Brandon Lake Wins ASCAP 2025 Christian Music Songwriter of the Year: Full Winners List
Brandon Lake was named ASCAP’s Christian music songwriter of the year on Monday (Nov. 10), while “Praise,” which he co-wrote with Pat Barrett, was named Christian music song of the year.
ASCAP’s winning Christian and country music writers will be honored at the ASCAP Nashville Songwriters Celebration on Monday, Nov. 17.
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This is Lake’s second ASCAP Christian Music songwriter of the year honor, having previously taken the title in 2023. In 2024, he was named ASCAP Christian songwriter/artist of the Year. Lake’s most-performed songs include “Praise,” “Hard Fought Hallelujah” and “That’s Who I Praise.”
Lake, 35, has received five Grammys and last week received three nominations for the upcoming 68th Annual Grammy Awards. Lake has also collected 15 GMA Dove Awards and three Billboard Music Awards and is nominated for musical event of the year (with Jelly Roll) for “Hard Fought Hallelujah” at the upcoming CMA Awards.
“Praise,” the ASCAP Christian music song of the year, was published by Essential Music Publishing and Capitol CMG Publishing, and was recorded by Elevation Worship featuring Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore. The song logged 31 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart, nine weeks at No. 1 on Christian Airplay and 12 weeks at No. 1 on Christian AC Airplay.
Essential Music Publishing received the ASCAP Christian music publisher of the year award. The company’s most-played songs of the past year are “Goodbye Yesterday,” “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” “Loves Got a Way,” “Praise,” “That’s Who I Praise,” “The Cross,” “The Prodigal,” “The Truth” and “Worship Through It.”
A full list of the ASCAP Christian Music Award winners can be found here.
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