Lanco (stylized as LANCO, formerly LANco
) is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...
band consisting of Brandon Lancaster (lead vocals), Chandler Baldwin (bass guitar), Jared Hampton (keyboards), Tripp Howell (drums), and Eric Steedly (guitar). The band was signed to
Arista Nashville
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. The band's name is short for Lancaster and Company.
Music career

The band was founded in 2015. After meeting record producer
Jay Joyce
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at a
Keith Urban
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concert, they signed to his publishing company, and then to Arista Nashville. Through the label, they released their debut four-song
EP, titled ''Extended Play'' on April 15, 2016. They also released their first single from the album, "Long Live Tonight", and another one of their songs, "Greatest Love Story", appears in the
Netflix
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series ''
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'' as well as season 22 of
ABC
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's ''
The Bachelor''.
"Greatest Love Story" reached No. 1 on the
Hot Country Songs and
Country Airplay
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charts at the end of 2017.
In December 2017, Sony Nashville announced the band's third single, "Born to Love You". It and "Greatest Love Story" appear on their debut album ''
Hallelujah Nights
''Hallelujah Nights'' is the debut studio album by American country music band LANCO. It was released on January 19, 2018 via Arista Nashville. The album includes the singles "Long Live Tonight", "Greatest Love Story", and "Born to Love You".
Cri ...
'', which was released in January 2018.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Notes
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
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Arista Nashville artists
Country music groups from Tennessee
Musical groups established in 2013
2013 establishments in Tennessee