David Debrandon Brown (born September 25, 1985), professionally known as Lucky Daye, is an American

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from

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. He is signed to

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and

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. He released his first EP, ''I'' on November 9, 2018 and his second EP, ''II'' on February 6, 2019. The EPs were part of a series leading up to his debut

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'' which was released on May 24, 2019. His third EP, ''Table for Two'', won the 2022

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. His second album, ''

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'', was released on March 10, 2022.

Early life

David Debrandon 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

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, and

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. He relocated to

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to pursue music. Sometime in early 2009, he welcomed a daughter named Kaydence with Ashley Lasseter ( mostly known for her appearance on College Hill: Atlanta. Not much is known of their relationship, in recent years the latter has aired her grievances with the RnB artist via Instagram.

Musical career

In 2005, when he was 19, Daye competed on season 4 of ''American Idol''. He auditioned with a cover of " A Change Is Gonna Come" by

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and received four "yes" votes. Soon after reaching the Top 20 he was eliminated from the competition. Daye established himself as a songwriter and background vocalist and landed credits in 2008 on songs by

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on his album '' Just Me'' and

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on "

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". In 2014, he wrote for

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on the song "Believe Us". During 2016 and 2017, he co-wrote songs released by

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("Enemiez"),

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("10,000 Hours", "Down"),

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("Song Goes Off"), and two tracks from the album '' Strength of a Woman'' by

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. In 2017 he worked with

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on the song "More" which was scrapped from the latter's fourth studio album

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. In October 2018, Daye signed to

and

, releasing his first single, "Roll Some Mo". On November 9, 2018, he released his first EP, ''I'', which was part of a series leading up to his debut studio album ''

''. 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''. He went on tour with

beginning in February 2019. In November 2019, Daye received four nominations at the

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including one for

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for ''Painted''. On November 21, 2019, Daye opened for R&B singer

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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''. It would go on to win the 2022

. On May 21, 2021, Daye released a cover of

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" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gaye's album '' What’s Going On''. On March 10, 2022, Daye released his second studio album, ''

''. 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.
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while its lead single "Over" received a nod in the

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category for the 2023 edition of the Grammy Awards. In addition, he received two nominations for Album of the Year for both

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'' and

's '' Good Morning Gorgeous'' albums as a co-writer and a

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nod for co-writing its title track.

Awards and nominations

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Guest appearances

References

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