This week on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart, Aaron Shust holds onto #1 for a second week. Greatest Gainer honors to Building 429′s Where I Belong, which moves up a stunning 7 notches from 10 to 3. Top debut honors this week go to Sidewalk Prophets’ Live Like That. 1. (1) Aaron Shust My Hope Is In You 2. (2) Tenth Avenue North Strong Enough to Save 3. (10) Building 429 Where I Belong 4. (3) Mandisa Waiting For...

Sidewalk Prophets’ Live Like That, the carrier single of its new album out March 27 2012 in digital and CD formats across the world, is officially my favorite CCM song of 2012 so far! I love this song! Live Like That is a powerful anthem about taking every moment in one’s life and using that as a moment to glorify Christ. It’s asking the one question that should be on every Christian’s minds: for what exactly am I...

Fresh off the heels of her Top 20 hit Suitcases, new Contemporary Christian recording artist Dara Maclean has released Free, another upbeat vocally driven winner from her debut CD, You Got My Attention. Maclean certainly has grabbed the attention of Christian AC programmers, who are quickly adding Free into their playlists and making the new track one of the fastest growing songs at Christian AC the past two weeks. Personally, I think...

This post is long-overdue. Selah is an unbelievable vocal group with unbelievable talent, and I Look To You, a song from the breathtaking Hope of the Broken World, absolutely resonates with hope and reliance on the Source of strength Who never stops giving, our God. I was particularly moved by Amy Perry’s testimony, shared in this video I’ve embedded; I can relate to her moving story of self-image because like her, I’ve...

American rock band The Fray, which scored a crossover hit on the Christian charts in 2005 with How to Save a Life, is back with Heartbeat, the first single off the upcoming album, Scars and Stories, due February 7, 2012. While not as instantly catchy as How to Save a Life, Heartbeat is a passionately delivered song about, well, passion. Or at least, that’s what I think it’s about. The somewhat ambiguous lyrics lend to potential...