Brandon Lake (musician)

Michael Brandon Lake is an American Christian worship singer, songwriter and worship pastor. Lake is a member of the Bethel Music collective and the Maverick City Music collective, and serves as a worship pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina.[1][2] Lake began his recording career with a successful crowdfunding campaign to produce an album in 2015, which resulted in the independent release of his debut studio album, Closer, in 2016.

Brandon Lake
Birth nameMichael Brandon Lake
Born (1990-06-21) June 21, 1990
Charleston, South Carolina, US
GenresContemporary worship music
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2015–present
Labels
Associated acts
WebsiteOfficial website

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". Due to 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 Award.[3] "This Is a Move" also earned Lake his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards.[4] 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 debuted at No. 22 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart in the United States. He also featured on the 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, Lake released the single "Too Good to Not Believe" alongside 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 also garnered seven nominations at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards, ultimately winning two: the GMA Dove Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year for "Graves into Gardens".

Career

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, Lake made his career debut with the release of "Run to You", the lead single to his debut album, Closer.[5] Lake independently released Closer on May 20, 2016.[6] In 2018, Lake released "Pour Me Out" as a standalone single.[5]

In January 2019, Lake joined the Bethel Music collective and subsequently signed to the record label.[1][7] He was a member of Bethel Music's Victory Tour alongside Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Housefires.[8] He made his debut on the label with the release of his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit "This Is a Move", which he had co-written, as a standalone single on June 28, 2019.[9][10] "This Is a Move" became Lake's first charting single, peaking its debut at number 36 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11] 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.[12] "This Is a Move" also garnered a songwriting nomination at the 2020 Grammy Awards in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category for Lake.[13]

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.[14] 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 (2021).[15] This was shortly followed by Lake's feature on Elevation Worship's "Graves into Gardens" released on March 13.[16][17] "Graves into Gardens" debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.[18] "Graves into Gardens" went on to peak at No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming Lake's first chart-topping hit single.[19] "Graves into Gardens" won the Billboard Music Award for Top Christian Song at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.[20]

On May 25, 2020, Bethel Music released the song "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" with Lake as a promotional single.[21] "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" launched at number 38 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[22] On June 12, 2020, he was featured on Rebecca St. James' single, "Battle Is the Lord's".[23] "Battle Is the Lord's" went on to debut at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[24]

On July 24, 2020, Lake released a new single titled "I Need a Ghost", as the lead single to his second studio album, House of Miracles, slated to be released in summer.[25] "I Need a Ghost" debuted at number five on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales Chart.[26] On August 14, 2020, Lake released "Just Like Heaven" as the second single from House of Miracles.[27] "Just Like Heaven" peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11] On August 17, 2020, Lake announced that the album was slated for release on August 28.[28] Subsequently, the album was released on August 28, 2020, containing the singles "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven".[29] The record debuted on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart at number 22,[30] becoming Lake's maiden appearance on the chart.

On January 22, 2021, Lake released his first live album, House of Miracles (Live),[31] which contains live versions of some of the songs that initially appeared on House of Miracles studio recording, as well as new songs.[32] The album debuted at number 29 on the Top Christian Albums Chart.[33] On February 6, 2021, Lake released a five-track EP titled Almond Eyes on digital platforms,[34] the EP being his surprise tenth anniversary gift to his wife, Brittany Lake.[35] Lake featured on "Talking to Jesus" by Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music, which was released as the second promotional single to their collaborative live album, Old Church Basement (2021), on April 9, 2021.[36] "Talking to Jesus" debuted at number nine on the US Hot Christian Songs chart and at number one on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, both dated April 22, 2021.[37] Lake and Bethel Music released the song "Too Good to Not Believe" as a single on May 21, 2021.[38] "Too Good to Not Believe" peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11] On August 6, 2021, Lake and Chris Tomlin released the song "I See You" as a single.[39] "I See You" peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11]

Lake received seven nominations for the 2021 GMA Dove Awards,[40] in categories such as New Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year for "I Need a Ghost," Song of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year for his feature on "Graves into Gardens", and Long Form Video of the Year for House of Miracles (Live),[41] and he won GMA Dove Award for the Songwriter of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year for "Graves into Gardens".[42]

On March 25, 2022, Lake and Brooke Ligertwood released "Honey in the Rock" as a single to Christian radio in the United States.[43] "Honey in the Rock" peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11] In April 2022, Brandon Lake announced his first headlining tour, dubbed the Miracle Nights Tour, joined by Blessing Offor and Joshua Silverberg as special guests and set to visit twelve cities in the United States during the fall of 2022.[44]

Personal Life

Lake and Brittany Schneider married in 2011.[45] They have two sons and, in February 2022, announced that a third child was due in August.[46][47]

Discography
Main article: Brandon Lake discography
Studio albums
Live albums

Tours
Headlining
  • Miracle Nights Tour (2022)
Supporting

Awards and nominations

Billboard Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2021 "Graves into Gardens"
(Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake)		 Top Christian Song Won [48]

GMA Dove Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2019 "This Is a Move (Live)"[upper-alpha 1] Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year Won [49]
2021 "Graves into Gardens"
(Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake)		 Song of the Year Nominated [50]
[51]
Brandon Lake Songwriter of the Year Won
Brandon Lake New Artist of the Year Nominated
"I Need a Ghost" Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year Nominated
"Tumbas A Jardines"
(Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake)		 Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year Nominated
"Graves into Gardens"
(Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake)		 Worship Recorded Song of the Year Won
House of Miracles (Live) Long Form Video of the Year Nominated

Grammy Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2020 "This Is a Move (Live)"[upper-alpha 1] Best Gospel Performance/Song Nominated [52]
2022 "Wait on You"[upper-alpha 2] Best Gospel Performance/Song Nominated
"Jireh"[upper-alpha 2] Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Nominated
Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition[upper-alpha 2] Best Gospel Album Nominated
Old Church Basement[upper-alpha 2] Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Won

See also

Notes
  1. Lake is credited as a co-writer of "This Is a Move (Live)" performed by Tasha Cobbs Leonard.
  2. Lake is credited as a member of Maverick City Music.

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