HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS™ TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS™ 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART #1 ¡ #1 THIRD DAY Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship 1 1 1 23 WKS SOMETHING IN THE WATER Carrie Underwood 123 1 WK 1 M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,BRETT JAMES) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/PLG ESSENTIAL/PLG ¡ CASTING CROWNS 2 2 2 OCEANS (WHERE FEET MAY FAIL) Hillsong UNITED 177 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith 1 M.G.CHISLETT (M.CROCKER,J.HOUSTON,S.LIGTHELM) HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG CRACKER BARREL/BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG COME AS YOU ARE Crowder 330 RED Of Beauty And Rage 2 0 0 G.SCOTT,N.NOCKELS (D.CROWDER,M.MAHER,B.GLOVER) SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG ESSENTIAL/PLG BECAUSE HE LIVES (AMEN) Matt Maher 418 GG LECRAE Anomaly 26 800 E.CASH,J.INGRAM (B.GAITHER,G.GAITHER,M.MAHER,J.INGRAM,E.CASH,D.CARSON,C.TOMLIN) ESSENTIAL/PLG REACH GREATER MercyMe 240 BETHEL MUSIC We Will Not Be Shaken 7 3 4 5 B.GLOVER,D.GARCIA (B.MILLARD,M.SCHEUCHZER,N.COCHRAN,R.SHAFFER,B.GRAUL,D.A.GARCIA,B.GLOVER) FAIR TRADE 0 BETHEL/PLG Third Day, HOW CAN IT BE Lauren Daigle 513 3 6 JEREMY CAMP I Will Follow 5 0 0 P.MABURY (P.MABURY,J.INGRAM,J.JOHNSON) CENTRICITY STOLEN PRIDE/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG Crowder SOUL ON FIRE Third Day 712 MAT KEARNEY Just Kids 2 13 0 0 THE SOUND KIDS (B.BROWN,M.POWELL,T.ANDERSON,M.LEE,D.CARR,M.MAHER) ESSENTIAL/PLG 0 7 AWARE/REPUBLIC/INPOP/CAPITOL CMG Lead Lists HE KNOWS Jeremy Camp 423 CHRIS TOMLIN Love Ran Red 19 S.MOSLEY (J.CAMP,S.MOSLEY) STOLEN PRIDE/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0 8 0 8 Christian rock group Third BENEDICTINES OF MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES 6 7 9 HE KNOWS MY NAME Francesca Battistelli 335 NEW 0 Easter At Ephesus 1 Day earns its seventh No. 1 I.ESKELIN (F.BATTISTELLI,M.FIELDES,S.MOSLEY) FERVENT/WORD-CURB BENEDICTINES OF MARY/DE MONTFORT/DECCA/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS on Top Christian Albums
7 10 10 JESUS LOVES ME Chris Tomlin 628 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Hits 2015 23 E.CASH (C.TOMLIN,R.T.MORGAN,B.GLOVER) SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0 10 PROVIDENT/WORD-CURB/CAPITOL CMG as Lead Us Back: Songs of FOR KING & COUNTRY Worship starts with 23,000 BROKEN TOGETHER Casting Crowns 11 18 6 11 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. 25 12 00 M.A.MILLER (M.HALL,B.HERMS) BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG FERVENT/WORD-CURB sold in the week ending I AM NOT ALONE Kari Jobe 12 17 CASTING CROWNS Thrive 59 March 8, according to 15 0 J.EDWARDSON (K.JOBE,M.SAMPSON,M.FIELDES,B.DAVIS,G.PITTMAN,D.SAUDER,A.DAVIS) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 00 BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG Nielsen Music. The band SHOULDERS for KING & COUNTRY 13 13 MERCYME Welcome To The New 48 has charted 16 titles on the 1600 TEDD T. (L.SMALLBONE,J.SMALLBONE,B.GLOVER,T.TJORNHOM) FERVENT/WORD-CURB 0 13 FAIR TRADE/PLG list, including all 12 of its 14 BEYOND ME tobyMac 510 NEW 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 Songs Of Worship 1 studio albums, dating back 14 0 D.GARCIA,T.MCKEEHAN (T.MCKEEHAN,D.A.GARCIA) FOREFRONT/CAPITOL CMG MARDEL/BENSON/PLG to its 1996 self-titled debut.
