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 August 16TH 2026 – the 496TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:
| TW | LW | WKS | SONG TITLE | ARTIST / SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 21 | Everything Is Better [3RD week @ # 1] |
Hopeful. |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | Washed | Elevation Rhythm |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Breathe On It | Tauren Wells |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | God I’m Just Grateful | Chandler Moore |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Faith Hope Love | We Are Messengers |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | Gonna Be Alright | Matt Maher |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | It Really Is Amazing Grace | Phil Wickham Ft. Crowder |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | The Author | Brandon Lake Ft. Nick Jonas |
| 9 | 5 | 18 | Worthy Of It All (Worthy) | CeCe Winans |
| 10 | 10 | 4 | Why Should I Worry | Carly Ann Taylor |
2025 – “What An Awesome God” – Phil Wickham
2024 – “Take You At Your Word” – Cody Carnes
2023 – “Big God” – Terrian
2022 – “Love Is Everything We Need” – Unspoken
2021 – “When We Fall Apart” – Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
2020 – “There Was Jesus” – Zach Williams Ft. Dolly Parton
2019 – “Raise A Hallelujah” – Bethel Music
2018 – “Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
2017 – “Wonder” – Hillsong UNITED
RYAN STEVENSON – That song from 5 years ago still gives me goosebumps. It didn’t really sound like anything else on the radio at the time, and that’s what I liked about it. It had an eerie feeling to it. Nowadays it reminds me of that weird and uncertain post-pandemic era. It shot straight-in to my chart at # 5 (a rarity if you’ve been following my chart for any length of time). It drifted up and down between # 5, # 4, and # 3 for 10 weeks into August, and then it leapt to # 2, and then finally # 1 for 2 weeks in a row despite diminished radio airplay by that time. (I basically kept it alive in my own home.) Here’s the music video of that song that was a beautiful tribute to Ryan’s mom Phyllis based on her own words as she neared the end of her physical life here on earth:
My # 12 hit during my first 3½ years of salvation in Christ from August 2006 to January 2010 was from my first favorite Christian power pop punk band. They hailed from the Glendale / Phoenix Arizona area. They were Adam, Jordan, Cody, and Brian during that era, and they were Stellar Kart – named after a go-kart track that they thought was just stellar in California during a church youth camp trip. Their 2006 album “We Can’t Stand Sitting Down” was quite stellar with 3 back-to-back-to-back radio hits – including the middle hit – “Procrastinating”.
Next week it’s my # 13 hit, and it’ll be just so random.
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.
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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.
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