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about|the Christian musician|basketball player|Brandon Heath (basketball)Infobox musical artist|image = Brandon Heath - Revelation Tour 2009.jpg|name = Brandon Heath|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Brandon Heath Knell|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1978|7|21|death_date =|origin = Nashville, Tennessee , United States|U.S. |instrument = Vocals , guitar |genre = Contemporary Christian music|CCM , pop music|pop , alternative CCM , acoustic music|acoustic |occupation = Singer–songwriter |years_active = 2000–present|label = Reunion Records|Reunion |associated_acts =|website = URL| http://brandonheath.net Brandon Heath Knell is a contemporary Christian music ian from Nashville, Tennessee . He has released three studio albums: ''Don't Get Comfortable (2006), What If We'' (2008) and "Leaving Eden" (2011). He is best known for the No. 1 " I'm Not Who I Was " and " Give Me Your Eyes ". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of 2008 and won in the "New Artist of the Year" category. His second album was nominated for " Gospel Music|Gospel Album of the Year" at the 51st Grammy Awards of 2009.
Heath began his career by writing songs as a teenager. His first independent music|independent ly released album, Early Stuff (2004), was a compilation of his earlier songwriting. After also releasing Soldier in 2004, he signed with Reunion Records to release his first main studio album, '' Don't Get Comfortable '', in late 2006. The album's first single, "Our God Reigns", received a GMA Dove Award|Dove Award nomination in 2007. Heath's song " I'm Not Who I Was " became No. 1 single, staying on top of Billboard (magazine)| Billboard 's Hot Christian Songs chart for several weeks. It received two Dove nominations, including "Song of the Year". Heath returned in mid-2008 with a second project: What If We . The album's first single " Give Me Your Eyes " was released in July 2008 and ended the year as the second most-played song on R& R (magazine)| R& R magazine's Christian contemporary hit radio|CHR chart for 2008. The song received two GMA Dove Awards in 2009: "Song of the Year" and "Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year".
Early life
Brandon Heath Knell was born in Nashville, Tennessee on July 21, 1978.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p698461|pure_url=yes |title=Brandon Heath Biography |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=2008-09-22 |author=Steve Leggett His father was a police officer, and his mother was a hair dresser.cite web |url= http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/brandon_heath031209.aspx |title=Brandon Heath: 'Give Me Your Eyes' |work= The 700 Club |date=2009-03-12 |accessdate=2009-04-04 His parents divorced when he was three years old, and Heath was raised by his divorced mother for five or six years before she remarried. Heath said that during his early life, he grew bitter towards his family, but in high school he decided to "come to the Lord because I wanted to learn how to forgive my dad for some mistakes that he made when I was younger. I had to forgive both of my parents for not sticking together." He was given a guitar as a Christmas gift at the age of 13, and around the same time he began writing his first songs. Heath was a choir member at his school, Hillsboro High School in Nashville, and was encouraged by his teacher to pursue music.cite web |url= http://www.wtvf.com/global/story.asp? s=9255604 |title=Briefs: Oct. 28, 2008 |publisher= WTVF |date=2008-10-28 |accessdate=2009-04-13 He also expanded his spiritual horizons by going on faith missions to India and Ecuador, thus setting the table for the mix of religion and music that would soon fuel his professional life.Citation needed|date=November 2011 Heath grew up irreligion|nonreligious ly, but was invited to the attend a Christian Young Life camp as a teenager.cite web |url= http://www.hopetodaymagazine.com/BrandonHeath.html |title=New Artist, Brandon Heath |work=Hope Today Magazine |accessdate=2008-10-07Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot While attending the summer camp at age 16, Heath said he "heard about Jesus for the first time"; he said he never really went to Church service|church until attending the camp, and claimed that Young Life "showed me Christ and got me plugged in to a church". After high school, he became a leader for the camp and is still involved with Young Life across the United States. Heath attended Middle Tennessee State University and earned a Bachelor of Arts|BA in English. After his guitar was stolen in early 2000, he compiled a demo CD of his songs for sale to help pay for a new guitar.
Musical career
Heath's original demo CD from 2000 was later released in 2004 as an independent music|independent album titled Early Stuff . During that year he released a second independent album, Soldier , which was produced by Chris Davis. ''Don't Get Comfortable The EP'' was independently released in 2005, containing five tracks that were later included on Heath's debut album.cite web |url= http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/DontGetComfortableTheEP.asp |title=Brandon Heath, "Don't Get Comfortable The EP" |publisher= Jesus Freak Hideout |accessdate=2008-10-07
''Don't Get Comfortable
Heath's major label debut, '' Don't Get Comfortable '', was released on September 5, 2006.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp? pid=652819& aid=793517 |title=Brandon Heath – Don't Get Comfortable |work= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=2008-09-25Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot His first radio single from the album was "Our God Reigns", which garnered a Dove Awards of 2007|2007 Dove Award nomination for Worship Song of the Year.cite web|accessdate=2008-01-03 |url= http://www.breathecast.com/Christian.Music.Artist-Nominations.Announced.for.38th.GMA.Dove.Awards/Article-215_1469.htm |title=Nominations Announced for 38th GMA Dove Awards |publisher=BREATHEcast.com |date=2007-02-20cite web |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r854060|pure_url=yes |title=Don't Get Comfortable > Overview |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=2008-09-25 |author=Jared Johnson
His second radio single, " I'm Not Who I Was ", was released around early 2007 and was his first No. 1 song. It topped Billboard (magazine)| Billboard 's Hot Christian Songs chart for six consecutive weeks starting on July 4, 2007. The song was covered by Jason Castro (singer)|Jason Castro (from American Idol ) at Lakepoint Church.cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=T10ffNheII0 |title=YouTube.com |publisher=YouTube.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-14 "Don't Get Comfortable", the title track from Heath's debut album, was also released as a single.Citation needed|date=October 2008 At the Dove Awards of 2008|39th annual GMA Dove Awards , Heath was nominated for four GMA Dove Awards|Dove Awards , winning in the category for New Artist of the Year.cite news |url= http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/5725931.html |title=TobyMac wins gospel artist of year at Doves |author=Gerome, John |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Houston Chronicle |date=April 23, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-24
What If We
Brandon Heath toured as a guest on Aaron Shust 's 30-city Whispered and Shouted tour from early to mid 2008.cite web |url= http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/Meredith-Andrews-Offers-The-Invitation-April-29-On-Word-Records/39061.html |title=Meredith Andrews Offers The Invitation April 29 On Word Records |date=2008-03-17 |accessdate=2008-10-10 |publisher=Top40-Charts.com His second studio album, What If We , was released on August 19, 2008.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r1413699|pure_url=yes |title=What If We > Overview |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=2008-09-22 The album's first single, " Give Me Your Eyes ", was released in July 2008 and was his most commercially-successful song to date. It stayed at No. 1 on R& R (magazine)| R& R 's Christian Contemporary hit radio|CHR chart for 14 consecutive weeks from August to December 2008.cite web |url= http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/christ_chr_chart.asp |title=Christian CHR National Airplay |publisher= Radio & Records |date=2008-10-10 |accessdate=2008-10-10 It ended the year as 2008's second most played song in the CHR format.cite web |url= http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/08/Christian_CHR_songs.asp |title=2008 Year End Charts: Top Christian CHR songs |work= R& R (magazine)|R& R |accessdate=2009-01-06 In 2009, his song "Wait and See" was released as the next single, and by August it placed at No5 on Billboard 's Hot Christian Songs chart.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/#/song/brandon-heath/wait-and-see/11718725 |title=Wait and See - Brandon Heath|accessdate=2009-08-18|work= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard He guest-starred on Christian band Leeland 's album Love Is on the Move , on the single "Follow You". In 2011, his Song "Sunrise" was used as the new theme song for Sunrise Communications AG , a Swiss telecommunications company.
