Early life

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 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.

Music career

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 first album. Her first single, "There Is No Arizona", debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, reaching number one in February 2001. On 31 October 2000, Shiver, was released. The album only charted to No. 14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and No. 125 on the Billboard 200.

A second single, "When I Think About Angels", debuted at No. 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 album's 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 No. 21 and No. 41 on the charts, respectively.

In 2002, she and the 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 No. 31 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

O'Neal's fifth single, "Every Little Thing", was the first single from what was to be her second studio album, On My Way to You. However, the song only managed to reach No. 34 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and the album was never released. 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 Nashville. Her first single for the label, "Trying to Find Atlantis", was released on 27 September 2004. It reached No. 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 No. 6 on the Top Country Albums chart.

"Somebody's Hero" was released in 2005 as the second single and reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, giving O'Neal her first Top 10 single since 2001. The final single, "I Love My Life", failed to make the Top 20, reaching only to No. 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 No. 47, her lowest chart single at the time. After the song was never included on an album, O'Neal and Capitol parted ways.

2008-2010: Like a Woman

In early 2008, O'Neal signed with the Atlanta-Nashville based record label 1720 Entertainment.

A new single, "Like a Woman", was released in November 2008; it debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at No. 59. The song was initially intended to be the lead-off single to O'Neal's third studio album, Like a Woman. The single only managed to peak at No. 43 on the country charts. A second single, "A Soldier Comin' Home", was released in June 2009 but failed to chart. No further singles were promoted to radio and Like a Woman was not released.

2011-present: starting a record label

O'Neal announced in early 2012 that she had established her own record label, Momentum Label Group. The label's flagship artist is Rachele Lynae, who released her first single, "Party 'Til the Cows Come Home", in March 2012.

O'Neal signed to Shanachie Records in 2014 and released Eternal on 27 May 2014. Except for the original song "Wide Awake", the album is composed of cover songs.

Personal life

Jamie O'Neal is married to Rodney Good, who is a songwriter, record producer, engineer, and guitarist in O'Neal's road band. They have one daughter, Aliyah, born in 2003.

Discography

Jamie O'Neal discography
Studio albums	3
Music videos	11
Singles	12
No.1 Single	2

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US Country	US	US Heat
Shiver	Release date: 31 October 2000 Label: Mercury Nashville	14	125	2	US: Gold
Brave	Release date: 1 March 2005 Label: Capitol Nashville	6	40	—
Eternal	Release date: 27 May 2014 Label: Shanachie Entertainment	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	US
2000	"There Is No Arizona"	1	40	Shiver
2001	"When I Think About Angels"	1	35
	"Shiver"	21	—
2002	"Frantic"	41	—
2003	"Every Little Thing"	34	—	On My Way to You
2004	"Trying to Find Atlantis"	18	86	Brave
2005	"Somebody's Hero"	3	51
	"I Love My Life"	26	—
2007	"God Don't Make Mistakes"	47	—	N/A
2008	"Like a Woman"	43	—	Like a Woman
2009	"Soldier Comin' Home"	—	—
2014	"Wide Awake"	—	—	Eternal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions	Album
			US Country
2001	"America the Beautiful"	Various artists	58	N/A
2002	"I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You"	Mark Wills	31	Loving Every Minute

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2000	"There Is No Arizona"	Lawrence Carroll
2001	"When I Think About Angels"	Trey Fanjoy
	"America the Beautiful"	Marc Ball
	"Shiver"	Thom Oliphant
2002	"Frantic"	Keech Rainwater
2004	"Trying to Find Atlantis"	Randee St. Nicholas
2005	"Does He Love You"	Ryan Polito
	"Somebody's Hero"	Trey Fanjoy
2007	"God Don't Make Mistakes"	Kristin Barlowe
2009	"Like a Woman"	Trey Fanjoy
2014	"Wide Awake"	Jimmy Murphy

Charities

Jamie O'Neal supports the following charitable causes: Women's Issues, Cancer.

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