OPC Praise 40 of 2014

The year is coming to a close, and that means it's time to wrap it up with the OPC Year-end Charts. For the Top 40 Praise songs, eight artists who made it to last year's edition also have entries on this year's edition, with the 2013 chart-toppers Newsboys finding themselves at #30 with "We Believe." Britt Nicole ("You're Not Alone" with Owl City at #4) and Building 429 ("Press On" featuring Group 1 Crew's Blanca Callahan at #10) found help to keep themselves in the Top 10 for two years in a row.

2014 highlights the entry of our country's very own Victory Worship who grabs the 22nd spot with "Radical Love." And another highlight is We Are Leo's fourth straight year-end chart appearance ("Live for Love" at #7 in 2011, "Supernova Sunrise at #1 in 2012, and "Oxygen" at #15 last year) with "You're the Best Thing" finishing at #6.

But it's certainly Francesca Battistelli's year as she not only has three songs on our annual tally (two of them in the top ten), she also tops the list with a song that reminds us that our own life story becomes the best when we don't try to write it ourselves, but when we let God write it instead. From the album If We're Honest, here's a live acoustic performance of "Write Your Story," this year's #1 Praise song on OPC:

OPC Praise 40 of 2014

1. Francesca Battistelli, "Write Your Story"
   #1 IN MAY (SCORE: 97.3) [FEATURE]
2. Kari Jobe, "Forever"
   #1 IN APRIL (91.8) [FEATURE]
3. Skillet, "Not Gonna Die"
   #1 IN JANUARY (91.6) [FEATURE]
4. Owl City feat. Britt Nicole, "You're Not Alone"
   #1 IN DECEMBER (90.4) [LYRIC VIDEO]
5. Planetshakers, "Endless Praise"
   #1 FOR TWO WEEKS (90.3) [FEATURE]
6. We Are Leo, "You're the Best Thing"
   #1 IN NOVEMBER (88.9) [FEATURE]
7. World Hope, "Hope Can Change Everything"
   #1 IN JUNE (87.0) [FEATURE]
8. Francesca Battistelli, "He Knows My Name"
   #1 IN AUGUST (86.8) [MUSIC VIDEO]
9. Meredith Andrews, "Open Up the Heavens"
   #1 IN JULY (85.5) [MUSIC VIDEO]
10. Building 429 feat. Blanca Callahan, "Press On"
    #1 FOR TWO WEEKS (84.1) [FEATURE]
11. Ashes Remain, "Here for a Reason"
    #1 FOR ONE WEEK (82.7) [AUDIO]
12. Lincoln Brewster, "Oxygen"
    #1 IN SEPTEMBER (80.7) [LYRIC VIDEO]
13. Skillet, "What I Believe"
    #1 PRAISE SONG FOR ONE WEEK (80.1) [ITUNES]
14. Planetshakers, "This Is Our Time"
    #1 PRAISE SONG FOR ONE WEEK (78.8) [FEATURE]
15. Lindsay McCaul, "A Little"
    #3 PRAISE SONG IN OCTOBER (76.7) [ITUNES]
16. MercyMe, "Greater"
    #2 PRAISE SONG IN JULY (76.6) [MUSIC VIDEO]
17. Carrie Underwood, "Something in the Water"
    #2 PRAISE SONG FOR ONE WEEK (74.5) [MUSIC VIDEO]
18. Kerrie Roberts, "Time for the Show"
    #1 IN FEBRUARY (74.4) [FEATURE]
19. Josh Wilson, "Pushing Back the Dark"
    #2 PRAISE SONG FOR ONE WEEK (74.0) [FEATURE]
20. Danny Gokey, "Hope in Front of Me"
    #2 PRAISE SONG FOR ONE WEEK (73.2) [MUSIC VIDEO]
21. Matt Maher, "Because He Lives (Amen)" (71.8) [FEATURE]
22. Victory Worship, "Radical Love" (71.1) [FEATURE]
23. Elevation Worship, "Mighty Warrior" (69.0) [FEATURE]
24. Matthew West, "Do Something" (67.7) [FEATURE]
25. Francesca Battistelli, "When the Crazy Kicks In" (67.5) [FEATURE]
26. Rend Collective, "My Lighthouse" (65.6) [FEATURE]
27. Planetshakers, "Made for Worship"
    #1 IN MARCH (64.1) [FEATURE]
28. Mandisa, "Back to You" (63.7) [LYRIC VIDEO]
29. Jeremy Camp, "He Knows" (62.7) [MUSIC VIDEO]
30. Newsboys, "We Believe" (61.5) [FEATURE]
31. Kerrie Roberts, "My Heart's Lifted" (60.1) [MUSIC VIDEO]
32. Lincoln Brewster, "Made New" (59.6) [LYRIC VIDEO]
33. Disciple, "Unbroken" (58.1) [AUDIO]
34. Anthony Evans, "Never Fail" (56.7) [MUSIC VIDEO]
35. Plumb, "Lord I'm Ready Now" (56.6) [LYRIC VIDEO]
36. Big Daddy Weave, "Overwhelmed" (55.3) [MUSIC VIDEO]
37. Brandon Heath, "No Turning Back" (54.0) [LYRIC VIDEO]
38. Michael James Band, "Father's Hands" (52.5) [AUDIO]
39. Dan Bremnes, "Beautiful" (52.1) [MUSIC VIDEO]
40. Nine Lashes, "Break the World" (51.2) [LYRIC VIDEO]