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Colbie CaillatBrighter Than The SunBubblyI DoI Never Told YouRealizeThe Little Things
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.[1] 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.[2] She realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons, performing onstage for the first time in sixth grade.[3] 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.[2] She auditioned for American Idol but was rejected
at the pre-audition stage and was unable to sing for the judges.[4]
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."[5] The popularity of Caillat's MySpace profile led her to become the number-one
unsigned singer in her genre for four consecutive months.[6] 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).[7] 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.[8] In August 2008, Caillat
released a song and video for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
called "Somethin' Special".[9] 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. 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.[10] 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".[11] 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. 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.[12] Coco (2007) Tours 2008: John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour Awards and nominations 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).
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