| Origin: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genre: | Gospel, Contemporary Christian Music |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years Active: | 2007–present |
| Label: | Capitol CMG |
Blessing Offor is a Nigerian-born American Gospel and contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter.
Offor was born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other due to congenital glaucoma. He and his uncle migrated to Connecticut, United States when Offor was six years old to treat the glaucoma and preserve his remaining eyesight.[1] When he was 10, he went completely blind due to an accident. He started composing music on piano and learned to play songs from Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke, his musical influences. He carried on with his career as a gospel musician and moved to Nashville to pursue music more.[2]
Offor played at bars in his young adult years before competing on The Voice during its seventh season in 2014, where he joined team Pharrell Williams and later Adam Levine, before getting eliminated in the show's third round.[3] [4]
Offor regularly performs at the Kennedy Center to help spread awareness about artists with disabilities. In 2022 he released the single "Brighter Days", accompanied by an album of the same name.[5] The song reached 17 on the Billboard Top 20 at the time.[6]
In 2023, Offor released a duet with fellow Christian singer, TobyMac called "The Goodness", and a solo single "My Tribe", which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Christian AirPlay for seven weeks.[7] [8] [9] "My Tribe" pays tribute to his sister, Mercy, who died December 29, 2022, and to his home country, Nigeria.[10]
Later that year, his song "Believe" reached number 23, on Christian Top 40[11] [12] and in November 2023 was nominated for the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Offor also received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album with his album, My Tribe.
In 2010, he won the International Young Soloists Award from VSA.[13]
!|-| 2022| Blessing Offor| New Artist of the Year| | |-| rowspan="3" | 2023| "Brighter Days"| Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year| | rowspan="3" | |-| My Tribe| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year| |-| "The Goodness"
| Short Form Video of the Year (Performance)| |}