Leaving Eden
Brandon has been supporting his recent studio album with a tour supporting MercyMe. The first single off of his 3rd studio album is "Your Love". Brandon Heath's 2011 release was produced by Dan Muckala who also co-wrote a handful of the songs along with Jason Ingram. Heath has been nominated for three 54th Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Christian Music Album ( Leaving Eden ), Best Gospel/Contemporary Music Performance ("Your Love"), and Best Contemporary Christian Music Song ("Your Love").cite web|last=Moring|first=Mark|title=Three Grammy Noms for Brandon Heath|url= http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctentertainment/2011/12/three-grammy-noms-for-brandon-1.html|publisher=Christianity Today Entertainment|accessdate=December 3, 2011|date=December 1, 2011
listen| filename = Your Love- Brandon Heath1.ogg | title = "Your Love" (2010) | description = A 48-second sample of Brandon Heath's "Your Love" featuring second stanza and the chorus sung by Brandon Heath. The song became his third hit single in the US Hot Christian Songs|Christian Song .
Other work
Heath has partnered in songwriting with Bebo Norman and Matt Wertz, who was one of his roommates. He has written songs for Norman, Joy Williams (musician)|Joy Williams and Christopher Williams. He has worked with Sevenglory on their 2007 album, Atmosphere . Heath also co-wrote the song 'Found By You' by Britt Nicole .
Heath was also featured in two songs on the Jars of Clay album The Shelter (album)|The Shelter : "Small Rebellions" and "Shelter".
Personal life
Brandon Heath moved to The Woodlands, Texas in 2008 and was a worship leader at The Woodlands United Methodist Church for a year.Citation needed|date=November 2011|reason=are these the same facility or are they different? He liked being a part of a grassroots ministry and once said that he "felt at home from the moment he stepped off the plane". He has since moved back to his home in Nashville to devote more time to his musical career and to be closer to family. He still considers Texas to be his second home and visits when he has the time.cite web |url= http://www.breathecast.com/Christian.Music.News-Brandon.Heath.Single.Give.Me.Your.Eyes.Continues.Digital.Sales.Streak.With.More.Than.12,000.Downloads.Since.Release/1_2374.htm |title=Brandon Heath Single Give Me Your Eyes Continues Digital Sales Streak With More Than 12,000 Downloads Since Release |publisher=BREATHEcast.com |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2008-10-10 He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee .
Carrie Underwood surprised her husband Mike Fisher (ice hockey)|Mike Fisher by having Heath sing his song "Love Never Fails" for their first dance at their wedding.cite news|url= http://www.clashentertainment.com/music/5-music/2302-brandon-heath-performs-at-carrie-underwoods-wedding|title=Brandon Heath Sings at Carrie Underwood's Wedding | publisher=Clash Entertainment | date=2010-01-18 | accessdate=2011-02-11 She had earlier told People Magazine that she was in love with Heath's voice.cite news|url= http://www.urbanchristiannews.com/ucn/2010/01/carrie-underwood-praises-brandon-heath-in-people-magazine.html | publisher=urbanchristiannews.com | date=2010-01-12 | accessdate=2011-02-11
Discography
Main|Brandon Heath discography
'' Don't Get Comfortable (2006)
What If We (2008)
Leaving Eden (Brandon Heath album)|Leaving Eden (2011)
Awards and nominations anchor|Awards
Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated Work !! Result
s-starts-ach|awsuccession box| title = Dove Award for New Artist of the Year|GMA's New Artist of the Year | years = 2008 | before= Aaron Shust | after = Tenth Avenue North end Brandon Heath
Persondata|NAME = Heath, Brandon |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Contemporary Christian musician |DATE OF BIRTH = July 21 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Nashville, Tennessee , United States |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Health, Brandon Category:Living people Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American rock guitarists Category:American Christians Category:Contemporary Christian music Category:American performers of Christian music Category:People from Nashville, Tennessee Category:1978 births
