INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 09/09/1991(Age 33) |
| Born In : | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Web Site : | laurendaigle.com |
Lauren Diagle Biography
Lauren Ashley Daigle (born September 9, 1991) is an American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Lafayette, Louisiana. Daigle is signed to the Centricity Music label. Her first full-length album, How Can It Be, was released in April 2015 and went on to achieve Platinum Record status. Daigle was awarded the New Artist of the Year title at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards, with her single “How Can It Be” winning the Song of the Year. The next year, she went on to win Dove Awards for Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Best Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, with her single “Trust in You.” Daigle’s album How Can It Be was nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album; her single “Trust in You” was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.
Her first single, “Light of the World” came from the 2013 album Christmas: Joy To The World, a collection of holiday songs from various Centricity artists. Serving as Daigle’s solo introduction to the Christian music scene, the single garnered an initial fan-base and much attention for Daigle. She released the EP How Can It Be in September 2014. That year, Daigle was asked to be a part of the Morning Rises Fall Tour with Aaron Shust and Mikeschair.
Daigle’s debut full-length album, How Can It Be was released April 14, 2015, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart. The album also broke Top 20 on the Billboard Top Albums Chart for all genres (No. 16). Daigle was named one of Christian music’s break-out artists, and her album’s first single “How Can It Be” was named by iTunes as one of the Top Christian songs of 2014. The single “How Can It Be” also reached Top 10 at NCA, AC Monitored, and AC Indicator. As a whole, the album logged six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart. Eighteen months after its release, How Can It Be achieved Gold Record status.
The additional singles from How Can It Be also gained success for Daigle. “First” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Airplay Chart, where it remained for seven weeks; “Trust in You” also reached the No. 1 spot, remaining for eight weeks. Both songs achieved the No. 1 spot on the NCA radio chart. “Come Alive (Dry Bones)” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart.
On June 1, 2015, Daigle accepted her first award, Worship Song of the Year, for her single “How Can It Be” at the K-Love Awards. This was also the first K-Love Fan Award for her label, Centricity Music. The album How Can It Be won the 2016 Billboard Award for Top Christian Album and was nominated for the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. Along with being named Best New Artist at the 2015 Dove Awards, Daigle earned awards for Song of the Year and Contemporary Song of the Year (for “How Can It Be). At the next year’s ceremony, she took home the top honor of Artist of the Year, plus Songwriter of the Year, and Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year (for “Trust in You”). That year she also won two K-Love Fan Awards, for Artist of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. She received another Grammy nomination in 2017, for Best Contemporary Christian Song, (for “Trust in You”).
The album’s overall success resulted in the release of How Can It Be: Deluxe Edition in May 2016. The deluxe version features the original album’s tracks, along with two new songs, acoustic versions of singles “First” and “Come Alive”, and a live performance version of “How Can It Be”.
In 2017, Lauren Daigle was chosen to sing the song, “Almost Human”, for the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack.[citation needed]
“You Say” was released on July 13, 2018, as the lead single for second studio album Look Up Child. The song was released to Christian radio on July 9. The album was also available for pre order. It was released on September 7, 2018, via Centricity Music. It is her first studio album in three years and serves as a follow-up to her debut studio album, How Can It Be (2015). It became her third Hot Christian Songs No. 1 and charted on the mainstream Hot 100 at No. 53. “Still Rolling Stones” was released on August 10, 2018, as the first promotional single.
In mid-2015, Daigle was a member of the Outcry Tour along with Hillsong United.[citation needed] She was also part of the Winter Jam Tour 2016 in the central and eastern parts of the United States.[citation needed]
In late 2016, Daigle headlined her first tour, A Night With Lauren Daigle, which sold out.[citation needed] She joined for King and Country on their holiday tour later in the year. She will be part of the Outcry Tour again in early 2017.
In October 2016, Daigle released her first Christmas album, Behold: A Christmas Collection, and reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200. In 2017, she was featured in the song “Hard Love” by Needtobreathe for The Shack. Daigle co-wrote and performed “Almost Human”, the only original song, on the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack. The album, produced by Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Soundtrack Sales Charts.
