July 27, 2026 – 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 26TH 2026 – the 493RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	9	Washed [4TH week @ # 1]	Elevation Rhythm
2	2	18	Everything Is Better	Hopeful.
3	3	28	Finished	Caleb & John
4	4	15	Worthy Of It All (Worthy)	CeCe Winans
5	5	3	Breathe On It	Tauren Wells
6	6	4	The Author	Brandon Lake Ft. Nick Jonas
7	9	2	Faith Hope Love	We Are Messengers
8	–	1	Why Should I Worry	Carly Ann Taylor
9	8	3	Meet Me In The Valley	Tasha Layton
10	7	4	Ain’t No Way	Jamie MacDonald

2025 – “God Did It” – Micah Tyler
2024 – “Somebody Like Me” – Caleb & John Ft. Cain
2023 – “Big God” – Terrian
2022 – “Getting Started” – Jeremy Camp
2021 – “Be Alright” – Evan Craft Ft. Danny Gokey
2020 – “No Impossible With You” – I AM THEY
2019 – “Raise A Hallelujah” – Bethel Music
2018 – “Dream Small” – Josh Wilson
2017 – “Wonder” – Hillsong UNITED

FAITH HOPE LOVE – We Are Messengers are back with their 11TH hit on my chart over the past 9½ years. I like this song. The melody reminds me of mid-1980s British New Wave (thinking Depeche Mode, Echo And The Bunnymen, and The Cure). I lived in England at that time. This song has that retro feeling. And it’s also got great lyrics written by lead singer Darren Mulligan alongside Nick Herbert and Joshua Grimmett. Its lyrics are based upon 1 Corinthians 13:13. The video was filmed along the #PCH – Pacific Coast Highway.

SALVATION ERA – My #CountUp continues with my # 10 hit during my first 3½ years of salvation in Christ from August 2006 to January 2010. And this one gives me goosebumps when I hear it 19½ years later. Its uplifting lyrics. Its pop melody. Just hearing the song these days reminds me of those first few weeks and months at my very first church as a born-again Christian. It actually debuted on my chart at # 25 (bottom position) on my very first Sunday at church. Here’s how I revealed it on my chart for the week ending Sunday January 21ST 2007: “Live Like We’re Alive” – Joshua Pearson (lead vocalist), A.J. Cheek (lead guitarist), Brad Jones (guitarist), Adam Wann (bassist), and Adam Rowe (drummer) are Nevertheless out of Chattanooga Tennessee. This is their follow-up single to “The Real”.

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.