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
Broadcast Data Systems (also known as BDS or Luminate BDS), is a service that tracks radio, television and internet airplay of songs. The service, which is a unit of MRC Data, is a contributing factor to North American charts published by co-owned ...
, 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.
As of the issue dated December 31, 2022 the current number-one single is "Carolin'" by
Francesca Battistelli
Francesca Battistelli (born May 18, 1985) is an American Christian singer and songwriter. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, ''Just a Breath'', in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, '' M ...
.
Chart policies
As with most other ''Billboard'' charts, the Christian Airplay chart features a rule for when a song enters a
recurrent rotation
In broadcasting, rotation is the repeated airing of a limited playlist of songs on a radio station or satellite radio channel, or music videos on a TV network. They are usually in a different order each time. However, they are not completely sh ...
. 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
Most weeks at number one
Source:
References
External links
Billboard Christian Airplay chart– online version.
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