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Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday July 19TH 2026 – the 492ND week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

2025 – “God Did It” – Micah Tyler
2024 – “Somebody Like Me” – Caleb & John Ft. Cain
2023 – “Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin
2022 – “Getting Started” – Jeremy Camp
2021 – “Be Alright” – Evan Craft Ft. Danny Gokey
2020 – “No Impossible With You” – I AM THEY
2019 – “Prize Worth Fighting For” – Jamie Kimmett
2018 – “Grace Got You” – MercyMe
2017 – “Wonder” – Hillsong UNITED

FINISHED – There’s a new # 1 song this week, and I’m not referring to this week’s # 1 smash from Elevation Rhythm. I’m also not referring to “Where Would I Be” from Peter Burton. That drops to # 2 of all-time – or at least this current era of the past 492 weeks. “Finished” by Caleb & John has now accumulated 223 chart points – making it my new # 1 smash of the past 9 years and 5 months. To date – all 3 of their radio singles have been huge – spending at least 26 weeks on my chart and reaching # 1. (“Hallelujah Feeling” is my # 3 hit of the era, and “Somebody Like Me” [with Cain] is my # 11 hit of the era.)

SALVATION ERA – My #CountUp continues with my # 9 hit during my first 3½ years of salvation in Christ from August 2006 to January 2010. Christian metalcore was prominent in the soundtrack of my life back then as I was learning more about my Creator and Savior. Haste The Day out of Carmel Indiana had two big hard rockin’ hits on the radio and on my chart in 2006 and 2007 into 2008. The 2ND of their two hits spent 25 non-consecutive weeks on my chart, and it went all the way to # 1 to end 2007 and begin 2008. It was “The Minor Prophets”, and it proclaimed that “the sound of trumpets will carry you home – the sound of trumpets will resound – and we all sing.” It was from the band’s March 2007 album “Pressure The Hinges” with Stephen Keech on lead vocals. He’s still the lead singer today.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday July 12TH 2026 – the 491ST week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

2025 – “The King Is In The Room” – Phil Wickham
2024 – “Somebody Like Me” – Caleb & John Ft. Cain
2023 – “Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin
2022 – “Getting Started” – Jeremy Camp
2021 – “Be Alright” – Evan Craft Ft. Danny Gokey
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Prize Worth Fighting For” – Jamie Kimmett
2018 – “Grace Got You” – MercyMe
2017 – “The Comeback” – Danny Gokey

WHERE WOULD I BE – There’s a new # 1 song this week, and I’m not referring to this week’s # 1 smash from Elevation Rhythm. There’s a new # 1 song of all-time – or at least this current era of the past 491 weeks. It’s Peter Burton’s debut smash “Where Would I Be”. At 14 weeks it’s the longest-running # 1 smash of the era (and second-longest-running in the entire 40-year history of my chart going back to 1985). After 26 weeks – it’s accumulated 220 chart points, and that’s tied with two other hits at 220, but “Where Would I Be” gets the top claim due to its most weeks at # 1.

SALVATION ERA – As a recap – I’m celebrating my upcoming 20TH anniversary of salvation in Christ with a look back at the soundtrack of my life as a baby Christian during those first 3½ years from August 2006 to January 2010. These are the songs about God that were playing on the radio at the time, and I was singing along and understanding the lyrics. We’re 8 weeks in, and my # 8 hit of the era is the first track from those hard rockers known as Disciple. “After The World” was their 2ND of 7 hits during the era. It was their follow-up to their debut hit (on my chart) “Regime Change” that introduced me to the Knoxville Tennessee-based band. They are now in their 34TH year together; although, Kevin Young – the lead singer – is the only original member remaining. (He formed the band as a teenager.) “After The World” was from their Dove award-winning album “Scars Remain”.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp