Why Chris Tomlin Still Dominates Both Radio and Sunday Morning

Today’s most-sung worship anthems come from relatively few songwriters—half are by top hitmakers Tomlin, Hillsong, Bethel Music, and Matt Redman.

Each week, most churches across America turn to a relatively narrow list of songs to give voice to the congregations’ corporate praise since in recent years that Sunday morning music has increasingly resembled Christian radio playlists.

Faithlife Music ranked the top worship songs, based on three years of data from 10,000 churches using its software to display lyrics. Some familiar names appear over and over on the list. Chris Tomlin, Hillsong, Bethel Music, and Matt Redman were collectively responsible for half of the the top 20 songs:

1. "Build My Life” by Pat Barrett ft. Chris Tomlin
2. “This is Amazing Grace” by Phil Wickham
3. “How Great is Our God” by Chris Tomlin
4. “Who You Say I Am” by Hillsong
5. “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” by Matt Redman
6. “What A Beautiful Name” by Hillsong
7. “Great Are You Lord” by All Sons & Daughters
8. “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury (Bethel Music)
9. “How Great Thou Art”
10. “Raise A Hallelujah” by Bethel Music
11. “Living Hope” by Phil Wickham
12. “Good Good Father” by Pat Barrett
13. “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” by Chris Tomlin
14. “Cornerstone” by Hillsong
15. “Lord I Need You” by Matt Maher
16. “In Christ Alone” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
17. “The Lion and The Lamb” by Leeland Mooring, Brenton Brown and Brian Johnson (Bethel Music)
18. “O Come to the Altar” by Elevation Worship
19. “Blessed Be Your Name” by Matt Redman
20. “Holy Spirit” by Bryan and Katie Torwalt

Faithlife Music’s trending songs resemble the latest rankings by Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI); 16 of them appear on both ...

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