Colbie Caillat
Sep 26, 2011
Armed simply with her dusky vocals and acoustic guitar, Colbie Caillat and her homespun music continue to resonate with listeners and win new fans. Little more than a year after the release of her nearly double platinum debut album CoCo, Caillat quickly made such an enduring impact that USA Today declared the California girl a vital part of "a new wave of troubadours luring fans of all ages into a peaceful, easy feeling." The national newspaper put her in the company of other platinum plus artists like Sara Bareilles, Caillat's musical hero Jack Johnson, and her good friend and her "Lucky" duet partner, Jason Mraz.
"CoCo" debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart and remained in the top 20 of the chart more than half a year after the CD's release. "Bubbly" spent a staggering 14 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart and four weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart. "Bubbly" was also certified platinum; signaling sales of more than 2.6 million downloads. Second single "Realize," about a friend, who was secretly in love with Caillat, was also a huge hit. And the third is proving to be the charm as "Little Things" is following the path of its predecessors.
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. 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 was recognized as BMI's songwriter of the year for 2010.
Caillat's third album, All of You, was released on July 12, 2011. The second single off the album, "Brighter Than the Sun", was released on May 23th and is currently impacting radio now.