This article has been updated from the original. Updated data from 2017 now shows Jeremy Camp/Word of Life the fifth best recently testing song. Additional commentary has been added to provide clarity and further guidance on worship songs and how they are testing on CCM stations.
Finney Media does music research every year on hundreds of songs in multiple markets across North America and every year the numbers on which songs from the past are the most popular with Christian Music Radio listeners changes. From our research during the past year, here are the Top Five Testing Songs released during each of the last 10 years:
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These rankings are based on song scores from the past 12 months. We’re noticing not only that worship songs that played on CCM stations are testing better than ever (Tomlin/Holy Forever and Elevation/Graves Into Gardens, for example), but now we’re seeing worship songs that largely didn’t get played on CCM stations also testing. For example, Passion/The Lord Will Provide and MCM & Brandon Lake/Fear Is Not My Future are songs that are sung in church and played on Worship stations. We recommend that at a minimum those titles should be a discussion at your station.
Coming in April: The latest rankings on the most popular artists with CCM listeners across the United States.