18 17 DROPS IN THE OCEAN Hawk Nelson 15 9 NEW 0 ESHON BURGUNDY The Fear Of God 1 0 HUMBLE BEAST. The new set also starts C.WEDGEWORTH (J.STEINGARD,J.INGRAM,M.BRONLEEWE) FAIR TRADE
at No. 20 on the Billboard gospel albums, top-selling current The week’s DAY ONE Matthew West 15 10 CROWDER Neon Steeple 41 17 00 P.KIPLEY (M.WEST,P.KIPLEY) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0 16 SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 200 and No. 5 on Top Rock
GAITHER VOCAL BAND Albums. A track from the BROTHER NEEDTOBREATHE Featuring Gavin DeGraw 212 RE 0 Sometimes It Takes A Mountain 17 20 00 E.CASH,D.TOZER,NEEDTOBREATHE (N.RINEHART,W.RINEHART,G.DEGRAW) ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB GAITHER/CAPITOL CMG new album, “Soul On Fire,”
KARI JOBE Majestic rises 9-7 on Hot Christian by sales data as Christian albums, ranked current top-selling The week’s 18 NO TURNING BACK Brandon Heath 16 20 12 18 50 19 0 E.CASH (B.HEATH,L.JORDAN,D.LEONARD) MONOMODE/REUNION/PLG SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG Songs, where the band GOSPEL ALBUMS: TOP SAVE MY LIFE Sidewalk Prophets 18 20 FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI If We’re Honest 46 holds six previous leaders. 22 0 19 0 19 FERVENT/WORD-CURB I.ESKELIN (D.FREY,B.MCDONALD,B.GLOVER) FERVENT/WORD-CURB Lead Us Back is the GOOD FIGHT Unspoken 20 10 SKILLET Rise 81 group’s third worship album 26 00 S.MOSLEY (J.LOWRY,C.MATTSON,T.MORGAN) CENTRICITY 0 20 ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB
following 2000’s Offerings: ALBUMS: CHRISTIAN TOP MORE THAN YOU THINK I AM Danny Gokey 21 14 REND COLLECTIVE The Art Of Celebration 50 A Worship Album and 25 0® B.HERMS (D.GOKEY,B.HERMS,T.NICHOLS) BMG 0 21 REND COLLECTIVE/INTEGRITY/PLG 2003’s Offerings II: All I THIS IS LIVING Hillsong Young & Free Featuring Lecrae 16 8 TENTH AVENUE NORTH Cathedrals 17
23 0© M.G.CHISLETT,B.TAN,M.FATKIN,A.KING (A.KING,J.DAVIES,L.MOORE) HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0 22 REUNION/PLG Have to Give. Third Day’s and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. © 2015, Prometheus explanations. BETHEL MUSIC previous studio set, 2012’s EVIDENCE Citizen Way 23 5 20 23 You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic 46 27 0© C.WEDGEWORTH,S.MOSLEY (B.CALHOUN,J.PARDO) FAIR TRADE BETHEL Miracle, also debuted atop HOLY SPIRIT Francesca Battistelli 24 2 FAMILY FORCE 5 Time Stands Still 15 Christian Albums, starting 00 I.ESKELIN (B.TORWALT,K.TORWALT) FERVENT/WORD-CURB 00 WORD-CURB with 29,000. THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR 29 0 GLORY Phil Wickham 25 5 RE 0 Pray: Live 3 Meanwhile, on Christian P.KIPLEY (P.WICKHAM,P.KIPLEY) FAIR TRADE THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE/PLG Airplay, Crowder (the stage name and solo project of David Crowder) scores HOT GOSPEL SONGS™ TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS™ his first leader as “Come As You Are” rises 2-1 with 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST Title WKS. ON a 6 percent increase in AGO WEEK WEEK POS. CHART WEEK WEEK CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL audience impressions
