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Brandon Lake
Michael Brandon Lake (born June 21, 1990), known professionally as Brandon Lake, is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes songs at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and is a former member of Bethel Music and Maverick City Music. Lake began his recording career in 2015 with a successful crowdfunding campaign to produce an album, which resulted in the independent release of his debut studio album, Closer, in 2016.
Lake signed with Bethel Music in January 2019, and made his debut on the record label by releasing his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit single "This Is a Move". For his contributions as a songwriter on "This Is a Move", Lake received the GMA Dove Award Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year in the 2019 GMA Dove Awards. "This Is a Move" also earned Lake his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards. In 2020, he released his second studio album House of Miracles, which contained the singles "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven". House of Miracles peaked at number six on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart in the United States. In 2022, Lake released Help!, his third studio album, which is about mental health. Help! debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart in the United States. He released "Gratitude" as his third single from House of Miracles (2020), which became his first solo Hot Christian Songs number one single. He collaborated with Brooke Ligertwood on the single "Honey in the Rock" and with Maverick City Music, Kirk Franklin, and Chandler Moore on "Fear Is Not My Future". He released his fourth studio album, Coat of Many Colors, in 2023.
Lake is featured on Elevation Worship's hit single "Graves into Gardens", which became the first number one Hot Christian Songs chart single for both acts, and peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States. In 2021, he released the single "Too Good to Not Believe" with Bethel Music, as well as notable collaborations with Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music on "Talking to Jesus" and Chris Tomlin on "I See You". Lake garnered seven nominations at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards and won in two categories, Songwriter of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year for "Graves into Gardens".
Brandon Lake grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where his father was a pastor of a church plant. He developed a passion for playing the guitar in childhood, which was nurtured by his father who taught him to play a few basic chord progressions. Lake taught himself how to play the guitar using YouTube, learning songs by Third Day and Chris Tomlin. During his teenage years, Lake accompanied the worship team at his church and was later hired by Seacoast Church as a worship leader for their college ministry.
On April 15, 2015, Brandon Lake launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise $23,000 to produce a new album. The campaign was a success, with 101 donors pledging $23,100. In 2016, he made his career debut with the release of "Run to You", the lead single to his debut album, Closer. He independently released Closer on May 20, 2016. In 2018, he released "Pour Me Out" as a standalone single.
In January 2019, Bethel Music announced that Lake had joined their artist collective and that they had signed him to their record label. He led worship with Bethel Music on their Victory Tour, which featured special guests Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Housefires. On June 28, 2019, Lake released his rendition of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's song "This Is a Move", which he co-wrote with her. The song was released as a standalone single. "This Is a Move" was Lake's first charting single, debuting at number 36 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. Lake received a 2019 GMA Dove Award for Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year due to his songwriting contribution on "This Is a Move" by Cobbs Leonard. "This Is a Move" also received a songwriting nomination at the 2020 Grammy Awards in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category for Lake.
In early 2020, Lake was featured on several singles. The first collaboration single was Matt Redman's "We Praise You", released on January 11, 2020. On March 6, 2020, Bethel Music released a live rendition of "We Praise You" with Lake as the second single to Bethel's album Revival's in the Air (2020). This was shortly followed by Lake's feature on Elevation Worship's "Graves into Gardens" released on March 13. "Graves into Gardens" debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It went on to peak at number one on the Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming Lake's first chart-topping hit single. "Graves into Gardens" won the Billboard Music Award for Top Christian Song at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.
On May 25, 2020, Bethel Music released the song "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" with Lake as a promotional single. "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. On June 12, 2020, he was featured on Rebecca St. James' single "Battle Is the Lord's". "Battle Is the Lord's" went on to debut at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
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Brandon Lake
Michael Brandon Lake (born June 21, 1990), known professionally as Brandon Lake, is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes songs at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and is a former member of Bethel Music and Maverick City Music. Lake began his recording career in 2015 with a successful crowdfunding campaign to produce an album, which resulted in the independent release of his debut studio album, Closer, in 2016.
Lake signed with Bethel Music in January 2019, and made his debut on the record label by releasing his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit single "This Is a Move". For his contributions as a songwriter on "This Is a Move", Lake received the GMA Dove Award Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year in the 2019 GMA Dove Awards. "This Is a Move" also earned Lake his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards. In 2020, he released his second studio album House of Miracles, which contained the singles "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven". House of Miracles peaked at number six on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart in the United States. In 2022, Lake released Help!, his third studio album, which is about mental health. Help! debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart in the United States. He released "Gratitude" as his third single from House of Miracles (2020), which became his first solo Hot Christian Songs number one single. He collaborated with Brooke Ligertwood on the single "Honey in the Rock" and with Maverick City Music, Kirk Franklin, and Chandler Moore on "Fear Is Not My Future". He released his fourth studio album, Coat of Many Colors, in 2023.
Lake is featured on Elevation Worship's hit single "Graves into Gardens", which became the first number one Hot Christian Songs chart single for both acts, and peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States. In 2021, he released the single "Too Good to Not Believe" with Bethel Music, as well as notable collaborations with Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music on "Talking to Jesus" and Chris Tomlin on "I See You". Lake garnered seven nominations at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards and won in two categories, Songwriter of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year for "Graves into Gardens".
Brandon Lake grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where his father was a pastor of a church plant. He developed a passion for playing the guitar in childhood, which was nurtured by his father who taught him to play a few basic chord progressions. Lake taught himself how to play the guitar using YouTube, learning songs by Third Day and Chris Tomlin. During his teenage years, Lake accompanied the worship team at his church and was later hired by Seacoast Church as a worship leader for their college ministry.
On April 15, 2015, Brandon Lake launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise $23,000 to produce a new album. The campaign was a success, with 101 donors pledging $23,100. In 2016, he made his career debut with the release of "Run to You", the lead single to his debut album, Closer. He independently released Closer on May 20, 2016. In 2018, he released "Pour Me Out" as a standalone single.
In January 2019, Bethel Music announced that Lake had joined their artist collective and that they had signed him to their record label. He led worship with Bethel Music on their Victory Tour, which featured special guests Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Housefires. On June 28, 2019, Lake released his rendition of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's song "This Is a Move", which he co-wrote with her. The song was released as a standalone single. "This Is a Move" was Lake's first charting single, debuting at number 36 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. Lake received a 2019 GMA Dove Award for Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year due to his songwriting contribution on "This Is a Move" by Cobbs Leonard. "This Is a Move" also received a songwriting nomination at the 2020 Grammy Awards in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category for Lake.
In early 2020, Lake was featured on several singles. The first collaboration single was Matt Redman's "We Praise You", released on January 11, 2020. On March 6, 2020, Bethel Music released a live rendition of "We Praise You" with Lake as the second single to Bethel's album Revival's in the Air (2020). This was shortly followed by Lake's feature on Elevation Worship's "Graves into Gardens" released on March 13. "Graves into Gardens" debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It went on to peak at number one on the Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming Lake's first chart-topping hit single. "Graves into Gardens" won the Billboard Music Award for Top Christian Song at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.
On May 25, 2020, Bethel Music released the song "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" with Lake as a promotional single. "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. On June 12, 2020, he was featured on Rebecca St. James' single "Battle Is the Lord's". "Battle Is the Lord's" went on to debut at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.