Hopeful, Inspirational, Positive!
Brant Pethick is a Canadian Christian singer-songwriter whose music carries messages of hope and resilience. Blending heartfelt pop anthems with uplifting spiritual undertones, his songs inspire listeners to walk in faith, find strength in hope, and live with renewed purpose.
Since his first live performance in a church, Brant has earned national recognition and international reach. He is a two-time GMA Covenant Award winner, including Canadian Christian Song of the Year for Hope (2022) and Seasonal Song of the Year for It's Christmas Time (2020). In 2025, he received a CCA nomination for CCM/Pop Song of the Year for Everything, along with three Selah Award nominations: Breakthrough Male Artist of the Year, Alternate Song of the Year (With You), and Canadian Contemporary Music or Praise & Worship Song of the Year (With You). His music has charted across Canadian Christian radio and earned multiple international songwriting awards.
Known for his soaring melodies, hooky phrasing, and passionate songwriting, Brant creates music that is both deeply personal and universally relatable, carrying a message of healing and encouragement.
"I want my music to be a reminder that even in brokenness there is strength, and in darkness there is always hope!"
Brant's achievements:
• 2026 Selah Nomination - Breakthrough Male Artist of the Year
• 2026 Selah Nomination - Alternate Song of the Year - With You
• 2026 Selah Nomination - Canadian Contemporary Music or Praise and Worship Song of the Year - With You
• 2025 CCA Nomination - CCM/Pop Song of the Year - Everything
• 2022 GMA Covenant Award Winner - Canadian Christian Song Of The Year - Hope feat. Chelsea Amber
• 2022 GMA Covenant Award Nomination - Pop Artist of the Year
• 2022 GMA Covenant Award Nomination - Pop Song of the Year - Hope feat. Chelsea Amber
• 2022 GMA Covenant Award Nomination - Musical Collaboration of the Year - Hope feat. Chelsea Amber
• Single Miracle charted MoreRadio Canadian Christian radio chart (April/May/June/July 2022)
• Single Miracle charted #23 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Canada
• Single Miracle charted #47 on Apple Music Greece
• Single Miracle charted #15 2022 annual Canadian Top 20, Joy Radio, Toronto
• Single Miracle featured in "O Canada - The Radio Superspecial", July 1, 2022
• 2022 Ottawa Faces Magazine Awards Nomination - Album of the Year HOPE / Song of the Year Someone Like You
• Single Someone Like You - Top 50 Songs of 2021 (LIFE 100.3 Christian Superstation)
• Single Someone Like You charted MoreRadio Canadian Christian radio chart (May/June/July 2021) peaking #2
• Single Someone Like You charted #5 2021 annual Canadian Top 20, Joy Radio, Toronto
• Single Someone Like You featured in "O Canada - The Radio Superspecial", July 1, 2021
• Single Unbroken charted - MoreRadio Canadian Christian radio chart (Nov-Dec '20/Jan-Feb 2021) peaking #6
• Single Hope charted #4 on Apple Music Greece
• Single Hope charted #16 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Antigua/Barbuda
• Single Hope charted #73 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Canada
• EP Hope charted #83 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Albums Canada
• Single Hope charted #95 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Denmark
• Single Hope charted #156 on Apple Music Christian & Gospel Ireland
• Single Hope charted for 10 weeks on The Canadian Christian National Radio Chart
• Single Hope charted - MoreRadio Canadian Christian radio chart (May/June/July 2020) peaking at #4
• Single Hope charted for 12 weeks on Ottawa's CHRI Top 20 Countdown peaking at #5
• Single Hope #7 Canada Day 2020 annual Top 20, Joy Radio, Toronto
• Semi-Finalist 2020 Unsigned Only (Hope)
• 2020 GMA Covenant Award Winner - Seasonal Song Of The Year - It's Christmas Time
• Winner 2019 Great American Song Contest - Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting (Higher)
• Finalist 2019 Great American Song Contest & Semi-Finalist 2019 Song Of The Year (Worth It)
• Winner 2019 Christian Songwriting & Semi-Finalist UK Songwriting Contests (Worth It)
