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. The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs". The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles. The first number-one album was Candle's Music Machine. Amy Grant's Age to Age, released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.

The current number-one album on the chart is Child of God II by Forrest Frank.

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 Issue September 19, 2026
No. Artist Wks. Album Ref.
1 Skillet 643 Awake †
2 Lauren Daigle 594 How Can It Be †
3 Hillsong United 562 Zion †
4 Chris Tomlin 540 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection †
5 Elevation Worship 505 Here as in Heaven †
6 NF 389 Mansion †
7 Skillet 477 Unleashed †
8 Alan Jackson 464 Precious Memories Collection †
9 Hillsong Worship 454 Let There Be Light †
10 MercyMe 446 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe
11 Flyleaf 431 Flyleaf
12 NF 422 Therapy Session †
13 Lauren Daigle 418 Look Up Child
14 Zach Williams 394 Chain Breaker †
15 Amy Grant 381 The Collection
16 Kanye West 359 Jesus Is King
17 Elevation Worship 332 Graves into Gardens
18 Casting Crowns 326 Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection
19 Zach Williams 320 Rescue Story
20 Elvis Presley 315 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel
21 For King & Country 308 Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.
22 Hillsong Worship 300 There Is More
23 CeCe Winans 287 Believe for It
24 Amy Grant 286 Age to Age
25 tobyMac 285 This Is Not a Test
26 Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music 280 Old Church Basement
27 For King & Country 268 Burn the Ships
28 Kanye West 263 Donda
29 Sandi Patty 257 More Than Wonderful
30 Casting Crowns 255 Only Jesus
31 Sandi Patty 237 Hymns Just for You
32 MercyMe 230 Lifer †
33 Anne Wilson 228 My Jesus
34 Tauren Wells 212 Hills and Valleys
35 Skillet 207 Comatose

Other achievements

Number ones

See also

References

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  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.'
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  5. 1 2 "Top Christian Albums". Billboard. September 22, 2026. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
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  8. 1 2 "MercyMe Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
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  20. ↑ Asker, Jim (March 19, 2025). "'Heaven' Makes Seven No. 1 Albums for tobyMac on Top Christian Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
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  22. ↑ "Sandi Patty Chart History: Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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  24. ↑ Forrest Frank No. 1 albums:
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  50. ↑ "Elevation Worship – Here As in Heaven". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  51. ↑ "NF – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
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  53. ↑ "Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Collection". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  54. ↑ "Hillsong Worship – Let There Be Light". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  55. ↑ "MercyMe – I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  56. ↑ "Flyleaf – Flyleaf". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  57. ↑ "NF – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  58. ↑ "Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  59. ↑ "Zach Williams – Chain Breaker". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  60. ↑ "Amy Grant – The Collection". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  61. ↑ "Kanye West Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  62. ↑ "Elevation Worship – Graves into Gardens". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  63. ↑ "Casting Crowns – Voice of Truth: The Ultimate Collection". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  64. ↑ "Zach Williams – Rescue Story". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2065. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  65. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Elvis: Ultimate Gospel". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  66. ↑ "For King & Country – Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  67. ↑ "Hillsong Worship – There Is More". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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  72. ↑ "For King & Country – Burn the Ships". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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  74. ↑ "Sandi Patty – More than Wonderful". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  75. ↑ "Casting Crowns – Only Jesus". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  76. ↑ "Sandi Patty – Hymns Just For You". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  77. ↑ "MercyMe – Lifer". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  78. ↑ "Anne Wilson – My Jesus". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
  79. ↑ "Tauren Wells – Hills and Valleys". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
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