Those of you unfamiliar with Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Jonny Diaz should get a taste of his new single, Beauty of the Cross. Diaz scored a Top 10 hit late in 2009 with More Beautiful You, and a second single, Waiting Room, performed well on the Soft AC/Inspo chart. Now, Diaz’s Beauty of the Cross is performing well on that chart as well; this week, it is one of the most-added at Inspo radio, and registers one of the greatest...

Contemporary Christian pop-rock legend Jars of Clay released its new CD, The Shelter, last October 2010, buoyed by carrier single Out of My Hands. After the lackadaisical performance of the first single, the band turns to the title track for a second go-round with Christian AC radio. Hopefully, these programmers will be more open, because Shelter is stellar. SHELTER Lyrics Jars of Clay To all who are looking down Holding on to hearts still...

Hillsong United’s Search My Heart is the first single off the Australian worship team’s second studio CD, Aftermath, which drops across the United States on February 15, 2011. Search My Heart starts going for adds today, January 24, at Christian AC/CHR radio, and I’m pretty confident about Search My Heart‘s chances: the quality of Hillsong United’s songs has proven itself time and time again, and Search My Heart,...

Aaron Gillespie is best known for being the former drummer and lead singer of popular Christian metalcore band Underoath; these days, he fronts for the alternative rock group The Almost. Gillespie has never really let go of his Christian roots, though, and a new single, We Were Made For You, just debuted in the Top 50 of Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. We Were Made For You precedes Anthem Song, his first solo outing, sometime in...

It’s a second week in a row for Your Love, the new single from Contemporary Christian superstar Brandon Heath, whose Leaving Eden drops this week all across the USA. Your Love fends off Chris Tomlin’s I Will Follow, which leapfrogs over The Afters’ Light Up the Sky to reach a new peak of #2. (Methinks Tomlin will score another #1 single within the next three weeks.) Top debut this week is Hillsong United’s Search My Heart...