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Infobox musical artist| name = Colbie Caillat| image = Colbie Caillat playing in Paradiso, Amsterdam 03.jpg| caption = Colbie Caillat performing in 2009| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Colbie Marie Caillat| Born = birth date and age|1985|5|28 Newbury Park, California , United States| origin = Malibu, California , United States| genre = Pop music|Pop , folk music|folk pop , pop rock , blue-eyed soul | occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist| years_active = 2007–present| instrument = Vocal, guitar, ukulele , piano| label = Universal Republic Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.colbiecaillat.com www.colbiecaillat.com Colbie Marie Caillat (IPAc-en|audio=Colbie Caillat.ogg|'|k|o?|l|b|i|_|k|?|'|l|e?; born May 28, 1985) is an American Grammy award -winning pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California . She debuted in 2007 with Coco (album)|Coco , which included hit singles " Bubbly ", " Realize (song)|Realize ", and " The Little Things ". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz , " Lucky (Jason Mraz song)|Lucky ", which won a Grammy . Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough (Colbie Caillat album)|Breakthrough , in August 2009. Breakthrough was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She was also part of the group that won Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year at the 2010 Grammys for her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift 's Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless album. She has sold over six million albums worldwide and sold over 10 million singles. In 2009, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine's 94th-best-selling music artist of the 2000–2009 decade.cite web|url= 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|title=Billboard Charts – Decade-end Artists – Artists Of The Decade |publisher=Billboard.biz |date= |accessdate=2010-08-19
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 (album)|Tusk (1979) albums. When she was an infant, her parents gave her the nickname "Coco", which she would later name her debut album.cite web|url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-07-colbie-caillat_N.htm|title=22& nbsp;million clicks later, MySpace launches Colbie Caillat's career|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|date=October 7, 2007|accessdate=January 15, 2011|work=USA Today 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 .cite web|url= http://allmusic.com/artist/colbie-caillat-p920925/biography|title=Colbie Caillat: Biography|last=Lymangrover|first=Jason|year=2007|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=July 3, 2009 She realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons, performing onstage for the first time in sixth grade.cite web|url= http://hoboken.patch.com/articles/colbie-caillat-on-music-education-songwriting-and-stage-fright|title=Colbie Caillat On Music Education, Songwriting and Stage Fright|last=Reuter|first=Annie|work=Hoboken Patch|date=May 26, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2011 Since then she has covered many songs by Lauryn Hill including "Killing Me Softly" and the timeless classic "Tell Him"
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. She auditioned for American Idol but was rejected at the pre-audition stage and was unable to sing for the judges.cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591609/colbie-caillat-from-idol-reject-john-mayer-tour.jhtml|title=Colbie Caillat: From 'American Idol' Reject To John Mayer Tourmate|last=Beavers|first=Danielle|date=July 28, 2008|accessdate=January 15, 2011|publisher=MTV News 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."cite web|url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/celeb-idol-fan-colbie-caillat/1|title=Celeb 'Idol' fan: Colbie Caillat|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|date=March 11, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2011|work=USA Today The popularity of Caillat's MySpace profile led her to become the number-one unsigned singer in her genre for four consecutive months.cite web |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601702.html |title=RECORDINGS Quick Spins |accessdate=July 24, 2007 |last=Stewart |first=Allison |date=July 17, 2007 |work=The Washington Post
2007–2008: Coco
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 (song)|Realize " (#20, Hot 100) and " The Little Things " (#94, Pop 100).cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p920925|pure_url=yes|title=Colbie Caillat > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=July 3, 2009 After touring with Goo Goo Dolls|The Goo Goo Dolls and Lifehouse (band)|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 (Jason Mraz song)|Lucky ," on his album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things .Jasonmraz.com – http://jasonmraz.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx? cp=418_13384& pc=JZ19COMBO We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Jason Mraz Official Store Pre-Order In August 2008, Caillat released a song and video for the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Summer Olympics called " Somethin' Special (Beijing Olympic Mix)|Somethin' Special ".cite web|url= http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewPicture& friendID=8777613& albumId=2085183 |title=Colbie Caillat MySpace Profile Pictures |publisher=Viewmorepics.myspace.com |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2011 Caillat also sings on "You" by Schiller (band)|Schiller and appears in the music video. She has been involved in the soundtrack of the movie Imagine That (film)|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 (Taylor Swift song)|Breathe ", on her album, Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless .
2009–2010: Breakthrough
Caillat's second album, Breakthrough (Colbie Caillat album)|Breakthrough , was released in August 2009. Most of the album was co-written by Jason Reeves (songwriter)|Jason Reeves and features guitarist David Becker on two tracks. Becker has worked with the Caillat's father Ken.cite web|url= http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/universal-republic-star-colbie-caillat,798058.shtml |title=New Press Releases and CSR News |publisher=The Earth Times |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2011 Caillat had writer's block during the recording sessions, so she enlisted her friends Kara DioGuardi and Jason Reeves (songwriter)|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 (Colbie Caillat song)|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 ".Gary Graff (September 2, 2009). http://www.billboard.com/news/colbie-caillat-excited-thankful-for-no-1-1004008451.story#/news/colbie-caillat-excited-thankful-for-no-1-1004008451.story Colbie Caillat 'Excited, Thankful' For No. 1 'Breakthrough' Album. Billboard . Accessed October 17, 2010.
Caillat was recognized as Broadcast Music, Inc.|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 (album)|All of You , was released on July 12, 2011. The first single, " I Do (Colbie Caillat song)|I Do " was released in February. The second single, " Brighter Than the Sun ", was released in June.cite web|url= http://www.clicker.com/web/artisan-news-service/COLBIE-CAILLAT-SAYS-NEW-ALBUM-IS-JUST-ABOUT-DONE-1179639/ |title=Artisan News Service: Colbie Caillat Says New Album Is Just About Done |publisher=Clicker.com |date=November 10, 2010 |accessdate=April 14, 2011 Caillat performed an acoustic version of 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 (song)|It's My Party . http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2011/09/its-her-party-colbie-caillat-her-latest-record-portraying-leslie-gore-and-huma The Washington Examiner - Colbie Caillat on NBC's ''The Playboy Club Cast for the part in August 2011, http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/16/playboy-club-colbie-caillat/ Colbie Caillat first guest star cast in NBC's The Playboy Club Caillat taped her portion of the episode in Chicago . 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
The Grammy Award s are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Caillat has won two awards from four nominations, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year (as featured artist).
awards table|- |rowspan="3"| 52nd Grammy Awards|2010 || Breakthrough | Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album |nom|- |" Lucky (Jason Mraz song)|Lucky " with Jason Mraz |rowspan="2"| Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |won|- |" Breathe (Taylor Swift song)|Breathe " with Taylor Swift |nomend
Others awards and nominations
Year
Result
Award
Category
Nominated Work
2008
nom
Teen Choice Awards
nom
2009
BMI Pop Awards
won
nom
Teen Choice Awards
2010
nom
nom
Grammy Award
Won
Won
nom
References
Reflist
External links
Commons category|Colbie Caillat
Official website| http://www.colbiecaillat.com
http://www.colbiecaillatmusic.com/ Colbie Caillat at Universal Republic
IMDb name
http://iprong.com/article.php? id=3147 Colbie Caillat on the cover of the March 19, 2008 issue of iProng Magazine
http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/AFM_IM/IM_Jan_09/2008122401/18.html Colbie Caillat cover story in the January 2009 issue of International Musician
http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3? page=intrview/opar/intrview_Chad_Jensen_Interview.html Interview with Caillat's manager Chad Jensen, HitQuarters Jun 2008
Colbie CaillatGrammy Award for Album of the Year 2010s Persondata| NAME = Caillat, Colbie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American singer-songwriter and guitarist | DATE OF BIRTH = May 28, 1989 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Newbury Park, California|Newbury Park , California, United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Caillat, Colbie Category:1985 births Category:American child singers Category:American acoustic guitarists Category:American female guitarists Category:American female singers Category:American folk guitarists Category:American folk singers Category:American pianists Category:American pop guitarists Category:American pop singers Category:American pop singer-songwriters Category:American singer-songwriters Category:English-language singers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Living people Category:Musicians from California Category:People from Los Angeles County, California Category:People from Ventura County, California