Carrie Underwood and John Legend's "Hallelujah" ascends 2-1 on Billboard's airplay-, earnings- and streaming-based mostly sizzling Christian Songs chart (dated Dec. 26), marking Underwood's third No. 1 and Legend's first.
As "Hallelujah" hits No. 1, Underwood replaces herself within the penthouse. Her "favorite Time of yr" dips to No. 2 following two weeks on desirable.
Underwood becomes the primary lady to supplant herself at No. 1. The only other artist to accomplish that in the 17-year background of sizzling Christian Songs is Jordan Smith. On the chart dated Dec. 12, 2015, his "amazing Is Thy Faithfulness" become in its second week atop the tally. On Dec. 19, his "Hallelujah" took excessive spot. (Smith's "Hallelujah" isn't the equal composition as Underwood and Legend's.) Smith carried out both tracks during his successful 2015 season of NBC's The Voice.
in the tracking week ending Dec. 17, Underwood and Legend's "Hallelujah" surged by 56% to 8.6 million U.S. streams, in response to Nielsen music/MRC data. It also bought 5,000 downloads in that timeframe (up sixteen%) and drew 1.6 million in radio airplay viewers (up 14%) in the week ending Dec. 20.
"Hallelujah," which Legend wrote with Toby Gad, is from Underwood's first holiday album, My reward. The eleven-tune set debuted atop the appropriate Christian Albums and suitable nation Albums charts dated Oct. 10 with forty three,000 equal album gadgets. It leads the previous for a 12th week and the latter for a fourth body (forty seven,000 contraptions, after hitting a high of 53,000 the week earlier than). The LP is Underwood's first on true Christian Albums and her eighth No. 1, encompassing all her appearances, on right nation Albums, making for a checklist profession-opening No. 1 streak.
Plus, for a 3rd straight week, Underwood holds the exact three slots on hot Christian Songs, as her edition of "Silent nighttime" stays at No. three. She is the primary artist to manage the top three positions on hot Christian Songs for dissimilar weeks.
One different artist has performed the sort of monopoly for one week: Kanye West dominated the complete desirable 10 on the rating dated Nov. 9, 2019. That week, West's first religion-primarily based album, Jesus Is King, opened atop true Christian Albums, desirable Gospel Albums and the all-style Billboard 200 (with 264,000 devices).
in the meantime, sibling duo For King & country (Joel and Luke Smallbone) earns its eighth Christian Airplay leader as "O Come O Come Emmanuel," featuring NEEDTOBREATHE, flies 8-1. in the week ending Dec. 20, the carol elevated by way of 23% to 3.7 million audience impressions.
The carol is For King & nation's eighth Christian Airplay leader, and third of 2020. It follows "collectively," the pair's pandemic-inspired anthem of hope which aspects Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly. The tune led for 5 weeks starting in August, after "Burn the Ships" anchored at No. 1 for five weeks starting in January. The pair first topped Christian Airplay in September 2014 with "repair My Eyes."
Christian rock band NEEDTOBREATHE earns its 2nd Christian Airplay coronation, after "Washed in the Water" ruled for 4 weeks beginning in may also 2008.
moreover, the eight-1 soar for "O Come" marks the top-rated rush into the end zone given that January 2017 when Matt Maher's "Glory (Let There Be Peace)" powered 11-1.
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