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Top 10 of 2017!

Last week, we reviewed the Top 10 Songs that were on the NZ Top 10 of 2017. This week? Well it’s a little different. We’re talking about the top 10 songs of 2017!
Check them out here!

10. Unfinished – Mandisa
9. Old Church Choir – Zach Williams
8. O Come to the Altar – Elevation Worship
7. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North
5. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
4. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
3. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
2. Home – Chris Tomlin
1. Even If – MercyMe

Our Behind the Mic Feature this week was ‘Real Love’ from Blanca!

The Breakout Hit of the week? One of my favorites. Witness from Jordan Feliz!

The NZ Top 10 Back to Back Artist Spotlight shone on one of my ultimate favorite Christian artists today… Lauren Daigle.
Check out ‘Hard Love’ and ‘Come Alive’!

Our 1st Rewind was #1 in 2016… it’s Eye of the Storm from Ryan Stevenson
The 2nd? More Lauren Daigle! “Trust in You’.

One of my favorite new songs of 2017… Rescuer from Rend Collective.

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly

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NZ Tomato Top 10!

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Okay, it’s not a list of the top ten tomatoes, but…we’re counting down this week’s NZ Top 10 while at the Fredericktown Tomato Show.  Find out more about the weekend activities by clicking here.

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THIS WEEK’S COUNTDOWN:
10. Ryan Stevenson – The Gospel
9. NEEDTOBREATHE f/Lauren Daigle – Hard Love (NEW to the countdown this week)
8. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
7. Matthew West – Broken Things
6. Citizen Way – Bulletproof
5. Chris Tomlin – Home (22 weeks in our Top 10)
4. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
3. Casting Crowns – Oh, My Soul
2. Zach Williams – Old Church Choir
1. MercyMe – Even If (24th week on the NZ Top 10; 19th week at #1)

NEW MUSIC added this week:
Big Daddy Weave – Jesus I Believe (watch the official video here!)
TobyMac f/Hollyn – Light Shine Bright (video link here!)

We’ll see you at the Tomato Show parade tomorrow at 12:30!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

 

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NZ Top 10 8/25!

We would like to wish a very warm welcome to the class of 2021 Freshmen that arrived on the campus of MVNU yesterday, and a warm welcome back to the returning students!

What’s the best way to kick off the school year? The NZ Top 10, of course!

10. Broken Things – Matthew West
9. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac (Song on its’ way out).
8. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
7. O Come to the Altar – Elevation Worship
6. Unfinished – Mandisa
5. Bulletproof – Citizen Way
4. Old Church Choir – Zach Williams (Biggest rise, and peak week)!
3. Home – Chris Tomlin (20th week on! #20Club).
2. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
1. Even If – MercyMe (17th Week at #1).

For our Behind the Mic feature, we talked with Kutless!
Check out their song ‘King of my Heart‘!

For New Music Friday, we had two new awesome songs for you!
Check out Control, from Tenth Ave North
and Lights Shine Bright from TobyMac and Hollyn!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

 

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NZ Top 10 and Dan Emmett Festival!

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Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10 as we broadcast from the rain at the 2017 Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival:

10. Tenth Avenue North – I Have This Hope
9. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
8. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
7. Zach Williams – Old Church Choir
6. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
5. Citizen Way – Bulletproof
4. Mandisa – Unfinished
3. Chris Tomlin – Home
2. Casting Crowns – Oh, My Soul
1. MercyMe – Even If (#1 for 15 weeks)

‘Even If’ is our longest song at #1 so far in 2017.  ‘Chainbreaker’ by Zach Williams was at #1 for 14 weeks.

Our new song debut this week is from one of our Sonfest 2017 artists, Bonray.  The song is called ‘Turn My Eyes.’ Check out the video here!

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you at the festival!
-Joe and Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – 7/7

The best way to end your workweek! Here we go…

10. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
9. Beloved – Jordan Feliz
8. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
7. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
6. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North (Biggest Drop. -2 from last week).
5. Unfinished – Mandisa
4. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
3. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns (Song on the Rise)
2. Home – Chris Tomlin
1. Even If – MercyMe

Our Behind the Mic feature this week was from Crowder!
Check out his song ‘Forgiven‘ and his interview about the song here!

New Music Friday came to us courtesy of Hillsong United and Hillary Scott and the Scott Family! Check out Hillsongs’ ‘Wonder‘, and Hillary Scott’s ‘Still‘.

Our Back to Back Artist spotlight this week shined on Francesca Battistelli.
Check out her songs Holy Spirit, This is the Stuff, and Strangely Dim!

Our NZ Rewinds took us back to 1998.
Check out “I Believe in Christ‘ from Johnathan Pierce
and ‘God So Loved’ from Jaci Velazquez.

