Sara Beth Bareilles (pron.: /bəˈrɛlɪs/ bə-REL-is; born December 7, 1979)[1] is an American 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] She has sold over 1 million records and over 4 million singles in the United States alone and has been nominated for a Grammy Award three 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.[4]