Tarralyn Ramsey - How Great Thou Art - Live TBN Praise The Lord - 2010

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"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Boberg (1859–1940) in Mönsterås, Sweden in 1885. It was translated into German and then into Russian. It was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own. It was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades.[1] It was voted the United Kingdom's favourite hymn by BBC's Songs of Praise.[2] "How Great Thou Art" was ranked second (after "Amazing Grace") on a list of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Christianity Today magazine in 2001.

Among notable renditions of "How Great Thou Art" are recordings by the Blackwood Brothers Quartet,[71] Dixie Carter, Tammy Wynette (1969 -album "Inspiration"), Charlie Daniels, Tennessee Ernie Ford (backed by the Jordanaires),[72] Burl Ives, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, Martina McBride, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Roy Rogers,[73] George Beverly Shea, Carrie Underwood and Connie Smith,[74] whose "inspiring four-minute rendition ... originally appeared on the otherwise secular album Back in Baby's Arms in 1969". Mahalia Jackson performed “How Great Thou Art” in Hamburg in 1961.[75] A rendition by the Statler Brothers, from their album Holy Bible New Testament, peaked at number 39 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1976.[76] The hymn became the de facto theme of New Zealand entertainer Sir Howard Morrison, who released it as a single sung in both English and Maori in 1981.[62] After his death in 2009, a tribute tour under the title "Sir Howard Morrison: How Great Thou Art" travelled throughout the country.[77]

There have been over seventeen hundred documented recordings of "How Great Thou Art".[32] It has been used on major television programs, in major motion pictures, and has been named as the favorite Gospel song of at least three United States’ presidents.[32]

This hymn was the title track of Elvis Presley's second gospel LP How Great Thou Art (RCA LSP/LPM 3758),[78] which was released in March 1967.[79] The song won Presley a Grammy Award for "Best Sacred Performance" in 1967, and another Grammy in 1974 for "Best Inspirational Performance (Non-Classical)" for his live performance album "Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis" (RCA CPL 1 0606; Released: June 1974) recorded on 20 March 1974 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.[80][81][82]

Amy Grant recorded it as part of a medley "What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Old Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art" for her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith, and later included it on her 2015 compilation album Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith.

On 4 April 2011, Carrie Underwood performed this song on ACM Presents: Girls Night Out show. Carrie sang together with Vince Gill and received a standing ovation. It was televised on CBS on 22 April 2011, and shortly after the show had ended, Carrie's version of How Great Thou Art single reached No. 1 spot in iTunes Top Gospel Song and Top 40 in iTunes All-Genre Songs.[83] It debuted at the No. 2 position on Billboard Christian Digital songs chart and No. 35 on the Country Digital Songs chart.[84][85] As of December 2014, it has sold 599,000 digital copies in the USA.[86] Underwood's version, featuring Gill, is included on her 2014 compilation album, Greatest Hits: Decade No. 1.[87]

In 2016, former Isley Brother Chris Jasper included a soulful version of the song on his album "Share With Me". This is also the year when acapella group Home Free released their own cover of the song and it is their seventh track on their holiday album, "Full of (Even More) Cheer."

In 2017, Pentatonix and Jennifer Hudson covered the song for the deluxe edition of the holiday album A Pentatonix Christmas.

In November 2017, award winning acapella high school group OneVoice covered the song by releasing a music video on YouTube and reached over a million views through Facebook in just 10 days.[citation needed]

In March 2019, multi-Grammy winning artist John Mayer debuted his world tour by performing a rendition of the hymn in New Zealand just eight days after the deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was accompanied by Bella Kalolo, who performed the Māori version of the song, Whakaaria Mai.