Chart At A Glance

• This week sees a few shakeups throughout, as some older songs rebound, and other songs take a fall. 3 debuts, including 1 in my Top 25, also mix things up further.
• First, we have Bobby Tinsley’s “Difference” ascending to #2. However, this time, it’s not for a gain of interest, but for a slight dip in interest toward “Remind Me Who I Am”, which slips to #3.
• Although “Blessings” sees a loss of interest as well, it’s in no immediate danger of falling…barring any future chart craziness, of course.
• Bebo Norman re-enters my Top 10 with “We Fall Apart”. The previously hot contender for #1 may still have quite some life left on the chart—it’s a powerful, personal, relatable song.
• Action heats up further down, as long-time favorites by Switchfoot, JJ Heller, Naomi Carroll, and even RED rebound a few places, after having been slowly falling in recent months. They displace more recent songs by Point Of Grace and Group 1 Crew.
• Smack in the middle of all that, downhere makes a swan song debut at #21 with “Living The Dream”. Their previous singles from On The Altar Of Love didn’t fare too well, compared to other songs like “A Better Way”, “Here I Am”, and “You’re Not Alone”, but this one has a good shot of doing well. #21 is already much higher than their previous two reached.
• Action continues in the bottom half of my chart, with several other songs either rising or falling at least 3 spots. Mat Kearney moves up nicely, up 6 to #30 with “Ships In The Night”, while Nichole Nordeman’s “I’m With You” falls 7 to #31…they’re kind of opposite songs—the latter a sweet friendship tune, while the former reminds me of relational discord.
• Despite all the songs rising over 5 spots a piece, the Weekly Jump (based on interest) goes to a stubborn song near the very bottom, Matthew West’s “The Motions”. Up slightly from #49 to #47, the song seems like it just won’t fall off. Well, he has had at least 1 song on my chart every week since the debut of “More” waaaaayyy back in March 2004 (see Chart #12)—perhaps it would be a shame for that streak to end, ha.
• Finally, rounding out this active week are the other 2 debuts. B.Reith’s reminiscing about “Simple Days” scores him a #40 debut, while duo and couple Jenny & Tyler rise to an airy #46 debut with “Little Balloon”.

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