Thankful (Forrest Frank song)

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"Thankful"
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Single by Forrest Frank
ReleasedDecember 12, 2025 (2025-12-12)
Genre
Length2:16
Label
Songwriter Frank
Producer Frank
Forrest Frank singles chronology
"Keep It Simple"
(2025)
"Thankful"
(2025)

"Thankful" is a song recorded by the American Christian pop and hip hop musician Forrest Frank. The song was officially released as a single on December 12, 2025, to digital download and streaming formats, via River House Records and Ten Thousand Projects/Warner Music Group. [2] It was written, produced, and mixed by Frank, and engineered and mastered by Jacob "Biz" Morris. [3]

Contents

Background

"Thankful" was released in support of Frank's Jesus Generation Tour of 2026. [4] [5] The tour, featuring supporting acts Tori Kelly, Cory Asbury, and The Figs, had sold nearly 500,000 tickets at the time of the song's release. [6] [7] [8] The song was also released to celebrate Frank's record-breaking dominance on the Billboard charts in 2025. Between the release of his albums Child of God (2024) and Child of God II (2025), by the time of the song's release, Frank had maintained the longest consecutive time spent at number 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. [9] He had completed the year earning thirty-nine entries into the Hot Christian Songs chart, eleven of which were top-ten entries. [10]

Writing and development

"Thankful" was written in the key of F sharp, with a speed of 70 beats per minute and a time signature of 4
4
. [11] It demonstrates the styles of pop and rock music. [1]

Commercial performance

For the chart week dated to December 27, 2025, "Thankful" debuted at numbers 7 and 15 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, respectively. [12] [13] It additionally debuted at number 25 on the Christian Streaming Songs, and number 1 on the Christian Digital Song Sales, where it led for three weeks. [14] [15] The song later reached peak positions of number 6 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and number 18 on the Christian Streaming Songs. [16] [17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal Music. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Thankful"
Chart (2025–2026)Peak
position
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [16] 6
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [13] 15

References

  1. 1 2 "Thankful (single) by Forrest Frank". New Release Today. December 12, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  2. "Forrest Frank Releases New Single "Thankful" as the Jesus Generation Tour Sees Massive Demand - Surpassing 470K Tickets Sold - Including Sell Outs in Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville, Phoenix and More". Jesus Freak Hideout. The Media Collective. December 15, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "THANKFUL / Forrest Frank / Credits". 10K/Warner. November 27, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2026 via Tidal Music.
  4. Yap, Timothy (December 16, 2025). "Forrest Frank Releases New Single "Thankful" As The Jesus Generation Tour Surges Past 470K Tickets Sold". Jubilee Cast. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  5. "Forrest Frank Releases New Single, 'Thankful'". The Z. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  6. "Forrest Frank Releases New Single "Thankful" as Tour Sees Massive Demand". GodTube . December 15, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  7. Pittman, Sarah (December 16, 2025). "Forrest Frank Releases New Single 'Thankful,' 2026 Tour Surpasses 470K Tickets Sold". Pollstar . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  8. Nicholson, Jessica (December 17, 2025). "Forrest Frank Sees Huge Demand for Upcoming The Jesus Generation Tour: Here's How Many Tickets Sold So Far".
  9. "Forrest Frank – "Thankful" and 470K tickets sold for his tour". BGospel. July 23, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  10. Penuell, Russell (December 9, 2025). "Forrest Frank & Brandon Lake Shape Every Corner of 2025's Year-End Christian Charts". Billboard . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  11. "THANKFUL - Forrest Frank (Lyrics) Chords". Chordify . December 17, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  12. "Hot Christian Songs: Week of December 27, 2026". Billboard . December 27, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Digital Song Sales: Week of December 27, 2025". Billboard . December 27, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  14. "Christian Streaming Songs: Week of December 27, 2025". Billboard . December 27, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  15. Leading weeks on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales chart:
  16. 1 2 "Hot Christian Songs: Week of January 3, 2026". Billboard . January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  17. "Christian Streaming Songs: Week of January 10, 2026". Billboard . January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 7, 2026.