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Colbie Caillat 
Colbie Caillat performing in 2009Background information Birth name Colbie Marie Caillat Also known as Coco Born May 28, 1985
Newbury Park, California, United States Of AmericaOrigin Malibu, California, United States Genres Pop, Pop rock, folk-pop, Ballad, Surf pop Occupations Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist Instruments Vocal, guitar, ukulele, piano Years active 2007–present Labels Universal Republic Records Website www.colbiecaillat.com Colbie Marie Caillat (pronounced /ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/ (
listen); born May 28, 1985) is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough, in August 2009. Breakthrough was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album. She was also part of the group that won Album of the Year for her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's Fearless. She has sold over six million albums worldwide and sold over 10 million singles. In 2009, Billboard magazine's 94th-best-selling music artist of the 2000–2009 decade.[1]Contents
Life and career
Childhood and youth
Caillat was born in Malibu, California, and grew up in Newbury Park, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (1977) and Tusk (1979) albums. When she was an infant, her parents gave her the nickname "Coco", which she would later name her debut album.[2] Caillat took piano lessons as a child, but lacked significant inspiration until she turned 11 years old, when she became enthralled with Lauryn Hill's performance in Sister Act 2.[3] She realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons, performing onstage for the first time in sixth grade.[4]
Caillat soon met producer Mikal Blue, who hired her to sing on techno songs used at fashion shows. Caillat began playing the acoustic guitar at age 19, and Blue helped her record her first song.[3] She auditioned for American Idol but was rejected at the pre-audition stage and was unable to sing for the judges.[5] The second time she auditioned for the show, she sang her own original song, "Bubbly", and was rejected once again. However, Caillat expressed gratitude at the judges' decision, saying "I was shy. I was nervous. I didn't look the greatest. I wasn't ready for it yet. I was glad, when I auditioned, that they said no."[6] The popularity of Caillat's MySpace profile led her to become the number-one unsigned singer in her genre for four consecutive months.[7]
2007–2008: Coco
Caillat performing at The Malibu Inn during the Coco Summer Tour
Caillat's debut album, Coco was released in 2007. Her debut single "Bubbly" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Pop 100. Two other singles followed, "Realize" (#20, Hot 100) and "The Little Things" (#94, Pop 100).[8] After touring with The Goo Goo Dolls and Lifehouse in 2007, she was the supporting act for John Mayer on his 2008 Summer Tour.
In 2008, Caillat recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, called "Lucky," on his album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.[9] In August 2008, Caillat released a song and video for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics called "Somethin' Special".[10] Caillat also sings on "You" by Schiller and appears in the music video. She has been involved in the soundtrack of the movie Imagine That; she and Mikal Blue cover the Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun". She is also featured in Colombian singer Juanes' album La vida... es un ratico (en vivo) in the song "Hoy Me Voy". In October 2008, the song "Midnight Bottle" was included in the soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera Três Irmãs. She also played herself on this soap opera. Caillat provided background vocals for and co-wrote Taylor Swift's song "Breathe", on her album, Fearless.
2009–2010: Breakthrough
Caillat at the 2009 American Music Awards show.Caillat's second album, Breakthrough, was released in August 2009. Most of the album was co-written by Jason Reeves and features guitarist David Becker on two tracks. Becker has worked with the Caillat's father Ken.[11] Caillat had writer's block during the recording sessions, so she enlisted her friends Kara DioGuardi and Jason Reeves, and they went to Hawaii for three weeks, rented a beach house and wrote songs. The first single from Breakthrough, "Fallin' for You", was released in June. The second single, "I Never Told You," was released in February 2010. Caillat released two Christmas songs for the 2009 holiday season: the standard "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and the Beach Boys song "Merry Christmas, Baby".[12]
Caillat was recognized as BMI's songwriter of the year. In July 2010, Caillat performed "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch at the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In September 2010, Caillat performed the national anthem in the season opener game of the National Football League in New Orleans and a Monday Night Football game in Chicago. In December 2010, Caillat performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.
2011–present: All of You
Caillat's third album, All of You, was released on July 12, 2011. The first single, "I Do" was released in February. The second single, "Brighter Than the Sun", was released in June.[13] Caillat performed an acoustic version the National Anthem before the San Diego Chargers v Minnesota Vikings game at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on September 11, 2011, during the day of remembrance for 9/11.
Colbie Caillat performed her second single Brighter Than the Sun on Disney Channel's Original Series: So Random.
Caillat appeared in the third episode of the cancelled NBC television series The Playboy Club as 1960s singer Lesley Gore. In the episode broadcast on October 3, 2011, Caillat sang Gore's 1963 classic hit, It's My Party.[14] Cast for the part in August 2011,[15] Caillat taped her portion of the episode in Chicago.[16]
Discography
Main article: Colbie Caillat discography- Coco (2007)
- Breakthrough (2009)
- All of You (2011)
Tours
- 2008: John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour
- 2008: Coco Summer Tour
- 2008: Coco World Tour
- 2009/2010: Breakthrough World Tour
- 2011: All of You Summer Tour
Awards and nominations
Colbie Caillat awards and nominations Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Totals Awards won 8 Nominations 19 Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Caillat has won two awards from four nominations, including Album of the Year (as featured artist).
