One of my favorite resources as a worship leader is a site called PraiseCharts. It shows you how churches are using CCLI licensed songs, letting you know which songs are most popular.
The problem is, however, that you end up seeing songs like ?I?ll Fly Away? next to the latest Hillsong earwig. The site takes into account all churches, old and new school, so it isn?t necessarily helpful in showing me what more modern churches are using during their worship services.
I got the idea to do some Twitter research and compile a statistical analysis of a random sample of tweets to show what modern churches (at least churches who use Twitter) are doing on Sunday mornings. Here?s the 12 most popular songs I saw from the tweets I analyzed. (Clicking the link will take you to an iTunes download of the song.)
Also note, I?m listing a recording artist for each entry?not necessarily the author of the song.
1. Cornerstone
by Hillsong Live
2. Great Are You Lord
by All Sons and Daughters
3. O Praise the Name (An?stasis)
by Hillsong Worship
4. Open Up the Heavens
by Vertical Church
5. Forever
by Kari Jobe
6. Forever Reign
by Hillsong Live
7. Good Good Father
by Chris Tomlin
8. How Great is Our God
by Chris Tomlin
9. Lord, I Need You
by Matt Maher
10. Love Came Down
by Bethel Church
11. O Come to the Altar
by Elevation Worship
12. This is Amazing Grace
by Phil Wickham
Did you do any of these popular worship songs this last week? If so, what other songs did you pair them with? Chime in with a comment below!
One reply on “The 12 Most Popular Worship Songs This Week (According to Twitter)”
Here’s songs we’ve done over the past month: Hands Toward Heaven, Our God, Fierce, Broken Vessels, Your Great Name, Soul on Fire, Lay Me Down, One Thing Remains, When You Walk Into the Room, Good Good Father, Waterfall, Enough, Your Love is Strong, The Stand, Whom Shall I Fear, Yours, Never Let Go, Trust, Alive, This is Amazing Grace, What a Savior, The Lord Our God, Our God Saves, One Thing Remains (You Never Let Go), From the Inside Out, Captain, Open Up Our Eyes