Hillsong Wins At 2018 Grammy Awards

By Andrew MorrisMonday 29 Jan 2018CultureReading Time: 2 minutes

Australia’s Hillsong Church has won a prestigious Grammy music award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for What A Beautiful Name.

Hillsong Worship team members Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood accepted the award at the ceremony earlier this morning in New York City.

This is Hillsong’s first Grammy win after their youth band Young & Free were nominated in 2017 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.

Hillsong Grammy Acceptance Speech

The award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song began in 2015 to recognise “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.” 

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Other nominees for the award included;

• 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

Hillsong Grammy Social Media Response

Wow wow wow!!! So overwhelmed and grateful. Congratulations to @brookeligertwood and our whole team at @hillsongworship on our first ever Grammy!! Ps.. how great does @k_fielding look!!! A massive thank you to @cappellazzocouture for making this possible! You are incredible

A post shared by ben_fielding (@ben_fielding) on Jan 28, 2018 at 5:11pm PST

Hillsong’s Brian Houston tweeted with pride in the Hillsong Worship team for all their hard work and dedication.

So proud of @Hillsong worship and all who work so hard to make these things possible. https://t.co/Gr2FyFPIlb

— Brian Houston (@BrianCHouston) January 28, 2018

Watch Hillsong Worship – What A Beautiful Name