Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Awarded forquality vocal or instrumental contemporary Christian music recordings and songwriting
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2015
Currently held byZach Williams & Dolly Parton, "There Was Jesus" (2021)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song is a category at the annual Grammy Awards. It was first awarded in 2015. It combined two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field, Best Contemporary Christian Music Song and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. The new category recognizes both songwriters and performers (solo/duos/groups/collaborations/etc.) and is open for singles or tracks only. Songwriters are only awarded a Grammy Award if it is a newly written song. Grammy's for cover versions of previously recorded songs are awarded to the performer(s) only.

Along with the Best Gospel Performance/Song category, these mark the only Grammy categories which honor both performers and songwriters in one category.

These changes were made in June 2014 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry."[1]

According to the Grammy committee, the move recognizes "the critical contribution of both songwriters and performers by combining songwriters and artists into the Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories."

Gospel performances, which were previously recognized in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category, are included in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category.

Recipients[]

2015 winner Lecrae.
Two-time winners for KING & COUNTRY.
2016 winner Francesca Battistelli.
2019 winner Lauren Daigle.
Two-time winner Dolly Parton.

2010s[]

Year[I] Work Performing artist(s) Songwriter(s) Nominees
Songwriter(s) mentioned first, followed by title and performing artist(s) 		Ref.
2015 Lecrae featuring For King & Country "Messengers" Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone and Luke Smallbone
  • Francesca Battistelli, David Arthur Garcia] and Ben Glover for "Write Your Story", performed by Francesca Battistelli
  • David Crowder, Ben Glover and Matt Maher for "Come As You Are", performed by Crowder
  • Nathan Cochran, David Arthur Garcia, Ben Glover, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Soli Olds, Mike Scheuchzer and Robby Shaffer for "Shake", performed by MercyMe
  • Bear Rinehart and Bo Rinehart for "Multiplied", performed by Needtobreathe
 [2]
2016 Francesca Battistelli "Holy Spirit" Song was written (and previously recorded) by Bryan & Katie Torwalt but as this category only awards newly written songs, the songwriters' Grammy was not awarded.
  • Ed Cash, David Crowder and Seth Philpott for "Lift Your Head Weary Sinners (Chains)", performed by Crowder
  • Matt Maher for "Because He Lives (Amen)", performed by Matt Maher
  • Tai Anderson, Brenton Brown, David Carr, Mark Lee, Matt Maher and Mac Powell for "Soul on Fire", performed by Third Day featuring All Sons & Daughters
 [3]
2017 Hillary Scott & The Scott Family "Thy Will" Hillary Scott, Bernie Herms & Emily Weisband
  • Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren & Paul Mabury for "Trust In You", performed by Lauren Daigle
  • Benjamin Backus, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Ted Tjornhom for "Priceless", performed by For King & Country
  • Natalie Grant, Becca Mizell & Samuel Mizell for "King of the World", performed by Natalie Grant
  • Mia Fieldes, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams for "Chain Breaker", performed by Zach Williams
 [4]
2018 Hillsong Worship "What a Beautiful Name" Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood
  • Mark Hall & Bernie Herms for "Oh My Soul", performed by Casting Crowns
  • Natalie Grant for "Clean", performed by Natalie Grant
  • David Garcia, Ben Glover, Crystal Lewis, MercyMe & Tim Timmons for "Even If", performed by MercyMe
  • Chuck Butler, Jonathan Smith & Tauren Wells for "Hills and Valleys", performed by Tauren Wells
 [5]
2019 Lauren Daigle "You Say" Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury
  • Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson for "Reckless Love", performed by Cory Asbury
  • Ben Glover, Matt Hales, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom for "Joy.", performed by for KING & COUNTRY
  • David Garcia, Ben Glover, MercyMe, Solomon Olds & John Reuben for "Grace Got You", performed by MercyMe featuring John Reuben
  • Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells for "Known", performed by Tauren Wells
 [6]

2020s[]

Year[I] Work Performing artist(s) Songwriter(s) Nominees
Songwriter(s) mentioned first, followed by title and performing artist(s) 		Ref.
2020 for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton "God Only Knows" Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom
[7]
2021 Zach Williams and Dolly Parton "There Was Jesus" Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith, Zach Williams and Dolly Parton
  • Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick for "The Blessing (Live)", performed by Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship
  • Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur for "Sunday Morning", performed by Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin
  • Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash for "Holy Water", performed by We The Kingdom
  • Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells for "Famous For (I Believe)", performed by Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson
 [8]
2022 Winner TBA on 31 January 2022
  • Kirk Franklin, Dominque Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith for "We Win", performed by Krk Franklin & Lil Baby
  • Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R. for "Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)", performed by H.E.R. & Tauren Wells
  • Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore for "Man Of Your Word", performed by Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven
  • Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong for "Believe For It", performed by CeCe Winans
  • Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine for "Jireh", performed by Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
 [9]

^[I] The official nominations list did not list the songwriters. This information is taken from the credits notice on Spotify.

See also[]

References[]

General

  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Gospel" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
  1. ^ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
  2. ^ List of Nominees 2015
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
  6. ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  7. ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  8. ^ 2021 Nominations List
  9. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

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