Daniel Jobiah Bremnes (born May 11, 1983) is a Canadian

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ian,

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, and

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. He released four studio albums, ''Your Strength'' (2010), '' Where the Light Is'' (2015), '' Wherever I Go'' (2019), and ''Into the Wild'' (2022), and four extended plays. He is signed with

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Early life

Bremnes was born as Daniel Jobiah Bremnes, on May 11, 1983, in

Kamloops, British Columbia Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...

, to a pastor father, Norvil Bremnes, and to a mother, Lillis Bremnes, who owned a

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, Amazing Acres. He has two siblings, Darcon and Darla. The Bremnes' moved to

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in 1989, when his father established Living Waters Community Church, where Norvil was the pastor until January 2014. Bremnes' mother died in an automobile accident on September 14, 2006. Bremnes attended Salmon Arm Secondary School.

Music career

His music career commenced in 2010, with his album, ''Your Strength'', that was independently released. He then released two independent singles, "Hear Your Voice" in 2012 and "After All" in 2013. During this time, Bremnes released an

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, ''Light My Way'', which was independently released on September 25, 2012. The extended play and singles got him

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at the 35th Annual Awards in 2013 for Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "This Life". The subsequent year, Bremnes was awarded at the 36th Annual Awards for having the Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year and Recorded Song of the Year for "Beautiful", where he got the Male Vocalist of the Year along with Artist of the Year. He signed to

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and Capitol CMG, where he released another single, "Beautiful", in 2014, along with an extended play on April 14, 2015, ''Where the Light Is''. The song, "Beautiful", charted at a peak of No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' magazine Christian Songs chart. This was the precursor to his first studio album, ''Where the Light Is'', released by Sparrow Records on June 9, 2015. In 2016, his recording contract was cancelled by Capitol. Bremnes continued to work on music, eventually signing a record deal with

and releasing his third studio album, '' Wherever I Go'' in 2019. The

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was released as a single and peaked at No. 19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

References

External links

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