Top Songs and CDs

Anyone who knows me well is aware of my strong fondness for Christian Rock Music. Since both the year and the decade have just ended, the best way for me to recap is to look at the songs that shaped me. Derived from the most valid sources, I have for your eyes here songs and albums that topped the charts. Billboard Magazine bases theirs primarily on CD sales numbers, while CMSpin is based on critic's and fan's reviews. ChristianRock.net's however, is tallied by radio singles airplay and requests over the years. Enjoy this recap, and here's to another year (and decade) of fine music that rocks the soul...

Billboard's Top 10 Christian Rock CDs of 2009:
1. Awake - Skillet
2. Innocence & Instinct - Red
3. New Surrender - Anberlin
4. With Roots Above & Branches Below - Devil Wears Prada
5. The Outsiders - Needtobreathe
6. Memento Mori - Flyleaf
7. Forget and Not Slow Down - Relient K
8. Constellations - August Burns Red
9. Crash - Decyfer Down
10. Hello Hurricane - Switchfoot

Billboard's Top 10 Christian Rock CDs of the Decade:
1. Satellite - P.O.D.
2. The Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
3. Flyleaf - Flyleaf
4. Fundamental Elements Of Southtown - P.O.D.
5. Mm Hmm - Relient K
6. Wherever You Are - Third Day
7. Come Together - Third Day
8. Restored - Jeremy Camp
9. Nothing Is Sound - Switchfoot
10. Comatose - Skillet

CMSPINs Top 10 Christian Rock CDs of 2009:
1. Welcome to the Masquerade
- Thousand Foot Krutch
2. Hello Hurricane - Switchfoot
3. Forget and Not Slow Down - Relient K
4. Innocence & Instinct - Red
5. Awake - Skillet
6. Confessions - Pillar
7. The Outsiders - Needtobreathe
8. Memento Mori - Flyleaf
9. Live Life Loud - Hawk Nelson
10. Murder by Pride - Stryper

ChristianRock.net's Top 20 Songs of the Decade:
1. Hero - Skillet
2. The Wait Is Over - Disciple
3. Alive - P.O.D.
4. Fireproof - Pillar
5. Perfect - Flyleaf
6. Captives Come Home - Run Kid Run
7. Breathe Into Me - Red
8. Pitiful - Blindside
9. Rebirthing - Skillet
10. Prizm - Pax217
11. Fight Inside - Red
12. Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch
13. Open Wounds - Skillet
14. All For You - Jonah33
15. Let Go - Red
16. Rock The Party (Off The Hook) - P.O.D.
17. Oh! Gravity - Switchfoot
18. Bring Me Down - Pillar
19. Unbreakable - Fireflight
20. Evil: A Chorus of Resistance - Project 86

ChristianRock.net's Top 20 Songs of 2009:
1. Hero - Skillet
2. Set The Dial - Run Kid Run
3. Feel Good Drag - Anberlin
4. Fight Inside - Red
5. My Sweet Escape - Run Kid Run
6. Stand Up - Fireflight
7. Streams Of Woe At Acheron - Falling Up
8. Never Be the Same - Red
9. Peace of Mind - Stryper
10. Death of Me - Red
11. Best Night Of Our Lives - Everyday Sunday
12. Bring Me To Life - Thousand Foot Krutch
13. Mystery of You - Red
14. Fading - Decyfer Down
15. Romance Me - Disciple
16. Again - Flyleaf
17. Cross My Heart - Nevertheless
18. Speaking Louder Than Before - Jeremy Camp
19. Fire On The Inside - Pillar
20. Return - Capital Lights