About Keith & Kristyn Getty
Keith and Kristyn Getty are GRAMMY-nominated artists, hymnwriters, and the founders of Getty Music, a family of global music companies stewarding their vision for music and hymnody.
Christianity Today describes the Gettys as “preeminent” hymnwriters who have “changed the way evangelicals worship.” Their hymn “In Christ Alone,” was a genre-defining work that has received accolades including being named the second- and third-most popular hymn of all time in surveys conducted by BBC Songs of Praise over the past two decades. Their whole catalog, which uniquely crosses contemporary, traditional, and global music genres, includes more than 50 of the top 500 songs sung in U.S. and U.K. churches, and is estimated to be sung by over 100 million people each year in a wide variety of worship settings. They are the recipients of numerous awards and honors, including Keith being awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Originally from Northern Ireland and now based between Nashville and the North Coast of Ireland, the Gettys’ work has taken them from leading worship in their local church to sold-out concerts in venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium, London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and arenas on three continents. As global ambassadors for hymns, they have performed for presidents and prime ministers around the world and been the focus of television specials on PBS, CBS, BBC, and TBN. Along they way they have earned a GRAMMY nomination, a #1 mainstream Billboard album, multiple GMA Dove Awards, three honorary doctorates, honorary fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music, and civic honors from the Freedom of Lisburn and Castlereagh to the OBE.
The Getty Music organization includes a publishing company, record label, touring company, foundation, and the Sing! Organization. Their annual Sing! Conference gathers around 10,000 pastors, leaders, artists, and musicians from around the world to deepen their understanding and practice of biblical worship, and reaches tens of thousands more through global streams available in 11 languages. In partnership with Crossway, they spearheaded The Sing! Hymnal, which curates classic and modern hymns to serve individuals, families, and churches for generations.
At the heart of their work is home and church. They write with an ear for what congregations can sing on Sundays and families can sing around the dinner table, often including their four daughters in their music and performances.
About Keith Getty
Keith Getty, OBE, is a GRAMMY-nominated artist, composer, hymnwriter, producer, and co-founder of Getty Music whose lyrics and melodies have helped define modern hymnody in the 21st century.
As co-founder of Getty Music, a family of global music companies, with his wife and artistic partner Kristyn Getty, Keith leads a creative team that crafts songs, albums, and other resources designed for congregational singing that blends Celtic, classical, and global influences with biblically rich lyrics. He is best known for co-writing “In Christ Alone” with Stuart Townend, a hymn ranked among the top five of all time by the British Hymn Society and consistently listed near the top of CCLI charts in both the U.S. and U.K.
Keith’s contributions to church music have been widely recognized. In 2018 he was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music and hymn writing, the first contemporary Christian songwriter to receive this honor. The Gettys’ 2021 album Confessio - Irish American Roots earned the pair their first GRAMMY nomination, and together they have received multiple GMA Dove Awards, three honorary doctorates, honorary fellowship in the Royal School of Church Music, and the Freedom of the City of Lisburn and Castlereagh, Keith’s hometown where it all began.
Beyond composing, Keith is a sought-after speaker on worship, theology, and the importance of congregational singing, serving churches and leaders through the Sing! Conference, The Sing! Hymnal, and the Getty Music Foundation.
A native of Northern Ireland, Keith was a provincial award-winning musician on flute, guitar, and piano before focusing on composing, conducting, and producing. He broke into the music industry as an arranger and founded his first organization, New Irish Arts, during his final year of high school before writing his first hymns during his twenties and thereafter devoting himself to the music of the global church. He and Kristyn live between Nashville and Northern Ireland with their four daughters.
About Kristyn Getty
Kristyn Getty (nee Lennox) is a GRAMMY-nominated artist, hymnwriter, author, and co-founder of Getty Music, a family of global music companies, whose voice has become synonymous with modern hymnody.
Her concerts and annual Christmas shows have sold out venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium, London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and arenas on three continents, including the highest-selling Christmas show in the history of Northern Ireland. She has performed for presidents and prime ministers around the world and been the focus of television specials on PBS, CBS, BBC, and TBN.
Kristyn’s extraordinary vocal dexterity and vision for bringing Northern Irish music to the world have led to recording duets with legends from throughout the world of music, including Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Heather Headley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, rapper Trip Lee, contemporary Christian artist Chris Tomlin, and Celtic legend Moya Brennan.
During COVID-19, Kristyn spearheaded online family hymn-sings that brought hope to families throughout the world, streaming over 20 million times in over 110 countries and earning a GMA Dove Award for the recording of Hymns from Home. The Gettys’ four daughters, a.k.a. “The Getty Girls,” often feature in the duo’s music and performances, including the album Evensong – Hymns and Lullabies At The Close Of Day, which displaced the Frozen II soundtrack atop Billboard’s Kids Albums chart in 2020.
