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My Top 10 Hits – Week 251

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 DECEMBER 05TH 2021 WEEK 251
TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 6 On Our Way
[4TH week @ # 1]
MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
2 3 6 In The House Crowder
3 5 4 Weary Traveler Jordan St. Cyr
4 2 9 Come What May We Are Messengers
5 6 4 Rejoice Andrew Ripp
6 4 8 My God Is Still The Same Sanctus Real
7 1 Heaven Help Me Zach Williams
8 1 God Turn It Around Jon Reddick
9 1 Heart Of The Father Ryan Ellis
10 1 For The Good Riley Clemmons

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2019 – “Dead Man Walking” – Jeremy Camp
2018 – “Even Then” – Micah Tyler
2017 – “Control (Somehow You Want Me)” – Tenth Avenue North

BACK TO THE HITS – It’s been a long holiday break, but now it’s back to business. It’s back to the hits. My last chart was presented 4 weeks ago, but it kept on going offline. It’s been a music-intensive 4 weeks too – including 2,822 miles on the road listening to the radio – so my chart was very active. 6 of my current hits weren’t even on my last published chart.

WEARY TRAVELER – It was the instant theme song of my 18-day road-trip between South Florida and North Texas. I heard it more than any other song on the radio. Its lyrics made it a very relevant song while on the road away from home. I even preached about it yesterday as I led Communion. It entered my chart at # 10 on the weekend I departed for North Texas. Now it’s at # 3 as a strong follow-up to Jordan St. Cyr’s debut smash “Fires”. This one could very well reach # 1 soon. It could be my Christmas # 1.

PREVIOUS PEAKS – “Come What May” from We Are Messengers peaked at # 2 for 3 weeks in a row. “My God Is Still The Same” peaked at # 3 for a single week a couple of weeks ago. It’s Sanctus Real’s first non-# 1 smash following “Confidence” and “Unstoppable God”. “Promised Land” from TobyMac was at # 1 on my last published chart, but now it’s completely off the chart.

YEAR 37 – I published my very first hit music chart (via notebook paper, pen, and pencil) over in Gloucestershire England on November 30TH 1985. This is technically the start of the 37TH year of my chart – two hiatuses notwithstanding (1992-1995; 2010-2017). I actually contemplated creating my own personal hit music chart for about 8 years prior to doing so during the late-1970s and early-1980s when I followed Casey Kasem every Sunday and explored the Billboard Hot 100 at my local public library. It’s amazing to look back at my hobby over the past 40+ years and see how it’s evolved through the decades. It’s still fun to do, and now it’s God-centered.

This blog is # 34 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.

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.

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2006

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 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday December 03RD 2006:

  1. “The Show” – Hawk Nelson
  2. “Rebirthing” – Skillet
  3. “When Everything Falls” – Haste The Day
  4. “Writing On The Walls” – Underoath
  5. “Gravity” – The Fold

Love Hawk Nelson. They were one of very few artists to score hits during both the “Salvation Era” (2006-2010) as well as the current “K-LOVE Era” of my weekly hit music chart. They scored a # 1 smash with their debut hit on my chart – “The Show”. It ascended to # 1 on this weekend 15 years ago for its first of 5 weeks at the top. It was their first of 8 hits on my chart (to include their 2 hits during the current era).

Their first 3 hits all spent at least a month at # 1 for a combined total of 21 weeks !

They also scored several radio hits during the 7-year hiatus of my chart (2010-2017) that became favorites starting in 2017 as recurrents on the radio – “Words” (with Bart Millard of MercyMe), “Drops In The Ocean”, and “Diamonds”.

Good music from a good band with an uncertain future. Jason Dunn was the original lead singer from 2000 to 2012. He left, and Jonathan Steingard took over for him until 2020 when he left. Daniel Biro remains as the only original member.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to December 1996.

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 25 Hits – 250 Weeks

Greetings my friends. It’s the start of a brand-new season, and a brand-new month, and a brand-new weekend of blogging.

It’s Wednesday December 01ST 2021. I am back from vacation, and I am back to writing and publishing 4 blog posts each weekend (from Thursday to Monday). But all this month – starting today – I’ll be presenting special blog posts every Wednesday as well, so that’s 5 blog posts each weekend in December !

