Before she was even a teenager, gospel-turned-pop singer Stacie Orrico was already rising in the music industry. Thanks to her soulful style and powerful voice, Orrico was discovered at age 12 when she won a singing competition at the Estes Park Christian Artist Seminar. Shortly thereafter she accepted a record deal that EMI's Christian label, Forefront Records, offered her on the spot at the seminar. And the rest is history.

The daughter of Christian missionaries, Orrico started her singing path in a gospel choir. Her debut album Genuine, which was released in 2000, was a pop-laden Christian album. A six-song EP titled Christmas Wish, released to coincide with the Make-A-Wish foundation, followed a year later. Orrico's pop music with a gospel twist attracted Destiny's Child in 2001, and she supported them on their Survivor U.S. tour that year.

Orrico's greatest success to date was her 2003 self-titled album, which included some tracks she co-wrote along with two Top Ten singles, "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" and "Stuck." 17 years old at the time, Orrico quickly got sucked into the MTV culture, performing on TRL and announcing Grammy nominations. She was touring the world before even spending a day in high school, and she eventually got worn down and stopped recording music to return to live with her parents and work a minimum wage job.

In 2007, however, Orrico returned to the pop music scene, releasing the album Beautiful Awakening. The album is a more mature and passionate record than her previous work, and her soulful style overtakes the pop stereotype her previous work fell under. The R&B-sounding album launched her back into the on-the-go world of music superstars, and the older and wiser Orrico soon thereafter took to the road again, touring the world with the Billboard Live Tour.