OPC Praise 40 of 2013

2013 is the year of the Newsboys as they take two of the top three spots in OPC's Year-End Praise 40 chart. Their single "Your Love Never Fails" rules the tally after also taking the #1 spot in the OPC10 in last year's first quarter. However, I would like to deviate from featuring the top entry in the year-end list and instead give you a song occupying #30. While this song didn't make it to the weeklies (OPC10 follows a certain formula which prevented the track from charting), it has such a powerful declaration of saying goodbye to regret, defeat and lies, and saying hello to salvation, transformation, freedom and the One True King's amazing grace. Here's Matthew West with "Hello, My Name Is":

OPC Praise 40 of 2013

1. Newsboys, "Your Love Never Fails" [FEATURE]
   #1, 1ST QUARTER (SCORE: 86.8)
2. Mikeschair, "All I Can Do (Thank You)" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO]
   #2, 2ND QUARTER (80.8)
3. Newsboys, "Live with Abandon" [FEATURE]
   #1, ONE WEEK (79.1)
4. Steven Curtis Chapman, "Love Take Me Over" [FEATURE]
   #1, 3RD QUARTER (75.8)
5. Building 429, "We Won't Be Shaken" [FEATURE]
   #3, APRIL (72.1)
6. Sidewalk Prophets, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" [YOUTUBE]
   #2, SEPTEMBER (70.0)
7. Big Daddy Weave, "The Only Name (Yours Will Be)"
   #1, JULY (69.2)
8. Britt Nicole, "Gold" [FEATURE 1] [FEATURE 2]
   #1, JANUARY (68.3)
9. Phillips, Craig & Dean, "Great Great God" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO]
   #1, JUNE (65.8)
10. Bridge Music, "Alive in Him" [FEATURE]
    #1, APRIL (64.1)
11. Kari Jobe, "Find You on My Knees" [FEATURE]
    #2, THREE WEEKS (63.3)
12. Jamie Grace, "Beautiful Day" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO]
    #1, AUGUST (58.3)
13. Laura Story, "God of Every Story" [FEATURE]
    #3, SEPTEMBER (56.7)
14. tobyMac, "Steal My Show" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO]
    #3, JANUARY (56.2)
15. We Are Leo, "Oxygen" [FEATURE]
    #3, MARCH (54.8)
16. Chris Tomlin, "God's Great Dance Floor" [YOUTUBE]
    #2, ONE WEEK (52.53)
17. Josh Wilson, "Carry Me" [FEATURE]
    #1, FEBRUARY (52.48)
18. Casting Crowns, "All You've Ever Wanted" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO]
    #1, OCTOBER (51.4)
19. Phil Wickham, "This Is Amazing Grace" [GODTUBE]
    #4, OCTOBER (50.0)
20. Faber Drive, "Life Is Waiting" [FEATURE]
    #2, ONE WEEK (49.9)
21. Britt Nicole feat. Lecrae, "Ready or Not" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO] (49.2)
22. Hawk Nelson, "Faithful" [YOUTUBE] (47.4)
23. Mandisa, "Overcomer" [FEATURE] (46.5)
24. Aaron Shust, "God of Brilliant Lights" [FEATURE] (46.1)
25. The Katinas, "All My Life" [YOUTUBE - LYRIC VIDEO] (44.7)
26. Sidewalk Prophets, "Keep Making Me" [YOUTUBE] (44.6)
27. Love & the Outcome, "He Is with Us" [FEATURE] (44.0)
28. LifePoint Music, "God Be Lifted Up" (41.9)
29. City Harbor, "Come However You Are" [FEATURE] (40.5)
30. Matthew West, "Hello, My Name Is" [NOW PLAYING] (39.9)
31. OBB, "Come on Home" [YOUTUBE] (39.8)
32. Dara Maclean, "Wanted" [YOUTUBE] (39.19)
33. Mark Schultz, "I Gave Up" (39.16)
34. Jason Castro, "Stay This Way" (38.0)
35. Unspoken, "Lift My Life Up" [YOUTUBE] (37.7)
36. Karyn Williams feat. Michael Tait, "Hey There" [SOUNDCLOUD] (37.6)
37. The Advice, "You Give Me" [YOUTUBE] (36.5)
38. OBB, "All Eyes on You" [SOUNDCLOUD] (36.2)
39. Jenny Simmons, "This I Know" [YOUTUBE] (35.5)
40. MercyMe, "Shake" [FEATURE] (35.2)