The Most Talked-About Christian Music Releases of May and June 2026

May and June 2026 delivered an unusual crop of Christian music news: an unexpected comeback, a band rethinking how much it tours, a live album cut at one of the most iconic venues in the country, and on the Spanish-language side, three legendary names recording together for the first time. Here's the roundup, with the industry context behind each story.

The comebacks everyone's talking about

Cory Asbury returns to worship

Cory Asbury, the writer of "Reckless Love," released the single "Holy God" on June 26, the second preview of his upcoming album "Outsing the Angels" (out September 18 via BEC Recordings). But the single is the easy part of the story.

Asbury spent roughly the last five years mostly outside the worship world, chasing a country music career that got as far as a nearly finished album and a label deal with a multi-figure advance. He walked away from it. In recent interviews he's said the reason was spiritual, not talent-related: "I was running from my calling," he said, adding that getting paid for worship music "felt so weird in my soul."

The turning point, by his own account, came through reconciling with Forrest Frank: Asbury had mocked Frank in a parody video during Frank's recovery from an injury, and instead of firing back, Frank reached out. The two ended up praying and worshiping together, and Asbury says that's when he "began to rekindle that first love" for his music. He's now a special guest on Frank's "Jesus Generation Tour."

The comeback hasn't been without noise: when Apple Music and Shazam briefly mislabeled the album title as "Ousting the Angels" instead of "Outsing the Angels," part of the audience accused him online of hinting at a heavenly coup, quoting Revelation at him. Asbury's response, in his words: he didn't survive the "Reckless Love" discourse just to now be accused of staging a takeover in heaven.

CAIN downshifts — not a breakup

The sibling trio CAIN — Madison, Taylor, and Logan — landed CCM Magazine's June cover, timed to the release of their single "Living Water" (June 5), which debuted live at the Grand Ole Opry and got a K-LOVE First feature.

The more interesting story from the interview wasn't the single — it was the band announcing they're cutting back from touring roughly 150 shows a year. Taylor Cain talked about having "lost myself" at that pace; Logan Cain said he doesn't want his kids growing up thinking their parents were "out being rock stars." Still, this isn't a retirement: they already have a fall tour booked, the 25-city "Live and In Worship Tour" starting in September. It's a story about pace, not a goodbye.

New albums and EPs from the last few weeks

Switchfoot — Forever Now!

On June 26, Switchfoot released "Forever Now!", 13 tracks produced by Mike Elizondo — his first time working with the band since 2009's "Hello Hurricane." The album debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart.

Drummer Chad Butler said that while writing it, the band kept referencing what they sounded like at 14 or 15, first picking up a guitar or drums, trying to reconnect with that original feeling. Jon Foreman summed it up: "We're never promised a tomorrow. We're only promised today." Reviews were largely positive — several compared it to the "Vice Verses" and "Hello Hurricane" era — though at least one outlet found it more comfortable than risky next to the band's best work.

We The Kingdom — Everything I Thought Was Pleasure

This seven-track EP dropped June 12 with Crowder featured on "Glory Glory." It's not a reissue or a deluxe edition of anything — it's entirely new material, which the band has called their most honest record yet, built around the tension between what you think will satisfy you and what actually does.

Zach Williams — Revival Nights at Red Rocks

Zach Williams' live album, recorded at his October 2025 show at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, came out June 5 with 17 tracks, including a duet with Ben Fuller on "Wait For Me." Around the release, Williams spoke openly about ending last year burned out — "I couldn't find the joy in it anymore" — and about deciding to slow down before that particular show, which he's described as a genuinely special night.

On the Spanish-language side

Eterno: Witt, Barrientos, and Vidal together for the first time

Marcos Witt, Marco Barrientos, and Marcos Vidal — three of the most influential names in Spanish-language worship over the last three decades — released "Eterno" in mid-May, a nine-track album of classic hymns ("Sublime Gracia," "Cuán Grande Es Él," "A Dios Sea La Gloria," among others) produced by Eliseo Tapia and Steven Richards for Heaven Music. It's the first time the three have recorded a full project together.

The production stays deliberately simple — piano, guitars, and strings, with no attempt to chase a current trend — with the stated goal of revisiting hymns that, per the release campaign, "have accompanied the spiritual life of millions of believers" for generations. The project draws on more than three decades of friendship and shared ministry between the three artists.

Redimi2 keeps dropping singles

Christian rapper Redimi2 had a busy May: "NCB 20A", released May 19, marks the 20th anniversary of his classic album "No Canto Basura" — and takes a direct jab at AI-assisted songwriting along the way. Before that, on March 31, he released "Un Nuevo Yo Despierta II," a collaboration with Spanish rapper El Chojin, one of the few real crossovers between Christian and mainstream secular rap in Spanish. No new album has been announced yet — just these standalone singles for now.

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