Brandon Lake, Deitrick Haddon Lead Faith-Based Airplay Charts
Written by djfrosty on March 9, 2023
Singer-songwriter Brandon Lake earns his second No. 1, and his first as a lead artist, on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart (dated March 11) with “Gratitude.”
The song jumps 5-1 following its increase of 9% to 7.3 million audience impressions in the tracking week ending March 2, according to Luminate.
Lake co-authored “Gratitude” with Dante Bowe and Benjamin Hastings, while Jacob Sooter produced it.
Concurrently, “Gratitude” spends a sixth week at No. 1 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Christian Songs survey. It collected 2.1 million U.S. streams and sold 2,000 downloads to lead Christian Digital Song Sales for an eighth frame.
When “Gratitude” initially reached the Hot Christian Songs summit (Feb. 4), also becoming Lake’s second No. 1 and first as a lead artist, he told Billboard, “Every song has a season, and season a song. ‘Gratitude’ couldn’t more accurately describe everything I want to express to God in this time. There are times where I feel like worshipping and there are times I often don’t, but what can shift any weary soul is a spirit of gratitude.”
The 32-year-old Lake, who serves as worship pastor at Seacoast Church in Charleston, S.C., previously topped Christian Airplay and Hot Christian Songs as featured on Elevation Worship’s “Graves Into Gardens” in 2021.
Haddon Adds Third No. 1
On Gospel Airplay, Deitrick Haddon scores his third leader as “Here Comes the Joy” ascends 4-1 (up 17% in plays).
Haddon, a native of Detroit, serves as lead pastor of Los Angeles’ Hill City Church.
“Joy,” which he co-penned, marks his first Gospel Airplay chart-topper since “Open Door Season” dominated for two weeks in June 2020. His first No. 1, “A Billion People,” ruled for a week in September 2017. He boasts 11 top 10s, dating back to 2005.