And something else that makes this fun: I’ve not released an album in five years, so for loyal longtime fans they can get excited about two albums instead of one. I love getting in the car, jumping on a road trip and listening to records from start to finish. Yeah, it’s a streaming-driven world right now, but I’m an album purist at heart.
You’re a big believer in the album format as a cohesive piece of work, aren’t you? As far as why, I was in a listening session with some of my team and we heard all 20 songs top to bottom … and it’s a long session! One of them says, “OK, it’s your baby and it’s like asking Van Gogh to cut Starry Night in half, but would you be open to splitting this into two releases?” At first, I was like, “What? … no.” But then thinking about it more and more, I didn’t want listeners forced to skim, say, tracks 14 to 20, because they’re fatigued. Yes, it’s mastered and completed, and we’ll definitely get it out there this year. With 10 songs now and another 10 later this year, is it finished, and why did you decide to release it this way? It also crossed over, crowning Adult Contemporary for two weeks.īillboard caught up with Daigle at her management’s offices in Nashville about her new album and some of its recent achievements.Ĭongratulations on the new album. On Christian Airplay, “You Say” reigned for 18 weeks. It was bolstered by the crossover smash “You Say,” which dominated Hot Christian Songs for an also unprecedented 132 weeks starting in July 2018. 13 and climbing on the Adult Contemporary chart.ĭaigle’s new set marks her first new music since Look Up Child, which opened at the Top Christian Albums summit in September 2018 and proceeded to ring up a record 102 frames at No. The LP’s lead single, “Thank God I Do,” tops the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Christian Songs chart for a second week, having become Daigle’s sixth No.
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