Every year, Finney Media Research tests library songs from CCM artists with listeners across the United States.
We thought it would be profitable for you to see the Top Five Testing Songs from our recent research 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 – Greater | 2014 |
| 2. Hillsong Worship – Who You Say I Am | 2018 |
| 3. Phil Wickham – House of the Lord | 2021 |
| 4. Chris Tomlin – Whom Shall I Fear | 2012 |
| 5. Casting Crowns – Nobody | 2018 |
and, the next five:
| 6. Matt Redman – 10,000 Reasons | 2012 |
| 7. Lauren Daigle – You Say | 2018 |
| 8. Newsboys – We Believe | 2013 |
| 9. Cody Carnes – Ain’t Nobody | 2022 |
| 10. Phil Wickham – This Is Amazing Grace | 2013 |
A noteworthy fact before we say more on this list: For the first time since the movie came out, I Can Only Imagine is not among the Top 10 testing songs. But take a deep breath and don’t pull it off the air. It’s at no. 15.
The most notable thing on this list is the surge in testing on worship songs. Hillsong Worship at no. 2. Tomlin at no. 4. Redman at no. 6. Carnes at no. 9. Wickham at no. 10. Our listeners love worship songs and, if anything, the scores are climbing.
Coming in August: The Top Five Testing Topics.
