Forrest Frank secures his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart as “Jesus Is Alive!” vaults 16 spots to the top of the list dated May 30, led by 3 million official U.S. streams (up 199%) in the May 15-21 tracking week, according to Luminate. The song is his 70th entry on the ranking and 10th top 10.
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Frank joins rare company with the song’s two-week sprint to the summit. In the modern era, dating to the chart’s 2012 shift to a multimetric methodology, only three other songs have reached the lead that quickly: Reba McEntire and Lauren Daigle’s “Back to God” in 2017 and MercyMe’s “I Can Only Imagine” and Daigle’s “You Say” in 2018 (the latter on its way to a record 132-week domination).
“Jesus Is Alive!” has been fueled in part by a social media challenge inviting fans and fellow artists to add their own verses. The response pushed the song beyond a standard single rollout, with versions featuring Donnie Wahlberg, 1K Phew, Limoblaze, Pastor Marcus Rogers and others collected on the 20-track Jesus Is Alive Vol. 1, released May 15. (All the remixes count toward the song’s chart rank.)
Frank broke through as half of pop duo Surfaces and has since become one of Christian music’s most visible crossover artists, mixing pop, hip-hop and worship with a social-first release strategy. His 2024 album, Child of God, led Top Christian Albums for 38 weeks and reached the Billboard 200, while 2025’s Child of God II opened at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums and rose to No. 12 on the Billboard 200.
Frank launches his Jesus Generation Tour June 1 in Tulsa, Okla., with stops including Detroit; New York; Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville and Los Angeles. Tori Kelly, Cory Asbury and The Figs will support.
