Jamie O’Neal (born Jamie Murphy on June 3, 1966, in Sydney, Australia) built her
career on a trans-Pacific musical upbringing: she performed with her parents and
sister in The Murphy Family band as a child, then worked as a backing vocalist
in Australia, including a stint on Kylie Minogue’s Enjoy Yourself tour in 1990.
After relocating to Nashville, she signed with Mercury Nashville and broke
through in 2000 with her debut album Shiver, launched by the single “There Is No
Arizona,” which reached Number 1 in 2001 and was followed by a second
chart-topping hit, “When I Think About ...