Brandon Lake (musician)

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.[5] Lake independently released Closer on May 20, 2016.[6] In 2018, Lake released "Pour Me Out" as a standalone single.[5]

In January 2019, Lake joined the Bethel Music collective and subsequently signed to the record label.[1][7] He was a member of Bethel Music's Victory Tour alongside Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Housefires.[8] He made his debut on the label with the release of his version of Tasha Cobbs Leonard's hit "This Is a Move", which he had co-written, as a standalone single on June 28, 2019.[9][10] "This Is a Move" became Lake's first charting single, making its debut at number 41 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs Chart.[11] It went on to peak at number 36 on the chart,[12] and spent a total of eighteen non-consecutive weeks on Hot Christian Songs Chart.[13] 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.[14] "This Is a Move" also garnered a songwriting nomination at the 2020 Grammy Awards in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category for Lake.[15]

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.[16] On March 6, 2020, Bethel Music released a live rendition of "We Praise You" with Lake as a single,[17] followed by his feature on Elevation Worship's "Graves into Gardens" released on March 13.[18][19] "Graves into Gardens" debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.[20] On May 25, 2020, Bethel Music released the song "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" with Lake as a promotional single.[21] "Come Out of that Grave (Resurrection Power)" launched at number 38 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[22] On June 12, 2020, he was featured on Rebecca St. James' single, "Battle Is the Lord's".[23] "Battle Is the Lord's" went on to debut at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart.[24]

On July 24, 2020, Lake released a new single titled "I Need a Ghost", as the lead single to his second studio album, House of Miracles, slated to be released in summer.[25] "I Need a Ghost" debuted at number five on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales Chart.[26] On August 14, 2020, Lake released "Just Like Heaven" as the second single from House of Miracles.[27] "Just Like Heaven" debuted on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart at number 48.[28] On August 17, 2020, Lake announced that the album was slated for release on August 28.[29] Subsequently, the album was released on August 28, 2020, containing the singles "I Need a Ghost" and "Just Like Heaven".[30] The record debuted on Billboard's Top Christian Albums Chart at number 22,[31] becoming Lake's maiden appearance on the chart.

On January 22, 2021, Lake released his first live album, House of Miracles (Live),[32] which contains live versions of some of the songs that initially appeared on House of Miracles studio recording, as well as new songs.[33] The album debuted at number 29 on the Top Christian Albums Chart.[34]