2017 was the time of President Trump, Hurricane Irma, and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It was also the year that saw songs like What a Beautiful Name and O Come To The Altar take the stage. This is a complete list of the most popular worship songs from 2017.

We all know that most worship songs can be led by a male or female, but some songs have a tender style that is well served by the purity of a female voice. If you are a female looking for a song to fit your unique vocal range (altos in particular), this is the list for you. All of these songs were led by a female in the original recording.

The 2010s saw some worship music powerhouses take the stage and change the sound of worship music forever. Take a look through the songs that defined the decade, this is a list of the most popular worship songs that made their mark in the 2010s.

These worship songs about God as King are powerful reminders that the God who created all and sustains all is in control! The hope of a sovereign God is something worth singing about. Plan ahead and sing one of these amazing songs with your church family! Get all the sheet music and chord charts you need here!

Tried and true. Call them nostalgic, old, or classic, these songs have stood the test of time at PraiseCharts. Take a look through some of the most memorable worship songs of all time.

Jesus taught about how we could enter the Kingdom of God, His miracles proved the power of the Kingdom of God, and He taught about the truth of the Kingdom of God. With His incarnation, Jesus instituted the Kingdom of God here and now, and also promised the Kingdom of God yet to come. Here are songs celebrating our hope because of the Kingdom of God.

Listening to a live worship album makes you feel like you are right in the room, surrounded by hundreds of other worshippers. Usually, the arrangement and vocals are less polished, but that comes as an easy trade for capturing the authentic worship experience. When we chart these arrangements, they serve as a great resource to demonstrate how to lead these songs in your own live worship setting. Playing for live worship is not the same as playing in the studio. This list is full of our favorite live worship arrangements.

Songs like How Firm a Foundation, Ancient Words and Every Promise Of Your Word remind us that meditating on the truths of the scripture firmly ground us and help us to live out the gospel in our daily lives. The songs in this list talk about the Bible and demonstrate our gratefulness for and our need and reliance on His Word.

There is no match for the glory of our great God. Through whatever we face, the boldness of God’s glory reminds us that darkness trembles at the hand of His power. Proclaimed as our King, God's glory demands praise, and nothing compares to the wonderful heights of His brilliance. Here is a list of songs focused on bringing praise to His glory.

Looking back at 2019, the world seemed like it was in various forms of chaos. Brexit, fires in the Amazon, the impeachment trials, how could things get worse? Well, you know the story, but there is so much more to remember in 2019, a year that brought us a host of worship songs that we will be singing for years to come. Here are some of the most popular worship songs in 2019.

This Valentine's Day weekend try one of these worshipful songs about love and adoration for your worship set! Valentine's Day isn't just a couples holiday, but a day to celebrate love and relationship. We love Him because He first loved us, and we think that's something worth singing about!

From contemporary worship to traditional hymns, here are Christian songs about heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven, the throne of God, angels crying holy holy holy, the return of Christ, our sanctification complete, no sickness, no death and no tears, rejoicing, eternal life -- these are just a few of the many words and ideas that come to mind as we think about heaven.

We have victory in Christ because of what Jesus did on the cross. We walk in power and victory over sin daily with the help of the Holy Spirit. Our victorious life glorifies Jesus and continues to bear fruit in peace and joy. Here are songs focusing on victory.

One of the best places to train your musicians exactly how to play all the great worship songs is Worship Artistry. Truly, they are a leader and innovator in the worship education space. Nowhere else can you find such detailed breakdowns of the top worship songs arranged for a five-piece band. With acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums and keyboard lessons all chaptered for easy customization, their tutorials efficiently equip beginners and experts alike. Best of all, their heart to make great sounding worship music accessible to everyone resonates loudly with ours. Here’s a list of the songs reflected in their top lessons. Visit Worship Artistry online and get 21 days of access for free!

