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 over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday August 25TH 2024 – the 393RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:
| TW | LW | WKS | SONG TITLE | ARTIST / SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Take You At Your Word [2ND week @ # 1] |
Cody Carnes |
| 2 | 2 | 9 | Good Day | Forrest Frank |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | Count ‘Em | Brandon Lake |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | Somebody Like Me | Caleb & John Ft. Cain |
| 5 | 4 | 16 | Beautiful Life | Pat Barrett |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Take It All Back | Tauren Wells |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | Nothin’ Sweeter | TobyMac |
| 8 | 10 | 2 | Just As You Are | Ryan Stevenson |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | Do It Again | Steven Curtis Chapman |
| 10 | – | 1 | Up + Up | Colton Dixon |
# 1 This Week In:
2023 – “Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake
2022 – “Hold You Tight” – Dan Bremnes
2021 – “When We Fall Apart” – Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
2020 – “Miracles” – Colton Dixon
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West
COLTON DIXON – It’s a good week for Colton – now and then. His “Miracles” was # 1 exactly 4 years ago. And his “Up + Up” becomes his 4TH hit on my chart over the past 7½ years. It’s a Jeremiah 29:11 testimony. When you’re down – He picks you up. From the ground – He gives you love. He lifts you up and up again – no matter who surrounds:
THE FORGE – I saw it at my local movie theatre this past Friday afternoon, and it was gloriously wonderful. It’s the latest from the Kendrick Brothers (“Facing The Giants”, “Fireproof”, “Courageous”, “War Room”, “Overcomer”, etc.). It’s actually a spinoff of “War Room” from exactly 9 years ago, and YES – Miss Clara and a few other characters are back from the original. I highly recommend this movie. See it this week if you can. It is a sound Christian movie based on Biblical Scripture. Stick around past the start of the closing credits at the end of the movie for an extra scene and a special message from the Kendrick Brothers. Fun Fact – this movie was filmed in Albany Georgia last summer (2023) – a city that I drove around and spent the night in as part of my April 2024 road-trip.
SUMMER OF 2024 – This is Week 14 of our 15-week Summer (starting with Memorial Day Weekend and ending with Labor Day Weekend here in the U.S.A.). As is tradition here on #CountUp – I’ll present “My Top 10 Hits” of the Summer after it’s over. It’ll publish on Wednesday September 04TH 2024. I wonder what my # 1 smash of the Summer will be ?
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.
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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.
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