This Week's Fact Check
“Lemonade” by Forrest Frank Early Research
September 23, 2025
Streaming:
Total: 26.4M
Weekly: 3.1M
Increase: +10.4% last week alone!
Ranking: #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 Christian/Gospel streaming charts
Chartmetric Track Score:
95.7 (#3 of ALL songs at radio right now)
Genre Specific Growth:
Given everything that’s happened in the US over the past two weeks, people are searching for hope and searching for Jesus. One thing that helps people connect with Him in a real and deep way is Christian music. Last week the genre grew a TON!
On-demand audio streaming in the Christian music genre was up 9.4% in the week ending on 9/18!
188 of the top 200 songs on the Billboard Christian/Gospel Streaming Charts saw increased growth in the week ending 9/18!
Currently Spinning on
28 Stations!
Why This Matters
Taylor from KNWI/Des Moines said “Usually at that level of exposure, I’m happy to see a 3.5 average and a 60 WPOS”
Early Research from KNWI/Des Moines:
This is after ~75 spins, 119 responses F25-48: 3.98 AVG, 105 WPOS, 50% of panelists scored it as a 5.
Scores drop a bit for F25-54 (with 192 responses), but not much.
3.90 AVG, 100 WPOS, 46% 5’s
Early Research from KAXL/Bakersfield, CA:
Matt Pelishek just shared this data they’ve got on Forrest…
Our music survey has You’re Ways Better at #1. A 4.66 on Songscore (M&F 25-54)
Lemonade is a 4.39, along with one of the highest ‘play it more’ scores I’ve had on any song – 59% (You’re Way’s Better also has a 53.5% play it more)
And for those who still value the W25-54 range – Lemonade has a 57% play it more, 54% for You’re Way’s Better.
What started as a fun way to write a song between The Figs and Forrest Frank has turned into a TRUE hit song. People love this song. Maybe it’s time to give them what they want to hear!