Anne Wilson - "Hey Girl"

[fireflies]

[dwindeezy]

Sept 28, 2022 11:18:28 GMT -5 fireflies said:

I think it’s safe to say right now that Lauren Diagle is the most commercial female CCM artist (overall sales/longevity, crossover potential and radio) while Anne Wilson, Tasha Layton and Katy Nichole are the breakthrough female CCM artists of 2021 & 2022. Very much like country radio where a ton of faceless males hit top 5/1 throughout the year but the women struggle to break the top 20/15 or even top 40 unless they really connect with radio (Tasha), have great sales (Anne Wilson) or go viral on TikTok (Katy Nichole).

[valleyghost01]

Sept 28, 2022 19:24:31 GMT -5 dwindeezy said:

Sept 28, 2022 11:18:28 GMT -5 fireflies said:

I think it’s safe to say right now that Lauren Diagle is the most commercial female CCM artist (overall sales/longevity, crossover potential and radio) while Anne Wilson, Tasha Layton and Katy Nichole are the breakthrough female CCM artists of 2021 & 2022. Very much like country radio where a ton of faceless males hit top 5/1 throughout the year but the women struggle to break the top 20/15 or even top 40 unless they really connect with radio (Tasha), have great sales (Anne Wilson) or go viral on TikTok (Katy Nichole).

A lot of the men on these charts have also been huge in the CCM industry for years (Crowder, TobyMac, For King and Country, Brandon Heath, Phil Wickham, Matthew West) and the only real male newcomers I can think of are Andrew Ripp & Ryan Ellis - I don't see either crossing over though. I've seen a few other successful female artists on the Billboard charts make it top 10 (Riley Clemmons and Blanca), but I don't know if either will end up having even larger hits later.

If any of these artists could cross over anytime soon, it would probably be either For King & Country, Katy Nicole, Anne Wilson, Lauren Daigle (already has, but in case she does again), and Blessed Offor.