Two of music’s coolest crooners, Jason Nelson, and Madison Ryann Ward, have topped Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart with their mellow groove, “Made New (Radio Edit)” (Jaelyn Song / Tyscot / Fair Trade Services) for the week ending August 8, 2026.
Their original rendition of “Made New” appeared on Nelson’s album, You Belong: Live in Durham (Jaelyn Song / Tyscot / Fair Trade Services), which won Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year at the 2025 Stellar Gospel Music Awards. The song became an organic fan favorite, so the duo decided to cut another version of it at Nashville’s City Winery
“It’s amazing to know that what you heard and released is received by the masses,” Nelson wrote in an Instagram post. “#MadeNew is number 1! God gets the glory!”
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Over the last two decades, Nelson’s amiable tenor has distinguished itself on gospel radio hits such as “Nothing Without You,” “Residue,” and “Forever.” Six of them have now hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart. He’s amassed over 300 million digital streams. Nelson has also recorded with R&B singer Chrisette Michele and Jazz bassist John Patitucci. He’s also recorded with gospel greats John P. Kee, Donald Lawrence, Naomi Raine, and his twin brother, Jonathan Nelson. The Lawton, Oklahoma-reared Ward grew up hearing her mother play gospel at church while also enjoying the blues and R&B that played at her father’s barbecue restaurant. She’s marshalled all those influences into a stunning career as an independent artist who manages her own destiny via her Zelda House Records label. Self-penned songs such as “Mirror” and “BRKN” over 100 million combined digital streams.
