Week of April 4

Guess it's fitting for the weekend that Christians celebrate as the Easter Triduum that the highest debut is from one of the pioneer Christian crossover acts on the pop charts, Amy Grant. Twenty-five years ago, she went to No. 1 with "(Love Will) Find a Way," her first crossover hit. She's had almost 20 chart appearances since then, and her latest, "Better Than a Hallelujah," enters at No. 34 from her "Somewhere Down the Road" collection.

Of the three other debuts this week, two add to impressive chart totals for their acts. By entering at No. 39 with "Soul Sick," Rob Thomas matches his solo output of 10 chart hits (including his guest shot on Santana's "Smooth") to the 10 times he's appeared with Matchbox Twenty. Meanwhile, Janet Jackson's "Nothing" at No. 37 marks her 45th chart hit including collaborations with Shaggy, Luther Vandross/BBD/Ralph Tresvant, Carly Simon and her brother Michael. "Nothing" comes from the soundtrack of "Why Did I Get Married Too?" a Tyler Perry movie in which she stars.

The newcomers to the survey are the members of the group Paper Tongues, entering at No. 40 with "Trinity." The seven-member band out of Charlotte, N.C. -- Aswan North, Devin Forbes, Cody Blackler, Joey Signa, Clayton Simon, Jordan Hardee and Danny Santell -- have said they're trying to blend elements of rock and hip-hop/R&B in their work. This song was selected as iTunes' free single of the week this week.

Up in the Top 10, lots of movement as three songs make healthy moves from lower in the chart. "Another Love Song," Uncle Kracker's follow-up to last year's No. 1 hit, "Smile," moves 14-8. Even bigger moves come from Taio Cruz and Ludacris with the former Billboard chart-topper "Break Your Heart" (22-9) and Lifehouse with their latest album cut, "It Is What It Is" (26-10). Finally, the new No. 1 song, "Each Tear," is the eighth chart-topper for Mary J. Blige including duets with George Michael and Elton John (her duet with Sting, "Whenever I Say Your Name," fell during my chart hiatus but it would've been a No. 1 hit -- as it was, it was the No. 1 hit of 2003 in my year-end surveys, which continued even during the hiatus).