Koryn Mattanah Hawthorne (born December 26, 1997)[1] is an American contemporary Christian music and gospel singer.
Hawthorne was a finalist in season 8 of NBC's singing competition The Voice, at the age of 17, as a member on Pharrell Williams's team.
Koryn Hawthorne auditioned for the 8th season of The Voice singing Emeli Sandé's "My Kind of Love".
In the Battle rounds, Hawthorne faced Vance Smith, where they sang "Love Me Harder", a duet by Ariana Grande and The Weeknd.
During the Playoffs she sang How Great Thou Art[5] but was not chosen by the public, who could only save two artists from Williams' team.
In the Top 5, after singing U2's "One" and the traditional song, "Oh Mary Don't You Weep", she was, alongside India Carney, in the bottom two.
[11] In 2017, Hawthorne collaborated with Christian recording artist Branan Murphy on the single "All the Wrong Things".
In November 2018, Hawthorne took the stage on Soul Train Awards, performing her hit single "Won't He Do It".
On July 24, 2020, Koryn released "Pray", the lead single from her second album, which reached number 1 on Billboard's Gospel Digital Song Sales chart.
For the second year in a row, Koryn Hawthorne was nominated for Billboard Top Gospel Artist category alongside Kirk Franklin, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Sunday Service Choir and Kanye West.