Colbie Marie Ashley Caillat
() (born May 28, 1985 in Newbury Park, California) 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". Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough
, in August 2009.
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Personal background
Caillat was born in
Newbury Park, California and grew up in
Malibu, California as well. During her childhood, she studied piano and vocals.
[1] Her father,
Ken Caillat, co-produced
Fleetwood Mac's
Rumours
and
Tusk
albums; Caillat recalls being around the likes of
Mick Fleetwood and
John McVie as a child.
[2] Producer
Mikal Blue hired a teenaged Caillat to sing on background techno music to be used for fashion shows. With a fully professional relationship, Caillat began writing songs with Blue in 2004.
Music career
2007-2008: Coco
The popularity of Caillat's
MySpace profile led her to become the number-one unsigned singer in her genre for four consecutive months.
[3] Her debut single was "Bubbly" and 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).
[4]
In May 2008, Caillat recorded a duet with
Jason Mraz, called "
Lucky," on his album,
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
.
[5] The same month, Caillat recorded a cover of the song "
Kiss the Girl" from
The Little Mermaid
for
Disney's
DisneyMania vol. 6 CD.
[6] 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 August 2008, Caillat released a song and video for the
2008 Beijing Summer Olympics called "
Somethin' Special" and released another music video for her song "
The Little Things" for the U.S. market.
[7] Caillat also sings on "You" by
Schiller and appears in the music video. Colbie has been involved in the soundtrack of the movie "Imagine That"; she covers the
George Harrison 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", and despite not being released as a single yet, the song has received a lot of airplay in Brazil. Caillat provided background vocals and co-wrote with
Taylor Swift, for Taylor's song called "
Breathe," on Swift's album,
Fearless,
which was released November 11, 2008. Caillat released a
French version of "The Little Things" ("Ces petits riens") as a single.
[8]
2009-present: Breakthrough
Caillat has a second album, entitled
Breakthrough
, released on August 21, 2009 in
Germany, August 24 in the rest of
Europe and a day after that in the
US. The new CD will include guitarist
David Becker on two tracks. Becker has worked with the singer's father Ken on several of his own recordings.
[9]
The first single from
Breakthrough
, "
Fallin' for You", was released on June 29, 2009.
On August 4, 2009 the album was made available to pre-order through
iTunes with the bonus song "Hold Your Head High". This configuration also comes with a reggae version of "Begin Again". During "Breakthrough" Colbie had a writers block so she went to her friends,
Kara Dioguardi,
Jason Reeves and they went to
Hawaii for three weeks. They had a beach house and wrote songs about love and break ups
Discography
Studio albums
- 2007: Coco
- 2009: Breakthrough
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Concert tours
- 2007/2008: Coco World Tour
- 2009/2010: Breakthrough World Tour
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Awards and nominations
Year
| Result
| Award
| Category
| Nominated Work
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2008
| Nominated
| American Music Awards
| Favorite Breakthrough Artist
| General
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Nominated
| Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Breakthrough Artist
| General
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Nominated
| Choice Love Song
| Bubbly
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2009
| Nominated
| Teen Music Awards
| Best New Artist
| General
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References
- Colbie Caillat > Biography
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- RECORDINGS Quick Spins
- Colbie Caillat > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles
- Jasonmraz.com - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Jason Mraz Official Store Pre-Order
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- Colbie Caillat MySpace Profile Pictures
- http://www.ozap.com/musique/colbie-caillat/ces-petits-rien/0602517945715
- http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/universal-republic-star-colbie-caillat,798058.shtml
- Universal Republic Star Colbie Caillat Readying New Album “Breakthrough” for August 25 Release