Francesca Battistelli

Francesca Battistelli brings a new level of authenticity to Christian music, and this transparency is once again expressed in her newest song “This Is The Stuff.” The song talks about the frustrations of life, but yet how much God blesses you through it all. “I’m not perfect but at the end of the day, God still loves me and everything’s going to be okay,” Francesca explains.

“This is the Stuff” is the first single off her second album Hundred More Years (March 2011). The album is a follow up to her highly successful My Paper Heart which featured popular tunes such as “I’m Letting Go,” “Free To Be Me,” “It’s Your Life,” and “Beautiful, Beautiful.” The album helped win her a Gospel Music Association Dove award for “Female Vocalist of the Year.”

Born in New York City but raised in Florida, Francesca grew up in a musical family. When she was just 15, she was a member of an all-girl mainstream pop group in Orlando. After the group disbanded, Francesca picked up a guitar and started writing her own songs, with her faith front and center in the lyrics.

Now focused on her own family, Francesca and her husband Matt encountered a new joy to their lives in September of 2010, the birth of their son Matthew. “When he was born, I felt like I knew him," Francesca described of her son. "You don’t realize you have so much love for this person that you’re just meeting.”