• Single Higher charted for 6 weeks on Ottawa's CHRI Top 20 Countdown
• Single Higher charted #8 in Canada on Christian radio (July, August, September 2019)
• Single Higher charted #12 2019 annual Canadian Top 20, Joy Radio, Toronto
• Winner (Honorable Mention) 2019 Unsigned Only & Finalist John Lennon/UK Songwriting Contest (Higher)
• Winner (Honorable Mention) 2018 ISC International Songwriting Competition (Higher)
• Single Undeniable #14 Canada Day 2018 annual Top 20, Joy Radio, Toronto
• Finalist 2017 John Lennon, UK Songwriting & Semi-Finalist ISC (Undeniable)
• Higher Commended Entry 2017 UK Songwriting Competition (Smile)
• Finalist 2017 Canadian Songwriting Competition (A Million Stars)
• Winner (Honorable Mention) 2016 ISC & Winner (Honorable Mention) 2016 Unsigned Only (A Million Stars)
• Finalist 2016 UK Songwriting Competition (A Million Stars)
• Single A Million Stars charted #2 (October 2016), #8 (July 2016) & #9 (August 2016) in Canada on Christian radio
• Single A Million Stars charted #8 (July 2016) on Toronto's Joy 1250 Top 20
• Semi-Finalist 2015 UK Songwriting Competition, 2016 ISC & Unsigned Only Music Competition (When I'm With You)
• Winner 2016 City of Ottawa #ottmusik program (When I'm With You)
• Winner 2015 Pixie Award (When I'm With You - Music Video)
• Single When I'm With You added to both Christian & commercial Pop radio rotation in Canada (November 2015)
• Finalist 2014 USA Songwriting Competition (Only You)
• Winner 2013 Videographer Award of Distinction (Awake)
• Top 3 Finalist 2013 John Lennon Songwriting Competition (Imagine Someday)
• Winner 2013 ISC International Songwriting Competition (Everything Tonight)
• Finalist 2013 & 2012 Christian Song Competition
• Single & music video Awake serviced to radio June 1, 2013 and charted on Ottawa’s CHRI Top 20
• Single Believe In Me charted 19 weeks on Galaxie Music, #1 most played 13 weeks!
• Single and ISC Winner Everything Tonight charted #10 (July 2014) in Canada on Christian radio
• Debut single Only You charted 11 weeks on Ottawa’s CHRI Top 20, peaking #10 and 11 weeks on Barrie’s LIFE 100.3
• Awake & Only You featured on Canada-wide Christian Top 20 as the Homegrown Hit
• Performed with 2013 JUNO Nominee Colin Bernard and Hawksley Workman
• Extensive charity efforts supporting: Canadian Diabetes Assoc., JDRF, Canadian Cancer Society, DoMore Canada
Worth It (September 20, 2019)
There are so many dealing with feelings of hopelessness, questioning their self-worth, their ambitions and their spiritual guidance. Worth It is a song of healing, a passionate song expressing the hope and guidance to overcome this struggle to find our worthiness. Brant co-wrote Worth It with JUNO nominee & Covenant award winner Jaylene Johnson. God confirms we are all “Worth It”, our scars represent our achievements, and our successful journey through life. Worth It has already been awarded a winner in the 2019 Christian Songwriting Contest and a Semi-Finalist for 2019 Song Of The Year.
"Worth It is fantastic and glad to have it in rotation!"
Brian, WIAM Radio, Delaware, USA
"You always have such a powerful and comforting message!"
Patricia from Ottawa, Canada
Higher (June 14, 2019)
More and more, many struggle with mental health issues, it’s all around us. Many are overloaded, dealing with an over abundance of stress, we’re struggling to focus on the right things which make a difference in our lives, in finding a balance, or questioning spiritual wisdom and direction.
Higher is an inspiring song of comfort and victory, about seeking hope and guidance through revival in His hands. Ultimately, to find strength and move towards a positive mindset.
Seasonal Single - It's Christmas Time (November 16, 2019)
Brant's first holiday Christmas radio single, It's Christmas Time, is a song that is positive, hopeful and inspirational!
It's Christmas Time was co-written with JUNO nominee and GMA winner Jaylene Johnson and produced by JUNO nominee and WCMA Producer of the Year Arun Chaturvedi. This song is about strengthening faith and spirituality but also about coming together as community and building positive outcomes for humanity as a whole.
“Sounds awesome!”
Dean Belanger, KFM Radio, Canada