Elevation Worship has taken the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s year-end Top Christian Artists chart for the first time in the group’s history. Brandon Lake came in second, Forrest Frank third, Lauren Daigle fourth, and Anne Wilson fifth.
“We’re blown away by the response to our new album and how it’s pointing people to Jesus,” Elevation Worship frontman Chris Brown told Billboard. “It’s reminding us that he is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine in and through our lives.”
Elevation Worship Named Top Christian Artist of 2024
Elevation Worship was founded in 2006 as the worship ministry of Elevation Church, a North Carolina megachurch led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Furtick contributes to the writing of the group’s songs. Elevation Worship’s members have changed throughout the years, and the team often collaborates with other artists, such as Brandon Lake, Chandler Moore, Kari Jobe, and Tauren Wells.
RELATED: Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church Withdraws From the SBC
Elevation Worship’s achievement is thanks to its 15th album, “Can You Imagine?” The album’s featured artists include Lake, Moore, Brown, Jonsal Barrientes, and Tiffany Hudson. The record made the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums for 2024 thanks to the fact it took the No. 1 spot for 14 weeks of the year and was among the top five albums for most of the year, according to Billboard.
Other artists who made the Top 10 Christian Artists of Year are CeCe Winans, for KING + COUNTRY, Phil Wickham, Josiah Queen, and Kanye West.
“Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024,” Billboard explained. “Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year.” Luminate is an independent company that provides the data Billboard uses to create its charts.
“Praise,” the final track on “Can You Imagine?” (featuring Moore, Lake and Brown), was incredibly successful, reports Billboard. The single “leads multiple major year-end song charts,” including Hot Christian Songs, Christian Airplay Songs, Christian AC Airplay Songs, and Christian Streaming Songs.
