Tag: Music

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 November 16TH 2025 – the 457TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	16	Can’t Steal My Joy [7TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	2	6	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
3	6	5	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
4	4	22	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
5	5	23	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
6	7	3	Lift Me Up	Blessing Offor
7	3	11	Still	Crowder
8	8	4	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter
9	10	2	World On Fire	for King + Country Ft. Taylor Hill
10	9	5	God Story	Anne Wilson

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Place In This World” – for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “Ain’t Nobody” – Cody Carnes
2021 – “On Our Way” – MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
2020 – “No Hold On Me” – Matty Mullins
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

JOSIAH X BRANDON – Josiah Queen and Brandon Lake remain at the pinnacle of my chart for a 7TH week in a row. It’s now my longest-running # 1 smash since last December and January when Steven Curtis Chapman spent 7 weeks at # 1 with “Do It Again”. If it can hold on at the top for another 2 weeks then it’ll tie the 9 weeks at # 1 that Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship spent with “I Thank God”.

ONE-HIT WONDER – You may not remember the band Switch – but you probably remember their big hit “Symphony”. It was all over U.S. Christian Radio during the Summer Of 2019, and it still receives recurrent airplay 6 years later. It spent 15 weeks on my chart – peaking at # 2. The band that sang “Symphony” came out of the high school ministry of the multi-campus LIFE.CHURCH.

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.

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 in South Florida 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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, 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 November 09TH 2025 – the 456TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	15	Can’t Steal My Joy [6TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	3	5	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
3	2	10	Still	Crowder
4	4	21	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
5	5	22	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
6	6	4	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
7	10	2	Lift Me Up	Blessing Offor
8	9	3	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter
9	8	4	God Story	Anne Wilson
10	–	1	World On Fire	for King + Country Ft. Taylor Hill

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Worship Through It” – Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “New Creation” – Mac Powell
2021 – “Promised Land” – TobyMac
2020 – “No Hold On Me” – Matty Mullins
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

FOR KING + COUNTRY – Brothers Joel and Luke are back with their 12TH hit on my chart since 2017. Check out the official music video for “World On Fire” – filmed in the Dominican Republic:

ONE-HIT WONDER – Mack Brock led Elevation Worship for 10 years from 2007 to 2017, and then he left and went solo. Before he left – he cowrote, coproduced, and sang lead on “Do It Again” which is my # 8 hit overall of the past 456 weeks. During the Summer of 2019 he did it again. He cowrote, coproduced, and sang lead on their follow-up hit – “Resurrecting”. At the same time – he spent 13 weeks on my chart with his debut solo hit – “Greater Things”. He’s still releasing new music these days, but none of it seems to be catching on via radio.

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.

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 in South Florida 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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, 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 November 02ND 2025 – the 455TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	14	Can’t Steal My Joy [5TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	2	9	Still	Crowder
3	5	4	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
4	3	20	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
5	4	21	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
6	6	3	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
7	7	7	Get Behind Me	Emerson Day
8	9	3	God Story	Anne Wilson
9	10	2	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter
10	–	1	Lift Me Up	Blessing Offor

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Worship Through It” – Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “New Creation” – Mac Powell
2021 – “Promised Land” – TobyMac
2020 – “Rise Up (Lazarus)” – Cain
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

BLESSING OFFOR – He’s back with his 5TH hit – and 3RD by himself (not as a featured artist). “Lift Me Up” is gaining momentum at U.S. Christian Radio – including both K-LOVE and The Joy FM. I like the up-tempo feel of the song, and I like its lyrics. He’s asking God to remind him of what he’s made of. He wants God to lift him up. And God will.

ONE-HIT WONDER – Jamie Kimmett spent 16 weeks on my chart – including 2 weeks at # 1 in July 2019 – with “Prize Worth Fighting For”. What a great song that was that summer. That’s the last we heard him on the radio. On an August night in 2021 Jamie was involved in a serious multiple-rollover car accident in Arkansas and hit by an 18-wheeler truck. He was airlifted by helicopter to a local hospital in stable condition. He was banged up pretty badly, but luckily he had no broken bones or internal damage. God protected him on that night. Nowadays he’s on tour singing for God with Sanctus 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.

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 in South Florida 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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, 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 October 26TH 2025 – the 454TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	13	Can’t Steal My Joy [4TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	3	8	Still	Crowder
3	4	19	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
4	2	20	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
5	8	3	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
6	9	2	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
7	6	6	Get Behind Me	Emerson Day
8	7	4	Mighty Name Of Jesus	Hope Darst
9	10	2	God Story	Anne Wilson
10	–	1	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Worship Through It” – Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
2023 – “Praise The Lord” – Micah Tyler
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “What If” – Matthew West
2020 – “Rise Up (Lazarus)” – Cain
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Word Of Life” – Jeremy Camp

NO CHANGE AT THE TOP – My current # 1 smash – and every # 1 smash this week over the years – is the same as it was the previous week. I’m wondering how long “Can’t Steal My Joy” can hold on at the top. Can Crowder reach # 1 with his 4TH chart-topper ?

ONE-HIT WONDER – For 3 weeks in February 2019 Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin were at the bottom of my chart with “Never Alone”. It’s a song about crying many rivers, and walking through some pain, and seeing my world crumble, and carrying the shame, but knowing that Somebody calls me His own. Heaven is singing out. You’re “Never Alone”.

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.

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 in South Florida 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) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp