Lucky Daye

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Lucky Daye
Birth nameDavid Debrandon Brown
Born (1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active2005–present [2]
Labels
Producer(s)
Website luckydaye.com

David Debrandon Brown (born September 25, 1985), known professionally as Lucky Daye, is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans. He signed with Keep Cool Records and RCA Records to release his first two extended plays, I (2018) and II (2019). The EPs were part of a series leading up to his debut studio album, Painted (2019). [3] [4] His third EP, Table for Two, won Best Progressive R&B Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. [5] His second album, Candydrip (2022), was preceded by his first Billboard Hot 100 entry, "Over". [6] His third album, Algorithm (2024), was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. [7] [8]

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Early life

Brown was born on September 25, 1985, in New Orleans. He was raised in a church that forbade listening to secular music, but he discovered an innate knack for singing and taught himself melodies by turning children books into songs of his own. Brown went back to immerse himself in classic R&B songs and developed a love for artists including Prince, Rick James, Lauryn Hill, and Stevie Wonder. He relocated to Atlanta to pursue music. [9] [10] [11]

Musical career

In 2005, when he was 19, Daye competed on season 4 of American Idol. [12] He auditioned with a cover of "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke and received four "yes" votes. Soon after reaching the Top 20 he was eliminated from the competition.

Daye established himself, with his pseudonym, as a songwriter and background vocalist and landed credits in 2008 on songs by Keith Sweat on his album Just Me and Ne-Yo on "She Got Her Own". In 2014, he wrote for Boyz II Men on the song "Believe Us". During 2016 and 2017, he co-wrote songs released by Keke Palmer ("Enemiez"), Ella Mai ("10,000 Hours", "Down"), Trey Songz ("Song Goes Off"), and two tracks from the album Strength of a Woman by Mary J. Blige. [9] In 2017 he worked with Ariana Grande on the song "More" which was scrapped from the latter's fourth studio album Sweetener.

In October 2018, Daye signed to Keep Cool Records and RCA Records, releasing his first single, "Roll Some Mo". [13] On November 9, 2018, he released his first EP, I, which was part of a series leading up to his debut studio album Painted . [14] [15]

On January 17, 2019, Daye released the first single from his second EP, called "Karma". On February 6, 2019, he released the second installment of the EP series, II. [16] He went on tour with Ella Mai beginning in February 2019. [17] In November 2019, Daye received four nominations at the 62nd Grammy Awards including one for Best R&B Album for Painted. On November 21, 2019, Daye opened for R&B singer Khalid on his Free Spirit tour in New Zealand.

On September 25, 2020, he co-wrote "Better", English singer Zayn's single.

On February 12, 2021, Daye released his third EP, Table for Two. [18] It charted at number ninety-six on the US Billboard 200 and would go on to win the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album. [5]

On May 21, 2021, Daye released a cover of Marvin Gaye’s "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gaye's album What's Going On .

On March 10, 2022, Daye released his second studio album, Candydrip . [6] The album received acclaim from critics and became his first album to chart on the US Billboard 200 album chart, debuting at number sixty-nine. [19] Candydrip received a nomination for Best R&B Album while its lead single "Over" received a nod in the Best R&B Performance category for the 2023 edition of the Grammy Awards. In addition, he received two nominations for Album of the Year for both Beyoncé's Renaissance and Mary J. Blige's Good Morning Gorgeous albums as a co-writer, as well as a Best R&B Song nod for co-writing title track "Good Morning Gorgeous".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended Plays

Tours

Headlining

Opening act

Awards and nominations

Lucky Daye has been nominated for numerous awards including Grammy Awards, American Music Awards and Soul Train Awards. He currently holds one Grammy.

On September 8, 2024, Lucky received the Inaugural "Torchbearer Award" from Billboard Charts No.1s Party for being the "new age blueprint" in R&B after receiving his first No.1 hit with his single "That’s You" on Adult R&B Songs chart.

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
American Music Award 2022 Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist HimselfNominated [20]
BET Award 2022 Best Male R&B/Pop Artist HimselfNominated [21]
Grammy Award 2020 Best R&B Song "Roll Some Mo"Nominated
Best R&B Performance Nominated
Best R&B Album Painted Nominated
Best Traditional R&B Performance "Real Games"Nominated
2022 "How Much Can A Heart Take" (with Yebba)Nominated
Best Progressive R&B Album Table for TwoWon
2023 Album of the Year Renaissance (as songwriter)Nominated
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) (as songwriter)Nominated
Best R&B Album Candydrip Nominated
Best R&B Performance"Over"Nominated
Best R&B Song"Good Morning Gorgeous" (as songwriter)Nominated
2025 Best R&B Album Algorithm Pending
Best Traditional R&B Performance"That's You"Pending
MTV Video Music Award 2023 Best R&B "Stay" (with Alicia Keys)Nominated [22]
NAACP Image Award 2020 Outstanding New ArtistHimselfNominated [23]
2024Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)"Smoke" (with Victoria Monet)Nominated [24]
Soul Train Music Award 2019 Best New ArtistHimselfNominated [25]
2021 Best R&B/Soul Male Artist Nominated [26]
2022 Nominated [27]

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