Concurrent to the revamping of Christian Songs and Gospel Songs, we will also introduce new streaming-only charts titled Christian Streaming Songs and Gospel Streaming Songs. Once added to Billboard’s existing airplay and digital download charts for each genre, the streaming rankings will provide a third distinct breakout charts for the overarching Christian Songs and Gospel Songs.
“We are extremely excited to add Christian and Gospel to our growing list of consumer-influenced rankings, which are in the mold of our flagship songs chart, the Hot 100,” says Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard Director of Charts. “Incorporating download sales and streaming data to existing radio airplay provides a more holistic view of a song’s popularity.”
Billboard has been charting the popularity of Christian Songs since 2003 and Gospel Songs since 2005, utilizing an airplay-only methodology while digital song rankings were launched for both genres in 2010. The existing radio charts for Christian and Gospel will be spun off and live on Billboard’s print and/or online properties, each keeping its history from their respective launches.
Until now, only Christian and Gospel music stations contributed to the Christian Songs and Gospel Songs. The new methodology, which will utilize the Hot 100’s formula of incorporating airplay from more than 1,200 radio stations of all genres monitored by BDS, will reward titles receiving airplay on other formats, which will specifically hold true for the many gospel titles which receive airplay on urban stations, especially during Sunday morning specialty programming. With digital download sales and streaming data measuring popularity on the most inclusive scale possible, it is only just that the radio portion of Billboard chart calculations includes airplay from the entire spectrum of monitored radio formats.
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