Every year, Finney Media Research tests library songs from CCM artists with listeners across the United States.
We thought it would be helpful and fun for you to see the Top Five Tested Songs from our research recently…plus the next five songs! If you’re playing them, terrific! If you’re not, perhaps it’s time for a discussion about playing them.
Top Five Testing Songs
| 1. MercyMe, Even If | 2016 |
| 2. MercyMe, I Can Only Imagine | 2001 |
| 3. Anne Wilson, My Jesus | 2021 |
| 4. Newsboys, We Believe | 2013 |
| 5. Bethel Music, No Longer Slaves | 2015 |
…and the next five:
| 6. Lauren Daigle, You Say | 2018 |
| 7. Cory Asbury, Reckless Love | 2018 |
| 8. Phil Wickham, This Is Amazing Grace | 2013 |
| 9. For King & Country, God Only Knows | 2018 |
| 10. (tie) MercyMe, Greater | 2014 |
| 10. (tie) Josh Baldwin, Stand In Your Love | 2018 |
MercyMe – Three songs in the Top 10! Including I Can Only Imagine. If you’ve continued to test it, you’ve likely seen similar top testing results.
And half of the Top 10 are from the past five years, including four songs from 2018. That also means half are from more than five years ago. For stations who continued to play these titles, they continue to perform very well.
Coming in February: The Top Five Artists in nationwide CCM Music Research during 2022. Be sure you’re playing these artists and grow your listenership.
