My Paper Heart is the major label debut album from Christian pop

Pop music

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 rock

Rock music

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 singer Francesca Battistelli

Francesca Battistelli

Francesca Battistelli is an American 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...

, released on July 22, 2008. The album's lead single

Lead single

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, "I'm Letting Go", was released before the album in mid-2008, and was the 16th most-played song on Christian radio of 2008. The second single, "Free to Be Me

Free to Be Me

"Free to Be Me" is a song written by contemporary Christian musician Francesca Battistelli, from her debut album My Paper Heart. It was released in January 2009 as the album's second single. In March 2009, the song became a number 1 hit on Christian Contemporary hit radio charts...

", was released in the beginning of January 2009, and stayed at #1 on Christian contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio

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 charts for seven consecutive weeks. The album hit #182 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 in March 2009 and peaked at #35 in August 2010; it has sold over 120,000 copies on United States. The third single from the album, "It's Your Life", is peaking at #12 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.

Track listing

1. "Free to Be Me
   Free to Be Me
   "Free to Be Me" is a song written by contemporary Christian musician Francesca Battistelli, from her debut album My Paper Heart. It was released in January 2009 as the album's second single. In March 2009, the song became a number 1 hit on Christian Contemporary hit radio charts...
   
   " – 3:28
2. "I'm Letting Go" – 2:53
3. "Unpredictable" – 2:58
4. "My Paper Heart" – 3:27
5. "Beautiful, Beautiful" – 3:16
6. "Blue Sky" – 3:55
7. "Forever Love" – 3:52
8. "Someday Soon" – 3:49
9. "Behind the Scenes" – 4:09
10. "It's Your Life" – 2:52
11. "Time in Between" – 3:24

Personnel

• Francesca Battistelli - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
• Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin
• Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
• Pastor Matthew Hagee – background vocals
• Sandra Hagee – background vocals
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Christina Ketterling – background vocals
• Matthew Goodwin – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Gordon Mote – keyboards
• Nina Rodriquez – percussion
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Cindy Walker – background vocals

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. The song "I'm Letting Go" was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.