Hot Gospel Songs is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It ranks the popularity of gospel songs using the same methodology developed for the Billboard Hot 100, [1] the magazine's flagship songs chart, [2] by incorporating data from the sales of downloads, streaming data, [3] [4] and airplay across all monitored radio stations. [5]
From its inception in March 2005 through November 2013, the Hot Gospel Songs chart ranked the top songs only by overall audience impressions of songs played on gospel music radio stations. [1] Beginning with the chart dated December 7, 2013, the chart follows the same methodology used for the Hot 100 to compile its rankings. The Gospel Airplay chart was launched simultaneously to continue to monitor airplay of songs on gospel radio. [6]
The first number-one song on the chart was "We Must Praise" by J Moss in the chart dated March 19, 2005. [7] The current number-one song on the chart is "Jireh" by Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine. [8]
List of songs with 5 or more cumulative weeks at number-one.
List of songs which have debuted at number-one.
Song | Debut date | Artist | Ref. |
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"We Must Praise" | March 19, 2005 | J Moss | [7] |
"Joyful Noise" | July 19, 2014 | Flame featuring Lecrae & John Reilly | [27] |
"Nuthin" | August 9, 2014 | Lecrae | |
"All I Need Is You" | August 23, 2014 | ||
"Say I Won't" | September 13, 2014 | Lecrae featuring Andy Mineo | |
"Wanna Be Happy?" | September 19, 2015 | Kirk Franklin | [39] |
"I'm Getting Ready" | September 16, 2017 | Tasha Cobbs Leonard featuring Nicki Minaj | [40] |
"Love Theory" | February 9, 2019 | Kirk Franklin | [41] |
"Follow God" | November 9, 2019 | Kanye West | [42] |
"Wash Us in the Blood" | July 11, 2020 | Kanye West featuring Travis Scott | [43] |
"Jireh" | April 10, 2021 | Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine | [9] |
"Talking to Jesus" | April 24, 2021 | Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Brandon Lake | [9] |
"Wait on You" | May 8, 2021 | Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Dante Bowe & Chandler Moore | [9] |
"We Win" | June 5, 2021 | Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin | [44] |
"Hurricane" | September 11, 2021 | Kanye West and the Weeknd featuring Lil Baby | [45] |
"Blessings" | December 23, 2023 | Nicki Minaj featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard | [46] |
List of songs with 100 or more total weeks on the chart.
Song | Wks. | Artist | Ref. |
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"Jireh" | 158 | Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine | [9] |
"Every Praise" | 102 | Hezekiah Walker | [15] |
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