#1 #1 for complete rules and See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend 2 7 WKS FOR YOUR GLORY Tasha Cobbs 147 5 WKS VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2015 5 (10 million). The song takes 00 V.MITCHELL (M.BOOKER) MOTOWN GOSPEL MOTOWN GOSPEL/WORD-CURB/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA the top slot in its 29th week, I THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR FILL ME UP Casey J 122 Pray: Live 4 the slowest climb to No. 1 M.BOONE,C.CARTER (W.REGAN) MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT GG THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE/PLG by Nielsen Music. tracked activity data by online music sources data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming 00 since May 10, 2014, when
I AM Jason Nelson 321 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2014 58 Hillsong United’s “Oceans 0 3 D.T.SOREY (J.NELSON,D.T.SOREY) RCA INSPIRATION 0 3 MOTOWN GOSPEL/WORD-CURB/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA (Where Feet May Fail)” hit 5 AMAZING Ricky Dillard & New G 159 4 4 TASHA COBBS Grace (EP) 109 0 R.ROBINSON,R.DILLARD,M.TAYLOR (T.MCGHEE) LIGHT MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG the top in its 32nd frame.
Crowder also holds at No. 3 by Nielsen Music. tracked activity data by online music sources es data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming I WILL TRUST Fred Hammond Feat. BreeAnn Hammond 426 VARIOUS ARTISTS Billboard #1 Gospel Hits 8 0 5 F.HAMMOND (F.HAMMOND,C.RODGERS,P.FEASTER) F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION 0 5 EONE on Hot Christian Songs for NO GREATER LOVE Smokie Norful 651 FRED HAMMOND I Will Trust 16 a second week. Christian/Gospel 5 6 7 9 0 A.W.LINDSEY (A.W.LINDSEY,S.NORFUL) TREMYLES/MOTOWN GOSPEL F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA Crowder’s former act, WAR Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 718 JASON NELSON Jesus Revealed 7 David Crowder Band, C.JENKINS,R.EAST (C.JENKINS) INSPIRED PEOPLE 0 RCA INSPIRATION/RCA 8 8 0 logged 16 entries on top 100. in the Billboard 200’s han 18 months but still residing 10 7 8 YOUR DESTINY Kevin LeVar And One Sound 721 3 8 DORINDA CLARK-COLE Living It 3 Christian Airplay between H-MONEY (K.LEVAR) ONE SOUND LIGHT/EONE 2003 and 2012, but never GOD MY GOD VaShawn Mitchell J MOSS Grown Folks Gospel 9 10 9 917 9 9 15 led the list. —Emily White V.MITCHELL,D.WEATHERSPOON (V.MITCHELL) VMAN/MOTOWN GOSPEL PMG GOSPEL/PAJAM 2015 DR. LARRY D. REID & THE BREAKTHROUGH SINGERS THIS PLACE Tamela Mann The Set (EP) by Nielsen Music, as measured sales audience impressions airplay radio 12 11 10 9 NEW 0 1 0 M.BUTLER (D.W.BLAIR) TILLYMANN LDRENTERPRISES
HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD March 21 21 March 14 16 Israel & New Breed Feat. Yolanda Adams 11 6 3 WINANS BROTHERS Foreign Land 23 0 I.HOUGHTON (I.HOUGHTON,N.DIEDERICKS,M.HOUGHTON) RGM NEW BREED/RCA/RCA INSPIRATION 0 11 REGIMEN/BMG/EONE
