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In Christian music, it’s usually Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, and Amy Grant who make the “Top 10″ lists of most popular artists, but this site, Christian Music Daily, has never been the kind of site that’s conventional and safe and predictable. So, we checked our page view statistics and found Christian Music Daily’s top 10 most popular artists, based on how many hits their article got, overall, and the results even surprised us! This is THE LIST!

10) Highway 101
- a country band with a Christian background

9) William McDowell
- a passionate church worship leader

8) Classic Petra
- Christian rock pioneers still plugging along

7) Press Play
- pop/dance group from L.A.

6) Nicole C. Mullen
- great songwriter known for ‘Redeemer’ song

5) Jesus Culture
- youthful collective of worshippers

4) Deitrick Haddon
- visionary R&B/Gospel artist and actor

3) The Soul Seekers
- Mary Mary’s husbands’ vocal group

2) Rebecca St. James
- Christian music’s most famous virgin who is now married

1) Carman
- singer-actor-evangelist injured in a car crash in 2011, which brought thousands of people to ChristianMusicDaily.com to find out… he’d be okay!