September 17, 2014 was a historic day for Christian Hip Hop. Christian & Grammy award-winning emcee, Lecrae hit #1 on the Billboard 200 for the success of his seventh studio album, Anomaly. He became the first artist to chart at #1 in Gospel Albums & the Billboard 200 and just the fifth to sit atop Christian Albums & the Billboard 200 (Chris Tomlin’s Burning Lights, tobyMac’s Eye On It, LeAnn Rimes’ You Light Up My Life – Inspirational Songs, and Bob Carlisle’s Butterfly Kisses ‘Shades of Grace’ were the others). Crae’s Anomaly was all over the charts. Jam The Hype decided to document every Anomaly Billboard chart position, just in case you didn’t know all the places the project landed.
Lecrae’s Anomaly Billboard Positions Are As Follows:
Billboard 200: #1
Rap Albums: #1
Digital Albums: #1
Independent Albums: #1
Christian Albums: #1
Gospel Albums: #1
Hot Gospel Songs: “All I Need Is You” (#1), “Say I Won’t” ft. Andy Mineo (#3), “Nuthin” (#4), “Fear” (#9), “Messengers” ft. for KING & COUNTRY (#10), “Outsiders” (#11), “Broken” ft. Kari Jobe (#14)
Gospel Digital Songs: “Messengers” ft. for KING & COUNTRY (#1), “Outsiders” (#2), “Broken” ft. Kari Jobe (#3), “Give In” ft. Crystal Nicole (#5), “Welcome To America” (#6), “Good, Bad, Ugly” (#7), “Runners” (#10), “Wish” (#12), “Timepiece” (#13), “Dirty Water” (#15)
Hot Christian Songs: “All I Need Is You” (#12), “Say I Won’t” ft. Andy Mineo (#13), “Nuthin” (#14), “Fear” (#18), “Messengers” ft. for KING & COUNTRY (#20), “Outsiders” (#21)
Christian Digital Songs: “Messengers” ft. for KING & COUNTRY (#7), “Outsiders” (#15), “Broken” ft. Kari Jobe (#19)
Christian Streaming Songs: “All I Need Is You” (#7), “Nuthin” (#8), “Say I Won’t” ft. Andy Mineo (#11)
Gospel Streaming Songs: “All I Need Is You” (#2), “Nuthin” (#3), “Say I Won’t” ft. Andy Mineo (#4), “Fear” (#8), “Outsiders” (#9)
On September 10, Jam The Hype reported that Lecrae has infiltrated FM radio. The Gravity-crafter continues to climb the Christian Rock National Airplay chart. Lecrae’s song “Nuthin” jumped from #9 to #6 in the Christian Rock National Airplay category.
* Tedashii ft. Britt Nicole – Dark Days, Darker Nights (#13)
Congrats to Lecrae for making a huge impact on the charts!
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To God be the Glory!! Great things are taken place.