Rachael Maureen Lampa
(born January 8, 1985) is a Dove award winning American Christian singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She rose to fame is 2000 with her debut album Live For You
, winning a Dove Award as well as achieving four number one singles including "Blessed, "Shaken", "God Loves You", and "Live for You". She was also named the #1 Young New Female Artist by CCM Magazine and made appearances on The Tonight Show
and The View
. Rachael has released three studio albums, Live For You
, Kaleidoscope
, and Rachael Lampa
. She has also released one remix album, Blur
and one greatest hits album, Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa
.
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Early life
Lampa was born in
Ann Arbor,
Michigan; Her father is Filipino and her mother is Hungarian-Irish; 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 4.
Lampa has performed on
The Jenny Jones Show
Young Talent Search at age 12 and finished 2nd 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". 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
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. 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. Lampa is currently unsigned. In October 2005, she appeared on the album
The Message
, where she wrote and sang the song "Flag (Psalm 57 and 108)". The song was released as the compilations first single.
2006-2008
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.
On October 6, 2006, a film touted as the Christian version of
The Big Chill (film) debuted with Rachel Lampa starring as "Sally." Her co-stars included
John Schneider (television actor) 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."
On June 5, 2007, Lampa revealed in a blog that she was writing and recording new songs for a new album. The songs will be posted as soon as possible. Lampa is currently looking for a new label, as also revealed in her latest blog.
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". Recently Lampa appeared in Christian rapper
T-Bone's video for the song "Name Droppin" the first single of his album Bone-Appetit! . Rachael appeared and performed "When I Fall" and "Blessed" at the
2008 Republican National Convention in
St. Paul, Minnesota on September 2, 2008.
2009
As of 2009, Lampa is currently touring, as a backup singer for
Jordin Sparks
Personal life
She graduated from
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 Christian pop singer
Stacie Orrico (with whom she toured in 2001).
Recently engaged to singer/songwriter Brendan McCarthy.
Discography
Albums
| Name
| Release Date
| Copies sold
Worldwide
|
| Live for You
| August 1, 2000
| 300,000+
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| Kaleidoscope
| March 5, 2002
| 300,000+
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| Blur
| October 29, 2002
| 50,000+
|
| Rachael Lampa
| July 27, 2004
| 75,000+
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| Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa
| May 9, 2006
| 25,000
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Singles
| Name
| Release Date
| Album
| Chart Performance
|
| Blessed
| 2000
| Live for You
| 1 AC
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| Shaken
| 1 CHR
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| God Loves You
| 1 AC
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| Live For You
| 1 AC & CHR
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| My Father's Heart
| 2 INSPO
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| No Greater Love
| 2002
| Kaleidoscope
| 2 AC
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| Savior Song
| 5 CHR
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| I'm All Yours
| 3 AC & 9 CHR
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| When I Fall
| 2004
| Rachael Lampa
| 7 Christian Music Charts
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Music Videos
- Live for You
(2000)
- Savior Song
(2002)
- When I Fall
(2004)
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)
- Newsong: The Christmas Hope
, 2006... "The Christmas Blessing" (duet w/ Newsong)
- Falling Up: Exit Lights
, 2006... "Exhibition (Epoison)" (duet w/ Falling Up)
- The Message: Psalms
, 2005... "Flag (Psalm 57 & 108)"
- ''Every Young Woman's Battle", 2005... "Honest"
- WOW Hits 2005
, 2004... "When I Fall"
- One Silent Night
, 2003... "I Choose You"
- WOW Christmas (Red)
, 2002... "Ave Maria"
- WOW Hits 2003
, 2002... "I'm All Yours"
- Girls of Grace
, 2002... "Promise My Prayers"
- Song Cinema
, 2001..."Think of Me" (duet w/ Mark Schultz)
- A Walk to Remember
Soundtrack, 2001... "If You Believe"
- WOW 2001
, 2000... "Live for You"
- One
, 2000... "There Is Still a Dream" (duet w/ Aaron Neville)
- Lullaby For Columbine
, 1999..."We Will Always Remember" (duet with Taylor Mesple, Sydney Hostetler, and Winston Ford)
References
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