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Lauren Ashley Daigle () (born September 9, 1991) is an American
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singer and songwriter. After being signed to the label
Centricity Music Centricity Music is an American contemporary Christian music record label that was founded in Washington. The label's roster includes artists such as Lauren Daigle, Jordan Feliz, Jason Gray, North Point Worship, Andrew Peterson and NEEDTOBREAT ...
, she released her debut album, '' How Can It Be,'' in 2015. It reached No. 1 on the ''
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''
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chart, has been certified Platinum by the
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and produced three No. 1 singles on the ''Billboard''
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chart ("First", " Trust in You", and "
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"). Daigle's third studio album, ''
Look Up Child ''Look Up Child'' is the third studio album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It was released on September 7, 2018, through Centricity Music. The album received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Ch ...
'', was released in September 2018. Bolstered by the pop crossover success of the single "
You Say "You Say" is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It is the lead single from her third studio album, ''Look Up Child''. Written by Daigle, alongside producers Paul Mabury and Jason Ingram, it was r ...
", it went on to debut at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming the highest-charting Christian album by a woman in over 20 years, and No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart, with 115,000 album-equivalent units sold in the first week. The album's lead single, "You Say", peaked at No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and has broken the record for the number of weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard''
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chart at 129 weeks for any solo artist. The album and single earned Daigle two
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. In addition to two
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, Daigle has won seven
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, five ''Billboard'' Music Awards, two
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, and has had four No. 1 singles on both the ''Billboard'' Christian Airplay and Hot Christian Songs chart.


Early life

Daigle was born in
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, and grew up in
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. She was influenced by
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,
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, and
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in her environment. Her mother called her house "the music box" because she was always singing. Daigle did not consider music seriously until contracting
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at age 15. This diagnosis kept her out of school for the next two years. During that time, Daigle took voice lessons that provided her with a creative outlet. During college prep school, she planned to enter the medical field and do mission work. Daigle attended a charter school and completed a year and a half of class work in six months, graduating early. She took a year off from school and did mission work in Brazil before attending
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(LSU) for Child and Family Studies.


Music career


Career beginnings

Daigle started singing in her choir and continued to lead the choir at LSU. She tried out for ''
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'' in 2010 and 2012 after she was encouraged by her family to compete in the singing competition. She was cut just before the final 24 contestants in 2010, and she did not make it to Hollywood in 2011. She made it to the Hollywood round in 2012, but was cut in the first Las Vegas round. She made her debut on North Point InsideOut's album, ''Hear'', where she recorded "Close" and "You Alone" live at
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in Alpharetta, Georgia. She later appeared on North Point Music's album ''North Point Beginnings'' where she recorded "It is Well" in 2015. She was asked to sing background vocals on an EP for a local band called "The Assemblie" and the EP was briefly the most sold album in the US
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. After the release of the EP,
Centricity Music Centricity Music is an American contemporary Christian music record label that was founded in Washington. The label's roster includes artists such as Lauren Daigle, Jordan Feliz, Jason Gray, North Point Worship, Andrew Peterson and NEEDTOBREAT ...
invited her to attend a workshop. When the singer for the main event at the workshop became ill, she was asked to fill in. This led to her singing on the Jason Gray single "Nothing is Wasted". Centricity Music signed her on the label in 2013. Daigle's 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 fanbase and much attention for Daigle. That year, Daigle was asked to be a part of the Morning Rises Fall Tour with Aaron Shust and Mikeschair. Daigle released the EP ''How Can It Be'' in September 2014.


2015–2017: ''How Can It Be''

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 album is certified platinum. 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 Centricity Music is an American contemporary Christian music record label that was founded in Washington. The label's roster includes artists such as Lauren Daigle, Jordan Feliz, Jason Gray, North Point Worship, Andrew Peterson and NEEDTOBREAT ...
. The album ''How Can It Be'' won the 2016 Billboard Award for Top Christian Album and was nominated for the 2016
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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
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nomination in 2017, for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, for "Trust in You". She won Female Artist of the Year at the K-Love Fan Awards in 2017 for the second year in a row. 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". On October 21, 2016, she released '' Behold: A Christmas Collection'', a Christmas album. Three singles were released to
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on November 25, 2016: "Jingle Bells", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "What Child Is This", with "O Holy Night" released to Christian radio the following year, November 24, 2017, and "Winter Wonderland" released the following year, October 19, 2018. The album debuted at No. 77 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 on November 12, 2016, peaking at No. 29 on December 17, 2016. The album debuted at No. 18 on the US ''Billboard'' Christian Albums Chart on November 5, 2016, reaching No. 1 on December 31, 2016. In 2017, she was chosen to sing, "Almost Human", for the '' Blade Runner 2049: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''.


2018–present: ''Look Up Child''

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You Say "You Say" is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It is the lead single from her third studio album, ''Look Up Child''. Written by Daigle, alongside producers Paul Mabury and Jason Ingram, it was r ...
" was released on July 13, 2018, as the lead single for her third studio album, ''
Look Up Child ''Look Up Child'' is the third studio album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It was released on September 7, 2018, through Centricity Music. The album received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Ch ...
''. 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 Centricity Music is an American contemporary Christian music record label that was founded in Washington. The label's roster includes artists such as Lauren Daigle, Jordan Feliz, Jason Gray, North Point Worship, Andrew Peterson and NEEDTOBREAT ...
. It was her first studio album in three years and served as a follow-up to her debut studio album, ''How Can It Be'' (2015). "You Say" reached No. 1 on the
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chart, where it has spent 60 weeks at No. 1, beating " Something in the Water" by
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for the longest reign by any solo artist in the chart's history. After becoming a huge
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success (peaking at No. 1 on multiple different charts, including the
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, where it spent 17 weeks at No. 1), the song was released to
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on January 15, 2019 by
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. From there, it reached the
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,
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, and
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charts. It was the second biggest Christian song of 2018, according to ''Billboard''. It has further reached a peak No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "You Say" won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. ''Look Up Child'' debuted at No. 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 115,000
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s, of which 103,000 were pure album sales. It is her highest-charting album and the highest-charting Christian album overall since '' Hard Love'' by
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reached No. 2 on the chart in 2016. The album became the highest-charting Christian album by a woman on the ''Billboard'' 200 since
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' '' You Light Up My Life'' peaked at No. 1 in 1997. The album won Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. As of January 2019, the album has sold 208,000 copies in the U.S.


Criticism

On November 7, 2020, Daigle sang as part of
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's "Let Us Worship" tour protesting
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restrictions. Her participation elicited criticism from New Orleans mayor
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, including requesting that
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not book her to perform for its annual New Year's Eve television special ''
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'' (which has included segments broadcast from New Orleans). Daigle responded with a statement that said she was riding her bike when she saw the worship protest and "was asked to sing." She said she was "disappointed that my spontaneous participation has become part of the political discourse and I’m saddened by the divisive agendas of these times." Daigle also stated that while she had been under consideration for the program, she had not been officially part of the lineup.


Tour and other projects

In mid-2015, Daigle was a member of the Outcry Tour along with Hillsong United. She was also part of the Winter Jam Tour 2016 in the central and eastern parts of the United States. In late 2016, she headlined her first tour, ''A Night With Lauren Daigle,'' which sold out. She joined for King and Country on their holiday tour later in the year. She was part of the Outcry Tour again in early 2017. In October 2016, she 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 Needtobreathe (stylized as NEEDTOBREATHE) is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The band is composed of Bear Rinehart (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Seth Bolt (backing vocals, bass), Josh Lovelace (backing vocals, keys), Randall ...
for ''
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''. She co-wrote and performed "Almost Human", the only original song, on the ''
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'' soundtrack. The album, produced by Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp, reached No. 1 on the ''
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'' Soundtrack Sales Charts. She performed as part of Austin City Limits in 2019. She sang the
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at the
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in New Orleans on January 13, 2020. Earlier that month she sang at the Festival One Christian Music Festival in New Zealand, and then in Christchurch, New Zealand.


Discography

*'' How Can It Be'' (2015) * '' Behold: A Christmas Collection'' (2016) * ''
Look Up Child ''Look Up Child'' is the third studio album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It was released on September 7, 2018, through Centricity Music. The album received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Ch ...
'' (2018)


Awards


In other media

* Her song " Hold on to Me" was featured on ''
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'''s 5th season episode, ''Defend in Place''. * Her song "Rescue" was featured in the movie
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(2022). and featured on
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15th season episode "Anybody Have a Map?" as well as ''
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'''s 2nd season episode, ''Search and Rescue''.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daigle, Lauren Living people 21st-century American singers 21st-century Christians 21st-century American women singers American Idol participants American performers of Christian music Musicians from Lafayette, Louisiana Performers of contemporary Christian music Singers from Louisiana 1991 births