Maverick City Music is both a record label and a diverse, contemporary worship music collective. Looking to bridge the gap between CCM and contemporary gospel, the group released a pair of EPs in 2019, followed by their two-part full-length debut,
Maverick City, Vol. 3, in 2020. A Spanish-language album, Como en el Cielo, arrived in 2021 followed by a chart-topping collaboration with
Elevation Worship, 2021's
Old Church Basement. They have also collaborated on projects with Tribl and
Upperroom and in 2021 delivered their first holiday album, A Very Maverick Christmas.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia and co-founded in 2018 by Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay,
Maverick City Music earned a pair of Dove Award nominations for
Maverick City, Vol. 3, which featured the hit singles "Promises" and "Man of Your Word." Move Your Heart, a collaborative EP with Upperoom, arrived later that year. In 2021 the group released their first Spanish-language LP, Como en el Cielo, followed by another collaboration,
Old Church Basement, this time with popular North Carolina collective
Elevation Worship. The latter album hit number one on the Top Christian Albums chart. Two live albums arrived in 2021 with Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition and Tribl I, a collaboration with fellow Georgia worship collective Tribl. The group's first holiday-themed album, A Very Maverick Christmas, appeared in November 2021 and reached number nine on the Top Christian Albums chart. ~ James Christopher Monger