15 15 YES YOU CAN Marvin Sapp 12 4 11 12 DEWAYNE WOODS Life Lessons 5 0 A.W.LINDSEY (C.DIXSON,M.L.SAPP) RCA INSPIRATION SOUL THERAPY by Nielsen Music, as measured sal audience impressions airplay radio
16 14 13 WORTH FIGHTING FOR Brian Courtney Wilson 13 5 WESS MORGAN Livin’ 36 A.W.LINDSEY (B.C.WILSON,A.LINES) MOTOWN GOSPEL 00 BOWTIE
13 13 14 BLESS THIS HOUSE Dorinda Clark-Cole 13 9 ERICA CAMPBELL Help 51 R.CLICHE (D.CLARK-COLE,S.D.BEREAL,R.CLICHE,S.RENAUD,F.BLANCHARD) LIGHT 18 0 MY BLOCK/EONE J.J. HAIRSTON & YOUTHFUL PRAISE 11 12 15 BLESS ME J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise Feat. Donnie McClurkin 922 I See Victory 20 J.J.HAIRSTON,E.DAVIS (J.J.HAIRSTON,E.DAVIS) LIGHT 0 15 LIGHT/EONE
17 17 16 GOD CAN Andrea McClurkin-Mellini 13 14 WILLIAM MCDOWELL Withholding Nothing 67 D.MCCLURKIN (A.MCCLURKIN MELINI) CAMDON 0 16 DELIVERY ROOM/EONE by gospel songs, ranked most popular current The week’s
20 19 I BELIEVE Mali Music 17 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS Icon: Gospel Icons 15 0 MALI MUSIC (K.J.POLLARD) BYSTORM/RCA/RCA INSPIRATION 0 17 MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG
FRIEND OF MINE DeWayne Woods Feat. Dave Hollister & Anthony Hamilton 13 15 JESSICA REEDY Transparent 19 18 14 18 17 GOSPEL SONGS:
18 E.E.BULLOCK,R.BLACK (E.E.BULLOCK,A.HAMILTON,R.BLACK) SOUL THERAPY PURITY VARIOUS ARTISTS HOT WHAT CAN I DO Tye Tribbett Great Gospel Classics: Songs Of Praise & Worship, Vol. 1 by Christian songs, ranked most popular current The week’s 21 21 0 17 16 NEW 0 1 T.TRIBBETT II,B.JONES (K.J.SCRIVEN) MOTOWN GOSPEL SONOROUS
22 22 INDESCRIBABLE Kierra Sheard 15 18 13 20 VASHAWN MITCHELL Unstoppable 17 0 J.D.SHEARD II (L.STORY) KAREW VMAN/MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG
23 23 A LIL’ LOUDER (CLAP YOUR HANDS) The Rance Allen Group 19 13 THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP Celebrate 17 0 F.THOMAS,S.L.SCOTT (F.THOMAS,R.L.ALLEN,C.BYRD) TYSCOT 0 21 TYSCOT/TASEIS
ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older t if they are by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. defined as current Albums are ranked compiled by Nielsen Music. HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS: CHRISTIAN HOT 18 20 22 IT’S GONNA HAPPEN Jekalyn Carr 15 17 BEN TANKARD Full Tank: 2.0 4 A.CARR (A.J.CARR) LUNJEAL/MALACO 22 0 BEN-JAMIN’ UNIVERSAL DANCE 3 Winans Brothers 23 1 NEW 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS Great Gospel Classics: Songs Of Praise & Worship, Vol. 2 1 NEW 0 D.WEATHERSPOON (B.WINANS,D.WEATHERSPOON) REGIMEN/BMG/EONE SONOROUS
NEW SAME GOD Richard Smallwood 24 1 20 24 SMOKIE NORFUL Forever Yours 31 0 S.FORD (R.SMALLWOOD) RCA INSPIRATION TREMYLES/MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG
DEITRICK HADDON 24 24 25 FLAWS Kierra Sheard 24 3 RE 0 The Best Of Deitrick Haddon 25 A.W.LINDSEY (D.E.WARREN) KAREW RCA INSPIRATION/RCA SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA
60 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 03.21.2015