December 31, 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. And now – it’s a special based on all of my weekly charts of this year – My Top 24 Hits of 2024:

RK	PK	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	29	Lead On Good Shepherd	Patrick Mayberry
2	1	26	Somebody Like Me	Caleb & John Ft. Cain
3	1	25	Beautiful Life	Pat Barrett
4	1	19	Take You At Your Word	Cody Carnes
5	2	19	You’ve Already Won	Shane & Shane
6	1	20	Do It Again	Steven Curtis Chapman
7	1	13	Up + Up	Colton Dixon
8	1	14	He Does	Brandon Heath
9	1	14	Counting My Blessings	Seph Schlueter
10	1	13	Strong	Anne Wilson
11	1	16	Hallelujah Anyway	Rend Collective
12	2	13	Count ‘Em	Brandon Lake
13	1	15	Worship Through It	Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
14	1	11	I Believe	Phil Wickham
15	1	11	Place In This World	for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
16	3	16	That’s Who I Praise	Brandon Lake
17	2	13	Love’s Got A Way	Andrew Ripp
18	2	11	Good Day	Forrest Frank
19	1	7	Hallelujah Feeling	Caleb & John
20	4	15	The Prodigal	Josiah Queen
21	2	7	I Thank God	Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
22	3	10	Nothin’ Sweeter	TobyMac
23	6	10	All Because Of Mercy	Casting Crowns
24	4	7	These Days	Jeremy Camp

# 1 For The Year In:
2023 – “Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake
2022 – “See Me Through It” – Brandon Heath
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

PATRICK MAYBERRY – The 3RD time was a charm for the man from Tennessee. His “Holy Spirit Come” was a # 2 hit in 2022. He followed that up with “Easy To Praise” – a # 6 hit in 2023. And then came “Lead On Good Shepherd”. It languished at the bottom of my chart for 5 weeks before breaking through. It eventually spent 22 weeks in a row in my Top 5, 16 weeks in a row in my Top 3, 12 weeks at # 2, and 2 weeks at # 1. It’s my # 2 hit of this current era of the past 411 weeks.

CALEB & JOHN – Their debut smash was certainly that, as “Hallelujah Feeling” became my # 1 smash overall of this current era of the past 411 weeks. It also finished as my # 19 hit of 2024. It was also my # 5 hit of 2023, as it straddled both years. And then they followed that up with “Somebody Like Me” – which spent 26 weeks on my chart. It’s my # 6 hit overall of this current era, and it’s my # 2 hit of 2024. It was also my # 1 smash of the Summer Of 2024.

REPEATING ARTISTS – Caleb & John, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, for King + Country, Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship, and TobyMac are the 6 artists / collaborations who were also on My Top 23 Of 2023 chart a year ago. My # 1 artist of this current era – Matthew West – ended a 7-year streak on my year-end chart (from 2017 to 2023). His only song this year – “Don’t Stop Praying” – while it was a big hit nationwide – stalled at # 8 on my chart.

CONCLUSION – My Top 24 Of 2024 chart was compiled by awarding 10 points for each week at # 1, 9 points for # 2, and so forth and so on down to 1 point for # 10. The points were then added, and the hits were ranked. 58 songs charted in 2024. There were 14 # 1 hits, and they all made it onto my chart above. 5 hits peaked at # 2 (including a # 1 smash from 2023), and they all made it onto my chart above. It was a great year for positive and encouraging music on the radio that told the story of God and gave Him all of the glory. What a great chart to represent His music. Let’s continue to praise and worship Him as we go forth into 2025.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 24 Of 2024” anytime by accessing my playlist on Spotify. All 24 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 24, or you can shuffle them. You can link to it here. It’s 1 hour and 22 minutes of the greatest hits of 2024 !

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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.