Chart At A Glance

• Very active week we have here; chart movements aren’t as crazy as they were a few weeks back, but there’s 7 debuts to speak of, causing upsets in the bottom 25
• Before that, however, Stars Go Dim and Group 1 Crew jump well into my Top 10, displacing Tenth Avenue North and Naomi Carroll
• Shonlock knocks on the door to the Top 10, as “Something In Your Eyes” rises to #11
• Further down, Addison Road and JJ Heller rise, and Royal Tailor makes a sizable jump into my Top 25; “Hold Me Together” rises from #31 to #24
• MIKESCHAIR also makes a nice jump, as “Someone Worth Dying For” moves up to #26
• Jason Gray, Sanctus Real, and Jamie Grace continue rising, as well
• Action really kicks up in the bottom quarter, #37 and below; a yearly record of 7 songs debut (possibly surpassed only by the week of May 17, 2008, Top 50 #229, when 9 songs debuted)
• Songs by Mary Mary, Abandon, MercyMe, Eleventyseven, and Eowyn debut, as well as 2 songs by Skillet
• Amazingly, most of those entries are brand new, not previously “waiting in the wings”. The number of songs there actually increases; the next few weeks may see several more new entries into the Top 50
• All these debuts displace many songs, however, including long-time favorites by downhere. For the first time since Top 50 #135, the week of July 29, 2006, downhere is absent from the Top 50, as “You’re Not Alone” falls off, and “Here I Am” retires after 150 weeks. However, they have a new single “waiting in the wings”
• Finally, the biggest casualty of the debuts is Casting Crowns’ “Who Am I”. The longest lasting song on my Top 50, it finally retires, after charting 365 weeks, or roughly 7 years. It entered my Top 50 way back in 2004! Now, for the first time since Top 50 #21, the week of May 22, 2004, Casting Crowns is absent, and has nothing new on the radar just yet. They also haven’t had a chart hit since 2008’s “Slow Fade”

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