Christian Airplay

Christian Airplay is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States since June 21, 2003.
This chart lists the 50 most-listened-to records played on multiple Christian radio stations across the country as monitored by Nielsen BDS, weighted to each station's Nielsen ratings.

History

The chart was originally titled "Hot Christian Songs". The chart included the songs with the most airplay on monitored Christian radio stations in the United States. Beginning with the chart dated December 7, 2013, Billboard changed the methodology of the Hot Christian Songs chart to factor in digital sales, streaming, and airplay of Christian songs over all radio formats. Christian Airplay was created to continue the tracking of airplay on Christian radio stations.

Chart policies

As with most other Billboard charts, the Christian Airplay chart features a rule for when a song enters a recurrent rotation. Starting with the chart week of December 2, 2006, a song is declared recurrent on the country charts if it has been on the charts longer than 20 weeks; is not gaining in spins or audience impressions; and is lower than 10 in rank for either audience impressions or spins. If a song has been on the charts for over 52 weeks, it will be declared recurrent if it is below 5 in rank.

Chart achievements

Most number-ones

Total	Artist	Source
19	MercyMe
14	For [King & Country (band)\|For King & Country]
14	tobyMac
12	Jeremy Camp
12	Matthew West
11	Casting Crowns
11	Chris Tomlin
7	Big Daddy Weave
6	Crowder
6	Phil Wickham

Most weeks at number one

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Most top-10s

Total	Artist	Source
32	Chris Tomlin
32	MercyMe
31	Tobymac
30	Casting Crowns
30	Jeremy Camp
27	Matthew West
22	Big Daddy Weave
18	For King & Country
15	Phil Wickham
14	Crowder

Most Entries

Total	Artist	Source
55	Tobymac
53	Chris Tomlin
48	MercyMe
45	Matthew West
41	Jeremy Camp
40	Casting Crowns
34	Big Daddy Weave
32	Phil Wickham
29	For King & Country
27	Tenth Avenue North