Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Audrey Assad’s new single, For the Love of You, debuted strongly on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart last week, entering at #28. While Assad’s voice is unarguably beautiful, with her voice reminiscent of Meredith Andrews, Britt Nicole, and Nichole Nordeman, For the Love of You‘s moving melody and heartfelt lyrics is what will help the song stand out amongst the current crop on...

Singer/songwriter Justin Unger, who made some amazing music with Ben Kolarcik as one-half of short-lived Christian duo Across the Sky, has released a digital single called This is Freedom. While it sings of American patriotism – not a big fan of the whole “good vs evil in song” paradigm – its instrumentation, with the strings and horn section, gave me chills. It’s one of the most added singles this week at US Soft...

Super Junior’s Bonamana is #1 for a third week amidst an onslaught of new songs and a renewed challenge from both Charice’s Pyramid and Ashmont Hill’s Show My Love. Five new songs enter the chart this week, led by the Glee Cast, whose I Dreamed A Dream, featuring Broadway star Idina Menzel, roars onto the chart at #4. Also returning to the chart after lengthy absences are Phillips, Craig and Dean (Revelation Song, 2009) with...

MercyMe renews its hat trick of sorts as it tops both Billboard’s Top Christian Songs and Top Christian Albums charts as of June 5, 2010. The single All of Creation scores an eighth week at #1, while The Generous Mr. Lovewell returns to #1 after giving way to Tenth Avenue North’s The Light Meets the Dark for one week. Stellar Kart posts the week’s only debut at #48 with Something Holy. Top gainers for the week are Chris August...

Bonamana is my second English acapella cover of the Korean idol group Super Junior; the first was my English cover of their monster hit, Sorry Sorry. I’ve uploaded my Super Junior Bonamana English translation onto YouTube as well. This one was a lot harder to record, and while the arrangement is still excruciatingly simple, I’m okay with the finished product. What do you think? Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is...