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BLP sources|date=May 2007Infobox musical artist|name = Rachael Lampa|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Rachael Maureen Lampa|birth_date = birth date and age|1985|01|8|origin = Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States |genre = Pop music|Pop , contemporary Christian music|CCM , R& B |occupation = singer, songwriter , actress , record producer , philanthropist |years_active = 2000–present|label = nobreak| Word Records / Warner Bros. Records|Warner (2000-2006),nobreak|Universal Music Christian (2011-present)|website = url| http://www.rachaellampa.com Rachael Maureen Lampa (born January 8, 1985) is a GMA Dove Awards|Dove award winning United States|American Christian singer-songwriter , record producer , and occasional actress . She rose to fame in 2000 with her debut album Live For You , winning a Dove Award as well as achieving four number one singles including " Blessed (Rachael Lampa song)|Blessed ", " Shaken (Rachael Lampa song)|Shaken ", " God Loves You ", and " Live for You ". She was also named the No. 1 Young New Female Artist by CCM Magazine and made appearances on The Tonight Show and The View (U.S. TV series)|The View . Rachael has released three studio albums, Live For You , Kaleidoscope (Rachael Lampa album)|Kaleidoscope , and Rachael Lampa (album)|Rachael Lampa . She has also released one remix album, Blur (Rachael Lampa album)|Blur , one greatest hits album, Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa , and two extended plays, Three Songs For Christmas , and Human (Rachael Lampa album)|Human . Her fourth full-length studio album, All We Need , was released on September 27, 2011.
Early life
Lampa was born in Ann Arbor , Michigan ; Her father is Filipino and her mother is of Hungarian and Irish descent. She is the second of four children, with an older brother, Ryan, who is her road manager. She has a younger sister, Colleen, and a younger brother, Nate. She has been singing since she was a toddler and learned to sing perfect harmony by the time she was four years of age.
Lampa has performed on The Jenny Jones Show Young Talent Search at age 12 and finished in second place at the World Championship of Entertainment. She has also performed many times at the Colorado Rockies baseball games. In August, 1999, she performed live on EWTN's "Life on the Rock on the Road" in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Lampa was discovered while attending but not competing in the Music in the Rockies music conference in Colorado at 14 by Word Records producer Brent Bourgeois . She asked to sing at a cafe at the conference when the original performer did not make it. She then began recording soon after talks with the label and visits to Nashville.
2000-2003
Lampa released her debut album Live For You in August 2000. The album became a huge hit spawning four number one singles and winning a Dove Award for the number one hit " Blessed (Rachael Lampa song)|Blessed ". She received many comparisons to fellow teenage Christian pop artist Stacie Orrico , who debuted the same year. She made several appearances to promote the album including an appearance on The Tonight Show performing "Live For You". She has also toured with Stacie Orrico , as well as artists such as Nickel Creek , and Amy Grant . She has also been a part of many tours such as the Shoutfest tour, as well as Summer Jam tours. Her song "If You Believe" was part of the soundtrack to A Walk to Remember , which was released in early 2002. In March 2002, she released her second album, Kaleidoscope . It also got positive reviews. Three of singles released made it to the top five on the charts. The first single, "No Greater Love", made it to number two on the Contemporary Christian music|CCM charts. "I'm All Yours" made it to the top five on the CCM Charts. The fourth single was "Brand New Life". In October 2002 she released a remix album Blur , featuring remixes of her hit songs, as well as personal favorites. In 2003, she toured on the Compassion International tour.
2004-2005
In July 2004, Lampa released her third studio album, Rachael Lampa . The album received great praise among the critics for its diverse styles, which included contemporary, retro, acoustic, soul, R& B, and even ska . It was also the first time that Lampa had written or co-written on every track. She even served as executive producer for the album. Guest artists on the album included Robert Randolph , and Christian rapper T-Bone (rapper)|T-Bone . Three singles were released from the album. " When I Fall " was the album's first single, reaching number seven on the Christian music charts. The other two, "Outrageous" and "No Other One", both received poor airplay. For promotion, she toured with Newsong on the Summer Jam 2004, and Winter Jam 2005 tours. She also appeared on the Joy to the World Christmas tour, alongside Martha Munizzi , and Bryan Duncan in 2005. In late 2005, she left her first label, Word Records . In October 2005, she appeared on the album The Message , where she wrote and sang the song "Flag (Psalm 57 and 108)".
2006-2010
In May 2006, Word Records released a greatest hits collection, titled, Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa . It features a seventeen song collection of her best and favorite songs, from her four albums as well as a track that made it on various compilations, but is not featured on her actual albums. Lampa is still touring selected dates. In 2006 she appeared on the Newsong Christmas Hope tour, alongside Todd Agnew , and Nate Sallie . Lampa also appeared on the Falling Up (band)|Falling Up remix album Exit Lights , where she sang on the track Exhibition (Epoison).
