Brian Littrell: From Fame To Christianity
Hello people.
Sorry for the lack of posts since I returned to Indonesia on 14th July, there was no decent Internet connection over there. I was busy with exams even before that and in Indonesia I was also busy with my friend’s marriage and some activities, but I’ll leave that for later. Today, I will talk about Brian Littrell.
You may not be familiar with the name, but if I tell you that he is the Brian from the Backstreet Boys, you’ll know right away who he is. Just this year (or maybe near the end of last year), he turned back to his roots, singing Christian music. He was raised in a Christian environment and was a prominent member of his church’s choir and he was on his way to university (seemingly a Christian one) before he made a turning point in his life when he joined the Backstreet Boys and gained fame and popularity all over the world. But it seems that God has a plan for all of us His children, and in the age of 31, there he is, back singing for the LORD.
The single he recorded before his first Christian solo album “Welcome Home” , “In Christ Alone” (an old song actually from 1993-1994), won the 2006 GMA Awards for the Inspirational Song of the Year and also ranked #1 in Christian charts in the U.S. He later moved on to create this “Welcome Home” album, and this album told his life story with Christ.
The album is nice to hear, though it still have some Backstreet Boys-music influence. The single, “Welcome Home” is basically the story of the Prodigal Son from the Bible we all know, but it also reflects the story of Littrell’s own, when he went away from the Father’s home to “be who he is”, the Father is never far, and He promised if he return, He will greet him with open arms - thus the beautiful story of the song. There are also songs like “My Answer Is YOU”, where he told that the answer of all his life is in God and that’s why he placed this song in the first track of the album - because it’s the answer to the questions to him, like why he changed from Backstreet Boys to Christian Music etc.
This is the video where he explains his change to Christian music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0vdC6rGylE
And this is Brian Littrell’s “Welcome Home (You)” Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUifQ2nzO1I
In this day and age where more and more Christian artists turned secular, it’s always nice to see a famous artist like Brian willing to step down from fame and sing again for the LORD. Welcome home, Brian. We missed you.