Year Nominated work Award Result 2010 Breakthrough Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated "Lucky" with Jason Mraz Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Won "Breathe" with Taylor Swift Nominated Others awards and nominations
Year Result Award Category Nominated Work 2008 Nominated American Music Awards T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist General Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakthrough Artist General Nominated Choice Love Song "Bubbly" 2009 Won BMI Pop Awards Songwriter of the Year Colbie Caillat Won Song of The Year "Bubbly" Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Hook Up "Lucky" 2010 Nominated People's Choice Awards Favorite Music Collaboration "Lucky" Nominated Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Album Breakthrough Won Album of the Year Fearless (featured artist) Won Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Lucky" (with Jason Mraz) Nominated Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Breathe" (with Taylor Swift) Soul and Jazz Awards
Year Nominated work Award Result 2010 Breakthrough Best Album Pop of the Year Won Colbie Caillat Best Artist of the Year Act Pop Won "Fallin' for You" Best Pop Song Nominated 2011 "I Do" Next Hit of 2011 Nominated References
- ^ "Billboard Charts – Decade-end Artists – Artists Of The Decade". Billboard.biz. http://www.billboard.com/features/best-of-the-2000s-the-decade-in-charts-and-1004051233.story#/charts-decade-end/hot-100-artists?year=2009&begin=91&order=position. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Mansfield, Brian (October 7, 2007). "22 million clicks later, MySpace launches Colbie Caillat's career". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-07-colbie-caillat_N.htm. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Lymangrover, Jason (2007). "Colbie Caillat: Biography". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/colbie-caillat-p920925/biography. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
- ^ Reuter, Annie (May 26, 2010). "Colbie Caillat On Music Education, Songwriting and Stage Fright". Hoboken Patch. http://hoboken.patch.com/articles/colbie-caillat-on-music-education-songwriting-and-stage-fright. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Beavers, Danielle (July 28, 2008). "Colbie Caillat: From 'American Idol' Reject To John Mayer Tourmate". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591609/colbie-caillat-from-idol-reject-john-mayer-tour.jhtml. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Mansfield, Brian (March 11, 2010). "Celeb 'Idol' fan: Colbie Caillat". USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/celeb-idol-fan-colbie-caillat/1. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Stewart, Allison (July 17, 2007). "RECORDINGS Quick Spins". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601702.html. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
- ^ "Colbie Caillat > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p920925. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
- ^ Jasonmraz.com – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Jason Mraz Official Store Pre-Order
- ^ "Colbie Caillat MySpace Profile Pictures". Viewmorepics.myspace.com. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=8777613&albumId=2085183. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ "New Press Releases and CSR News". The Earth Times. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/universal-republic-star-colbie-caillat,798058.shtml. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ Gary Graff (September 2, 2009). Colbie Caillat 'Excited, Thankful' For No. 1 'Breakthrough' Album. Billboard. Accessed October 17, 2010.
- ^ "Artisan News Service: Colbie Caillat Says New Album Is Just About Done". Clicker.com. November 10, 2010. http://www.clicker.com/web/artisan-news-service/COLBIE-CAILLAT-SAYS-NEW-ALBUM-IS-JUST-ABOUT-DONE-1179639/. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ The Washington Examiner - Colbie Caillat on NBC's The Playboy Club]
- ^ Colbie Caillat first guest star cast in NBC's The Playboy Club
- ^ [http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110923/LIFE/109230316/-Bubbly-Colbie-Caillat-breezes-into-town NewsLeader.com - Colbie Caillat on NBC's The Playboy Club as Leslie Gore
External links
- Official website
- Colbie Caillat at Universal Republic
- Colbie Caillat at the Internet Movie Database
- Colbie Caillat on the cover of the March 19, 2008 issue of iProng Magazine
- Colbie Caillat cover story in the January 2009 issue of International Musician
- AOL Sessions Performance & Interview
Colbie Caillat Albums EPs Coco: Summer Sessions · iTunes SessionSingles "Bubbly" · "Mistletoe" · "Realize" · "The Little Things" · "Somethin' Special (Beijing Olympic Mix)" · "Fallin' For You" · "I Never Told You" · "I Do" · "Brighter Than the Sun"Featured singles Other songs "What If"Related articles Grammy Award for Album of the Year (2010s) Fearless performed by Taylor Swift; Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Neibank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer (2010) The Suburbs performed by Arcade Fire (William Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Timothy Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry); Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; George Marino, mastering engineer (2011) Complete list · (1960s) · (1970s) · (1980s) · (1990s) · (2000s) · (2010s) Categories:- 1985 births
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- Living people
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- People from Ventura County, California
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