Brandon Heath
Brandon Heath is an American Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter.
Brandon Heath
Singer-songwriter
2005–present
Early years[edit]
He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in the heart of the Contemporary Christian Music scene. Brandon Heath began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 13. As a teenager, he attended a Young Life camp.
Singles[edit]
He is best known for singing the song "I'm Not Who I Was", which climbed to the #16 position on the September 15, 2007 R&R magazine chart[1] after hitting #1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for six weeks starting on July 4, 2007. "Don't Get Comfortable", his debut album's title track, was also released as a single.
Musical career[edit]
Don't Get Comfortable is Heath's major label debut, and it is the result of all his years of studying songwriting greats. His song, "I'm Not Who I Was" is a great example of his unique and fresh song-writing. Producer Dan Muckala (Backstreet Boys, Nick Lachey, the Afters) has added pop influences to Heath's earthy songwriting. In 2007, he received a nomination for a Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year with his song "Our God Reigns".[3][4]
Heath has partnered in songwriting with Bebo Norman and Matt Wertz, who was one of his roommates.[4] He has written songs for Norman, Joy Williams and Christopher Williams. He has worked with Sevenglory on their 2007 album.