Do you ever wonder if God is still in control of this world? It's normal to wonder that, but at the same time, we need to keep reminding ourselves that God is indeed all-powerful. In spite of all our circumstances, the power of God is real and relevant. When we sing about his power, our hearts are filled with hope, courage, and renewed confidence to face another day. These are the songs that remind us of the powerful God we serve.

Ash Wednesday (Feb 17, 2021) marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. This day reminds us of our human mortality and need for forgiveness. Ash Wednesday is a solemn day that is lined with the hope of eternal life through grace! Sing one of these songs with your church family as you reflect this Ash Wednesday.

Maundy Thursday remembers the Last Supper where Jesus and the disciples celebrated the Passover. The complexity of this day - looking back to the faithfulness of God through the Old Testament, and looking forward to the events of Good Friday - gives a tension of heaviness and joy that carries over all of Holy Week. As you reflect and rejoice, use these songs in worship!

Dawn on Easter Sunday is symbolic of new life and pureness through the resurrection! So whether you are online, in a church, or outside for your sunrise Easter service, these songs are perfect for celebrating the empty grave a capella, acoustic, or with a full band! Get all the sheet music and chord charts you need here!

We worship a risen Savior! The triumphant victory of the crucified Savior over the grave is something Christians should celebrate all year long, not just at Easter that we may know Him and the power of His resurrection (Phil 3:10.) Here is a list of top songs themed around the Resurrection.

2020 has been a wild ride. While we don't know what 2021 has in store we know that God is faithful and we can begin a new year declaring that. These songs are meant to start the year well, with the focus on Christ and the hope of new life.

God’s message is grounded in His promise of forever, springing forth a sense of hope that is eternal. Through this, we are met with the everlasting and endless glory of God. He is steadfast; beginning to end. As the King of forever, all praises belong to Him forever. Here is a list of songs focused on this promise of eternity.

Holy Week (Mar 28 - Apr 3, 2021) begins with Palm Sunday and includes Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. As we focus on the story of Holy Week we remember the dark before the dawn of the resurrection, and the journey to the cross. This reminds us that even though things seem lost, Christ has won!

Through Jesus Christ there is hope in life and death. Even through the tragedies of grief and loss, God’s promises cannot be bonded by the grave. Christ rose from the ashes and defeated death, and because of this we have eternal life. Here is a list of songs focusing on death.

These are the best moderate slow worship songs in a 4/4 time signature.

2016 was marked by the hit musical Hamilton, the British Brexit vote, the death of Harambe, and the brief utopia of Pokémon Go. Through it all, we sang Good Good Father and so many more amazing worship songs. Here is our complete list of the most popular worship songs in 2016.

In 2020, many churches grew to rely on multi-tracks in their worship services. With limitations on group sizes, filling the gaps in the band with multi-tracks became more useful than ever. This is a list of the top 100 multi-track downloads from 2020. Sing one of these with your church this weekend!

We have hundreds of thousands of musicians representing thousands of churches from all over the world. This list gets updated hourly based on all their activity, tracking the top downloaded worship songs in the last week. Check back regularly, because when new songs hit the airwaves, you'll be able to spot the top trending new worship songs very quickly.

These are the top worship songs this month. This list changes daily based on sales and downloads over the last 28 days. The songs at the top of this list reflect the most current trends in worship music worldwide, so check back regularly and watch these trends day by day.

This year, Lent extends from February 17 to April 3, 2021. The season begins on Ash Wednesday and continues for 40 days, preparing us for Easter. Lent is a time to focus on themes of prayer, repentance, reflection, and renewal -- all designed to prepare us for Passion Week when we consider Christ's journey to the cross, and Easter where we celebrate His resurrection. These songs all resonate with themes that support and complement worship during this season of Lent.

We take pride in the precision of our chord charts so that your musicians can sound like a unified band. We put the right chords over the right words, arranged in sections that follow the original recording, measure for measure. Plus, if you want to make any adjustments, you can edit them right inside the site. Your edits will be available by default any time you access the same song in the future! Musicians download our chord charts more than any other product because they are accurate, clear and editable. Here is a list of our top downloaded chord charts for your praise and worship band!

