Top 40 Worship Song Trends in August 2024: Key Signatures, Tempo, and More

Updated 2024
Estimate time to read: 6 minutes

This is a deep dive analysis of the top 40 worship songs of August 2024 based on a number of different musical and artist metrics, including key signature, time signature, tempo, artist frequency and more. Enjoy!

Sections:

• Source

• Most Popular Key Signature

• Second Most Popular Key Signature

• Most Popular Tempo (BPM)

• Slowest Song

• Fastest Song

• Time Signatures

• Vocal Range Overview

• Smallest Vocal Range

• Largest Vocal Range

• Title Track or Not

• Album Frequency

• Artist Frequency

• Release Year

• Wrapping It Up

• Top 40 Song List

Source

These are the top 40 worship songs for August 2024, collected from PraiseCharts. Their list is updated daily based on sales and downloads over the last 28 days. Data was collected on August 29th, 2024. Given that this list is based on sales and downloads, it may not be an accurate reflection of the songs played by worship teams across the globe. I know I like to listen to songs that my church would never play and I’m sure several of the songs on this list fall into that category.

Most Popular Key Signature

The most popular key signature in August 2024 is the key of D major, with a total of 8 songs. These songs are all in the time signature of 4/4 and range in tempo from 67 to 133 beats per minute (BPM).

Interested in learning more about this key? Check out these blog posts: How to Play Chords in the Key of D and Key of D and the D Major Scale on Guitar.

#9. I Believe - Phil Wickham

#14. Bless God - Brooke Ligertwood

#16. Angles We Have Heard On High - Hannah Kerr

#17. In The Fullness Of Time - Travis Cottrell

#21. As For Me And My House - Keith & Kristyn Getty/Cochren & Co

#32. Good Plans - Red Rocks Worship

#34. King Of Kings - Hillsong Worship

#39. What a Beautiful Name - Hillsong Worship

Second Most popular key signature

The second most popular key signature in August 2024 is the key of Bb (B flat) major, with a total of 6 songs. 4 songs are in the time signature of 4/4 and 2 songs are in the time signature of 6/8. They range in tempo from 61 to 150 beats per minute (BPM).

#7. Firm Foundation (He Won’t) - Cody Carnes

#18. House Of The Lord - Phil Wickham

#25. Thank You Jesus For The Blood - Charity Gayle

#28. Behold (with O Holy Night)(A Christmas Moment) - Travis Cottrell/Debbie Low/Orch. Mason Brown

#37. This Is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham

#40. Lord I Need You - Matt Maher

Key Signature Frequency

Most Popular Tempo (BPM)

In August, there were a total of 32 different tempos, with the most popular being 74 BPMs for 3 songs.

#3. Love of God - Brandon Lake/Phil Wickham

#15. I Speak Jesus - Charity Gayle/Steven Musso

#40. Lord I Need You - Matt Maher

These 5 tempos tied for second most popular, each with 2 songs: 67, 68, 71, 72, 100, 150.

Slowest Song

The slowest song of the month was 54 BPMs.

#12. I Believe - Charity Gayle

Fastest Song

The fastest song of the month was 152 BPMs.

#29. You’ve Already Won - Shane & Shane

Time Signatures

Time signature popularity went to 4/4 with 75% of all songs, while the only other time signature was 6/8 with a total of 25% of songs. Song ranking was mixed as songs in 4/4 included first and 40th place and everything in between. Songs in 6/8 occupied rank #4 through #38.

Time Signature Frequency

Vocal Range Overview

Vocal range of songs varied from 9 to 24 half steps and ranked from #4 to #29 respectively. For context, there are 12 half steps in an octave, which is the same note repeated after going through all notes in between.

Both of the songs with the smallest and largest vocal range are in 6/8.

Vocal Range Frequency (in half steps)

Choral/Staff represent music with some bass clef parts, separated

smallest vocal range

Song with the smallest vocal range has 9 half steps (not even one octave).

#4. Trust In God - Elevation Worship/Chris Brown

largest vocal range

Song with the largest vocal range has 24 half steps (2 full octaves). This song was also the fastest song.

#29. You’ve Already Won - Shane & Shane

Title Track or Not

There were 12 title tracks in August, meaning the name of the song is the same as the name of the album. This equates to 30% of the top 40 worship songs being title tracks.

#3. Love of God - Brandon Lake/Phil Wickham

#7. Firm Foundation (He Won’t) - Cody Carnes
If you ignore the “(He Won’t)” at the end of the song name.

#8. Made For More - Josh Baldwin/Jenn Johnson

#9. I Believe - Phil Wickham

#10. Goodbye Yesterday - ELEVATION RHYTHM

#11. His Glory And My Good - CityAlight

#21. As For Me And My House - Keith & Kristyn Getty/Cochren & Co

#29. You’ve Already Won - Shane & Shane

#30. No One Like The Lord - Bethel Music/Jenn Johnson

#32. Good Plans - Red Rocks Worship

#33. Hymn Of Heaven - Phil Wickham

#35. Living Hope - Phil Wickham

Album Frequency

There are 5 albums where more than one song is on the list. Here they are broken up by album, arranged alphabetically.

