Jamie O'Neal
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Jamie O'Neal is a contemporary country
singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States
. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians. In the early part of her career she was a backing singer in her native Australia, appearing on Kylie Minogue
's Enjoy Yourself Tour
of Australia, UK, Europe and Far East Asia in 1990. She rejoined Minogue's tour in 1991 for the Rhythm of Love Tour
(Australia and Far East Asia) and the Let's Get To It Tour
of the UK and Ireland.
In 2000, O'Neal released her debut album, Shiver
. The album featured the back-to-back Number One singles "There Is No Arizona
" and "When I Think About Angels
". Two other singles were released: the title track, which reached #21 on the country charts, and "Frantic", which reached #41 in 2002. Since then, she has released one other studio album, Brave
in 2005. Her third studio album, Like a Woman, has yet to have a release date.
", debuted at #69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart. It eventually went to become her first Number One single in February 2001. On 31 October 2000, Shiver
, was released. The album only charted to #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and #125 on the Billboard 200
.
A second single, "When I Think About Angels
", debuted at #45 on the country charts for the week of 31 March 2001. It spent several weeks on the charts, reaching Number One in August 2001. Following the success of the albums first two singles, Shiver was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
. Two additional singles followed: "Shiver" (the title track) and "Frantic", which reached #21 and #41 on the charts, respectively.
In 2002, she and country singer Mark Wills
recorded a duet together, titled "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You". It was released as the second single from Wills' album Loving Every Minute
. The song only reached #31 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
O'Neal's fifth single, "Every Little Thing", was the lead-off single to her second studio album, On My Way to You. However, the song only managed to reach #34 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and the album never saw release. Shortly thereafter, O'Neal and Mercury parted ways.
. Her first single for the label, "Trying to Find Atlantis
", was released on 27 September 2004. It reached #18 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was the lead-off to Brave
, which was released on 1 March 2005. It proved to be a bigger success on the albums chart, reaching #6 on the Top Country Albums chart.
"Somebody's Hero
" was released in 2005 as the second single and reached #3 on Hot Country Songs chart, giving O'Neal her first Top 10 since 2001. The third and final single, "I Love My Life", failed to make the Top 20, charting to #26.
In early 2007, a new single, "God Don't Make Mistakes", was released. The single failed to make an impact at country radio, where it only reached #47, her lowest chart single at the time. After the song was never included on an album, O'Neal and Capitol parted ways.
A new single, "Like a Woman", was released in November 2008, where it debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
chart at #59. The song was initially intended to be the lead-off single to O'Neal's third studio album, Like a Woman, which hasn't seen a release. The single only managed to peak at #43 on the country charts. A second single, "A Soldier Comin' Home", was released in June 2009, however, the single failed to chart.
's Greatest Duets.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States
United States
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. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians. In the early part of her career she was a backing singer in her native Australia, appearing on Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
's Enjoy Yourself Tour
Enjoy Yourself Tour
The Enjoy Yourself Tour was Kylie Minogue's first world tour following the success of her second studio album, Enjoy Yourself. By the start of the European leg of the tour, Minogue had started to take control of her image and musical direction, demonstrated by the release of the career milestone...
of Australia, UK, Europe and Far East Asia in 1990. She rejoined Minogue's tour in 1991 for the Rhythm of Love Tour
Rhythm of Love Tour
The Rhythm of Love Tour was the second world tour undertaken by Kylie Minogue, in support of her hit album Rhythm of Love. Beginning on 10 February 1991, the tour visited Australia and Southern Asia....
(Australia and Far East Asia) and the Let's Get To It Tour
Let's Get to It Tour
The Let's Get to It Tour was a Kylie Minogue concert tour of the UK and Ireland in late 1991. The tour was a continuation of the previous Rhythm of Love Tour which had already visited Australia and Asia. Together with five dancers, Minogue staged the tour in support of the album Let's Get to It...
of the UK and Ireland.
In 2000, O'Neal released her debut album, Shiver
Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album)
Shiver is the debut country album from country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released on October 31, 2000, the album reached its peak of number 14 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and number 125 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000. The was released through...
. The album featured the back-to-back Number One singles "There Is No Arizona
There Is No Arizona
"There Is No Arizona" is the debut single by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released in August 2000, the song is from O'Neal's Shiver album...
" and "When I Think About Angels
When I Think About Angels
"When I Think About Angels" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in March 2001 as the second single from O'Neal's Shiver album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It also peaked at #35 on...
". Two other singles were released: the title track, which reached #21 on the country charts, and "Frantic", which reached #41 in 2002. Since then, she has released one other studio album, Brave
Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)
Brave is the second official studio album from Australian country singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Records label, being issued on 1 March 2005 . It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records entitled On My Way to You, the title track of which carried over to...
in 2005. Her third studio album, Like a Woman, has yet to have a release date.
2000-2003: Shiver and On My Way to You
O'Neal was signed to Mercury Nashville in 2000, and soon after she began to work on her debut album. Her debut single, "There Is No ArizonaThere Is No Arizona
"There Is No Arizona" is the debut single by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released in August 2000, the song is from O'Neal's Shiver album...
", debuted at #69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart. It eventually went to become her first Number One single in February 2001. On 31 October 2000, Shiver
Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album)
Shiver is the debut country album from country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released on October 31, 2000, the album reached its peak of number 14 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and number 125 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000. The was released through...
, was released. The album only charted to #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and #125 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
.
A second single, "When I Think About Angels
When I Think About Angels
"When I Think About Angels" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in March 2001 as the second single from O'Neal's Shiver album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It also peaked at #35 on...
", debuted at #45 on the country charts for the week of 31 March 2001. It spent several weeks on the charts, reaching Number One in August 2001. Following the success of the albums first two singles, Shiver was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
. Two additional singles followed: "Shiver" (the title track) and "Frantic", which reached #21 and #41 on the charts, respectively.
In 2002, she and country singer Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...
recorded a duet together, titled "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You". It was released as the second single from Wills' album Loving Every Minute
Loving Every Minute (album)
Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" , which peaked at #18 and #31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot...
. The song only reached #31 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
O'Neal's fifth single, "Every Little Thing", was the lead-off single to her second studio album, On My Way to You. However, the song only managed to reach #34 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and the album never saw release. Shortly thereafter, O'Neal and Mercury parted ways.
2004-2007: Brave and "God Don't Make Mistakes"
After leaving Mercury, O'Neal signed to Capitol NashvilleCapitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. Her first single for the label, "Trying to Find Atlantis
Trying to Find Atlantis
"Trying to Find Atlantis" is the title of a song written by Chris Waters and Zack Turner, and recorded by Australian country artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in 2004 and served as the lead single off of her second album, Brave and her first single for Capitol Nashville Records.-Song...
", was released on 27 September 2004. It reached #18 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was the lead-off to Brave
Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)
Brave is the second official studio album from Australian country singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Records label, being issued on 1 March 2005 . It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records entitled On My Way to You, the title track of which carried over to...
, which was released on 1 March 2005. It proved to be a bigger success on the albums chart, reaching #6 on the Top Country Albums chart.
"Somebody's Hero
Somebody's Hero
"Somebody's Hero" is the title of a song written by Jamie O'Neal, Shaye Smith, and Ed Hill, and was recorded by Australian country artist O'Neal for her second studio album, Brave...
" was released in 2005 as the second single and reached #3 on Hot Country Songs chart, giving O'Neal her first Top 10 since 2001. The third and final single, "I Love My Life", failed to make the Top 20, charting to #26.
In early 2007, a new single, "God Don't Make Mistakes", was released. The single failed to make an impact at country radio, where it only reached #47, her lowest chart single at the time. After the song was never included on an album, O'Neal and Capitol parted ways.
2008-present: Like a Woman
In the early months of 2008, O'Neal signed with Atlanta-Nashville based record label 1720 Entertainment.A new single, "Like a Woman", was released in November 2008, where it debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart at #59. The song was initially intended to be the lead-off single to O'Neal's third studio album, Like a Woman, which hasn't seen a release. The single only managed to peak at #43 on the country charts. A second single, "A Soldier Comin' Home", was released in June 2009, however, the single failed to chart.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| US Country | US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| Shiver Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album) Shiver is the debut country album from country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released on October 31, 2000, the album reached its peak of number 14 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and number 125 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000. The was released through... |
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Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold |
| Brave Brave (Jamie O'Neal album) Brave is the second official studio album from Australian country singer Jamie O'Neal. It was her first release on the Capitol Records label, being issued on 1 March 2005 . It followed an unreleased second album for Mercury Records entitled On My Way to You, the title track of which carried over to... |
Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 2000 | "There Is No Arizona There Is No Arizona "There Is No Arizona" is the debut single by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released in August 2000, the song is from O'Neal's Shiver album... " |
1 | 40 | Shiver |
| 2001 | "When I Think About Angels When I Think About Angels "When I Think About Angels" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in March 2001 as the second single from O'Neal's Shiver album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It also peaked at #35 on... " |
1 | 35 | |
| "Shiver" | 21 | — | ||
| 2002 | "Frantic" | 41 | — | |
| 2003 | "Every Little Thing" | 34 | — | On My Way to You (unreleased) |
| 2004 | "Trying to Find Atlantis Trying to Find Atlantis "Trying to Find Atlantis" is the title of a song written by Chris Waters and Zack Turner, and recorded by Australian country artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in 2004 and served as the lead single off of her second album, Brave and her first single for Capitol Nashville Records.-Song... " |
18 | 86 | Brave |
| 2005 | "Somebody's Hero Somebody's Hero "Somebody's Hero" is the title of a song written by Jamie O'Neal, Shaye Smith, and Ed Hill, and was recorded by Australian country artist O'Neal for her second studio album, Brave... " |
3 | 51 | |
| "I Love My Life" | 26 | — | ||
| 2007 | "God Don't Make Mistakes" | 47 | — | non-album song |
| 2008 | "Like a Woman" | 43 | — | Like a Woman (unreleased) |
| 2009 | "Soldier Comin' Home" | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 2001 | "America the Beautiful America the Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward.... " |
Various artists | 58 | non-album song |
| 2002 | "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" | Mark Wills Mark Wills Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well... |
31 | Loving Every Minute Loving Every Minute (album) Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" , which peaked at #18 and #31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot... |
Music videos
"Does He Love You" was filmed on CMTCMT
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's Greatest Duets.
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2000 | "There Is No Arizona" | Lawrence Carroll |
| 2001 | "When I Think About Angels" | Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:... |
| "Shiver" | Thom Oliphant | |
| 2002 | "Frantic" | Keech Rainwater |
| 2004 | "Trying to Find Atlantis" | Randee St. Nicholas |
| 2005 | "Does He Love You Does He Love You "Does He Love You" is a song performed by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis from McEntire's 1993 album Greatest Hits Volume Two.The Reba McEntire/Linda Davis version of this song was one of the most-awarded songs of McEntire's career despite initial resistance from the record label. MCA Records didn't... " (with Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005... ) |
Ryan Polito |
| "Somebody's Hero" | Trey Fanjoy | |
| 2007 | "God Don't Make Mistakes" | Kristin Barlowe |
| 2009 | "Like a Woman" | Trey Fanjoy |