Chris Tomlin

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Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972)^[1] is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas.^[2] He is signed to Universal's Capitol Christian Music Group. Some of his most well-known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Our God", "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)" and "Holy Forever".

TIME magazine heralded Chris Tomlin as the “most often sung artist in the world” ^[3] as his music has inspired and uplifted an entire generation of believers. Along the way, Chris has scored 21 number-one radio singles, 30 top-ten hits (more than any other Christian artist), and spent a total of 158+ weeks at number-one during his career. He's sold more than 12 million albums with more than 7 Billion career global streams, won a Grammy, three Billboard Music Awards, 31 GMA Dove Awards, became a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year honoree and an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year. In 2016, he was named one of only four artists ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 billion digital radio streams, alongside Justin Timberlake, Pitbull, and Garth Brooks. Chris is also the first Christian artist to reach the billion streams threshold on Pandora and was presented with their BILLIONAIRE award. As one of the most successful Christian touring artists today, Chris has sold-out venues everywhere including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and LA’s Banc of California Stadium. His “Good Friday Nashville” concerts continue to sell out year after year and the event holds the record as the longest running annual charity related concert at Bridgestone Arena.^[4]