Brandon Lake (musician)

Michael Brandon Lake (born June 21, 1990) is an American Christian worship singer, songwriter, guitarist, and worship pastor.

Lake is a member of Maverick City Music and serves as a worship pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

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.

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.

Lake independently released Closer on May 20, 2016.

In 2018, Lake released "Pour Me Out" as a standalone single.

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.

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 alongside them on their Victory Tour, which featured special guests Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Housefires.

On June 28, 2019, Lake released his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit "This Is a Move", which he had co-written with her.

His version was released as a standalone single by Bethel Music on June 28, 2019.

"This Is a Move" became 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 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.

He also 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, 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".

In 2022, Lake released Help!, his third studio album which is focused on discussing mental health.

Help! debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart in the United States.

Lake released "Gratitude" as his third single from House of Miracles (2020), which went on to become his first solo Hot Christian Songs number one single.

Lake also 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".

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

Lake 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.

In 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.

"This Is a Move" also garnered 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 Music'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.