Who Was the Artist that Sang "Season of Love?"

The song "Season of Love" is part of the musical Rent and sung by many.

If you are asking who sang "Season of Love," you should be aware that the song is not credited to just one artist- instead, the song, "Seasons of Love," is one of the most popular songs from a musical called Rent. 

The song "Season of Love" was originally written and composed by the author and musician behind this hit musical, whose name is Jonathan Larson... but he was not the singer.  In reality, there are a number of different versions of the song available and thus a number of answers to which artist sang "Season of Love."

Larson, however, is not the singer of any version. In fact, although he is the musician who wrote and composed the original, he never actually sang the song.  The artist who sang the song is actually listed as the "Broadway play original cast recording" They sang the first version of the song, when it was recorded by the original cast who first performed the musical “Rent” on Broadway.  Thus, the first artist who sang Season of Love was simply this "original cast recording."

However, other versions of the song, including one by Stevie Wonder, taking the role of “Soloist #1,” have been recorded and released in the years since “Rent” came out.  Many of these versions are available, but the first "definitive" version is the one by the original Broadway cast.

What Is "Rent?"

“Rent,” is one of the most popular musicals in recent history. It is set in New York in the modern era and chronicles the loves and lives of a number of tenants in an apartment building, including gay tenants, African American tenants, and tenants of other ethnicities living various lifestyles.