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 February 18, 2023, the number-one album is Donda by Kanye West.[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 February 18, 2023[5]
No. Artist Wks. Album Ref.
1 Skillet 456 Awake [43]
2 Hillsong United 433 Zion [44]
3 Lauren Daigle 410 How Can It Be [45]
4 NF 394 Mansion [46]
5 Amy Grant 381 The Collection [47]
6 Chris Tomlin 369 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection [48]
7 Elevation Worship 357 Here as in Heaven [49]
8 NF 355 Therapy Session [50]
9 Skillet 340 Unleashed [51]
10 Elvis Presley 314 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel [52]
11 Hillsong Worship 317 Let There Be Light [53]
12 Zach Williams 315 Chain Breaker [54]
13 For King & Country 308 Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. [55]
14 Alan Jackson 295 Precious Memories Collection [56]
15 Amy Grant 286 Age to Age [57]
16 tobyMac 285 This Is Not a Test [58]
17 MercyMe 259 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe [59]
18 Sandi Patty 257 More than Wonderful [60]
19 Hillsong Worship 239 There Is More [61]
20 Sandi Patty 237 Hymns Just for You [62]
21 Lauren Daigle 231 Look Up Child [63]
22 MercyMe 228 Lifer [64]
23 For King & Country 227 Burn the Ships [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. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 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 August 25, 2021.
  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 February 15, 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 August 25, 2021.
  31. "Amy Grant – Age to Age". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  32. "Sandi Patty – Morning Like This". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  33. "Amy Grant – Straight Ahead". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  34. "Kanye West – Donda". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  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 February 15, 2023.
  44. "Hillsong United – Zion". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  45. "Lauren Daigle – How Can It Be". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  46. "NF – Mansion". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  47. "Amy Grant – The Collection". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  48. "Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  49. "Elevation Worship – Here As in Heaven". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  50. "NF – Therapy Session". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  51. "Skillet – Unleashed". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  52. "Elvis Presley – Elvis: Ulimate Gospel". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  53. "Hillsong Worship – Let There Be Light". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  54. "Zach Williams – Chain Breaker". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  55. "For King & Country – Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  56. "Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Collection". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 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 February 15, 2023.
  60. "Sandi Patty – More than Wonderful". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  61. "Hillsong Worship – There Is More". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  62. "Sandi Patty – Hymns Just For You". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  63. "Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  64. "MercyMe – Lifer". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  65. "For King & Country – Burn the Ships". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  66. "Tauren Wells – Hills and Valleys". Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  67. "Skillet – Comatose". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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