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 last year – My Top 23 Hits of 2023:
| RK | PK | WKS | SONG TITLE | ARTIST / SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 23 | Praise You Anywhere | Brandon Lake |
| 2 | 1 | 21 | The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) | Matt Maher |
| 3 | 2 | 24 | I See Grace | Micah Tyler |
| 4 | 1 | 24 | This Is Our God | Phil Wickham |
| 5 | 2 | 20 | Hallelujah Feeling | Caleb & John |
| 6 | 1 | 21 | Praise The Lord | Micah Tyler |
| 7 | 1 | 20 | My Story Your Glory | Matthew West |
| 8 | 2 | 22 | Fingerprints | Dan Bremnes |
| 9 | 2 | 21 | To Not Worship You | MercyMe |
| 10 | 1 | 11 | I Thank God | Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship |
| 11 | 1 | 18 | Cornerstone | TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams |
| 12 | 1 | 16 | Big God | Terrian |
| 13 | 2 | 13 | First Things First | Consumed By Fire |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | Parking Lot | Cochren & Co. |
| 15 | 2 | 12 | The King Is Alive | Jordan Feliz |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Who I Am | Ben Fuller |
| 17 | 2 | 14 | I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus) | Jon Reddick |
| 18 | 2 | 9 | Running Home | Cochren & Co. |
| 19 | 5 | 15 | Every Hour | David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | Love Me Like I Am | for King + Country Ft. Jordin Sparks |
| 21 | 4 | 12 | Heaven Changes Everything | Big Daddy Weave |
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Holy Forever | Chris Tomlin |
| 23 | 5 | 13 | Jesus Does | We The Kingdom |
# 1 For The Year In:
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
BRANDON LAKE – In 2022 it was Brandon Heath, and in 2023 it’s Brandon Lake. After 5 minor hits on my chart (mostly collaborations with other artists) – Brandon Lake broke out in a big way with a long-running # 1 solo smash that is my # 1 smash of the entire year. In fact – it wasn’t until its 23RD and final week on my chart (last weekend) – that “Praise You Anywhere” clinched the # 1 spot for the year – over Matt Maher’s “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)”. It entered my chart in the middle of July, and it stayed on through Christmas Eve. And it even had a fun music video to watch:
MATT MAHER – His 3RD hit on my chart – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)” – was his 2ND # 1 smash. It was my longest-running chart-topper of the year at 12 weeks. It was also my longest-running chart-topper in over 2 years – since Cade Thompson’s “Every Step Of The Way”. I thought for sure that it would be my # 1 smash of the year. I thought it clinched back in June, but that was before Brandon Lake arrived on the radio scene. Nevertheless – it was an instant add into Praise + Worship at church services on Sunday mornings. (We already knew the words from Matthew 6.)
REPEATING ARTISTS – Matthew West, Dan Bremnes, Cochren & Co., Jordan Feliz, Ben Fuller, for King + Country, and We The Kingdom are the 7 artists who were also on My Top 22 Of 2022 chart a year ago. In fact – Ben Fuller and for King + Country charted with the same songs, as their respective chart life spanned the end of 2022 and the start of 2023.
MATTHEW WEST – My # 1 artist of the past 359 weeks with 8 songs and 165 weeks on my chart – Matthew West – makes it a perfect 7 out of 7 years in a row on my year-end chart. This year he did it with “My Story Your Glory” – which was already on my chart (in its 3RD week) when 2023 began.
CONCLUSION – My Top 23 Of 2023 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. 55 songs charted in 2023. There were 10 # 1 hits, 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 2024.
SPOTIFY – You can hear My Top 23 Of 2023 anytime simply by heading over to my playlist on Spotify. All 23 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 23, or you can shuffle them. You can link to it here. It’s 1 hour and 21 minutes of the greatest hits of 2023 !
This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.
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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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