
The song eventually reached number one, making Bareilles the biggest breakthrough female artist of the year. After the single, "Love Song" was highlighted in a Rhapsody commercial, the song jumped from #73 to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her highly anticipated debut album Little Voice was finally released on July 3, 2007, and it skyrocketed to #1 on the iTunes album chart and made an impressive debut on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart at #45. The following February, producer Eric Rosse took her under his wing, and the two spent more than a year perfecting the orchestration for the new album. Role: Cinematographer Directed by: Jasper Rischen Client: Sony Music, Epic Records. With word of mouth support and hypnotic live performances that left fans hanging on her every word, Epic Records took notice and signed Bareilles to a record deal the following month.

In March 2005, she performed at the popular "ASCAP Presents…" acoustic showcase at South By Southwest. In 2003, Bareilles co-produced her first independent studio demo, Careful Confessions, and she earned a loyal grassroots following through touring.

Much of her adolescence was spent perched in front of a worn piano learning chords and scribbling simple melodies and lyrics. Is a mesmerizing singer-songwriter who grew up performing in her native Humboldt County, California with no formal training in either voice or piano.
