In March of 2006 Colbie was working at nail salon in her hometown of Malibu, CA and now she is #1 on the iTunes chart and #7 on the MySpace chart sandwiched between Sean Kingston and Plies.

While lounging around the house gearing up for her first ever appearances in London and Germany I got a chance to speak with Colbie Caillat, the 22 year old musical phenom who is giving the likes of 50 Cent, Kanye West and others a run for their money on the charts.

Tell us about your rise to fame.

“A year and a half ago my good friend made me a MySpace page. He uploaded a few of my songs and I would start to get friend requests and more plays everyday. It slowly started to grow, my friends would hear it add it to their page, then their friends would add it to their page and it spread outward. It was really cool because at that point I was able to respond to every one of my fans who would write me messages saying for example, ‘Oh my gosh your song means so much to me, its helping me through this relationship or there are things going on in my life and I put on your songs when I get home from work and it makes me feel better,’ and it’s very cool because I could get an actual reaction to the songs and see if people liked them or not.”

What are your emotions like before you go onstage? (Jacqueline)

“Most of the time I am nervous but lately when I’ve had my fan base in the crowd I have so much fun and now I’m really excited for the next show so I can interact with them.�

When did this transition take place?

“2 weeks ago! This whole time I’ve been terrified of going on stage. I had been doing the shows saying to myself ‘you have to go do it, so do it.’ But we had a choreographer come out on tour with me for a month and she really helped me grow as a performer. I guess I didn’t know what to do before so I would just stand there and she showed me that I could walk around and interact with the band members and the crowd. This gave me more confidence and made me feel more comfortable which allows me to have more fun.�

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