2015–2017: How Can It Be ĭaigle's debut full-length album, How Can It Be was released April 14, 2015, debuting at No. Daigle released the EP How Can It Be in September 2014. That year, Daigle was asked to be a part of the Morning Rises Fall Tour with Aaron Shust and Mikeschair. Serving as Daigle's solo introduction to the Christian music scene, the single garnered an initial fanbase and much attention for Daigle. ĭaigle'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. Centricity Music signed her on the label in 2013.
This led to her singing on the Jason Gray single "Nothing is Wasted". When the singer for the main event at the workshop became ill, she was asked to fill in. After the release of the EP, Centricity Music invited her to attend a workshop. 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 iTunes Store. She later appeared on North Point Music's album North Point Beginnings where she recorded "It is Well" in 2015. She made her debut on North Point InsideOut's album, Hear, where she recorded "Close" and "You Alone" live at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. She made it to the Hollywood round in 2012, but was cut in the first Las Vegas round. She was cut just before the final 24 contestants in 2010, and she did not make it to Hollywood in 2011. She tried out for American Idol in 20 after she was encouraged by her family to compete in the singing competition. Music career Career beginnings ĭaigle started singing in her choir and continued to lead the choir at LSU. She took a year off from school and did mission work in Brazil before attending Louisiana State University (LSU) for Child and Family Studies.
Daigle attended a charter school and completed a year and a half of class work in six months, graduating early. During college prep school, she planned to enter the medical field and do mission work. During that time, Daigle took voice lessons that provided her with a creative outlet. This diagnosis kept her out of school for the next two years. ĭaigle did not consider music seriously until contracting cytomegalovirus at age 15. Her mother called her house "the music box" because she was always singing. She was influenced by zydeco, blues, and Cajun music in her environment. 1 singles on both the Billboard Christian Airplay and Hot Christian Songs chart.ĭaigle was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. In addition to two Grammy Awards, Daigle has won seven GMA Dove Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, and has had four No. The album and single earned Daigle two Grammy Awards. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart at 129 weeks for any solo artist. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has broken the record for the number of weeks at No. The album's lead single, "You Say", peaked at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart, with 115,000 album-equivalent units sold in the first week. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the highest-charting Christian album by a woman in over 20 years, and No. Bolstered by the pop crossover success of the single " You Say", it went on to debut at No. 1 singles on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart ("First", " Trust in You", and " O'Lord").ĭaigle's third studio album, Look Up Child, was released in September 2018.
1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and produced three No. After being signed to the label Centricity Music, she released her debut album, How Can It Be, in 2015. ɡ ə l/) (born September 9, 1991) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. When fears are stilled, when strivings ceaseįor the next Easter post we’re headed back about 500 years.Lauren Ashley Daigle ( / ˈ d eɪ. What heights of love, what depths of peace
The complete song includes more than these verses, but here’s the version you just heard:įirm through the fiercest drought and storm It’s been performed a lot since its debut in 2001 I liked an acoustic performance by Lauren Daigle, a singer/songwriter from Louisiana. I decided we ought to try a 21st-century tune for our next piece, and found “In Christ Alone,” with music by Keith Getty and lyrics by Stuart Townsend, both British musicians. The tune from Billings’s “Easter Anthem,” my last Easter post, could have been whistled by delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention after a hard day of negotiating.