Lanco (sometimes stylized in
all caps
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) is an American
country music
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band from
Nashville, Tennessee
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. The band consists of Brandon Lancaster (lead vocals), Chandler Baldwin (bass guitar), Jared Hampton (keyboards, banjo), Tim Aven (Guitar), Tripp Howell (drums). The band is signed to Riser House Records. 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
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series ''
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'' as well as season 22 of
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's ''
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"Greatest Love Story" reached No. 1 on the
Hot Country Songs
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and
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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'', which was released in January 2018. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, with 13,000 copies (19,000 album equivalent units total) sold in the first week.
After a string of non-album singles, the band self-released an EP, titled ''Honky-Tonk Hippies'', on July 2, 2021. They followed up the EP and 30 date tour with their single “Low Class Lovers” in April 2022.
LANCO has toured with
Miranda Lambert
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,
Luke Combs
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,
Dierks Bentley
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, and
Kane Brown
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.
In 2023, the band signed with Riser House Records. They released their debut EP with the label, titled Run, Run, Baby, on October 5 and headlined an accompanying Fall tour.
Personal life
Lancaster married his wife, Tiffany, in September 2017, and the couple have two children, Elora and Ezra. Baldwin wed his wife Natalie on Christmas Eve 2016 and welcomed a daughter in 2021. Hampton married his wife Autumn in November 2017. Howell is married to his high school sweetheart and welcomed a son in 2021.
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