On the heels of recent music features on AOL Music's homepage, ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," NBC's "Biggest Loser," and The Style Network's new reality show "Running In Heels," Francesca Battistelli is #1 on four Christian radio charts.
"Free to be Me" reached #1 this week on all three R&R Christian radio charts: AC-Monitored, AC-Indicator, and CHR, as well as on the Mediabase chart (as printed in USA Today).
"Free to be Me" is the first #1 single from a female at AC since 2005. This is the 5th week in the top spot at CHR, and the second week as #1 at AC-Indicator.
Perhaps Battistelli is a trend buster for Christian music radio.