Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song recognizes excellence in a solo, duo, group, or collaborative vocal performance and in songwriting of a contemporary Christian pop, rap/hip-hop, Latin, or rock music recording.

63rd Annual Grammy Awards • 2021

Honoring recordings released between September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2020

Zach Williams & Dolly Parton won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song with "There Was Jesus"

Winners & Nominees 2021

Winner

Nominees

There Was Jesus

Zach Williams, Dolly Parton, Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith
The Blessing (Live)

Chris Brown, Steven Furtick
Sunday Morning

Lecrae, Kirk Franklin, Denisia Andrews, Terry Jones, Saint Bodhi, Rafael X. Brown, Brittany Coney, Lasanna Harris, Sham Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Nathanael Saint-Fleur

Holy Water

Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash, Scott Cash
Famous For (I Believe)

Tauren Wells, Jenn Johnson, Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer

Previous Years

Year	Winner	Title
2026	Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin Hastings, Jelly Roll	Hard Fought Hallelujah	All Nominees
2025	CeCe Winans	That's My King	All Nominees
2024	Lecrae, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Alexandria Dollar, Jordan Dollar, Antonio Gardner, Michael Girgenti, Lasanna Harris, David Hein, Deandre Hunter, Dylan Hyde, Patrick Darius Mix Jr., Christian Louisana, Justin Pelham, Jeffrey Lawrence Shannon, Allen Swoope	Your Power	All Nominees
2023	Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake, Hannah Shackelford	Fear Is Not My Future	All Nominees
2022	CeCe Winans, Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, Mitch Wong	Believe For It	All Nominees
2021	Zach Williams, Dolly Parton, Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith	There Was Jesus	All Nominees
2020	Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom	God Only Knows	All Nominees
2019	Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury	You Say	All Nominees
2018	Ben Fielding, Brooke Ligertwood	What A Beautiful Name	All Nominees
2017	Hillary Scott, Bernie Herms, Emily Weisband	Thy Will	All Nominees
2016	Francesca Battistelli	Holy Spirit	All Nominees
2015	Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone	Messengers	All Nominees