Elevation Worship's 'Praise' – Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore – Climbs to No. 1 in Its 42nd Week Advertising signThe Hot Christian Songs chart based on streaming, airplay and sales, dated March 16.
During the March 1-7 tracking week, the song rose 30% to 3.3 million official US streams and 27% to 1,000 downloads sold, according to Luminate. On Christian Airplay, it rises 21-20 for a new high, up 49% to 1.6 million audience impressions.
Elevation Worship frontman Brown co-wrote the song with Lake and Moore, as well as Pat Barrett, Cody Carnes and Steven Furtick.
“It's a great honor to be No. 1 again,” says Brown Advertising sign. “We are amazed by what God has done with 'Praise' and are thankful for everyone who streamed, moderated and shared the song. We hope it's a great reminder of all the reasons to praise God not just for what He's done, but for who He is.”
The latest gains for “Praise” were fueled by the March 1 release of the five track Praise The EP features five different renditions of the song, including the 'Carolina Version', the Spanish-language 'Alaba' and the danceable 'Alastair Remix'.
“Praise” marks the third Hot Christian Songs No. 1 for Charlotte, NC-based Elevation Worship, the fourth chart-topper for Lake and the first for Brown and Moore.
Meanwhile, “Praise” dethrones Lake's solo hit “Gratitude” after a 28-week reign.
Gavin leads 'again'
Kelontae Gavin lands his third total and consecutive No. 1 on the Gospel Airplay chart with “Live Again” (up 2% in the works).
Jekalyn Carr, who has scored seven Gospel Airplay No. 1 as a recording artist, he only wrote the song.
Gavin, 24, from Charleston, SC, previously topped the chart with “Great” for a week in December 2021 and “Hold Me Close” for a week that February. His first of four chart entries, “No Ordinary Worship”, became his top 10, peaking at No. 5 in February 2019.
