Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song
The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song is category at the annual Grammy Awards. It was first awarded in 2015. It combines two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field, Best Gospel Song and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. The current category recognizes both songwriters and performers and is open for singles or tracks only. Songwriters are only awarded a Grammy Award if it is a newly written song. Grammys for cover versions of previously recorded songs are awarded to the performer only.
These changes were made in June 2014 by NARAS "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."
Along with its sister category Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, both are the only Grammy categories that award both performers and songwriters.
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." The category awards traditional Christian, roots gospel or contemporary gospel music.
Contemporary Christian Music performances, which were previously recognized in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category, now fall under the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category only.
Kirk Franklin has won the most Grammy's in this category, six as of 2024..
Recipients
| Year | Work | Performing artist | Songwriter | Nominees Songwriter mentioned first, followed by title and performing artist. Songwriters are only eligible for an award if it is a new composition. If songwriters are non-eligible, their names are mentioned between parentheses. | Ref. |
| 2015 | "No Greater Love" | Smokie Norful | Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful | ||
| 2016 | "Wanna Be Happy?" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin | ||
| 2017 | "God Provides" | Tamela Mann | Kirk Franklin | ||
| 2018 | "Never Have To Be Alone" | CeCe Winans | Dwan Hill & Alvin Love III | ||
| 2019 | "Never Alone" | Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly | ||
| 2020 | "Love Theory" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin | ||
| 2021 | "Movin' On" | Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music | Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson | ||
| 2022 | Never Lost | CeCe Winans | Chris Brown, Steven Furtick & Tiffany Hammer | ||
| 2023 | Kingdom | Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole |
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| 2024 | "All Things" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin | ||
| 2025 | "One Hallelujah" | Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton ft. Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr | Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine | ||
| 2026 | Winner TBA on 1 February 2026 |