20 The Coundown Magazine: 08/13/05

[aajunkie]

Since ulij20 hasn't posted yet I'll put it on.

LC TW WO Song - Artist
03  01  07  In the Blink of an Eye - MercyMe
02  02  14  Brave - Nichole Nordeman
01  03  18  Held- Natalie Grant
05  04  12  What If - Jadon Lavik
07  05  11  Miracle - John David Webster
04  06  08  Here I Am - Michael W. Smith
06  07  28  Nothing Without You - Bebo Norman
10  08  05  Next Thing You Know - Matthew West
09  09  18  Hide - Joy Williams
08  10  25  Holy Is the Lord - Chris Tomlin
11  11  31  Take You Back - Jeremy Camp
12  12  17  Friend of God - Phillips, Craig & Dean
14  13  05  The One Thing - Paul Colman
15  14  03  Who Am I - Point of Grace
13  15  31  He Will Carry Me - Mark Schultz
16  16  22  Cry On My Shoulder - Overflow
19  17  03  The Way I Was Made - Chris Tomlin
17  18  27  You're Worthy of My Praise - Big Daddy Weave & BarlowGirl
18  19  05  For the First Time - Mark Harris
XX  20  01  Lifesong - Casting Crowns

JFF Here Is Our King - David Crowder Band

Falling Off Chart:
#20 You - The Afters (3 weeks) 

[Hervard]

So surprised that the Afters have already dropped from the chart, seeing that the song receives moderate airplay at the Christian AC stations that I listen to.

Mark Schultz continues to hang onto the chart with "He Will Carry Me", two months after it was moved to recurrent on the R&R Christian AC Chart. At least it broke away from the #12-13 range.

MercyMe managed to hit number one with their current hit. It most likely won't be the number one song of 2005, since it came out too late in the year to accumulate a lot of points. Jeremy Camp, and others, will probably outdo them, even if they stay at number one for the remainder of the year. Will they tie their 21-week run of "Word Of God Speak"? We'll have to wait and see.

[aajunkie]

I don't think In the Blink of an Eye is going to be on top for long. Lifesong is already in the top 3 on R&R.

[Hervard]

Yeah, I guess you're right. Some guy I was chatting with last night said that MercyMe's worship songs tend to be the ones that are more popular.

I expect "Lifesong" will probably be number one by September, given the track record of Casting Crowns and the fact that this is the first song from their new album.

[JCMF3]

aajunkie said:

I don't think In the Blink of an Eye is going to be on top for long. Lifesong is already in the top 3 on R&R.

But Lifesong is also about 150-200 spins below MercyMe on the Mediabase updates. It could take 2-3 weeks to reach the top.