These are the best moderate slow worship songs, updated every day. These are moving songs well suited for times of worship that build community.

2020 is a year that will go down in history. The way we worship and the way we do church was redefined for Christians all over the world. Even so, there have been some incredible new worship songs written in 2020, including The Blessing (Kari Jobe), Graves Into Gardens (Elevation Worship), and Battle Belongs (Phil Wickham). Here is a complete list of the most popular worship songs in 2020.

Week three in the season of advent is focused on the theme of love. The nativity was an act of love that speaks in its humility to every person in every circumstance, displaying the love of Christ to all. Here is a list of Christmas worship songs with the theme of love.

Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Day, is the day of celebration of the hope and glory of our faith, for if Christ had not been raised, our faith would be in vain. Whether you call it Easter Sunday or Resurrection Day, without Christ's death, burial and resurrection we would not have forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. Here you will find a list of song that celebrate our joy of a risen Savior.

Not everybody can play and sing by ear. These charts help take out the guesswork for your vocalists and piano player - as long as they can read music! Even if you don't take these charts on stage for live worship, they are a great resource during rehearsals to help solidify what everyone should play and sing in order to come out with a great sound in the end.

Playing a song note-for-note live has always been difficult. But playing a song note-for-note on a recording is a whole different beast. As churches switched gears in March, moving their services online, we watched as these piano/vocal sheets began to trend. Throughout all of 2020, these were the top piano/vocal songs downloaded from PraiseCharts. We don't yet know what 2021 holds, but we are excited to learn even more wonderful worship songs note-for-note.

The grave is empty! The King is alive! This Easter Sunday sing about the gift of forgiveness and the power over sin and death that Easter signifies. This is a list of songs about the cross, the resurrection, new life, and much more. Get all the sheet music and chord charts you need for this Easter season today so that you can focus on what really matters in worship!

"Where there's a will, there's a way" should be the motto for orchestrations in 2020. Orchestras all over the world found ways to play together safely, even piecing together video and audio to create virtual orchestras. While we all look forward to the day when we can play together again, we can look back and appreciate the innovation of ensembles through the memory of the songs we played. These are the top orchestrations of 2020.

There is nothing worse than trying to run a worship practice with inaccurate and unclear charts. We take time to pour over the details of the best worship song recordings, measure for measure. Every beat matters. Every chord matters. Every lyric matters. If we find a mistake (we admit it, it happens), we fix it immediately. At the end of the day, we want your band members to feel confident and sound amazing so that you can function together as a team that leads a life-changing worship ministry.

This list tracks the most popular worship songs overall, dating back exactly 365 days from today. Only the best of the best will ever make it into this list. Watch these trends closely to stay in tune with songs that churches all over the world are singing on a regular basis.

A crown of thorns, a cross and crucifixion, death, darkness, a torn veil, a tomb, separation... these words evoke strong emotions, but are the linchpin to our salvation, for as Hebrews tells us, "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Here is a list of songs for commemorating Good Friday.

For most of 2020 worship bands looked different. Whether your band was playing live, recording together, or recording each part from home in your living rooms, chord charts were still a vital part of learning songs and leading worship. These are the top chord charts downloaded from PraiseCharts in 2020.

Christmas Eve takes the hope, peace, love, and joy from the four weeks of advent and combines them in the anticipation of Christmas morning. Whether in quiet stillness and candlelight or with singing and dancing, these worship songs are handpicked for Christmas Eve.

This is as up to date as it gets. If a new song hits the airwaves and it starts trending fast, chances are you will be able to spot it here. If an old song suddenly spikes because of a unique current event, you'll see that here as well. So get out a bag of popcorn and hit refresh every 10 minutes to watch the race.

These are the best worship songs in a 4/4 time signature.

We are only one month into 2021, but we can already see the trends of the year taking shape as we see what churches all over the world are singing! We update this list every week so check back often.

