Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian singer and songwriter from New York City. 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. Battistelli received her first Grammy Award nomination in 2009, for Best Gospel Performance with her single.