in Bologna, Italy.
Where is Sara Bareilles From?
Eureka, California, United States is where Sara Bareilles comes from.
