Colbie Caillat
| Colbie Caillat | |
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 Colbie Caillat performing in 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Colbie Marie Caillat |
| Born | May 28, 1985 Newbury Park, California, United States |
| Origin | Malibu, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop, folk pop, pop rock, blue-eyed soul |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist |
| Instruments | Vocal, acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Universal Republic (2007-2012), Republic (2012-present) |
| Website | www.colbiecaillat.com |
Colbie Marie Caillat (
i/ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/; born May 28, 1985) is an American pop singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly" and "Realize". 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 at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She was also part of the group that won Album of the Year at the 2010 Grammys for her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's Fearless album. Caillat has sold over six million albums worldwide and sold over 10 million singles. In 2009, she was named Billboard magazine's 94th-best-selling music artist of the 2000–2009 decade.[1] In 2011, she released her third studio album All of You. On October 23, 2012 she released her first Christmas album Christmas in the Sand.
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[edit] Life and career
[edit] 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] Since then she has covered the Roberta Flack song, "Killing Me Softly", which had previously been covered by Lauryn Hill, and Hill's own[citation needed] "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.[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]
[edit] 2007–2008: Coco
Caillat's debut album, Coco was released in 2007. Her debut single "Bubbly" peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Pop 100. Two other singles followed, "Realize" (number 20, Hot 100) and "The Little Things" (number 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 (Three Sisters). She also played herself on this soap opera and performed the song. Caillat provided background vocals for and co-wrote Taylor Swift's song "Breathe", on her album, Fearless.
[edit] 2009–2010: Breakthrough
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 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. In 2010, Caillat visited the Watkins Glen, New York shelter of Farm Sanctuary, an organization she supports.[13]
[edit] 2011–present: All of You, Christmas in the Sand and departure from Universal Republic Records
Caillat's third album, All of You, was released on July 6, 2011. The first single, "I Do" was released in February. The second single, "Brighter Than the Sun", was released in June.[14] 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. Caillat performed "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 hit, "It's My Party".[15] Cast for the part in August 2011,[16] Caillat taped her portion of the episode in Chicago.[17] Caillat completed a Christmas album titled Christmas in the Sand that was released on October 23, 2012. She also began working on her fourth album, set to be released after her Christmas album. In mid-2012, it was announced that Universal Republic Records was going defunct; all other artists including Caillat moved from the label to Republic Records, thus reviving that label.[18]
[edit] Discography
- Coco (2007)
- Breakthrough (2009)
- All of You (2011)
- Christmas in the Sand (2012)
[edit] 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
- 2012: Co-Headlining Summer Tour with Gavin DeGraw
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Três Irmãs | Herself | |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live | Herself | "Steve Martin/Jason Mraz" (Season 34, Episode 14) |
| 2011 | The Playboy Club | Lesley Gore | "An Act of Simple Duplicity" (Season 1, Episode 3) |
| 2011 | So Random! | Herself | "Colbie Caillat" (Season 1, Episode 9) |
| 2011 | Majors & Minors | Herself/Mentor | "One World - Part 1" (Season 1, Episode 1) "Fly Away" (Season 1, Episode 5) |
[edit] Awards and nominations
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| Awards won | 8 | |||||||
| Nominations | 19 | |||||||
[edit] 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 |
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| 2010 | Fearless (as featured artist of Taylor Swift) | Album of the Year | Won |
| "Lucky" (with Jason Mraz) | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Won | |
| "Breathe" (with Taylor Swift) | Nominated | ||
| Breakthrough | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
[edit] Others awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Nominated work |
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| 2008 | Nominated | American Music Awards | T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist | General |
| Nominated | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakthrough Artist | General | |
| Nominated | Choice Love Song | "Bubbly" | ||
| Won | Billboard Music Awards | Rising Star | General | |
| 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" |
[edit] 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.
- ^ (August 25, 2010). Colbie Caillat & Justin Young Visit Farm Sanctuary. Pet News Network. Accessed February 13, 2012.
- ^ "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
- ^ NewsLeader.com - Colbie Caillat on NBC's The Playboy Club as Leslie Gore
- ^ "Colbie Caillat now on Republic Records". http://www.republicrecords.com/artists/artist_single.aspx?aid=628. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Colbie Caillat |
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- 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
- Interview with Caillat's manager Chad Jensen, HitQuarters Jun 2008
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| Preceded by — |
Billboard Rising Star Award 2008 |
Succeeded by Lady Gaga |
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- Colbie Caillat
- 1985 births
- American child singers
- American acoustic guitarists
- American female guitarists
- American female pop singers
- American female singers
- American folk guitarists
- American folk singers
- American pianists
- American pop guitarists
- American pop singers
- American pop singer-songwriters
- American singer-songwriters
- Grammy Award-winning artists
- Living people
- Musicians from California
- People from Los Angeles County, California
- People from Ventura County, California
