Background
Lauren Ashley Daigle was born on September 9, 1991 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Daigle grew up in an environment of Zydeco, Blues and Cajun music.
Lauren Ashley Daigle was born on September 9, 1991 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Daigle grew up in an environment of Zydeco, Blues and Cajun music.
Lauren contracted a contagious disease while in high school, she completed two years of homeschooling, distance education.
Daigle started singing in her choir and continued to lead the choir at LSU. She tried out for American Idol in 2010 and 2012 after she was encouraged by her family to compete in the singing competition. She was cut just before the final 24 contestants in 2010, and she did not make it to Hollywood in 2011. She got to the Hollywood round in 2012 but was cut in the first Las Vegas round.
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 later appeared on North Point Music's album North Point Beginnings where she recorded "It is Well" in 2015.
Daigle was asked to sing background vocals on an EP for a local band called "The Assembly" and the EP was briefly the most sold album in the US iTunes Store. After the release of the EP, Centricity Music invited her to attend a workshop. When the singer for the main event at the workshop became ill, she was asked to fill in. This led to her singing on the Jason Gray single "Nothing is Wasted". Centricity Music signed her on the label in 2013.
Her 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. Serving as Daigle's solo introduction to the Christian music scene, the single garnered an initial fan-base and much attention for Daigle. She 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.
Daigle's debut full-length album, How Can It Be was released April 14, 2015, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart. The album also broke Top 20 on the Billboard Top Albums Chart for all genres (No. 16). Daigle was named one of Christian music's breakout artists, and her album's first single "How Can It Be" was named by iTunes as one of the Top Christian songs of 2014. The single "How Can It Be" also reached Top 10 at NCA, AC Monitored, and AC Indicator. As a whole, the album logged six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart. Eighteen months after its release, How Can It Be achieved Gold Record status.
The additional singles from How Can It Be also gained success for Daigle. "First" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Airplay Chart, where it remained for seven weeks; "Trust in You" also reached the No. 1 spot, remaining for eight weeks. Both songs achieved the No. 1 spot on the NCA radio chart. "Come Alive (Dry Bones)" peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart. The album's overall success resulted in the release of How Can It Be: Deluxe Edition in May 2016. The deluxe version features the original album's tracks, along with two new songs, acoustic versions of singles "First" and "Come Alive", and a live performance version of "How Can It Be".
In 2017, Daigle was chosen to sing the song, "Almost Human", for the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack. "You Say" was released on July 13, 2018, as the lead single for second studio album Look Up Child. The song was released to Christian radio on July 9. The album was also available for pre-order. It was released on September 7, 2018, via Centricity Music. It is her first studio album in three years and serves as a follow-up to her debut studio album, How Can It Be (2015). It became her third Hot Christian Songs No. 1 and charted on the mainstream Hot 100 at No. 53. "Still Rolling Stones" was released on August 10, 2018, as the first promotional single. "You Say" was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance, Song.