Some people like to sing by memory, some like to see the words on the screen, and some like the music written out on paper, in "good old fashioned four-part harmony." We have made this series of Hymn Sheets to arrange all the great contemporary worship songs in a format consistent with the hymnal in your pews. These sheets are great as inserts in your bulletin for your congregation to follow along. By the way, photocopying these sheets for your congregation is covered by CCLI.

Through 2020, choirs have had to improvise and adapt. And you did. These were the songs you sang while you figured out just how to sing together. This is a list of the top 100 SATB choir sheets downloaded from PraiseCharts in 2020.

All of these songs worked hard to get here. To earn a spot on this list, a song has to have jumped up at least 4 positions on the charts. This is a list of top rising songs, ranked by how fast they are rising. If you like to have a finger on the pulse of worship music, bookmark this page and check back regularly. You might be surprised by what you find here.

Of all the hundreds of song lists we have at PraiseCharts, this is the benchmark. This is the most comprehensive and overarching list we have. Our algorithm pulls in the most popular songs on our website, scoring them on a trending scale to help you find new songs and re-discover old ones. Bookmark this list and check back daily because these songs are always changing.

Christmas is such a unique season for the church. For some reason, the world seems open to hearing the gospel through song. We sing many of the same songs over and over every year but always looking for something fresh. Here is a list of the most popular worship songs for Christmas right at this moment. Keep an eye on this list, because it gets updated every day, right up until Christmas!

In the last 20 years, Christian songwriters and worship leaders have caught on to the fact that Christmas is a significant time for worship in the church. More than just Christmas carols, there are so many great worship songs that highlight the themes of Christmas in a style that flows with worship songs we sing all throughout the year. These songs talk about joy, hope and peace in ways that are relevant to our modern lives, just as the classic carols connect us to the rich theology of our history.

With the intent to equip you to flourish as a musician and worshipper, Songs Of Worship is a series of song sheets featuring top songs from 2020, in all kinds of genres, arranged in singable keys that are easy to play on the guitar or piano. All of these simplified arrangements are adapted from the most popular versions of the original arrangements that match the recordings you may have heard on the radio or your streaming platforms.

Designed for any worship setting, Songs Of Worship is a series of song sheets featuring your favorite worship titles in all kinds of genres, arranged in singable keys that are easy to play on the guitar or piano. All of these simplified renewal/revival-themed arrangements are adapted from the most popular versions of the original arrangements that match the recordings you may have heard on the radio or your streaming platforms. Our hope is that these songs will bring you a sense of encouragement and community.

Singing worship songs together in a small group is a much different experience than singing at church or in a concert venue. In a small group, you don't have the luxury of a band, microphones, backing tracks, drums, electric guitars, and a highly trained worship team. In fact, you're lucky if you can find one person who plays the guitar! Here is a list of worship songs that are popular, contemporary, easy to play, and easy to sing. They should be perfect for your small group worship setting.

Check out some of the best Easter worship songs of 2021 from Hillsong Music featuring the artists and songwriters of Hillsong Church. These incredible songs will encourage your church as they sing about themes of the resurrection, hope, the power of the cross, and redemption offered through Jesus Christ.

Without a doubt, having a song land in the CCLI Top 100 is a significant benchmark for any Christian songwriter. While PraiseCharts tracks music purchasing in real-time, CCLI tracks the week to week usage of worship songs and reports on the results twice a year. The list may be static, and the songs might be dated, but it still represents a snapshot in time of significant trends in worship from churches all across the nation. This list is based on results from the USA and gets updated twice a year. See also Songs on the Rise from CCLI.

Songs Of Worship is a series of song sheets featuring your favorite songs, arranged in singable keys that are easy to play on the guitar or piano. The Easter Favorites 1 collection contains a resource of 24 chord charts complied into a 6 page format that you can mix and match to create custom song sheets for yourself or your small group to equip you to flourish as a musician and worshipper.