As an author, Kristyn co-wrote Sing! How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church, as well as children’s books including Pippa and the Singing Tree, We Sing!, and Joni Eareckson Tada: The Girl Who Learned to Follow God in a Wheelchair. Her work with Crossway includes recording the complete audio of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible and co-creating The Sing! Hymnal and other projects that encourage believers to return again and again to Scripture. Kristyn’s vocal talents have led to appearances in films such as Pilgrim’s Progress and Sabina, and voice work for international releases including Disney’s Leroy and Stitch.
Together, the Gettys have earned a GRAMMY nomination, a #1 mainstream Billboard album, two GMA Dove Awards and 17 nominations, and two ECPA book award nominations. Kristyn is a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music, was awarded the Freedom of the City of Lisburn and Castlereagh, was recognized with a “She Leads UK” award at Windsor Castle for her contributions to the positive advancement of Christianity in Britain, and was named International Woman of the Year by She Leads Tennessee in 2025.
Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, she studied English literature at Queen’s University Belfast before devoting herself to songwriting and recording. She and Keith live between Nashville and the North Coast of Ireland with their daughters.
About Getty Music
Getty Music is a family of global music companies founded by Keith and Kristyn Getty to develop and steward the modern hymn movement. Based in Nashville with deep roots in Northern Ireland, Getty Music includes a publishing company, record label, touring company, event company and foundation that together help individuals, families, and churches around the world sing biblically rich, beautiful songs that form faith and fuel mission.
The organization's legacy song catalog includes more than 50 of the top 500 CCLI-reported songs in U.S. and U.K. churches, with publishers estimating that over 100 million people sing Getty hymns every year. Its most prominent hymn, “In Christ Alone,” was named the second- and third-most popular hymn of all time in surveys conducted by BBC Songs of Praise over the past two decades.
The Getty Music publishing company represents catalogs of 15 writers, including songs such as “His Mercy is More,” “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death,” “He Will Hold Me Fast,” “Christus Victor,” and “Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery.”
The Getty Music label represents seven musical brands and artists, including Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, Bryan Fowler, Jordan Kauflin, Sing!, Sing! Hymnal products, and Keith and Kristyn Getty, garnering one GRAMMY nomination, three GMA Dove Awards and 17 nominations. The label’s unique print division serves the church with resources such as hymn catalogs that promote rich worship.
The touring company’s concerts have sold out major venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and arenas on three continents, and have been the focus of television specials on PBS, CBS, BBC, and TBN.
Getty Music’s annual Sing! Conference in Nashville has become a major gathering for pastors, leaders, artists, and musicians from around the world, pairing theology and worship training with arena-filling evenings of congregational singing and a global reach through streams in 11 languages.
In partnership with Crossway, Getty Music also developed The Sing! Hymnal, a comprehensive hymnal featuring classic and contemporary hymns, readings, and liturgical resources for public and private worship. This is the first in a series of publishing partnerships between the two organizations in an effort to raise a higher level of singing, artistry, and biblical literacy among Christians today.
The Getty Music Foundation is the nonprofit arm of this work, established to educate churches, families, and individuals in a biblical vision of theology, artistry, and mission in congregational singing. Through scholarships, global training initiatives, partnerships with under-resourced regions, and resource development, the foundation helps equip pastors, musicians, and songwriters to serve their local churches with theologically robust and culturally resonant songs.
Together, Getty Music and the Getty Music Foundation aim to give this generation and the next a deep, singable soundtrack for the Christian life.
About “In Christ Alone”
“In Christ Alone,” written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, is beloved for its beautiful melody and lyrical depth exploring the power of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection to sustain believers. Originating from a melody Getty sketched on the back of an unpaid electric bill, “In Christ Alone” has become one of the most popular hymns of all time and the “model modern hymn” according to Christianity Today.
Four years after its 2001 release, a BBC Songs of Praise survey named “In Christ Alone” the ninth best-loved hymn of all time in the U.K. In 2013, the same survey named it the second most popular hymn of all time. It has remained among CCLI’s top 100 songs for over 15 years, ranking in the top 30 every year since at least 2016.
“In Christ Alone” appears in 44 hymnals and is sung by an estimated 100 million people in churches around the world each year. It has been covered extensively by Christian and mainstream artists including Adrienne Camp, Alison Krauss, Anthem Lights, Michael W. Smith, Natalie Grant, Shane & Shane, Owl City and dozens more.