May 22, 2023 – 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 nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday May 21ST 2023 – the 327TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	12	This Is Our God [1ST week @ # 1]	Phil Wickham
2	1	18	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)	Matt Maher
3	3	8	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
4	4	25	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
5	6	8	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
6	8	2	Anxious Heart	Jeremy Camp
7	9	5	Thank God I Do	Lauren Daigle
8	10	3	You Will Be Found	Natalie Grant Ft. Cory Asbury
9	–	1	That’s The Thing About Praise	Benjamin William Hastings Ft. Blessing Offor
10	–	1	Fear Is Not My Future	Maverick City Music Ft. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Egypt” – Cory Asbury
2021 – “Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight)” – TobyMac
2020 – “I Will Fear No More” – The Afters
2019 – “Alive” – Big Daddy Weave
2018 – “The Way (New Horizon)” – Pat Barrett
2017 – “Oh My Soul” – Casting Crowns

VIEW FROM ABOVE – I’ve got a new # 1 smash. After 12 weeks at the top Matt Maher slips a notch to # 2 with what will likely be one of the top songs of the entire year – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)”. We actually sing that song as part of Praise & Worship at my home church. No need for me to follow the words on the big screen, as I’ve got it memorized after hearing it on the radio a few hundred times since January. Replacing Matt Maher at # 1 is Phil Wickham, as he reaches the top of my chart for the first time ever – with his 8TH hit and 70TH week overall on my chart.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, a special #MemorialDayMonday, and #Top10Tuesday.

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