

Main article: Genuine (Stacie Orrico album) Music career 1999–2001: Beginning with pop career At age six, Orrico wrote her first song, entitled "Always Answer." She also attended missionary school with singer Allen Stone. Orrico grew up influenced by a wide range of musical styles and was a member in the church choir she often accompanied on the piano as the family sang Christian hymns. Both parents loved to travel, requiring the family to move frequently.

Orrico is the middle child of five: her siblings are Jesse, Rachel, Alicia, and Joshua. The family later moved to Denver, Colorado, where Orrico took piano lessons from Cathy Paquette. She is of Italian descent, born to a close-knit Italian-American family. Orrico was born in Seattle, Washington to Patti (née Schmautz) and Dean Orrico, who were missionaries. The second single, "So Simple", is the last single from her third album which never charted in the US. The first single " I'm Not Missing You" was released in August 2006. She was dropped by her label ForeFront Records in 2005 after seven years and decided to concentrate on her music career and began writing her third album, Beautiful Awakening (2006). In the same year, she made her first television appearance as an actress in two episodes of American Dreams. Her self-titled album has achieved sales worldwide of over 3.5 million. Her second single " (There's Gotta Be) More to Life" peaked at No. 52 on Billboard Hot 100, but achieved greater success worldwide. 59 on the Billboard 200, was certified gold with over 500,000 sales in the US. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 units in its first week of release.Īfter her first album, she signed to a new record label, Virgin Records, and started to record her self-titled album Stacie Orrico (2003), which was released by both ForeFront and Virgin. Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and occasional actress.
