Coco is the debut album by Colbie Caillat. The album was released on July 17, 2007 in the United States via Universal Republic, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 and selling 51,000 copies in the first week. The album was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA with shipments to U.S. retailers of 2,000,000 units. The album's first single was "Bubbly" is the smash hit of the album, the second was "Realize", and the third was "The Little Things" it became the final single from the album in the United States. According to one of the pictures on Caillat's MySpace page, it was assumed that her song "Battle" would have been the fourth and final single from Coco. Because of her collaboration with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", being released as a single and with the release of her second album, it is assumed that the single and music video were canceled and all promotion was then focused on "Lucky" and her second album Breakthrough.http It also became Caillat's best-selling album, to date, selling 2,000,000 copies in the United States and over 3,000,000 copies around the world. Caillat supported the album with the Coco World Tour. The album found the album in the summer of 2007.

Reception

Critical reviews of the album were mixed. Allmusic said "she sings about simple, everyday things in an unassuming manner, letting her melodies and girl-next-door charm carry the day".Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2007). AllMusic.com. Retrieved September 28, 2007. Chuck Arnold (of People magazine) said that "although the midtempo tracks start to blend together, this California girl keeps the sun-kissed sounds coming."Arnold, Chuck (August 20, 2007), "Coco". People. 68 (8):44 Caryn Ganz (with Rolling Stone) said Caillat has "soulful swing, but over a dozen bland, sunny tunes, it's hard to pin her down."Ganz, Caryn (August 23, 2007), "Coco". Rolling Stone. (1033):72 Capri is the sole song written by only Caillat herself. It was also featured in the movie Stephanie Daley.

Release history

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Artist/Band Information

Colbie Marie Caillat (; born May 28, 1985) 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", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough, in August 2009.

On December 2, 2009, Breakthrough was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards. She was also nominated twice for Best Pop Collaboration, for her featured vocals on Mraz's "Lucky" and her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's "Breathe", and was part of the group that won Album of the Year for her background vocals and writing on Swift's Fearless. The combined U.S. sales of her first two albums is about 2.5 million, with 4 million sold worldwide, and 10 million singles in the U.S. In 2010 she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway in honor of 2010 Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo.

Biography

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. As an infant, her parents gave her the nickname "Coco", which she would later name her debut album.

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. She realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons. She performed onstage for the first time in sixth grade. she 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. 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."

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. Her debut single was "Bubbly" and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Pop 100. "Bubbly" also reached #58 in the UK Singles Chart in September 2008 after 11 months in the chart. Two other singles followed, "Realize" (#20, Hot 100) and "The Little Things" (#94, Pop 100).

In May 2008, Caillat recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, called "Lucky," on his album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.Jasonmraz.com - The same month, Caillat recorded a cover of the song "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid for Disney's DisneyMania 6 CD. 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 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. 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 and Mikal Blue cover 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".

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. She also participated in the role of herself on this soap opera. 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.http

2009–2010: Breakthrough

Caillat's second album, entitled Breakthrough, was released on August 21, 2009, in Germany; August 24 in the rest of Europe; and a day after that in the US. Most of the album was co-written by Jason Reeves, an American songwriter signed to Warner Bros. Records and features world-renowned guitarist David Becker on two tracks. Becker has worked with the singer's father Ken on several of his own recordings.http

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 writer's block so she enlisted her friends, Kara DioGuardi, Jason Reeves and they went to Hawaii for three weeks, rented a beach house and wrote songs about love, relationships and breakups.

Caillat released 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 "Mistletoe") are also planning to write some new Christmas songs.Gary Graff (September 2, 2009). . Billboard. Accessed October 17, 2010. Archie Comics released an issue with her as guest star.

Caillat told Broken Records Magazine in Volume 1 Issue 3 that she "is so honored to be recognized as BMI's songwriter of the year and it is an amazing accomplishment that I never expected! Getting to travel the world and play my songs has to be one of the best jobs in the world."

The second single, "I Never Told You," was released February 16, 2010.

According to her official website, Caillat is currently writing and recording songs for her third studio album. Her father Ken Caillat is again at the producing helm for part of the recording, and guitarist David Becker is also on board.

In June 2010, Caillat recorded a song for Levi's Pioneer's Sessions, a remake of Blondie's song, "Maria." The track is available as a free download from the official site.http

In July 2010, Caillat performed God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch at the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. She is currently dating Justin Kawika Young, the Hawaiian-raised kid and other vocalist in her band, who helped inspire her upcoming third album.http In the same article, a song titled "Shadow" was confirmed to be on her upcoming album.

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

On September 12, 2010 at her Pechanga Resort & Casino concert, Caillat announced her upcoming album is being recorded and will be released in 2011.So far "I Do" has been released, and it hit number one on iTunes store its first day. She also played 5 songs from the upcoming album for the first time in public. The songs, and their stories she described behind them, are as follows:

*"I Do" – Caillat said it is supposed to be sort of a joke but it is hard to explain and it is about marriage.

*"Dream Life" – Caillat said that her friends always talk about this dream life they wish they had where they spend their days by the pool drinking cocktails.

*"Shadow" – Caillat explained that this song was about and directed toward a friend of hers who has been with the same guy for a year and he refuses to call her his girlfriend so the song is about what she should say to him.

*"Before I Let You Go" – Caillat said she wrote this when she was angry at someone and it is about how they should change their ways before they are out of her life.

*"Let's Make It Rain" – Caillat said she wrote this last summer, 2009 and it is about doing what you want and not caring what other people think.

*"What If" – Originally featured in the movie "Letters to Juliet," Caillat described the song as "about day dreaming about being in love."

*"What Means the Most"

*"Happier"

*"All of You"

*"Like Yesterday"

*"Brighter Than the Sun"

*"Favorite Song"(Featuring Common)

*"Stereo"

*"Think Good Thoughts"

It has been reported by several news outlets that the album would be titled "Swing" but Caillat has reiterated that she has not reached a final decision yet. In an interview on Artisan News, it was revealed that the first single for the album was to be out January 7, and is "I Do".http Colbie announced that she teamed up with Lady Antebellum on one of her songs on her upcoming album.http

On January 10, 2011, Caillat performed "Bubbly" at the Detroit Auto Show at the Mercedes-Benz Press Event. On January 26, 2011, Caillat uploaded a video preview of the new single "I Do" on Facebook. The single was released on February 7, 2011. Her new album will be released May 3, 2011.

Discography

* Coco (2007)

* Breakthrough (2009)

* All of You (2011)http

Tours

* 2008: John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour

* 2008: Coco Summer Tour

* 2008: Coco World Tour

* 2009/2010: Breakthrough World Tour

Awards and nominations

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).

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