Francesca Battistelli - My Paper Heart 2008
01. Free To Be Me
02. I'm Letting Go
03. Unpredictable
04. Paper Heart
05. Beautiful Beautiful
06. Blue Sky
07. Forever Love
08. Someday Soon
09. Behind The Scenes
10. It's Your Life
11. Time In Between
Francesca Battistelli (born c. 1985) is a Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008. 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.
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Early life
Battistelli grew up in a musical family with both of her parents involved in musical theatre. "There was just something about live theater—especially musical theater—that has always resonated with me" she said. 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. "So I thought that was it. I was going to be Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden."
When she was 15, however, she became a member of an Orlando all-girl mainstream pop group. The group's touring performances included singing and dancing; "two things I loved", she said. After the group disbanded, Battistelli picked up the guitar and began writing songs.
Musical career
As an independent artist in 2004, Battistelli released her debut album, Just a Breath. 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. All four songs were included on her first major label studio album, My Paper Heart, which was released on July 22, 2008. The album was produced by Dove Award-winning producer Ian Eskelin, and will be released on Fervent Records through Word Distribution. Her first radio single, "I'm Letting Go", was released in spring 2008. The song had reached into the top 20 on R&R's Christian CHR charts by May 30, 2008. In early July 2008, the song reached #10 on Christian CHR charts.
Battistelli has been touring the US in the spring of 2008, playing solo concerts as well as performing with fellow Fervent Records band Big Daddy Weave She will be playing at Christian music festivals during the summer of 2008, such as Spirit West Coast in California and Alive Fest.
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