Little Voice

Little Voice is the second studio album and debut major-label album by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, and was released on July 17, 2007 on the Epic Records label. Six of the tracks are re-recorded studio versions of songs from her previous album, Careful Confessions. A two-disc special edition of Little Voice with live acoustic tracks was released on March 18, 2008. The bonus disc also includes an interview with Bareilles and accompanying videos of the performances.

The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 45, selling about 16,000 copies in its first week. As of January 13, 2011, the album has been certified platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and has currently sold over one million copies in the United States. The album debuted at number 26 in New Zealand, helped by “Love Song” reaching number one on the radio airplay chart. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #9 with sales of 14,484.

“Love Song” was selected as the first single. It was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week from June 19 to 26, 2007. In 2008, “Bottle It Up” was released as the second single. The video was directed by Marcos Siega. The third single in the United States was supposed to be “Gravity”, with the video released on February 3, 2009, but no further information was ever revealed as to the date of the single’s release.

The album was well received by critics. “Love Song” was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards.

When asked in an interview by British newspaper The Daily Mirror about how she would describe her music, Bareilles said, “I guess I would say it’s piano-based pop/soul,” and said she listened to a lot of early soul and jazz when making the album.