Early career: 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 made several appearances to promote the album including appearances on
The Tonight Show and
The View as well as features on
USA Today,
Billboard,
People, and
Seventeen. She was invited to sing in
Italy a song she originally recorded as a duet with
Aaron Neville for his record She performed the song at
World Youth Day in
Rome with
Luis Fonsi. She has also toured with
Stacie Orrico,
Amy Grant,
Vince Gill,
Destiny's Child,
Boyz II Men,
Michael W. Smith,
Switchfoot, and
TobyMac among others. 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 received positive reviews. Three of the singles released made it to the top five on the charts. The first single, "No Greater Love", made it to No. 2 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.
2004–2010: Other music projects In July 2004, Lampa released her third studio album,
Rachael Lampa which was produced by
Tommy Sims. The album received praise from critics for its diverse styles, which included contemporary, retro, acoustic, soul, R&B, and
ska. It was also the first time that Lampa had written or co-written on every track. She 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. She toured most of the year for promotion. In October 2005, she appeared on the album
The Message, writing she wrote and sang the song "Flag (
Psalm 57 and
108)". 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. On October 6, 2006,
Hidden Secrets, a film touted as the Christian version of
The Big Chill debuted with Lampa starring as "Sally". Her co-stars included
John Schneider from the television series
The Dukes of Hazzard. Lampa performed four songs for the film: "When I Fall", "The Good Life", "No Other One", and "The Art". On June 5, 2007, she said in a blog that she was writing and recording new songs for a new album, and that she was looking for a new label. She appeared in T-Bone's video for the song "Name Droppin", the first single of his album
Bone-Appetit!. In December 2009, Lampa released a Christmas EP,
Three Songs for Christmas, exclusively to her website. Lampa released her first extended play
Human independently on January 5, 2010. In 2009 she was on tour as a background singer for
Jordin Sparks, in addition to a
Jonas Brothers tour, and a
Britney Spears tour.
2011–present In 2011, Lampa and
Tyler Ward, produced a cover of "Rocketeer" by
Far East Movement. She signed with
Universal Music Christian Group and later released her fifth studio album,
All We Need, on September 27, 2011. The lead single, "Remedy", was released on July 26, 2011. Beginning in August 2011, Lampa and a vocal group made up of fellow friends and musicians from Nashville called "The Collective" appeared on the
third season of the
NBC musical reality show
The Sing-Off. The Collective made it up to week six of the show before being eliminated. On January 15, 2013, she was featured in a music video with recording artist
Jonathan Thulin. She co-wrote the song "Bombs Away" and stars in the video. The video received critical and fan praise for its unique approach presenting the gospel. In June 2014, she provided special guest vocals for "Infinite", a single by
Kevin Max. In 2015, she began working as a backing vocalist for Irish singer/musician,
Hozier. They toured extensively and internationally appearing on
Saturday Night Live,
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,
The Ellen DeGeneres Show,
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and
Late Night with Seth Meyers among others. They also appeared on the
Grammys singing a collaboration with
Annie Lennox, at the
American Music Awards, and performed at the
Glastonbury Festival in
Somerset, England. In 2017, Lampa posted that she was working on new music. She released a cover of the hymn, "
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" late in the year; it was available on all major streaming platforms and she filmed a video for the track. In 2018, she was featured on the song "You Got Fire", with
Remedy Drive, which was included on their album
The North Star. In 2019, she released "Side of my Heart". == Personal life ==