Sara Bareilles has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including eight Grammy Award nominations, with one win, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. In February 2012, VH1 placed her in the 80th spot of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Bareilles released a self-published album Careful Confessions in 2004. She received further recognition with the release of her second studio album Little Voice (2007), which was her first recording for a major record label (Epic). The album included the hit single "Love Song", which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her two Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year. In 2010, she released her third studio album Kaleidoscope Heart, with its lead single "King of Anything" earning a Grammy Award nomination. In 2011, Bareilles served as a judge in the third season of the NBC singing competition series The Sing-Off. In 2013, she released her fourth studio album The Blessed Unrest which featured the lead single "Brave". The album earned two Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year.
Bareilles made her Broadway debut when she composed music and wrote lyrics for the 2015 musical Waitress, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album. She subsequently earned Olivier Award nominations for its 2021 West End transfer production. She released the 2015 studio album What's Inside: Songs from Waitress, which is a recording of her singing many of the musical's songs. In 2015, she released a New York Times-bestselling memoir, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song. For her work in the 2016 Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants, she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Original Score. In 2022, she returned to Broadway as The Baker's Wife in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
She is also known for her work on television. In 2018, Bareilles received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the NBC musical television special Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, for which she earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Also in 2018, she co-hosted the 72nd Tony Awards alongside Josh Groban, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, she released her sixth studio album Amidst the Chaos, with the single "Saint Honesty" earning her the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance. She currently stars as Dawn Solano in Peacock's musical comedy Girls5eva (2021–present). On October 16, 2022, she put on a free concert in her hometown of Eureka, CA for 11,000 locals of the area at Halvorsen Park along the waterfront, and the city council named it Sara Bareilles day and presented her with the key to the city.
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of INTO THE WOODS Takes Bows at First Preview on Broadway
From: Photos: The Cast of Encores! INTO THE WOODS Takes Opening Night Bows
From: Photos: The Cast of Encores! INTO THE WOODS Takes Opening Night Bows
From: Photos: WAITRESS Company Takes First Bows at the Barrymore Theatre
From: Photos: WAITRESS Company Takes First Bows at the Barrymore Theatre
From: Photos: WAITRESS Company Takes First Bows at the Barrymore Theatre
From: Photos: WAITRESS Company Takes First Bows at the Barrymore Theatre
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Sara Bareilles has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Sara Bareilles has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Sara Bareilles's first West End show was Waitress which opened in 2019
Sara Bareilles has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Into the Woods," the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Into the Woods," Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Into the Woods," Best Score at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "SpongeBob SquarePants," Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "SpongeBob SquarePants," Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical," Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "Waitress," Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "Waitress," and Outstanding New Score (Broadway or off-Broadway) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Waitress."
Sara Bareilles has won the Best Score award at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "SpongeBob SquarePants" and the Outstanding New Score award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same show.
Sara Bareilles has written 2 shows including Waitress (Music and Lyrics), The Spongebob Musical (Original Music).
Sara Bareilles's next show will be Into the Woods which opens on 7/10/2022 on Broadway.
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