October 21, 2024

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 October 20TH 2024 – the 401ST week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	9	Up + Up [6TH week @ # 1]	Colton Dixon
2	3	5	Worship Through It	Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
3	2	11	Count ‘Em	Brandon Lake
4	8	10	Do It Again	Steven Curtis Chapman
5	–	1	Place In This World	for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
6	4	24	Beautiful Life	Pat Barrett
7	5	26	Somebody Like Me	Caleb & John Ft. Cain
8	10	6	That’s Who I Praise	Brandon Lake
9	9	3	Love’s Got A Way	Andrew Ripp
10	–	1	If I Got Jesus	Ben Fuller

# 1 This Week In:
2023 – “Praise The Lord” – Micah Tyler
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “What If” – Matthew West
2020 – “Rise Up (Lazarus)” – Cain
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Word Of Life” – Jeremy Camp

PLACE IN THIS WORLD – Michael W. Smith is back with a hit that was huge here on my chart 33 years ago during the Summer Of 1991 – back when I was 24, and I didn’t know God. But it was a mainstream pop smash. It was my # 13 hit of the summer overall. Amy Grant cowrote it with Michael as well as Wayne Kirkpatrick. for King + Country take the lead on the new version of the song that was part of their “Unsung Hero” movie from earlier this year, and Michael W. Smith lends his voice to the redux. It’s straight-in to my chart this week into the Top 5. Could this be a future # 1 smash ?

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.