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

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

Most weeks at number one

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Most top-10s

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

Most Entries

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