By Mallory Mattingly
Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll’s 2025 hit single, “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” won a Grammy Award on Sunday for the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.
“HARD FOUGHT HALLELUJAH JUST WON A GRAMMY?! THANK YOU JESUS. THANK YOU @jellyroll615. THANK YOU @grammys. 😭😭😭” Lake celebrated on Instagram.
Lake accepted the award at the 2026 Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, held before the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. And while Jelly Roll wasn’t able to join him, Lake thanked him and his entire support network.
“Thank you. Oh man. Wow. Thank you, Jesus. I want to thank my wife, who’s holding down the fort back home with all my babies, crazy babies,” Lake said, per Country Now. “Thank you to The [Recording] Academy for honoring this category. Thank you, Provident, my label, Bright Group. Thank you, Pastor Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings, Chris Brown, Micah Nichols for producing this song and all my local Charleston, South Carolina, guys who played on it like Roderick Simmons. Shout out to him.”
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“I want to say obviously a huge thank you to Jelly Roll for taking the chance on this song, taking a chance on me,” the Christian singer continued. “He just took me everywhere he was performing and said, ‘Let’s do this song together.’ He took this song places that I couldn’t have by myself.”
Lake reflected on how God has used the song to profoundly impact fans across the world.
“I’ve gotten countless messages of how this song has literally saved people’s lives and pointed them to Jesus,” he revealed. “If it wasn’t for Jesus, I don’t know where I would be, y’all. Most important thing I could say is this world is cray cray right now, but I was reminded of the scripture this morning, John 16:33. ‘I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world.’ He’s overcome, so that means we can too through Christ. Love you. Thank you so much.”
Originally, the track was a solo endeavor by Lake, but he later reached out to Jelly Roll, knowing the song would be personal to him.
“Collaborating with Jelly Roll on Hard Fought Hallelujah was powerful because we both understand what it’s like to walk through battles and still choose to lift a song of hope,” Lake said in a previous interview. “My prayer is that this song reminds people not to give up — that even in the hardest seasons, there’s growth, purpose, and a victory worth singing about.”
“Working with Brandon was an incredible experience. This track touched my soul like few others. ‘Hard Fought Hallelujah’ is a song that will echo through my home for years to come,” Jelly Roll added.
Praise God for how He’s used “Hard Fought Hallelujah” to point people to Jesus, even in spaces like the Grammys where faith is often avoided.
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