I know I can sound ominous when I state that the WOW brand has been always a step or two behind what current radio hits are at the moment, but when I look at this year’s song list for WOW Hits 2019, supposedly the best 39 tracks of this year, I smile to myself and think- sure this album is a great album, and looking at songs alone and keeping the tag of ‘the best songs of the year’ out of my mind, I’d give this album a 4.5/5. Maybe if they did stick with the original plan, and released W OW Hits 2 after WOW Hits 1 like it was originally planned, maybe, just maybe, songs would be more timely, and the WOW Hits brand and all the subsequent albums after WOW Hits 1, would be more about actual hits throughout the given year, artists would be recognised that were previously overlooked, and the same artists that have been on WOW albums for an eternity would make way for newer lesser known artists. And as I glance through this year’s WOW Hits, I stop to wonder. Why they did something like that, I’m not sure. WOW has been in circulation since 1995, rivalling its mainstream counterpart NOW That Is What I Call Music!, and while the WOW brand briefly decided to abandon its yearly compilation to move towards a three year album with WOW Hits 1, it quickly abandoned that project too, and released WOW Hits 2009 that year as well.

I tend to be excited, or at least intrigued, whenever the song list for a WOW Hits album releases. It’s mere impossible.įor each year, Capitol Christian Music Group, Word Label Group and Provident Label Group come together to deliver a supposed ‘must-have’ album, and one that’ll always have its critics and compliments, depending on who you’d ask. Just one look deeper and we can see that the WOW brand is flawed- in reality, one cannot capture a whole year’s catalogue of music all within a double-disc 39 track CD. Yet nevertheless, WOW continues to soldier on, releasing their annual compilation around September/October every year, complete with more than 30 songs, chronicling the top-charting and poignant songs that have captured the hearts of people around the world that given year…or so we tend to think. Sometimes I wonder why WOW Hits is still being made, considering the advent of Spotify playlists and Pandora, alongside a variety of other digital music sources that have seemingly made the WOW brand redundant over the years.

Counting Every Blessing (Rend Collective).

Control (Somehow You Want Me) (Tenth Avenue North).Tasha Cobbs Leonard) (Matt Redman) BONUS DELUXE My Feet Are On The Rock (I AM THEY) BONUS.The Way (New Horizons) (Pat Barrett) BONUS.Do It Again (Radio Edit) (Elevation Worship).The Breakup Song (Francesca Battistelli).WOW – WOW HITS 2019 (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes/Amazon mp3/ Spotify/ Capitol CMG)

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