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== Career new ==In 2010, Niemietz teamed with [[Emmy Award]] winner [[W. G. Snuffy Walden]] creating YouTube cover song videos and writing music, resulting in several EPs and LPs, and the sixty-nine minute live album ''twentytwenty'' (2020). '''(references needed)''' Niemietz's cover of [[Adele]]'s "[[Rolling in the Deep]]" brought 7 million views and caught the attention of [[Ellen DeGeneres]] and she appeared on the ''[[Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in May 2011.<ref name="In the Deep YouTube"/><ref name="Ellen"/> In January 2012, Niemietz charted #14 on ''[[Billboard magazine]]'s'', Next Big Sound.<ref name="Next Big Sound"/> Niemietz was again invited to share the stage with 5-time [[Grammy Award]]-winning, [[B. J. Thomas]], on June 10, 2012, some fifteen years after their initial [[impromptu]] performance. Niemietz is featured on Thomas' 2013 album, ''[[The Living Room Sessions (B. J. Thomas album)|The Living Room Sessions]]'', performing a duet of his 1968 [[Top 40|Top 10]] hit, "[[Hooked on a Feeling]]".<ref name ="Living room MNN"/><ref name="Living room Allmusic"/> Niemietz and Thomas to performed "[[Hooked on a Feeling]]" at the [[Grand Ole Opry]] on June 28, 2013.<ref name= "Grand Ole Opry"/> <s>On May 31, 2014, Niemietz performed with [[Mary Ann Mobley]] at the tenth annual What A Pair! benefit for cancer research, at the Saban Theater, in Beverly Hills.<ref name="What A Pair 10th"/><ref name=Eventful/></s> {{multiple image| align = right| direction = vertical| header =| width = 180| image1 =Niemietz Life Through Art transferred.jpg| alt1 = Sara Niemietz singing live at a benefit for the 2010, Life Through Arts Foundation, "Red Party", at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles| caption1 = Life Through Arts Foundation, "Red Party" (2010)}} == Career old ==<s>With high school behind her, Niemietz teamed with [[Emmy Award]] winner, [[W. G. Snuffy Walden]], and Taylor Made Studios for her latest [[Extended play|EP]] offerings, ''[[Push Play (EP)|Push Play]]'' and [[Christmas Favorites (Sara Niemietz EP)|''Christmas Favorites'']].<ref name="Christmas Favs BWW"/><ref name="Push Play Walden's site"/> The team have produced dozens of music videos, [[Cover version|covering]] contemporary hits and original compilations. Niemietz's cover of [[Adele]]'s "[[Rolling in the Deep]]" brought 7 million views after her YouTube presentations caught the attention of [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. Niemietz appeared as a featured artist on the ''[[Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in May 2011,<ref name="In the Deep YouTube"/><ref name="Ellen"/> and, in January 2012, she charted #14 on ''[[Billboard magazine]]'s'', Next Big Sound.<ref name="Next Big Sound"/></s>
On June 10, 2012, Niemietz was again invited to share the stage with 5-time [[Grammy Award]]-winning, [[B. J. Thomas]], some fifteen years after their initial [[impromptu]] performance. Niemietz is featured on Thomas' 2013 album, ''[[The Living Room Sessions (B. J. Thomas album)|The Living Room Sessions]]'', with Niemietz and Thomas performing a duet of his 1968 [[Top 40|Top 10]] hit, "[[Hooked on a Feeling]]."<ref name ="Living room MNN"/><ref name="Living room Allmusic"/>
Niemietz and Walden co-wrote the song, "Set You Free" for Phil Scarpaci's 2011 film, ''In The Key of Eli''.<ref name="Key of Eli"/> Niemietz and Walden also wrote the song, "Never Too Far From Home" which Niemietz performs in the 2012 short film, ''[[Stetson, Street Dog of Park City]]'', a film promoting the adoption of abandoned pets.<ref name="Stetson 2012"/>
<s>On June 28, 2013, shortly after her twenty-first birthday, Niemietz took the stage with B. J. Thomas to perform "[[Hooked on a Feeling]]" at the [[Grand Ole Opry]].<ref name= "Grand Ole Opry"/> On May 31, 2014, Niemietz performed with [[Mary Ann Mobley]] at the tenth annual What A Pair! benefit for cancer research, at the Saban Theater, in Beverly Hills.<ref name="What A Pair 10th"/><ref name=Eventful/></s>
[[Melissa Manchester]] and Niemietz [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|(BMI)]] co-wrote the song "Feeling For You" for Manchester's album, ''[[You Gotta Love the Life]]'' (2015), with [[Keb' Mo']] producing the song and playing guitar on the track.<ref name="Manchester Album"/> "Feelin' for You" was pre-released as a single on January 9, 2015, and premiered at #2 on the Smooth jazz charts.<ref name="Holleran review"/> ''You Gotta Love the Life'' was released on February 10, 2015,<ref name="Single release details -- Feelin for You"/> and hit #17 on the ''Billboard Magazine'' Jazz Albums chart for the week of February 28, 2015.<ref name="Billboard Jazz Albums"/>
On March 26, 2016, Niemietz performed as a featured vocalist with PostModern Jukebox at the Dubai Jazz Festival.<ref name="AM FM Interview Dubai 2016"/><ref name="2016 tour announce"/> Niemietz performed throughout the 75 show European Union tour, culminating in Istanbul, Turkey on June 3.<ref name="The Prelude 2016"/><ref name="EU 2016 Tour Sched"/> In August 2016, she released another video with Postmodern Jukebox, I Will Survive.<ref name="Sullivan 2016">{{cite web | last=Sullivan | first=James | title=Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox plays today's hits the retro way | website=BostonGlobe.com | date=2016-09-27 | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/09/27/scott-bradlee-postmodern-jukebox-plays-today-hits-retro-way/TT3Fff8BZz0bVAtabIKYxI/story.html | access-date=2017-06-01 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104210947/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/09/27/scott-bradlee-postmodern-jukebox-plays-today-hits-retro-way/TT3Fff8BZz0bVAtabIKYxI/story.html | archivedate=November 4, 2016 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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