ARTIST · POP / PIANO

Sara Bareilles

Kinetic piano patterns and conversational belting—empathy encoded in rhythmic syncopation.

Pop
Piano rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Love Song flipped industry pressure into witty earworm with chart revenge.

The Blessed Unrest explored production width while preserving lyrical closeness.

Waitress stage work expanded storytelling craft into theatre dimensions.

Clean streaming keeps hammer transient, stacked oohs, and live-room piano wood.

Bareilles played the piano in college a cappella groups and then in Los Angeles clubs. Love Song, from Little Voice (2007), became a hit, and Brave (2013), with the title track, followed. She wrote the score for the musical Waitress, which opened on Broadway in 2016 and earned a Tony nomination.

She played the lead in Waitress on Broadway and in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert on television. Amidst the Chaos followed in 2019.

Sara Bareilles: recent news, 2020–2026

2020 The Apple TV+ series Little Voice, which she co-created, premiered in July.

Interesting facts about Sara Bareilles

01 American singer-songwriter born in Eureka, California.
02 Little Voice (2007) included Love Song as a top-ten US Billboard Hot 100 hit.
03 Earned Tony and Grammy nominations for composing Broadway’s Waitress.
04 Wrote the score for the Broadway musical Waitress.
05 Played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.