#TravelThursday continues tomorrow with the kickoff of my 7-part series on my recent 18-day / 2,822-mile / 5-state road-trip between South Florida and North Texas.

But right now it’s a special hit music chart to celebrate the past 250 weeks of my hit music chart. It’s my #Top25Of250 !

250 weekly hit music charts and 235 positive and encouraging hits have created this cumulative chart of my Top 25 hits of this current (K-LOVE) era of my chart ever since it was resurrected on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017 here in the U.S.A. after a 7-year hiatus. It’s based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay.

RK PK WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 25 Nobody (But Jesus) Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2 1 26 Every Step Of The Way Cade Thompson
3 1 24 Almost Home MercyMe
4 1 22 Do It Again Elevation Worship
5 1 27 Fires Jordan St. Cyr
6 1 27 Even Then Micah Tyler
7 1 26 I Will Fear No More The Afters
8 1 24 Grace Got You MercyMe
9 1 23 Yes He Can Cain
10 2 25 Alive & Breathing Matt Maher
11 1 21 Church (Take Me Back) Cochren & Co.
12 2 30 Known Tauren Wells
13 1 23 Rise Up (Lazarus) Cain
14 1 22 Broken Things Matthew West
15 2 26 Truth Be Told Matthew West
16 1 19 Even If MercyMe
17 1 17 Fear No More Building 429
18 1 25 Dead Man Walking Jeremy Camp
19 1 19 Nobody Loves Me Like You Chris Tomlin
20 1 25 The God Who Stays Matthew West
21 1 26 Different Micah Tyler
22 1 20 Home Chris Tomlin
23 1 20 Gracefully Broken Matt Redman Ft. Tasha C. Leonard
24 1 20 No Impossible With You I AM THEY
25 1 20 What If Matthew West

MATTHEW WEST – What can I say about him ?  He’s my # 1 artist over the past 250 weeks – statistically and genuinely. When someone asks me who my favorite singer is – the answer is Matthew West. Most of the time I get a quick response of “Who ?”. Like nearly every other artist on my Top 25 – I had never heard of Matthew West until 250 weeks ago. 5 out of 6 of his radio hits since 2017 are on my Top 25 – including his current hit “What If”. They all hit # 1 or # 2, and they all spent at least 20 weeks on my chart. The lone exception was his 2ND hit during the Summer of 2018 – “All In”. (It reached # 2, but it only managed a meager 11 weeks on my chart.)

250 WEEKS – What a great chart of music that praises and worships our God, and gives Him all of the glory. Each song on here makes me smile – and sing along. Some have a beat that make me want to dance for Jesus. They remind me of a distinct 20-to-30-week time-period over the past 250 weeks as I moved closer to God aboard this (now) 15-year fantastic journey that He has blessed me with.

If you’re not familiar with one or any of these songs then use Google, Bing, Amazon, Apple, or YouTube to check them out. Enjoy the music, but especially listen to the words. The words of these songs represent God’s Word. Any one of these songs can change a life forever.

He has given me a new song to sing – a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what He has done, and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD. (Psalm 40:3 NLT)

This is the start of a 5-blog-post-weekend. I’ll conclude this weekend this upcoming Monday December 06TH with the return of “My Top 10 Hits – Week 251”. Thank You for allowing me to share God’s Good News through His music. 

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1986

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 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday November 30TH 1986:

  1. “Waiting For The Ghost Train” – Madness
  2. “French Kissin’ In The U.S.A.” – Debbie Harry
  3. “Sometimes” – Erasure
  4. “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” – Wang Chung
  5. “Hip To Be Square” – Huey Lewis And The News

What great music. What fond memories of that wonderful time of my life – enjoying the company of my friends and the fun times that we shared together in the south of England. This was the 2ND (U.S.) Thanksgiving of my life away from my family back home stateside. (The 1ST was the year before in 1985. I had just arrived in England 2½ weeks earlier.)

Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” was the # 1 smash all across the United Kingdom, and back home stateside Bon Jovi scored their very first # 1 smash with the hard-rockin’ “You Give Love A Bad Name” from their multi-platinum album “Slippery When Wet”.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 15 years ago to December 2006. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

This is the end of an abbreviated blog weekend, as #SundayScripture and #Top10Monday are on hiatus for the rest of this month of November. They will both return during the 1ST weekend of December. In fact a full weekend of blogging returns next weekend – with 5 new entries on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries