I do not listen to the most popular kind of music. No rap,
or rock or anything you would probably guess. My favorite genre of music is
contemporary Christian music. I grew up listening to it in the car all the
time. My mom would listen to nothing but that. I actually encouraged it in the
car. My older sister was never a big fan of listening to Christian music,
especially when she got older. I loved it because I was born and raised
listening to Christian music.
Christian music first became popular around the 1950’s or 60’s.
There was only country Christian music and gospel around this time. Christian
music all together died down and didn't get too popular again until 1975 or so.
As the Christian music started the increase, more genres of the music became
popular. Christian music gradually got much more popular until it hit its highest
popularity in 2010. Since its highest point, it has gone down from today. The
graph below mainly focuses on Christian/Gospel music instead of every genre for
Christian music
There is a large variety of Christian music to satisfy
different taste. Christian music is similar to all the regular genres. There is
gospel, rap, alternative, metal, pop. The most I listen to is alternative.
Radio stations that provide alternative Christian rock are AirOne (90.9 FM),
KLove (89.1) and smile FM (88.3). Alternative Christian music is very encouraging
music with a good message.
Some of my top bands I like are: Third Day, Tenth Avenue
North, MercyMe, Newsboys, Lecrae, and Jeremey Camp. It is so cool to see these bands in concert
because they connect with the crowd really well. Some of my tops songs are:
Start a Fire, Tell the World, From the Day, and Just Say Jesus.
It is very encouraging hearing some of the things that are
on the radio stations. KLove has an encouraging story of the day around the
same time every day. I love being able to hear some of the things that happen
in peoples life. It brightens up my mood for the day. Callers may call the air
and tell them that they are free of cancer, or some people may call about being
drug free for a certain time. It is nice to hear positives in the world with
all the negatives we hear on the news all the time. I love Christian music for
its songs and encouragement in them.
I find it interesting that Christian music is your favorite type because I never would have guessed it. At the church I go to, they have a band and they perform some of the songs you were talking about during service.
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