Brent Jones banks his second total and consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart as “Live Your Best Life!” ascends to the top of the Aug. 3-dated list. During the July 19-25 tracking week, the song advanced by 3% in plays among format reporters, according to Luminate.

The single is the title cut from Jones’ 12-track album, released May 3. Jones wrote the song and co-produced it with Michael Bereal and James Roberson.

The song follows Jones’ “Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him),” which led Gospel Airplay for a week in June 2023. “Open Your Mouth and Say Something” hit No. 9 in March 2019 and his first of four entries, “He Rose,” reached No. 17 in January 2015.

“To score back-to-back No. 1s is an amazing honor,” Jones tells Billboard. “I’ve been truly blessed in my 25-year career to reach so many audiences with my music, which includes writing songs for church, my urban group T.P. Mobb, my youth group The Fire and others.”

Jones serves as artist-in-residence at Triumph Church in Detroit. He also directs the choir.

The Los Angeles native launched his music career as leader of Brent Jones & The T.P. Mobb in the 1990s. The act posted three entries on Top Gospel Albums: its self-titled LP peaked at No. 4 in 1999, followed by Beautiful (No. 7, 2002) and The Ultimate Weekend (No. 14, 2008).

Jones has charted two solo sets on the survey: Joy Comin’ (No. 6, 2014) and Open Your Mouth and Say Somethin’ (No. 3, 2018).

Billboard Gospel Air Play Chart

Week of August 3, 2024

1.  Live Your Best Life Brent Jones

2.  Nobody But God Tim Bowman Jr.

3.  In my Name Smokie Norful

4.  God Be Praised Charles Jenkins

5.  Up Up Up Anthony Brown

6.  Hold On Ricky Dillard

7.  Home Keyla Richardson

8.  Look At God Koryn Hawthorne

9.  It’s Morning Latrice Pace

10. That’s My King CeCe Winans

11. Great and Mighty Dorinda Clark Cole

12.  Everything Otis Kemp f/Lena Byrd Miles

13. Call His Name Kenny Lewis & One Voice f/Kim Burrell

14.  You Carried Me JeKaylyn Carr

15.  Try Love Kirk Franklin

16.  Still Holding On Christina Bell

17.  Working For Me Tamela Mann

18.  No Weapon Todd Dulaney

19.  It Is Well Monica Lisa Stevenson

20. Joy William Demps

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