Biography Sara Bareilles - musician, singer-songwriter and pianist

Sara Beth Bareilles (/bəˈrɛlɪs/; born December 7, 1979)[1] is an American musician, singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart.[2] Bareilles has sold over one million records and over four million singles in the United States alone and has been nominated for a Grammy Award five times.[3] In the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, Bareilles was a celebrity judge alongside Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men. In February 2012, VH1 placed Bareilles in the 80th spot of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music

Early life

Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, one of three daughters of Bonnie Halvorsen (née Capellas), a funeral home worker, and Paul Bareilles, an insurance adjuster.[5][6] She also stated that she has a half sister named Melody in an interview with Zooey Magazine.[7] She is of Italian, German, Portuguese, and French descent (she speaks Italian and lived in Italy for a year).[8] Bareilles was raised Catholic[9] and participated in the high school choir, Limited Edition, and local community theater musical productions, including her high school's production of Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey.[10]

After graduating from high school in 1998, Bareilles attended the Communication Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles,[1] where she was a member of the co-ed a cappella group Awaken a Cappella,[11] and can be heard on their Dysfunktional Family album singing "Gravity" and "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5.[12] The group's rendition of Bareilles' "Gravity" was featured on the Best of College a Cappella 2004 compilation CD. Bareilles also stated on MTV's TRL that she and the band Maroon 5 have been acquainted since their younger days in California when the band was known as Kara's Flowers. She performed in the annual student concert UCLA Spring Sing, winning twice. Sara taught herself to play the piano and subsequently all other instruments she is seen playing.

Referensi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles