Brandon Heath

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Brandon Heath is an contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released two studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable (2006) and What If We (2008). He is best known for the number-one hits "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was four-times nominated at the Dove Awards of 2008 and won in the "New Artist of the Year" category.

Heath began his career by writing songs as a teenager. His first independently-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 Dove Award nomination in 2007. Brandon Heath's song "I'm Not Who I Was" was a number one hit, staying on top of 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. Its first single "Give Me Your Eyes" was released in July 2008 and has also been a successful number-one song on Christian radio.

Early life

Brandon Heath was born Brandon Heath Knell in Nashville, Tennessee. While growing up in Nashville, Heath was given a guitar as a Christmas gift. By the age of 13 he began writing his first songs. He had grown up as a nonreligious person, but was invited to the attend a Christian Young Life camp as a teenager. While attending the camp, Heath said he "heard about Jesus for the first time", noting that "it was Young Life that showed me Christ and got me plugged in to a church". After high school, he became a leader for the camps and is still involved with Young Life across the United States. 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 demo CD was later released in 2004 as an independent album titled Early Stuff. In 2004 he released a second independent album, Soldier, which was produced by Chris Davis. Also, Don't Get Comfortable The EP was independently released in 2005, containing five tracks that were later included on Heath's debut album of the same name.

Don't Get Comfortable

Heath's major label debut, Don't Get Comfortable, was released on September 5, 2006. His first radio single from the album was "Our God Reigns", which garnered a 2007 Dove Award nomination for Worship Song of the Year.

His second radio single, "I'm Not Who I Was", stayed at number one on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for six weeks starting on July 4, 2007. It also climbed to the #16 position on R&R's Christian CHR chart in the week of September 15, 2007. The song was covered by Jason Castro (from American Idol) at Lakepoint Church. "Don't Get Comfortable", the title track from Heath's debut album, was also released as a single.

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 and Christopher Williams. He has worked with Sevenglory on their 2007 album.

At the 39th annual GMA Dove Awards, Heath was nominated for four Dove Awards, winning in the category for New Artist of the Year.

What If We

Brandon Heath toured as a guest on Aaron Shust's 30-city Whispered and Shouted tour from early to mid 2008. His second studio album, What If We, was released on August 19, 2008.[11] The album's first single, "Give Me Your Eyes", was released in July 2008 and became a number-one hit. It stayed at number one on R&R's Christian CHR chart for seven weeks in a row by October 10.