LANCO | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Genres | Country |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Riser House Records, Arista Nashville |
| Members |
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| Past members | Eric Steedly |
LANCO (formerly LANco [1] [2] ) is an American country music band consisting of Brandon Lancaster (lead vocals), Chandler Baldwin (bass guitar), Jared Hampton (keyboards, banjo), Tripp Howell (drums). The band is signed to Riser House Records. The band's name is short for Lancaster and Company. [2]
The band was founded in 2015. After meeting record producer Jay Joyce at a Keith Urban concert, they signed to his publishing company, and then to Arista Nashville. [3] Through the label, they released their debut four-song EP, titled Extended Play on April 15, 2016. [4] They also released their first single from the album, "Long Live Tonight", and another one of their songs, "Greatest Love Story", appears in the Netflix series The Ranch as well as season 22 of ABC's The Bachelor . [2] [5] "Greatest Love Story" reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts at the end of 2017.
In December 2017, Sony Nashville announced the band's third single, "Born to Love You". It and "Greatest Love Story" appear on their debut album Hallelujah Nights , which was released in January 2018. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, with 13,000 copies (19,000 album equivalent units total) sold in the first week. [6]
After a string of non-album singles, the band self-released an EP, titled Honky-Tonk Hippies, on July 2, 2021. [7] They followed up the EP and 30 date tour with their single “Low Class Lovers” in April of 2022. [8]
LANCO has toured with Miranda Lambert, [9] Luke Combs, [10] Dierks Bentley, [11] and Kane Brown. [12]
In 2023, the band signed with Riser House Records. [13]
Lancaster married his wife, Tiffany, in September 2017. [14] Baldwin wed his wife Natalie on Christmas Eve 2016 and welcomed a daughter in 2021, Hampton married his wife Autumn in November 2017, and Howell is married to his high school sweetheart and welcomed a son in 2021. [15]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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| US [16] | US Country [17] | |||
| Hallelujah Nights |
| 20 | 1 |
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| Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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| US [16] | US Country [17] | |||
| Extended Play |
| 200 | 25 |
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| Lessons Learned |
| — | — | |
| Honky-Tonk Hippies |
| — | — | |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| US [20] | US Country [21] | US Country Airplay [22] | CAN [23] | CAN Country [24] | |||||
| "Long Live Tonight" | 2016 | — | 46 | 32 | — | — | Hallelujah Nights | ||
| "Greatest Love Story" | 2017 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 2 | |||
| "Born to Love You" | 2018 | — [upper-alpha 1] | 19 | 18 | — | 26 |
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| "Rival" | 2019 | — | — | 56 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "What I See" [27] | — | — | 39 | — | — | ||||
| "Save Me" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Near Mrs" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "First Beer" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Low Class Lovers" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Notes
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2016 | "Long Live Tonight" | Peter Zavadil [28] |
| 2017 | "Greatest Love Story" | Justin Key [29] |
| 2018 | "Born to Love You" | Roman White [30] |
| 2019 | "Rival" | Peter Zavadil [31] |
| 2020 | "What I See" | David Abbott |
| 2022 | "Low Class Lovers" | Brandon Lancaster, Devon Lancaster |
| Year | Ceremony | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | Academy of Country Music Awards | LANCO | New Duo or Group of the Year | Nominated | [32] |
| American Music Awards | LANCO | Favorite Duo or Group - Country | Nominated | [33] | |
| Country Music Association Awards | LANCO | Vocal Group of the Year | Nominated | [34] | |
| 2019 | Academy of Country Music Awards | LANCO | New Duo or Group of the Year | Won | [35] |
| LANCO | Group of the Year | Nominated | |||
| CMY Music Awards | LANCO -"Born to Love You" | Group Video of the Year | Nominated | [36] | |
| iHeart Radio Music Awards | LANCO | Best Country Artist | Nominated | [37] |
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