As the Christian chart starts to undergo a changing of the guard, the top of the chart was unchanged for a fourth straight week. Anne Wilson’s “My Jesus” maintained it’s close-to-perfect score and again was clearly the most popular song in the country. Still hovering in the 99 percent range on our algorithm, “My Jesus” is now establishing itself as one of the top songs of 2021. It was followed on the countdown by Elevation Worship’s “Rattle!” which surged one spot to No. 2. “Be Alright” by Evan Craft, Danny Gokey & Redimi2 also gained one place and landed at No. 3. CAIN’s “Yes He Can,” slipped two spots to No. 4, and Rhett Walker’s “Gospel Song” held steady at No. 5.

“Help is On the Way (Maybe Midnight)” by tobyMac tumbled to No. 19 from No. 6, marking the first time it had been outside of the Top 10 since March 27. Meanwhile, two of the chart’s longtime residents made their exit this week. Crowder’s “Good God Almighty,” which is a strong candidate for Song of the Year, left the chart after 33 weeks. It had been on the chart since we started tracking on January 16. “Good God Almighty” spent 17 of those weeks in the Top 5, and six weeks at No. 1 — the second-most of any song this year (behind only Phil Wickham’s “The Battle Belongs”). Also slipping from the chart was “Child of Love” by We the Kingdom. The song debuted on the chart on February 27 and stayed for the next 27 weeks, peaking at No. 3.

Other trends in this week’s chart:

Biggest movers:

• “Relate” by for KING & Country (up six from No. 28 to No. 21, up 13 in the last two weeks)
• “Stand in Faith” by Danny Gokey (up seven from No. 29 to No. 22)
• “Magnetic” by Newsboys (up seven from No. 31 to No. 24)
• “Into the Wild” by Josh Baldwin (up seven from No. 34 to No. 27)
• “Come What May” by We Are Messengers (up four from No. 35 to No. 30, up nine in the last two weeks)
• “River of Life” by Mac Powell (up four from No. 37 to No. 33)

Biggest drops:

• “Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight)” by tobyMac (down 13 from No. 6 to No. 19)
• “All Together” by Mike Donehey (down five from No. 23 to No. 28)
• “I Don’t Want to Miss It” by Ellie Holcomb (down four from No. 25 to No. 29)
• “Jireh” by Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music (down 11 from No. 21 to No. 32)
• “Jump” by Nonah (down 11 from No. 24 to No. 35)
• “Holy Spirit Come” by Patrick Mayberry (down four from No. 32 to No. 36)

Debuts:

• “Heart of the Father” by Ryan Ellis (No. 38, four weeks on the Side Burner chart)
• “Might Get Loud” by Elevation Worship (No. 40)

Exit:

• “Good God Almighty” by Crowder (33 weeks on the chart, six weeks at No. 1, last week No. 30)
• “Child of Love” by We the Kingdom (27 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 3, last week No. 40)

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.

Here is the updated chart for the week of September 5, 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.

There are 15 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):

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 96 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.

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