Sara Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter, actress, author, and producer. Bareilles released her debut studio album Careful Confessions in 2004. She received further recognition with the release of her second studio album Little Voice (2007). The album included the hit single “Love Song”, which reached no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her two Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year.

Bareilles composed music and wrote lyrics for the 2015 Broadway musical Waitress, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album.

Bareilles has sold over one million albums and over nine million singles in the United States. She has earned nominations for eight Grammy Awards, with one win, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. In February 2012, VH1 placed Bareilles in the 80th spot of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music. In 2015, she released her The New York Times-bestselling memoir, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song.