Word Records To Release Three "Best Of" Albums

|PIC1|Word Records will launch three Best of projects May 9 featuring award-winning female vocalists Rachael Lampa, Jaci Velasquez, and Nicole C. Mullen.

Jaci Velasquez will release On My Knees: The Best of Jaci Velasquez, which is a 17-song career retrospective spotlighting songs from the Platinum-selling debut, Heavenly Place. The album established her as one of the fastest selling solo debut recording artists in the Christian genre, to the most recent project, Beauty Has Grace. With over three million career album sales, Velasquez’s successful music career is further emphasized by seven Dove Awards, a Billboard/Latin Billboard Award and multiple Grammy, Latin Grammy and American Music Award nominations.

On My Knees: The Best of Jaci Velasquez includes 12 No.1 career singles: “On My Knees,” “If This World,” “Every Time I Fall,” “Imagine Me Without You,” “Speak For Me,” “We Can Make A Difference,” “Un Lugar Celestial” (Heavenly Place), ”God So Loved,” “Adore,” “Just A Prayer Away,” “Show You Love” and “Centre of Your Love,” plus other fan favourites.

|AD|Redeemer: The Best of Nicole C. MullenL includes 17 songs from 2000’s self-titled debut through 2004’s Everyday People, in addition to the 2006 End of the Spear soundtrack. Beginning with her Song of the Year Dove Award in 1998 as the writer for “On My Knees,” Mullen released her Word debut and quickly became a fan-favourite with her 2001 No. 1 single and Song of the Year Dove Award winning “Redeemer.” She has collected eight Dove Awards thus far, including Female Vocalist of the Year in 2002 and 2005, and received a Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year and Grammy nod in 2003 for Talk About It.

Along with the Dove Award winning songs, Redeemer: The Best of Nicole C. Mullen features the radio favourite, “Call On Jesus,” and current, chart-climbing single, “Always Love You,” from the motion picture End of the Spear soundtrack. Also included are two bonus tracks, unique live versions of “Redeemer” and “Call On Jesus,” previously unavailable until now.

Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa is a 17-song collection featuring songs from each of Lampa’s hit albums: Live For You, Kaleidoscope, Blur and self-titled, fourth studio project. The Dove Award winning artist instantly hit the spotlight in 2000 when, at only 15 years of age, launched her debut, Live For You, by performing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” That same year she was nominated for "Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group" at The Hollywood Reporter's Fifth Annual Young Star Awards, along with fellow nominees Mandy Moore, Charlotte Church and Billy Gilman. Lampa has further been featured before millions of fans through such outlets as CBS’s broadcast of the 2000 Miss Teen USA Pageant, at Pope John Paul II’s 2001 World Youth Day in Rome and at Billy Graham and Franklin Graham Crusades throughout the U.S.

Blessed contains four No. 1 career radio singles: “Blessed,” “Shaken,” “God Loves You” and “Live For You,” plus “My Father’s Heart,” “No Greater Love” and other fan favourites.

For more information on these artists, visit www.WordRecords.com.