“WOW” Contemporary Christian Music
Wow Christian hit-Songs
WOW HITS is now SOZO PLAYLISTS
“WOW” was a popular series of compilation albums featuring contemporary Christian music. The “WOW” series began in 1995 and has continued to release annual or biennial editions until 2019. They stopped making the “WOW” Christian Music series in 2019. Now it’s called SOZO
We linked several favorites below.
Enjoy and happy listening!
SOZO
Top Christian Hits
Features a collection of all the best songs of the year from today’s top artists. Albums include 15 radio favorites from top artists including —Lauren Daigle, TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, Jeremy Camp,Riley Clemmons, Rend Collective, Jeremy Camp, Crowder, Jordan Feliz and more. Includes Trust in You, Who You Say I Am, Build My Life, and others
SOZO
Top Worship Songs
Top Worship Songs including Hillsong Worship, Chris Tomlin, Danny Gokey, We the Kingdom, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kari Jobe, and many more! Featuring songs like, “Goodness of God,” “Graves into Gardens,” “O Praise the Name,” and others.
SOZO
Top Christian Hits 3
Top Christian artists: Hillsong Worship, Chris Tomlin, Danny Gokey, We the Kingdom, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kari Jobe & many more! Songs like, `O Praise the Name’, `Goodness of God’, `Graves into Gardens’, and many more
SOZO
Christian Christmas
ZOZU Christmas is both traditional holiday songs and new inspirational tunes from your favorite Christian artists such as Chris Tomlin, Lauren Daigle, TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Danny Gokey, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and many more! 15 Christmas songs such as “Angels We Have Heard on High”, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”, “Mary Did You Know”, “Breath of Heaven”, “Silent, Night” and many more!
The “WOW” CDs typically included a diverse selection of songs from various Christian artists and bands, showcasing the most popular and impactful tracks of the year. These albums often feature a mix of different genres, including pop, rock, hip-hop, worship, and more. The goal of the “WOW” series is to provide listeners with a comprehensive collection of contemporary Christian music hits, making it an excellent choice for those who want to stay up-to-date with the latest and most influential songs in the genre. The SOZU replaced WOW Christian Songs.
“WOW Hits 2020” – This compilation would have featured top Christian songs from around 2019 and early 2020.
“WOW Hits 2019” – Featured popular Christian songs from around 2018 and early 2019.
“WOW Hits 2018” – Included some of the most well-known Christian songs from 2017 and early 2018.
Notable Artists: The “WOW” series typically includes a wide range of Christian artists from different genres within the Christian music realm. Some notable artists that have been featured in these compilations up to 2020 include:
- Chris Tomlin
- Casting Crowns
- MercyMe
- Hillsong United
- TobyMac
- Lauren Daigle
- For King & Country
- Newsboys
- Jeremy Camp
- Natalie Grant
These artists have consistently produced popular and impactful Christian music that resonates with a wide audience. Keep in mind that the Christian music scene is diverse, and different artists and songs may resonate more strongly in different years or seasons.
2015:
“WOW Hits 2015”:
- This compilation featured popular Christian songs from around 2014.
- Notable Artists: Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Hillsong United, Newsboys, Chris Tomlin, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, Matthew West, Mandisa, TobyMac, and more.
2016:
“WOW Hits 2016”:
- This compilation included well-known Christian songs from around 2015.
- Notable Artists: Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Hillsong UNITED, Chris Tomlin, Francesca Battistelli, TobyMac, Crowder, Lauren Daigle, Needtobreathe, Building 429, and more.
2017:
“WOW Hits 2017”:
- This compilation featured popular Christian songs from around 2016.
- Notable Artists: Casting Crowns, for KING & COUNTRY, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin, Francesca Battistelli, Lauren Daigle, TobyMac, Zach Williams, Jeremy Camp, Newsboys, and more.
Please note that the artists listed above were among those featured in the “WOW Hits” series for the respective years. These compilations aimed to highlight some of the most impactful and well-received Christian songs during those periods.
These are some examples of the last years of WOW Christian Music CDs.
Again the replacement for all WOW Music type Christian compilations can be found at:
SOZU Christian Music Top Artists and Songs. Click here
Some additional information on WOW albums
They provided access to a multitude of top songs of the era. Accompaniments of these songs are still used every day by artists around the world.
Although WOW did not have an album specifically dedicated to children’s music do to the nature of the genre the music was good for all ages.
Most of WOWs songs were directly from the given years most contemporary lineup as the point was to provide one album with all the years top songs.
WOW Hits 2021
- Child Of Love (feat. Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE) …
- Keep On Hoping. Riley Clemmons.
- Good God Almighty. Crowder.
- Out Of My Hands – Radio Version. Jeremy Camp.
- No Hopeless Soul. Stephen Stanley.
- The Blessing – Radio Version. …
- Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly. …
- Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight)
Country music rarely made the top of the charts in Christian music but every now and then a great country song would make the list.
Gospel is of course the main sub genre that made it into the WOW albums along with modern worship and overall inspirational music.
Many of the top artists of today were also relevant then like Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, Hillsong and Casting Crowns.
Enjoy the SOZO top Christian hits options above
