Australia's Hillsong Worship wins at the 2018 Grammys

Hillsong has won at the Grammys but Sia, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Mansionair have missed out on gongs.

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Hillsong has taken out a Grammy award for best contemporary Christian music. (AAP) Source: AAP

Australia's Hillsong Worship has won a Grammy Award.

The group, formed out of Sydney's Hillsong megachurch, has had huge success across the world for their Christian inspired music and concerts.

"This is an absolutely incredible honour," Brooke Ligertwood, who accepted the award with Ben Fielding on stage inside Madison Square Garden, New York, on Sunday, said.

They received the award in the best contemporary Christian music performance/song category for What A Beautiful Name.


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