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My Top 10 Hits – Week 255

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 3, 2022

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 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:

COUNTUP MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY JANUARY 02ND 2022	WEEK 255

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	8	Weary Traveler [3RD week @ # 1]	Jordan St. Cyr
2	2	5	Heart Of The Father	Ryan Ellis
3	3	5	God Turn It Around	Jon Reddick
4	5	13	Come What May	We Are Messengers
5	4	10	In The House	Crowder
6	8	5	For The Good	Riley Clemmons
7	9	4	Jesus Is Coming Back	Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
8	6	10	On Our Way	MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
9	–	1	Walking Free	Micah Tyler
10	10	5	Heaven Help Me	Zach Williams

# 1 This Week In:
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

2022 – Happy New Year ! It’s been 4 years since I abandoned Facebook on New Year’s Eve of 2017, and just 2 weeks into 2018 I quietly resurrected this blog here on WordPress with Week 48 of “My Top 10 Hits”. I’ve posted 773 blog posts since the resurrection (including this one). I’m still having fun 4 times per week, so I shall continue on into 2022. I’m glad that you’re along for this journey.

MICAH – 1 of my Top 10 artists over the past 255 weeks is Micah Tyler. I’ve seen him in concert twice – both times in Tampa Florida opening for MercyMe. He sings for his Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. His inspirational and anthemic “Walking Free” enters my chart as the first new debut of 2022, and it’s his 5TH hit in 5 years.

This blog is # 34 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May the 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.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christ, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, WGTS

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1986

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 31, 2021

Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 5TH Friday of the month, so it’s a special. But since #RetroFriday wasn’t presented last week (due to Christmas Eve) – I’ll go back 35 years ago for this edition. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday December 28TH 1986:

“Dreamin'” – Status Quo
“The Boy In The Bubble” – Paul Simon
“Reet Petite” – Jackie Wilson
“C’est La Vie” – Robbie Nevil
“Open Your Heart” – Madonna

What a memorable last weekend of 1986. I actually flew home from London England to Washington D.C. a few days before that Christmas to spend some quality time with my family after missing the previous Christmas (and two Thanksgivings) with them.

Paul Simon’s “The Boy In The Bubble” was a great song off a great album – “Graceland” – which I owned in cassette form. Like “You Can Call Me Al” before it – I memorized the lyrics of “The Boy In The Bubble” after hearing it numerous times on the radio – British radio. Both singles were far more popular across the European continent (and Australia and New Zealand) than they were stateside. “The Boy In The Bubble” was a # 16 hit in the Netherlands and a # 26 hit in the United Kingdom. On my own personal chart it became a # 1 smash in January 1987.

Here’s the official music video, and I still know its lyrics to this day:

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 15 years ago to January 2007.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

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My Top 21 Hits – 2021

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 29, 2021

59 hits created 52 weeks of Top 10 Christian hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. Here it is – my Top 21 hits of 2021:

RK	PK	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	27	Fires	Jordan St. Cyr
2	1	23	Yes He Can	Cain
3	1	21	Every Step Of The Way	Cade Thompson
4	1	20	What If	Matthew West
5	1	27	Gospel Song	Rhett Walker
6	1	18	Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight)	TobyMac
7	1	15	When We Fall Apart	Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
8	1	14	Say I Won’t	MercyMe
9	1	14	Good God Almighty	Crowder
10	1	12	Into The Wild	Josh Baldwin
11	2	13	House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham
12	2	14	Truth Be Told	Matthew West
13	2	14	Child Of Love	We The Kingdom Ft. Bear Rinehart
14	2	11	Out Of My Hands	Jeremy Camp
15	1	9	On Our Way	MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
16	2	11	Thank You Lord	Chris Tomlin Ft. Thomas Rhett & FGL
17	1	9	Promised Land	TobyMac
18	1	11	Be Alright	Evan Craft X Danny Gokey X Redimi2
19	2	13	God Who Listens	Chris Tomlin Ft. Thomas Rhett
20	2	12	Come What May	We Are Messengers
21	2	9	In The House	Crowder

# 1 For The Year In:
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

JORDAN ST. CYR – An unknown in 2020 – he became known in 2021 with his sleeper smash of the year – “Fires”. It entered my chart on the 4TH week of 2021 in January, and it slowly reached the top in its 14TH week. But its chart run was only half-done. After 3 weeks at # 1 its slow descent began, and it finally slipped-off my chart after 27 weeks at the start of August. “Fires” is (by far) my # 1 smash of 2021, and Jordan’s future is bright. His “Weary Traveler” is my current # 1 smash.

RHETT WALKER – Another long-running sleeper smash in 2021 was Rhett Walker’s “Gospel Song”. It tied with “Fires” for most weeks on my chart in 2021 at 27. It was on from April to October. Rhett is no debut artist. His “Believer” was a # 4 hit in December 2019, and a couple of his early radio hits from 2012 and 2013 – “When Mercy Found Me” and “Come To The River” – still receive occasional radio airplay. But “Gospel Song” dominated the airwaves in 2021.

MERCYME – My # 2 artist of the past 254 weeks – MercyMe – scored my # 1 smash of 2020 with “Almost Home”. Its follow-up – “Say I Won’t” – and its follow-up – “On Our Way” – both hit # 1 in 2021 (for a combined 11 weeks) and appear on my year-end chart. MercyMe have appeared on every year-end chart – aside from 2019. (“Even If” was my # 2 hit of 2017, and “Grace Got You” was my # 2 hit of 2018.)

MATTHEW WEST – My # 1 artist of the past 254 weeks – Matthew West – makes it 5 years in a row on my year-end chart, and this year (like last year) he places 2 hits on it – including “Truth Be Told”. Its 26 weeks on my chart straddled both 2020 (12 weeks) and 2021 (14 weeks). It was my # 18 hit of 2020 and my # 12 hit of 2021.

CONCLUSION – My Top 21 Of 2021 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. There were 14 # 1 hits in 2021, and all but the current one (Jordan St. Cyr’s “Weary Traveler”) 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 2022.

This concludes my month-long series of special blog posts on Wednesdays. Starting in January weekends return to starting on Thursdays with 4 blog posts each weekend. #TravelThursday and #RetroFriday close-out 2021 this week.

Tags Blog, Christian, KLOVE, Music, Radio

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 254

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 27, 2021

COUNTUP MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY DECEMBER 26TH 2021	WEEK 254

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	7	Weary Traveler [2ND week @ # 1]	Jordan St. Cyr
2	2	4	Heart Of The Father	Ryan Ellis
3	3	4	God Turn It Around	Jon Reddick
4	4	9	In The House	Crowder
5	6	12	Come What May	We Are Messengers
6	5	9	On Our Way	MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
7	7	7	Rejoice	Andrew Ripp
8	8	4	For The Good	Riley Clemmons
9	10	3	Jesus Is Coming Back	Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
10	9	4	Heaven Help Me	Zach Williams

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2019 – “Unstoppable God” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2017 – “Control (Somehow You Want Me)” – Tenth Avenue North

CHRISTMAS # 1 – Jordan St. Cyr’s “Weary Traveler” is my Christmas # 1, and it seems like the most appropriate song for a Christmas # 1 since this current era began in 2017. Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ is born. He saves. Weary traveler – you won’t be weary long.

2021 – This is my final weekly chart of 2021. In a couple of days on my 5TH and final special Wednesday blog post I’ll present “My Top 21 Hits – 2021”. Spoiler Alert: 3 of my current Top 10 hits are on my Top 21 for the year.

This blog is # 33 worldwide on the Top 80 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 5 new entries on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Be blessed my friends ! May the 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.