Fan choice of the week this week was ‘Open up the Heavens‘ from Meredith Andrews!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – 6/9

10. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
9. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE (BIGGEST FALL, -3 from last week)
8. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
7. Unfinished – Mandisa (SONG ON THE RISE)
6. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
5. I Have this Hope – Tenth Ave North
4. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
3. Home – Chris Tomlin
2. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
1. Even If – MercyMe

This week, per your votes, we went Behind the Mic with Matthew West!
Check out his song ‘Mended‘ and check out his story behind the song here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit of the Week came to us courtesy of Brandon Heath!
Check out ‘Whole Heart’ here!

Our NZ Back-to-Back-to-Back feature today was from artists under the Gotee Record label! Check out ‘Refuge‘ from Finding Favour, ‘Eye on it‘ from TobyMac, and the newest one from Hollyn, ‘In Awe‘

Our NZ Rewinds took us back to 2000!
Check out Plus One’s song ‘Written on my Heart‘ and
Steven Curtis Chapman’s song ‘Great Expectations‘!

New Music!!! Ah! Check it out! Matthew West’s new song ‘Broken Things‘

Thanks for listening!
Have a great weekend!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – 5/19

Today the countdown got a little bit of a shake up, but it was as good as a countdown as any, so let’s get right to it!

Magnify from We are Messengers held a place on the charts for 13 weeks, and peak at #4 in the countdown, but this week, it was kicked out of the countdown by Mandisa!

10. Mandisa – Unfinished
9. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker
8. Micah Tyler – Never Been a Moment
7. Danny Gokey –Rise
6. NEEDTOBREATHE – Testify
5.  Tenth Avenue North – I Have this Hope
4. Chris Tomlin – Home
3. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
2. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
1. MercyMe – Even If

This week, we went Behind the Mic with husband and wife duo ‘Love and the Outcome’ to talk about their song ‘He is With Us. Check out their interview with Newreleasetoday, and check out the video to the song here!

Our Breakout Hit of the Week came to us courtesy of Chicago band, Citizen Way.
Check out their new song ‘Bulletproof’ here!

The NZ Back-to-Back artist Spotlight this week fell on Tenth Avenue North!
Check out their songs ‘By Your Side‘ & ‘Love is Here‘.
Also, check out their summer concert schedule here!

Our NZ Rewinds today took us back to 2003!
Check out ‘You Found Me‘ from FFH, and ‘He Reigns‘ from Newsboys!

Our New Music Friday feature came courtesy of Season 8 American Idol Contestant, Danny Gokey. Check out his new song ‘Comeback‘ here!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – March 24th

Happy Spring! (I do think I can say that with confidence now!)
No better way to celebrate this warm weather than by counting down the top ten songs of the week! Let’s get right to it!

10. Even If – MercyMe
9. King of the World – Natalie Grant
8. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
7. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
6. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
5. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
4. Magnify – We Are Messengers
3. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac

This week we went Behind the Mic with experimental, folk-rock, worship band Rend Collective, and they told us a little bit more about their song ‘You Will Never Run”. You can listen to their song here, and if you’d like to hear more from Rend Collective about their song, check out the interview they did with New Release Today here!

We heard new music today from Casting Crowns and Mandisa!
Check out Casting Crowns new song “Oh my Soul” from their album ‘The Very Next Thing’,  and Mandisa’s new single, “Unfinished” here!

Our Back-to-Back artist feature this week was Passion Worship Band.
This band consists of quite a few familiar Christian artists including Matt Redman, David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, and more! Check out their songs ‘Even so Come‘ and ‘Remember‘!

Lincoln Brewster took us back to 2006 today with his song ‘Everlasting God‘
and Phil Whickham took us back  to 2013 with his song ‘This is Amazing Grace‘

Thanks for listening!
Enjoy this beautiful weekend!
-Lilly

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NT Top 10 3/17

Good afternoon! We are putting a wrap on the last day of the first week back from break!
Let’s get right to it!

The countdown this week looked like this…
10. Come Alive – Lauren Daigle
9. Thy Will – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
8. Jesus – Chris Tomlin
7. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. King of the World – Natalie Grant
5. Magnify – We are Messengers
4. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
3. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

This week, we went behind the mic with the band Tenth Avenue North, and they told us a little bit more about their song Stars in the Night.
Check it out here!

Our breakout hit of the week came from Chris Tomlin!
Check out his new song ‘Home’ here!

Our Back-to-Back Artist Feature this week was For King and Country!
Check out theor songs ‘Proof of Your Love‘, ‘Hope is What we Crave‘, and ‘Fix my Eyes‘!

Our rewinds today took us back to 2008 and
Check out 2008’s ‘By Your Side‘ from Tenth Avenue North,
and ‘There Will be a Day‘ from Jeremy Camp.

New Music Friday brought us new music from Unspoken!
Check out ‘The Cure’ here!

Our word of the day today was March Madness themed…
Flagrant (adjective fla·grant \ˈflā-grənt also ˈfla-\)

Have a great weekend! Thanks for listening!
(and go UK!) – Lilly

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