Brittany Luce

She even has a name for this unusual amount of faith-flavored music on the charts.

It's the type of music two guys can share a beer over and reflect on the simple things in life, like the goodness of God.

And it's not just the Hot 100.

Over the past years, Spotify streams of Christian contemporary music have grown 60%.

The market and appetite for Christian music seems to be swelling.

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