It's Your Life Dented Fender Session was also released at that time.
On November 23, 2009, Battistelli's song " It's Your Life" was featured on the series finale of Jon & Kate Plus 8 and The Biggest Loser, the same day It's Your Life, featuring all of the singles, was released on iTunes US. īattistelli joined TobyMac, Hawk Nelson, Brandon Heath and others on the Winter Jam 2009 tour, the nation's largest annual Christian music tour, which ran from January through March 2009. 1 on the R&R Christian CHR format in March 2009 and held the top position for nine consecutive weeks through the beginning of May.
Her next single, " Free to Be Me", reached No. 3 on R&R's Christian CHR and AC charts during mid to late 2008. Her debut single, "I'm Letting Go", reached No. In late 2008, she guested on a tour with Aaron Shust and NewSong. She performed at several Christian music festivals throughout mid-2008, such as Spirit West Coast in California and Alive Fest. in early 2008 she played solo concerts as well as performing with fellow Fervent Records band Big Daddy Weave. īattistelli began a period of touring in the U.S. The song " Free to Be Me", which received a Grammy nomination in 2009, was partially inspired when she backed her car into a lawyer's car, resulting in the line "'cause I got a couple dents in my fender". The song had reached the top 20 on R&R's Christian CHR charts by May 30, 2008. Her first radio single, " I'm Letting Go", was released on July 15, 2008. The album was produced by Dove Award-winning producer Ian Eskelin and published through Word Distribution. All four songs were included on her first major label studio album, My Paper Heart, which was released on July 22, 2008. In early 2008, she released the I'm Letting Go EP exclusively through iTunes on Fervent Records, which contains four songs, including the title track. After the group disbanded, Battistelli picked up the guitar and began writing songs.Īs an independent artist, Battistelli released her debut album, Just a Breath, in 2004. The group's touring performances included singing and dancing, which were "two things I loved", she said. When she was 15, she became a member of the Orlando, Florida all-girl mainstream pop group Bella. I was going to be Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden." She "knew that she was going to spend her life performing" after seeing a performance of the musical The Secret Garden on Broadway at the age of six. "There was just something about live theater-especially musical theater-that has always resonated with me", she said. She grew up in a musical family with both of her parents involved in musical theater. Francesca Battistelli is a member of Richest Celebrities and Gospel Singers.Battistelli was born on May 18, 1985, in New York City. The education details are not available at this time. She was a member of the Florida-based all-girl music group Bella at age fifteen. She was nominated for Best Gospel Performance for the song “Free to Be Me” at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Battistelli received her first Grammy Award nomination in 2009, for Best Gospel Performance with her single, “Free to Be Me”. The song was the 16th most played song of 2008 on Christian radio stations according to R&R magazine. Her first single, “I’m Letting Go”, was released to radio stations in spring of 2008 and has charted on national Christian CHR charts since then. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and recording artist from New York City, New York. Francesca Battistelli is a Taurus and was born in The Year of the Ox Lifeįrancesca Battistelli was born in New York City, New York, USA on Saturday, (Millennials Generation).