After eight weeks in the Top 5 and three weeks locked at No. 2, tobyMac’s “Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight)” finally crept up one spot and became this year’s sixth No. 1 single. Crowder’s “Good God Almighty” only drifted down one and landed at No.2. “Amen” by For KING and Country remained at No. 3, “Hold On to Me” by Lauren Daigle moved up to No. 4 and We the Kingdom’s “Child of Love” advanced to No. 5.
This week’s chart was perhaps the year’s most unmoving thus far, as 15 of last week’s Top 40 remained in the same spot this week, and another nine songs moved up or down only one place. While only three songs made significant moves up the chart, the week’s biggest mover was Stephen Stanley’s “No Hopeless Soul,” which fell 14 places to No. 40. The only three songs to move up four or more spots were Phil Wickham’s “House of the Lord” (up four from No. 34 to No. 30), Aaron Cole’s “Like You” (up eight from No. 40 to No. 32) and Nonah’s “Jump” (up four from No. 37 to No. 33).
There was one debut and one re-entry this week. Casting Crowns’ “Scars in Heaven” jumped on to the chart at No. 34, while Maverick City Music’s “Move Your Heart” re-entered at No. 38 after one week away. One song not on the chart marked an unusual milestone – Sean Curran’s “Ways,” which has now been on the “Side Burner” chart for 11 weeks – more than any other song this year.
Here is the updated chart for the week of June 20, 2021. Each song is linked to its official video on YouTube, where possible. To listen to the full playlist of these songs, visit our page on Spotify.
| Pos | Song | Artist | LW | Chg | Wks | Peak |
| 1 | Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight) | tobyMac | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 2 | Good God Almighty | Crowder | 1 | -1 | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | Amen | For KING & Country | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Hold On to Me | Lauren Daigle | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
| 5 | Child of Love | We The Kingdom | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| 6 | Say I Won’t | MercyMe | 4 | -2 | 23 | 4 |
| 7 | Less Like Me | Zach Williams | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | Fires | Jordan St. Cyr | 8 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| 9 | Next to Me | Jordan Feliz | 9 | 0 | 22 | 8 |
| 10 | Battle Belongs | Phil Wickham | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 11 | Yes He Can | Cain | 11 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Gospel Song | Rhett Walker | 12 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Believe For It | CeCe Winans | 13 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Be Alright | Evan Craft/ Danny Gokey/ Redimi2 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 15 | Rattle! | Elevation Worship | 14 | -1 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | When We Fall Apart | Ryan Stevenson | 16 | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| 17 | My Jesus | Anne Wilson | 19 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | Keep On Hoping | Riley Clemmons | 17 | -1 | 10 | 17 |
| 19 | God Who Listens | Chris Tomlin & Thomas Rhett | 18 | -1 | 18 | 14 |
| 20 | Joyful | Dante Bowe | 20 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 21 | Survival | Needtobreathe | 21 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| 22 | Until Grace | Tauren Wells and Rascall Flatts | 24 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 23 | Look What You’ve Done | Tasha Layton | 23 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 24 | All Things New | Big Daddy Weave | 22 | -2 | 10 | 20 |
| 25 | Promises | Maverick City Music | 27 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 26 | Jireh | Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music | 25 | -1 | 11 | 23 |
| 27 | Even at My Worst | Blanca | 30 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| 28 | Mean Girls | Leanna Crawford | 28 | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 29 | Jesus Happened | Baylor Wilson | 29 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| 30 | House of the Lord | Phil Wickham | 34 | 4 | 3 | 30 |
| 31 | This World Is Not My Home | Branan Murphy | 31 | 0 | 8 | 30 |
| 32 | Like You | Aaron Cole | 40 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 33 | Jump | Nonah | 37 | 4 | 3 | 33 |
| 34 | Scars in Heaven | Casting Crowns | New | New | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | Reasons | Hulvey | 33 | -2 | 2 | 33 |
| 36 | Somebody | Zoe Worship | 38 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| 37 | Rest On Us | Maverick City Music | 32 | -5 | 4 | 29 |
| 38 | Move Your Heart | Maverick City Music | Re-E | Re-E | 3 | 35 |
| 39 | Come Back Home | Petey Martin & Lauren Daigle | 36 | -3 | 6 | 36 |
| 40 | No Hopeless Soul | Stephen Stanley | 26 | -14 | 18 | 16 |
This week, there are nine songs that appear poised to debut on the chart in the near future. Songs that were on this list previously are marked with asterisks – one for each week the song has been on the list. (You can listen to them in our “On the Side Burner” playlist on Spotify):
| On the Side Burner | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our chart but were closest to making it this week) | |
| Song | Artist |
| Just As I Am*** | Justin Crabb |
| What If* | Matthew West |
| Millionaire (Good Like That)** | Tauren Wells |
| Fresh Wind*** | Hillsong Worship |
| World Outside Your Window** | Hillsong Young & Free |
| Ways********** | Sean Curran |
| I Don’t Want to Miss It | Ellie Holcomb |
| Holy Water | We The Kingdom |
| Sunday Morning Feeling | Apollo LTD |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the Christian music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 102 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
