Top Christian Albums

Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the Billboard 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks.[1] The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs".[2] The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles.[3] The first number-one album was Candle's Music Machine.[2] Amy Grant's Age to Age, released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.[4]

As of the issue dated April 8, 2023, the number-one album is Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle.[5]

Artist milestones

Album milestones

Most weeks on the chart

The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart:

Key
Album currently charting, as of April 8, 2023[5]
No. Artist Wks. Album Ref.
1 Skillet 463 Awake dagger [43]
2 Hillsong United 440 Zion dagger [44]
3 Lauren Daigle 417 How Can It Be dagger [45]
4 NF 401 Mansion dagger [46]
5 Amy Grant 381 The Collection [47]
6 Chris Tomlin 376 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection dagger [48]
7 Elevation Worship 364 Here as in Heaven dagger [49]
8 NF 362 Therapy Session dagger [50]
9 Skillet 347 Unleashed dagger [51]
10 Hillsong Worship 324 Let There Be Light dagger [52]
11 Zach Williams 322 Chain Breaker dagger [53]
12 Elvis Presley 314 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel [54]
13 For King & Country 308 Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. [55]
14 Alan Jackson 302 Precious Memories Collection dagger [56]
15 Amy Grant 286 Age to Age [57]
16 tobyMac 285 This Is Not a Test [58]
17 MercyMe 266 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe [59]
18 Sandi Patty 257 More Than Wonderful [60]
19 Hillsong Worship 246 There Is More [61]
20 Sandi Patty 237 Hymns Just for You [62]
21 Lauren Daigle 238 Look Up Child [63]
22 For King & Country 234 Burn the Ships [64]
23 MercyMe 228 Lifer dagger [65]
24 Tauren Wells 212 Hills and Valleys [66]
25 Skillet 207 Comatose [67]

Number ones

See also

References
  1. "Billboard Charts Legend". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. "Best Selling Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard. March 29, 1980. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.
  3. "Bad Boys" (PDF). Billboard. August 16, 2003. p. 58. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory. Note that we have streamlined the name of the latter album list, dropping the word 'Contemporary.'
  4. Ruhlmann, William. "Amy Grant | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. "Top Christian Albums". Billboard. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. Asker, Jim (February 15, 2018). "Michael W. Smith Returns to Hot Christian Songs Chart: Music Can 'Transform a Life on Every Level'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019.
  7. "Michael W. Smith Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  8. "MercyMe Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  9. "Steven Curtis Chapman Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  10. "Passion Conferences Chapman Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  11. "LeCrae Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  12. "Hilsong United Chapman Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  13. "Chris Tomlin Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  14. "Casting Crowns Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  15. "Third Day Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  16. "Newsboys Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  17. "Jeremy Camp Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  18. "Hillsong Worship Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  19. "TobyMac Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  20. "Needtobreathe Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  21. "Lauren Daigle Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  22. "Sandi Patty Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  23. "Kirk Franklin Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  24. "Kanye West Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  25. "Carmen Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  26. "P.O.D. Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  27. "dc Talk Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  28. "Switchfoot Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  29. "Petra Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  30. "Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  31. "Amy Grant – Age to Age". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  32. "Sandi Patty – Morning Like This". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  33. "Kanye West – Donda". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  34. "Amy Grant – Straight Ahead". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  35. "dc Talk – Free at Last". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  36. "Switchfoot – The Beautiful Letdown". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  37. "Amy Grant – Unguarded". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  38. "Amy Grant – Lead Me On". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  39. "LeAnn Rimes – You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  40. "P.O.D. – Satellite". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  41. "Carman – Revival In the Land". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  42. Darden, Bob. "Amy Grant's Phenomenal Success" (PDF). Billboard. p. 37. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.
  43. "Skillet – Awake". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  44. "Hillsong United – Zion". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  45. "Lauren Daigle – How Can It Be". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  46. "NF – Mansion". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  47. "Amy Grant – The Collection". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  48. "Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  49. "Elevation Worship – Here As in Heaven". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  50. "NF – Therapy Session". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  51. "Skillet – Unleashed". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  52. "Hillsong Worship – Let There Be Light". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  53. "Zach Williams – Chain Breaker". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  54. "Elvis Presley – Elvis: Ulimate Gospel". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  55. "For King & Country – Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  56. "Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Collection". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  57. "Amy Grant – Age to Age". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  58. "tobyMac – This Is Not a Test". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  59. "MercyMe – I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  60. "Sandi Patty – More than Wonderful". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  61. "Hillsong Worship – There Is More". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  62. "Sandi Patty – Hymns Just For You". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  63. "Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  64. "For King & Country – Burn the Ships". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  65. "MercyMe – Lifer". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  66. "Tauren Wells – Hills and Valleys". Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  67. "Skillet – Comatose". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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