The broader music world might be a bit “blah” right now as cultural stagnation grows and the ominous threat of “AI-made music” looms larger. But Christian music is still thriving, surging on Billboard charts and growing on streaming platforms worldwide.

These are plentiful times for fans of quality Christian music. Anyone complaining about its quality in 2025 simply isn’t looking around enough. So much great music is being made-even some albums that I believe will be looked back on as masterpieces of the genre (see my top two below).

Christian music in 2025 is wonderfully diverse in style and geographic portrayal. My albums and EPs lists below include hip-hop, folk, lo-fi, surf rock, and what might be called “grunge-rock worship.” The artists represented hail from three different continents. Each artist is a musical expression of Christ-loving, God-glorifying, Scripture-inspired faith.

Here are my picks for the best Christian music released in 2025: best songs, best albums, and best EPs. These certainly reflect my own tastes and won’t resonate with everyone-but I hope you’ll find at least a few artists or tracks here that you love and hadn’t heard before. Give them a listen.

100 Best Christian Songs

You can find my picks for the best Christian songs of the year in a 100-song playlist on either Spotify or Apple Music.

9 Best Christian albums

Here are my picks for the nine best overall album releases under the broad umbrella of “Christian music” (plus 10 honorable mentions).

1. Jon Guerra, Jesus

When this album was released in April, I wrote for The Gospel Coalition that GuerraS latest “exceeds the high bar he’s already established.” After countless plays in the months as, I still think that’s true.

One of Christian music’s brightest talents, Jon Guerra is as focused and artistically brilliant as he’s ever been on Jesus. As the album title suggests,these are Christocentric songs with a deeply devotional gravitas,filtered through a Bob Dylan or Nick Drake folk aesthetic.

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7. The Gray Havens, This Is Not the End

The Gray Havens’s fifth album may be their best yet. it’s full of the band’s characteristic Sehnsucht-tinged spiritual longing, yet with a defiant, resurrection-fueled joy in the face of fear and grief (encapsulated by the title track, which closes the album). This is mature songwriting both lyrically and musically.

8. Sondae, Northstar

Sondae is a vibe. The United Kingdom artist, part of Anotherland’s roster of up-and-coming Christian music talent, came on my radar this year. He has been on frequent rotation ever as. His new album, Northstar, is a devotionally rich, atmospheric array of gentle, prayerful songs about faith, sanctification, and

9. jon Keith, Grow Wings

Jon Keith is having a great year.In 2025, the San Diego native didn’t just release the stunning Grow Wings-an album all about God’s grace and the renewing power of the gospel. He also released a collab album, West Indies, with fellow West Coast Christian hip-hop artist Miles Minnick; a great single with Timbaland, Aaron Cole, and xander.; and just last month the fantastic Butterflies EP. Keith is a rising star not only in Christian hip-hop but in pop music generally-and this was a breakout year.

My Favorite Christian Music of 2025

Andy Squyres, miracle Service. Lyrically, this is the best collection of four songs from any Christian artist this year. Squyres’s songs here (and in his other 2025 EP, Sacred Vows) deserve careful listening, allowing you to savor their poetry and depth.

Dell Mac and gio.,Jericho. This five-song EP is a collaboration between two exciting, up-and-coming Christian artists (both featured on my 2025 quality Christian music list). If this EP represents the future sound of Christian music, I am optimistic about what’s to come.

Jon Keith, Butterflies. This EP is a four-part meditation on love, featuring two songs about Keith’s love for God and two about his romantic love.