Colbie Caillat

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Colbie Caillat (2007)

Colbie Marie Caillat (born May 28, 1985 in Malibu , California ) is an American singer-songwriter and Grammy award winner.

Career

Colbie Caillat became known through her MySpace page. Her song Bubbly has been played over ten million times on her site.

In October 2006, she had over 6,000 fans on MySpace and the American music magazine Rolling Stone named her one of the top female artists on MySpace. Ultimately, Caillat became the most successful artist without a record deal when the number of her MySpace fans grew to over 100,000. In the meantime, her site has been visited over 60 million times (as of April 2012) and her songs have been listened to over 113 million times.

Working with Mikal Blue and singer and songwriter Jason Reeves resulted in a few songs from their debut album Coco , released in 2007 , the title of which is based on their childhood nicknames. It made it into the top ten on the Billboard charts and enjoyed worldwide success. The song Bubbly was also a top ten hit in many countries and was in the charts in Switzerland and the USA for almost a whole year.

Caillat's second album Breakthrough was released in 2009 and debuted at number one in the US. It was able to build on the success of their first album and had another single hit with Fallin 'for You . Together with Jason Mraz , Caillat wrote and sang the song Lucky in the same year , which was also an international success. This duet won a Grammy in 2010 ; Caillat was also nominated for the album Breakthrough and for Breathe , a duet with Taylor Swift . Caillat had also previously co-produced Swift's album Fearless . On July 8, 2011, Caillat's third studio album, All of You , was released, whose pre- single I Do was released on February 7, 2011.

In the German-speaking countries, she gained greater prominence through her collaboration with the Schiller music project .

She participated in the album for the film Chronicles of the Underworld - City of Bones , where she sang the song When the Darkness Comes .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2007 Coco DE15 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH23
gold
gold

(38 weeks)CH 		UK44
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US5
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(79 weeks)US
First published: July 17, 2007
2009 Breakthrough DE9 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (8 weeks)
CH 		- US1
gold
gold

(56 weeks)US
First published: August 21, 2009
2011 All of you DE11 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT24 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (8 weeks)
CH 		- US6 (17 weeks)
US
First published: July 8, 2011
2012 Christmas in the sand - - - - US41 (9 weeks)
US
First published: October 23, 2012
2014 Gypsy Heart - - CH62 (1 week)
CH 		- US17 (14 weeks)
US
First published: September 30, 2014
2016 The Malibu Sessions - - - - US35 (1 week)
US
First published: October 7, 2016

Awards

  • 2008: Echo : Nomination for Newcomer of the Year (international)
  • 2010: Grammy : Winner Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals , nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals , Best Pop Vocal Album

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scott Iwasaki: Colbie Caillat brings 'The Malibu Sessions' to Park City. In: parkrecord.com. Park Record, October 11, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Colbie Caillat's MySpace page.
  3. ^ Official video from Universal Music Group ( memento September 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on YouTube.
  4. ^ Brian Mansfield: 22 million clicks later, MySpace launches Colbie Caillat's career. In: usatoday.com. USA Today , July 10, 2007; accessed January 9, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ All of You. In: colbiecaillat.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014 ; accessed on January 9, 2017 (English).

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personal data
SURNAME Caillat, Colbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caillat, Colbie Marie (full name); Coco (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and Grammy Award winner
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Malibu , California , United States