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Sara Bareilles (c) Autumn de Wilde

Musician Spotlight: Sara Bareilles is a singer-songwriter and pianist who was born and raised in Eureka, California. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with her hit single “Love Song” from her major-label debut album called “Little Voices”. That album went on to be the most downloaded album at iTunes during its first week of release. It also debuted at number 45 on the Billboard charts and peaked at number 7. This album garnered her two Grammy nominations in the categories of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Love Song” and Song of the Year for “Love Song” in 2008. Her latest album “Kaleidoscope Heart” was released this month and the first single from that album is “King of Anything.” She is touring over the next couple of months and then will be embarking on a US and European tour with Maroon 5 throughout the fall of this year leading into early 2011. You can learn more about Sara Bareilles at her website.