Worship Leaders can now see what other churches are planning for the week. Top worship songs is not just a Billboard-esque top songs but rather a live pulse on what worship leaders are planning for the week.
Check out the top worship songs. You can scroll down to see past Sundays.
Yes. CCLI does this. Yes, Praise Charts does this. Yes some other site does this. And they’re all great. However, it is extremely high-level and the methodologies aren’t revealed and there are no other useful layers of data.
All of the above work off of an extremely large dataset. Which is amazing.
Data informed vs data driven
There are a few ways I used to describe my approach with my teams. I’m data-informed, not data driven. Another one of my favourite quotes is: If all we have is data, give me data. If all we have is opinions, let’s go with mine.
Let’s stick with data informed approach.
Lists without transparency offer vanity metrics. The only piece of information you can take away is what’s the most popular song. But deeper questions like what are the churches? Are they location based? And more
Worship Team AI’s top worship songs, at this stage, offers a few extra layers of data that can be interesting – only for the curious.
Here’s what you can do.
I’m publishing this blog on Friday, May 15th. But the top songs date is for May 17th.
Many worship leaders publish their upcoming set lists early – not just for their worship teams, but for their congregations. This is great for their church, and great for other worship leaders as well.
We can now see in real-time what ~200 churches across America is planning on singing. Perhaps if you are looking for inspiration and see a common theme, and the idea of joining in on one song along with the other churches, this is great.
Another layer of data is you can see which churches are singing this song. Perhaps it’s a church down the road? You can click the church name to view their website. Learn about their culture, perhaps even connect with their worship leader over email to learn how their church resonates with the setlist.
Breaking down those walls and making our church world more connected.
I’m not sure how many people will find this helpful, but I love useful data and I love connecting.
Sundays only
I only track Sunday set lists. CCLI and other generic tracking track whether a song or asset was purchased. It might not mean it is for a Sunday setlist. Sure, their sample size is massive. And it has its place.
Vetted set lists
We all know there are some wild denominations with crazy beliefs and they all influence the top CCLI songs. No right or wrong, just a factor.
However, I set out to ensure the data was clean for Worship Team AI. Yes. It was painful but I established a few rules to vet if the church was theologically aligned. I had a process. I stayed as conservative as possible. Yes it does cover some Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.
I made sure to make it diverse in denomination, but this is where I stayed a bit conservative.
So, if it matters to you, you can know the list you are either researching, or casually perusing, it was vetted against beliefs, creeds, and such.
Also, if you notice a church with questionable theology, let me know. I’ll check it out.
So – check out the top worship songs that churches are actually playing on Sunday, all across America.