Billboard’s Top Christian Artist of 2019 is Lauren Daigle, who achieved plenty of crossover play in 2019 and now enjoys full-fledged star status. The 28-year-old Daigle from Lafayette, Louisiana, repeats from her reign in 2018. Daigle places two titles in the top five on the year-end Top Christian Albums tally: Her latest set, Look up Child is atop the list, while her 2015 breakthrough album How Can It Be ranks at No. 3.
Child flew in at No. 1 on the weekly Top Christian Albums chart dated Sept. 22, 2018, and at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200, with 115,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music. At the time, it marked the biggest week for any Christian set in units earned since the charts began ranking albums by equivalent album units in late 2014.
Billboard’s year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the charts dated Nov. 24, 2018, to Nov. 16, 2019. Data registered before or after a title’s chart run is not considered in these standings. That methodology detail, and the December-to-November time period, account for some of the differences between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Nielsen Music.
Child then proceeded to roll up more weeks atop Top Christian Albums than any other title, since the tally became a weekly survey, and adopted Nielsen Music data, in April 1995. Child, which has spent more than 50 frames in the penthouse, broke the record during its 39th week at No. 1, on the tally dated July 20 this year. During that week, Child passed Switchfoot’s album The Beautiful Letdown, which ruled for 38 frames in 2004-05.
Child’s performance was sparked by the singer-songwriter’s multi-genre hit “You Say,” which is the No. 1 song of 2019 on the streaming-, airplay and sales based Hot Christian Songs survey.
Daigle’s “Say” is now the longest-running No. 1 title on the weekly Hot Christian Songs chart. It nudged past the former longest-running track, Hillsong United’s “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail),” whey “Say” rolled into its 62nd week at the apex. “Say” extended its record and has now spent 66 weeks at No. 1.
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“Say” also posted a two-week command on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at No. 29 on the Hot 100.
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