Top 50 English-speaking Gospel: Phil Wickham, Elevation Worship and Gaise Baba in the lead
Here is the report from week 25 of BGospel Magazine’s weekly ranking for the CHART GOSPEL ANGLOPHONE. This quantitative and factual assessment highlights the real performance of the most viewed titles on YouTube.
Within this ranking, artists accumulating a minimum of three tracks are Forrest Frank And Mercy Chinwo with 5 tracks each, followed by Phil Wickham with 4 tracks, then Elevation Worship And Ada Ehi which have 3 each.
The leading trio remains unchanged. Phil Wickham holds first place with 745,405 views for his solo title after 25 weeks. Elevation Worship follows in second position with 674,463 views, ahead Gaise Baba & Lawrence Oyor third with 629,641 views.
Movement analysis
The technical analysis of the fifty positions indicates a downward dynamic: 36% of the pieces remain stable, 2% are in progress, 58% undergo regression, while 4% represent direct novelties.
The presence of new names is limited to two entries this week in the ranking.
The piece Joepraize – Jesus Has Won And Kierra Sheard Shine enter, while two unspecified tracks from last week left the top 50.
The maximum audience volume is reached at the first position by Phil Wickham with a total of 745,405 views recorded.
The entry threshold for position 50 is 75,813 views. This minimum English-speaking volume proves to be higher than the thresholds for the Spanish (20,740 views), French (31,255 views) and Creole (4,852 views) rankings.
Top 50 ranking of week 25
- Phil Wickham —What An Awesome God (Sunset Walk)
- Elevation Worship (feat. Tiffany Hudson) — Jesus Be The Name
- Gaise Baba & Lawrence Oyor — NO TURNING BACK II
- Joepraize — Jesus Has Won (Official Video)
- CeCe Winans — Come Jesus Come (Official Video)
- Lauren Daigle — You Say (Official Music Video)
- Tim Godfrey ft Travis Greene — Nara (Official Video)
- Tim Godfrey & Fearless Community — My Daddy
- Casting Crowns ft. Matthew West — Nobody (Official Music Video)
- Mercy Chinwo — Obinasom (Official Video)
- Ada Ehi ft Buchi — Congratulations | The Official Video
- Moses Bliss x Festizie, Neeja, Chizie, Sound Music & Ajay Asika — You Are Great
- Tasha Cobbs Leonard ft. Kierra Sheard — Your Spirit
- Mercy Chinwo — Excess Love (Official Video)
- Katy Nichole — In Jesus Name (God of Possible)
- Elevation Worship & Brandon Lake —I Know A Name
- Kirk Franklin — I Smile (Official Video)
- Forrest Frank — SUNRISE (Official Lyric Video)
- Forrest Frank — GOD IS GOOD (Official Lyric Video)
- Jimmy D Psalmist — MIGHTY MAN OF WAR (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
- Artist Not Specified —THANKFUL
- Chidinma — Jehovah Overdo (Official Video)
- Elevation Worship (feat. Tiffany Hudson & Chris Brown) — SO BE IT
- Sounds of Salem — Promise Keeper (Official Music Video)
- Moses Bliss & Chandler Moore — Your Love (Official Video)
- Zach Williams, Dolly Parton — There Was Jesus (Official Music Video)
- Anne Wilson — My Jesus (Official Music Video)
- Phil Wickham — What An Awesome God (Official Music Video)
- Kierra Sheard —Shine Official Music Video
- Victor Ivyic — No Weapon (Official Lyrical Video)
- Hope Darst — Mighty Name Of Jesus – Live (Official Video)
- Ben Fuller — If I Got Jesus (Visualizer)
- CeCe Winans — Worthy Of It All (Worthy) [Official Music Video]
- Ada Ehi — JESUS (You Are Able)
- Forrest Frank — CELEBRATION (Official Audio)
- Forrest Frank — JESUS IS ALIVE (Official Lyric Video)
- Travis Greene — Intentional (Official Music Video)
- Artist Not Specified —Left It In The River
- Forrest Frank & Josiah Queen — JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON
- Ada Ehi x Joe Praize — GAME CHANGER I The Official Music Video
- Josh Baldwin feat. Jennifer Johnson — Made For More
- Gaise Baba — WANT TO GROW (Official Music Video)
- Madison Ryann Ward —Mirror
- Phil Wickham — I Believe (Official Music Video)
- Mercy Chinwo — Hollow (Official Video)
- Mercy Chinwo ft Chioma Jesus — Too Many Reasons (Official Video)
- Mercy Chinwo — We Move (Official Video)
- Sinach — You Are Good (Ulungile) (Official Music Video)
- Phil Wickham — Psalm 8 (Halle) [Official Music Video]
- Crowder —Somebody Prayed (Official Music Video)
Distribution of tracks from this top
2024, 2025 and 2026 occupy almost 74% of entries in the top 50 of the week. Public interest in new hymns is, however, moderate because the percentage of tracks released in 2026 that remain in the top 50 remains relatively low.
| Year of release (% of Top) | Volume of titles |
| 2025 (30%) | 15 pieces |
| 2024 (20%) | 10 pieces |
| 2026 (14%) | 7 pieces |
| 2018 (8%) | 4 pieces |
| 2017 (6%) | 3 pieces |
| 2021 (6%) | 3 pieces |
| 2020 (4%) | 2 pieces |
| 2023 (4%) | 2 pieces |
| 2011 (2%) | 1 piece |
| 2015 (2%) | 1 piece |
| 2019 (2%) | 1 piece |
| 2022 (2%) | 1 piece |
Two tracks that were there last week are no longer there to make way for two new tracks.
