Five weeks now for Contemporary Christian band Sanctus Real atop the Billboard Christian Songs chart with Lead Me. It’s so popular that one of the pastors at the church in Manila where I used to work asked me if I’d heard about it, and when the local pastors hear of a song without my referral, that tells me something. LOL One new entry to the Top 10 this week: Matthew West My Own Little World. The only debut this week:...

Contemporary Christian band Sanctus Real registers a full month on top of the Billboard’s Christian Songs chart with Lead Me. New to the Top 10 in a relatively large way is The Afters, whose Light Up the Sky wins the veteran band its first Top 10 of the year. New to the Top 50 this week are MercyMe (Beautiful, #42) and Phil Wickham (In My Love, #48). Easily the Greatest Gainer this week is Brandon Heath’s Your Love, which...

Contemporary Christian band Sanctus Real makes it three weeks in a row atop Billboard’s Christian Songs chart with Lead Me. New to the Top 10 is Kerrie Roberts with No Matter What; she is the first solo female artist to break into the Top 10 since Amy Grant squeaked into the Top 10 with More Than A Hallelujah. New to the Top 50 this week are Brandon Heath (Your Love, #34), Abandon (Hero, #44), Josh Wilson (I Refuse, #45), and Andrew...

Contemporary Christian superstar Chris Tomlin finally loses his hold on #1, as Our God falls to #2. Who manages to break Tomlin’s ten-week choke-hold atop Billboard’s Christian Songs chart? In a bit of a surprise, Sanctus Real’s Lead Me pole-vaults over the Newsboys’ Born Again, which slips 2-3, to lead the chart. Kutless’ Everything I Need is the highest debut at #48, followed closely by Skillet’s...

Dear Mr. Chris Tomlin, Please give other songs a chance. Our God has been #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart for ten weeks. You’ve kept so many songs at bay, including the Michael Tait-led Newsboys (Born Again, #2) and Sanctus Real (Lead Me, #3). Our God is a fabulous song, and it deserves to be at #1. But ten weeks? Srsly? And if that weren’t enough, you also debut at #50 at I Will Follow. You’re terrific....

Chris Tomlin’s Our God totals nine weeks now atop Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. At #2 are the Newsboys with Born Again, a legitimate challenger to Tomlin’s throne. And new to the Top 10 (finally!) is Chris August, whose Starry Night finally breaches the Top 10 at the expense of Frannie Battistelli’s Beautiful Beautiful. New on the chart this week are Natalie Grant with Human (#26) and Luminate with Come...