The Hymns (2026)

The Hymns is an upcoming studio album by Christian Gospel singer CeCe Winans. It will be released by PureSpring Gospel and Fair Trade Services on June 5, 2026.

With CeCe's two best-selling live projects Believe For It and More Than This still charting on both the Billboard Christian and Gospel album charts, CeCe is releasing her first studio release since her 2017 album Let Them Fall in Love and her first hymns album. CeCe has posted on her social media post on Facebook that The Hymns "has been incredibly special to work on. These hymns have carried us through the good times and the difficult times with truth, comfort, and the reminder that God is always faithful. That is the power of a hymn. It keeps pointing us back to Him, again and again."

The Hymns was preceded with the lead single "At the Cross." It was released on digital platforms back on October 17, 2025. A month later on November 14, 2025, the Christmas hymn "The First Noel" was released. "How Great Thou Art" was released on April 1, 2026 as an exclusive single on Spotify. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" was released on May 15, 2026 as an extended play (EP) and second single, also containing the previously released tracks, except for "How Great Thou Art," along with the album announcement. The project marks a return to the foundational, multi-generational songs of the Christian faith. The tracklist features classic church hymns reimagined through her signature warm vocal style and gospel arrangements.

The album is on pre-order now for its digital release.

Track listing

(Track running times will be available once the album is released).

1. Blessed Assurance (Fanny Crosby, Phoebe Knapp)

2. I Am Thine, O Lord (Fanny Crosby, William Howard Doane)

3. I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (traditional)

4. Amazing Grace (John Newton)

5. Jesus Loves Me (Anna Bartlett Warner, William B. Bradbury)

6. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Joseph Medicott Scriven, Charles C.

Converse) -3:31

7. How Great Thou Art (Stuart K. Hine)

8. At the Cross (Isaac Watts) -3:40

9. Just As I Am (Charlotte Elliot, William B. Bradbury)

10. I Surrender All (Judson W. Van DeVenter, Winfield S. Weeden)

11. It Is Well (Horatio Spafford, Philip Bliss)

12. I Need Thee (Robert Lowry, Annie Hawks)

13. There Is A Fountain (William Cowper)

14. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Thomas Chisholm, William M. Runyan)

15. Nothing But the Blood (Robert Lowry)

16. The First Noel (traditional; arranged by CeCe Winans, Thomas Hardin Jr. and

Tyrone Jackson) -2:57

Radio singles

2025 -2026 "The First Noel" -#19 Billboard Hot Christian Songs

2026 "At the Cross" -#9 Billboard Hot Gospel Songs

Previous release: More Than This (2024)

Watch the music video of "At the Cross" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPaKEW-TDw

Watch the music video of "The First Noel" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erIpO1CoC8Y

Watch the music video of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GI_qr2BrC4