Bri (Briana Babineaux)

Babineaux was born on August 26, 1994, in Honolulu, Hawaii to a military father, who served in the Marines.[1][2] Her father, Shawnta Babineaux, moved the family back to his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, when she was three months of age.[2] Babineaux's parents got divorced, when she was two years old. She was raised by her mother, Shannon Miller,[3] and her step-father, Louis Miller, who is a pastor at House Of Freedom, in Lafayette, Louisiana.[2] She began singing at three years old, eventually graduating from Northside High School in Lafayette, Louisiana as a member of their 2012 graduating class.[3] While in high school, she was a member of the volleyball and track teams, earning a scholarship to McNeese State University, yet she only stayed one semester because her interest in athletics waned.[2][3] She stands 5-foot 6 inches tall.[4] Babineaux eventually settled on her music and academics, while changing universities to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she is majoring in criminal justice.[3]

Her music career started in 2014, with her YouTube channel by posting videos of her singing,[5] where they have received hundreds of thousands of views.[6] She started professionally recording music in 2015, with her first live album, Keys to My Heart that released on March 25, 2016, from Tyscot Records.[7][8][9][10] This album charted on three Billboard magazine charts, while it placed on the Billboard 200, Top Gospel Albums, and Independent Albums charts, where it peaked at Nos. 138,[11] 1,[12] and 9,[13] respectively.

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