Before The Manger

#2. Manager Throne (with The First Noel) - Travis Cottrell/Arr. Mason Brown

#16. Angles We Have Heard On High - Hannah Kerr/Arr. Travis Cottrell/Orch. Mason Brown

#17. In The Fullness Of Time - Travis Cottrell/Arr. Mason Brown

Can You Imagine

#4. Trust In God - Elevation Worship/Chris Brown

#5. Praise - Elevation Worship/Chris Brown/Brandon Lake/Chandler Moore

Endless Praise

#15. I Speak Jesus - Charity Gayle/Steven Musso

#25. Thank You Jesus For The Blood - Charity Gayle

Hymn Of Heaven

#18. House Of The Lord - Phil Wickham

#26. Battle Belongs - Phil Wickham

#33. Hymn Of Heaven - Phil Wickham

More Than This

#13. That’s My King - CeCe Winans

#19. Come Jesus Come - CeCe Winans

Artist Frequency

Phil Wickham has the most songs in the Top 40 list for August, a total of 6. He is followed by Travis Cottrell if you count the collaborations and cowriting credit. If not, the next artist with the most songs on the list is CeCe Winans, with 3 songs total.

Elevation Worship (if you count the various artist combos) has 2 songs, and one for Elevation Rhythm.

Hillsong Worship has 2 songs.

Bethel Music/Jenn Johnson has 2 songs.

To view some really interesting connections between popular worship artists and writers, check out this post by Worship Leader Research: The Integrated Worship Songwriting Network.

Release Year

Looking at the album release years, this is best depicted as a chart.

What’s interesting is that although the year with the most songs is the current year (2024 with 14 songs), half of the top 20 songs were released in a prior year, with #6 being released in 2018.

Album Release Year

Wrapping It Up

I’ve enjoyed compiling this analysis of the top 40 worship songs in August 2024 based on key signatures, tempo, and more. If you’re interested in a more theological discussion about the lyrics for popular worship songs, check out The Berean Test.

What other metrics would you be interested in seeing for next month’s analysis? Leave a comment below or contact me.

Top 40 Song List

1. Holy Forever - Chris Tomlin

2. Manager Throne (with The First Noel) - Travis Cottrell/Arr. Mason Brown

3. Love of God - Brandon Lake/Phil Wickham

4. Trust In God - Elevation Worship/Chris Brown

5. Praise - Elevation Worship/Chris Brown/Brandon Lake/Chandler Moore

6. Goodness of God - Bethel Music/Jenn Johnson

7. Firm Foundation (He Won’t) - Cody Carnes

8. Made For More - Josh Baldwin/Jenn Johnson

9. I Believe - Phil Wickham

10. Goodbye Yesterday - ELEVATION RHYTHM

11. His Glory And My Good - CityAlight

12. I Believe - Charity Gayle

13. That’s My King - CeCe Winans

14. Bless God - Brooke Ligertwood

15. I Speak Jesus - Charity Gayle/Steven Musso

16. Angles We Have Heard On High - Hannah Kerr/Arr. Travis Cottrell/Orch. Mason Brown

17. In The Fullness Of Time - Travis Cottrell/Arr. Mason Brown

18. House Of The Lord - Phil Wickham

19. Come Jesus Come - CeCe Winans

20. I Thank God - Maverick City Music/Dante Bowe/Aaron Moses/Maryanne J. George/Chuck Butler

21. As For Me And My House - Keith & Kristyn Getty/Cochren & Co

22. The Joy - The Belonging Co/Andrew Holt

23. Gratitude - Brandon Lake

24. Because He Lives - Rock Springs Worship/Arr. Matt Summers/Arr. Amber Balltzglier

25. Thank You Jesus For The Blood - Charity Gayle

26. Battle Belongs - Phil Wickham

27. Worthy Of It All - CeCe Winans

28. Behold (with O Holy Night)(A Christmas Moment) - Travis Cottrell/Debbie Low/Orch. Mason Brown

29. You’ve Already Won - Shane & Shane

30. No One Like The Lord - Bethel Music/Jenn Johnson

31. Abide - The Worship Initiative/Shane & Shane

32. Good Plans - Red Rocks Worship

33. Hymn Of Heaven - Phil Wickham

34. King Of Kings - Hillsong Worship

35. Living Hope - Phil Wickham

36. Build My Life - Pat Barrett

37. This Is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham

38. The Lord Will Provide - Passion/Landon Wolfe

39. What a Beautiful Name - Hillsong Worship

40. Lord I Need You - Matt Maher