Chris Tomlin is an American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and worship leader from Texas and later based in Nashville, Tennessee. Emerging in the late 1990s and rising to broader prominence in the 2000s, he is associated with modern worship and contemporary Christian music genres. Tomlin’s work emphasizes congregational worship songs characterized by accessible melodies, scriptural themes, repetitive choruses, and production that blends acoustic and pop-rock elements. He is known for writing and popularizing songs intended for corporate church use, often recorded with band arrangements and produced for radio and worship settings.