On October 6, 2006, Hidden Secrets a film touted as the Christian version of The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill debuted with Rachel Lampa starring as "Sally". Her co-stars included John Schneider (television actor)|John Schneider of The Dukes of Hazzard fame. Lampa performed four songs for the movie: "When I Fall," "The Good Life," "No Other One," and "The Art." http://hiddensecrets-themovie.com
On June 5, 2007, Lampa revealed in a blog that she was writing and recording new songs for a new album. She also revealed on her blog that she was looking for a new label. In early summer 2007, Lampa posted three new demo songs on her Myspace. Tracks included "Look Up", "Does It Have to Be Tonight", "Summertime", and "Lovin You". Lampa appeared in Christian rapper T-Bone (rapper)|T-Bone 's video for the song "Name Droppin" the first single of his album Bone-Appetit! . Lampa appeared and performed "When I Fall" and "Blessed" at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 2, 2008.
In December 2009, Lampa released a Christmas EP, titled Three Songs for Christmas , exclusively to her website.cite web|url= http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ThreeSongsForChristmasEP.asp |title=Rachael Lampa, "Three Songs For Christmas" Review |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-12 Lampa released her first extended play Human (Rachael Lampa album)|Human independently on January 5, 2010.cite web|url= http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/human-ep/id346921008 |title=iTunes - Music - Human - EP by Rachael Lampa |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2009-12-29 |accessdate=2011-10-12
2011-present
In 2011, Rachel Lampa and Tyler Ward, produced a cover of "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement . She has signed with Universal Music Christian Group and will release All We Need on September 27, 2011.Citation needed|date=October 2011 The lead single, "Remedy", was released on July 26, 2011.cite web|title=Remedy - Single|url= http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/remedy-single/id450614014|work=iTunes|publisher=2011 Apple, Inc.|accessdate=2011-07-30
;With The Collective Starting in August 2011, Lampa took part with vocal group "The Collective" during the The Sing-Off (season 3)|third season of the NBC musical reality show The Sing-Off .cite web|url= http://www.yourmusiczone.com/news.php? area=& aid=1066 |title=News |publisher=Your Music Zone |date=2011-08-18 |accessdate=2011-10-12 The Collective made it up to week six of the show before being eliminated from the series finishing 8th overall between 16 finalist vocal groups.
Personal life
She graduated from Monarch High School (Colorado)|Monarch High School in May 2003. While in high school she was a starting point guard for the girls basketball team. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is also best friends with R& B singer Stacie Orrico (with whom she toured in 2001).
Lampa married singer/songwriter Brendan McCarthy on March 27, 2010.Citation needed|date=October 2011
Discography
Albums
Name !! Release Date
Live for You
August 1, 2000
Kaleidoscope
March 5, 2002
Blur
October 29, 2002
Rachael Lampa
July 27, 2004
Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa
May 9, 2006
Three Songs for Christmas
December 1, 2009
Human
January 5, 2010
cite web>title=Rachael Lampa - All We Need
September 27, 2011
Singles
Name !! Release Date !! Album !! Chart Performance
Blessed "
2000
Live for You (album)
1 AC
Shaken "
1 CHR
" God Loves You "
1 AC
" Live For You "
1 AC & CHR
" My Father's Heart "
2 INSPO
No Greater Love "
2002
Kaleidoscope (Rachael Lampa album)
2 AC
" Savior Song "
5 CHR
" I'm All Yours "
3 AC & 9 CHR
" When I Fall "
2004
Rachael Lampa
7 CHR
"Remedy"
2011
All We Need
38 Billboard Hot Christian Songscite web
Music videos
"Live for You" (2000)
"Savior Song" (2002)
"When I Fall" (2004)
"Remedy" (2011)
Compilation contributions
Masquerade , 2007 "What If I" (duet with Lyrycyst)
T-Bone: Bone Appetit! , 2006 "I've Been Cooking Around (remix)" (duet w/ T-Bone)
"Exhibition" Released September 12, 2006 (duet w// Falling Up on Exit Lights")
"Flag" Released October 11, 2005 (by Various Artists on "The Message Psalms")
"Ave Maria" Released October 1, 2002 (by Various Artists on "Wow Christmas" Red Disc)
"Promise My Prayers" Released on August 20, 2002 (by Various Artists on "Girls of Grace")
"Think of Me" Released July 2, 2002 (duet w/ Mark Shultz on "Song Cinema")
"If You Believe" Released January 15, 2002 (by Various Artists on "A Walk to Remember Soundtrack")
"I Choose You" Released January 1, 2001 (by Various Artists on "One Silent Night")
"There Is Still a Dream" Released September 26, 2000 (duet w/ Aaron Neville on "Devotion")
"Lullaby For Columbine" Released September 1, 1999 "We Will Always Remember" (duet w/ Taylor Mesple, Sydney Hostetler, and Winston Ford)
References
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External links
Official website| http://www.rachaellampa.com/
http://www.thecollectivetn.com/ The Collective Official website
IMDB name|id=1721222|name=Rachael Lampa
Rachael Lampa Persondata | NAME = Lampa, Rachael | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = January 8, 1985 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lampa, Rachael Category:1985 births Category:American child singers Category:American female singers Category:Christian religion-related songwriters Category:Living people Category:American performers of Christian music Category:People from Ann Arbor, Michigan
