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Who was the #1 Top Christian Artist for 2025 according to Billboard? Forrest Frank ranked #1 on Billboard's year-end Top Christian Artists list for 2025, based on combined chart performance across the Hot Christian Songs chart, Top Christian Albums chart, and Billboard Boxscore touring data. Brandon Lake ranked #2.
What was the #1 song on the year-end Hot Christian Songs chart for 2025? Brandon Lake's "Hard Fought Hallelujah" led the year-end Hot Christian Songs chart for 2025, having maintained a 26-week stay at No. 1 on the weekly chart during the October 2024, October 2025 eligibility period. Forrest Frank's "Your Way's Better" held the No. 2 position.
Did any Christian song reach the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 in 2025? Yes. Both Brandon Lake's "Hard Fought Hallelujah" (peaking at No. 40) and Forrest Frank's "Your Way's Better" (debuting at No. 72) appeared simultaneously on the Hot 100 in May 2025, the first time in over a decade that two Christian songs charted on the all-genre chart at the same time.
How did Forrest Frank's albums perform on the year-end charts? Frank's Child of God and Child of God II held the top two positions on Billboard's year-end Top Christian Albums list for 2025. Child of God held the No. 1 position for 27 weeks during the chart year. Child of God II debuted at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums and entered the all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 12.
Who led Billboard's year-end Gospel charts? CeCe Winans topped the year-end Top Gospel Artists list for 2025. Her song "That's My King" had topped the weekly Hot Gospel Songs chart during 2024 and maintained strong chart presence through the 2025 eligibility period. Winans' two albums, Believe For It and More Than This, appeared on the Top Christian Albums chart for all 52 weeks of the year.
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