CCM singer Brandon Lake not too long ago stunned his “Exhausting Fought Hallelujah” collaborator Jelly Roll with some stellar information about their hit collab.
In a video he shared on Instagram on June 20, Lake stunned Jelly Roll with a plaque commemorating that “Exhausting Fought Hallelujah” had been licensed platinum by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA), for gross sales of at the very least a million items.
The tune, which is featured on Lake’s June 13-released album King of Hearts, was licensed Platinum earlier than the album was even launched.
Within the video, Jelly Roll says, “We had been simply speaking about this like six months in the past,” and later including, “This could be my favourite plaque I’ve ever had.”
Their collaborative model of “Exhausting Fought Hallelujah” cracked the highest 40 on Billboard‘s all-genre Scorching 100, whereas additionally reaching the highest 15 on the Scorching Nation Songs chart.
“I launched [the solo version of] this tune, after which I felt like, ‘That is too particular to not share this tune with anyone,’” Lake recently told Billboard of bringing in Jelly Roll to document the tune with him. “Desirous about the lyrics, I used to be like, ‘Man, I believe Jelly Roll would resonate with the story of this tune.’ I’ve been so impressed by his story, the issues he’s overcome. I bear in mind seeing him sing “Consider” with Brooks & Dunn [at the 2024 CMA Awards], and I simply bawled my eyes out. It gave me all the religion to succeed in out. The craziest a part of that’s he had already heard the tune on TikTok and beloved it.
“We hopped on the cellphone, and we didn’t speak music for the primary hour. We simply immediately grew to become like brothers and talked about life, parenting, touring, household. It was an actual friendship off the bat. There’s a purpose why he’s on high of the world proper now, and it’s not simply because his songs are superb — it’s as a result of he’s superb,” Lake added.
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