Singing News November top 80 chart
Singing News posted their November top 80 chart here (subscribers-only link). At #1 is Karen Peck & New River’s “Whispered Prayers.” It is the group’s third consecutive #1, after “Last Night” and “Hey”; all three come from the project Journey of Joy. The Daywind press release cautiously states that having three #1 singles off the same project is “a rare feat.” I say “cautiously” since I think it may actually be a first; while I know there has been at least one album (Kingdom Heirs’ Forever Changed 2004) that has produced two #1 songs (”I Know I’m Going There” and the title track), I’m not aware of any other time this has happened before.
While most of the discussion will probably focus on the #1 position, this month’s top 10 is also one of the strongest in recent charts. Any of the songs on their way up (relative to last month’s position) would make a great #1 hit, and there are a few (in particular, “Until the Day,” at #11 and “Reason Enough” at #14) which may well see the top three in January or February’s chart.
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