1. Colbie Marie Caillat is an American singer-songwriter.
46 Facts About Colbie Caillat
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Colbie Caillat rose to fame on the social networking website Myspace in 2005.
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Colbie Caillat signed with Universal Republic Records to release her debut studio album, Coco, which was supported by the singles "Bubbly" and "Realize", peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Colbie Caillat's third album, All of You, was supported by the single "Brighter Than the Sun", and her fourth album, Christmas in the Sand, was a Christmas album.
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Colbie Caillat was born in Malibu, California, and grew up in Newbury Park, California.
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Colbie 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.
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Colbie Caillat realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons, performing onstage for the first time in sixth grade.
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Colbie Caillat soon met producer Mikal Blue, who hired her to sing on techno songs used at fashion shows.
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Colbie Caillat began playing the acoustic guitar at age 19, and Blue helped her record her first song.
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Colbie Caillat auditioned for American Idol in an early season, but was rejected at the pre-audition stage and was unable to sing for the judges.
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Colbie Caillat recorded a French translated version of this song.
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Colbie Caillat has been involved in the soundtrack of the movie Imagine That; she and Mikal Blue cover the Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun".
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Colbie Caillat is featured in Colombian singer Juanes' album La vida.
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Colbie Caillat played herself in this soap opera and performed the song.
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Colbie Caillat provided background vocals for and co-wrote Taylor Swift's song "Breathe", on her album, Fearless.
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On January 13,2009, Colbie Caillat released a duet with Jason Mraz, called "Lucky", on his album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.
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Colbie 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.
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In July 2010, Colbie Caillat performed "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch at the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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In September 2010, Colbie 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.
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In December 2010, Colbie Caillat performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.
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In 2010, Colbie Caillat visited the Watkins Glen, New York shelter of Farm Sanctuary, an organization she supports.
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Colbie Caillat promoted the album on Today on July 12,2011, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 14,2011.
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Colbie Caillat appeared in the third episode of the cancelled NBC television series The Playboy Club as 1960s singer Lesley Gore.
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Colbie Caillat completed a Christmas album titled Christmas in the Sand that was released on October 23,2012.
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Colbie Caillat began working on her fourth album, set to be released after her Christmas album.
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In mid-2012, it was announced that Universal Republic Records was going defunct; all other artists including Colbie Caillat moved from the label to Republic Records, thus reviving that label.
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Colbie Caillat sang the national anthem at the 3rd game of the 2013 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St Louis Cardinals on October 26,2013.
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Colbie Caillat co-wrote "Chasing the Sun" along with Jason Reeves and Toby Gad for Hilary Duff.
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Colbie Caillat penned a song for The Walking Dead: Songs of Survival Vol.
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In 2016, Colbie Caillat parted ways with her major record label and launched her own independent label called PlummyLou Records, named after her family dogs.
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On July 22,2016, Colbie Caillat released "Goldmine", the first single from her new album, The Malibu Sessions.
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In 2017, Colbie Caillat released her first-ever campaign with White House Black Market titled "Women to Women".
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In September 2020, Colbie Caillat was featured on the Disney+ series Becoming.
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In 2021, Colbie Caillat rerecorded her vocals for her 2008 Taylor Swift collaboration, "Breathe," from Fearless.
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On July 28,2021, Colbie Caillat signed with Creative Artists Agency.
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In September 2021, Colbie Caillat released a cover of the song, "White Christmas", which was a collaboration with country singer Brett Young.
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In early 2022, Colbie Caillat embarked on the Coco Live 15th Anniversary Tour, where she performed her album Coco live from start to finish.
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On October 21,2022, Colbie Caillat released "Iris", a cover of the 1998 hit by the Goo Goo Dolls.
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Colbie Caillat released the album's third single "Wide Open" in July 2023.
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Colbie Caillat described songwriting as "this amazing therapy that you can do on your own, and people can relate to the songs that you write".
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Colbie Caillat has said she enjoys writing in bathrooms due to their echoey acoustics, which allow her to sing softer than she would otherwise.
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Colbie Caillat called Jason Reeves her favorite person to write with, and has frequently co-written with Kara DioGuardi, Toby Gad and Jason Mraz.
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Colbie Caillat has spoken about suffering from stage fright earlier in her career, an experience she wrote about in her song "One Fine Line".
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Colbie Caillat was promoted in the press as a shy "online sensation who suffered from a fair share of stage fright".
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Colbie Caillat was in a relationship with singer Justin Young from 2009 to 2020.
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In 2010, Colbie Caillat posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine, alongside Emmanuelle Chriqui, Regina Hall, Kara DioGuardi, and Jessica Capshaw.