In its third straight week at No. 1, Anne Wilson’s “My Jesus” achieved an almost perfect score and easily outdistanced the rest of the field. Wilson’s debut single scored 99.2 percent in our algorithm and dominated the Christian chart. CAIN’s “Yes He Can,” which was the previous No. 1 song, remained at No. 2. It was followed by Elevation Worship’s “Rattle” (No. 3), “Be Alright” by Evan Craft, Danny Gokey & Redimi2 (No. 4) and Rhett Walker’s “Gospel Song” (No. 5).
This was another incredibly stable week for the Christian Top 40, as 10 songs remained in the same spot as a week ago and another nine moved up or down only one spot. The biggest movement was a big drop by We the Kingdom’s “Child of Love,” which dropped 19 spots to No. 40. That fall took “Child of Love” outside of the Top 20 for the first time since March 6.
Other trends in this week’s chart:
Biggest movers:
- “Relate” by for KING & Country (up six from No. 34 to No. 28)
- “My God Is Still the Same” by Sanctus Real (up four from No. 33 to No. 37)
- “Come What May” by We Are Messengers (up four from No. 39 to No. 35)
Biggest drop:
- “Child of Love” by We the Kingdom (down 21 from No. 19 to No. 40, down 30 in the last two weeks)
Debut:
- “Stand in Faith” by Danny Gokey (No. 29, two weeks on the Side Burner chart)
Exit:
- “Keep on Hoping” by Riley Clemmons (19 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 17, last week No. 31)
Here are this week’s “Personal Picks” — songs that haven’t appeared in either of our charts but that we think deserve at least one listen.
| Personal Picks | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our charts … but they deserve a listen.) | |
| Song | Artist |
| Be Still and Know | Jordan Smith |
| Break Your Promises | Jeremy Camp |
| Breathe Miracles | Red Rocks Worship |
Here is the updated chart for the week of August 29, 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 | My Jesus | Anne Wilson | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 2 | Yes He Can | CAIN | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | Rattle! | Elevation Worship | 4 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Be Alright | Evan Craft/ Danny Gokey/ Redimi2 | 3 | -1 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | Gospel Song | Rhett Walker | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 6 | Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight) | tobyMac | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 7 | House of the Lord | Phil Wickham | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| 8 | Believe For It | CeCe Winans | 7 | -1 | 24 | 7 |
| 9 | Until Grace | Tauren Wells and Rascall Flatts | 9 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| 10 | What If | Matthew West | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Joyful | Dante Bowe | 11 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
| 12 | Scars in Heaven | Casting Crowns | 12 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Even at My Worst | Blanca | 13 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 14 | When You Speak | Jeremy Camp | 16 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | All Things New | Big Daddy Weave | 18 | 3 | 20 | 15 |
| 16 | Look What You’ve Done | Tasha Layton | 14 | -2 | 15 | 14 |
| 17 | Sunday Morning Feeling | Apollo LTD | 17 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 18 | Hold On to Me | Lauren Daigle | 15 | -3 | 25 | 2 |
| 19 | Promises | Maverick City Music | 20 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 20 | Thank You Lord | Chris Tomlin, Thomas Rhett & Florida Georgia Line | 21 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 21 | Jireh | Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music | 22 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Rejoice | Andrew Ripp | 24 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 23 | All Together | Mike Donehey | 25 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| 24 | Jump | Nonah | 23 | -1 | 13 | 23 |
| 25 | I Don’t Want to Miss It | Ellie Holcomb | 26 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 26 | Know You Will | Hillsong UNITED | 29 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 27 | Brand New | Coby James | 30 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 28 | Relate | For KING & Country | 34 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| 29 | Stand in Faith | Danny Gokey | New | New | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | Good God Almighty | Crowder | 27 | -3 | 33 | 1 |
| 31 | Magnetic | Newsboys | 28 | -3 | 8 | 26 |
| 32 | Holy Spirit Come | Patrick Mayberry | 35 | 3 | 5 | 32 |
| 33 | My God Is Still the Same | Sanctus Real | 37 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| 34 | Into the Wild | Josh Baldwin | 32 | -2 | 9 | 28 |
| 35 | Come What May | We Are Messengers | 39 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
| 36 | Somebody | Zoe Worship | 33 | -3 | 11 | 33 |
| 37 | River of Life | Mac Powell | 40 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| 38 | Never Wanna Go Back | May Angeles | 38 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 39 | Like You | Aaron Cole | 36 | -3 | 13 | 29 |
| 40 | Child of Love | We The Kingdom | 19 | -21 | 27 | 3 |
There are 12 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 |
| Heart of the Father*** | Ryan Ellis |
| Roses*** | Matthew Parker & Sajan Nauriyal |
| Millionaire (Good Like That)************ | Tauren Wells |
| Tremble** | Lauren Daigle |
| Just Like You***** | NF |
| Living Water | Shane & Shane |
| (Wonder Working)* | All Creatures |
| Speak to the Mountain********* | Chris McClarney |
| Not My Style* | Sarah Reeves |
| Uh Oh (Here I Go) | MercyMe |
| Human Nature | Brandon Heath |
| Anywhere With You** | Mat Kearney |
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 102 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
