All of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts are almost here, and we’re counting down the days to their unveiling on Tuesday, Dec. 9, with a special look at select rankings in the lead-up to the big reveal — today featuring a year-end Christian chart and a year-end gospel chart.
On Dec. 9, hundreds of year-end charts will be posted on Billboard’s website, following the conclusion of the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski, which will broadcast on the Billboard News YouTube channel and BillboardTV on Samsung TV Plus starting at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, as special surprise guests stop by to celebrate the year in chart-toppers.
Today, we’re dropping the top 10 of the 2025 Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts below. Brandon Lake‘s “Hard Fought Hallelujah” leads the former, while CeCe Winans‘ “That’s My King” crowns the latter. “Hallelujah” debuted at No. 1 on the weekly edition of the Hot Christian Songs chart (dated Nov. 23, 2024) and then ranked at either Nos. 1 or 2 for the remainder of the 2025 chart year (which ran from the Oct. 26, 2024, through the Oct. 18, 2025-dated charts). As for “Thats My King,” the cut launched at No. 6 on the Feb. 17, 2024-dated Hot Gospel Songs chart, and reached No. 1 on May 11, 2024. During the 2025 chart year, it racked up multiple weeks at No. 1 and was never below No. 3 in that span of time.
Both Lake and Winans dominate the top 10s of the two rankings. On the year-end Hot Christian Songs roundup, Lake has four titles among the top 10 (including the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 titles), while Winans has both Nos. 1 and 2 on the year-end Hot Gospel Songs retrospective.
For the top 10 of both lists, scroll below. The full depth of both rankings (beyond the top 10 of each) will be posted Dec. 9 alongside the complete menu of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts.
Billboard’s year-end music charts represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the entries appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
2025 Year-End Hot Christian Songs: 10. Leanna Crawford, “Still Waters (Psalm 23)”
Peak Position: 5
Peak Date: March 8, 2025
9. Josiah Queen, “Dusty Bibles”
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: July 19, 2025
8. ELEVATION RHYTHM & Gracie Binion, “Goodbye Yesterday”
Peak Position: No. 5
Peak Date: Aug. 2, 2025
7. Elevation Worship, Chris Brown & Brandon Lake, “I Know a Name”
Peak Position: No. 5
Peak Date: March 1, 2025
6. Megan Woods, “The Truth”
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Jan. 11, 2025
5. Phil Wickham, “What an Awesome God”
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: Sept. 27, 2025
4. Brandon Lake, “That’s Who I Praise”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Oct. 19, 2024
3. Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore, “Praise”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: March 16, 2024
2. Forrest Frank, “Your Way’s Better”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: May 24, 2025
1. Brandon Lake, “Hard Fought Hallelujah”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Nov. 23, 2024
2025 Year-End Hot Gospel Songs: 10. Yolanda Adams, “Church Doors”
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Jan. 4, 2025
9. Forrest Frank & Nathan Davis Jr., “Woke Up This Morning”
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: May 24, 2025
8. GloRilla, Kirk Franklin & Maverick City Music featuring Kierra Sheard & Chandler Moore, “Rain Down On Me”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Oct. 26, 2024
7. Chandler Moore, “Lead Me On”
Peak Position: No. 5
Peak Date: June 29, 2024
6. Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard, “In the Room”
Peak Position: No. 2
Peak Date: Oct. 23, 2023
5. Pastor Mike Jr., “Amen”
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Jan. 25, 2025
4. Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, “Jireh”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: April 10, 2021
3. Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks & Anthony Gargiula featuring Chandler Moore, “Constant”
Peak Position: No. 2
Peak Date: Nov. 30, 2024
2. CeCe Winans, “Come Jesus Come”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: May 3, 2025
1. CeCe Winans, “That’s My King”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: May 11, 2024
