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My Top 10 Hits – Week 414

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 19TH 2025 – the 414TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 2 5 Running Back To You
[1ST week @ # 1]		 Seph Schlueter
2 1 23 Do It Again Steven Curtis Chapman
3 3 8 In The Name Of Jesus JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
4 4 19 That’s Who I Praise Brandon Lake
5 6 9 Praise God For That Jordan Feliz
6 5 16 Love’s Got A Way Andrew Ripp
7 9 6 Still Waters (Psalm 23) Leanna Crawford
8 8 2 A Thousand Times We Are Messengers
9 7 3 Goodbye Yesterday Elevation Rhythm
10 – 1 Never Get Used To This Forrest Frank Ft. JVKE

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John
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

SETH SCHLUETER – His follow-up to his 2024 breakout smash – “Counting My Blessings” – ascends to the top of my chart this week. “Running Back To You” becomes my 2ND # 1 of 2025, my 107TH # 1 of this current era (since 2017), and my 531ST # 1 of the 40-year history of my chart. “Running Back To You” is a salvation and testimony song that I can truly relate to. It starts before Christ (in my case – before August of 2006), and as Seph writes and sings – “I was an orphan defined by mistakes. Thought I was forsaken that You gave up the chase. I went to the reaches to try and ease the ache. Turned my back on the One who kept calling my name. You kept calling my name. Didn’t matter where I was at. You just kept calling me back.”

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

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 413

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 12TH 2025 – the 413TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 22 Do It Again
[7TH week @ # 1]		 Steven Curtis Chapman
2 5 4 Running Back To You Seph Schlueter
3 4 7 In The Name Of Jesus JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
4 3 18 That’s Who I Praise Brandon Lake
5 2 15 Love’s Got A Way Andrew Ripp
6 6 8 Praise God For That Jordan Feliz
7 7 2 Goodbye Yesterday Elevation Rhythm
8 – 1 A Thousand Times We Are Messengers
9 9 5 Still Waters (Psalm 23) Leanna Crawford
10 8 2 The Jesus Way Phil Wickham

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John
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

WE ARE MESSENGERS – The band originally from Monaghan Ireland are back with their 10TH hit since 2017, as “A Thousand Times” enters at # 8. It’s their follow-up to last year’s “God Be The Glory”. Statistically (based on chart performance) – they are my # 11 artist of this current era. Realistically – they are one of my favorite artists on the radio and LIVE in concert. I’ve seen Darren and the band LIVE 3 times – in 2019, 2021, and 2023. They put on an energetic set with all of their hits that can’t stop me from singing and YES – even dancing along. “Point To You” sounds amazing LIVE !

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

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 412

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 05TH 2025 – the 412TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 21 Do It Again
[6TH week @ # 1]		 Steven Curtis Chapman
2 2 14 Love’s Got A Way Andrew Ripp
3 3 17 That’s Who I Praise Brandon Lake
4 4 6 In The Name Of Jesus JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
5 6 3 Running Back To You Seph Schlueter
6 5 7 Praise God For That Jordan Feliz
7 – 1 Goodbye Yesterday Elevation Rhythm
8 – 1 The Jesus Way Phil Wickham
9 9 4 Still Waters (Psalm 23) Leanna Crawford
10 10 6 The Truth Megan Woods

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John
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 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

PHIL WICKHAM – He’s back with his 10TH hit since 2018, as “The Jesus Way” enters at # 8. Here are his 9 previous hits along with their peak positions on my chart:
– “Living Hope” – # 8 in 2018
– “Till I Found You” – # 2 in 2019
– “Great Things” – # 6 in 2020
– “Battle Belongs” – # 7 in 2021
– “House Of The Lord” – # 2 in 2021
– “Hymn Of Heaven” – # 10 in 2022
– “Then Christ Came” – # 4 in 2022 (featured artist with MercyMe)
– “This Is Our God” – # 1 in 2023
– “I Believe” – # 1 in 2024

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

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My Top 24 Hits – 2024

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 this year – My Top 24 Hits of 2024:

RK PK WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 29 Lead On Good Shepherd Patrick Mayberry
2 1 26 Somebody Like Me Caleb & John Ft. Cain
3 1 25 Beautiful Life Pat Barrett
4 1 19 Take You At Your Word Cody Carnes
5 2 19 You’ve Already Won Shane & Shane
6 1 20 Do It Again Steven Curtis Chapman
7 1 13 Up + Up Colton Dixon
8 1 14 He Does Brandon Heath
9 1 14 Counting My Blessings Seph Schlueter
10 1 13 Strong Anne Wilson
11 1 16 Hallelujah Anyway Rend Collective
12 2 13 Count ‘Em Brandon Lake
13 1 15 Worship Through It Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
14 1 11 I Believe Phil Wickham
15 1 11 Place In This World for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
16 3 16 That’s Who I Praise Brandon Lake
17 2 13 Love’s Got A Way Andrew Ripp
18 2 11 Good Day Forrest Frank
19 1 7 Hallelujah Feeling Caleb & John
20 4 15 The Prodigal Josiah Queen
21 2 7 I Thank God Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
22 3 10 Nothin’ Sweeter TobyMac
23 6 10 All Because Of Mercy Casting Crowns
24 4 7 These Days Jeremy Camp

# 1 For The Year In:
2023 – “Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake
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

PATRICK MAYBERRY – The 3RD time was a charm for the man from Tennessee. His “Holy Spirit Come” was a # 2 hit in 2022. He followed that up with “Easy To Praise” – a # 6 hit in 2023. And then came “Lead On Good Shepherd”. It languished at the bottom of my chart for 5 weeks before breaking through. It eventually spent 22 weeks in a row in my Top 5, 16 weeks in a row in my Top 3, 12 weeks at # 2, and 2 weeks at # 1. It’s my # 2 hit of this current era of the past 411 weeks.

CALEB & JOHN – Their debut smash was certainly that, as “Hallelujah Feeling” became my # 1 smash overall of this current era of the past 411 weeks. It also finished as my # 19 hit of 2024. It was also my # 5 hit of 2023, as it straddled both years. And then they followed that up with “Somebody Like Me” – which spent 26 weeks on my chart. It’s my # 6 hit overall of this current era, and it’s my # 2 hit of 2024. It was also my # 1 smash of the Summer Of 2024.

REPEATING ARTISTS – Caleb & John, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, for King + Country, Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship, and TobyMac are the 6 artists / collaborations who were also on My Top 23 Of 2023 chart a year ago. My # 1 artist of this current era – Matthew West – ended a 7-year streak on my year-end chart (from 2017 to 2023). His only song this year – “Don’t Stop Praying” – while it was a big hit nationwide – stalled at # 8 on my chart.

CONCLUSION – My Top 24 Of 2024 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. 58 songs charted in 2024. There were 14 # 1 hits, and they all made it onto my chart above. 5 hits peaked at # 2 (including a # 1 smash from 2023), 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 2025.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 24 Of 2024” anytime by accessing my playlist on Spotify. All 24 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 24, or you can shuffle them. You can link to it here. It’s 1 hour and 22 minutes of the greatest hits of 2024 !

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) 2024 Christopher M. Day, CountUp