Lauren Daigle

Lauren Daigle, born on September ninth, nineteen ninety-one, is a prominent American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. She gained recognition after signing with Centricity Music, leading to the release of her debut album, How Can It Be, in two thousand fifteen. This album achieved remarkable success, reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and earning Platinum certification from the RIAA. It also produced three number one singles on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart, including 'First', 'Trust in You', and 'O'Lord'.

In September two thousand eighteen, Daigle released her third studio album, Look Up Child, which marked a significant milestone in her career. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the highest-charting Christian album by a woman in over twenty years. It also topped the Top Christian Albums chart, selling one hundred fifteen thousand album-equivalent units in its first week. The lead single, 'You Say', not only peaked at number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart but also set a record by spending one hundred thirty-two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.

Daigle's achievements have been recognized with numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards. At the sixty-first Annual Grammy Awards in two thousand nineteen, she won Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Look Up Child and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for 'You Say'. In addition to her Grammy wins, she has received twelve GMA Dove Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, and four American Music Awards, along with four number one singles on both the Billboard Christian Airplay and Hot Christian Songs charts.

Her crossover success into mainstream pop music has been notable, with the New York Times highlighting her as an explicitly Christian artist who has achieved greater success in the pop world than anyone since Amy Grant in the early nineties. Furthermore, in the two thousand twenty-four SALT Music and Attraction Survey, Daigle's fans were identified as the second most popular singles on a global dating app, just behind fans of Upperroom Music.