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Stacie Joy Orrico was born March 3, 1986 and she is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998 she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old and recorded her first album Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 in the first week of release. The singles Genuine and Everything was never charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

After her first album she signed to a new record label Virgin Records and started to record her self-titled album Stacie Orrico (2003). The album, which debuted at #59 on the Billboard Hot 200, was certified gold with over 500,000 sales in the U.S. The first single "Stuck" reached number #52 on Billboard Hot 100, but was worldwide a bigger success. Her second single "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" debuted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her self-titled album has achieved sales worldwide of over 3.5 million. In the same year, she made her first television appearance as an actress in two episodes of American Dreams.

She lost her label ForeFront Records in 2005 after 7 years and decided to concentrate on her music career and began writing her third album "Beautiful Awakening" (2006). The first single "I'm Not Missing You" was released in August 2006. The second single So Simple, is the last single from her third album which never charted in the U.S.

She is currently working on her fourth studio album, which is due for release in mid-2010.

After the release of Stacie Orrico and the singles from that album, Orrico decided she did not want to pursue her career in music any further, the Christian pop singer exited the business, returned to her family in Seattle and took a waitressing job at a neighborhood seafood restaurant and was not writing songs during her break. Throughout her break, however, Orrico continued writing music which then, eventually, led her back to her career. She started recording again and developed a new album Beautiful Awakening.

She is also best friends with Christian pop singer Rachael Lampa and R&B singer Jayms Madison. Orrico and Lampa are friends since 2001 and have toured together.

In February 2007, Orrico left Virgin Records due to its merging with Capitol Records. Stacie Orrico then traveled to South Africa, as a volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, to help children with AIDS. She has since returned from South Africa and currently resides in New York.