Brandon Lake

Some Lesser Known Facts About Brandon Lake

• After his birth, Brandon Lake grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where his father was a pastor of a church plant.

• Brandon was inclined towards learning and playing the guitar in childhood and his father was the one who supported and enhanced his idea. His father also taught him to play a few basic guitar chord progressions.

• Later, Brandon started learning guitar on his own with the help of YouTube. He used to learn songs of the Christian rock band named ‘Third Day’ and the American Christian contemporary music singer Chris Tomlin and he used to practice their songs on his guitar.

• In his teenage years, Brandon Lake used to accompany the worship team at his church and he was later hired by Seacoast Church as a worship leader for their college ministry.

• Brandon is a singer of a defined genre of Christian music which is used in contemporary worship.

• He is a former member of the American Christian music label Bethel Music and the American contemporary Christian worship music named ‘Maverick City Music.’

• In 2015, Brandon Lake launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise $23,000 to produce his debut album ‘Closer.’

  

• In January 2019, Bethel Music announced that Brandon Lake had joined their artist collective and that they had signed him to their record label and Brandon’s first work with the record label was the release of his version of songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard’s hit single titled ‘This Is a Move’ which he co-wrote with Tasha Cobbs.

  

• His song ‘This Is a Move’ became his first charting single debuting at number 36 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart.

• In 2020, he released his second studio album titled ‘House of Miracles’ which consisted of a total of 12 songs. The album was ranked 6th on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart in the United States.

  

• In the same year, Brandon was featured in the American contemporary worship band Elevation Worship’s single titled ‘Graves into Gardens.’ The song 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 2020.

  

• In 2020, he was featured on the Australian-American contemporary Christian singer Rebecca St. James’ single titled ‘Battle Is the Lord’s’ which debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.

  

• In 2021, Brandon Lake released his live album titled ‘House of Miracles (Live)’ which contains live versions of some of the songs that initially appeared on ‘House of Miracles’ (2021) studio album, as well as new songs.

• In the same year, he released a five-track EP titled ‘Almond Eyes’ which was a surprise tenth-anniversary gift to his wife Brittany Lake.

• In 2021, Brandon Lake was one of the producers of ‘Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition’ which was the fifth live album by American contemporary worship music collective Maverick City Music.

• In 2022, he released another single titled ‘Gratitude’ from his second studio album ‘House of Miracles’ (2020) and the song became his first solo Hot Christian Songs number one single.

  

• In the same year, Brandon released his third studio album titled ‘Help!’ which was a concept album centred on mental health. The album debuted at number 18 on the Top Christian Albums Chart in 2022.

  

• In 2023, Brandon Lake released an English song titled ‘Miracle Child’ which was based on his real-life story. He considers himself a miracle child because his parents suffered many miscarriages before he was born. Brandon was quoted saying in an interview that
  

  I am thankful for my miraculous birth and my mother’s answered prayer. I’m thankful my mom trusted God and persevered, because of that I am alive. My parents experienced six miscarriages, and that’s why I can say confidently today that I am a ‘miracle child.”

• In the same year, Brandon Lake and another American contemporary Christian singer Phil Wickham announced they were initiating the Summer Worship Nights tour. The tour was planned to be around twelve cities across the United States in August 2023. Christian rapper KB also joined them as a special guest on the tour.

• In the same year, Brandon Lake released his fourth studio album titled ‘Coat of Many Colors.’ One of the songs titled ‘Praise You Anywhere’ from the album debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
  

  
• In 2023, Brandon signed a contract with ‘Provident Entertainment’ which is the division of Sony Music headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and focused primarily on Christian music.

• Another song titled ‘Count ‘Em’ from the album ‘Coat of Many Colors’ was ranked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart in 2024.

• Brandon Lake serves as a worship pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as of 2024.

• Brandon accompanied the American Christian music label Bethel Music in a few of their world tours as a supporting artist and some of the tours were Victory Tour with Bethel Music (2019) and Chris Tomlin, Kari Jobe, Bethel Music Live in Concert (2021).

  

• In 2024, Brandon Lake opened up about his firsthand experiences with depression and ‘adrenaline fatigue’ during a podcast. Sharing his experience, Brandon was quoted saying in the podcast that
  

  I reached out to two of my buddies. And I had too much pride to even call them; I texted them. I said, ‘Guys, I don’t know what’s going on right now. I’ve been home for a few days … and I don’t recognize myself. I’m not myself. I’m freaking out. And I’m feeling compelled to just crash or do something crazy.”

• Brandon Lake has conducted various world tours after the release of his albums and some of them are ‘Miracle Nights Tour’ (2022-2023), ‘Summer Worship Nights Tour with Phil Wickham’ (2023 and 2024), ‘Coat of Many Colors Tour’ (2023), and ‘Tear Off the Roof Tour’ (2024).

• Brandon Lake and his wife love to spend time with animals and Brandon often shares photos with his pet dog on social media.