Sara Beth Bareilles is a widely recognized singer-song writer and a popular face in American music Industry. Her melodious voice has already won millions of hearts globally. Born on December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California, this 35 year old singer was raised Catholic by her parents, Bonnie and Paul Bareilles along with her two siblings. Since her early age, Sara showed an interest in music so along with maintaining her academic grades, she used to participate in various choirs and performed locally throughout her high school years. Later, after her high school graduation, she went on pursuing her further studies which included the communication studies program from the University of California. Over there, she joined a cappella group known as awaken a cappella and was featured on its 2004’s best of college’s Cappella compilation CD boosting her musical confidence. Later, She also participated and won twice at the UCLA spring sing annual musical concert for students. Before rising as a shining star, Sara used to frequently perform at the bars and lounges in Los Angeles, which, according to her helped her gain an initial fan base. Sara also taught herself various musical instruments, some of which includes piano and guitar.
In the year 2004, She released her first studio album “Careful Confessions” and a few years later, in 2007, She released her first major label album “ Little Voice” which featured the song “Love song” and it wasn’t just well received by the listeners but literally got the spotlight placed upon herself. It was certified as 3X platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Following the success of the Love Song, she, later went on releasing her other songs such as gravity, I choose you, brave, King of anything and many other and again it is needless to say that they were also an instant hit. Throughout her musical career, Bareilles has went on many tours and has performed as a supporting act for some singers and bands like Aqualung, Mika, Guster, One Republic and Maroon 5. In the year 2009, Sara went on her second headlined tour titled as the “Gravity Tour”. She has also performed at numerous concerts, Schools and Colleges out of which some were open for the public while some where only for the students. During one of her beginning act for Sugarland, the stage on which she was giving her performance, collapsed right after she finished her performance but luckily she remained unharmed.
Bareilles has also appeared on the Television as the celebrity judge on the NBC’s TV Show, “The Sing off”. In September 2009, Sara was invited at the G-20 Summit by the first lady Michelle Obama where she gave a performance for the first ladies of 20 Countries and after the summit, she dined with the First family.
In her musical career, Sara has won many awards for her emotions invoking lyrics and refreshing tunes. So far, as of 2015, Sara has released total 5 musical albums for which she has been nominated 6 Times for the Grammy Award. Sara Bareilles has sold millions of copies of her albums all over the globe. Her music is mostly inspired by Etta James and Sam Cooke. Her vocals backed with piano are soul touching. About her personal life, Sara is single and yet to be married. But there have been several rumors floating around that she is dating her guitarist Javier Dunn. Since she is very protective about her personal life, there’s very little information available regarding her love life. It is said that Bareilles wrote the gravity song after having her first heart break. She is also known to be a big time feminist and works towards empowering the women. As of 2016, Her estimated net worth is $16 Million.
| Birth Date: | 7 Dec, 1979 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Eureka |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist |
| Twitter Id: | SaraBareilles |
| Net Worth 2021: | 8 million |
