Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat performing at the Malibu Inn in Malibu, California on October 26, 2007
Background information
Birth name	Colbie Caillat
Born	May 28, 1985(1985-05-28) (age 24) Newbury Park, California
Origin	Malibu, California, United States
Genres	Pop, acoustic, blue-eyed soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist
Instruments	Vocal, guitar, ukulele, piano
Voice types	Contralto
Years active	2005— present
Labels	Universal Republic
Associated acts	Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift, Jason Reeves
Website	www.colbiecaillat.com

Colbie Marie Ashley Caillat ( /ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/ (help·info)) (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. Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Jeff Jennings [1] Area  - Total 100. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... The community of Newbury Park, California lies on a western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and an unincorporated portion of southern Ventura County. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Jeff Jennings [1] Area  - Total 100. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electronic means. ... Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is a term used to describe R&B or soul music performed by white artists. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... The ukulele (from Hawaiian: , pronounced ), variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK), or alternately abbreviated uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings. ... Pianoforte redirects here. ... Voice type, often called Fach (pl. ... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Republic Records logo. ... Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. ... Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter . ... Jason Reeves (born May 1976 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a radio broadcaster who hosts the drivetime show on Classic Hits FM. He has also worked on The Edge and ZM and hosted Headliners on TVNZ. His former partner is Tanya Pouwhare who was the winner of TV Series Treasure... The community of Newbury Park, California lies on a western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and an unincorporated portion of southern Ventura County. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Jeff Jennings [1] Area  - Total 100. ... Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. ...

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. Caillat began writing songs with Blue in 2004.^[1] The community of Newbury Park, California lies on a western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and an unincorporated portion of southern Ventura County. ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Jeff Jennings [1] Area  - Total 100. ... Ken Caillat is a record producer, probably best known for producing the Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, Live, and The Chain Box Set albums of Fleetwood Mac. ... This article is about the band. ... Rumours is a rock and roll album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977. ... Tusk was a double album released in 1979 (see 1979 in music) by Fleetwood Mac. ... Mick Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is an English musician best known for his role as the drummer with the rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. ... John Graham McVie (born November 26, 1945) is best known as the bass guitarist in the rock group Fleetwood Mac. ...

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] MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

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. Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. ... Kiss The Girl is a song by Ashley Tisdale from Disneys The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD. The video for this song premiered September 6th, 2006, on Disney Channel immediately following The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. ... The Little Mermaid is a 1989 Academy Award-winning animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with pencil test began on September 23, 1988 and first released on November 17, 1989 by Walt Disney Pictures. ... Disney redirects here. ... DisneyMania 6 is the proposed seventh release in the DisneyMania series. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Lifehouse has two ambiguous entries: Lifehouse unreleased album by The Who Lifehouse the US band. ... For other persons named John Mayer, see John Mayer (disambiguation). ...

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". The 2008 Summer Olympics (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in... Schiller is the main project of Christopher von Deylen, a German electronic music composer who produces music which can be considered trance and ambient. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born August 9, 1972), best known as Juanes, is a rock musician from Medellín, Colombia. ...

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 Swift's song called "Breathe," on her album, Fearless, which was released November 11, 2008. Caillat released a French version of "The Little Things" ("Ces petits riens") as a single.^[8] Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter . ... For information of the respiratory system, see breath, lung, diaphragm, trachea, gas exchange. ...

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 features 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 writer's 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 breakups. Caillat also has plans to release two Christmas songs for the 2009 holiday season, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Merry Christmas, Baby." She and collaborator Stacy Blue, who co-wrote Caillat's 2007 holiday single "Misteltoe," are also planning to write some new Christmas songs.^[10]Veronica comics released an issue with her as guest star. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer who has contributed to a long list of internationally successful popular songs. ... Jason Reeves (born May 1976 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a radio broadcaster who hosts the drivetime show on Classic Hits FM. He has also worked on The Edge and ZM and hosted Headliners on TVNZ. His former partner is Tanya Pouwhare who was the winner of TV Series Treasure... Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ...

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website
• Colbie Caillat at MySpace
• Colbie Caillat at Universal Republic
• Colbie Caillat at the Internet Movie Database
• French Website
• Colbie Caillat on the cover of the March 19th, 2008 issue of iProng Magazine
• Colbie Caillat cover story in the January 2009 issue of International Musician
• AOL Sessions Performance & Interview
• Walmart Soundcheck Performance & Interview