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My Top 10 Hits – Week 362

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 January 21ST 2024 – the 362ND week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 23 Hallelujah Feeling
[3RD week @ # 1]
Caleb & John
2 3 11 I Believe Phil Wickham
3 2 14 I Thank God Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
4 4 7 Strong Anne Wilson
5 6 7 Lead On Good Shepherd Patrick Mayberry
6 5 4 Hallelujah Anyway Rend Collective
7 10 3 Crazy About You Tauren Wells
8 7 24 Praise The Lord Micah Tyler
9 8 21 Parking Lot Cochren & Co.
10 9 8 Grave Robber Crowder

# 1 This Week In:
2023 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody Loves Me Like You” – Chris Tomlin
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

PHIL WICKHAM – His 9TH hit on my chart since 2018 appears to be my next # 1 smash – and his 2ND in a row (as a follow-up to “This Is Our God”). Our Praise & Worship team at my new church sings his former # 1 smash on a regular basis, and it sounds really good. I get the feeling that “I Believe” will soon be added into their rotation.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime simply by heading over to 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.

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.

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. God used loud music on the radio to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2024 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 361

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 January 14TH 2024 – the 361ST week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 22 Hallelujah Feeling
[2ND week @ # 1]
Caleb & John
2 2 13 I Thank God Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
3 3 10 I Believe Phil Wickham
4 4 6 Strong Anne Wilson
5 8 3 Hallelujah Anyway Rend Collective
6 9 6 Lead On Good Shepherd Patrick Mayberry
7 5 23 Praise The Lord Micah Tyler
8 6 20 Parking Lot Cochren & Co.
9 7 7 Grave Robber Crowder
10 10 2 Crazy About You Tauren Wells

# 1 This Week In:
2023 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody Loves Me Like You” – Chris Tomlin
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

AUGUST – Remember last August when it was hot and humid outside ? (Unless of course you were in Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa – when it was perhaps cold and wet outside.) Seems so long ago. It was 5 months ago. It’s when Terrian had the biggest smash of the summer here in the U.S. – praising and worshipping her “Big God”. That’s also when 3 songs in particular began playing on the radio and catching my attention – “Hallelujah Feeling”, “Praise The Lord”, and “Parking Lot”. They entered my chart at # 8, # 9, and # 10 respectively (on different weeks). Now they are all at 20 or more weeks on my chart. 2 are on their way down and off my chart, and 1 is my # 1 smash again this week.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime simply by heading over to 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.

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.

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. God used loud music on the radio to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2024 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 360

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 January 07TH 2024 – the 360TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 2 21 Hallelujah Feeling
[1ST week @ # 1]
Caleb & John
2 1 12 I Thank God Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
3 3 9 I Believe Phil Wickham
4 5 5 Strong Anne Wilson
5 4 22 Praise The Lord Micah Tyler
6 6 19 Parking Lot Cochren & Co.
7 7 6 Grave Robber Crowder
8 8 2 Hallelujah Anyway Rend Collective
9 10 5 Lead On Good Shepherd Patrick Mayberry
10 1 Crazy About You Tauren Wells

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2021 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2019 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2018 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2017 – “Lions” – Skillet

CALEB & JOHN – After an unprecedented 9 weeks in a row at # 2 – and 12 weeks at # 2 overall – “Hallelujah Feeling” finally ascends to the pinnacle of my chart in its 21ST week. There’s actually a pretty good chance that it could eventually become my # 1 smash overall of this current 7-year era of my chart – surpassing Casting Crowns’ “Nobody (But Jesus)”. I was wondering if that would ever occur. Looks like it may.

TAUREN WELLS – Pastor Tauren is on my chart with his 10TH hit over the past 6 years – “Crazy About You”. It’s his follow-up to 2022’s “Fake It”. Now “Crazy About You” carries a little bit of controversy with it, as some Christian radio programmers have actually banned it from their respective stations. It is their belief that the song includes some lyrics that are not theologically accurate. You can Google the song and read about both sides of the questionable lyrics. I personally like the song. I like the way it sounds. I prefer this style of song from Tauren Wells over the style of “Fake It”.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime simply by heading over to 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.

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.

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. God used loud music on the radio to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2024 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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My Top 23 Hits – 2023

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.

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 Spotify, X, and Flickr.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2024 Christopher M. Day, CountUp