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Steven Curtis Chapman has made history as his single, \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart,\u201d hit the number 1 spot on the charts last week. \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart\u201d joins the ranks of Chapman\u2019s other number 1 singles, such as \u201cHis Eyes\u201d and \u201cThe Great Adventure.\u201d Chapman has sold over <\/span>11 million albums<\/span><\/a>, won 5 Grammys and 59 Dove Awards during his 30-year career. This makes Chapman the first Christian artist to have 50 number 1 singles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapman <\/span>thanked<\/span><\/a>\u00a0his team for the win, saying, \u201cI\u2019m completely blown away by the support for this song and for my music, even after so many years. To ever have a number-one song on the radio as an artist\/songwriter is a dream come true, and to have fifty is simply unbelievable! This only happens because of an amazing team and a community of friends around me who have believed in the unbelievable. I\u2019m grateful and humbled beyond words.\u201d The song \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart\u201d focuses on Chapman\u2019s feelings of grief that he has experienced throughout his life., including the\u00a0<\/span>tragic loss<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of his 5-year-old daughter Maria Sue in 2008. Speaking on the song last July, Chapman said he wanted to use his grief to help others. \u201cI\u2019ve heard countless stories of others who\u2019ve walked through their own deep, dark valleys, and I feel like there are some things I can say from the perspective I have now. I\u2019m deeply grateful for the opportunity to encourage others not to lose heart and to remind them that we\u2019re gonna make it home\u2026together!\u201d He re-released the song last month featuring\u00a0<\/span>Mitchell Tenpenny<\/span><\/a>. The song resonated with Tenpenny, whose mother is currently battling breast cancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Holly Zabka, president of Provident Entertainment\/ Sony Music, congratulated Chapman on his achievement, saying, \u201cWe are so honored and excited to be a part of Steven\u2019s 50th No. 1 song with \u2018Don\u2019t Lose Heart.\u2019 This unprecedented and monumental achievement for Steven is a testament to the incredible artist and songwriter he is and can only be outshined by the countless lives that have been changed by his music.\u201d <\/span>Still<\/span><\/em>, the album which features \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart,\u201d is Chapman\u2019s first album in nearly 10 years. Speaking with\u00a0<\/span>Billboard\u00a0<\/span><\/em>before the album\u2019s release, Chapman stated that he was\u00a0<\/span>inspired<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to return to music thanks to Bruce Springsteen. \u201cHere\u2019s a guy who is in his 70s, and I heard him say, \u2018I\u2019ve had this incredible blessing of having years and years of conversations with people. I just love having those conversations, and that\u2019s what these songs are. They are my conversations with people, and I want to keep doing that,\u201d Chapman said. Despite his desire, changes in the music industry did make him hesitate. \u201cIt was a long process even of deciding, \u2018Do I make another record?\u2019 because making records now is so different, and the business is so different,\u201d he said. At the time of the interview, Chapman stated he was realistic that people might not be interested in hearing from him anymore. \u201cI\u2019ve been told, \u2018Radio loves you, but you\u2019re fighting a battle against your own history \u2014 because there are recurrent songs and quite a few No. 1s,\u201d he\u2019d said. With the success of \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart,\u201d it looks like there\u2019s still room for one more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Curtis Chapman has made history as his single, \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart,\u201d hit the number 1 spot on the charts last week. \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Heart\u201d joins the ranks of Chapman\u2019s other number 1 singles, such as \u201cHis Eyes\u201d and \u201cThe Great Adventure.\u201d Chapman has sold over 11 million albums, won 5 Grammys and 59 Dove…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":24183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"\nSteven Curtis Chapman Becomes First Christian Artist With 50 Number 1 Singles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steven Curtis Chapman makes history as the first Christian artist to have 50 number 1 singles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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