How Can It Be

Album: How Can It Be (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • The title track of Lauren Daigle's debut album, this was released as its lead single on July 8, 2014.
  • Lauren Daigle is the first female artist in CCM history to earn two Gold singles from her debut album. Both this song and the "Trust in You" were certified Gold after achieving 500,000 units sold. At the Christian Music Broadcasters' Momentum conference in Orlando Daigle said:

    "'Trust In You' and 'How Can It Be' are two songs I often return to when I feel in the thick of difficulty. They remind me of a grace that outruns any mistake, any amount of shame that arises in this race. They remind me to lift my eyes to the one most sovereign. I'm so honoured that so many people have been impacted by these truths just as I have."
  • "How Can It Be" won Song of the Year for the 2015 GMA Dove Awards. Daigle won Best New Artist of the Year at the same ceremony.

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