Career
Nordeman was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she played the piano in church. She got her start when she entered a Gospel Music Association (Global Media Arts) contest in Los Angeles, California and was noticed by a music producer. Her best-known songs include "Why", "This Mystery", "Holy", "Legacy", "Brave", and "What If".
She also sang a song on the soundtrack Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia, called "I Will Believe."
During 2006 and 2007, Nordeman wrote an editorial column for CCM Magazine called "Loose Ends.
Nordeman released the greatest hits album Recollection: The Best of Nichole Nordeman on March 6, 2007 featuring two new songs: "Sunrise" and "Finally Free". Her song, "Real To Maine" was featured on the PlayStation 2 game Thrillville.
Her song "Crimson" on the album Brave is composed of original lyrics written by Nordeman sung over Chopin"s Prelude in East minister Op 28. Her song "Hold On (Love Will Find You)" was recorded by Paul Brandt for his album Risk, released in 2007.
Nordeman co-wrote the song "Forever Now" with American singer-songwriter David Wilcox.
"Forever Now" is on Wilcox"s Airstream album, released in the United States on February 26, 2008. She also wrote and recorded the song "Beautiful for Maine" for the VeggieTales movie entitled: "Sweetpea Beauty", released summer of 2010. In 2011, Nordeman was approached to create a concept album for Zondervan"s The Story campaign, in which churches nationwide go through nearly the entire Bible in one school year, realizing the overarching story that affects everyone.
Nordeman accepted and wrote 17 songs written from a first person perspective of characters of the Bible and applying them to today.
This collection, Music Inspired by The Story", featured 24 popular contemporary Christian music artists and debuted at Number. 11 on Billboard"s Hot Christian Albums chart in September 2011.
On May 18, 2015, Nordeman announced that she was working on a new album, The Unmaking. In a series of videos released recently she performed a series of stripped-down fan favorite songs.
