Sharpe Family Singers

The Sharpe Family Singers are an American family musical group from Basking Ridge, New Jersey.^[1][2] The group has been described as a contemporary version of The Partridge Family^[3][4] and has built a significant presence on social media, with over 2.76 million subscribers on YouTube and 9.8 million followers on TikTok. The group consists of parents Ron and Barbra Sharpe, along with their children Logan, Samantha, Aidan, and Connor.

Ron and Barbra Sharpe both have backgrounds in musical theater, having met while starring in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables".

The Sharpe Family Singers initially gained attention through live performances, later expanding their audience through social media, where they regularly post both short and long-form content.

The Sharpe Family Singers have a main musical YouTube channel under the same name along with a second channel for posting vlogs and other non-musical content called "Sharpe Family Vlogs!".

Ron and Barbra Sharpe first met when performing in a Broadway production of Les Misérables, where they played the roles of Marius and Cosette, respectively. After becoming married on stage over 1000 times, Ron and Barbra decided to get married in real life. The have four children together, Samantha, Logan, and twins Aidan and Connor.^[4]

Apart from performing, Ron and Barbra have also produced two Broadway shows, A Catered Affair,^[5] and A Tale of Two Cities.^[6]

Samantha auditioned for the nineteenth season of American Idol in 2021, and was later eliminated in the Hollywood Round.^[7] The whole family also sung an arrangement of "Into The Unknown" at her audition.^[8]

The Sharpe Family Singers started their professional musical journey in 2014 and toured globally, performing a combination of popular songs and theatrical music. Their show Married to Broadway, performed seasonally, launched in 2014 and originally featured Ron and Barbra Sharpe along with their friend Natalie Toro.^[9] The show has since expanded to include their children as well as other friends and members of the Sharpes' extended family.

The Sharpe Family Singers were forced to stop touring when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and turned to social media, where they earned millions of views on TikTok, as well as a guest appearance on the Tamron Hall Show^[3] and other various local news outlets.^[10]

Since then, the Sharpe Family Singers have gained 2.75 million subscribers and 2.14 billion views on YouTube, as well as 9.8 million followers on TikTok. The Sharpe Family Singers have since been invited to sing the national anthem at sports games, and have also performed three times in the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade,^[11] and competed in America's Got Talent in 2023.^[10]

The Sharpe Family Singers entered the eighteenth season of America's Got Talent in 2023. During their audition, they performed an original arrangement of "How Far I'll Go" from the film Moana, receiving four "yes" votes from the judges.^[10][12] However, they were eliminated in Qualifiers 2 after performing an original arrangement of "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, which received a buzz from Howie Mandel.^[1]

The Sharpe Family Singers have been invited to perform at the 6abc Dunkin' Thanksgiving Day Parade three times. In 2021, they performed "Fa La La HO HO HO", an original Christmas song from their Christmas Album.^[13] In 2023, the Sharpe Family Singers performed twice during the parade: first at the beginning of the parade with "Go the Distance" from Disney's Hercules, and later at the end with "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from their Christmas Album.^[14] In 2024, they performed twice again: first with "Christmas Time is Here", an original Christmas song from their Christmas Album, and later with "Into The Unknown" from Disney's Frozen 2.^[15][16]