TobyMac’s “Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight)” gave some ground to the field but still maintained a strong lead as the No. 1 song for the third week in a row. “Help Is On the Way” is in the top four of each section of our metric, while the No. 2 song, “For KING and Country’s “Amen” is the country’s biggest airplay song. Crowder’s “Good God Almighty,” slipped to No. 3 and Lauren Daigle’s “Hold On to Me” and We the Kingdom’s “Child of Love” held on to their positions at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
Other trends in this week’s chart:
Biggest movers:
- “My Jesus” by Anne Wilson (up three from No. 14 to No. 11)
- “Joyful” by Dante Bowe (up three from No. 19 to No. 16)
Biggest drops:
- “Fires” by Jordan St. Cyr (down six from No. 8 to No. 14)
- “Battle Belongs” by Phil Wickham (down 12 from No. 15 to No. 27)
Debuts:
- “Sunday Morning Feeling” by Apollo LTD (No. 26 – two weeks on the Side Burner)
- “Into the Wild” by Josh Baldwin (No. 36)
- “I Don’t Want to Miss It” by Ellie Holcomb (No. 40 – two weeks on the Side Burner)
Exits:
- “Mean Girls” by Leanna Crawford (13 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 23, last week No. 28)
- “Somebody” by Zoe Worship (four weeks on the chart, peak of No. 36, last week No. 38)
- “Gratitude” by Brandon Lake (four weeks on the chart, peak of No. 38, last week No. 39)
- “Ways” by Sean Current (exits the Side Burner chart after 12 weeks)
Here is the updated chart for the week of July 4, 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 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 2 | Amen | For KING & Country | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 3 | Good God Almighty | Crowder | 2 | -1 | 25 | 1 |
| 4 | Hold On to Me | Lauren Daigle | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 5 | Child of Love | We The Kingdom | 5 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 6 | Less Like Me | Zach Williams | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 7 | Next to Me | Jordan Feliz | 7 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| 8 | Gospel Song | Rhett Walker | 9 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Yes He Can | Cain | 10 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | Rattle! | Elevation Worship | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | My Jesus | Anne Wilson | 14 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 | Be Alright | Evan Craft/ Danny Gokey/ Redimi2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 13 | Believe For It | CeCe Winans | 13 | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| 14 | Fires | Jordan St. Cyr | 8 | -6 | 25 | 7 |
| 15 | God Who Listens | Chris Tomlin & Thomas Rhett | 17 | 2 | 20 | 14 |
| 16 | Joyful | Dante Bowe | 19 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 17 | Keep On Hoping | Riley Clemmons | 18 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 | Say I Won’t | MercyMe | 16 | -2 | 25 | 4 |
| 19 | Even at My Worst | Blanca | 20 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 20 | Until Grace | Tauren Wells and Rascall Flatts | 21 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 21 | Look What You’ve Done | Tasha Layton | 23 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 22 | All Things New | Big Daddy Weave | 24 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 23 | When We Fall Apart | Ryan Stevenson | 22 | -1 | 18 | 13 |
| 24 | Survival | Needtobreathe | 25 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 25 | Promises | Maverick City Music | 26 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 26 | Sunday Morning Feeling | Apollo LTD | New | New | 1 | 26 |
| 27 | Battle Belongs | Phil Wickham | 15 | -12 | 25 | 1 |
| 28 | Jireh | Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music | 27 | -1 | 13 | 23 |
| 29 | House of the Lord | Phil Wickham | 30 | 1 | 5 | 29 |
| 30 | Jesus Happened | Baylor Wilson | 31 | 1 | 9 | 29 |
| 31 | Jump | Nonah | 29 | -2 | 5 | 29 |
| 32 | What If | Matthew West | 33 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| 33 | This World Is Not My Home | Branan Murphy | 32 | -1 | 10 | 30 |
| 34 | Scars in Heaven | Casting Crowns | 36 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
| 35 | Reasons | Hulvey | 34 | -1 | 4 | 33 |
| 36 | Into the Wild | Josh Baldwin | New | New | 1 | 36 |
| 37 | Like You | Aaron Cole | 37 | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 38 | Rest On Us | Maverick City Music | 35 | -3 | 6 | 29 |
| 39 | Gratitude | Brandon Lake | 39 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| 40 | I Don’t Want to Miss It | Ellie Holcomb | New | New | 1 | 40 |
There are eight songs that show signs of invading the chart in the coming weeks. Songs that appeared on this list previously are marked with an asterisk for each week they’ve 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 |
| Millionaire (Good Like That)**** | Tauren Wells |
| Speak to the Mountain* | Chris McClarney |
| Hymn of Heaven | Phil Wickham |
| Fresh Wind***** | Hillsong Worship |
| World Outside Your Window**** | Hillsong Young & Free |
| Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly* | Pat Barrett |
| Made to Fly* | Colton Dixon |
| Too Good to Not Believe* | Bethel Music & Brandon Lake |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the pop music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 104 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
