Francesca Battistelli earned Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for her Grammy nominated single "Free To Be Me." In 2012, Francesca received a Gold record for My Paper Heart marking the first debut album from a CCM artist in nearly a decade to receive RIAA-certified Gold status for sales in excess of 500,000 units. Casting Crowns' 2003 release was the last CCM debut album to receive RIAA Gold certification. Tomorrow, Francesca's third studio album, If We're Honest, is set to release worldwide.
With over 995,000 in album sales to date and over 1.9 million single downloads, she is the best-selling new artist in the genre in the past decade.
