Sara Bareilles to Receive ASCAP Vanguard Award at 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards
Performances by Steve Miller, Lionel Richie, Sara Bareilles, American Idol's Elliott Yamin, and "Before He Cheats" Songwriters Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear
| Source: ASCAP
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 13, 2008) - The American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Sara Bareilles at its 25th Annual Pop Music
Awards on April 9th at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Bareilles will be presented with the ASCAP Vanguard Award, which is given
in recognition of the impact of musical genres that help shape the future
of American music. Bareilles will perform during the awards ceremony,
which will also salute the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most
performed pop songs of 2007.
The invitation-only event will also feature performances by ASCAP Golden
Note Award honorees Steve Miller and Lionel Richie, as well as American
Idol-turned-pop sensation Elliott Yamin, and Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear
who co-wrote the hit song "Before He Cheats" for Carrie Underwood.
Previous ASCAP Vanguard Award honorees include The All-American Rejects,
The Arcade Fire, Bat For Lashes, Beck, Modest Mouse, the Strokes, Built to
Spill, the Mars Volta, Joseph Arthur and Jack Johnson, among others.
Sara Bareilles is a mesmerizing singer-songwriter who grew up performing in
her native Humboldt County with no formal training in either voice or
piano. Much of her adolescence was spent perched in front of a worn piano
learning chords and scribbling simple melodies and lyrics. In 2003,
Bareilles co-produced her first independent studio demo, "Careful
Confessions," which earned her a loyal grassroots following through
touring. Recognizing her insatiable thirst to challenge herself and find
new ways to tap into her own creativity, ASCAP featured Bareilles at its
popular ASCAP Presents... acoustic showcase at South By Southwest in March
2005. With word of mouth support and hypnotic live performances that leave
fans hanging on her every word, Epic Records took notice and signed
Bareilles to a record deal the following month. ASCAP spotlighted
Bareilles again at the Sundance/ASCAP Music Café in January 2007. Her
highly anticipated debut album "Little Voice" was released six months later
(July 3, 2007) and skyrocketed to #1 on the iTunes album chart, and made an
impressive debut on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart at #45. Currently at
#7, the album has been charting for 23 weeks and features the single, "Love
Song," which after appearing in a Rhapsody commercial jumped from #73 to
#16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is currently at #4 and has been
charting for 19 weeks.
The 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards is part of ASCAP's "I Create Music
Week" -- an entire week of events being held in Los Angeles to celebrate
the voice of the music creator. Members of the press may apply for
credentials at http://www.ascap.com/press/pressroom/popawards/.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights
Organization representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5
million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than
315,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has
representation arrangements with over 90 music rights organizations such
that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the
world. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by
licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and
distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only
American Performing Rights Organization owned and governed by its writer
and publisher members. www.ascap.com