Stefanie Jill Ridel is no stranger to the world of entertainment. She began her career working in commercials and landing guest spots on TV shows like "The Facts Of Life", "Punky Brewster", "Married With Children" and "Blossom". But Stefanie's true calling of Singer/Songwriter/Producer could not go unanswered. Stefanie emerged onto the music scene in 1996 with the release of "At Night I Pray" on RCA Records. The debut single of Stefanie Ridel, Renee Sandstrom and Stacy Ferguson together known as Wild Orchid. They quickly took the music world by storm. During her time in Wild Orchid Stefanie recorded 4 albums, hosted the FOX Family show "Great Pretender" and served as a Spokesmodel for Guess! & Bongo. The groups first album Wild Orchid spawned several hit singles: "At Night I Pray", "Talk To Me", "Supernatural", "I Won't Play The Fool", "Follow Me" and "My Tambourine". The group was also nominated for several high profile music awards. On Wild Orchid's second venture Oxygen they once again reclaimed their spot as music's top female vocal group with the hit singles "Be Mine" and "Come As You Are". After traveling the world with the likes of Cher and N'Sync Wild Orchid released their third album Fire. The first track "Stuttering (Don't Say)" immediately shot to the top of the Billboard sales chart. Before recording another album with Wild Orchid, Stefanie recorded some amazing vocals on a track entitled "Harder" for Manny Lehman's Experience album. This hard hitting dance anthem yet again released Stefanie's inner Diva. Now on Yellow Brick Records Wild Orchid's forth album Hypnotic showcased Stefanie & Renee as a duo. They once again became a force to be reckoned with when they released "On The Floor". This New CD, New Look and New Attitude took the group in a whole new mature musical direction. After taking some time off Stefanie along with Kyle Hendricks (aka: Rain) formed the techno/dance/pop group 5th Element. The group exploded onto the music spectrum with the exceptional cover of "Here Comes The Rain Again". Stefanie then turned her focus towards writing and producing music. She co-wrote and produced all the tracks on the Slumber Party Girls debut album Dance Revolution. Along with songs on Joanna's debut CD and 2 tracks on Fergie's Double Platinum debut CD "The Dutchess". Stefanie also co-founded the Talent Bootcamp; coaching some of todays aspiring music sensations. Stefanie is now in the studio writing and producing songs for Prima J's soon to be released debut CD. In the mean time Stefanie has written and sang on several tracks from the Bratz Movie Soundtrack. As well as lending her voice to the music vocals of Yasmin in the film. Stefanie is now working on her greatest project to date...Being a Full Time Mom!! But have no fear the Beautiful Stefanie Ridel will be BACK and in Full Force......Stay Tuned!!
PRIMA J "CHILOSA" (WRITTEN BY STEFANIE)
GIRLICIOUS "BABY DOLL" (WRITTEN BY STEFANIE)
WILD ORCHID "AT NIGHT I PRAY"
WILD ORCHID "TALK TO ME"